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r Ijports-And One Thing 01 Another ^ by PRANK MANN HARRjS v\ V ft t 5 <* V «» >^ â- J: '?â- ' M •< A- ^ A 'il' ik ^ % - a*; A I Along about this time of yc^r it .^ ii customary, in sports- writing cir- cles, to turn tile tliougiits baclcward Mid recall the most outstauding ev- ents of the twelve months just past. This custom has twin advantages. First, it permits a writer to cooper together a column with the least possible amount of brainfag and toil. Secondâ€" if he happened to call the results of any such events cor- rectly in advance â€" it allows him to givejiimsclf a few friendly pats on th- back and insert a few, "Didn't â- we tell you so's." * « » We might say, however,« that this latter feature will be largely missing from the present mess of random recollections. About the only winners we remember calling were The Toronto Argonauts and Joe Louisâ€" and when we think of what narrow squeaks both of them had, we aren't exactly taking any <leep bows. Oh, yes, we also said, before the King's Plate, that hors- es who had wintered in the South â- would have a great advantage over those that hadn't â€" but that's a pre- diction good for almost any year, although few of us think of it till too late. * * 4 So,to get into it without further ado, the 19-46-47 professional hock- ey season ended with the Canadians proving themselves the best team over a five-month period, and the Maple Leafs showing they were su- perior over n two - week stretch. That the Toronto team got far greater glory and acclaim for their brief burst of speed than the Mont- realers did for their all-season su- periority just goes to show, once again, that virtue is its own best reward, or some such. At the height of the e.xcitement some of the Big League managers and coaches also distinguished themselves by acting in a fashion that would get them stood in a corner at any well-run kindergarten. The horse-racing picture was chiefly notable for the severe shock to the feelings of various race-track owners and managements on realiz- ing that horse-owners actually think that money should be a con- sideration in the Sport of Kings â€" money for the horse-owners, not the tracks, that is. For a white there waTs even a threat that some tracks would refuse to operate; but wiser counsel (and perhaps a quick look at previous years' profit sheets) finally prevailed, and the Canadian racing season went on. And on. And on. * • ♦ That such was the case undoub- tedly proved a great thing for the Improvement of the Breed of Thoroughbreds, which is the sole purpose of horseracing. What strid- es have been made in this direction is shown by the fact that if you can name three outstanding â€" or ev- en half-outstanding â€" Canadian Thoroughbreds uncovered during the past twelve months, it is two Inore than we can. * * * The baseball season is mainly to' be remembered for the meeting, in the World's Series Classic, of two of the most determined teams since .-Vbncr Doubleday first in- vented the sport. The Brooklyn Dodgers and Kew York Yankees both apparently went into the ser- ies firmly determined to let the other fellow win; and their efforts toward this end v.ill not soon be forjrotfn. .Ml kinds of new re- cords wore established in this scries including one for the num- ber of commorcial announcements the sponsors were able to get in during a single game. « » ♦ l.acros<c, the best spftTt of them all, continued to prove that it is very hard to kill, in spite of the efforts of big-city promoters, and sports-writers to give it the go-by. Possibly the best comment we heard on the question of why mo- dern young athletes fail to take to lacrosse in large numbers, was the rather bitter one of an old-timer. "All these kids nowadays keep thinking of the time when they'll be great moving-picture stars,'' he said, "and they just won't take a chance on getting that photogenic beauty scirred up with a lacrosse stick." * * * The football season is too recent to require recalling in detail. After the Toronto Argonauts •Winnipig Bombers game was over practically every sports writer and not a few Editorial Pages made lengthy com- Just A Reminder Of The "Good Old Sununer Time" is this picture of young Canadian* having fun and at the same time building strength in one of our many supervised playground* â€" a scene from the National Film Board picture "Small Fry" now showing in many ruraJ cominu nities. Pity The Poor Stork Russians Buying Livestock in Britain Maybe you just aren't interested in statistics â€" or have become rather tired of the masses of facts and figures, survej's and polls that oc- cupy so much space in our papers and magazines today. Still, there's something awe-inspir- ing in the statement that 200,000 â€" that's right, two hundred thousand â€" new babies arrive in this weary old â- wor!4 every 24 hours. And while we haven't had the time to make a personal check, we believe that the figure gi\*n is so nearly correct ai "makes no matter." Canada's share in the two hun- dred thousand daily arrivals is sur- veyed in a new film produced by the National Film Board which is at present being, shown in many rural Ontario cotnmunitiei. After much furrowing of the brow it wa« decided to entitle the film, "Small Fry," for it deals with Canadian children up to the ages of nine and ten, as well as with new-bom babies One factor that is brought out is the increasing amount of assis- tance given our children from sources outside the family. Family Allowances is a recent example, and in the film you see the various forms this takes. To most people it is a cash proposition, but to the Indians and Eskimos of our far north, it comes in the form of pab- lum and powdered milk, clothing and canned tomatoes. Nursery schools are spreading across Canada, and today kWdies too young for kindergarten are en- couraged to attend these special schools. In the film we see the Sunny-lea School, near Toronto, where modern architecture has pro- vided scores of healthful and help- ful designs. The classrooms of this one-storj' structure are each in a wing by itself with a door to the outdoors, a "project" nook where art, drama and games groups may work unhindered â€" and unhindering. Three walls of each classroom are mostly window. The "blackboards" are not black, but light in