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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1967-09-07, Page 1T EGODERICK SI:GNAIN TA.R THURSDAY, S[PTEMBER ', 196 ... , Goderich, labor councilspro. gram committee planned a full slate' of events to fill their Labor Day holiday festivities. Moments after the lasLpar. ade float left 'The Square, a round of sports activities for all age groups got under~ way in Court House Park, Highlights of the sports program, were the tug -of -wax contest between seven -man teams representing entries from three different Goderich industries. • The DRMCO tug-of-war team which had issued a challenge to other Goderich industries, had, no trouble with the God. r ��.•�...�-.err=c'h.�;4�ngfa:d:z • ' ':. ,hey'pulte71'd 't in a fe.g tugs. However, the "Domcos" were in for a surprise when they were- matched against a "Salt -mines" team. The seven husky members of the Internat. ional Chemical Workers Union ;nl ocal..which.represents the labor force at the Domtar Chemicals Sifto Salt Division Mine here, after two hard, struggles with the DRMCO team, were declar-• ed the new Goderich tug-of-war champions. ,. Following the tug-of--"wrar con. tests, boys and girls races were held on another section of Court House lawn. Winners of these races were as follows: girls -II -to 14,.:Mary. • McFadden, awarded a $5 gift certificate from The Fashion Shop; girls 8 to 10 running The S. S. "South American" made its annual Labour Day holiday visit to. Goderich when it •arrived at the harbor early Monday afternoon, almost 'an hour, ahead of schedule. Several hundred , Goderich resident§ and visitors lined the 'south dock„to Watch the cruise ship docking. In foreground are three of the Goderich • "Nelsonian" sailors" who helped tie her up. Passengers were greeted by the skirling pipes of the Mount Forest Cameron Highlanders Pipe _Band and May or Dr. G, h'. Mills when they disembarked. More entertainment aw:iited.the American tourists when they travelled uptown to' watch. the Labour Da} parade and other festivities' then in progress. The South American cast off at 8:3Q p.m. to resume its south hound cruise for Detroit. (Photo~ By H. Aitken)• ti race; Karen Sheardown, a $5 dry cleaning voucher; girls 5 to 7 running race, •Barb Shel. ton, who, won a cushion; girls • sack vace, 12 to 15, Judy Beat. tie; free-for-all sack race, 11 and under, Curtis Hynds, who won a shoe voucher; boys run- ning race, 11 to 14, Daye Car- ruthers, who won a $5 voucher from Worsell ,Brothers Hard- ware store; boys running raQe, ,. 8 to ,,10, John Plouffe, who won a• fishing pole; boys 5 to 7 running race, was won by Ben - Benny Worsell who -was given a set of Dinky Toys; boys,saek ,, race, 12 to 15, Wayne Draper, who won a-- shirt; bays sack race, 11 arld under,baurie Peat. tie, who won a pants voucher, More excitement was gener. ated amongst the children and adults by the next program at. tractions, the• soap -box' derby events: Two classes were held •for the soap -box racers, ohe for an 11 and under age group and another for boys aged 12 to 15. Course for the -11 and under soap -box race; (which attract., ed a couple of girls entries) took them half -way around The Square. Starting point was North ning pair of- this event; . their.' prize, -was a;• steak dinner for,,, each of them. Second -place went to Mike .Sully and Danny Dun* can, whQ also won a steak dinner apiece; Wayne GOO, rider and Barry'Bergman; Pius. her came.third: ' Soap -box derby teams in the 12 to 15 class were required to circle Court, House Park to complete their course; the starting and finish line Was the cross --walk at South • Street. David McKee was a halt -block ahead of. his nearest compet. itor as - Brian Hamilton, his pusher, gave the soap-box prizes were an aluminum tray and a coin changer. Second • place finishgrs • Were ' vette Deice*, drive' and Bria'u Schmidt, pusher. 'Irl 'show',pos• • ition were Bill johnStoli, driver and Danny dohnstoh, pusher. " The barbecue committee, • headed by, "Chuck" Stewart,, did a. sell-out business with the beet -burgers as they had td send for more beef and'hpns several - times • during oper.. ationS. At nigh,; Court House, Park and The Square acquired a car. nival4 atmosphere, enhanced by the • presence of two bands. They were stationed at •oppo.. site sides of the park. Although ing to he music of. the coup:- try oup:-try and western trio, many more (continued on page 8) ._Something special happened. • at Sky Harbour Sunday after- noon. -The group of people ad: miring the 1938 custom model Waco aircraft rresentedonly ._ a small portion, of the large turnout of Goderich residents, who had driven out from town to watch the restored "old bird" being put through its paces once again by Sky Harbour's test pilot, Don Fisher. When Don took to the air with the Illustrious, old, single. engined aircraft, the success- ful flight which followed clim- axed an "aircraft restoration project which began nearly seven years ago.. • The late g Keith ("Hoppy") • Hopkinson inspired the idea ,to • help preserve aviation history. Two other Sky Harbour avia. _ tion enthusiasts took hold of "Hoppy's vision" and became intensely involved with the work of restoring this plane whose original owner, who bought it •new in 1938, for $11,000, was . Miss Lauretta Taylor, broad. way star of that era. Gus Chisholm,production manager of Dearborn S teel Tub. ing's Goderich plant, and Bob Hotton, president of the com- pany, both experienced