The Goderich Signal-Star, 1969-02-27, Page 18' THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27,1969
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My Trip To St. Lambert
By Allan Fritzley
1 am a Pee Wee Alstar, and
just arrived 'borne frond an
exciting trip to St.. Lambert,
Quebec. The teams . left early
Friday, December ,27 at 5:30
a.m,..by bus to Stratford. We got
on 'a, train at..‹Stratford which,
took us to Toronto. On the train
we played checkers, cards, reed
and slept if we could. We
changed trains at Toronto for
Montreal. At the Montreal
station the St. Lambert team
and their fathers took us in 'their
cars through Montreal to their
arena. At the arena we took our
equipment to the storage rooms.
Then we went to meet our
billet's. Dave Nephew and I got
to stay at the same house and
our billet was Mr. and Mrs.
.Maguire, and 'their son Chuck.
Friday night Dave and4�I went
skating at the arena.
The next. morning, Saturday
at 11:00, we played St. Lambert
and lost .7 to 1. After the game
We had a very good lunch at the
Lawn Bowl which wasn't very
far from the arena, so we
walked. After lunch_ we all •went
on the subway, which was my
first time. "We stopped many
times at subway stations on our
way to the Montreal Forum. In
the Montreal subway station
there is a big plaza which has
three times as many stores .as
Goderich and it's all in one
building. Across from. the,big
plaza is the new Monteal
-Forum. It seats about 16,000
people in one, night. It has
escalators to.carry people _up and
down to the colour of seat they
want to go to. After we saw the
Forum we went back to St.
Lambert on the subway. When
we got back to our billets we ate
supper. That night we watched
the N.H.L: game on T.V., but
some of,the boys were fortunate
to go. to the game which _ was
playedin the Forum-. •
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ESSAY WINNERS
Sunday was Hockey Festival
Day in St: Lambert. A parade
was planned for , that day in
which our team was to rideon a
float, but it was called off
because of the stormy weather.
There was a Festival Queen
picked from five other girls
representing different hockey
teams from St. Lambert: There.
was 'a colour T.V. 'anti bicycle
drawn also that day. We played
another game Sunday and lost t
to 2. The rest of the day we had
free to watch the other games.
That night we went to bed early
because we had to get up -early
to leave for home. We all met at
the 'arena Monday morning,
ready to leave to the train
station. When w(arrived at the
station,, we all e said good-bye to
our billet's and got on the train
and left on . our long trip to
Toronto. When we . arrived in
Toronto we had three hours to
spare, so we left our luggage in
the baggage room. In that three
hours we went bowling . in a
120 -lane bowling alley. We then
went back to the train and there
was a mix-up in the trains, so we
had to wait a while longer. We
were finally on our way home to
Goderich, met the bus at
Stratford and arrived home tired
and happy!
Our Hockey Trip
To St Lambert
By Mike Palmer
Quebec, but it was well worth it.
1 played a few card games and
checkers over the long trip. Up
-about five cars was a snack bar
and food was expensive. Once
we reached The Queen Elizabeth
Hotel in Montreal we were put -
in cars and .were taken to the
arena in St. Lambert. Thep we
were billeted. I was taken with -
Jim Schram to the Miller's
residence on the outskirts of St.
Lambert. Both Donald and Brian
Miller played .an the St. Lambert
Pee V Wee team. They had an
older brother named John and a
younger brother named Philip,
who ended up to be a real pest
as we found. out the next day.
That 'night after supper we
.played a game of road hockey
which our team won 10 to 8,
Then from 8 o'clock to 10
o'clock p.m. w,e went, skating.
We were dead tired when we
finally hopped into bed that
night.
Saturday morning we• were
awakened by Philip around41:30
a.m. We had a hockey game at
11:00 which the St. Lambert
team won 7-1. We had a nice
lunch° and were introduced to
players of the other team.
A tour was scheduled -but
because of a storm it was called
off. Instead a trip on the
"Metro" (a large, subwtay) was
planned.. Jim -and I were going to
• go but decided against it. We
went to the Miller's and played
ping pong. Philip wanted to play
too.
Early Friday December 27 I That night at the. Miller's we
awoke. and had breakfast. My. , played "Hands Down" with
father drove me to the arena. It. Philip ,and later watched some of
was a rough ride to Stratford in the hockey game on television.
the back of our station wagon Dorrald anti Brian also watched.
on 'top of our 'luggage. Most ,of 'the hooey. We were tired so
the other boys rode in a bus. I around 9:30 p.m. Jim and t
left Dad at the station and decided to go to bed.
loaded on to the train. We The next day was Sunday and
reached Toronto at 9 a.m: and Philip woke us up at 8:00 a.m.
switched to another tram. It was as ' he . threatened the night
a long, weary trip to our , before: Luckily though he went
hard-earned target St. Lambert,_ . skiing with his father.- One. of
St
our teammates phoned us and
asked Jim` and I if we'd like to
go on a tour of Montreal. We
saw the three bridges that joined
St. Lambert with Montreal —the
Victoria bridge, the Jacques
Cartier bridge `and the
Champlain'I ridge..St. Lambert is
on the other side of the St.
Lawrence ' River across . ,from
M Yntreal.' Weaiso ,, w the oldest
church in Montreal, Notre
Dame. The Forum, Mont Royal,
•hospitaTs, St. Catherine St. (the
centre of' Montreal) and the old
part of Montreal were among the
many sites we saw.
Our hockey game at 2:30 was
very well played by both teams.
A book about salt, some .hock
salt and a Sheaffer pen were
given to the other team as a
souvenir of Goderich. The final
score was St.. Lambert 5
Goderich 2. During the game I
received a blow that resulted in
three stitches. It was just above
my left eye. After the game we
went over to a friend of the
Miller's and played road hockey.
We has a delicious meal that
night and afterwards went to a
Junior B game. The St: Lambert
team 'beat the Richmond Hill
team 7-0. It wasn't till 11:00
p.m. that .we finally got to bed.
Monday moltning. we got up
at 7:30 a.m. so we wouldn't miss
our • train. At 9:30 a:m. we
pulled out of Montreal after a
weekend of fun. It was pretty
well the same going home as it
was going to St. Lambert. In
Toronto' we had a long wail, so
'decided td"go bowling but when
we got back .to Union Station in
'Toronto we found out the train
. we had reservation~ for ,was
filled. We were scheduled -io be
in Stratford' at 7:30, p'.m. but: it
wasn't untill 10:15 p.m. that we
pullets into Stratford. \II father
had' dm en to Stratford early tint
got tired of wwent back
home. \t 11:30 p.111. we reached
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