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°AG 6A GODERICH SIONALzata, THURSDAY AUUQUe 10, 1073
What a .dull, rainy weekend storm to their friends house -for
f6r a holiday! There were plenty help.
r� h tivities but the rain and ,fog Well, after he had been gone
jut.- about ruined it all. too long' Vickie' was too scaredthe local Lawn Bowling Club to stay in the blackness. and
have their big tournament each headed out into the cold too.
'year' on this holiday Monday She could have been lost and
and •despite the weather had a frozen to death, but she found
.full double draw, bowling 'from the' house and went in to find
Don lying on a couch in the
midst of the party with some
'Blonde' rubbing his leg.' •
She -soon- convinced_ him. _his
leg wasn't broken a-nd friends
drove them home. (Two days
later Don ends up in the
hospital - he really had broken
his leg that night).
Next daythey tried, tq find the
'Bug' and Vickie said you'd
never, believe the . number of
haystacks they had to "Feel"
before they found it, since their
tracks were <, well covered with
snow. Do"n't you just. get the
Picture!
One of .our most pleasant
memories were the Sunday we
enjoyed exploring -this part of
the country which was new. to
all of us. This is one of the
reasons I' :-love Goderich and
miles and miles of countryside
around it.
We would have fishing poles
and a "22 and the coffee pot
and 'lots, of ..eats -and start out
Ssnday morning TO explore our
new, sta ff .. gr=)unds-_ We'_
fished from all the bridge; with
enthusiasm. I never caught a
fish over 4 inches - and we never
kept - any of them anyway.
Evening always found us at
PipersDam where the
swimming was good; the fishing
was better and our spot with its'
'campfire was beautiful. It was
like something out of fairyland
and -we all loved it. After
hamburgs and coffee etc., we
would sitaround an improvised
table andplay bridge for a
couple of hours, then drag
'tournament coming up - and • ourselves up The hill ,to be met
Vern Smith tells me they have a
full entry. This is always terrific
.ball and well worth sitting thro'
game "after game.
It happens on Labor Day
' holiday weekend, With ., two
games Friday nite and games
right thro to the finish on
Monday.
Plan to. see this fine
tournament which is becoming a
Ubig, name for Goderich each
year..
Well, Don and Vickie
Thornton were in townlast
week - a very shah stay but a
happy 'one. ,They haven't
changed much - except thactrlion
now sports a full moustache - a
just after 11` A.M. until about 7
P.M. or later.
It was quite a colorful and
interesting tournament and Ave -
have
have to admit that Lawn
Bowlers are the worlds greatest
optimists. I really enjoy this
game. A real .challenge, but, as
in curling, you never know the
winner until the last bowl or
stone is thrown., •
The first draw was called for
10:30 A.M., but the fog and rain
,was so heavy you were sure
there'd be no bowling this
holiday, but convener Fred
Richardson said "We're going to
go!'.'
And go we did - a bit late - •
but' the sky got . higher and,
higher, suddenly, the steamy
heat was terrific --and the..sun
tried to break through.' .
This lasted until noon and the
afternoon was damp ,and cool.
Not a pleasant change.
The Goderich greens are
beautiful and dry quickly. You •
• couldn't believe they could be so
goodwhen -everything was so -
soggy;
'Even tho' the last game had
to be` called , "on account of
rain" not •one damp player
growled or said they 'didn't
enjoy their day.
I met ari old friend the other
day who at 82 is .spry as a
cricket. -
I'm sure," a great many
remember Albert "Kitty"
Kitton as one of our most ardent
lawn bowlers. ° And a. GOOD
one, 'too. We miss you 'Kitty'.
Soon we have a big baseball
by a 'blast of rosquitoes you..
wouldn't believe.
