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ffci vr 1 ffil- liflw t m ft wwfcwday jwnwty 8 1967 pi bfa i jji j v r- tj spanking new uniforms oneup on winner meets milton next theres nothing like a new wardrobe to lift a woman spirits the same thing ap plies to hockey team although theres nothing maidenly about the acton tan ners a brand new spanking set of uniforms in gold and blue on white field which made the actoni the best- dressed team in the league seemed to spark them to ah w victory over the lethal seai forth beavers here friday night the tanners were a differ- en team from the one thatvvs jmvmtv lost a decision to fourth plncit fff tlutu fergus the previous tuesday side the blue line on a shaky seafortfj netmlnder jim sweenaytplayed a spark ling game in goal making key saves when the game was close- although seaforth man aged to get a couple of soft ones by him sweeneys puck- stopping in the clutch was a big factor in the win which jcept the tanners tied for sec ond with seaforth seaforth bagged the first goal of the game oil a golf shot at 416 but harold towns- ley gobbled up rtddalls re bound 43 seconds later and tied it up acton was never behind from that point sween ey frustrated the beaver at- mic macs rap acton 104 contest auttrtmm action was fast when acton high school senior cagers de feated elora l4t thursday at the acton school gymnasium by the score of 6455 the senior team has been undefeated this year danny arbic captain of the local squad is shown shoot ing a basket to rack up another point as two opposing players attempt to stop him and teammate gerald dick looks on legion town league skating- hitting and showing ihey could be not only the best dressed but the best in the five team oha int b circuit when they wanted they piled up a 41 first per- iodtead had a 64 edge at the end of the sccuncland notched two goals to scaforths one in the final chapter for the bene fit of 400 fans who witnessed the game the line of gordie bell at centre with jan riddall and harold townsley on the wings sparked the tanners to the win they outplayed the bea- vers every time they were on the ice scoring five of the ac ton goals on defense robust bill cur- ric was a real stumbling block to the smooth passing beavers he smothered several shots which could have been labell ed and notched a goal himself from the point murray march- men t also bagged one from in- heapeler mic macs almost aaaured themselves first place lii the owa int b league last night tuesday by thumping acton tanners 104 in a sche duled contest at heapeler dominating play mic macs drew away from the tanners in the second period of the hard hitting contest to take a 74 edge into the final chapter they scored three more in the last period without a reply front acton to win going away the tanner were without jim family and doug smok- ey richardson for the conteet hespeler was hitting hard drawing nine of the 15 penal ties while the tanners had no inclination to trader thumps with them result was mic macs had almost a clear path to jim sweeneys threshold and he was having a bad night coach fred kentner pulled sweeney in the last period in favor of sub goaltender frank anthony and he played welt but mic macs piled three mora in it was the earn trick hea peler used with different re sults they switched goalkeep ers in the middle of the second period starting wlth johnson and winding up with watson harold townsley scored three of the acton goals his fifth hat trick of the season he rejoined the team friday after missing one game with torp ligaments paul boden- dlsfaj bagged the other tan ner j tally while blake ingua 2 denis snider murray marchment and bodendlstel earned assists scoin and kltsman scored two apiece for heapeler the tanners play orange- villa dufferjna here friday but sundays scheduled game in heapeler has been postponed to a later date not yet decided on heapeler cornea back here the following friday taiienders in the early part of the schedule buffalo bisons are starting to show signs of life in the bantam section of the town league a 54 win over hershey bears fast thurs day night pulled them to with in a point of the front runners buffalo went ahead with two first period goals hershey got the only one of the second both clubs scored three in the final stanza steve conneir bagged two of the bison goals and assisted on another singles were shot and paul aulson bill