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BIG EXCAVATION JOB ..PHOTOS AND STORY By DON CROSSLEY In the springtime, a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of -- well -- love and that sort of thing. But there are the different few in Oshawa whose thoughts seek other channels of employment. One of those chaps is Bill Cziranka, who suddenly de- veloped a craving for . . . ing. golf- | Now Bill doesn't profess to be a | local Ben Hogan, but just an or- dinary, everyday, common, mis- | understood kind of golfer. He usu- | ally shoots in the low 80's when | | he's in fairly good form. | surprise his friends this coming | summer. He would shoot in the | low 70's, with a little early prac- tice. So that's how he managed to {find himself in the sandtraps and ¥ "REALLY IN THE ROUGH THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE, Thursday, April 8, 1954 21 BIRDIE" "Bs SRE SRR THIS WILL BE GOOD BILL HAS TOO MANY MUSCLES roughs of Oshawa's excellent fair- | ways yesterday afternoon. | striking the small resilient bered that golf is a game which yet perfected this year. consists of striking a small resili-| So, after marking four on his] ent 'ball with clubs (called golf | scorecard, he marched towards clubs) having heads (wooden or (the spot the small resilient ball | metal) into a series of holes (usu- disappeared, his nine main clubs, distances on a course, or links, [the rear. with natural or artificial obstacles, or hazards, irregularly interposed. [the grass beside a This whole case, in its essence, | mire, he resumed his game. posed a tremendous problem to Bill right away. ' ounce ball. Two more shots and ball brought However, Bill figured he would |ajly nine or 18) situated at varying |collectively called irons, taking up |"here's where I make up those [gree of loft, or angle of the face resting silently a few hundred feet |other lost points'. He managed the situ- of the club with the, shaft, and by from his tear-stained gear. | : green, HOW TO MAKE SURE To start with, Bill had trouble |sie. Another short walk, and he termined to finish this session, set Drives to either side meant more |"Cziranka is shaping ball. [picked out a third small resilient | a hard jaw, and continued. First of all, it must be remem- |His rhythm, he explained, was not [ball from his bag, frowning, and | { remembering the price of the 1.55 lick, is used for chipping the ball sun was gently sinking on to the The number nine -club, or. nib- lout of sand traps, very rough lies, one more |or the like. In general, the distance the first capable of being secured on a exclaimed, [stroke is determined by the de- him he to year. | The last few faltering swings | Discarding his clubs into the brought new hope and promise. trunk of his car, Bill headed for The ball was actually beginning | home, wondering if a young man's behave! "Watch out, my fancy should turn to thoughts of Neatly spotting a second ball on |ation in three putts. Then he teed [the length of the shaft. Somehow, water quag- off. | The trip to the sports store for [rule for the ball determined Needing a shot that had height more balls to finish the game took | blows directed to either side of the |to |in its trajectory, Bill chose a bras-|only 40 minutes, and Bill, de-'golf ball's proper thoroughfare. |friends,"' Bill called tp the skies. golf so early in the year. general for | |Bill found, there is no 'EARLY SEEDING IN WEST Ontario Farmers Hope ToBe On Land In Week By THE CANADIAN PRESS Spring is barely on the calendar [tions of the country, good mois- but already Manitoba farmers are ture conditions are reported from oiling up their seeding machinery in readiness for early planting. Indications are that Manitoba growers will be the first to go into action. Elsewhere in Canada plant- ing probably won't be as early, not much before mid-April, weather permitting. A Canadian Press survey today shows large areas of southern Manitoba ready for seeding after one of the mildest winters on rec- ord. The last remnants of winter's light snowfalls began to melt from the fields in February. WHEAT OR BARLEY? In Alberta, farmers are in a quandary over whether to plant wheat, which now overflows the province's graneries, or barley, which has dropped 20 cents a jushel since August. Agicultural officials say if seed- drills around the middle of April. ing starts by 'May 24, the Alberta | The principal farmer will probably sow wheat if later, he may plant barley or | 700,000; barley 202,000: fall wheat other earlier-maturing crops. Sas- | 650,000; husking and fodder corn ordinarily Canada's | 587,000. katchewan, biggest