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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1979-03-15, Page 2It PAGE 2-GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY MARCH 15, 1979 Sister City invitation to Irish BY LESLIE E. ARNDT BAY CITY TIMES Bay City, Michigan, Goderich's sister city in international friendship across Lake Huron, extends an invitation to everyone in Goderich to visit it this weekend as it observes the 25th an- niversary of a St. Patrick's Day parade that has won recognition all the way to the Emerald Isle. "We are pleased to hear that city councillors, the Royal Canadian Legion, your Huron County Museum bus and curator Ray Scotchmer, at least two busloads and dozens of motorists, and other Goderich representatives will be with us, and we want to thank the Goderich Signal:Star newspaPer, the tourist committee headed by Bert Squires and Bert Such, Mac Campbell and everyone else who had a hand in making this delegation possible," says James Leonard, parade association president. The parade is set for 2 p.m. Sunday on a route down Center Avenue through the downtown business district. Mel Weaver is this year's parade marshal. More than 150 units will be in the parade. A post - parade party starts at 5 p.m. Sunday at the downtown Washington After Dark showplace. Most of the Goderich delegation will arrive in Bay City early Saturday afternoon and will headquarter at the Holiday Inn downtown. American Legion Post 18 clubrooms will be busy. The museum bus will be on display Friday and Saturday at Hampton Square Mall shopping centre on Bay City's eastern outskirts. It will be in the parade Sunday. Bay City is not exactly that much Irish. With only the Irish, the parade may not have long en- dured. But St. Patrick's Tid Bits...Tid Bits...Tid Bits.. BY JOANNE BUCHANAN The winner of this week's Goderich and District Community Grandstand lottery is Fred Armstrong 'of Goderich who shared lucky ticket number 0071 with Trine other people. +++ Residents at the Group Horne for mentally handicapped adults were the proud recipients of six new mirrors recently thanks to the generous donation of Goderich Glass. The mirrors have all been hung iii the home ,.„ at:?00- K eay. s _Street._ Due to complications with casting, Tea House of the August Moon will not be the play staged by Goderich Little Theatre on' April 25, 26, .27 and 28. Another .play will be chosen to take its place. It will be performed on the P same dates under the professional direction of David Fanstone. +++ Mary Michelle Morrissey placed second in the Grades 4,5 and 6 category with her speech on snails at the Legion Zone Cl public speaking contest held 'in Brussels recently. Marg Conlon placed second in the Grade 9 and 10 category with her speech on sheep, and Janet Mulholland placed second in the Grade 11, 12 and 13 category with her speech entitled My Family. There _..w.ere. .32 con- testants at the zone level. The zone covers as far south as Exeter, as far east as Seaforth and as far north as Kincardine. First place zone win- ners will travel . to Hanover on April 8 for district competition. +++ The Canadian Cancer Society will be holding its annual Daffodil Cam- paign in Goderich on March 29, 30 and 31. Members of the Beta Sigma Phi Sorority will be selling bundles_of ten daffodils for $2 throughout town with all proceeds to go toward cancer research. Daffodils may be or- dered in advance from sorority members by phoning 524-6983 or 524- 2737. Help fight cancer. Buy daffodils. +++ Councillor Elsa Haydon advised- tow n-•eoune-i1--•on- Monday evening that at a recent educational conference of the Ontario Parks Association she had tentatively invited the executive of the organization to hold their April meeting in Goderich. These meetings are usually held in Toronto. As the bigcentresalways get more attention, the ort Albert woman idea executive a meet ng pa trt of a small town's Arbor Day related_ activities was well received. dies in Florida MRS. LEONA Michigan died March 6 in GRENIER _Sf:�oli'n's HospLa_r.�__.____.._ She was born in Ash- field Township on March 27, 1907 to Mary (Sullivan) and Edward Foley. The late . Mrs. Doyle was a member of Our Lady Queen of Peace Church. She was also a member of the Altar Society. She is survived by one daughter, Margaret Ann of Harper Woods; three sons, John of St. Clair Shores, Edward of Troy and Daniel of Mount Clemens; three grand- children; one brother, Matthew of Ashfield Township;,and four sisters, Mararet Foley, Mrs. Earl (Gertrude) Drennan; Mrs. Mary Johnston and Mrs. James (Rita) `Johnston all of Goderich. Mrs. Doyle was predeceased by her husband, Daniel in 1966. The funeral mass was celebrated by the Reverend Father Francis Souve on March 9 in St. Columbkille Church, Oril.lia. Pallbearers were Edward Gettings, Francis Lamb, Daniel Harrington, James Harrington, William Linklater and J. C. Macpherson. Mrs. Leona Grenier of Port Albert died suddenly on Friday, March 9 in Orlando, Florida at the age of 79. . She was born on February 1, 1900 to Alexander and Mary Ann • (Mathewson) Young. She married Archie Grenier who predeceased her in 1969. She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Albert (Annie) Meader of Warren, Michigan; two grandchildren, Arnold and Ronald Meader; and one .great-grandchild, Sandra. A funeral service was held for the late Mrs. Grenier at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, March 13 at McCallum Funeral Horne. The Reverend G.L. Royal officiated. 