The Goderich Signal-Star, 1976-07-22, Page 5•
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• BY RO-B SRRIE '..
Another 'year has passed
..._-._and another"Otto Guars
° Picnic is history. But the
Octogenarian's CI'ub is still
alivet'and It•thrives the year
round.
Sponsored -by the. Goderich
Kiijsrnen Club, it is not the
one -day affair peo 'Ie,seem to
think.,: Kinsmen • are` active`,
year-round in the club per'
forming •duties such .as ,calla
on... the sick, ,ptesenttri-g
Octogenarian certificates,'
forming outings: and keeping,
• the •older area folk en.
-.:tertained apd happy'in their
later years. •
„The. Eighty -yea. olds
was founded-: itself in 1924 by
• Dick Black and Its first picnic'
was hold later, that year: He
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(continued•from' page 4)
himself., having.. made
numerous visits to that black
African country over the past
eighteen months:
In the ' Central . African
Republic the market shelves
are loaded with South African
goods, primarily bine and.
dairy products Fdrthermore.
Central Africa is the recipient
'of .cdnsiderable foreign aid
from the -"racist" South
African regime. At this
moment, C.A.R:'s most
-Modern tourist hotel is under
• construction through South
African' funds-, equipment,
fixtures and. -technical
assistances. (All thi ' to ; the
point that :South African C'-54
aircraft are airlifting .toilet
.bo:wIs west from Cape -Town,
..north over the Atlantic ocean
and: up'. the Congo, river -to
• Bangui so the racist" •air=
craft • don't '.:violateblack
airspace) . -
Zambia.; with.- its. rich
copper deposits, could one
day be the leafier in African
developzxr-ent. : Foe:: the
moment, -however, they must
• rely ori -``racist" South Africa
to bail them•qut,eve;ry time a.
• train.' derails(which is: often):,
',In:the dead of night the South
Africans are. brought in with
their heavy, cranes and then
spirited-, away, in the same
fashion- when the. job is
complete
As for Kenya.andTarizania,
and. no doubt several of the
other . boycotting , nations,.
their - stores display a' ,wide
' range of New Zealand goods',
again • -°prima-rily *dairy.
products.. -
The 'apparent moral is.that
when • preferential,trade
agreements are at stae, and.
the developed countries seem •
to offer plenty of . those, the
black'African nations have an.
• 'uncanny ability to turn . a
blind• eye to- racial issiues� ••
Sports; however, has 'un-
-fortunately been chosen as
o the soap box' upon `which to
protest racisrh in *the•,
southern' portion . of••: the
Placed'a small cenotaph in
the town's' center 4 and
dedicated. it ` to the ••town's
senior citizens. It was flanked
by a small cannon used in
Kingston during the.War of
During the years of 1924 to
1929 only men were admitted
too the club. Only in 1930 were
'the equally -deserving women
allowed to become members:
Mr Black's efforts-LeLf re
discontinued upon his de
in 1.931 and''it was not until,
1949 that the club -rearmed:
: ;he,Kinsmen took it on,as d
:.club project and D.J:,'"Pat"
Patterson, .now an oc
tegenarian `himself, .was put
in charge and has been active
oin the club's , activities •and
plannTing ever since.
With the reforming in 1949,
many changes occurred. The
name was changed from the -
Eighty -Year -Olds' Club to the '
Octogenarian's Club. The
.Kinsmen purchased land -on'.
St. Patrick Street and
founded- Octogenarian Park,
moving. the cannon:: -and
cenotaph and , adding a
plaque, monument and
bench: .
of Canad% -was oft to a great
start., . - The The yearly picnic was
sponsored and paid for by the
Kinsmen, held annually In the
park. Inclement weather hurt
attendance' several .years,
and the event moved to the
Goderich Pavillion. When it
was; torn down the Saltford
Valley Hall was the .next
choice of venue and is still the
present home of the picnic. •
death
Later, ; 'certificates were`.