pilots, • carried the W-aco's restoration through to completion. Gus took A charge of the American desig. ned biplane''s" mechanical rest.' oration. Shortly after the plane was purchased May 11, 1967-, at Fort Wayne, Indiana, the Goderich pilot and mechanic spent forty. . two hours working on the engine ,readying it for flight. During the journey to its newhome, its owner Keith Hopkinson, flew es- cort on from Port Huron allow. _ trig Gus to shoot sone movie film bf the "old bird" in flight before, it was landed at Sky Harbour. Test pilot Fisher gave the newly restored biplane a thor- ough workout during its test flight which' lasted nearly an hour. Several times the plane 'was landed on the runway for tele. vision and newspaper camera. , men. Once• or twice as it pas- sed over the heads of the spect- ators lined at the edge of the landing field, the veteran Sky Harbour pilot banked the. "old bird" sharplyto demonstrate to flying buffs on:the ground that the renewed biplane was in as good flying trim for this occasion as it was nearly thirty years ago when first flown. After his final landing, • Don taxied over to the north side of the main hangar where he was beseiged by -a crowd of, reporters, cameramen and onlookers, all trying to -get his attention and ask questions at once. Eventually, the two men most. concerned about- re. sults of the Waco''s test flight Gus Chisholm and Bob Hotton found' an opportunity to ask the test pilot for his comments, "It handles just .fine", was. Don's ..enthusiastic endorse: meat. Steering controls were a little 'stiff but outside of -that, I had no fault to find with her," he. remarked. The Waco will get a new, paint job within . the next few days. Installation of a radio will follow. After the final refinishing and ` equipping' contracts have beefs ..completed, .a 2,500 - mile inter. national flight to Tucson, Ari. zona, is in store. Purpose of the flight is to give a former owner, George ' Cary, a chance to fly it -once more. - Nixone Campaigns - In. Huron 'Provincial Liberal Leader Robert Nixon Wednesday got off to a flying start on the elec- tion campaign: He flew into Sky Harbour airfield at 12:30 p.m. and was orf his way to a meet. ing in Windsortwohours later. In an interview he said that after being 24 years in opposi. tion he was certain the Lib: (continuedon page 8) • William James Millar, R. R. 2 Goderich (left) receives a cheque for $100 froeGoderich and District Trades and Labour Council president, Ewan Ross (right) while Reginald Gisborn, New Democratic Party MPP for Hamilton Eastlooks on.,Mr. Gisborn was guest • speaker at'the Labur Day celebrations on the Square on Monday. - Standing at the nose -cone of .their Waco aircraft are the two Goderich antique aircraft hobbyists who restored the 1938 custom built biplane to original flying trim ,after six years of dedicated work. Bob Hotton, left, president of Dearborn Stell Tubing company, • and Gus Chisholm!, production manager at Dearborn's Goderich plant,' enjoyed some proud moments when Sky Harbour pilot, - Don Fisher, took it aloft Sunday afternoon. Several hundreds watched the plane perform "beautifully", 'as stated by test pilot Fisher, after its 40 -minute flight,,(Staff Photo) Goderich Trades and Labor Council began their festivities Monday afternoon at 2:30 p.m. ,,with a parade, which travelled 111pnSouth Street and around The S quiar e. • It was a success, judged by • any_ standard. Everyone loves a parade and this one was no exception. It' had something for everyone. There were clowns decorated bicyclesgaily cos. tumed horses and riders to keep the children entertained; floats were imaginative and varied. Many of the entries were doing a repeat performance as they had first appeared in the July 1 parade. One example was the horse drawn double -seated buggy in which rode three God. erich township citizens. Randall Marriott, depicting a "down -at -the -heels" prospect. or leading his heavily burdened but faithful mule, was also a popular parade entry for -the second ti,ple this season. The Labor Day parade was better provided with bands than was the one of July 1. Monday's parade featured three bands; of these, two were Pipe bands, one from Mount Forest and the other from Forest. The third band was Goderich's brass, band, led by Mr. Xalbfleisch. Throughout the', Labor Day celebrations a mobile amplify. ing unit was stationed near the judges stand serving' as, a P.A. system. Prior to the parade and at intervals throughout the , program the sound truck play • ed recorded music for the enter. tainment of the crowd. Adding some noise and excite. (continued on page 8) ' Rev. Garwood Russell, min. iste,r of 'St. Georges Anglican Church? Sunday stressed the need for responsibility on the part of unions and management. Speaking 'at :the interdenom- inational service held on the Court House Parg,Rev: G. Rus. sell told the. mixed congregar tion that the real dialogue in negotiations lay not across a bargaining table but in "heart to heart" talking. "We can truthfully say that if it hadn't been for the devel. opment of the unions the bulk _ of our population would be on the edge of poverty.'.' He suggested that "When Wal- ter Reuther gets all the auto • workers living in luxury he might be able to help" out they. clergy. Nobody needs a union more." "The 'real battle for recog. nition of the worker in industry • has been won", the Anglican minister stated, "ensured by his right to strike, which is • (continued on page 8) • 7.