Halton Hills Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), February 7, 1952, p. 5

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thursday february 7th 1u3 the acton e press acton ontario paoc rrw orrownust 73 st oborotrs square guklpk cowuit rvtesioirt service spoktooas skill wa itop for a miaul and oiiniumbar tha haavy traffic it haadlng for our placa evaryona know that what thay want ir what w hava to try us and taa youll 0 vtrihing in painting a m cor atlng cton ontario hello boa youd never cues iiit lit this happen to yon sm us for complete goodyear truck tire service our regular tire inspection will help you get maxi mum mileage at lowest possible cost for a fast compter good year service bring all your tire prob lems to us- look roa tww wow siur of quality thompson motors phone 69 labmen wallop alliance mills 70 quito a few changed for hauler labs hocky team during the wrckl first afldr negotiations theyve decided to play again in the georgetown industrial hocky league second theyve got hew member and a new coh third they won the game mon day score was 70 for bnxters with alliance paper mills on the slump aide of the sheet after discussions and comprom- lin with the management of the georgetown loop it whi decided that acton would provide one of the regular referee this li tee wee masters who left his coach ing job for hbt first stint at refer- eeing latt monday masters refs all three fames plned each mon- dnv with mel beaumont new conch for the rnxter team 1 kerwln mcphall and the new players are ken adnmson don timmins and drnnn and doutf colemnn doug coleman u the new tnb goalkeeper since ingv rnhsan is now plnvlng for the georgetown businessmen scoring credits monda wore as follows adnnvon from somer- ville adnmson from allen and masters stewart from tlmmlns master from robinson znjnc from timmins timmins from masters and somcrvllle from duvnl there were n couple of penalties but no fights the east end capitols will be coming up from toronto to acton arena for an exhibition game fri day if the ice holds with a bit of frost and a bit of luck therell be hockev in acton tomorrow believed unique among acton plants 15 labs association the management of baxter lab- orntories in acton recentl entei tained the poremenj association with a banquet and trip through the general motors plant in osh- awu after the banquet the pub licity department of general mot ors showed two films one of the development of g m in canada and another on fishing about is attended from the local plant the foremens association is be lieved to be the only one of its kind among the dlffeient industries in acton at the annual meeting last june stnn norton was elected president and charlie dnvlclan the recording secretary have question box for yps members pounding the sports beat with a vwosmts in addition to the ullstdr a a me between the 1030 oh a champs and the players who wore acton 1 i very in years before booster night will give everyone a chance to see the town league in action all eight teams will play brief games in their new sweaters to gue the public an lileu of what n splendid undertaking tlio minor- kiidx yps hold their retailor meeting on tucsdav night the meeting was in charge of inez mc- lelltn the worship convenor who upem d with the call to worship fter the opening psilm selection jim grur re id the scripture and ot mo drnkin led in praer pnbe rivrell rendered i solo bh s- this ilhim ind mother hmn was uli afr disi tmg the offering in milell in took h- topic t pin nmu view of the bible and i uiuitid i dieilsslon period after w rd she ils a quest- i n h t for an questions arising it m t me thit would be answered b rev armstrong it the next wo hip meeing following the rei option of the i ecretar s retxirt 11 member aiiswen ti the roll e ill hv divulg- i ing the ecret of their weight duri ing the businovs there wi a dls- cum ion on was and means of raising mone for n building fund ri v r h armtrvmg pronunc- i ed the benediction after the linr- mg of the closing hmn bust lancastet tops the ten tall men m the columbia pic ture in color py technicolor at the roxy acton friday and sat urday other foreign legionnaires are gilbert roland left gecrge tobias- third from left and kieron moore right sports club m promoting albeit a thankless task if you hsvenl neeti vanie in this elreuli yel youre due for a surprise there need he no fear for a lark of players far future intermediate teams if the kids espeelally in the juhlor elreult continue to re ceive instruetlon and enrau- rakewriit in the best tradition of hockey the managers of the junior division teams are discouraging rough play and urging the kids to iue their heads as welt ns their bodies consequently vei v little umgh muff is in evidence and the kids nre passing like veterans there is an element in the senior section of the league however whleh tends to ignore goad sound hockey and go slamming around like a herd of elephants the reiult is their names are very seldom in the scoring column the best players seem to be the ones who leave out unnecessary rough bodily contact and stick to hockey like the guy who wears the real loud tie the roughneck boys are usually trying to assert themselves some other way when they fail to measure up to standard cut no doubt youve heard of the ex- piesston run like a jack rabbit well most folks would say that it like most other expressions is an exaggeration weve