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The medals are awarde.,
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people Who have 3eeti':0,-,
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despite many hardshii6c,
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ire he holds A Silver Jubilee medal which he says he didn't know was coming
'tkaow why it was" presented to him. (staff photo)
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yeceiveci the•rn e cl a . office 12, years.
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ri people in his riding who are morning at vicrk," be recalls.
deserving of the medal and "I was writing out a money
Bert's'. nornination was ac- order and noticed that the
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THURS.DAY, NOVEMBER 24. 1977
SECOND SECTION
ling alley gone to automation
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boys a thing of the pa.
Aid, automation
'eliminate jobs?
on—recently took
b that was as com-
growing boys as
stores and paper
in boys are now a
he past in Goderich.
Little, owner of
bowling lanes,
two,automatic pin
f.cently making all 12
fully automatic.
llation of the two
yent unnoticed by
Ong enthusiasts in
but three
rs knew exactly
ey were put in. The
!the machines ended
rt -time work as pin
Ward, 14, has been a
at Little Bowl for the
cc years, and Carl
16, and George
Id, 15,i -had been on
bout.. month.
ree join hundreds of
ales in Goderich that
part-time as pin boys
early teens. In the 21
ory of Little Bowl no
timing owner Harry
can estimate the
of pin boys that
the business end of a
ndra Marine and
Hospital in Goderich
.ew associate director
,ng.She is Joyce Shack
Li I id that
bowling alley. tt e sa
his list of pin boys was usually
30 strong when no automatic
pin setters were in use. He
said that the youngsters
usually stayed at the job
three years, starting when
they were 13 and outgrowing
it when they were 16.
_Harry said that Little Bowl
had six .lanes in use when it - of setting the firstlame'ever
was opened in March of 1956. bowled. in Little Bowl and
He said two more lanes were Robert Ward will be
added in 1962 and four in 1964. remembered by Harry as
All 12 lanes were worked by being the senior pin boy when
pin boys for two years and in the job was automated. The
1966 the first of the 12 two will probably grace the
automatic pin setters was pages of Harry's scrap book
installed. The size of the along with some of the many
investment in the automatic pin setters in between.
setters prompted Harry to Harold can remember the
stretch the changeover first game at Little Bowl and
across 10 years. although he couldn't
remember the score he
recalls the mayor of Goderich
at that time, J. E. Huckins,
bowling against Elston
Cardiff. For trivia buffs
Cardiff hit a 202 and Huckins
is given credit for 100 pins
plus.
Not knowing the score of
the game is understandable
for the pin boy. It's all he can
do to stay abreast of the
action and keep from being
hit by a flying pin. Leddy
"I'm going to miss them,"
he said. "I've met a lot of
youngsters in Goderich who
set pins for me and a lot of
them are still good friends
and steady bowlers."
The switch to automatic pin
setters was witnessed by the
first pin boy and the last.
Harold Leddy holds. the honor
Harry said he felt a sense of
loss working without his pin
boys. He said he had been
involved with the operation of
bowling alleys for 30 years
and had always worked with
pin boys. He admitted a
feeling of uneasiness working
without pin boys as back up
knowing that if something
went wrong with a machine
he had to handle it himself
having no pin boys to back
him up.
remembers the work as being
profitable fox a youngster but
not easy. He said he could.
make almost as much in ,orie
night setting pins as he could
handling a paper route for
two weeks. He quickly adds
that it would have been much
easier carrying the papers.
"Some •Saturday nightf,
iwhen it wasSusywe'd set1OO
games each," he said. "Each
pin boy was responsible.Or
two alleys and we used to
race to see who could set the
most games."
The pin boys went to work
at seven o'clock in the
evening knowing on league
night they could count on
setting 72 games in four
hours. The men's leagues
kept them hopping and rarely
during the four hours did they
get an opportunity to sit down
and rest. Usually one of the
boys would volunteer to go
get cold drinks if someone
would watch his lanes and his
fill in would have to set pins
on four lanes while his buddy
went for the drinks.
"The ladies never bowled
as fast as the men and usually
it was,fairly easy keeping up
with them," Harold recalled.
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G has new associate director
and she will assist the
director of nursing, Charity
McDonald.
She is responsible for staff
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Sh4ek is the new issinlate director of nursing at
• Mika Marine and General Htispltal in Goderleh., She
.the director of nutiingt, Charity McDonald./hielt has her Bachelor,.4,0t Selinen'degree in nor.
st , as tturs fig, ad.
or*IPn.. She .cotttinLACGoleOgli,..trotri..Sau4,SP.,
4,1itaff photo)
education, handling
management meetings,
trying to cope with the
budget, helping with the
staffing, interviewing people
for jobs, communicating
changes in the department,
keeping in contact with the
medical staff and making
sure the patient's needs are
met. There are so many
things that one does, says
Miss.Shack, that it's difficult
to keep track of them all.
Miss Shack took her basic
nurse's training at Victoria
Hospital in London, Ontario.
She worked at Victoria
Hospital for awhile after
graduating and then moved
on to Sydenham District
Hospital in Wallaceburg
where she was head nurse of
the medical, surgical and
pediatric units for a couple of
years.
She next went to the
University of Western
Ontario and got her diploma
in nursing education. She
then taught operating room
nursing, medical nursing,
surgical nursing, basic
nursing, pharmacology and
emergency room nursing at
Sarnia General Hospital for
over seven years.
After that she went back to
Western University and got
her Bachelor of Science
degree in Nursing. She then
got tired of teaching aa
worked as the director of
nursing service at St.
Joseph's Hospital in Sarnia
for two years.
She decided that she needed
a change once • more and
moved to Sault Ste. Marie
where she worked at
Plummer Memorial Hospital
for over nine years. She also
went to Boston University for
a year and a half and earned
her Masters of Science
degree in nursing ad-
ministration.
She came to Goderich from
Sault Ste. Marie and started
her job at AM & G on October
24. She wanted to move back
to Southwestern Ontario. She
was slightly familiar with the
Goderich area because she
and her brother have a cot-
tage outside town.
She is looking forward to
her work at AM & G.,She calls
it a "nice little hospital."
There may be some minor
changes within the nursing
department, she says. She is
hoping to help the staff
upgrade their skills and do
their job even more ef-
iectively.
-Any job, says Miss Shack,
is a little confusing at first.
But she is used to working in
larger centres and is sure
that once she gets •to know
people, her job will be made
easier. _
Miss Shack has served on
the College of Nurses of
Ontario. This is an elected
body which protects the
public. It is responsible to the
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The last of the pin boys gathered at their place of work
recently to check over the machines that replaced them.
Robbie Little, Carl Cook and Robert Ward (standing) and
George McDonald (sitting) were the last of the pin boys in
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Goderich. The job is now a thing of the past although many
men of all ages can probably recall working part-time as a
pin boy in their early teens. (staff -photo)
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•:HaroldLeddy holds The honor of having set the first game of
htiiviltig„at Little Bowl In March of 1956 while Robert Ward,
Turn to pae 3f.in20:.yearItis *Mar, waktliktenlorpin boy at the Goderich
" - to-hatottio,Witert. the job. Orplit tetting was automated.
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The final two lanes that were set by pin hoYS yiretw
automated recently when owner Harry ,Little had tiO6
setters Installed: Here Leddy and Ward give the
hand setting pins. (staff photo)
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