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n games in the Young Canada Week tournament a lot
_ 6oyLand thiql coaches are fed in the upper
rium of the GoderiCE MemorliTArena. This group look
akes a
yone who attends
anada Week hockey
event draws a lot of
Hockey players,
parents and fans all
to watch Canada's
port as it is played by
Wees In this tour-
nd it takes a lot of
ep all those stomachs
o.de.rich Mernorial
ff provides all those
s through their can -
x staff members,
n two shifts, keep the
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r day depending on
edules.
Graham is in charge
these shifts and Mary
versees w -the second.
Jones, ltaerta
, Brenda Fisher and
om keep the hotdogs,
ocola-te,bars and soft
uring across the coun-
e.
manager Bill Lumby
that in an 'average
anada Hockey Week
canteen will'sell 5.0 to
bot dogs. "We stocked
20 dozen wieners last
ay," he explains, "and
dv had about 25 dozen
next shipment is not
I tomorrow 'and it
though we will hardly
ogs went up in -price
for the first time in •
years. They will flow
cents rather than 25
reason for. the price
--Mr. Lumhv points
prie"e of onions. We
ec to pay, more than
bag for them hut last
went up to $3.00 a bag
onions go for no less
00 per hag."
like they're enjoying their meal of fried chicken provided by
the Lions Club. For dessert of course there's always ice
cream. (staff photo)`
lot of food
Apparently there was a poor
crop last -year and there are
shortages.
Coffee and donuts are also
items of great demand. "In one
morning we sell about 20 dozen
donuts," the arena manager
estimates. "We only sell them
in the mornings since' the
demand drops by afternoon.
People seem to like coffee and
donuts in the morning." m
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As for coffee the fans of
'Young Canada Week drink in
-the neighborhood of 000 cups a
day, and that's a lot of ,Java.
"A lot of people ask why we
don't open the upstairs canteen
to help serge all this," Mr.
Lumby notes, "hut one year we
did and lost money. People
would sooner wait in line at the
downstairs canteen than walk
up the stairs and we didn't
even take in enough up there to
pay the girls' wages."
"The canteen downstairs
looks small but the girls don't
have to walk far to get what a
customer wants and they can
serve more .people faster.
"Our biggest clay," he ex-
plains, "was either last year or
the year before when...that can-
teen took $1,000." It takes a lot
of quarters .and dimes to make
up a whole grand.
Goderich Mayor. Harry_ Worsell officially drops the puck to open the 24 annual. Young
Canada Hockey Week at the Goderich Memorial Arena at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday.. By the
time His Worship had dropped that ceremonial face off a number of games had already
been played. There are many more to'conre"though and the quality of Pee Wee hockey this
,Rear is better than ever- before. (staff photo)
rkey.- 1 8 yrs. with Y.C.
ver an event occurs as
as renowned as the
Lions Young Canada
e can always find hard
dedicated 'men who
e greatly to it's suc-
ch•individual who has
is all to the smooth
of this tournament is
Bill Kirkey of Goderich.
Bill is a Goderich native and
can be, seen daily at the arena
filling out referee reports which
are such an important part of
each game. He has performed
this duty for the past 18 years.
According to the secretary
treasurer of Young Canada
Week, Clark Chisholm, Bill is
one. of the first people at the
rink each and every day of the
tournament and has hot coffee
'prepared br the time the com-
mittee- members arrive.
If there are any odd jobs that
he can do for the members, he
is most willing 'to co-operate
without being asked twice.
Bill has grown up around the
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Soh has years df dedicated work and
gam. do 0. M a S Canada Week several
.-OMInatot' he °vonMg the Clinton Pee Woo's assistant captain
(staff Photo)
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environment of the arena and
'has been a big part in the
sports scene in Goderich.
Although unable ti)' actually
play in any of these, he has
travelled with several teams
over the' years both in hockey
and baseball and assisted in
the dressing room whenever he
could.
Bill is notorious throughout
the area as having an extraor-
dinary, ability to sell tickets.
Many people are of the belief
that he is the "best darn ticket
seller in Goderich."
Nip Whetstone the founder of
this_ tournament has known
Bill all his life and thinks very
highly qttif him. After talking
With many people in the area
Aunt Bill, ' I find that the
Whole community shares these
feelings.
According to Nip, ''Billy has
been a terrific booster for all
types of sports in-Goderich, and
is an excellent example of com-
munity spirit and genuine con -
.cern for his fellow man."
Bill Kirkey has been an ac-
tive member of the Kinsmen
Chit) for the past 18 years and
in that time has never missed a
meet ing. He has been ah
executive member for the last
eight years"
Ile was the i)isitrict. Kinsmen
of the Year once and was the
registrar when Goderich won
the attendance award in 1971-
'72.
Bill Kirkev is a dedicated in-
dividual and a man that the
community is most proud to
know.
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SIGNAL
STAR
THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 1 9,7 3
SECOND SECTION
Referees are a dedicatedIot
This year the Young Canada
Week tournament comes under
the direction of a new Referee
in Chief, Bill Beacom.
To those who have lived in
Goderich flit- some time Mr.
Beacom needs no introduction
since he is a native of this com-
muiiity.
He played his minor hockey
in Goderich, tjunior hockey in
Chatham and then returned to
play intermediate hockey
locally, He was president of the
Goderich referee's association,
for some years and assisted
Stan Stokes in the placement of
referees during Young Canada
Week.
13111 Beacom replaces Mr.
Stokes in the head referee's
position. In 'paying tribute to
those who have contributed to
the success of Young Canada
Week, Stan Stokes is seen by
sill Beacom
the organizers as one who must
he counted.
Eighteen years. ago Mr.
