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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1974-02-28, Page 25form Show on right now • in London .gym.. r. GQDgraQH, SIQNATeSTAS, Many interesting programa will be offered during the four- day . Farm $how which starts Tuesday; February 26 and runs through to Friday, March 1, at' the Western,'Fair Ground, Lon. don. Being Ontario's premier farm equipment show, is easy when.. over -135 exhibitors will '`'''occttpy 160,000 square feet of floor space, bringing together a kaleidoacppe of modern farm equipment. and machinery, as well as hundreds of up-to-date goods and products, for the farm housewife. A special theatre hfas been planned for tlle'secQnd 'floor to seat 600 persons. The theatre programs include new educational exhibits featuring timely topics such, as:'Energy and- Its Implica-tions •on. Agriculture "Selling Crops. versus - „Livestock:'; "The Markets and You" ,and "Federal" Farm Policies". • With more than 32,000• 'people attending the show last year and the increase in 'ac- tivitiies, 'a special information booth has been designed and will be set` up to direct the Farm Show visitors to their. particular . area of interest. Another -attraction for : the 1974 *Farm Show will be the Top of' the Fair bining Lounge for dining pleasure. This luxurious restaurant is located on'•the third floor of the grand- stand. The show concludes 'at 4:30 p.m. on. Friday. Admission is $1.00. At the. Special Winter Olympics held February 16 by the Faculty of Physical Education at the University of Western Ontario, 'pupils from, Queen Elizabeth School, in Goderich won 15 medals. Winners were: (back, row, left to right) Debbie Nice, Rick Bender, Dorinda. Tebow, and Simeon Steckle; (front row,left to right) ..Linda Reid, .Paul Tebow and William Mitchell, Darcy Dosch and Ken Blanchard also won medals in team events. Each pupil was paired with a chaperone at the Special Olympics. Altogether, 14 students;. eight years old and up, participaidd from Queen Elizabeth 'school. (staff photo) Ashfield TownshipF of A .: Ralph Foster named president Ralph Foster + was elected • .president of the Ashfield Town- ship 'Federation of Agriculture COEUNTRY o LUB Connie McIntyre This week we Will attempt tolJ bring,you up-to'date on some of the past events. and- someiof those yet' td come. The district playdowns + for the Ontario Tankard, played _this year , at Maitland on February 6, went very smoothly thanks to.they combined efforts of many mem- bers. This event has been men- tioned here 'previously and ab only a few footnotes will be.ad- ded;, Of :the siiteen rinks in volved,, -one club emerged th`e winner and this year it, was Brussels, Our girls put up a ,good fight but didn't quite make ' it, tin the finals., Better 'luck next year. To all the ,mem- bers who helped with this rather large undertaking, a vote of thanksis due. 4 The • following week on February 13, •-the•, 4Ladies& • 1n-. , vitational Bonspiel •t•ook place.. This 'spiel was covered by the Star in last week's.'paper so at. this •tim••I...shall. just add that a ,good time was had by all thanks -to Ray Duncan and her committee. On February 16, three Goderich rinks went<, t� Seaforth. Bernice Moorewon first .,place in cher' draw and a rink jointly skipped by Maxine Martin and` Bev Wright won their draw and the'trophy for -the day. Good curling girls. Again, on February 20, , two , 'rinks -ventured forth-to-Kinear- dine.. This time' Bernice Moore came first in her draw. You're trying to tell us something Ber- nice! One of the , big events of the year in men's curling : was the Sifto Salt bonspiel held at Maitland on February 23rd. . -iThis competition comprised of 'sixteen rinks with twelve 'from' outside clubs. The .areas represented , were„ Exeter, Owen ,Sound, Luclanow,1'Listowel,„ Kincardine, , Burlington, it= chell, Teeswater, Ilderton, - Ripley and Southampton. The - big winners df the day were as follows; 9 a.m. draw First place went 'to Ray Kester of Kincardine, 2nd was Bill Robertson of Goderich and 3rd went to Cam .Bogie also of Goderich. 11 a.m. draw - Ian Grant, Teeswater, first place, Howard Ribey, Southampton, placed second and B. Darcy of Kincardine came in third. Somehow that dome's out soun- ding like a "horsez, race!, • However, congratulations to all the winners, and niuch ap- precintjion to Sifto for their sup- port. Speaking of support, those meat tithes will surely help the Mood budgets of the lucky win- ners. Now for things to come. March 2 is • the date of the men's bonspiel Which is restric- ted, to farmers. There should be no difficulty in filling the draws for this as the farmers (and their wives) are among our keenest curlers. March 14 is the 'date selected for a final ladies' Jitney of the yeah.. The regular Thursday game for that night will be .ad- dtd to the end of the draw. Watch for the poster and sign µ up 'early if interested as these events seem to be very popular. Finally; on March 15 and 16 is the St:. Patrick's Mixed Bon - spiel. This was a great success tae,.:year inespite .of, the,- foule Weather: The poster appears to have all the spaces filled but it doesn't hurt to check if you are ipterested in this 'spiel. at the i►nnual meeting held .in the Brookside' public school near Dungannon. Mr. Foster fills the. shoes of Vince 'Austin who Was -president for. the last two years. About 'one hundred members attended• the meeting ,and elected Merle. Gunby ,as ..vice president, returned Mrs. Pat Livingston as secretary - treasurer and chose as directors Dirk' Logtenberg, • Doug, Cameron and Cliff Livingston.. The reeve' of Ashfield Town- ship gave aw short -address an- riouncing: that • townships plan-" ning will commence this year. Hearings will be held, he said, and. urged farmers to attend tliese,hearings and bring forth their • ideas, so farfners wi11 not be left out of a« new official plan. ' ..- .Mrs. Warren„Zino► took ,the audience on a tour of Califon- „hia,:f t proved t6 'b.e,:yery. in- teresting as she led,. them through vineyards and wine cellars, on . .fprms and Disneyland, to the hose Parade. Yea it's time to clear our stock items once again. We feel•lust before spring is the best time' for the home do-it-yourselferto clean up his home decorating • problems. (store the ,winter goods,. and bring on the spring clean-up). Take advantage of these pre -spring savings, we know you'll be happy with these values to brighten up the home. " .and the San Diego Zoo; she showed and spoke on n date ',palms.' and 'an unusual'. heavy snowfall on:'palms and desert.. Cinnc1tidin-g her• show were slides,, of Huron County and "They proved to 'be the most ,.beautiful of all. n - The tdwnsI'ip federation, .ha§ , now ' 146 members. ,Vince Austin announced( --that Jhe roninty federation has just this week signed up' the 2009th member. "This", he said,'"is a. milestone that no other county even' approaches." A draw was held for 2 bags�,•of milierals, donated •.hv Robert Farrish of . 'Dace and was won .by Roas . Eedy and' Dorothy Grange Help your Heart... Hel our• P� Heart Fund, 9 xe° 4' Aword to the vVise When it.comes to hot water, using it wisely—not wastefuliy— mak•es .good sense. Q Y^ your hydro C S,;3 748' A 9