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FLASHBACK - 25 XEARS AGO - The Bowmanvile Kinsmen Club celebrated its fourth anmversary at their regular meeting held on Tuesday, at the Balmoral Hotel. President Ken Nicks called on two charter members Jack Lander, and Clarke Wilson to cut the cake. Head table guests were Memorial Arena officiaIs, Bob Watt, Cliff Samis, Tom and Doug Carter. FLASH BACK - 10 YEARS AGO - The follow- ing young people recently -copped three Eastern Canadian Bowling Championships In the second- ary sehool tournament held in Hamilton. They won the boy's titie, the mixed titie, while Bob Burley won the single boys titie. Sharlene Cain, Dale Terry, Ron SellIck, Ron Etcher, Jackie Pat- field, Bob Burley and Doug Brock. JR. C. -. sehedule for the Ail Ontario Championship between Port Darlington Hotel Marina "Red Eagles" and Kincardine is as follows. 2nd game last Monday in Kincardine (April 23) 3rd game Wednesday in Bowmanville, April 25, 4th game Friday in Kincardine, April 27, 5th game Sunday in Kincardine, April 29, 6th game Wednesday in Bowmanville, May 2, 7th game Friday in Kincardine, May 4. Ail games start at 7: 30. Joan Simpson lost the toss and therefore the 4th and 5th games, go in Kincardine. Red Eagles won the Monday game 7-2 and now lead the series two games to none. THE DONALD BAGNELL - Memorial Bowling Tournamnent will be held on Saturday, May l2th at Liberty Bowl. Scratch bowling with the top five scores to count. Ail proceeds will go to the Canadian Cancéer Fund. Phone Don Osborne at 623-2591 between 8 a.m. - 4:30. Corne out and boost the amount ln memory of Don, a popular sports figure his entire life. Kilmberly Motors. JIm Budal, Propretor 24 Base Lino Rd. E. - Bowmanville General Repairs and Servie ing to ail makes of Cars and Light Trucks Specializing in Major Engine Repairs Brakes and Electrical Repairs- SWe're open 8 ta 5 Monday to Frlday 8 ta 12 Noon on Saturday Telephone 623-6921 BOWMANVILLE - Tennis Club is preparing for a very busy season. Already they have had the dlay courts re-surfaced. The opening is tentatively scheduled for Saturday, May l2th. A wine and cheese party for members is being planned. In June a series of Round Robins will b e held and if popular will be continuied. Lessons will be given free of charge to members. For further t oi information please cail Marg Bain 623-2661. Sounds like a great season coming up for tennis buffis. Bowmanvil Me ealCareeirs INH It has been a number of years since Bill Morrison or Ron Hurst laced up a pair of skates in Maple Leaf Gardens or the Montreal Forum. But the Bowmanville-area men have fond memories of their hockey careers. Mr. Morrison served as an NHL linesman in a career that lasted from 1950 to 1965. And Mr. Hurst was a rigbt Winger for the Toronto Maple Leafs between 1955 and 1957, playing a total of 10 years of professional hockey. A member of the Toronto Maple Leafshockey system ail through bis career, Mr. Hurst started playing hockey at 12 and 13. Ron played for tbe Marîboros and then joined the Pittsburg Hornets hockey team as bis first professional hockey position. But Ron Hurst doesn't live in the past. Today he's a sales representative witb W. Frank Real Estate Ltd., a job he has beld in the last five and one-haîf years. Married witb four children, he lives in the Kendal Hîls north of Newton- ville. He says today's NHL athletes are bigger and faster and they shoot the puck harder. You have to remember that wben Ron Hurst played hockey there were no slap- shots or curved sticks and the NHL in the 50s was a close-knit league of six teams. "Hockey today bas helped the unemployment situation," says Bill Morrison. With the six-team NHL system, only 100 top-notch players could take part in the sport. Now, the NHL employs over 400 players. And, of- course, other differences spring to mind Ron Hurst (left), former Toronto Maple Leaf right winger and Bill Morrison, former NHL linesman, are shown here at the scene of their present careers in the offices of W. Frank Real Estate in Bowmanville. Both men a re on the W. Frank sales staff. New Direction For Juvenile Basebali Here Juvenile basebaîl returns to Bowmanville witb new management and new coaches. The sponsor is L & L Tool and the new manager is Don Cowle, The coach for this year is Fred (Buck) Cowle and the assistant coach- trainer is Glen Edmondson. There was some talk of baving to repeal Juvenile basebaîl due to the lack of a manager and coach. After detailed talks, Buck Cowle and Glen Edmondson offered their services and feel that this year should be a victorious one. Coach Cowle said, "We're going to need your local support to make this teamn and year