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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1981-08-26, Page 6rA`„c. 6--•t,TtuM tiSIUNAL.S TAR, WDNESDAY, AUGUST 26,1981 Plunkett famil The 38.th. annual Plunkett reunion picnic was held at the conservation area south of Clinton last Sunday with 26 members of the Plunkett family in attendance. It was a beautiful sunny day and games were con- n, reunion picnic is held ducted during the afternoon by Wanda Plaetzer and Mrs. Grace Campbell. The most memorable event was a four - legged race involving the changing of cover-alls from person to person. . A smorgasbord dinner was served at 6 p.m. The business was con- ducted by the president, Lloyd P innigan and a collection was taken' to repair the' family tombstone in Dungannon cern etery. It was- agreed that the family picnic be held at the same place, the same Sunday nextyear. The officers for 1982 are as follows: president -Lloyd Finnigan; secretary - treasurer -Bob Plunkett of Toronto; sports committee - Wanda Plaetzer of London, Mrs. Grace Campbell of Lucknow and Jim Finnigan of Lucknow; and lunch committee -Mr. and Mrs. Terry Foran of St. Thomas and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Merrill of R.R. 2 Clinton. Social News The Hope Chapel cemetery memorial service will be held Sunday, August 30 at 3 p.m. The Reverend Willis uburn news Eleanor Bradnoek. correspondent Hunking of Elmira will be in charge. Bting your own chairs. Everyone is welcome. Wanda Plaetzer of London visited over the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Plaetzer. Mr. and Mrs. W.J. O'Donnell of London visited last Tuesday with Mrs. Myrtle Munro. ' Mr. and Mrs. Robert Youngblut and Bruce of Toronto spent last weekend with his mother, Mrs. Myrtle Munro. The fall 4-H project for Huron County • is "Which THE FINAL OF THE CLINTON-GODERICH PACING SERIES THIS SUNDAY AT CLINTON RACEWAY . . 2 I 70 0 • FEATURING: PURSE 1. Dela Dawn 2. Canadian Speed 3. R.J. Misty 4. Omaha Creed 5. Rogers Phantom 6. Huron Skipper 7. Hileo Billy 8. Armbress DRAW ON A BULOVA WATCH FROM ANSTETT JEWELLERS CLINTON KINSMEN RACEWAY SUNDAY, AUGUST 30 POST TI IE 1:30 P.M. THIRD ANNUAL LAS VEGAS NIGHT SATURDAY, SEPT. 12, 1981 GODERICH ARENA 7:30 P.M. TO 1 A.M. LUNCH -GAMES -PRIZES. AUCTION TICKETS 4 00 PER • PERSON. THIS TICKET ENTITLES BEARER TO x10,000. PLAY MONEY. TICKETS AVAILABLE AT THE BOOTH IN THE MALL OR CALL 524-1788 OR 524-2256 SPONSORED BY: GODERICH FIGUR SKATING CLUB came first, the chikcen or the egg? " The Auburn.I leaders. Mrs. Doug Chamney and Mrs. George Collins; at- tended training school in" Blyth last week. If any girls in the community aged 12 to 26 would like to take this cooking project, please let either of the leaders know at once. The first meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Chamney on September 14 at 6:30 p.m. Dennis Martin of Thorold visited last week with Kevin Powell for a few days and his sister,. Mrs. Wayne Powell, Mr, Powell and family at Clinton. Mrs. Donald Haines returned home last week after a week's visit in Niagara Falls with her son Ed Haines, Mrs. Haines and family. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Cartwright camped last weekend at Cypress Lake near Wiarton. Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Larry Chamney who were married at Gan- nonoque last Saturday af- ternoon. Attending the wedding from Auburn were Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Chamney, Lorraine Chamney, Mrs. Lillian Leatherland, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Chamney, Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Chamney, Alison and Ryan, Eldon Chamney,. Patricia Naegele, Mrs. Paul Lassaline of Calgary, Mr. and Mrs. George Collins, Mr. and. Mrs. Ross Dobie and. Mrs. EleanorBradnock. • Mr. and Mrs. Sandy Andrews . and Ian, 'Mrs. Marion Sproul, Bill Sproul and Kenneth Sproul and•Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Martin of Port Albert attended the 25th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Martin in London,last Sunday. Mr. 'acid Mrs. Fred Lawrence and family are hosting the Auburn St: Mark's Anglican. Church parish picnic. The Reverend William Craven will be in charge of the open air church service at 11:15a.m. and a smorgasbord luncheon will' be Served' \4110CNC HTIIVEI� 9 Days Only Aug: 27 to Sept. 5 Instant Delivery Or Pickup COFFEE OR ENDS eRgi as low as BOX OR MATTS $88 as low as BEDROOM SUITES 4233 as-low as BIG TOP SAVINGS * SPECTACULAR SAVINGS UNDER THE BIG TOP * KITCHEN 2 PC. SUITES $ 29 LIVINGROOM . $,99 as low as I as low as gin CONTINENTAL BEDS $ as low as 49 OIL PAINTINGS ' $ 59 as low as 4PC. LIVINGROOMS$ 499 as low as DESKS as low as * 7 9 DAVENPORTS * inn as low as 1 Oa WATERBEDS *Inn as low as JOU * FIRST QUALITY * ENDS OF LINES * SCRATCHED Et DENTED * DISCONTINUED FABRICS * WHY PAY MORE? *CASH •VISA *CHEQUE• FT—MICLAIMED FURNITURE SALES OPEN-OALL-Y 1.0 - 9 SATURDAYS TI -L- 6 NO. 7 HIGHWAY, EAST OF McDONALD'S Stratford 2731060 EASY, TERMS The interior work is now being done on the new mini - community centre which is located on,Canabridge Street behind the Liquor Store. Tentative completion date`is the end of September. Here, Dale Kerslake of Pfaff Electric does some measuring. (Photo by Cath Wooden) iner is convalescing The community is very pleased to report that Bruce Marshall of Huron Haven, who had a serious accident at the salt min in Goderich this past April and who has been a patient in University Hospital, London since then, was able to- come home for the past weekend and is now convalescing. He hopes to be able. to come home some time next month. Mr. and Mrs. Terence Hunter attended the wedding of their granddaughter, Sharon Thompson and