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schools name field j ions the roar of motors echoed throughout the countryside north of crewsons corners sun day afternoon when the georgetown yellow- jackets motorcycle club held a rally some of staff plioto fast action spills and thrills were the order of the day sunday when the georgetown yellowjackets motorcycle club held a rally west of acton during some of the races motorcyclists had to climb a steep hill with their bikes some made it others didnt the free press photographer caught two competitors making the turn to start up the steep hill 50 motorcycle drivers in scramble on sunday munching hot dogs and drink ing cold pop a large crowd of spectators lined the hills around the farm of w j garner rr 4 rockwood sunday afternoon to watch their favorite spoil motorcycle racing competitors came from as far as montreal 1o roar their bikes over the hilly and bumpy ter rain in one event almost a dozen cycles were entangled in a mix up but drivers escap ed unhurt to mount again and continue the route the motorcycle scramble was sponsored by the georgetown yellowjackets motorcycle club of which almost a dozen acton- ians are members iboth spectators and particip- ants were forced to adopt ex- pert driving techniques before even arriving at the hillside course a long narrow winding lnne provided roth with plenty of concentration on their driv ing- a total of so drivers competed in the sunday afternoon events which included the grand prix and 16 other races the terrain offered a challenge to drivers and thrills for spectators as cyc les roared in the air at high spots on the course i st john ambulance brigade members from acton and mil ton were on hand to treat the unfortunate riders who came out with minor bruises clubs competing included north town toronto steel city hamilton sport motor cycle burlington behc toron to yejlowjackets georgetown and individuals from guelph burlington dundas milton an- caster oakville and waterdown as well as montreal entries the scramble was sanctioned by the canadian motorcycle as sociation which provided start ers timekeepers and scorers for the event grand prix winner was manus cleo of toronto he also won the 250 cc expert class in the 100 cc event fernando pistone of dundas wavwinrrei with john aitken of montreal copping the 250 cc junior event other winners included bob ar cher osliawa taking the open junior class and gunter saur- en toronto the open expert class lists of other winners were not available at press time the sponsoring club also op erated a booth on the grounds and provided hot dogs and cold pop to patrons ptioto the racers are shown taking off in a cloud of dust after getting the starting flag a large crowd of spectators lined the hillsides around to watch the thrills and spills the acton free press th june 23 1966 queenmaids hereon july 15 when the queen and her maids visit acton to play the wildcats on friday july 15 it will be the first opportunity for fans in this district to see this unique four girt softball team the gals will be a long way from home they reside in a city in california called rol ling hills each summer they go on tour challenging all and sundry last year they toured 18000 miles across canada and the united states breaking box office records in 14 cities over 2500 people packed the park in kingston onl for a game there last year queen of this amazing quar tet is lithe 14yearold rosie beaird her pitching wizardry against teams of almost every description is phenomenal ros ie has been called a female feigner a comparison with ed die feigner the well known pit cher and king of the king and his court the veteran mens four man softball squad the maids range in age from 10 to 14 including a catcher with the name of lotta chatter obviously a stage handle for a pepper pot behind the plate shes the team comic how you ask could girls this age attain such skills apparently much of the credit must go to coach royal beaird who also holds the position of trainer owner manager and father of some of the queen and her maids impressed by the talent of his daughters and a player of renown himself the idea of forming the troupe first occurred to him even he has been astounded by their success i track and field winners at the robert little school following events therejast week are list ed senior champions are susan height and fred lockerbie in termediate champions judy rody and pete marzo and the junior champions susan nicol- ak and bill de haan high jump girls senior susan height linda perry and carol jmasales intermediate girls judy rody barbara monabb arid ann rog ers junior girls mary francis marcoirx susan nicolak and diane timbers senior boys fred locker bie gord lasbyi and wayne de- forest intermediate boys peter marzo bill spehar and joe petric and bradley timbers tied junior boys bill de haan teddy hagan and steven mcln tyre standing broad jump senior girls susan height fiona gidman beverley norton karen townsley bonnie jones intermediate girls wadena ellis lucienne pratt susan rody barbara mcnabb and mary vuk junior girls susan nicolak janet van dam diane timbers kathleen dills susan shoemak er running broad jump senior girls susan height grace venema bonnie jones carol masales and linda iperry intermediate girls judy rody juadena ellis cathy hin- ton ibrenda monabb and linda perry junior girls susan nicolak madeline rogers cathy ashley kathleen dills and muriel hol mes senior boys fred locker bie wayne deforest tom pet- titt intermediate boys peter marzo bradley timbers bill spehar gary edge and harry lawson junior boys bill de haan and bob krul tied for first henry toebes steven