sever- inskl and paul paulson regis tered an assist apiece steve garrett rattled two goals in for the bears while david kennedy and ken mar shall scored one apiece gra ham fraser assisted on two goals thanks to a three goal per formance from johnny scoyne weston pulled even with brampton in the two team atom race with a 32 win jeff shields and scott mal colm assisted john on his first twogoals his third was a solo effort both brampton goals were scored by john mchugh the finrt from derek dixon the second assisted by joe kent ner niagara falls shaded st kitts 21 in the novice opener to stay on top of the four team- league oshawadecision- ed hamilton 41 in the second half of the doubleheader bernie taylor bagged both niagara goals assisted by billy mckenzie while tony lambert scored for st kitts assisted by james ellerby david allen was oshawas big gun as he pumped three goals into the webbing with gord toth notching the final score from ricky baginski gord toth also assisted on two of dave allens goals and bill vivian helped on the first kevin marcoux scored for hamilton from jim rogers baltimore and rochester played to a 22 draw in- the first half of the pee wee twin bill leaving both clubs in a draw for third place cleve land broke the three way tie for second by dumping league- leading springfield 73 and taking over sole possession of the runnerup slot randy marsh and glen mc kenzie pulled the trigger for baltimore with roland mccul- loch assisting on both goals ron louttet drilled the ro chester goals assisted by rod gibbins on his first his se cond was unassisted clevelands onetwo punch of peter morrison and jeff goy looked after ail seven goals as they upset the league leaders jeff scored four re- ter rattled in three goals and each scorer picked up an as sist as well randy dowes treth arm strong and mike pope also re gistered assists bob krui scored all three springfield markers two of them unassisted steve mar shall helped on his final goal sat schedule pee wee 415 pm rochester at springfield 510 pm balti more at cleveland league statistician charlie thomson supplies the follow ing standings and scoring points for all sections of the league standings atom gp w l t pts brampton 9 4 4 1 9 weston 9 4 4 fl 9 novice ills- 9 8 1 0 kitts 9 5 3 1 11 oshawa- 9 4 41 9 hamilton 9 0 9 0 0 pee wee springfield 10 6 4 0 12 cleveland 10 4 4 2 10 baltimore 10 3 4 3 9 rochester 10 3 4 3 9 bantama pittsburg 63 2 1 7 hershey 7 3 3 1 7 buffalo 7 3 4 0 6 scoring atom g a pts j scoyne w 14 1 15 j mchugh b 6 4 10 f alton b 5 5 10 r holmes w 7 2 9 j kentner b 5 4 9 d dixon b 6 1 7 s malcolm w 14 5 s withers b 12 3 d webster b 0 3 3 s daigle b 0 3 3 g bruce w 0 3 3 novice b taylor nf 34 3 37 j hansen stk 18 7 25 b mckenzie nf 5 1116 w allan stk 9 4 13 r gaginski o 3 9 12 jxallanq j 9 110 s brunelle nf 5 4 9 t lambert stk 6 1 7 b ware nf 3 4 7 g toth o 4 2 6 k marcoux h 5 0 5 d morris o 4 15 pee wee p morrison c 31 9 40 b krul s 21 5 26 r loutett r 20 5 25 j goy c 15 7 22 r marsh b 10 8 18 r gibbons r 3 10 13 j mpnabb b 8 3 11 h lawson b 4 3 7 r downes c 3 4 7 b storey r 2 5 7 d braida s 4 2 6 g mckenzie b 3 3 6 bantams g fraser h 8 7 15 d kennedy h 8 1 9 s garrett h 4 5 9 b irwin b 4 5 9 g tavlor p 4 4 8 p paulsen b 5 2 7 r schuts b 4 3 7 s connell b 5 16 g murray p 5 16 k marshall h 4 2 6 j irwin p 3 3 6 tackers with two big saves while currie sat out a cross checking sentence and jan rid dall a going concern both ways pwt the tanners ahead to stayy sinking townsley rebound at 1404 dan arblc relayed the puck from the corner and curriea shot from the point made it 31 two minutes later a neat stick handling job by jim far relly confused the beaver de fense and he relayed in front to murray marchment who pulled ihetrigger for number four the tanners came out flying lii the second period jan rid dall went the length ofthe ice deked the jtoalie and pasted to gordie bell who made no mistake with his shot for a 51 lead a screened shot with arbic in the sin bin put sea forth back in the game but bell sank his second at 1405 on a solo effort to keep the four goal lead mclaughlin sank scaforths third at 1510 and mcllwaln potted number four while far- felly sat out an interference penalty at 1807 harold townsley put the game in the bag for the tan ners in the third period on a sizzling slap shot from left wing which seaforth goalie petrie never moved on the visitors got their fifth goal and