The Goderich Signal-Star, 1974-01-31, Page 11Public Library,
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Over 100 skaters took part in .•
this yea's Skate-a-thon at the
Goderich Arena. The event is
design: ed to raise funds for e
Goderich Figure Skating C1db.
Special announcer Dick Eisler
called the first skaters to the
ice to begin the -five hour
' session at •11:30' Saturday mor-
ning.
Mayor 'Harry 'Worsell was.
first on the ice with club mem-
ber Debbie Chessel'followed by'
Town Clerk Harold Walls with
Carol Deckert as his partner.'"
The idea of the Skate -a -than
is that each person entered ob-
tain sponsorship from people
interested "iri,P-the Club's ,ac
ties and these sponsors
Rick Kingsley• makes his move against Laird ,Eisler during
their match at a Goderich Chess -Club Meeting. The clUb
meets every Wednesday between October and March at 150
Cambridge St. Member* compete for trophies at various
levels.: Rick won the level one trophy last year and Laird is
'bound to learn something fromhim about the game. Club
president Jim Kingsley says the trophies aresecondary to_.
ost members -enjoyment of the game' comes first'.' (staff
oto)
Ptmdering „his next move, trophies are presented' to rlevel
•Rick,Kingsley crested his elbow • winners. •
on the. table and cupped his, •Chase club members compete
chin in'.. his hand. The ' ABC - on three levels now. Jim plans
movie „of the week .cOu.ld, be ^ to expand to four levels if mem-
. heard from' the ,television in the bership groWs enough toy.'
next 'room. Seconds, ticked warrant it• '
away...He straightened up and '
reached toward the board with The level' attained- by a
his~ right hand. Queen's knight ,, ,.,player depends on the- percen-
�..,...- to•-i�ueen's. bishop three. , tage of games, he or she. has
won. At this time the -club has
He leaned• back momentarily, ' four-;„plaver's with' win percen-
looking satisfied with his- move:,, : tages between .700 and '.800,
'Rick .then brushed his hand" five • who have wonbetween
through his long brown hair, .500 and ,70Q,,at le
an'd.,...asumed this- former, five at level three
position, chin cupped in hand. and .400. ,
He glanced' briefly at his op-
ponent, Laird Eisler, and retur e
1 two and
een .050
a•ttend'ng at least 50 percent of
,the mee ings.
Each o layer at level. com-
petition h: to play every other
member of •he club at least 16
times during the'sea-son, which
begins the fir' t --Wednesday 'in
October and en s the last Wed-
'nesdayin Marc Games with.
honorary.member don't count.
More club inemb:rs trooped
in and exchanged greetings.
with Jim and the others. Across
the kitchen Jim' `Wea6y was
soundly' defeating $De finis 'Lit-
tle.
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Jim K•ingsley's -long
fascination with chess began
''Th levels can change as about 12 years ago in Kit-
'ned his, gaze -to: ae chess. board...°`.pl•'ayers increase their percen- thenen• o' ,players.t r d intently at p 'seerrtad. f t dy Ministry of Natural R u
°Rick and Laird are members - g d both
Chess • Club. season," -he said.
of the' Goderich
One night the gum -chewer
was scheduled to play" another
-man. As. -they sat down to play,
the other man pulled a handful
of gum out of his pocket to
chew ba k>irt`retaliation.
"Generally nobody in, the
club does, anything to purposely
distract the person he's '
playing," Jini „maintained.
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his cu ted 'a ood� wd al of the asked Thompson.
. \ P • Mtn • ..•.•.• "-Reeve
�.n, .� .
opponent. discussion ..at Huron County. "Reeve. , Doug"'McNeil of
donate a"sum of money for each
hour the skater stays on the ice.
The winners will. be the people
who obtained the highest spon-
sorshiNand the names -of these
people will be announced at the
Club's dance on February 9~
Mayor Worsell was to receive
$37.61 an.• hour and an extra
$25.00 from the Indilst•rial
Commission, at the suggestion
of • Dan Murphy, if Harold
Walls went the full five hours,.
Spokesman for the club,- Joan
Dierolf, said they expected to
raise about $1800 if the kids
could 'collect all they money
they had contracted.