mclntyre doug mogilloway and garth taylor robert little results hop step and jump senior boys gordon lasby wayne deforest tom pet tit t and fred lockerbie intermediate hoys peter marzo bill spehar bradley timbers steven van ifleet junior boys garth taylor bih oe haan bob krul and james mcnabb track intermediate boys 100 pete marzo brad timbers gary edge dave pink carl reed intermediate boys 220pete marzo- brad timbers gary edge dave pink and carl reed intermediate boys 440 pete maro pete morrison riny senilis iboys 880 open pete aiarzo pete morrison and carl reed boys 1 mile open pete marzo pete morrison garth taylor chris senilis and rinv schuls junior boys 100 henry toebes steven mclntyre garth tavlor bill de haan and bob krul junior hoys 220 henry toebes ted hagan bill de haan paul petric and chris schuts junior girls 60 susan nic olak madeline rogers janet van dam dianne timbers and patty dunne junior girls 100 susan nic olak madeline rogers janet van dam janice franklin and cathy synott intermediate girls 100 ma- dena ellis judy rody ann rod- gers mary vuk and bonnie lang intermediate girls 220 judy rody lucience pratt mary vuk carol patterson susan cooper senior girls 100 susan height grace venema michelle coates evelyn vander brink and carol masales senior girls 220 susan height grace venema evelyn vander brink carol masales and karen townsley girls open 440 susan height evelyn vander brink karen townsley girls open 880 susan height evelyn vander brink and bon nie jones ss sports page grocers bunch hits stop station sunday queen rosie throws em blindfolded legion pounds out 16 hits defeat herb s 112 thursday ha i ton mutual aid sees new techniques the latest techniques in cop ing with oil fires with the irsc of foam and treeing a trapped person from a wrecked vehicle were dramatically demonstrat ed tuesday evening in acton to members of halton mutual aid firefighting services members were present from fire depart ments from milton george town oakville and the host de partment acton ray mcconkey from safety supply company donned a tire helmet with face shield and doused a huge- blazing oil fiix- within a minntv after it had reached its peak this was re peated several times in order to explain the different meth ods the company representative also cut apart an old model car with a partner k12 rescue saw- to demonstrate how a trapped person could be rescued acton firefighters had pre pared a large excavation near the town dump area and dump ed in gallons of used oil this was ignited causing black smoke ua billow into the air be fore the entire mass broke into soaringflames mr mcconkey used a jet x foam nozzle which is the latest development for coping with either house or oil fires the latest technique provides a 200- pound pressure directly from the pumper and one gallon of foam mi expands to make 10- 000 gallons of foam for each 100 gallons of water an old car provided by neil charlotte acton auto wrecker and parts supplier provided a perfect target for the rescue saw as firefighters crowded around to watch the saw comes complete with three blades which can be used for concrete steel or wood the dark column of smoke and high flames attracted many acton residents to the scene including the local opp de tachment herbs delivery brought their pea shooters instead of their thundersticks fo thursdays town league softball contest with the legionnaires result was an 112 defeat their second of the week which left them sole occupants of the league cel lar legionnaires trundled out their biggest muskets for the match and they drummed out a lmiit tattoo on the offerings of fred archibald who went the full nine innings on the nibber for herbs he struck out three and didnt walk a batter but his mates threw in four errors to further weaken his cause winning pitcher was chick milne who spun a neat tour hitter for the legion whiffing four walking five and hitting one batter with his mates wielding potent sticks and pro viding strong fielding support the youthful hurler was never in much difficulty over the dis tance best the losers could do was a run in the fourth and another in the eighth legionnaires scor ed one in the first pihed up three more in the third and plat ed singles in the fifth sixth seventh and eighth winding up with three in the ninth as herb threw in three bobbles to ac company a pair of singlei longest hit of the game was freddie thompsons bases emp ty homer he greeted archibald with to open the sixth for the legion dan arbic don price and kenmaitby slammed three singles each thompson brent marshall and john leathcrland socked two apiece and barrie elliot knocked one don archibald wilf duval howard pearce and sponsor herb dodds latched onto one fait each for- the losers r h e herbs 000 100 010 2 44 legion 103 oil 113 1116-1- legion j leatherland 3b c milne p b elliott 2b d ar bic ss d price lb b marshall rf k mallby if g masales cf f thompson c herbs b doyle cf d ar chibald rf j goy 2b h pearce lb h dodds c h townsley 3b g tailtefer if h leader if in 9th f archibald p w duval ss r coe ss in 8th umpires m shepparxl c peycha j fryer track field day halton junior farmers plan their field dayprogram for sat urday june 25 at nelson high school burlington morning events get underway at 10 am with the boys 100 yard dash afternoon program will be held at strathcona park and will in clude the boys and girls base ball games switching from lamplight to sundays brilliant sunlight didnt bother town league champions iga one whit the grocers won their second straight last sabbalh downing station hotel 93 a five run outburst in the top of the third which caused innkeeper pitcher doug vickery to