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Marlette Mobile $14,000. Fridge, stove,
dishwasher included, carport. To be sold
this month. Excellent buy.
Cameron St. Bungalow. Beautiful condition,
den, choke location.
Super Deluxe 14' x 70' plus garage and much
more.
'/2 acre, low taxes, fireplace, satellite dish,
walk to lake.
West End Rancher. Natural fireplace, 2
baths, custom built.
Commercial, 2 buildings. One rented, Lot 132' x 132'. Reasonable.
Barb Shewfelt 524-9581
Norma Taylor 482-9921
REAL ESTATE BROKER
Rita Allen 524-8480
Ebb Ross 524-8786
Triplex, central. Excellent potential. Good
tenants. Well maintained.
BUILDING LOTS
Approx. 3/4 acre, treed. Close to Gederich.
PORT ALBERT
Approx. '/I acre building lot.
18 ACRES
Mixed bush, 2 streams, Goderich Two.
FOR RENT
1 bedroom apartment. 5250.00 month.
2 Bachelor apartments. Available im
mediately.
BILL CLIFFORD REAL ESTATE s°a`sa;;
GODERICH PROPERTIES, COTTAGES & OUT-OF-TOWN
EAST ST. COMMERCIAL
178 CAMBRIDGE ST.
EXCELLENT INCOME POTENTIAL - Over 800 sq.
ft. of retail outlet with a new 1 bedroom and
3 bedroom opt. in excellent condition. CaII
Bill Brown today for details.
IMMEDIATE POSSESSION
'12 LEONARD DRIVE - Custom-built, 4 level
back split. Finished family room. Must be
seen.
RETIREMENT HOME
259 GIBBONS ST. - 2 bedrooms, immaculate,
private deck, nice yard. Recently reduced.
NATURAL WOODWORK
CLOSE TO HOSPITAL - Country kitchen, 3
bedrooms, sundeck. Good value at
569, 500.00
SEPTEMBER POSSESSION
WOODLAND HOMES presents this quality
built home on Jones St. With finished fami-
ly room and a high efficiency gas furnace.
(approx. 5300.00 a year heat costs)
CENTRAL LOCATION
4 BEDROOM - Main floor family room. New
siding and roof. Try can offer
3 BEDROOM BUNGALOW - New siding and
roof. Excellent starter home. Priced to sell
at 545,000.00.
OWNER TRANSFERRED
HOUSTON HEIGHTS - Lakefront, aluminum -
sided, year-round home. Features sunken
living room with fireplace, propane furnace,
large open area kitchen and dining room.
Large guest house. price includes quality
furnishings. 594,900.00. No. 624.
JUST LISTED - Huron 'Sands, lakefront cot-
tage. "L" shaped lakevlew deck; nicely treed
private lot, new steps to beach. Open con-
cept kitchen, living room and dining room,
2 bedrooms, alum. sided. Most furnishings
included. 562,000.00. No. 625.
FAMILY HOME - Professionally redecorated.
Maintenance -free: Main. floor laundry,
finished family room. 3 nice sized bedrooms.
COTTAGES &
OUT-OF-TOWN
PORT ALBERT - 2 bedroom, brick bungalow.
Year-round access. Electric heat, new drill-
ed well, wooded lot. Open for offers.
559,900.00. No. 584.
MID -HURON BEACH - 150 ft. of lake fron-
tage. Raised 3 bedroom cottage with 2 car
garage built-in. Price includes all fur-
nishings, and many extras. 585,900.00. No.
609.
BLUEWATER BEACH - Price is right and so are
the terms - 55000.00 down - S250.00 mon-
thly - 10% interest. Frame cottage with car-
port. Everything included. Needs attention.
524,500.00. No. 542.
HURON SANDS - Steps to wide sandy beach.
Solid pine chalet, 4 bedrooms, 2 decks. Al
condition. Extra lot Included plus all ap-
pliances and furniture. 598,000.00. No. 567.
MID -HURON BEACH - Located on 2 tmkeview
lots with walk. to good sandy beach.
Year -noun is yours in this 2 bedroom,
modular ho e. Fridge, stove, and drapes in-
cluded. 539,000.00. No. 623.
DRIVE DOWN to the beach. Your own park-
ing lot. Extra income. Privacy, 245 ft. of lake
frontage. Immediate possession on this
cedar -sided cottage with thangehouse.
Cutline Road Beach. 569,500,00. No. 619.
POPE BEACH- North of Bayfield. Beautiful,
quiet area. Wooded bank, easy walk to
beach. Well maintained 2 bedroom
lakefront cottage with contents.
$47,000.00. No. 592.
BLUEWATER BEACH - Cut and cozy cottage.
Features 2 docks, dawn light, bright kit-
chen, large living room, and 2 bedrooms.
Nicely landscaped lot. 537,500.00. No. 605.
IT'S ALL HERE - Minutes away from Golf
Course, Marina and Bayfield. Immaculate 3
bedroom retirement home features central
air, formal dining room, 2 baths, attached
garage, sheltered deck, satellite dish plus
more for 584,900.00. No. 552.
