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ffllp mmmmm v ffeiy santa cbtls lea leadin dobbie fergus flyers play herefriday nigfit ceks berry lascae g a pts s s- oil toifeifcobott 6 0 6 3 3 fr 0 2 2 jumafcbaah 3 7 0 3 3 seon 022 ooech bwold towmkgr coach sob armstrong howard coultrup russell coultrup ronnie death garry fisher rodney gibbons ron louttet charlie- mcrae terrynelson goal peter pavu- goal brian storey 25 7 imoib gordon frevorjptnnas jeky scott coach clarence rui 54 ken 6ff smntts jblin scone noin thorahfo ia novice r 3 2 6 2 1 1 1 9 1 conches 3 glen holmes milt ball 3 5 5 14 0 2 4 4 1 1 randy dowries 2 jeff coy 9 allen green 2 danny mcgutoway- 0 peter morrison 24 terrence roxee 0 robin salt 0 steve webster coach chester lewandowsld danny allen 10 1 ricky boonette goal david braida 3 2 s randy coker 0 2 2 bobkrui 13 4 it steve marshall 3 4 3 chris schuts 0 3 3 bantam scoring robin uscoe goal david montis gord to wbham vhriaa st coach ron schmidt wayne allan 5 3 james eoerby 0 john hansen 10 tony steve fapflloa 1 1 6 16 1 6 coaches k mcphail b cunningham tim cotes 0 2 2 steve connell 2 0 2 don cunningham goal larry drysdale 10 1 brendan irwjn- 3 5 8 john last it 3 1 4 paul paulson 3 0 3 geo rowsell 1 0 i rfary schuts 4 2 6 bui severinsu 2 1 3 trevor swan 2 13 coach iub mario brian birmie 1 0 jerry buchanan 0 3 graham fraser 7 2 steve garrett 1 jack holmes 0 jim holmes 1 david kennedy 6 1 ken marshall i 0 ted muehfbachex goal gord williams 1 1 fcf novkesjh kngt om first point h georgetown determination on the part of players and coach was reward ed last thursday night when acton novices picked up their rt point of the tricounty hockey season with a 22 tie against georgetowns second- place squad in georgetown tim mclntyre drilled the ty htg goal on a picture- power play assisted by billy mcgil- joway and gary burden in the last five minutes it was a departure from the usual routine when the acton club has lost close decisions in the last few minutes this game saw a real gilt edged ef fort from every member of the team with kent kentner suss van fleet goalie peter swim billy mcgjiloway and tim mc lntyre drawing coach barry inscoes praise the georgetown team rated a had a 20 lead going into the final chapter billy mcgil- loway sank the first acton goal from russ van fleet be fore tim mclntyre blasted a power play shot to knot the count playmg against an allstar team from the town league wednesday the acton club hung a 941 shutout up but they lost a 93 decision in a game just for kicks with their par ents here saturday gary bar- den billy mcgutoway and tim mclntyre rattled in three goals apiece against the town league but team mothers packed too points consisting of six wins and four losses for their friday contest with the league leading hespeler mic macs ahead 63 in the early min utes of the third period the tanners let ancient bob dou ble and the shorthanded fly ers strike for five straight goals including one into the empty net with three seconds left on the clock the situation was almost a duplication of the last fergus appearance here when the tanners blew a three goal lead in the last period fortunate ly they salvaged that one this time they werent so lucky flyers tied it up at 909 and roly poly adolph plein a refu gee from hespeler via eimlra fired a screened shot from the point which goalkeeper frank anthony subbing for absent jim sweeney never had a chance on manager ed footitt in a dual coachmgr role due to the absence of- coach kentner pulled the acton netminder in the last minute but the tan ners couldnt score despite several close calls dobbie eased the pressure by firing his fourth goal of the night into the empty net with three seconds left to complete the gift wrapping failure of the tanners to cover the old lamplighter was a large factor in the loss most of dobbies counters were scored from directly in front of the net with no one but the rookie goalkeeper to beat anthony making his debut in the tanner nets couldnt be faulted he made several sparkling saves over theflrst two periods outguessing dob- pounding the beat space requirements and other more pressing duties have kept this column cut or reduced in size over the past month but the writer takes this opportunity to wish all his readers a happy new year we would also like to thank the sports minded people who took the time to phone or send in contributions to the sports page over the past year there have been many sug gestions for improving the page and providing the time is available this fuzzy faced fellow will make a new years reso lution to work harder on the task i realize some of the sports activities in the area have not been covered and sometimes those that are have been lacking in depth if you have information on any sports activity in your area dont hesitate to carl this newspaper with the information coaches gordie james ernie marks acton arena peter beaton 