'Interment was in Colborne Cemetery in Colborne Township. Pallbearers were Elton Draper, Leroy Draper, , Douglas Young, Wayne Draper, Brian ' Draper and Arthur Stewart. MRS. HELENA DOYLE Mrs. Helena Cecilia Doyle of Harper Woods, • • Parks Committee Gha-irman-John-Dohertyy gave his approval to include this event in the Parks' curriculum and Councillor Haydon will be working on finding suitable sponsors for the event. Civic Corner Goderich Town Council will meet on Monday, March 19 at 7:30 p.m. in the council chambers at town hall. The Goderich Police Commission will meet on Tuesday, March 20 at 12:30 p.m:. in the Can- dlelight Restaurant. - The Goderich Airport Committee will meet on Wednesday, March 21 at 7:30 p.m. girt the council chambers at town hall. A public meeting regarding hospital bed cutbacks will be held on Monday, March 26 at 8 p.m. in the Goderich Memorial .Community Centre (arena). M.P.P.s Jack Riddell and Murray Gaunt will participate in this meeting along with Dr. Lambert, Joyce Shack, Elmer Taylor, Jo Berry and Jim McCaul of AM&G. ,../ i� C .Ar;. ;, t .i2 •Tee ( 1.7;A, 1/4,•!...:,•••!,S 111, L Regular '50.00 '40.00 '35.00 '30.00 '25.00 ANNUAL WINTER PERM SPECIAL IN EFFECT TILL MARCH 31st Special $4500 '35.00 '30.00 '20."' PERM NOW ON FOR ONLY PERM NOW ON FOR -ONLY PERM NOW ON FOR ONLY PERM NOW AN FOR ONLY PERM NOW ON FOR ONLY '20.00 PERM NOW OH FOR ONLY 98600 Call and make an appointment with one of our experienced stylists to -day. Judy, Douglas, Joanne, . Men no appointment necessary, except for Perm. Heather- Beauty Salon 101 LIGHTHOUSE ST., SINCE 19411 524.1401 +++ The Signal -Star received a letter this week from a man in prison who has no family or friends. He is asking people to write to him. Letters are small, says prisoner Denver Gilley, but they give hope that somewhere, someone cares. All letters will be greatly appreciated and answered, he says. If anyone would like to write to Denver, his address is P.O. Box 511, Columbus, Ohio 43216, +++ - The -coldest--F ebruary- since coldest-=Febraary-- since 1934 took electricity consumption to .8.75 kilowatt-hours, an in- , crease of almost four per cent over the same month last year; reports Ontario Hydro. The average tem- perature for the month was -10.54 degrees celsius whereas the normal figure for the month is - 5.71 degrees celsius. +++ Every year Heritage Canada, a n -a -t i -on a1- charitable foundation., gives awards to those Canadians who most e SP T e -`EEM 'TThe awards are specifically designed to recognize. outstanding efforts made by individuals, heritage groups and companies to promote awareness of Canada's heritage and the needto preserve it. The award which is of most interest to in- dividuals is the Gabrielle Leger Medal awarded annually to the person who'has done the most for the preservation of his community's heritage. But if you don't receive the Gabrielle Leger Medal, you might receive one of five Community Service Awards. There are also Awards of Honor for conservation projects undertaken by owners or occupants of heritage buildings as well as for heritage groups, .. com- panies or government agencies. And of course, if you have spent your time writing about heritage conservation, you could be eligible to win one ,of five Com- municatios Awards. If you think you qualify for any of these awards and want to know more about them, write before April 27 to Heritage Canada, P.O. Box 1867, Station B, Ottawa, KIP raR5. Day for Bay Cityans is a time when ale "melting pot" Americans become instant sons or daughters] of Erin. Poles, French, Germans, Belgians, Mexicans, blacks and Cai adians - people of all races and creeds - don Kelly green ties or green carnations to strut as Ga.eis for ,a day. And some in Bay City will be strutting three days on this big Irish weekend. The Irish played a key role in early Bay City settlement. Local history highlights such Irish - American pioneers as James G. Birney, presidential candidate twice; his son, James, lieutenant governor and state senator; John Riley, on whose reser- vation lands Bay City lies; John McGraw, who built the world's largest lumber mill here in his time, and Thomas A. E. Weadock, an outstanding State Supreme Court justice in his day. This only parade to survive in Bay City (there were once French and Polish parades, too) started with an Irish joke. Three Bay City Irish - Americans a quarter of a century ago were won- dering what they 'might do in special efforts to mark St. Patrick's Day in rad more appropriate fashion than a visit to the nearby pub. And though the parade idea at first didn't have much of an enduring ring for mid-March, what the late Jimmie Donohue, Jim Gates and Jack O'Shea "hatched" at a Lions Club luncheon has survived despite weather at times more favorable for the Minneapolis Winter Carnival. Only. one parade had to be postponed - one' week - because of stormy weather. The University of Notre Dame famed marching band has headed up two parades, and two of Bay City's parade queens have gone all the way to represent Michigan in the international Rose of Tralee contest at Tralee near Killarney in Ireland. State and national Too much bench time slows you down. Get active. Get in shape and put yourself in the clear. Fitness is fun. Try some. PaR7/1/PaC7/O/7 �a GODERICH AREA PLANNING BOARD Public Meeting Tuesday, April 3rd 7:30 p.m. Council Chambers-TownHall 57 West Street PURPOSE: To discuss an official plan amendment as requested by M. IL W. Motors on Part of Lot No. 2, Maitland Concession; more specifically the lot on the north -east -corner of the Huron Road and Mill Street, to allow the construction of a garage and automobile showroom. Comments-and-par4lcipatlon-are-welcomed-from-all-in- terested persons. For more information call 524-9492. K. 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