The age for efigi.bility'was
dropped 'from. $Q to,.,7Q.,,A„ ,
committee -of -Kinsmen . was
to the duties of the
club. The only such club in all
•
9.
inaugurated. Upon reaching
the age, of 70; a certificate
with a sea1,'on it is presented,..
to the .recipient. A seal • [s
added'. each year on' the bir_
thday of the person, Upon
reaching the.ages of 80 and;90,
new certificates • '""are'
presented.. anti- the 'process
repeated, This year's' picnic
was :the biggest ever. AMtotal
of 152 people were in at-
-'tendanCe.' '
Mamie Sutcliffe, this year'.s„
Mistress, of. Ceremonies
• weleoified -Bert MacDonald
and 'Allan . Schram •who
performed'' violin solosand
Various ` " songs',-' The
MacMillan Family, a local
family gospel . band ` whose
variety of material shows no
bounds; Kinn Fritzley who
demonstrated Highland
dancing -to the -audience; and
the Reverend Wood of the
Victoria Streetl,l cited Church
and Mayor Deb Shewfelt who
addressed the cro=wd: Mrs:
Sutcliffe added ' to the'
"festivities herself with some
step dancing.
dor 25 years Pat,Patte,rson
•
was chairman of the club
cofnmlttee. He made sure
that before each picnic that
invitations were sent to all
senior citizens in the .area,
0
incl-tiding'•Huronview,.
*Bluewater. Center, the nur-
sing . home and .:Goderich
Psychiatricspital,''
TransportIon to and from
the' event Is' roars lest an- 't
1a d • an,
nually by. volunteers from the-
• Kinsmen. Recently, however.
transportation has"' become
less. necessary: The : pic..
Prizewinners at the Octogenarian Club Picnic `for ,oldest They are flanked'b *Mrs" Grace Patterson
woman, oldest.man•and' oldest couple were Charles Young,-, "Pat" Patterson, ionic organizers.. aid Mr. D. J.
91, and Mrs. Young, 92: They, have been married 73 years.
' p ga s. (staff photo)
This Miniature Poodle owned by Linda. Rae 'of Stratford, right, was named Bestbo'g in'.
a-
the Show at the BFt*Water•Kennel'Club• sanction match held Sunday in Bayfield. The clog,
Broughton Rapscallion, stands Proud as class'judge a Sc tt McNair
P J g P of Ilderton .presen s
him with the Winning ribbon anti trophy. (staff -photo) • '
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•
Scott McNair,' a judge of the 13luewater Kennel 'Club -sanction match held Sunday in.
Bayfield, : places the ribbon on Ritashi Faunas, a Tibetan -Terrier; after the dog was:named
Be y. in the Show. The dog's owner, Jeatie Marks of Windsor, sets the; animal u for:
• the'{`�i': tation, (staff photo) p
Terrier, poodle top canine competition
A`
'Tibetan Terrier a club which for riledless th
and
dna ••
African.continent -.Miniature Poodle were best
dogs; of •.the ..day.., an Trish
Let me make, it -Clear 'thatI
do not support the racial
• • policies' of , the --Republic of
4 South Africa. T do' not see any
connection between those
policies and sport.thouglx:
- The -re is one final point,
which should- be made in
defence of tlie, N.ew__Zealand.-
government's tiiugh stand on
_ _._-- :.: alto sport_.contaot-s-: with•
- gout if Afried • Rugger, the
sport engaged in between the
. R,S.7r. and New Zealand, is
little short of being a national
god to the Kiwis" Tiaforbid
them '•their annual rugger
tours of South Africa would be.
political suicide for any
government.„ The only' -
comparable situation would:
• be a policy decision in Ottawa
• that Canada ,can no longer
play hockey in,,' -Russia
because •bf •Cori'rmuni§t
' treatment of Jews. Even that
• - would produce only -a small
fraction of the ' uproar that.,
would be caused if • New
Zealanders were:deprived of
their rugger tours rto South
Africa. -
r can:only echo the'feel'ings
of many, other sports fans,: -
and I am sure many of the •,
-athletes . who have =left. the :•
-Cifyrnple-:village o the:orders
of . their governments, that
sport and ,politics be
separated once and for all.
Especially when the of-
fending black African
governments are. so in-,_
consistent tn' their•policies
toward the Republic of'South.
Africa and New Zealand.
Ron•Shaw,
46 Wellington St. N., •
,,Ooderich.
