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the acton free press wednesday december 20 1967 legion town tallies atoms brampton and weston played to a 33 draw saturday morn ing in the legions atom town league scott malcom tallied op all three of bramptons markers with john thompson collecting ah assist jeff shields notched two unas sisted weston scores with mike ware banging in the opener from mike morris and larry brown novice hamilton blanked st cathar ines 30 in novice hockey action david morris opened the scoring tally in the second period for hamilton when he scored on a setup from marv mcnabb john mocutcheon scored and assisted in the third period of play and ivan heam tallied up while gord toth assisted in the second half of the novice twin bill niagara falls edged oshawa 21 in a closely fought battle eddy easing open the scoring for the flyers in the first period while rick assisted and came back in the second with an unassisted marker oshawas lonely marker came from dependable johnny scoyne unassisted at the 4 minute mark of the opening stanza pee wees springfield trounoa d cleveland 112 in the first game of pee wee action saturday dave for ester sparkled for cleveland with four markers and three assists as did tony lambert with the same tally of scores but no assists be rale taylor and russ coultrup took assists on two of dave foresters scores taylor notched two springfield goals with dave forester assisting bill mckenzie tallied up for the vic tors on an assist from russ coultrup steve marshall slammed in jwth markers for cleveland with wade knight and wayne allan assisting baltimore and rochester drew a 55 split in the second pee wee game steve ward opened the baltimore tally unassisted in the first period in the second stanza mike ferguson scored unassisted and jim mcnabb com bined with gary fisher for an other marker mcnabb scored again in the third unassisted while steve ward tallied up from jim mcnabb john rochester scored a pair for his squad rochester with glen mckenzie and john hansen copping the assists glen mcken- zle made a double take while cuve digglns and peter hargrave made the assists d rochester tallied up in the third period from glen mckenzie mohawk records bantams buffalo overpowered hershey to come out on top with a 52 win in thursday nights bantam bout dave pink scored early in the first period from gary turkosz for buffalo g murray and mike pope combined for the score in the second period while gary turkosz dave pink and ron lou ttet picked up three more markers in the third period ken hurren and g turkosz collected the assists hersheys tally- came from r gibbons on an assist from c kulken kulken scored later un assisted buffalo penalties during the game went to b irwin cross checking r louttet tripping and s grosten hooking hershey penalties were spent by l swan for boarding r marsh tripping and r mcculloch for tripping close to 6000 harness racing enthusiasts were on hand at mo hawk raceways closing day sat urday when three records were broken the program concluded a sche dule of 275 jockey club racing dates which attracted 1420808 fans who wagered 79464174 with an additional 30 days in cluded in the schedule totals eas ily tapped 1966 figures of 1180- 471 crowd and 62287497 betting saturdays crowd at mohawk set a record of 28106 wagered tor the dally double pool there was a record 30844 in the exactor pool and a track high of 401042 passed through the mutuel wind ows keith waples won his 250th race saturday and is the top driver in the circuit santa claus was at the closing day arriving by helicopter to dis tribute gifts to the kiddie notes from acton high churchill trainer sonny townsley takes some of the ache out of son harolds arm following the tanners big win friday harold got the opening goal but had two teeth loosened by a high stick and a sore arm to boot staff photo bantams standings gp w l t pittsburg 4 4 0 0 buffalo 4 2 2 0 hershey 4 0 4 0 scoring derby g a garth taylor p 7 1 david pink b 5 1 gord murray 5 0 steve conneujp 4 2 garry turkosz b 3 4 ron louttet b 2 5 jeff cooper p 3 2 tim coles p 2 3 randy ferguson p 2 2 ken hurren b 2 1 league standings atoms gp w l t brampton 6 4 1 1 weston 6 1 4 1 novice hamilton 6 5 10 nia fans 6 3 2 1 st catharines 6 3 2 1 oshawa- 6 0 6 0 pee wees baltimore 6 5 0 1 rochester 6 3 2 1 springfield 6 3 3 0 cleveland 6 0 6 0 scoring derby dec 16 atoms g a scott malcolm b 13 3 mike morris w 7 3 jeff shields w 8 3 gord bruce b 2 4 dave mcgiuoway b 1 5 dan webster r 2 1 mike ware w 2 1 bruce mcphail w 1 3 bob kilby b 1 1 john thompson b 0 3 ricky gibson w 1 0 glen owen b 0 1 a tense moment in fridays intermediate game with seaforth it was the first win for new coach max stafford far right staff photo halton peel gets 400000 on sale of treasury shares oe manning president and js beatty general manager of halton peel trust savings company have announced com pletion of a successful issue of treasury shares halton peel trust ottered to shareholders the right to sub scribe during november for one new share of capital stock at a price of 10 for each eight shares held at the end of october the subscription proceeded through out the month of november and it is now known that the issue was subscribed 995 per cent a total of over 400000 was re