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v m 4 n acton free preas wednesday auquat 9 1967 qftei h1 molds visit many of the worlds best irak and field athletes will compete tonight and thursday night in the first dual meet be tween the americas end europe the idea is to match in each of the 31 events the best two athletes from the western hemis phere against the two best europeans but not all the best athletes will be present the competition will take place at expos autostade in montreal on the expo site the americas are supposed to be represented by the first tvo men and women in each event at the pan american gaines which ended two days ago in winnipeg such outstand ing athletes as harry jerome wade bell van nelsdn and ed caruthers will be absent from the meet because they are saving their strength for a european tour that starts saturday although fewer than 8000 of the possible 25000 seats have feen sold the meet is expected to become a success with solid performances from lee evans and vince mathews in the 400 meter run earl mcculloch and willie davenport in the high hurdles and ralph boston in the high jump just to mention a few the nhx hockey season gets underway with an exhib ition opener between the toronto maple leafs and the boston bruins in london on september 15 mohawk raceway campbcllville opens its fall racing schedule next monday night august 14 with a competitive card of sulky speeders for the delight of racing fans beaver baxter took the spotlight away from the queen and her maids last thursday night when he belted out two of the queens tricky hurls and collected a double or nothing reward of ten dollars a fine display of pitching was shown by the ouecn one that must have taken a great deal of practice and training for the five girl troop or was it four girls and a boy leaslde took top honors in that midget tourncviield in toronto last week with a 21 defeat over hamilton pttis was leasides first victory since i960 the world of outdoors with art hawes top scores for singles this week were gord clow with 24 keith mainprize 23 john shacibolt 23 wavnc leadston 22 21 21 and 18 d hawes- 22 and 20 john corder 22 and 19 and dave johnson 20 heading the list in the doubl es shoot was wayne loadstone with 20 out of 24 john cordes 19 john shadbolt 17 art hawes 15 gord clow 13 brian hammond 12 and dave john son 11 this saturday august 12 the doubles shoot will be held at maple rock shooting range this is a 50 bird event for the brian hammond trophy an anntlal event it is open to all comers there is a large trophy shot for each year and a small er trophy for the winner to keep the department of lands and forests request anglers to report any lake trout caught to the local conservation offic er so scale samples can be taken and reports on clipped fins completed the department is trying to determine thei habits lifespan where and wen ttfc trbuf was put in and hojv far it travelled this information will help the department determine the success of the stocking pro gram and study the habits of the trout an intensive creel census has been underway on lac des mille from data collected to date indications are that each angler fished an average of 18 hoars and caught and aver age of two walleye and 06 pike each angler collected an average of 15 fish per hour the largest walleye checked weighed in at 13 pounds four ounces and the largest pike was 22 pounds over 400c walleye have been tagged in the lake in an effort to determine survival rate movement and fishing press ure herb s takes station hotel meet iga for top slot the innkeepers held a 52 lead up until the last half of the ninth with ed smith on the mound doug vickerv herbs delivery paced to a 95 victory over station hotel in last nights town league nofthall action high incomes whitewash acton girls signs that halton is still prosperous county a recent government study on incomes shows that 423 halton residents report incomes of more than 20000 in 1965 the study said another 2464 had incomes between 10000 and 20000 while over 3000 wage- eaners earned less than 1000 that year took jver the pitching chores at this crucial point doug who has been of the mound for i six weeks had a six run streak v ot bad luck putting herbs in the winners circle dp until last night herbs delivery station hotel and iga were running nock and neck for first place leaving dominion hotel to finish last herbs will meet lga thurs day night to decide the top spot position before starting the plavolfs next week almost 1000 fanstrippeddown to floodlit prospect park to see the queen and her maids in a live inning duel with actons sen ior lg a softbtllers thursday night royalty exercised its deroga tive by arriving lata from a pre vious 11 extra inning struggle in guelph but demonstrated they had lost none of their skill by applying the whitewash brush to the acton gals score was 40 the queen 14yearold rosle bealrd threw a sparkling two hitter at the greengrocers stri king out 12 of the is batters re tired hearing down in the pinch es visibly tired from the extra inning contest in guelph she threw crackling fast balls never theless from between her legs and behind her back and once re tired the side using a blindfold queen rosle had some diffi culty at one point throwing strik es from second base but a few words from coach royal bealrd who also happens to be her fath er straightened her out and she struck out the last hatter in case you are unfamiliar with this unique girls softball team it would maybe help the picture if we told you they use only four players against a regular nine rosles the pitcher