color and easier on the pupil's eyes. Children are taught to express themselvesâ€" and who will object if this expres- sion takes the form of paint on paper instead of jam on the wall- paper and paint? "Small Fry" also illustrates new methods of teaching. Taking the audience to a Montreal school, it shows a junior class being taught languages by actual use rather than by study or rote. In French, to take an example, the pupils them- selves construct â-  tiny grocery store right in the classroom. Ac- tual products are on the shelves and the kiddi s print placards in French for advertising, telephone ments about how much good the Westerners' surprisingly fine shozu- ,ing would do, for tht sport. IVhil* heartily agrtting, we would mertly add that it didn't do the hlood-prf sure of those sportsmen who had wagered liberally oh the Argos • tiny bit of good â€" atid you may tah* that from one in a position to know. their orders to the grocer in French and order in person at tht counter, also in French. It makes the language a function at once, rather than just another study. Health, of course, is not over- looked. Despite the general stat* of good health among our chil- dren, the fact remains that epi- demics, light ones like whooping cough, and severe ones like scar- let fever and polio â€" are still tak- ing many lives every year. "Small Fry" attempts to show what has been done, and to indicate what still remains to be done, by par- ents schools and community or- ganizations, to make our children fit for the future they will inherit. Russian Agricultural experts now in Britain are buying; livestock on a large scale for replenishing herds In the Soviet Union. Accompanied by their London agent, they are paying visits to many different parts of the country to inspect representative animals. Their purchases so far In- clude cattle, sheep and pigs. Dairy Shorthorn and Hereford heifert have been chosen while a special journey was made to Scotland to see Shorthorn bulls of which a big selection was made. Breeds of sheep favored have been the Lincoln Longwool and Romney Marsh. As far as pigs are concerned, the choice has fallen on Large White. TEENTOWN TOPICS sas.==> By BARRY MURKAR 3.=== Wa^mmm^^.-, "^^^ I^^^^^^^Htk I^^^^^^^^^^H â- k v\ i^^HSs?Svl^^ ^^K&£ ^HEo^sK.!^^ 1^^^^^ K§# ^,. I^^^^RB^*^ m- ^Ik^'<» v« [â- H^-;-^.^ mm .â- \s I stand here looking out my window on the threshold of a new year, the scene is hardly what one would call pl- easant to the eye. Canada is hard hit financ- ially. Prices are keeping the mi- ddle man down. In Europe it is much worse. No . one welcomes in a new year without hoping that things may be different. I suppose that during the past year, few of us as individu- als have suffered very much, but taking the country as a whole it hasn't been so good. If we stick" together and fight high prices, help our fellow man and try to make Canada an even better place to live in â€" well, who knowr, this year may be different. A Pleasant Call We had a very pleasmil caller re- cently, in the person of Ucvcrlic Wil- son, our Teen-Town Reporter from Colbouriie. Bcv is a very pleasant girl to talk to and is right on her toes with the tecn-nge :icti\kics of Colbourne. It's a pleasure to meet our correspondents, and if any of you happen to be in ihe vicinity, be sure to drop in. However, the next time wc meet Bevcrlie Wilson in Colbourne, we hope to catch her with her hair in curlers and no make-up on â€" then we'll he even. In Appreciation We would like to take this oppor- tunity of thanking Manly F. Miner for his very nice letter and the auto- graphed copy of the memorial edi- tion of his late father's book. "J.-ick Miner and the Birds". This â- ivas received following our recent story on the visit wc made to the sanctu- ary, with a warm invitation to come back againâ€" and wc hope to. •Teen-Town Reporters Ifilverton â€" Eva Loney â€" llello folks! How is the weather in your town for sleigh-riding this year? It seems early to have the amount of snow in Milverton that we have but I think the sooner winter comes the better. I am sure that the Keen- Teena" agree with me after the en- joyable sleigh-riding party we had at our last meeting. We obtained a team and sleigh from a local far- mer who drove us. About twenty- five members left town at 8 o'clock for the country. One sleigh was sufficient for us, since everyone was not on it at the same time. There were always some who were run- ning behind, trying to catch up to to the sleigh, while others were having a battle to get themselves out of the snow-filled dit- ches. When we arrived back at the High School, we looked like a group of snown.eii â€" and women, too. The propram committee did not con- chide with a sloigh-ride, hut ar- ranged an in-door prosram as well. Five ijroups were ori;iUiized. each choosing a song-title and acting it. The other groups had to guess the titles. Sorry you couldn't have heard thcTii or seen the actions. The two chosen teams tied in the speding c(,ni-:«-t- which v.as followed by scjunrc dancing â€" aIthout;h everyone did not know how to sciiiare dance â€" they all enjoyed the attempt. Everyone worlxd up an ap- l)et!te for lunch w'.iich con.>ii.-^tcd of .â- ;;ii:(lv. Ichcs, cake and hot cocoa. If you haven't planned a sleigh-riding p.-rty yet, now is the time. I wouldn't miss thom because they're really fiui. â€" Cheerio In Conclusion W ilh this colimi-i we end our first,-- ycrr of wrilinR Teen-Town Topics, ll'.s been a lot of ftni. and wc hope that you have enjoyed reading it as much as wc have enjoyed writitig it. Until nt\i wcclc then - .â- \ HAPPY AND PKOSPEROCS Nl'W YEAK TO YOI" ALL. *^TT rCJ â€" Modern medical â- cl- â-  I i /CjIO "*'*' ^^-^ overcome a-.l- mciUs fornicily thoug:11t iini'Ofab liUv Piles were considered on* of Iheni. That's nonsense today. Ths now Pyltont treatment has proven it- self in Ihoucnnds of ttie most stub- born cases. It kets results bccaiis* Tour Itrst bottle (a liquid taken br It ffoea direct to ttift Internal cauatt. mouth) shows you the dilTercncs. or that price refunded at ones. All modern Drugcists. Classified Advertising .M IK.NTIU.S F.\tIMlCK8 I'Olt SALE â€"Tractor Tires, made of rubber. GUltalile (or bulling on steel wheels. tlB.Ot c;ch. rear wheels; $7 50 each, front wheels. 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