depart in favor of ed smith was the highlight of the game which saw both teams belt out 10 hits difference was the inn keepers spread their bingles out while the grocers bunched them for runs al calver went the distance on the hill for the winners scat tering 10 hits hitting one bat ter and never yielding a walk he helped his own cause with a single through short in the third inning explosion as- well as striking out three pitchers vickery and smith allowed 10 hits gave up 10 free passes and struck out six for the losers who left nine men stranded on the basepaths the grocers left nine ducks on the pond as well iga went ahead in the first frame when doug black took a stroll and ken maltby and jeff fryer singled to score doug the innkeepers got that one back in the bottom of the second when andy williams hit through the hole at second and doug vickery batted him in wijh a single to left in the top of the third doug black started things off with a single to centre ken maltby singled bill shannon walked jeff fryer smashed a double to centre bruce cargill singled dave mants took a pass doug lockerbie singled through short followed by al calver five runs scored to give the grocers a 61 lead the holders got two back in the tail end of the innings as clarence sheppard singled jan riddall was hit by a pitch and andy williams slammed a dou ble but that was the last time the innkeepers hit the score board while iga got the pair back in the fourth they drew five walks and catcher bruce mcarthur smote a single scor ing both runners final run of the game came in the eighth when ken maltby boarded on an error and jeff fryer slammed his second dou ble of the day to score him fryer was at the top of the hit parade forthe grocers with three hits in four trips while doug black collected two malt by cargill lockerbie and cal ver gol one each for t losers clarence far mer sheppard ed smith andy williams and mel sheppard smashed two apiece with the big m doubling in the ninth on his last appearance george williamson and doug vickery nailed one each r h e iga 105 200 010 9 10 1 s hotel 012 000 000 3 10 3 iga d black lb k malt by if b shannon 2b j fryer cf b cargill 3b d manes ss b mcarthur c d lockerbie rf c lewandowski rf al calver p station hotel c sheppard g williamson ed smith jan riddell a williams c peycha b sheppard d vickery m sheppard park gates shut the park gates have been pull ed to and tied together this week to keep cars off the track the track has been levelled and graded preparatory to oiling cniising cars and motorcycles were suspect when it came to gouging up the track so the gales were closed m z bennett results m 7 bennett school held its annual field day last friday and many of the winners took part again wednesday in the inter- school field day senior champions of the school are laurie chisholm and john emmerson intermediate champions lynne dunn andbill field junior champions john- ette dunn and larry quinn complete results senior girls standing broad jump 7 laur ie chisholm bev howard patsv wheeler running broad jump 11 10 anne ouinn laurie chisholm patsy wheeler hop step and jump 25 10 anne ouinn debra slingerland charlene higgins high jump patsy wheeler bev howard laurie chisholm 100 yard dash laurie chis- iholm ibev howard marianne haefncr 220 yard dash laurie chis holm debra slingerland champion laurie chisjiolm senior boys running broad jump 16 4 paul dupuis john emmerson mike marchment hop step and jump 31 1 mike marchment roy main- prize john emmerson high jump 4 10 mike march ment john emmerson graham blundell 100 yard dash barry cooper john emmerson roy mainprize 220 yard dash roy mainprize barry cooper john churchill 440 yard dash john emmer son john churchill john ma son champion john emmerson intermediate gibls standing broad jump 7 8 lynne dunn chris brunelle bonnie bannon running broad jump 12 9 lynne dunn cathy dunn bon nie bannon high jump lynne dunn bon nie bannon chris brunelle 100 yard dash lynne dunn cathy dunn johanne dunn 220 yard dash 302 lynne dunn denise drinkwalter sus an ikibble champion lynne dunn intermediate boys running broad jump 12 5 david rochester larry holmes henry van stralen r hop step and jump 26 w frank buschemeyer bill swot inski mary mielson high jump 4 7 frank bu chemeycr bill tfield craig wei- don 100 yard dash bill field da vid cunningham craigweldon 220 yard dash david cun ningham bill field craig wei- don 440 yafcridash bih weld craig weldon brendan irwin champion bill field junior girls standing broad jump 6 6 debbie drinkwalter wendy ko- waj jlee running broad jump 106 lynda bannon cindy lee jo anne hatch high jump 3 7 susan drys- dale jane withers johnette dunn 60 yard clash johnette dunn joanne pavli joanne hatch 100 yard dash johnette dunn cindy lee jane withers champion johnette dunn junior boys running broad jump 11 v larry ouinn david lee jeff cooper hop step and jump 263 larry quinn jeff cooper sean aherne high jump 4 0 jeff cooper larry quinn andy miller and garv mclennan tied 100 yard dash howard coul- tiup david hunter bob how- son 220 yard dash howard coul- trup david hunter david lee champion larry quinn open girls open 440 1172h lynne dunn cathy dunn jo hanne dunn boys open 880 248610 bui field roy mainprize john churchill acton recreation summer schedule sports corner 124 mill st e at wilbur phone 8532160 lifetime guarantee on all new ccm bicycies we buy sell or trade golf supplies from campbells and spalding and all your sporting ntadt at sports corner park and community centre thursday june 23 8 pm roller skating 815 pm mans softball stn hotel vs herbs delivery saturday 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