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Skydivers visit. Goderich
backyards _and fields
More than one Goderich
backyard or field was visited
unexpectedly by skydivers
who happened to drop • in on
the weekend when one of the
largest skydiving meets ever
assembled in Canada took
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divers at the three day Jump sponsored by the Goderich Oldtlmers competed in
y jumping leaving the plane above the airfield and trying to land on a target laid
he airport property. The competition measured a chutist's skill at controlling his
dies hold tournament
dies of the Goderich
wling Club held their
pot -luck dinner
ent on , Wednesday,
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eather was favorable
and entries came in
Seaforth, Sarnia,
m, Lucknow and
, and of course there
od turnout from our
erich ladies.
games were played
with adelicious dinner served
between the second and third
game, convened by -Rae
Matthews and Kay Bell.
Many thanks to them and
their helpers.
The first prize was won by a
Sarnia team skipped by Mrs.
Timpson, the second by a
Lucknow team skipped by
Isabel Miller. The -third prize
was won by a team from
Seaforth' skipped by Jean
Lunn, and the fourth by a
team from Gtderich skipped
oby Irene White with Alice
Pridham as second player
and Helen Falkiner lead. A
consolation prize was won by
Katie Phillips of Seaforth.
This completes our ladies
tournaments for this year,
but a mixed doubles tour-
nament is to be played here
on September I4.
500 skydivers floated down and around Sky Harbor airport for two days of the long
d competing in the Goodtime Boogie sponsored by the Goderich Oldtimers. The
ere to enjoy three days of non stop jumping from nine to nine but had Monday's
cancelled due to low cloud cover. Residents of Goderich and the area around the..
were well aware of the skydiving classic, the largest ever staged in Canada, as
nee and a while a parachutist would come drifting into their back yard and ask for
ack to the airport.
Attention farmers"
There will be a field demonstration of the new BELARUS
1500-175 H.P., 4 Wheel Drive Tractor at Riegling Farm
EquIPment, 7 miles West of Lucknow, No. 86 Hwy.
COME SEE - COME DRIVE
The new addition to the now famous BELARUS Line. See
also the BELARUS 610-70 H.P. tractor and models irw action.
Demonstration will commence at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
Soptennber 13th, 1977.
Riegling Form Equipment
Phi 395-5107
place 4t Sky Harbor airport.
The weather was unco-
operative on Monday sInd the
third day of the meet find to
be cancelled due to low-lying
cloud cover. The cancellation
was a big disappointment to
about 500 parachutists from
ail over Canada and the
eastern United States.
Skydiver Mike Beke of
Windsor was one of the
disappointed skydivers. He
said, % "This is one of the
biggest meets we've had in
Canada. Why did this have to
happen?"
The skydivers had planned
to set a new world record by
forming a star of 60 jumpers
and .progr.a.m organizers had
hoped Monday would be the
day that this and other such
daring aerial feats would be
performed. Beke was sure the
60 -man -hook-up could have
been achieved, given the
conditions at Goderich and
the number of expert
skydivers the meet attracted.
A 29 -member maple leaf
configuration on Sunday had
already set a Canadian
record. This feat was held
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from 8,000 to 4,500 feet while it
was recorded on file.
Program . director Trace
Whalen of Goderich decided
to cancel Monday's event
about 11 a.m. when the
weather wouldn't clear up but
he said the meet was so
successful that it could
become an annual event in
Goderich. The meet attracted
nearly 2,000 spectators' cars.
The event was sponsored by
the Goderich Old-timers
Hockey team as part of the
Jubilee 3 celebrations.
Injuries recorded during
the meet were one sprained
ankle and a dislocated
shoulder. On -e" T ump-er's—eh-at-e---
opened prematurely at 12,000
feet and he drifted downwind
about six miles to Benmiller.
Two other jumpers had just
the opposite problem when
their chutes didn't open until
they were at about 500 feet.
Another jumper landed on the
beach at Lake Huron
narrowly missing the water.
And at least' 50 other divers
landed in various parts of
town.
Shelly Fisher, given the title of best,ticket seller amongst tournament organizers, drew
Carman Fielder's name from the drum Monday night winning Fielder a gas barbecue.
The draw wad sponsored by the Labor Day Fastball tournament and the young Fisher
salesgirl hustled tickets all weekend long at the ball park to make the draw the success it
was hoped to be. Overseeing the draw is tournament chairman Gerry Durst. (staff -photo)
Bowlers knocked.. out by
Kaufman- no-hitter
Little Bowl was knocked
out of the Labor Day Fastball
tournament early when they
lost their first game to
Dorchester 3-0. Dorchester
rallied behind John Kauf-
man's no hitter to shut out the
Bowlers ending their tourney
play.
Mark Dauphin pitched
some tough ball for the
Bowlers challenging Kauf-
man with a no hitter of his
own until the fifth inning.
Dorchester grabbed two
singles in the fifth and scored
a run but the mark dYdn't
count as Bowler catcher Dave
Patterson gunned Kaufman
down at second on a squeeze
play and got him before the
run scored.
Doug Crockett had started
the Dorchester fiffh with a
single and went to third on
Kaufman's single. With two
out Kaufman took off for
second and Patterson came
up throwing and got him
before Crockett got to the
plate keeping the game
scoreless. r`
Dorchester came up with
three runs in the sixth
however and Kaufman
fanned three in a row in the
top of the seventh to keep the
no hitter. Dan Herbert
singled for Dorchester to lead
off the sixth and moved to
second on a pass ball. John
Wilksey delivered a single to
Let's
Go
Bowling
Our leagues are
just starting to
play now, and
we still have a
place for you. September
is the month to join a
team, so why not call us
today at 524-9966.
score the winning run.
Wilksey went to second when
the hall went out of play and
used a pass ball to move to
third. Garry -- Stratton
sacrificed to bring him in. Rill
Grant scored the final Dor-
chester run.
The Bowlers couldn't touch
Kaufman,and only_ree.of
them reth
ched, :base, mostly
wl,n Kaufman touched
them. Ron Klages and Pat-
terson drew a walk when they
were hit by a pitch and
Klages got a free one in the
third but that was all the
Bowlers could manage.
Kaufman struck out eight for
the no hit win while Dauphin
fanned half a dozen giving up
four hits in the loss.
LADIES: MON., TUES., THURS.
MEN: MON., WED., THURS.
MIXED: TUES., WED., FRI.
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON LADIES LEAGUE
Our Wednesday afternoon Ladies league had an excellent 1st season last
year with 6 teams. So ladies, here's your chance to get out for a couple of
hours Wednesday afternoon, from 1:30-3:30. Just call one of the ladies.
Pres. Marlene Black "524-6940. See Margaret Hall - 524-8491 or Treas.
Toots Bedard 524-2057. .
NEW LEAGl4c
MIXED—FRIDAY NIGHT 9:00 P.M.
This is a new league, that is trying to start this year. Anyone interested
call Margaret Hall 524-8491.
JUNIOR BOWLING REGISTRATION
Saturday Sept. 10th 10-12 noon and Saturday Sept. 17th 10-12 noon.
Registration for these leagues continues all thru September but to
form teams as quickly as possible, we need the bulk of the
registrations in by Sept. 17th.
Ages for this season remain the same. Bantam not 11 by Dec. 31
1977, Junior not 14 by Dec. 31 1977 and Senior not 18 by Dec. 31 1977.
For any information regarding any league please call 524-9961. We
have room for everyone' and weeaed you all.
LITTLE BOWL
524 9966
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