0 david cunningham 1 bob hatch 1 dennis harnden 2 jack irwin 3 john jordan goal ricky li m 3 garry masters 1 gordon murray 3 david pink 1 garth taylor 3 1 1 12 2 3 red hot acton bantams tie pontiacs drop milton 912 noon flour skating 2- pan public skating 810 pun public skating monday january 2 curling birbrbrjrbrjrjgj pjwrrwpaamrjw v curing umtmom janua 4 itii iit fikalail 3mmrq 24 pjn is0w skating oub mo pjiw tcouiy hoc- 7pjn tagton minor bears maul bisons 52 hershey bears beat buffalo bisons 52 thursday in die only town league game this week the atoms novice and pee wee sections of the league are not scheduled again until after holidays david kennedy was the big gun for t b with four goals graham fraser bagged one and tff two t jack holmes and steve gar rett each re one assist steve ooaaar and rmy schuts were the bison marks men with brendan irwin aa sisting tuny the winners served five of the hottest outfit in the 13team tricounty bantam circuit is the acton firefighter squad coached by tanner veteran harold townsley they moved into georgetown lastthursday night and tied a 33 knot with the leaguelead ing georgetown pontiacs whove dropped only one game this season a 10 decision to bramalea monday night in milton the acton club pinned a 53 defeat on the third place milton le gion club for another big vic- fory in a season which started out poorly with three straight losses the milton win gave them a five win four loss two tie record and a chance to step up into the leagues penthouse the club really dug in to deadlock the highly rated georgetown club on their own stamping grounds some georgetown officials surpris ed accused the firefighters of bringing in ringers from guelphto bolster the lineup the acton club set the pace all through the contest they were never behind pettr mar io put them ahead on an un assisted effort but georgetown came back to tie it up jim stevenson pulled the string on the next one assisted by mmmmmmmkktmmmmmmmmmkmmmmmmmasmmmer burning gun powder i tt maple reck j fun tilcounty bantam standing wt tpts 4 3 0 i t hershey 5 2 2 15 buffalo 5 14 0 2 w the 0 jul hairwon automobftf qui dotnt cost it fays by art hawos the members of the maple rock trap team who ventured forth in quest of the lowly rab bit on monday returned emp tyhanded from their sojourn into the wilds in the vicinity of acton 1 a local hunter has asked that we warn parents to remind their children of the dangers of playing in woods which are frequented by hunters the hunter told how he very nearly mistook a child for a rabbit the child was playing in the snow behind a tree and the portion visible to the hunter looked very much like a rab bit children playing in the woods should wear bright col ored clothes so they can be readily identified it is a cred it to the watchfulness of the hunter that he did not shoot at the child many hunters are beginning to use walkie talkies while hunting to keep in contact with the members of their party since no instructions in proper use of the sets are included when the sets are purchased hunters are left on their own to learn the proper procedure when using these sets it should be noted that messages sent via walkie talkie can be picked up by police radios cb sets and monitoring sta tions one is located just north of town the penalty for swearing up on conviction is the loss of the set for three months andor up to a 500 fine for a first conviction joe tar and pete marzo but again pontiacs tied it the final firefighter coun ter was scored by bh1 field on a penalty shot one of the few awarded this season goal keeper craig weldon was sing led out for his performance be tween the pipes but the entire team came up with an all- round effort except for a sec ond period lapse they came back strong in the final chap ter forty minutes in penalties including two misconducts failed to discourage the acton team in milton monday al though the penalties were de served feeling was a few more could have been levied against milton traffic to the sin bin in an exchange of high sticks was usually one way from the acton bench missing two or three regulars from the lineup and playing shorthanded the firefighters still carried the play milton scored the first goal but acton came back with the next four before the county town got another final counter was fir ed by the firefighters peter marzo and bill field bagged two goals apiece for acton jim stevenson sniped one a flock of geese were honk ing loud and long finally the old lead gander said the ways clear so stop honking and go ahead and pass bachelor a man who is crazy to get mamed and knows it bie twice and tippen once on maninalone situations 1 acton went ahead 31 in the first period led m at the end of the second and scored a goal on the first play of the third period for the lead ifaul bodendlstel and jim farrelly scored two apiece to pace the tanners harold townsley ahdgordle bell pot ted one