comical cutup with the uamlstakeable stage name of lotta chatter does the catching sister eileen a 12- yearold played short and a new comer jill brunette played at first base nineyearold karen bealrd is also spotted in the lineup by father royal who in addition to coaching does the an nouncing in an inimitable calif ornia drawl the girls are all from south ern california and they barn storm through the states and canada each year they covered over 22000 miles last season on their tour winning 98 games and losing three 14 ox these against state champions and 21 against nine member mens teams one of their most thrilling ap pearances last season which in cluded 70 tv appearances was at the astrodome in houston texas where anestimated250oo fans saw the quartet in action this was their second appear ance in acton and for fans who sawtneact for the second stral- gn year jtnere was a jittje dis appointment because the perfor mance aidnt change much highlight of their comedy rou tine is the unveiling of catcher lotta chatter at games end re vealing her him as a boy it was hardly a surprise tor re peaters for newcomers who didnt share the secret it pro duced a few audible gasps lotta s constant chatter and quick repartees were the high point in the pregame show put on by the tourists she not only did the receiving of queen ros- les blistering slants but took a turn on the mound herself during the game rosle was matched against jo- anne landsborough on the mound tor the acton team in the ave inning fixture which went score less in the first frame with nei ther side getting a hit lotta chatter started the maids going in the second inning with a double followed by a single from sister eileen jill brunette was hit by a pitched ball and lotta broke the goose egg rosle struck the acton batters out one- twothree for the second time the visitors scored three in the third as rosle tripled and the green grocers threw in a couple of errors to help the cause three runs crossed the plate to give the maids a 40 lead the lga crew blanked in the third came to life in the fourth as sandi sllnger land doub led and joanne fletcher drew a base on balls two strike outs ended the inning lynn dunn batted a triple to start the fifth and liz kirby walked but again the queen re tired the side with a lug whiff coach royal reviewing the trooops at this stage decided en ough was enough and called the game it was obvious the visit ing troupe were pooped and be cause of the late start it seemed like a good time to end it all after a session with autograph seekers the queen and her en tourage retired to the commun ity centre where a delectable lunch was served downstairs umpires chester anderson and lome minute walters handled the official chores behind the plate and on the bases capably with only one difference of op inion irked by treatment he receiv ed from umpires in the previous game in guelph coach bealrd questioned the differences in in terpretation of a sock to the in field by lotta chatter which minute ruled foul otherwise the entire product- ion rolled smoothly and spectat ors went vmy marvelling at the skill of the queen and her maids for the second year in a row coach frank spietvogel and parks manager harold townsley presented the visitors with a canadian centennial flag on be half of the acton girls team at the end of the fourth inning when prizes donated by sportscorner weaver belts two pitches i wins 10 hem queen rosfe part of every queen and her maids visit is a draw for three ticket holders to appear before queen rosle and try for a hit the three chosen ones usually go down with their bat on their shoulders in fact only four batters have won the 5 priie for a successful slam up until thursdays visit to acton the queens sizzling hooks curves and fast balls tooled fred landry and petite cindy norrls 8 but she found a match in the batting eye of beaver baxter the beavers athletic endeavors hereabouts have been mainly confined to a hockey rink in a tanner uniform but he proved he could be a mean baiter in any fastball league by pounding one of rosles pitches out of the infield for a 5 prize asked if hed like to try again for double or nothing he dldnt like to strain his luck so he declined persuaded to reconsider he did and faced the queen again from the business end of a bat he caught a rising high pitch and sent it spinning into the outfield for his second smash hit and claiming the 10 prize it is rumored local softball moguls are anxious to get beavers name on a contract for next season reasoning very few of their batters could have matched his feat gordon hardware and lga were drawn playing for the acton gals ag ainst these junior world champ ion fourmember softball team were pitcher joanne landsbor ough catcher sandl sungerland centre fielder joanne fletcher first baseman gail fryer short stop kelta stevenson right field er lynne dunn second baseman pat wheeler left fielder brenda lawson third baseman liz kir by second baseman bevbrunelle and left fielder chris brunelle jewelled plays were pulled off at third and first by 14 z kirby and gall fryer respectively as the acton girls went down to defeat oaks shave 42 win from lady grocers mon acton iga girls lost a close 42 decision to the second place oakville team monday night in halton ladies league softball coach frank spielvogel pick ed bonnie maodougall to toss against the oaks and she pitch ed a smart six hitter while her mates were plucking the same number from alice boslock and kancy brink the visitors combined two hits a walk and an acton er ror in the top ol the sixth for three runs which gave