Stoke, took a week's holiday
and offered his services as a
referee in Young Canada Week_
At that tune Goderich had no
referees association and not
many referees so Stantokes
officiated'at 10 games, '
After that first tournament
was over Mr Stokes suggested
setting up a referee's
association ,,and this was done
making Stan Stoke- Referee in
.Chief
Taking it from there the new
chief recruited referees and set
up their schedules until a top
notch organization ,had been
born_
Mr Stokes announced his
retirement as of this year -
The Yount_' Canaria Week
referees volunteer their , ser-
vices, and even pay their own
transportation to Goderich.
The 88 games played during
the tournament necessitate the
services of over 60 referees and
the L.,,jonsi, Club term the work
of these' rnen. "a ,xnagnificen.t
gesture."
Referees come toGoderich
from throughout Western On-
tario and as far away as
Toronto and Montreal.
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Onie a;airr the press box an- ,
nouncing-and time keeping will
he handled this year by Clem
Wolterbeek of Goderich.
('lem is very familiar with all
the rules. of the tournament
and .how it operates, Lions
organizers say, "and his records
are accurately" kept." .
Grateful and filled with o zest for life ..t
Rescued'pairsay they almost
gave up after 10 minutes
There are two very thankful
men- living in Goderich this
week and two., men who have
found new meaning to life.
Sid Allen, :30 and'4,lllan
Slater, 21, took Slater's canoe
out onto Lake Huron Friday for
a joy -ride. Both, men are ex-
cellent -swimmers and experien-
ced boaters. r
. The pair had life=jackets. Ac-
cording to Slater, they mere the
best life jackets money could
buy.
About 300 yards away from
the harbor wall and the length
of the harbor wall from the
beach, the boat capsized. It was
a combination of waves and a
simultaneous shift of weight in
the boat which caused the ac-
cident. according to the men.
(eneral Hospital where._ they
remained until Sunday.
"You know what it is -like
when vour hands get very, very
cold and they start to on)e
hack to life again when they get
warm`'" asked Allen. ''Well,
imagine that feeling over your
entire body."
"There's incredible pain,'"
added Slater.
Both men adroit t hey see
living in a different, way this
week. Allen says his fa-mily is
more precious to him) not than
every before. Slater says he will
take no more chances with his
-life, that safety \vill come first
with him from now on.
"No more speeding with the
car and things like that,"
stated Slater. "I don't want to
Mrs. Allen and "`her two
children were on shore. Mr.
Allen had been waving to his
family from, the boat but with
the water as chopp}+ as it was, it
was difficult for Mrs, Alle.i,
to see that her husband and his -
crew mate had been thrown
into the icy water.
No one knows for sure who
finally did. sound the alarm
which summoned help.
"There was no way we could
swim for it," stated Allen. "Af-
ter two minutes in the water
there was no feeling left in our
bodies.'-'
The two simply scrambled n
for their upset boat which
miraculously stayed afloat in
the rough waters. They hung on
and they waited.
Through the agonizing 25
minutes the men were in the -
water, they talked to -each other
constantly, Allen said it was
the thought of his wife and his
family which kept him from
giving up. Slater, a bachelor,
said he would have succumbed
if it hadn't been for the en-
couragement of Allen.
"We talked about how much
we had to live for," Slater said.
"And we tried to make jokes."
"It was willpower and
keeping our minds alive that
helped us through;"said- Allen.
Back on shore, a frantic ef-
fort was going on to get a
tugboat out. to the spot where
the two men were in difficulty.
An estimated 15 minutes went
by before Reg. Black in his
boat, Lac Manitoba, made his
way to the rescue.
"If we'd been further off
shore, a hopeless way from
help, I'd hale given tip after
about 10 minutes," said Allen.
"But the thought that help
might be on the way kept me
going, and when 1 saw the tug
corrin "
"It was ithe most beautiful
sight I'd ever seen," concluded
Slater,
Goderich Deputy Police Chief
Patrick King, Constable Mery
Witter, and members of the
town volunteer fire department
responded to the call for
assistance.. The two men were
taken to Alexandra Marine and
die after corning t hrough that.'"
Will they go boating again?
Sure," said Allen, '"hut we'll
wait until the water ', Tnrs
up."
Titer agreed. He said he'd
been around vrater all his life
and would not let tin, incident
interfere with his favorite
hobby
Did they learn Anything from
the adventure?
"Those lifejackets would not
support us," complained Allen
He said that he ‘eeighs 16.-1
,1Ounds, hut fully clothed titin
soaking wet hc" weighed
perhaps 221) pound-_
• I here are lots of fe IIc,N's
around who weigh that much...
said Allen, "and the life .jackets
we had - the hest money -could
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buy - wouidnot support rne."
Slater said he felt a boat
should be ,44, ,aL the water-
front at all 'tithes for use by
police and firemen in the event
of an emergency. jIe said the
fact that there was no boat
readily available to assist them
could have been disastrous had
it not been for Black's tug. ,
'We're glad to he alive
though." said Slater "And, we
��arit to thank anyone who
helped in any way to bring us
to shore We've been, asking
,gcestion- so we ,can thank
people personally. but it is rr-
slow proce-s
Allen - nodded his head in
ag.re-ement.
•It's hard to describe how
grateful we are,"'. he said:
Constable Plushy Witter helpsget Allan Slater to shore and to hospital after Slater and his
friend, Sid Allen, had been pulled from the icy waters of Lake Huron last Friday. The two
Gdderich men *peril 25 minutes in the water, waiting for help and trying to ',try afloat.
Numb after only two minutes in the water, both men, excellent swimmers, said there was no
way they could have made It &shore by themselves. (staff phto)
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