no idea of how these figures of speech originate but for this one were indebted to the 20 years ago column of the milton champion the item is en titled believe it or not by lou marsh sports editor of the toron to doily stir believe it or not eddie longfellow well known la crosse veteran and coach of toronto professional box la crosse team outran a rabbit yesterday wearing rubber boots ran him down and caught him it was u cottontail and it was eddie not the bunny that was wearing the hippers and besides both of them were going down con siderable of a hill which of course helped eddie more than it did his speed rival t saw eddie turn the trick mjelf but if ou cannot be lieve me call up jack a wtlion walter benuchamp ev darby geo davis or even rollv jorvis on w hoie farm near milton we were hunting an a mattrr of fact the rab bit got all the brraks he heat the gun in fact several guni and mas in his stcide and going strong whrn ioncfrltow took after him listwiik fhis column comment i d that a utirid ii muo wasnt liibh to sign with gem gi town on at i mint of the pooi financial condi tion of the te un llio hasti ns to coi lect this impression hv sa ing he difmitelv is thiough with hoc kev and not for love nor mom would in again dun the blidis for m team he explained there is too miith risk involved for nnvone at hs age and in his position in i f- f 1 1 it would be like tearing a lid off a clam to get llio s signature on a pi iv er s eei tifitate of all the brother combina tions in actons hockey hulorj thr kenlnrm are probably the most numrroth four of thrm har plaed at ome time or other with rton tannrr thrv inrlude j or jack dangi rrcd and clsrrncr alt four will tr in the lineup for thr booster night alt atar gamr othrr brother combinations tn thr lineup art the marios the morton haw kin brush and itbbonh this kxuiav nikht baxur 1ils a nviveii i lot ifii r di f atint s t und place allianie li 0 ur tru in dustnal it agu in g org town on mimdav night w ill clash u ith a toronto it am in an t xhihitun ton- tnt the visituis will be toronto east fn capitals the till the vacolltt rs have added a couple of ne plavt rts to their club and xiect tp be in full stride fur frt- dav nights i lah thev re off at h 30 in the event there it ice last a i ek s game with l land elcttril of golph wa larutlted bet uist f pihh ice tondition the canadian banking system conslals of the bank cat canada a governmentowned central bank and 10 privately owned commer cial banks with 3700 branches and tub agencies across the country garbed in new sweaters town loop serves up sparkling hockey two upsets were registered as playoffs in the junior section of the town league commenced on tuesday night ernie marks team nttired in new green ond yellow sweaters startled onlookers by s hit jh i til the league lending cun- nfiighnmtftub l2 and were going nwnyhoinrrit inthernthrrhnlfnf the twin hill leno murns club although outplnved hy a wide mar gin held hny masons club to n 11 draw bob wollmnn was reollv flying for ernie mnrkfl tenm which couldnt do nnv belter ihnn finish third in the ifgulnr schedule lie scored nil threi gools for the win ners was unselfish with the puck and would hnve added u couple moie gnali to his hat trick if the plays hadnt been called back dot wilds alf ronch und pete iawson helped him with nssistti on the first two mm kers bob heatlev und wayne cuirie scored for the loiieii with a bracket going to ron sin- clair in the second game leno murol- club scored the first goal on u screened shot bv turk shepherd which mason goalie bob marshnll never had a chance on a minute later beaver baxter the scourge of the league hnckhanded a shot in the ngging to tie it up with help from geoige onkes both clubs hod speaker tells of canadas riches a port of canada that con be explored only two months of the year odd where gasoline for ex ploration costs 3 so per gallon was told about in colored pictures and by word by bill corking mineralogist and geologist at the meeting of acton rotary club on tuesday evening mr corking was introduced by his friend rotarlan alf long gaspe como bay ungava lab rador was the field revealed to ac ton rotarlnna by mr corking whose business is searching for minerals and takes him to sections uninhabited by humans at present but which contains minerals that in the next few years will be supply ing world markets it was one of the most colorful informative and interesting revelations which we have heard there were photos and stories of the destructive bush fires the sections that can only be vliltcd by plane as well as big falls and rivers never before pho- togrnphed rotorions looked with almost unbelief on the pictures of speckled trout and learned of wat ers where thev abound and catch ing them may become monotonous revealed were the formations where minerals have been mopped and the town where an experim- nt il testing of a drill revealed a big iron deposit right in the centre of the settlement it s n great land where n rail line ls being built w ith the materials transported lo the work largelv bv aeroplane it- a land where canada s re- siiurtis ire being pioneered and the fiontiers of civilization pushed bu k rot irians appreciated learn ing about it directly from bill corking on of a group of canad- i ins whose work ls opening up n w set turns of a great canada knox ladies plan years activities mrs a robinson iake ave opined her home to the ladies aid