ceived by the company in new shareholders funds the raising of these funds has been made necessary by the steady growth of the company in the year 1967 so far savings and term deposits have grown from 60425740 at january 1 to over 68000000 by september 30and total assets under administra tion from 69689624 at the be ginning of the year to over 80- 000000 novice ricky baginskl nf 11 5 john mccutcheon h 10 3 david morris h 7 3 ford alton st k 6 3 biuy ware st k 5 5 jim ellerby st k 4 6 gord toth h 3 5 john scoyne o 4 1 eddie easing nf 4 0 steve brunette st k 2 1 jim hurley nf 0 4 ivan hearn h 2 0 steve papiuon h 2 0 pee wees dave forester s 16 4 glen mckenzie r 12 4 jim mcnabb b 6 8 be rule taylor s 6 7 steve marshall c 8 1 brian storey b 8 0 steve ward b 7 2 tony lambert s 6 1 mike ferguson b 5 2 charlie mcrae b 3 4 john rochester r 4 0 wade knight c 2 3 peter hargrave r 3 1 c thomson statistician milton 8783272 show tims sun thru thurs ann m sat 79 pm theatre tj s oxu thursfrisat dec 212223 come spy with me color troy donahue andrea dromm three stooges comedy fly away north wonder glove cartoon sunmontues wed dec 24252627 follovy me boys color walt disney fred macmurray vera miles lighthouse keeping cartoon nb special matinee boxing day 2 pm follow me boys bowl for pleasure jtait of it bowl for health the entire family can bowl together make it a date bowl where the action is acton bowling lanes lo main st n member obpa 8530170 i thursfrisat dec 282930 hilarious fastmoving fun tastic slapstick 20 cwm by marianne camera day today there were flashes of lightbulbs every where you look ed in the school little people were running up and down the halls and in and out of the most inconspicuous places taking pic tures one hardly dared to move for fear of having someone pop up out of nowhere to take your picture today was camera day at the high school every student was permitted to bring his or her camera to take candid shots all of the photographs wlu be sub mitted to be judged for the year book the funniest and most origin al will be placed on the candid camera page of the yearbook everyone had a fun time taking pictures and being wary of the other photographers yearbooks may be ordered early from your yearbook form rep if you dothis before christ mas you will receive a reduction in price decorations entering acton district high school one is amazed at the brilliant colors and artistic dis plays shown by the students in preparation for christmas this activity of decorating the rooms was spurred on by the girls athletic association which is sponsoring a christmas decor- ation contest each homeroom is competing against one another and the riv alry has hit an all time high the gaa is offering a prize for the best decorated classroom and will judge the results on friday right now everyone is bringing in decorations and having work ing bees before school and at noon hour they are transform ing the rooms into a christmas decor from our school to one of their parties this saturday a number of students are going so there will be a good turnout of people from acton at the party therell be free food and drink as well as music by the rising sons the party is being held at the automobile building of the exhib ition on the 2 3rd this is a dress up affair and gives acton people a chance to meet kids from other schools in the toronto area yearbook cover design yesterday the design for the yearbook cover was chosen the winning entrant was gail mchugh her cover design showeda mort ar board hat and a flower an explanation as to what these signs depict wlu be related later the design was chosen by a vote of the students from among five entered i scout i news g twentyeight scouts were pre sent for the christmas party in the scout hall on thursday even ing after flag break and a short game the tables were laid for the attack never have i seen so much eaten by so few in such a short time it was just a blur r of sandwiches chocolate cake ice cream and coke a film of the caribou aircraft by courtesy of de havllland was shown by ar long a special vote of thanks was given to mrs gillespie and mrs payne who catered for the whole evening holly ball students are getting excited over the comingchristmas dance called the houy ball by many they will be dressed in their finest decorations for the ball have already started indeed the christmas spirit prevails among the students at acton high the music is by a band from toron to called the love in tickets are 200 a couple and 125 single boysl youd better get a date right now for this fabulous dance after fours milk a go go the milk a go go presented by after four the telegram and the ontario milk marketing board has invited 55 students on saturday morning some of the older scouts met at the scout hall at 730 am and were then driven to speyside by mrs con- roy they followed the bruce trail along the escarpment to kelso conservation park and on over the ridge south of rattle snake point the scouts paired off to cook their food and then continued on below the ridge they left the bruce trail and foil owed the road past the buffalo pen and back up over the point skip arrived later to bring them back to acton the total walking distance was approximately 20 miles those present were john van der kooy sam schonnop adrian