third while the tanners were shorthanded but jim farrelly frustrated all night smashed a right handed mash- ie shot into the cords to finish the scoring the tanners served eight of the 11 penalties their new uniforms which drew much comment were supplied by beardmore and co club spon sors and picked out by the executive pnwni lbs first playoff with only nine players elig ible for the playoffs acton y men pee week dropped a 64 decision to hespeler in the first pune of the trlcounty j hockey playoffs in hespeler second game of the best-of- three series will be played here tonight wednesday the acton team played real well in the first two periods but reduced numbers meant extra lime on the ice they tired visibly in the- last stanza when hespeler turned a fairly close game into a four goal lead with two markers acton got one goal in the first period from the tick of henry toebes they made it 32 in the second as chris ten- nan t scored from paul daley but another hespeler goal gave the home team a 42 lead at the end of the second milton wins phyott opener milton rotary midgets took a 62 victory on their home ice monday for a onegame edge in the bestofthree trlcounty midget playoffs second game of the series will be played in acton- tonight wednesday coach herb dodds hopes his boys will even the series up acton held milton scoreless in the first period but milton went ahead in the second with two goals the last period saw milton bag four more while the acton crew notched two in the last five minutes mike marcoux and george cook scored the acton- goals paul cooper played well in the nets for acton a win tonight wednesday in the lecond game of a best of three series with fergus will end acton firefighter ban tams against milton in the trl- county hockey playoffs acton won the first game of the set in fergus saturday 44 despite slow ice and a tenden cy by officials to send only the redsuited firefighters to the penalty box the acton team played shorthanded for almost the entire first period but kept flyers from scoring until the third chapte caused by mild weather the slow ice was aggravated by the failure of fergus arena offic ials to sweep 11 between per iods frustrated firefighters still managed to post a 20 lead by the end of the second per iod although passes werent clicking both teams bagged a pair in the third period captain pete mario scored two of the acton goals and assisted on another by bill field to spearhead the flre- fighters victory in the import ant game don dunbar bag ged the first goal assisted by dale fisher randy wefdon and joe tar assisted marzo on his counters late notice didnt deter many fronv acton attending the game which the fergus club wanted to win badly more sports page 4 milverton victims of acton district high school boys basketball teams have started the 1967 season with school for deaf elora high school cagers final score was acton 31 and milton 22 the senior rcdmen defeated tnrec victones each the two teams seniors and juniors have defeated milverton mil ton school for the deaf and elora both milverton and milton have junior teams in the league for the first time miltons senior team is also a new entry led by neit anderson and bill landsborough with 10 points each the junior- red- men defeated milverton 34- 17 on milvertons home court dan arbic paced the senior attack- with a 33 point perfor- qiancy in their 65 to 29 win bvermuvertqn seniors using an alert mantoman defence the seniors were able to steal the ball repoaledly without in curring too many fouls other high scorers were allan mc- nabb with 12 points and harry oehlrich with 9 points against milton school for the deaf the acton juniors started to come into their own bill landsborough was start- iog to hit with more consis tency the boys worked hard to go ahead 10 to 2 at quarter timc never headed milton by the lopsided score of 68 to 29 again dan arbic was the big shooter with 20 points other players starting to show their potential were alan mcnabb with 14 points and dick barclay with 13 after this gome the juniors lost the services of bob main bill black and mike cooper and the seniors lost phil du- puis and stephen johnston be cause of academic restrictions however the seniors picked up bob turkosz who started with the juniors last year but has been recuperating from a severely fractured leg they also obtained the services of veteran gerald dick who has returned to