each- farrelhs and bodendistels goals were pic ture efforts besides dobbies four goals flyers got goals from pollock slaven and one apiece from the plein brothers eric and adolph referee bill divorskl called only three penalties all in the first period first period v a h townsley g bell 947 a p bodendlstel d richardson 1243 fb dobbie e plein g nolan 1425 a j farrelly d richard son 1611 pens turner bodendlstel townsley second period a j farrelly d richard son 333 a p bodendlstel d rich ardson j farrelly 412 f g pollock slaven 629 f slaven tippen i4j1 no penalties third perloff ag bell h townsley j cunningham 028 f b dobbie e plein 344 f b dobbie g nolan e idle since last wednesdays game with fergus the tanners entertain hespeler mic macs here on friday night it will be the acton clubs last home appearance until friday jaa- uaiy 20 vagaries of the schedule send the tanners away for four games on the road be fore they play host to seal orth here on the 20th club offi cials expect the team will be outfitted in brand new uni forms for their first home ap pearance in centennial year tms friday night the league leading hespeler club will be shooting for its third straight win over the tanners mic macs are the only team the actons have not defeated yet this season they took the sea sons curtain raiser here 64 a wfaf oyer the league lead ers here on friday would boost their stock whh fans whove been treated to both good and bad performances in home games this season if the club has a full roster out there is no reason why they cant trim mic macs down to size the horses are there unfortunately they havent been appearing regularly for one game coach fred kentner has one set of players next game hell have to juggle fhe lineup to accommodate those who show up for those who dont onlythree players have appeared in every game this season in their last game against fergus the chib lacked regular netminder jim sweeney and centre blake inglis as well as and own another 71 win over players but with illness and in- a shorthanded skinnery squad in the early part of the sche dule since that time despite their christmas gift to fergus a week ago wednesday the tan ners have improved they hung up a string of four vic tories before they blew that one in the last few minutes the wins moved them up into second place in the ave team circuit ahead of seaforth iurv like tim haines and em- merson baxter manager ed pootitt expects most of the plavers will be out for tonights practice session as well as fridavs game here the tanners play in orange- ville mondav night and two wins at this stage of the sche dule would imnrove their play off position first four teams make the playoffs mohawrrraceway has 3 meets in 1967 plein 835 f- e plein g nolan b dobbie 77 909 f- a plein slaven 1328 f- b no dobbie penalties 1957 threeday program atv a special threeday v pro gram for the christmas holi days is being run by pete law- son and his assistant jo marie marchment the special events concluded this afternoon thursday whh a record hop for all y members the groups had games gymn astics and tournaments the arena had been booked for thursday morning from 8 to 11 am for y skating relay races and perhaps a broomball game were being planned the ymca board is provid ing prizes there is no regular y pro gram this friday and saturday or next monday first regular group to meet again is the wednesday night girls club assistant carl chadburne was not only unable to help but unable to go home to north bay for holidays he is a patient in st josephs hos pital guelph three racing meets instead of two will be held at mohawk raceway campbellville during 1967 the ontario jockey club announced this week the popular three million dollar plant will host a 20 day meet from march 27 to april 18 a late summer 30 day meet will start on august 14 and last until september 18 rand the third and final meet of the season will last for 36 days starting october 30 and continuing until december 9 approval of the jockey clubs proposed racing schedule was received this week from the ontario racing commission racing started at mohawk in 1963 and a million uohar addition was completed in 1966 speeding along our bast wiahea and thanks to all our good friends its bean a pleaaure to aerva you mots bjl service 4- 53ltsl fsaa i fphmp fnwippn wwfciai anunmaal dance houdayagogo the shaynes iioon auditorium urn om omdng wj ptn admission 100 quality ba products save you money 10 yeats ta ray sawm canyias vrmfbjm gasolines a motor oils diesolrhiwi foal olb stovo oib thompson fuels ltd acton phoni sssotq apflr hours r9m174 you our citizens and patrons have contributed much to keep our community ever moving forward toward a better life we are proud to be a part of this civicminded spirit may we take this opportunity to extend to all of you our heartiest good wishes for a healthy happy and prosperous new year e wimsk limited 7s94s3 huhoa f kl ft i ki