wheat-producing province, may also sow more coarse this year. grains | soybeans and sugar beets. Except for small. isolated sec- Newfoundland to British Columbia after an average-to-mild 'winter with abundant snow and rain. British Columbia, where good soil conditions are reported after a winter of plentiful snow and rain, is looking forward to wu fine fruit and vegetable season. In Saskatchewan, seeding pohdi {for its potatoes, is expected to pro- |old boy died in agony Tuesday {duce fewer spuds this year and |night 30 minutes after drinking a {more garden crops New Brunswick growers also plan to cut down their potato acreage due to the weak market for the 1953 crop. Acreage to po- Seeding is expected to start in |tatoes last year was 48,000. early May. Quebec's main field | In Newfoundland, an increase in crops are oats, mixed grains, po-|hog production, poultry and dairy tatoes, fodder corn, sugar beets farming is anticipated. Acreage dry beans dry peas and tame hay. sown to oats, the big grain crop, A total of 525,525 acres were wheat, hay and potatoes is ex- sown to these crops in 1953. pected to be about the same as last Planting will probably start | Year: around mid-May in the Maritimes | after an average to mild winter. | Prince Edward Island, famous | culture is apprehensive because of dry soil conditions in 1953. How- ever, 'future weather conditions may improve the prospects. PLAYTIME DRINK FATAL TULSA. Okla. (AP)--A 13-year- r ( and grain. | concoction he mixed with his toy Moisture conditions are good and |chemistry set. An autopsy will be farmers are looking forward to held to try and determine what early seeding. the poison was. tions are good after an winter of extreme temperatures. A 60 per cent cut in rye acreage is expected while there may be a swing to coarse grains because of the large amount of stored wheat. Expected acreage. will be about the same as last year: Wheat, 16,- 000,000; oats 2,721,000; barley 2,- 745.000: and flax 350,000. | MID-APRIL TARGET In southern and central Ontario farmers hope to load up their seed last 1,- with Oats, crops, year's aceage figures: Specialized crops are tobacco, | The Quebec department of agri- 5-2734 SHOP Esso OIL BURNERS ® LOW DOWN PAYMENT ® LOW MONTHLY PAYMENTS ® UP TO 3 YEARS TO PAY Guaranteed Oil Contract With Imperial Oil Mosier Sheel Metal 21 CHURCH ST. 5-2751 RESIDENCE ® FLAT ® GLOSS ® INTERIOR ® EXTERIOR "EVERY GALLON GUARANTEED FREE- ONE BOTTLE OF TURPENTINE WITH EVERY CAN OF PAINT OSHAWA HARDWARE AND ELECTRIC 8 CHURCH ST. WE DELIVER DIAL 3-7624 WE CUT KEYS "Stalin Avenue" |} In Pyongyang TOKYO (AP) -- Peiping radio |a says Communist capital of Pyongyang is being re- died in the war, built as a beautiful, modern met-| ment store and the peoples aca- ropolis--with a marble - paved demy of sciences. "Stalin avenue." Stalin avenue, a I |recent Peiping broadcast said, will e 12 miles long and 202 feet bricks. New buildings already planned include a 2,000-seat opera house, | five-storey hotel, a school for | North- Korea's | children of "Korea's heroes who | " a big depart- A central square covering almost wide with a surface of marble| it will be a focal point for mass | GOLF BALLS DON'T FLOAT NO COMMENT into true form. Old sharp - shooter they call me. No room for amateurs here!" | His glee was short-lived a few |rim of a large, well rounded | minutes later though, as he gazed |sand trap, Bill took off his expan- |reflectively at his rumpled score |sive golfing hat and looked to-|card. "One hundred and five!" he {wards the last hole, which was |protested. "There must be some things to do this time of walking, and Bill was getting tired. | Late in the afternoon, as the | TO REBURY KHAN'S BONES TOKYO (AP) -- The bones of meetings and will accommodate | Genghis Khan, Mongol conqueror " of the 13th century, have been re- {100,000 .people." In the centre of | fhrmed to Inner Mongolia for re- the square will be a bronze statue | : ai ' 2 i i ior | burial, Peiping radio said today. of Marshal kim i Sung, premier|, broadcast said the Nationalists OO re {made off with his bier when the | Communists were overrunning the COTTON COUNTRY mainland in 1949 and took it to Uganda in Africa sold nearly |Tsinghai province in the Far East, £30,000,000 worth of cotton in 1953." where the Reds found it. [nine acres in the heart of the city also is planned. The radio said) BERTIE MEANWELL Iq HE NEIGHBOURS HAD HARDLY ARRIVED BERTIE WHIPPED OUT HIS TRUSTY MAGIC LANTERN .... IIIT : KEEPING GUESTS ENTERTAINED is the first concern of the host or hostess. 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