20 - Southpoint Sun
Flashbacks from 1976
Juveniles beat Kingsville and Wheatley The Leamington Ardiel Juveniles continued their winning ways on the weekend, taking decisive victories against Kingsville and Wheatley. At Kingsville, the locals opened up a 6-0 lead and cruised to a 10-4 win. Jim Quick’s hat trick led Leamington, with Dale Ribble and Bill Wheeler each scoring twice. Bob Chapman, Randy Taylor and Todd Wiper had singles. Gary Newman, with two, Scott Gee and Greg Lanigan, scored for Kingsville. On Sunday, the Leamington squad trounced Wheatley by a 9-1 score. Quick, Wheeler and Wiper each scored twice, with single markers to Ribble, Pat Lafeber and Rob Hillier. Tim Oliphant scored the lone Wheatley goal to spoil the shutout bid of Lawrence Grubb. Riverside dumps Major Bantams The Leamington County Fair Mall Major Bantams suffered a 9-4 defeat at the hands of Riverside in a game played at St. Clair Beach Arena on Saturday. The teams were tied 3-3 after one period, but Riverside turned it into a rout. John Bernhardt paced Leamington with a hat trick. Troy Wiper scored the other goal. Hodgson leads Raiders to two wins The Leamington Rhine Danube Raiders handed Simcoe a pair of exhibition losses on the weekend in Leamington. The Raiders won game one by a 4-2 count, and then skated to a 5-2 victory in the nightcap. In game one, Todd Hodgson’s three goals led the charge. Jay Pepper had the single marker. Hodgson scored twice in the nightcap, with singles going to Pepper, Keith Lindsay and Gary Gayer. Mic Macs beat Chargers 8-4 The Leamington Mic Macs coasted to an 8-4 win over the Harrow Chargers in a Seaway Intermediate Hockey League game on Monday. Rich Will led the Macs with two goals, while Wayne McKeen, Phil Setterington, Art Hickson, Paul Child, Bill Vlodarchyk and Bob Whittle all scored single goals. Larry Durocher, Dan Marontate, Pat Dumouchelle and Dan Sawchuk scored for Harrow. Erie Sport Atoms take two from Simcoe As part of Minor Hockey Day this past weekend, Leamington travel teams hosted Simcoe for day-night doubleheader exhibition games. The Erie Sport Atoms beat Simcoe twice, by scores of 5-3 and 8-1. In game one, Leamington got two goals from Paul Vlodarchyk and singles from Craig Symons, Steve Hyrenewich and Rick Schmidtgall. In the second contest, Schmidtgall and Vlodarchyk each scored twice. Singles went to Hyrenewich, Ray Adams, Brad Charette and Tim Kaiser. Quick paces Flyers in win over Blades The Blenheim Golden Blades came to Leamington in last place on Thursday and went away after absorbing a 10-1 drubbing at the hands of the Flyers. Terry Quick’s four-goal outburst led Leamington’s offence. Pat Hillman added two, while singles went to Dan Galloway, John Emerson, Tim Towle and Dennis Martin. Wayne Beneteau got the victory in goal.
Wednesday, January 20, 2021
1972 Volkswagen still like new!
cery store. They drove it to Orangeville two years ago to attend the wedding of their niece and Greg reports that the drive along 401 and other highways was very enjoyable. While growing up, Greg was surrounded by big cars. The first one he remembers riding in was his dad’s 1962 Mercury Meteor, the only car he bought new. It came from Dingwall Ford, later renamed Rose City Ford. He took his driver’s test with a 1965 Plymouth Fury II. And the first car Greg owned was a 1961 Monarch for $200. It needed body work but it ran well. But Greg was introduced to Volkswagens as a teenager when he had fun with a cut-down VW converted into a dune buggy! And Linda is continuing a family tradition with her ’72 VW. While she was growing up, her family always bought Volkswagens! I’m always looking for stories. Email billtsherk@sympatico.ca.
THE OLD CAR DETECTIVE Bill Sherk
Linda Markham of Woodslee, Ontario, is the proud owner of a dazzling green 1972 Volkswagen purchased in 2011 after seeing it parked on Lauzon Road in nearby Windsor. Linda’s husband Greg is a mechanic by trade and checked the car over very thoroughly. Body work was minimal with only a small patch on the floor pan repaired before getting the car certified for safety. A previous owner had installed an after-market carburetor and exhaust system which Greg replaced with original equipment obtained from a company in B.C. The only part of the car not original is the steering wheel taken from Greg’s 1969 VW parts car. In checking the car over from bumper to bumper, Greg discovered the original paint was yellow and was replaced with the dazzling green finish which caught my eye at the Kingsville High School Car Show in May of 2019, where the attached photo was taken. Linda’s ’72 VW is exactly twenty years newer than the first Volkswagens to arrive in Canada in 1952. Within half a dozen years, they were everywhere! Linda and Greg love driving their VW every chance they get and it can often be seen in Greg Markham with his wife’s 1972 VW at Kingsville car show. the parking of the local gro-
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