The Goderich Signal-Star, 1974-02-21, Page 5Q
WreStl�rs.
placethird
jr the Huron -Perth wrestling
tournament .held irr St. Marys
on Friday, the GDCI wrestling
team placed third, behind
champion Stratford Central
and°runner-up' Exeter: A total
of eight schools competed Mille
tournament.
The fine GDCI showing was
reflected in the fact that eleven
Viking wrestlers placed .,in the
top four of their weight class.
Placing first were Rick
McClinchey, Larry Donnelly
and Jim Ginn. .
Viking wrestlers placing
second were Steve Moore, Steve
Palmer and George Sheardown.
Gerry O'Brien finished third
in . his class.
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=t Vikings lose close one
Dave Rodges, ' Pete . Willis,'
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Glen, Nazlor and Larry Plaetzer
all placed 'fourth Vn their
respective ..categories.
. All .first;, second and third
place finishers qualify fe'r
'VQSSA Championships being
held Saturday at
London.
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WONDER
WHO .IEALLY`WON?'
' I've just been reading a book
about the Battle of. Britain, •
written by Peter. Townsend. He
was a World War. II fighter and
was _in the battle himself:
He's also the chap the royal
family wouldn't allow to marry
,the then Princess Margaret,
because he'd been divorced. He,
was probably lucky. Later she
married that. pipsqueak'
photographer called Jones or
Smith or something. He is now
Lord Something=or-other. His
wife is Princess Nothing -or -
other. '
. Anyway,.. it's an excellent
book, for anyone interested in
battles that have changed the
course of history. Townsend
has consulted a rnass of,
material - from both German
and British records, and gives a
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balanced. picture of the B. of4B.,"
looking at it from both sides of
the English Channel.
13y the way, .is anyone in-
terested in the battles that
changed history, besides me
and a few htory buffs? There
are quite a few of them, 'and
one must wonder what would
have happened, to history if the
battles had been lost, not won.
At least one ,,of tem 'has
probably affected you, per-
" sonally.
If the Persians hadn't 'been
slowed down at Thermopylae
and trounced' at Marathon,
they'd have ,wiped out the
Greeks. Think what that would
have done 'to the restaurant .
.business in Canada. Not to
mention Jackie 'Onassis'
120,000, a week in . spending
•money.
If Drake and his fleet had
not 'beaten the Armada, half
the .people 'in Canada would be
talking 'Spanish, eating garlic
,and going to bullfights.
How would you like to be out
at a bullfight' this afternoon
(it's 1.5 below outside), sitting
in the shady side of the arena,
and shouting "Ole''', at a
bullfighter and a *bull ,frozen,
literally, into the classic stance
*of the bull -ring? -
And what about the battle of
the Plains of Abraham? If; the
Limeys hadn't won that one, •
I'd be happily back in Ireland,
right now, cuttingipeat in a bog,
insteadberms Won
- dering how in. the name of
energy I'm going to meet my
fuel. bill'.
Go farther back.. If Joan
D'Arc (later . St'.` Joan), hadn't
lifted the siege ate Orleans,
there'd be no French,. no
Separatiste Party, no Canadian
problem. -
.Another dandy was the Bat- •
tle of. Culloden, where Bonny
(retarded). Prince 'Charlie was
beaten by the English; Instead.
of the Scottish invading
England in kilts, they were -for--
ced to,invade with their brains,
and they took oyer the finan-
cial affairs of ,the British Em-
pire. Which, 'as we all know, are
.somewhat less . than.
remarkable. '
Back home again, there's the
Battle of Queenston ..Heights,
which ' nobody knows ' much
about, except the residents of
Queenston, and, few of them.
But this produced a great, pure,.
Canadian image, Lara S'ecord
chocolates, . Without which
Canada could probably 'not
have maintained its integrity,,
nationality, and rotten teeth.
The Yanks 'have theirs. The'
Alamo, for example. ,One of the.
most. stupid affairs.i.n`history.
(If anyone ever tells yoq..that
you are going to fight to the
last man, thtow'a,way your -gun
and begin running in all direc-
tions,. preferably at (ince.)
Friday, Feb...22nd,
Goderich Sailors
Kincardine "
Bulldogs
GAME TIME
Admission: Adults $1.25'
Students $1.00 Children 50c
The GDCI senior Vikings lost
a close one herelast Tuesday, in
Flron-Perth Conference boys'
basketball, losing _52-49 to Mit-
chel) _in !overtime.