This is the"old Pipers Darn we
remember so fondly. Because we
enjoyed` it so much we told
others. After the third or fourth
summer it was so crowded down
there we stopped going. Our
lovely campfire , spot had been
ruined by `characters who
smashbed bottles and left
garbage. We were sorry we had
bragged it up so much, as we
became the losers - isn't that
just the way things happen?
It is wonderful to recall' the
fun and the things that happen
years ago' - but it suddenly
makes you realize you "haven't
flat one -• not one of those been going anywhere or doing
twisters, and has lost POUNDS anything" lately - You're
- is back to his early Air Force . settling down, Kiddo! And I.
figure. • don't want to!
• Vickie, too, has lost weight
and is as attractive and Guess there's not much "you
vivacious as ever. We spent can do about it except to, hope
hours recalling the old times we the young folks are having as
had had together and some much fun as we did - without
episodes are a lot funnier now doing any damage or any harm.
that we.,can sit back and laugh The good old days!
at them, Back,,in '47 we were all Love;
25 years younger and believe me Martha
wehad• a lot .of good times.
About 1952 the,.,:were
•
David , Vince, left, came alt the' way from British: Colt mbis with twenty other exchange
students to see what this part of Canada was like. , He efts With Jim Weary, whom he 'is
staying with while in Goderich. Jim will be returning the visit later on this summer when
students from the area visit B.C. (staff photo)
From BC to Ontario
tornake a new #riend
David Vince, a 15 -year-old
lad from Portage Mountain,
B.C., has probably seen
more. of Ontario than most
Canadians living" in this
province will see in a lifetime.
David came to Goderich
Saturday, July 29 along with
twenty other students on a
student exchange ,trip between
the' provinces of Ontario and
British Columbia. TFtd B.C.
students were billeted with
-families ' living in towns from
Seaforth to lashwood during
their visit..
David was billeted at the
home, of Jim Weary',s parents:
Jim, 14 years old, will be going
•to °B.C. later on this summer
with; students from: this area.
Inquisitive young minds used
ifiie opportunity of being here to
"drover" Ontario. They visited
-w
"`- ti erre""d o Po a`"' .Ta' Prairie
find during the ye s they spent
in Manitoba the "episodes" just
continued but we were not part
of them:
Vickie recalled the famous bit of
being lost in a haystack which
just HAS to top them all.
Like most stories it loses
something in the telling when
you weren't FN the story, but the
gist of it is that they had partied
at the home of a friend who was
some distance from town and off
the regular highway route. It
was. a very'stortny winter's night
and altho' Vickie was just
learning to drive the car, she
was sure she could drive better
than Don, so he just went to
sleep.
The snow had covered the
-Prairie Trails and she vial
.
having trouble finding bet way
thro' the blinding snow.
Suddenly Ikon was awakened by
Vickie cries that everything
had gone black and she didn't
know where she was.
Don had to battle his way out
the door to find the 'Voiles was
stuck in the middle of a big new
hayatacit, and to add to their
Ahe,..darned, tug wouldn't tr
AAA Again VIOkio rs. rtlrried
to slay idle', the ear and bon
fought ilk way back duo* :the
In 1962; Mrs. Ellen F;ir-
cic;ugh became Canada's first
woman Postmaster General. She
has previously held the, port-
folios of Secretary of .State and
of Citizenship and Immigration.
Ontario Place,the Ontario
Science Centre, Niagara Falls,
Niagara -on -the -Lake, Fort
George,and the Welland Canal.'
David says he enjoyed the
beauty of Niagara Falls, and
was afstounded at the enormous
size of the, Ontario. Science
'Centre.' He found Ontario Place
to be quite, fascinating, but
complained of too much
walking. He thought, ,the
Cinesphere, there was, as, he
called it, "good".
Althrntgh navid"•lives in
he does not live near Vancouver,
as most people around here
would take for granted. He lives
about 508 .miles. north of
,Vancouver, beside Peace River
Damn.
•
his home are very few but he
says it is not as cold here and
the terrain is noticealaly flatter
in this part of the country.
