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THE-OSHAWA~TIMES,;-Suturdsy; December 4, 1968 LAST SATURDAY after- noon, in Toronto, Oshawa Vikings played Kitchener Pirates to a 0-0 standoff, in the sudden death final match, for the Ontario In- termediate Rugger Cham- pionship. Played im in- Clement weather, with a Taging wind, and on a waterlogged field, at the end of full time; the team captains held a conference and mutually agreed to forego any "overtime" play. They decided, on the strength of what had taken place, neither team might score before darkness set in, so they agreed to share the "Ontario Championship" with each team to hold the trophy, as co-champions, for six months. Early this week, the Ontario Rugger Union officials met and ruled that this arrangement was con- trary to their rules. They pointed out that overtime Should have been played. Now they have ordered a re-play, but have ordered the championship game to be delayed until a playing field is in suitable condi- tion, likely in April. This means that the Oshawa Vikings Rugger Club, which this season set a sensa- tional record of going through their entire league schedule and several pre- SSU/4008 PA OREO SRGURSRASUNGESAAGAMMARINAAAD 11) OSS0YMAMMEEAQELAD LASSE AA APARNA LALA aa LIBRARY NEWS AND REVIEWS i) ITS A LONG SEASON - UNTIL NEXT APRIL, F season exhibition games, without once tasting defeat and never having allowed their opponents to cross their goal-line, must now wait until 1966 to officially wind up their 1965 season. They are still confident of retaining their undefeated record, by winning the coveted championship over Kitchener. The Oshawa Vi- kings are shown above, in . their most recent team pic- ture. Left - te - right, are Novel Set In Jerusalem Tale Of Suspense, Intrigue One ef the greatest masters who previously entertained us with such titles as 'The Girls eof Slender Means" and 'The Prime ef Miss Jean Brodie," bere presents a fascinating story of and intrigue set in Jerusalem in i96i, the year of the Eichmann trials. The Mandelbaum Gate, divid- ing the Jordanian from the Israeli part of Jerusalem, is, in the author's words "hardly a gate at all, but a piece of street fianked by two huts and called by that mame because a house at the other end once belonged to a Mr. Mandelbaum." Through this gate however, all the prin- cipal characters pass as the story slowly unfolds and we become aware of the various sutieties of the plot involving the relations between Jews and Arabs, the shrines of the Holy Land and the views of the Roman Catholic Church on div- orce and remarriage. Santa... eee meenily put ily = portable yee from iA Cook, in his stocking. From $54.95. Se Freddy Hamilton, a subdued, mild-mannered man employed by the British Foreign Service, on returning from _ visiting friends in the Israeli Section, meets an English schoolmis- tress, Miss Barbara Vaughan, who is staying at his hotel. Barbara, half-Jewish, a convert to Roman Catholicism, has come te the Holy Land toe visit the great shrines and because her fiance, Harry Clegg. an arche- elogist,is pvorking in the area of the Dead Sea. Among the Arabs in the story are Joe Ramdez, a villaninous but likeable blackmailer, his son Abdul who is teaching Freddy Arabic, his inscrutable, blue-eyed daughter Suzi and Alexandros, a philosophical an- tique dealer. Im spite of the fact that she may be arrested as an Israeli spy because she is half-Jewish, Barbara insists on passing { through the Mandelbaum Gate | and disappears. Freddy returns | to his hotel, after a two days' | absence about which he remem- | bers nothing and the rest of the | novel concerns the action of | those two days as Freddy's| memory slowly returns and as | reported by other characters, It is revealed that Freddy | has helped Miss Vaughan avoid | capture by disguising herself; as an Arab and has discovered that one of his-own- colleagues | has been selling official secrets. | To further complicate the is- sue, Barbara's English head-| mistress has turned up de- termined to prevent her mar- | riage, but all unwittingly pro-| vides the very information | needed to ensure that Barbara | can marry her archeologist with | the full approval of the Roman | Catholic Church. and her own conscience. ) There is enough material here | When you select Electro- home you receive the finest in All-Canadian craftsman- ship ! -- Every Electrohome STEREO -- TV -- COLOR SET features carefully hand- wired circuitry ond hand- finished cobinets by Deil- craft. Insist on, and enjoy, the best. "COMET" PORTABLE $199.50 BLECTROHOME AN ALL-CANADIAN COMPANY @ YOUR COLOR TV STORE @ PARKWAY TELEVISION FULL YEAR PARTS and SERVICE WARRANTY 918 SIMCOE ST. N. "We Service What We Sell . . . Ourselves" OPEN EVERY NITE 'TH 9 "TIL CHRISTMAS (SAT. 'TIL 6 P.M.) COMET TV 723-3043 | for half a dozen novels, handled |so deftly that all plots are | woven into one, revealing the | conflicts within each individual | and establishing the two sec- tions of Jerusalem as symbols | Of the world's divided loyalties. An esciting, readable book, full of humour and charm. | LIBRARY NEWS Children's Film Hour on Sat- urday, December lith at 2:30 p.m. will imeclude "Christmas Rhapsody," "The Little Fir Tree," and Dickens' "Christ- mas Carol," a 10-minute version ef the famous author's Christ- mas story. Watch for news of our Christmas carol singing December 18th and our Christ- mas mural painting. New Films Available at the Library Four Families -- Family, life im 4 differentcountries (in 2 pts.°68 mins.) Good Bright Days -- Canadain History between 2 World Wars (30 minutes, black and white) OR VIKINGS shown (front row) --Reg' Wasilyk, Geoff Stockwell, Gerry Tymoshik, Terry Kelly, Bob Meldrum, Gary Brace, Keith Williams and Ron Aiken; (back row) -- Bill Leckwood, Brian Hall, Erik Nielsen, Harry Boyd, George Sainsbury, Dave Thompson, Tomy Olinyk (captain), Rex Williams, Pete Sheperd, Garney Gunn," Jack Rennie, Don Pringle and Chris Krause (mana- ger). UGUAAALAUGUUAHHEEL DOLE ANEOTUAAA GEA A UEASSLULASUONREO TANS TASS logue of Prince Edward Island (15 . minutes, colour). Painting a Province -- New Brunswick Art Colony (23 mim utes in colour). SLOT RACING of cors in stock. We elso heve oavoiiapie compicts rocing facilities with very recson- able rates. Pollard's Hobby -- Shop 92 Simcoe N. 723-9532 My Island Home -- Travel- its gear e Vi- at club a-go-go Bowmanville. Dec. 10 °° it's a blast Counts L / wm WALLY ne Christmas Eve Spectacular SHANDELLS