van opstal gregory dalgle ron and bosun k conroy bosun last minute gift with more interest iiihewammimhii ik 81 give new bank of montreal 6 sixyear savings certificates in merry christmas gift crackers you pay only s735 for a si ooo certificate maturing in 1973 simple rate is 6 for a total return of more than onethirfi in six years make someone a happy investor this christmas give bank of montreal savings certificates in merry christmas wrappers from bank of montreal wrappers available free in all branches tt bank of montreal canadas rrst bank edward pratt manage concert dinner presentation news by mrs rf mcarthur churchill sunday school will hold their annual christmas con cert on friday december 2 at 8 pm everyone welcome a very happy evening was spent on saturday december 16 when a number of the immed iate neighbors gathered at the home of mr and mrs m med io honor their son toms ious wedding in oakviue after a friendly visit euchre was played and later mrs r denny asked tom and sharon to take chairs in the archway and she read a card of congratulations mrs w swackhamer and mr r denny presented the happy couple with a sunburst electric clock and a magazine rack tom thanked all for the gifts and sharon said that was hist what they wanted all joined in singing for they are jolly good fellows everyone wished them many years of happiness to gether lunch was served by mrs medland and ladies in charge at the close mr and mrs d williamson attended the christmas party at sheridan nurseries on friday evening in oakviue mr and mrs theodore martin niece and nephew of beamsvlue mrs tressa keeler mr and mrs arthur griffin mrs h mcarthur mr and mrs wm mcarthur all of erin mr and mrs w thompson mr and mrs bob marshall sr brent and stephen attended a family christ mas dinner on sunday december 17 at the home of mr and mrs rl davidson mr and mrs avard hamilton betty and andy visited on sunday with mr and mrs earl reid and family at palgrave friends and neighbors are in deed glad to hear mrs gauas who has been hospitalized in guelph since their fire is able to be back with mr gallas and their family who are making their home on the third line erin the former home of mr and mrs wes leltch we are all pleased they are back together in time for the christmas season and trust that mrs gallas continues to regain strength several from this district at tended the old time christmas concert in ballinafad hall it was much enjoyed notice acton pharmacy will be open tuesday dec 26 from 3 pm to 6 pm fstu t a j lines by l g denby your telephone manager christmas weekend is on its way with most of us enjoying a three or four day holiday family gather ings will be possible since people will have time to tra vel home for christmas and much of that travel will be by auto so just a word of caution remember that sleet ice snowrutted roads often make winter driving hazardous these few reminders recommended by many experienced drivers if heeded will help to make your christmas holiday trip both safe and plea sant keep your car in top mechanical order observe all the laws and be courteous and alert use snow tires or chains on ice and packed snow drive smoothly av oiding sudden starts stops and abrupt turns keep more than the usual distance between your car and the vehicle ahead pump brakes lightly on icy or wet streets to bring your car to a gradual stop if you should skid let up on the gas pedal and steer in the same direction as your rear wheels arc sliding watch for thawing ice you need twice as much stopping distance on slush as on glare ice turn your headlights on low beam during a snow storm or fog watch for icy patches on streets and frosty bridge floors keep windows clear and clean above all slow down happy and safe travelling for those last minute checks on holiday plans re member your telephone is ready and waiting to help you through these busy days whether its a call to a neighbor to check up on juniors whereabouts to the store to quickly order a forgotten item or to out-of- town relatives or friends to make final plans for the holiday your telephone can ease the rushing about dur ing these last few days in fact its almost as good as having an errand boy at your beck and call 24 hours a day r canadians fortunate enough to have visited expo 67 this past summer heard languages from every cor ner of the globe not only in the fascinating national pavilions but along the walkways of expp grounds the different tongues added to the international atmos phere i thought it might be interesting to discover how the telephone was answered in some f the differ ent countries our hello comes from the high german holla which apparently was originally a command for a horse or dog its completely replaced ahoy the first telephone greeting todays german answers with wer spricht who speaks while god dag good day provides the opening gambit in sweden the spanish diga talk comes straight to the point and the ever tactful frenchman commences with jecoute i am listening the russians answer withslushayu meaning listening in brit ain the telephone is usually answered by repeating the telephone numbed however if youre answering a busi ness call the name of your firm and your own name provides the best response for the caller i merry christmas and happy new year i cy sc