a success. These boys are interested in playing serious bahl and intend to Win. " Practices start Aprîl 28, at Soper Creek Park where 15 to 25 young men will try out for the team. The fee is $1500 for a membersbip. Young men ages 16 to 19 are urged to corne out and demronstrate their skills. DR Atom Strong The D & R Sports Minor Atoms lost in the finals to a strong Markbam team. We were in every game to the final whistle and in every game the scoring was all in the final peniod or at the end of the second. Scoring the, only Toro goal was Cory Sweet witb Chris Beck gaining the assist. Compete in Timmy Tyke Tournament On Mar. 19, '79 the Toros opened the tournament play- ing the local Whitby team and being beaten 2-0. We had returned from the Leamington Tournament and the boys were tired fromn their five hour car trip. In the second game we played the Etobicoke Minor Atoms beating them 4-2. This was Kelly Arm- strong's day as be got a bat trick to earn him the puck from the game. Also scoring for the Toros was Glen Campbell. Gaining assists were Cory Sweet, Chris Beck (3), David Fairey, Barry Oliver, and Brian Noble. In the third game the Toros were defeated 3-2 in a very tight game. In this tournament the teams only play 2 periods and I'm sure if tbey had had another period they would have evened the score. Scor- ing for the Toros was Michael Gallant and Glen Campbell. Gaining assists were Larry Perris (2), Paul Staintoni and Sbawn Rekker. TIRE JAM ______ 299-DEAN II~ I AVE. II~5IOSHAWA 576-1220 LWLharex when one compares the NHL hockey teams of today with the ones in the 50s and 60s. Seasons are longer, for example. If the basebal season and the Stanley Cup playoffs overlapped, it was only for about a' week, Mr. Morrison and Mr. Hurst recaîl. But with expansion, the NHL teams are only starting playoffs now as the basebal season gets into full swing. And pay cheques were smaller in the older NHL days although stili providing comfortable income. Mr. Hurst noted that his NHL salary was $7,500 per year plus a $2,00 fee for signing. In the American League, the salary would be $5,000. Train travel took the teams from city to city. Players would have a reserved car and the rookies always took the top berths, recalîs Ron Hurst. And while today's jet age lets a team play in Montreal one night and California the next, scbedules of the 1950s were arranged so that teams could play in nearby cities witbout a long train trip. Ron recalîs a trip to Boston would mean leaving Toronto at il p.m. Saturday after a game and travelling to Boston in time to be on the ice at seven p.m. If playing in the NHL was a tough job, officiating was equally demandling. "I think the players could either make you or break you, recails Bill Mornison. Mr. Morrison recalîs that being fair and consistent was most important. If you called a penalty for a certain infraction at one end of the ice, you had to caîl a- penalty -for the same infraction if it occurred at the other end. Recalling players such as Hull, Orr and Gordie Howe, Mornison recalled that "You neyer had' any trouble with the good players?" He said is was the "fringe" players who were hardest to bandie. "Wben they argued witb you, tbey were trying to, make up for their own mistakes. " Bill Morrison said tbat if you made a mistake you could neyer try to even it up by looking for a penalty to cal against the other side. "You bad all nigbt to blow the ïwistle but once youblew it-, you couldn't take it back," he said. "To me, hockey was just a game of commun sense,"' Morrison recalîs. He said that bis career in the NHL was the resuit mainly of being in the igbt place at the v-vT Annual Meeting Election of Executive Sunday, April 29th 1:30 p.m. in Court Roomn No. 1 Bowmanville Police and .Court Building Ail B.M.H.A. Parents Weicome to attend. Everyone connected with B.M. H.A. is eligible to vote by proxy if necessary. -EVERYONE WELCOME- right time. He started out officiating hockey games in-' the Wbitby area, moving to the NHL not long afterwards following about tbree years of amateur hockey. He hasn't' been counting the number of games be bas seen from bebind the striped sweater but estimates that be bas officiat- ed at 1,000 regular NHL games and another 100 Stanley Cup games. "It was a good life," says Ron Hurst when be talks about bis bockey career. And that- probably sums up botb men's.. views on their careers in, professional hockey. Bowmanvi île Minor Hockey Association v m0mM 0% % "vvW-aýSmiar Savings ALSOIAVAILABLE.. 1618 DUN DAS ST. on other Dining Room Pieces 728-S7S383ST0 ALL ITEMS NOT EXACTLY AS ILLUSTRATED 787383" AT THICKSON RD. 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