"'Many of the skaters' mothers
and friends helped -to make -the'
HuronCOUfl CiI wou
protect deer; wolves
• areanother question
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day a success by preparing
cookies and sweets and keeping
hot drinks on hand throughout
the. day, Elleri- Jeffrey even
catered to- the Town Clerks
special diet by fixing him a
lunch of eggs and, spinach.,
Some of then members of the
Club came in. from out of town
to .give -them the advantage of
more .ice time and;. as,,a- result,
some of the sponsors were from
as far away as Kincardine and
Wingham•
All in all the day was a sec
cess from a 'monetary stand-
point and from sheer en-
joyment, To the amazement of
many of the spectators present
some' of• the skaters: were still
playing tag rand kibitzing when
the five hours were up and
some were sorry to leave the ice
sosoon. ,
Jim also likes to hear a loser Four-foc�ted animals .oc- in and. shoot .them all off?" •
•credit victory to the skill of p g
"Quite often a loser,picks out Council last • 'riday .w -hen a •°Colborne said council, did not
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h mistakes he made during resolution from Victoria ., have enough- infOr,rnation on
t e mis a es Countyconcerningwolf boun
the game �'a the. `'reason 'he the'deer• populations in Huron
lost „ and an aitnouncemenf from the and suggested that ' further
.., w• Ministry of Natural,; Resources. north there may be more deer.
In the 'kitchen ' and • dining about -a deer season ' were " , Rr.ese�ntatives ' of • the
r 'rim a e <zr.Me u • eso ices
Wednesday "Our members play others. at
They, meet every at 150 all levels. It helps them -to, Un -
Cambridge St. in ,;Goderich. , .,.prove, their gale• •to play'
against better pley,er.s,..But, in
• B 'inning at 7:30', the the playoffs, competition is only
meetings last several hours in ,, ,,between players on the same '
the large,: older style' home level." •
belonging to Jim Kingsley; the Jim keeps ors records 'in a
prime. mover behind' the. club. binder that includes week by '
Jim leaned against the coup- week results.. •
ter oiri his big, well -lit kitchen. - He has 'recorded names of
•' morar . mem
th b theclub. Theye people who can't at- natural.
He spoke evenly but en several he y members too
usiastical'ly about-
• The Victoria County brief will hE invited to attend cit
"I ,was living in a boarding:
Ouse there and two' fellows
Moved in who played c'hess
with' each '..other. One of them
taught me the game," he said:
Jim 'studied and read abot.it",,,
the game. While he was touring
England; he played there. He
moved to, . •GQderich in 1966
where he'had troiible locating
opponents for a goo.il--,game. of
chess.
The idea of 'a 'club was
cu ar '
"I try to keep the: club as in- tend meetings regularly, but
, formal as possibld; It's just -for stili like to play once irt,awhile.
- 'people who like to play, chess, 'An honorary •• member. can
Out none of our members are move up to •a" level and be .
into it really deeply." �
H`e ad'ded that most members''
study the game through books
and magazines.
"There''s often a little bit of
chatter between - players,
'althoughnobody ever. gets, too
• loud. It's not like 'a club with
• official ratings where -there is
dead• •-silence while people are
playing," Jim: said. b
Jim is about Medi ini\height,
and wear' aucrewcut, although"
his sideburns reveal some con-
cession to newer styles. He
speaks earnestly and otiviously
loves chess.
Earlier he described the
organization of, his club which
began "about two years age).
Clarke Teal, a teacher at
Goderich District Collegiate In-•
stitutehad tried to :organize a
chess club at the school but.
failed.
With,the advent of the highly
• publicized Bobby Fischer -Boris
Spatsky match for theworld's
chess championship a couple of
years ago, Jim thought that'
renewed interest in chess might ,
make it Worthwhile to start '
another club.
'He arranged with Mr. Teat
to hold meetings ' at the'
Collegiate. Jim rttn into a snag
however, because he • had to
have a teacher present to use
• the •school's facilities. -As 'Mr,
Teal was a busy mail, Sat.
always• able to -attend 'the
meetings, the club began to
flounder.
Jirp tlioved the ,chess club to
new headquarters at his house.
"Last year...we elected a
president, . se.cretary and
treasttrerof the dub. This year,
I'm sort of a self-appointed
presjdent, a bit of a dictator,"
he -chuckled, .
His wife acts as treasurer,
Membership fees are 25 cents
per person every week. At the
end Of the season, the money is
spent on a luncbebn when
ar•.
eligible, for playbffs by playing
enough .games to average one
per week during the season and
the atmosphere -4 -Was. 'relaxed
_° noted that since the repeal Or the ''deyelopment committee
end frietfily:. < - .
