Village Squire, 1979-03, Page 22PEOPLE
Back in 1942 three men formed an
organization that was to lead hockey and
baseball sporting in Western Ontario for
the next four decades. The men were Doc
Cruickshank, founder of CKNX radio, Tory
Gregg, sportscaster on the station and
Alfred [Alf] Lockridge. The three formed
the Western Ontario Athletic Association.
Mr. Lockridge served as secretary -man-
ager of the organization, as well as on the
' public school board, the separate school
board, the Wingham hospital board,
helping form the Wingham figure skating
club and chairing the committee that put
artificial ice in the Wingham arena. His
busy life ended January 12. He' was 81
years of age.
"Sam MacGregor is not only a man, he
is a symbol of the kind of spirit that we
should all support." Such were the tributes
heaped on Kincardine developer Sam
MacGregor when he was named citizen of
the year by the Kincardine and District
Chamber of Commerce. The builder of the
Huron Ridge subdivision, Sutton Park Inn,
a leading mover among those who fought
for the community centre in Kincardine.
Lately, after a brief, unsuccessful try at
provincial politics, he's been leading the
crusade to get waste heat from the Bruce
Nuclear Power Development used for
heating green houses and fish farms.
The setting was not exactly the way one
would think a big name producer should be'
welcomed to a small town. The roads were
terrible so the portable seating for the
converted railways station didn't arrive in
time for the show. The big time producer
arrived late so he had to sit at the back of
Peterson as Bishop, next stop New York
city.
the audience until the intermission. Yet
despite the hardships, Mike Nichols must
have been mightily impressed by the John
Gray and Eric Peterson performance of
Billy Bishop Goes to War because it was
later announced he had bought the rights
to take the show to New York. Nichols
came to Listowel to see the show before its
opening in Toronto, then returned to see
the show there. •
Back on Dec. 20, 1978, a fire broke out in
the Royal apartment building in Seaforth
early in the morning. It was a dangerous
situation with most of the tenants still
sleeping. Lives might have been lost, if not
for the actions of one of the tenants.
Clarence Reeves discovered the fire.
turned in the alarm and went around
waking up the tenants. Everyone escaped
safely and to show its gratitude the town of
Seaforth held an appreciation night in
January to which more than 100 people
showed up to thank Mr. Reeves.
Back in 1965 a former telephone lineman
who had risen to the position of assistant
Manager of the Moore Municipal
Telephone System in Corunna was asked to
build a cable television system for the
company. It began a long association that
was to make Ron McIntosh a wealthy man.
Helping him with that original system was
Dean Baker, a lineman with the company.
Fascinated with the new business,
McIntosh applied for a cable licence for the
town of Strathroy and when he got it took
along Baker and a friend Dale Envoy.
Today the three have built a multi-million
dollar operation with six cable companies.
And at 40 McIntosh recently opted for what
amounts to semi -retirement. He has sold
his interests to all but the cable systems in
Port Elgin, Southampton and Paisley to his
partners. "It's become too much for me.
The 70 and 80 hour weeks after 15 years on
the cable business....". He and his wife
have bought a 130 -acre farm near Strathroy
though at present they continue to reside in
Goderich.
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PAINTINGS CRAFTS
Original oils, acrylics, pastels.
water colours. ink sketches
by various artists.
Hand sewn quilts. antique farm
machinery models, knitted &
crocheted articles, etc.
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11 block west of main intersection'
HOURS: consignments from artists
Tuesday -friday 1 p.m. -8 p.m. and craftsmen welcome.
Saturday 10 a.m.-6 p.m. 335-6362
20 Village Squire, March 1979