While houses- here are built of
brick, David says all; -the houses
'in B.C. are made out of wood.
As for the people and culture •
between the two provinces,
David says, "We're both pretty
much the same, Canadian in our
ways.,,
What the students saw when'
they stayed here isn't the end of
R C= their "ecperiences on the &trip.-
They left here by-bus;on Sunday
to go to .Toronto. There they
were to catch a plane to Ottawa -
where they are staying for:three
,days to take in the siglits' and -
sounds of the pulse beat of our
country. Upon leaving the
capital the students will enter la-_
belle province, to visit Montreal
for a day. Then its heading west
again, to fly to Edmonton for an
overnight stay before arriving in
Port St. John, B.C. on August 11
and home to familiar folks,with
familiar faces. ' ,
__ The', differences. David finds
between this part of Ontario and.
.MIS••
•
Bill French of Hamilton has
been spending 'part of his
holidays in the Dungannon and.
Creee areas and staying with
Mr. arid Mrs. Chester Finnigan.
It was in 1929 that the "*British
Isles" 'lads. came to find work
and homes at Crewe. They were
Bill French from -Ireland, Harry
Middleton from Scotland,
Stanley Hore and Richard Hall
from England:
Mrs. Fred Young attended the
Golden Wedding gathering . for
her cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Leslie
Jervis, on Saturday in the
f-loimesville school.
Mrs. D. ,.,Fines ' is visiting
with Mrs. Cecil Blake and
Barbara.
Mr. ''and Mrs. Bob Ott and
Matthew of Kitchener spent the
holiday weekend at their
parentalhome here.
Mr. ad Mrs. ' Chas. Fowler.
--have had many visitors lately
including Mrs. -Glen Bali from
Barrie last weekend; Mr. and
Mrs. Gerrard Bates of St.
Catharines, Tuesday, on their
honeymoon (Mrs. Bates is a'
niece of Mr. Fowler); Mr. and
Mrs. 'Tom Fowler, Darrel and
Karen of Parkhill, 'on
Wednesday; and on Sunday a-
Tiree df'Mr4: 'Ftwler-Mrs?.earl,-;.
Bailie and her four children,
Nancy, Carla, Wesley Anita
of Formosa, also Mrs. Bailie, Sr.
.from Toronto.
Mrs. (Gwen) Jack Caesar has
completed" a five-week course in
Special Education at Kitchener
this mil -Amer. •
1Viany from here .enjoyed the
Lucknow Craft Festival on
Friday and Saturday.
Mrs. Graham McNee and
Mrs. Gladys Rivett enjoyed a
few days in a Cottage at Port
Albert.
•
Mrs. Mary Bere returned
home Friday after successfully
completing a five-week course in
Special Education in . Toronto.
-Mr. and Mrs. Terry Hodges
and Mr. and Mrs. Ricky Park
enjoyed, a camping holiday last
week at Algonquin Park. Little
Sherry -Anne Hodges spent the
week with her grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. Harold Errington and
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Hodges.
Mrs. Kitchener Finnigan, and
Mrs. Olive Culbert of Goderich
and Mrs. Alex Daniels of Oak
Lake, Manitoba called to see
Mrs. Minnie Jones on Monday.
Mr, and Mrs. John • Bere and
her daughter, Sault Ste. Marie,
Mr. and Mrs."Knolly Chung and,
family Lamone, Calvin, Larry of
Barataria,„ Trinidad visited this
weekend with Mrs.. Mary Bere
and "'family.
Recent visitors with Mr. and
Mrs. Robt. Stothers .. and Jim
included Jeff • Whitlam and a
friend from Toronto, also Cathy
Stothers and Ken Isard from
London.
Canada, in 1948, took the
lead in air mail with tht
,,.,dt c.it i ?,L th t Jwhere4 it ywnnild
speed delivery, all fi rsi I,?+54
mail to a certain weight. should
go by
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