Perhaps yOu have sensed my
e ganie was tied 41-41" at
d'the end of regulation time
hil 'Grant score 18, Pre e
take an, ThOrelP 14 and Bill Dicking 10
day, yikpow, and y'
for the Mitchell Moe Devils,
put your average Canadian upl
Jim Watt with 15, Casey .
against something, and he'l
Wildgen with 13 and Ron;
come un with something, etil
Willis with 12 were high
Oh, yeah., remember. I was
scorer§ for 'the Vikings.
wondering what'. would have
The loss evened the Vikings
happened' if we'd lost the Bat-.
record 'at tour wins and four
tle of Britain., It would have.
been a Jolly,Good ShOW. eelosses going into the final ,w k
of the regular schedule. The
, Hitler, was prepared to make
Vikings lone remaining garneqs
generous terms,.and divide the
known world with Britain. with second place Stratford
Pretty good deal, I'd say. Central, in Stratford' on „Thur-
sday.
Mitchell t.00k the junior
game by ff 53-35 scare, aye
Stacey scored 20 ari Les
But the obstinate, stupid
British decided. to 'fight. And
even worse, they won. The Luf-
twaffe .did not' destroy . the,,,
R.A.F.,'which had the privilege.
of being attached to me (or was
it the other way around?)
Result, Britain .is sliding
down ,the sluice into economic
anonymity. Germany is master
of Europe, financially.
It pays to lose wars. Ger-
many and -Japan, the big losers
in W.W. II, are riding an in-
' credible winning streak° in
peacetime.
Italy won a short war in
Abyesinia, combs against
arrows, machine-guns against
4pears.-She's in her usual mess.
France "won" two wars and
is in chaos. Britiiiii-"won" two
wars and -couldn't 'borrow oa
quarter for -a -pint of bitter;
America "wonw 'two wars
and the dollar is about as,,
health as a wet tissqe.
Maybe we should have lost
the Battle of Britain..
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West Wawatiosh Township
Council met in regular session
op February 5, 1974, with. all
members in attendance and
'Reeve Lyons:, presiding,
- The minutes\ --0' the January
on motion of Countilkirs
Rutherford and Hickey.
A delegation of ratePayers
from the Tenth Concession was
on hand to. confront,,council
with the problem ,of dust con-
trol on *the concession. Jas. Ait-
chison, Angus MCDonald, Alex
Purves' and- 'Mrs: Dorothy -
MacKenzie said that although
they realized they are rici dif.
ferent than any other Township
ratePayer, their problem is
perhaps unique because traffjc
is heavy 'on that road. Extra
trucking is, reciiiired to reach
the General Store at St. Helens.
address of -a person who might
be able tO offer a solution to
the problem, and 'Council, direc-•
ted. the Clerk to write a
professor . from Guelph at the
meeting With regard to Wegt
a contributing municipality and:
forming the Lucknovv Com -
Those appearilig before"
Council were‘Mervin Solomon,
Don Bell , and Grant 'Ecken-
After their deairture, council
discussed the facts Ei.t. greiit
length. Finally on Motion of
CouncillorS Hickey and Foran,
"That West Wawanosh Town-
ship agrees-g.Wpontribute 10%
of the anntial operating costs of
the Lucknow Arena, with no
clerk was, instructed 'to write
the Secretary of the Arena
Committee; A. H. Herbert, with'
informatiOnl Of Council's
On a motion by.Councillors
'Fortin and 'Rutherford, the
Clerk was appointed Acting
Treasurer in the absence of the
By -Law 3, 1974, was given
*third reading and finally passed
op motion of Cotincillors Dur-
Ifin and Hickey. This by-law
appoints County Inspector
Alex Chesney as Weed Inspee-
tor for West -Wawanosh Towp-
ship.
An • application from T.
Bakker for a tile drainage loan,
was accepted by Council op
motion of Councillors Hickey
and Rutherford. darried.
The road accounts were or-
dered paid on motion of Coun-
cillors Hickey and Foran,
General accounts. were'
passed for payinent on motion
of Councillors Durnin and
Rutherford, - totaling
On a rn'otion by Councillor
Rutherrord, council adjourned
until March 5 at 1:00 p.m, at
the clerk's home
HolidaY 14 ,,to lead the Blue
Devils' win.
Rick Moody was the juniw.
„ Viking's top scorer with 10,
points.
The junior Vikings' recqrd
league blay is now three wins
and five lbsses.
GDCI's only win of the day
came in the Midget ganae,-48-30
over Mitchell,
Jeff Baechler scPred 17
points to lead the midget,
Vikings to their sixth win of the
year in eight 'starts.
Friday, coach Frank
MaCDonald*s Mtdgets will be
taking part in the Htfbon-Perth
championship toknament at
Stratford Northwestern. "
On Saturday, the midget
Vikings took part in, a tour-
nainent Listowel and won
the consolation championship.
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Monday,/ February 25
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followed:
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