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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1966-09-29, Page 6The Goderich Signal -Star Thursday, September 29, 1960 ung Couple Vniriiured m _ v Harbor Plane Damaqed In Crash Near WaIkerton youthful Wingham pilot, next morning, on hearing about reported the crash to the auth- were hanging upside clown (roan lege partially inverted, twenty oruties. seat belts,.aftex the crash, feet from the ground, the two ached were suspended by their„ seat r search art that reacted p _� The party With further instructions re layed to the two officers by the the scene on foot, guided by the belts, The pilot said that Miss radio t e proceeded directly teenagers, notified aircraft Martin commenced to move ' h y P above by smoke signal that the bout in an attempt to get out the Forsyth home, where they Miss Martin,. and with their dim Describing what' occurred, of the plane.. Within a'b�4uJt picked up Ron 'id l•Iitchings aid wreckage. was found, thre ectians, the plane was finally Hitching said that the plane tine the plane crashed into the or four minutes front the discovered. It was located in suddenly developed engine trou- tree -tops, it began to slide head - the swamp portion of a grass ble and stalled,• only to start. first, slowly at .first, but finally farm belonging to, Edward Frei- up briefly and stop again. The very swiftly to the ground be - burger. From an elbow in the fact that this occurred as „the plane was making a turn, caus- Hitchings said, the initial ed it to quickly lose altitude crashing of the plane was noth- and speed. In •order to regain ing compared to the terrifying sufficient speed for a glide, and experience when it fell those to prevent the craft from fall- 20 feet to the ground. He said ing from the. air, he pointedthehis gifi. friend had exclaimed, plane's none down, then levell- "It is beginning to fall!" and ed off. had braced herself for the de- • l t Hitchings said that as •altitude scent° In his case, he said he was now at a minimum, he real- wasstill `glued to the eon�taol," real- ized that he would not be able 'the crashai self re It was then, to clear the tree area, and reach a field Beyond. ' as the plane - very forcibly hit Required then to attempt an the ground, that he was knocked out. emergency landing in the trees' Miss Martin, .fearing that the and in order not to have the lane might burst into, flames, craft flip over int a nose-dive, he P brought the front of the plane assisted Hitdhings from the up. So doing, the tail section wreckage when he gradually first hit the' treetops; however came to. She said he blacked - a wing apparently struck a more out periodically over the next solid tree, and the plane tipped hour or so. •Both however had, nose -first into the dense growth,escaped injury in their near with the tail pointing almost scrape with death. straight skyway: • With•the fusi- With darkness gaming on, and and his ' girl friend passenger miraculously escaped death and serious 'injury, when their light two-seater plane crashed Sept. 18 in the Greenock Swamp west of Walkerton. a plane being last in this area, at once informed Irwin Lobsing= er Of Walkerton of what he had seen. 11/fr. Lobsinger, in turn, immediately notified the Walk- erton OP1 detachment, whicei The craft; piloted by Ron -already had a report that a plane was missing. Constable aid Hitchings, 19, of 'Wingham, with Shirley Martin, 17, also 'Jchn McCutcheon. in charge. of of Wingham, as a passenger, :he investgation, accompanied took off from°Wingham Airfield by Cpl. Wilfred Giikinson, also at 6.30 p.m., after llitchi.ngs had of the local detachment, set out rented the plane for a 30 -minute `ar the area of the swamp where road, some 10 miles west of flight. ,a plane was reported to be pos- Walkerton. the plane wreckage b was found about one mile to the northwest. ht was within a wooded part of the swamp, for a distance of about 600 yards, and so well hidden t'ha�t'ittoould escape the eye from a point only fifty feet away. Hitehings, with 50 hours solo flying experience, said the plane's engine flailed at 1,000 feet and all the instruments went dead. The field was uneven with sev- eral deep camouflaged ditches. When the aircraft, which had �ibly down, the location ging fuel for two hours, failed to 10 miles directly west