RURAL HAPPINESS - 10 acres goes with this
3 bedroom ranch bungalow. "L" shaped
family room with fireplace. Extra large
garage and spacious breezeway. Hobby
barn, chicken barn, and cash crop acreage.
All this for 5135,000.00. 2 miles from town.
No. 519.
MAITLAND RIVER - Nearly 2 acres on the
Maitland. 3 bedroom bungalow with Florida
room, finished family room, 2 car garage,
large patio with fenced -in pool. Priced to
sell at 578,500.00. No. 602.
LAKELAND ESTATES - Lakefront beauty - ex-
tra large treed lot, wide sandy beach, no
erosion. Custom-built raised bungalow. 3
bedroom cottage with huge deck. Well
worth asking price of 5130,000.00. No. 612.
YEAR-ROUND HOME - Bluewater Beach.
Many extras, dishwasher, water softener,
air tight stove, freezer plus drapes and cur-
tains. Retirement home with family room
addition. Listed at 563,000.00. No. 607.
BENMILLER AREA - 4 bedroom home with
open concept - fully equipped modern kit-
chen, bright living room, finished basement.
46 acre estate includes spring -fed stock
pond, Sharp's Creek and large insulated
driveshed. Now reduced to 5159,900.00. No.
617.
LATE ARRIVALS
BENMILLER AREA - 22.5 acres, 1400 ft. on the
Maitland River. Excellent retreat property
or permanent home site. Price Includes
cabin. Asking 559,900.00. No. 632.
OPPOSITE Bayfield Village Inn - 2 nicely
treed lots. Bayfield Highlands subdivision
Yours for 531,900.00. No. 633.
PORT ALBERT
36' x 24' double wide mbdulor home. Ideal
for a young couple starting out. Features a
22' x 14' Insulated storage shed and just a
minute away from the beach and best
fishing on Lake Huron. Just listed for only
539,000.00. No. 630.
WHEN BUYING OR SELLING - CONTACT
BILL BROWN ENID BELL JACK CUM ZINGS BILL CLIFFORD
524-7417 524-4928 524-9624 524-8018
Goderich's St. Christopher's Beach is always a popular spot with sailboard enthusiasts.
Here, Richard Robarts, of Elgin Street West, brings his board in for a beach landing
after testing the Lake Huron waters, Monday. (photo by Patrick Raftis►
Computerize marine lore
Some readers may, like me, have
tried to dig out tidbits of little known
marine information from time to time,
only to be frustrated at the difficulty in-
volved. In hopes that someone out there
may want to change things, I'm climb-
ing on a soapbox on the subject.
Ontario has an enormous coastline of
both fresh and salt water. Of literally
thousands of inlandlakes, some are big
enough to have floated ships in earlier
times. Other than the Great Lakes,
most use of these waterways now is
recreational (though that in itself is
now a type of marine industry).
Through the history of settlement On-
tario's waterways have developed a uni-
que heritage: ships have fought wars on
them; countless shipwrecks have occur-
red on them; vessels of many types
have been designed and built along
their shores; cargoes of great size and
usefulness to mankind now are carried
on the Great Lakes every day.
In short, if it were a nation, Ontario
would have a very respectable marine
heritage. How can students, writers and
others have easier access to the all the
known facts and anecdotes that compile
the fascinating story of our marine
industry?
Numerous museums, like the Huron
County Museum and specialized local -
marine museums, preserve pieces of
that story in their collections. And com-
munity newspapers usually have piles
of crumbling ancient back copies con-
. taining bits of historical lore if anyone
was prepared to spend the time sear-
ching for them.
Many years ago, I helped the late
marine writer Dwight Boyer of
Cleveland dig out a story from back
issues of an Ontario newspaper — just a
part of the complex fact -gathering for
one of his hooks. Though interesting, it
was a long, tedious process that Boyer
was grateful to have spared.
What historical data is available is
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fragmented. Local museums, even the
marine ones, are essential as the ob-
, vious starting point, but many have
biased interests, limited resources, and
may even compete with others. Institu-
tions like clubs, companies and govern-
ments have archives that may or may
not be available to the public. Libraries
often contain locally produced literature
'asst are part of a large network
that tries to provide patrons with any
work available within the total group:
But how to know what's available?
There seems to be no central repository
or system to locate local historical data.
The purpose of all this is to advocate
a public network of institutions •
(museums, libraries, clubs, etc.) to
build an index of public and private col-
lections in their communities. Eventual-
ly, through use, the information would
be drawn out of these sources to form a
publicly available data base.
Suppose you find somewhere offshore
a rusty anchor chain buried in the sand.
You guess that some unfortunate
schooner was blown ashore in a wreck
long ago. You visit the nearest
museum, plug into the information
system and come up with a source. A
little further research, and you find the
name of a vessel that might have
originally carried that chain.
There are still "finds" like that turn-
ing up along the lakes. Unfortunately,
identification is often difficult for the
reasons stated above. Some, day,
perhaps local history will evolve beyond
the limited scope of ship buffs like us
and into the computer age for the
benefit of future generations.
Classified Ads will slide you
in the right direction