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the Wolf and Bear 'Bounty Act �c>iieetin.g and '.'the'' reguIar'`
' 'Jird' is quite, pleased. with the 1972 hunters have been
• session of Hurlin County Coun-
progress younger members have •in '
ovin their -skills killing. fewer wolves. It pointed cil to give councillors an oppor-
made in impr t, .0 out the damage oto livestock is. tun,'ty'to question and•oppose if
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hat'. the club' '- is. in,. tis "` increase and that the it is deemed
-second' year.
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'Laird Eisler won ,just one
ga'tne last year. This year he
-has won seven out of .20
games, Jit-' oted. as he ad -
jested his 'gl&ses...and pointed
to his..record book.
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.Is z. there somet'hmg, an, op
popeynt can' db that really bugs
Jini? .. -
"There' was oneguy, I won't
mention ,his name, that -chewed
a big wad of gum while
;playing," Jim, recalled.
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Players barely , st irre as a
photographer'sflash gun
flooded the dining rcii>m with
bright `light. The ancient game
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of chess, a battle of two minds,,:
held the. Goderich Chess :Club
merribets in ,its grip. '
•Malorettes doitOteio.hoipital
Atter wiehilyr a $25. prize in the_goderiCh Santa latlit parade, the to1,0 'majorettes decided
to buy a new PlaYpen fcfr the Aiexandra Marine and General Hospital with the mdney. Ten-
year bid Juliette ,Segernan of the Majorettes inspiOti tlferneW playpeh In the pediatrics
ward' it the. heiPitet. Waif photO)
on. the necessary.
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wolf 'population'. is ever in;
. creasing. Huron .County's„
Development Committee
chaired' by Reeve' Allan Camp -
of McKillop, asked council
to - concur; with the . resolution
from. Victoria County.
Speaking to:th,e report, Cam-•
pbel't' said , that whs'ile Huron
County did jicit ' seem. to be
having any serious problems
with wolves, the committee had
agreed iii Support the Victoria •
County,. resolution to add
strength to the voice of those.
counties who are experiencing'
difficulties. •
The recommendation of the
Development • Committee was
questioned by Reeve 'Ed Od
leifson of Bayfield.
"We,may be•en4a•ngering our
own ecology if there is no
problem ih Huron now," of-
fere.d.. Qddleifson. He
questioned •the wisdorf of "•con -
cloning' something that i§ not a
real problem `here".
eeve Everett ;;McTlwain 'of
Goderich Township said, that
'_while it might not be necessary
to re -institute the wolf dbourrty,
it is important that wolvts are
• not on the protected list. The
loss of lambs and calves is
• "money- out 'of the farmers' •
pockets said McIlwain.
Deputy -reeve of G-oderich
Township; Gerry 'Ginn felt. the,
provilice should give each
county the authority to make
their own decisions' about
whether or not to. offer a
bounty on wolves.
The last year the wolf bounty
was paid 'in, the °county, 25'
wolves were shot according to
records.
The matte was referred back
to comm=it -tee for further study.
County Administrator John
Berry advised he'had been ad-
vised •• there 'will be a deer
season 'in Huron this year.
Deputy -reeve Ginn asked that
Huron's 'objections be made
'known. .,to ,:•thp Ministry of
Natural Resourc+es... •
"We haven't got that, many
deer in ' Huron that we can
shoot them clown," said Ginn,
Reeve Elgin Th'ompaon of
Tuckersmith and a' r'nember of
the 4usable Conservation
Authority.‘, said deer are being.
brought into Hullett Fa.ncrH'iy
Townships.
'Are 'banters going to come
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Mayor Harry Vittsellwoarily.rehlovos
cessfully edi, pleting the five, hour''
Saturday,; The Malror.,was'sponsored'•
extra 525.00 he receives for tHerold
distance: (staff photo)
his skates after-suc- y
skat•ing-session.,on
for •$188..05 plus an '
Walls going the hull
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The'top m,oney 'skaters participating in Saturday'e marathon are shown here wfth the
'Mayor. They are.Brenda Love on the left and Laverne Surnett oh the right.,The girla 'poli-
tracted $21 .and $27 respeOtively. (staff 'hoto).
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Harold Walls and mayor Worsaliwara among the mink.fitiopy skews WhO
this year's Skate-a-thon to raise funda for the Gm:W.10 Figure Skating Clubs. (Staff pbOtO)