of Walk - return to the airfield at 7 ,_ rton. A short while after the there was concern 6r the craft police had left for the Greenock and its occupants. :# short while Savamp, a phone call was receiv- jater, notification was forwarded, ed at the Walkerton detachment to the Wingham Detachment of ;from the missing pilot of the the O.FI'., that the plane was downed plane, Ronald 'H�itch- and the Canadian For Ings. The call at 9:30 a'm. Mon- missing,ces Air Sea Rescue Unit at Tren— ton wa.; alerted. the farm home of Jack Forsyth, About 6:45 p.m. Sunday even-; located on Highway 4 and 9. ing, James Mason of Walkerton,' one and a quarter miles west �f Ri while in the -vicinity of Green versaaie.. ock Swamp, near the Jack Lam- lIitchings ancl Miss Martin ; Only his low altitude when the 'bertus farm, heard an aeroplane, had; ,escaped injury when their I engine failed prohibited his which seemed to sputter, and aeroplane crashed. They re- attempting to clear the trees, to be in passible trouble. He maimed with the wreckage, a- j and make a -landing there, or waitin ,r Morning, then found, returning to the Wingham air- then saw the aircraft, which' „ , dropped suddenly out of sight, - strip,- 10 minutes air -time away. over the nearby horizon, and as! their way out of the swamp, ar Miss Martin said she had a he surmised, towards theGreen riving at the farm home, two hard time getting her pilot com- oek 'Swamp. Mr. Mason, the miles distant, from where they 1 panion from the aircraft. Both when it was noted that the plane was safe to enter, they remain- ed with the upturned cabin wail daybreak, Using the sun as a guide, they 'chose, as was again fortunate for them, to ' set out in . search of help towards the southeast. After they had trudged; about a third of a mile through dense forest, and another third mile through a clearing in the swamp, they reached a farm laneway, ,along which for another 600 yards they walked south to reach the elbow in the road. 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Price tin 37c — SAVE 11c SUPER -RIGHT QUALITY GRADE "A" 0 'EN READY 21/2 TO 3 -LB AVERAGE GIBLETS 'b REMOVED WH1f PAY CHICKEN PRICES FOR GIBLETS? CHICKEN • GIBLETS FROZEN b29c CHICKEN LIVERS FRESH CHICKEN LEG QUARTERS Breast Quarters lb CHICKEN WHOLE Wit -GAP FRESH PORK Shoulder Roast lb SCCOHUNIZIEfR'SSTYLE Pula Pork Sausage CHICKEN WINGS 'Ib 394 FROZEN ° Ib 49c to do was to getaway from the plane and out of the bush. The sight of the laneway, and ten the road gave them a wonder- ful feeling, he said. Arriving at the road, they walked over a mile south on thk concession, reaching theHigh- way 4 and 9 paved highway, at which point a call was placed to the police. - Ronald I-itchimgs, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hitchings, and Shirley Martin, daughter or Mr. and Mrs. Howard Martin, Wing - ham, bath agreed they were lucky to be alive. They' had only scratches left to mall the :experience. Ronald is an em- ployee of Berry Doors Limited. Wingham, while Shirley in em- ployed at the Wingham branch of Lloyd Truax Ltd. The plane which belonged to Sky Harbour Air Services, Gode- rich, was a new Cessna valued at $9,000. Some parts of the plane, can be salvaged, whale there is a possibility the craft will be reconstructed. The Department of Transport has also joined. in the investi- gation of the crash. Doug Cruickshank Chosen To . Coach Goderich Juniors Douglas Cruickshank has been appointed coach of the Goderich Siftos for the coming hockey season. A product of the Owen Sound minor system, Doug play- ed on two all -Ontario champ- ionship- Junior "C" teams for Collingwood. He came to Goderich in 1954 as a member of the Intermed- iate "A"' Samis Pontius, and has lived here ever -since. Cruickshank has had wide experience as a coach in the Goderich minor hockey organ- ization rganization as well as having coach- ed Goderich's last . Junior "C" team to the" all -Ontario semi- finals in 1956. The Siftos will be entered this year as a Junior "C" team in a league probably consisting of Preston, Hespeler, New Ham - CENTENNIAL CALLING Many Events Planned By. Mrs. Walter Rathburn Many events are planned for our schools. I'm sure the "school -room ' of yesteryear" will be a great - surprise and ho'tiv did lwe ever get any home- work done without a typewriter? I just hope they won't