Brian Nesbit of Stratford in Lon- desboro United Church Saturday, August 22 with reception in Blyth Com- munity Hall. Sharon is the daughter • of John and Carolyn Thompson •of Seaforth. Mr. and .Mrs. Colborne corner Gertrude Kaitting, correspondent 524-2076 Nesbit will be residing in Egmonville. Guests with Mr. and Mrs. Terence Hunter over the weekend were a nephew, Bud Armstrong, his wife and :ftWr Sally of Detroit who wih accompanied on their return home by their mother, Mrs. Vi Armstrong who had been visiting her sister and brother-in-law for several weeks. Also visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Hunter was a niece, Patty and Claus Breitbarth of Matawan, New Jersey. The fall fair season has commenced and many from Colborne attended the Dungannon fall fair last weekend. Tiger Dunlop Women's Institute members will have a special outing .Thursday, August 27 to ° the Huron County Pioneer Museum in Goderich. Members are to meet at the museum at 1 p.m. Anyone else wishing to join this outing is welcome. 4-11 leaders, Linda Bisset (524-8046) and Ruth Ann Str ick ler (524-4777 ) are accepting members for the next project now. If in- terested, phone one of these leaders at once. Mrs. Gerald (Pamela), Emms of North Bay spent several days last weekend visiting with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Taman. Bantam boys take township trophy the Bantam Boys took part in a tournament in Auburn and they played seven games, .winning six ike the township trophy. They played continuous ball from 2:30 to 11 pm and any township 'fan who watched the game would have been proud to watch the boys play. In two of these games they played shor- thanded'as Bill and Danny Van Ninhuys had to go home to do the chores and their one coach took them home and helped them to get back as soon as possible. This meant that every ninth batter was counted as out, which is a serious handicap in ball: But thanks to excellent coaching of Del Schloendorf and Larry Powell, the team had good depth to be,able to stand the Holmesville news Blanche Deeves correspondent 395-5257 heavy pace. Warming up for. the Friday night game a serious mishap sent one of Holmesville's players Doug . Alexander, to University Hospital. He will be there for five days. Doug was hit in the eye with a hard hit ball, but hopefully the injury isn't too serious and he will be home in five or six days. Our squirt girls played at Vanastra for their year-end tournament on Saturday and won their first game; but advancing into the second game against Benmiller lost in a very close game and were eliminated from any future play. Thanks to Al Johnson and Pete Postill for their excellent coaching, as these girls have never played competition ball before. They are a team any coach would be proud of. The midget boys were entered . in the Vanastra Country Fair. Tournament and swept the series to take the cup. Their first game against Blyth they won 4-3 and they won their final game andthe championship against Moncton. INFORMATION NIGHT CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE- OF MANAGEMENT LONDON, BRANCH MANAGEMENT ADMINISTRATION CURRICULUM:" (A) ORGANIZATIONAL AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR (15 Sessions) (B) CANADIAN BUSINESS LAW (15 Sessions) TUITION FEE FOR COMPLETE YEAR - $ 270.00 An information night will be held at Goderich District Collegiate Institute, September 8th at 7:30 P.M. President of C.I.M.. course instructor, and member.. of the )University of Western Ontario Business School, will be attending to outline course content, accept registration and answer any of your questions. For further information contact Waiyne Kennedy Champion Rodd Machinery 524-26011 The pee wee girls played their year-end tournament in Varna en the weekend. They won their -first two games and lost the third game to bring them in second best. To come in second in the tournamdnt shows they've had excellentcoaching by Gary Presscator ,and Gary Martin. Don't forget our tour- naments . coming up this weekend. Holmesville hosts the pee wee boys at the school 'and new diamond. Both diamonds start at 9 am on "Saturday morning - so come out and support the boys.. Our midget boys play in Benmiller for their year- end tournament. The squirt boys play in Goderich for their year-end tournament, • On August 18th the Squirt Boys met Colborne for a win. On Thursday they ,met Goderich I in an exhibition game for a loss. On A ugust 19 the squirt girls met Tuckersmith for a win. The bantam boys met Stanley but went down for the first loss of the season. The pee wee girls met Clinton 'A' for a loss. Porter's Hill slo-pitch tangled with Holmesville but Porter's Hill was a bit too much for the Holmesville boys arid they went down to defeat. • Get well wishes of the community are extended to Mrs. Peter Ott a patient in Clinton Peeblic Hospital, Mr. Bob Larigendoe n at St. Joseph's Hospital and Doug Alexander who is in Lon- don's University Hospital. Beautiful autumn flowers graced the sanctuary' of the Holmesville United Church on Sunday morning. Brenda Harris played a musical selection on the piano and Rev. Jim Bechtel spoke on, The Work of the Spirit. Bill Batkin and Carman Tebbutt received the offering. On Thursday, August 24th the Sunday School teachers will hold a meeting to plan the fall program. On September 13th a Terry Fox run will be held in Clinton. You may walk, run or jog in this Marathon of Hope fund raising event. Registration will take place from 10 am to 2 pm at CHSS and sponsor sheets may be picked up at the Clinton Town Hall. --The- first meeting of the Enterprisin' Seniors of Goderich Township for 1981- 82 will be held on Wed- nesday, September 2 at 8 pm in the Goderich Township Hall.