e'
Setter turned •in a near per- Ritashi .Faunas, . a small
feet obedience performance white Tibetan Terrier owned
and :-the'three 'canines cap- by Jeane Marks of Windsor,
tured top honors . in a was ,chosen as the Best Puppy'
Bluew-ater Kennel Club in the Shdfw -by judge' Scott
year.ago• ,. •
several breeds before ;being centered in the day' tong obedience class; scoring 1981/2. A Basenji owned b iVi
J y
name d top dog. competition that was divided
Judge McNair'also picked into six groups according to
the Best Dog in Show,. which different breeds. . +i An
is :.an` honor similar to.•best obedience''class and 'a junior
puppy :but coefined to adult handling 'class were.: atso
-dogs and chose Jini, a sponsored ,by the Bluewater
sanction • match held ;Sunday McNair of I1derton.'Tl�e da ...Miniature 'Poodle .owned. by: club "'
g° "ri•n"da Rae -of Stratford. Jini's : An .Irishi3 Setter owned , by
in Bayfield. The.,match was won its group competition
---the second-such-competition--and-,moved into thew: •nal. R pscalli title is Broughton Lakesid :_Beauchamp zed i of .R R 2
Rapscallion. Lakeside turned .in a near
s 'nsored'''by• the £led lin • l ' of
0
•
•
p° .,.., g g c asses against puppies
A totals -t5 -f 147 dogs-were--=pei,fect---
lrer
points-outof apo sible 200..
'The junior handling class,
designed to educate children
under the .age of„l5 'in han-
dling their dogs in, the show
ring :was- won:by Pam Bruce
of. RR� 4 Denfield The 'class'*`
perrrti:ts- young owners ' to
a-czjuaint themselves with the
rules of the• ring : `and
iY?i niece in, t1. designed to allow handlers toy-.
• pit their -skills': against one
another• with the- dogs
seemingly taking a back seat
- in the ;action; Miss Bruce'
w&as handling a Lhasa; -Apses
in�the class.
Winner in Group. - One,
Sporting . Dogs, w -as a
Weimaranen owned by. Mary
►N.tt. Hilldebrand was one of the firat -eustonriers to take. and customers began pumping
Pliii1?
',advantage of the first°s.elf-serve gas .bar in'I�ulron•(olulty.�. '(titaiff photo)
1; Pb
0worthy's cif Coderieh h. ar r switched in tlie,srrlf serve pumps , r
heir own
gas last Thursday.
Brown of IRRj Corunna.
rs.
W, Romeril-of-H-a'mi}ton won
the Group ''Two class for
hounds.
The Group' Three -class for
.Working Dogs was won. by a
Bouvier_ des -Flanders, owned
by Mr.; and Mrs E:JHarrison
of Clinton. ' •
A Wire Haired Fox terrier
owned by, Geraldine. Kwasek
o London won theGrU-,
Four' Terr'ier'class.. •
The Group Five,honors for
Toys went to a Pomeranian
owned by Nancy McPhee of
St. Thomas.
The Group • Six ribbon` for.
-Noxi• Sporting dogs went to
Linda Rae and. her. Miniature
Poodle. -
4
nickel's are , increasing ,y
finding their,owrt methods fOt•
;getting. there , and horde, • Otte
Thomas Hallam ,of::Auburn,
aged 83, rode his bicycle 12' •
•miles°ta the picnic in 1951,
• At the picnic .a lunch' is:
• provided by the Kiuernen, end.'
entertainment is brought' in
from .ee t in
• ;attendaallnceoyer happytok,;: Priseshoseare
_ .al's presented to the •oidest'
man, the oldest woman, and
the ,oldest couple, This year , r
Charles, Young, aged 9 . was
the oldest man°, 'Mrs. Young,'.
aged 92, Was ..the, oldest
woman, and jr,;.„„
";.,,,,
;years. They':, -were wieners in
all.categoriies. ' '
'Other events''for .the` oc-
togenarians` sponsor -ed; ho-
Kinsmen include a fall outing
by: bus around • the. area 'to
allows people "to view fall's
finery:; 4.nather. outing takes;.
platre just before. Christmas
each: year as the members
are transported through 'the
town,. to• "view they. Iightirig..
displays: They are also trying
to 'start a group for.'Sh.u_tins
similar to the Octoge'narian's
Club, '
This year's committee is
composed of Secretary Pat
•Patterson, Chairman Robert
Baechler, Bob McDougall.
and'Btll Lougheed.
The•:best picnic,.:as`far as -
' Mr. Patterson . feels took -
place when the Kitchener
Accordian Band, a . group '
comprised of students from • . .
age six to eighteen, attended,"
The gro'ip, one of the best' -
bands : of ' students toever
come • from the. province, ' -
re'turned - to a ,paeked
audience at"Harbor Farikas"a"
`result. of their picnc a'
peaaudierance.
Members of the Goderich
Octbgenar•ian's Club "•have
included Winston Churchill,
honorary ,jne,mber J.B.:
Kelly; the builder of the first '
automobile and Goderich
resident' for many' years, and •
_resident
•;founder of' the
Kinsmen:. .
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