have a "school room of tomorrow." I couldn't stand it! • - Many great stories will come out in the Essay Contest about that great statesman, Sir Joh n A. MacDonald. , He was not the • only great man to fight for Confederation, in fact men, names now forgot- ten, worked a lot harder than did Sir John A.! These essays will be well worth hearing or reading. I fear Her - Royal Highness' Queen Elizabeth will not be visiting our fair town. - What a pity! I am sure the warship will visit our harbor, but date is still not certain. I'•m wondering if there will be any other activity- in ' that area? Will the Tiki have her new masts and great sails? Will there be a regatta or other boat- ing event next summer? How about it, boys? We haven't heard a peep from you. You know hundreds of people enjoy boating and water sports (from the shore) how about showing off a little, in our harbor, and let us enjoy it, too. During Old Home Week we will have a big, helicopter visit us, and even our Ham Radio people will be helping to make 1967 a year to remember. Bless them! Perhaps two or three of our Cape Cod, Fresh, New Crop, Finest Quality, Buy Them Early, Prepare , Fon Thanksgiving, No. 1 Gr. 1 -LB CELLO PKG Ontario Grown, Curly Leaf, Fresh, Washed, to Ready To Cook, No. 1 Grade it SPINACH 10 -oz cello pkg 19C New Crop, Fresh From The Tropicst Cordatum -- 3" Pot • Philodendron ?kr-1.00 sweet, Boll Typo, California, Extra Large,, No. 1 Grade GREENPEPPERS Ontario Grown, Molntosh, Crisp and Juicy APPLES FANCY GRADE 3 For 1 3 -Ib cell© bag 'upport Canada's. Centennial Projects X67 I967 •,'" w P ALL PRICES IN THIS AD GUARANTEED THROUGH, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1966. smaller industries would use their combined efforts to Egel. the lights for '67 and I know we would find some way of keeping them for .years after our Centennial year is over. I thhink this would be a fine project. 4 Please let us have your ideas. Write us at Post Office Box '1967. I'sn waiting, DUST CAP FAILURE MARTHA. burg, Elmira, Hanover, Orange- ville and Goderich. The move from "B" ho "C" (classification is explained by the Booster Club officials as an "economic necessity." JGnareas- !ing cost of operating the team and the end of financial sup- port from Detroit Red Wings because of the new agreement between, the N.H.L.nd the Canadian Amateur Hockey As- sociation were given as major factors in the decision. ° The main difference between "B" and "C" categories is in the number 'of imports allow- ed—seven in . "B," four in "C." This is seen as giving more opportunity for ld'eal boys to make the team, and, as one Booster official put ite "that's really the purpose of having the. team." Manager Harry Kerr and the new coach are currently con- tacting players in preparation for the first workouts which will begin as soon as ice is avail- able in the early part df Oc- - tober, By H. L. Baird When the United States gov- ernment first attempted to launch the $15 million Gemini Six Titan Rocket for a rendez- vous in space, a two -cent plastic dust cap caused -a failure. .The cape had been left in a fuel line by a workman for the Martin Company and escaped the ultra -careful continuous in- spections of both government and company inspectors. Frus- trating? Human failures usually are. Engineers say the modern automobile is made up of 20,- 000 parts fitted togethet to make one smooth -functioning mechanism. It is not nearly as complicated as a titan rocket, but it can still be very frustrat= ing when it lacks. -the fine hand of a specialized mechanic to locate its particular "dust cap" trouble. - Despite rigid inspection con- trol of present day mass produc- tion, an automobile is almost never perfectly adjusted when it leases the factory. And even if it was, a "wearing in'" period soon follows when individual adjustments are necessary. If a car fails to get this at. tention,-separate annoyances pile up until the owner acquires a sour state of mind on the whole thing. Appropriately enough, he desersbes the car as a "lemon." There can't be anything wrong with your car that a trained meanie, in Goderich, can't set right. :You'll get more service and , satisfaction out of the family "transportation if you re- member this fact fetid, that "lemons" really only grow on` trees. 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