of knox presb tenan church for the first meeting of the new t ar the worship period was tiktn bv mrs robert o llara and mrs f anderson the president mrs f mecutch eon reported on v irious prnj t ls the 1 idles could work en during thi mir tw o turkev dinners to i iter for were planned mrs j dennls- and mrs a m mi ph rson were nppoined to puts h ise the m eess ir supplies a don itiun of mom v ls vsiti d to twn fimilis it uallinifui imd l rm house uhn h ul kvt their home bv fin ptuji it i o nmlttee including mrs r 11 armstrong mrs f mecuti heun and mrs f andersnji wis ippointed to meet with th namgers and ilbniss their pi ins for church improvements the seen tan- reid several thank mm notes for nmernbrances at chrlstmas mrs w g masales read an in- tenvsttnr storv on church attend ance renew- ing memories of the pist mrs r u davidson contributed a reading on cheerfulness a quiz contest was enjoved with prizes going to mrs g somervllle and mrs c hansen quarrels are inevitable at the t ime but incredible afterwards good chunceu after that but the game ended in a utulmate both goalies made several fine saves on labelled shots especially the murxo netmlnder who had more work than his counterpart in the mason teams nets w final gauavmi r games or the schedule imw ernie marks team whitewash gord unnlnghamh 20 nn goals by don wilds and bob wullman in the other gnnu of the jnnlnr section leno kf areas gang edged ibav ma sons 33 turk shepherd tom oakley and don luxton scored for the winners while edward malody and george sinethurnt sank mark ers for mnsnns tenm emmet son baxter racked up an assist senior dlvthinn action saw bob andersons beavers hlnst mephalls bu7ers 72 in a penalty studded contest scottv mccrlstnll fired three goals nnd rucked up nn assist to pace the winners boh rumley jack davidson g saul nnd ross morton contributed singletons nnd george ware rumley and morton were in on the assists bui coor nnd johnny rocher tallied for tht losers doug dnvvkins club shaded bui hollownys slow pokes 31 in the other game of the senior sections double feature john nnd bob cun ningham nnd ted allnn each scor ed for the wlnneis with assists go ing to bob cunningham nnd isnul law son muff hunter scored the slow pokes only goal with help from don anderson senior division playoffs start to night ut 7 00 oclock with the first place team meeting the third and second place meeting the fourth place club final htandingh junior hectlon on highway part in corporation and handy to markets bo r do rod by flnti body of water grand view spring crook toil varies from garden clay loam to dark loam presently cultivated for small fruits and vegetable uiod for poultry and dairy purposes land fairly level to gantly rolling and naturally drained 20 young fruit tree some bush bank barn 54x0 water and hydro being in west of town has ideal poiibilites for residential building devolopmont partially developed now nearby boating and fishing wright real estate and insurance appraisors realtors insurors v i wflrht oniec zd wilbur rl aum mwu ml n il wrlihl ohicr 811 mudatuiotl ht guclpb rhune ltlw vcs we have others as well as small holdings and building lots w l t im cunningham a 1 1 0 musun 4 h a n mm ks 3 3 0 0 marzo srnlor krctlon 3 l r w l t pts anderson 4 0 2 10 dnwklnn i 2 1 7 mcphoil 2 3 i s hnllnway i 3 2 4 auto biographies of acton people and acton places through many years acum h htsloi v lias beeji lompihd along interi stintf lints and puhlishtd in hook i that date of publiration wus 10 do and since then manges have taken pllice each week based on the fact of atlonj kailv days we hope to pn sent u ontlnuu- vion if that history bringing luup lu dale ugain if you appreciate the column ue would he ilad to hear about it and if you disagree tell us first of all streets iel me go nt the impnrlantone mill st one of tin oldest stieits in town history must be given u place in the stt iy of this ntnt t which received its name from the flnui milt situatid at the westerly limits of the town like the first name of our town adamsvillet it received its name from revs f7ro and zen as adams and mi itufus adams who nettled here in 111211 at that time mil presi nt kairy ijke wus 11 put ling trout brook which by the purchase of onie thn hundred acres and the damming up of the tri am converted it into water power mf- fieent to opitate the null to be continued new 1051 plymouth mod els limited quantity 1943 plymouth coach 1933 chev coupe 1936 plymouth recondi tioned motor 9500 macswain motors chrysler and plymouth sales and service 252 quaan si phena 85 ft o c k mm a booster night acton arena friday feb is 7 30 pm acton old time stars vs actons 39 champs jack grefr harold mqonfy dudf lindsay bill holloway sonny townsify bob anderson frfd kentnfr harry arbic rubs salmon joe kentner clarence kentner neil gibbons gord farlow fred dawkins referees did brush perc blackburn vic rumley dang kentner minute walters herbie woods frank holmes ooug dawkins ufn bayliss rrank terry ub morton norm morton itch marzo ilio marzo john brush russ brush frank gibbons actons present 8team town league 3 naw trophla will ba praiantad o acton minor sportt club for compahliancaorqa meloili mamorial trophy acton branch canadian lagion trophy and john kontnar mamorial trophy entire proceeds for promotion of minor sports in acton admission 35c be a booster school children free

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