them the edge two hits in the fourth produced their first run acton scored one in the fifth and another in the sixth but lack of a hit with runners on base cost them the decision brenda lawson rapped out two hits for the grocers with joanne landsborough joanne fletcher kelta stevenson and sandi slingerland notching one each oakville 000 ioj 0 4 6 acton 000 011 0 2 6 acton jo landsborough ss bonnie macdougall p joanne fletcher cf gail fryer lb kelta stevenson 2b sandi slinger land c lynne durln rf liz kirby 3b brenda lawson cf bev brunelle rf in 7 umpire minure walters villagers score late beat cards hornby tourney sixteen teams have enteredthe hornby senior mens tournament to be staged at hornby ball park saturday august 12 the first game will get under way at 10 am and the final game will be under the lights teams from all over central ontario will compete in the tour nament campbcllville came up with a big win on sunday when they defeated burlington 21 in a thrilling game in campbell- viile the content took only an hour and fifty minutes to play and was decided with the bases loaded and two out in the bottom of the ninth when larry mcphail singled in thi w inning run the two top pitchers in the league nophnore doug chole- wka ol bui iinyton and the veteran jack roberts ot camp- bellville were hooked up in a brilliant duel and although lhe score was the closest roberts definitely h id the edge in the statistic jepartmenl chole- wka allowed two runs of i eight hits he walked tour and struck out live roberts on the other hand gave up one run oil lour hits wmle walk ing one intentionally and striking out live in five and one third innings burlington had only one man roach first as roberts mowed down sixteen of the first seven teen men to face ilim then pitcher doug cholewka quick ly and dramatically lied up the game by blasting home run ovei i ho left field fence to make it 11 roberts went rpiit back to work and took ten ol the next eleven men up 123456789 rhe burlington 00o00i0oo 1 4 5 campbcllville 00100000128 1 jims steering service wheel alignment wheel balancing complete brake service general repairs park st glen william 8774554 sports coreboard girls standings georgetown 14 11 3 22 oakville- is 9 6 18 omagh 14 8 6 16 milton 11 7 4 14 glen williams 12 7 5 is acton 13 6 7 13 hornby 12 5 7 10 ommauin 12 3 9 6 ealenno 13 112 2 you can buoy boating when yew own h ill cutter rmkmass boat 15 to 20 service authorized mercury outboard dealer credit riveri oat co rkh t vafpemv ktvwmvvfps pj lvpbj male help wanted hackers sorters labourers good pay ontario life regular daytime working hours steady employment extra earnings on bonus incentive excellent benefits hospital sick benefits insurance holiday pa italian portuguese and 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a minor nature and the conveyance of a prisoner charged with fraud from corn wall to the halton county jail completed the nontraffic activi ties compiled in the past week 7rafflc patrols of 575 miles during 210 work hours saw 3 persons injured and 150000 da mage done in two motor vehicle accidents charges resulting from the accidents and other in cidents totalled seven while eight motorists were warned to correct their driving habits heavy traffic rollsron 401 ht its peak period traffic on highway 401 through halton coun ty reached 1600 vehicles an hour on monday evening earlier in the evening there wore 900 cars and trucks an hour whizzing past roy downs the milton newspaper news edit or who stood making the light ning check count at various times despite the volume of traffic there were no serious accidents or tieups five convictions all for traf fic offences wece registered in magistrates court on july 31 one local man charged with speeding 50 mph over the speed limit received a 100 fine and a two month licence suspension total fines levied by magistrate langdon amounted to 173 ex cluding 1600 in court costs a police officer engaged in traffic patrol frequently encoun ters some most imaginative peo ple the excuses offerred for offences committed are often ca ptivating even it unconvincing take for example the story told by a michigan motorist charged with going 74 mph on our mac- donaldcartler freeway he thought that since the canadian gallon is bigger than the us gallon miles might also be long er north of the border to cover 60 canadian miles in an hour he felt his speedometer should show at least 70 mph but alas a london ontario justice of the peace pointed out his error and fined him in can adian dollars which of course are smaller than us dollars three new homes start in township nassagaweya zoning administ rator s w savage reports build ing permits with a total value of 48500 were issued in the town ship during the month of july the structures included 3rer idenctis on addition and one garage this brings nassagaweyas to tal for the year to 806800 in permit issue peri6 crtr 124 mu1 i a ww pmoni iss4140 models cars boats planes and featuring a complete testors decorating centre full range of brush and spray colors cr4tr reduced fares to the canadian national dchibition llfflin driving parking long at uiu worries problems walks go by bus direct into the grounds august 19th to september 4th reduced fares adults students 355 305 round trip includes admission children 125 but fare only i leave acton 858 o m leave exhibition 1100 pm after grandstand show exhibition passengers travelling on regular buses will transfer at toronto bus terminal to buses running into the grounds tickets and information art wiles bus depot ia miii s g l adams agent telephone essmoo tffn