Hovercraft will compete with snowmobile A few years ago this would have been the kind of gift only the very wealthy could aftord, but today, they are in the same price range as a snowmobile. The reason they are not in common use yet now around Waterloo is that they will not be available until the end of November. They are being produced on a large scale now in Toronto llder three years of testing developing. _ By Wendy Herman What do you give a man who has everything? _ Peterâ€"Fohry, of 190 Cedarâ€" vale Crescent Waterloo, has taken an active interest in the hovercraft sport for the past three years as a hobby. But he is only one of three outlets in Ontario where the hovercraft will be able to be ordered. Mr. Fohry is operating the outlet from his service station on Weber Street. He had one of the vehicles on Cubs go undefeated Will hear Topics for discussion on Grand River Cable TV Ltd. Community _ Channel 12, Thursday, Nov. 1, at 10:00 p.m., will be viewer comâ€" plaints by critics who have greed to appear on the irogram to comment on service. Erik Holmes scored the winning goal for Waterloo from Duane Moeser and Tim Fedy at 11:02 of the third period. grievances By Peggy Kempel The Waterloo Tim Horâ€" ton Cubs played host to Galt last Thursday and came away 2â€"1 victors. Kevin Halliday opened the scoring in the first peâ€" riod for Galt at 10:35 with an unassisted goal. In the second period Chris Pernfuss tied the game with an u;ï¬assisted goal at 12:13. 0 / At 12:13 of the first period Tim Adair opened the scoring for Stratford with an unassisted goal. The The illegal connection of second lines will also be discussed, â€" including the dangerous effect of signal radiation. On Saturday the Cubs travelled to Stratford where they recorded a 2â€"2 tie. second period was scoreâ€" less but, in the third Anâ€" thony Ernest scored from Steve Schlotzhaur and Drek Lockhart at 4:44 to put How about his own hoverâ€" 1J King St. N. aTER! 00 "M4es274 BOB TWEED rmmeinrmname n w display the University of Toronto. The name hovercraft auâ€" tomatically brings to mind a piece of machinery which would be very expensive, Hoversport in _ Toronto though, a small company has managed to produce the machine at a cost of about $1500 to the buyer . The idea for the machine interests Mr. Fohry who believes the snowmobile has too limited of a season to be practical for the amount of money people spend on them. **The hovercraft has been a popular sport in England for the past 20 years." Mr. Fohry said, ‘"They have clubs there for the machine the same as we have them here for the snowmobile." The hovercraft has a speed of 40 miles per hour on land and 30 miles per hour on water. It can make the move from land onto water with no difficulty. Then at 10:32. Mike Copâ€" polino scored from Duane Moeser to give the Waterâ€" loo Tim Horton Cubs a 2â€"2 tie. Stratford out front 2â€"0. Chris Derry scored at 8:39 from Eric Calder and Kevin Schnurr to put Waâ€" terloo on the scoreboard. Last week when the Waâ€" terloo Tim Horton Cubs won 14â€"0 against the Deâ€" troit Slasors they set a new team record for goals scored by the Cubs in a game. The previous record was set by the team in the 69â€"70 season when they deâ€" There are two engines 103 King St. North %Besr PiZzA YyoU EVER TASTED /// ts man; | h N’é;s-:mfo’ ' IittleCaesars Piaoa _ B § Little Caesars Pioaa ooventce 0 [ Lraccuesarrim Little Caesars Pirza _8 Little Caesars Pirza _ M 1His COUPON GOOD FOR ONne COUP ONn PER PZZA ONnE COUP on PER P1ZZA , but it ught by n acrail, C PON GOOD # MEDIUM E: ,FZA YoU EVER TASTED // C Little 5787410 LaeSaxrs The oneâ€"seat vehicle is completely safe for anyone to handle Mr. Fohry said and requires only about a half hour of instruction in order to learn how to operâ€" ate it. works on the same principle as an airplane propellier. providing the vehicle with its thrust. A smaller five horsepower engine mounted on the front of the machine providing the power for its operation. A 19 horseâ€" upon which the hovercraft floats. When used in a norâ€" mal‘ manner, the two enâ€" gines would consume approximately five gallons of gasoline in two hours.â€" It is steered by a pilot stick rather than a steering wheel since the principle of operating the hovercraft is very similar to flying an airplane. The body is made of fiberglass with the inâ€" flated cushion around it conâ€" sisting of a very durable inâ€" flated nylon rubber produced feated Galt 13â€"2. In the same game Kevin Schnurr tied the team reâ€" cord for most assists scored in a single game. He now holds the gecord of five assists along with his brothâ€" er Brian Schnurr, Jim Young and Paul Hogan. The Waterloo Cubs open their Hub League play toâ€" night in Preston. On Thursâ€" day they will play host to Simcoe and on Saturday they will travel to Galt. FURNITURE and APPLIANCES One Room or A Complete Houseful House of Furniture 46 King No:sth Waterloo Telephone 576â€"5440 ALAN RIGBY‘S FOR RENT able to be licensed. 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