resume his studies on thursday january 19 elora visited acton coaches mccallum and sumdvan felt they were the teams to beat the juniors jumped to a quick 121 lead early in the first quar ter however elora fought back to tic it at 15 the first half ended 28 to 20 for acton then our boys caught fire they outscored elora 32 to 10 in the second half to trounce the visitors 60 to 30 the big man for acton in this game was mike marcoux with 18 points followed closely oy bill landsborough with 17 and jim piehl with 14peter- marzo scored his first points of the season sinking two foul shots again led by dan arbic the local seniors outpointed elora 64 to 55 arbic scored 20 points and now has an average of 25 points per game dick barclay followed cjosely with a neat 17 point total gerald dick play ed his best game and contri buted 10 points alan monabb added to the victory with a steady 10 point performance the seniors play head up basketball and if they can keep clear of too many fouls they should go all the way to the district championship on thursday the seniors travel alone to erin for a sin gle game with erins seniors they should return with a win setting the stage for their first game with arthur next mon day the season so farhas been a very rewarding one the jun iors especially have been very pleasing to coach sullivan and have improved tremendously thank you this is minor hockey week in ontario and the acton tricounty minor hockey associ ation wishes to use the occasion to pay special tribute to acton fire department acton lions club acton y mens clov ab supermarket ledgers iga foods nielsens clothing micro plastics t united packinghouse workers local 479 and all those individuals too numerous to mention who contribute time talent automobiles and money without which tricounty hockey in acton would not be possible again thank you on behalf of the players coaches managers and executive yours truly roy w goodwin president sports corner 124 mill i at wilbur dhoni s532160 this is minor hockey week do not simp take your boy to the arena if you keep him on ice ha wont get into hot water wall aae yew at s p oris corn ell canteen raiders take over lead jets wallop dusters 100 1 pjn weston at bramp ton vpmtjuagxa at oshawa 3 pm sjt kitts ax hamilton oha int b ten top league scorers results to jan 23 1967 g a pis d heipel h 19 2140 j mcllwain s 16 24 40 k doig s 9 26 35 j riddall a 16 14 30 h townsley a 18 11 29 b mclaughlin s 19 10 29 n love h s 9 18 27 d richardson a 12 13 25 b doble f 17 7 24 l mercer h 14 10 24 r bailentine raiders took over first place in the industrial league sun day night by whipping last place orioles 73 nut they had an assist from dusters who were upset 100 bv the oncom ing jets in the first game of the doubleheader jets were all over dusters who set the pace until christ mas and then seemed to lose all heir steam- they were shorthanded for sundays game but their woes cant all be blamed on lack of mem bers biggest and sharpest thorn in their flesh sundav was har- rv red phillips he scored three goals and assisted on an other o spark the jet attack fred andrews and gary rit chie potted two goals and col lected an assist each jim bul- lough bagged one and helped on three others ed hillier and ron mellon notched a goal each with ed also collecting a brace of assists noah roszell one best dusters could do was lead the penalty parade sev en to jets one picked eariy blithe season as the team to beat raiders fin- ally arrived in the league pent house with intent to stay by a comparatively easy win over orioles like dusters the birds could only excel in penalties thev served all six meanwhile the mcdonald brothers looked after three raider goals and helped on two more stu the elder pull ed the string for two and as sisted on one by brother jim who in turn helped out on goals by gord mason and glen beauclair gus holmes set raiders on the right track with a goal in the last minute of the first period and bagged another la ter which with an assist matched stu mcdonalds out put denis gibbons doug shep- pard and gary masales hit the target for orioles with turk sheppard and ron boo bastell marking up as sists orioles are embedded in the league cellar with only one win to their credit- oha int b statistics results to jari 23 1967 gp w l pts hespeler 15 12 3 24 seaforth 15 10 5 20 acton 16 10 6 20 fergus 16 7 9 j4 orangeville 15 0 5 0 proclamation fcp y town of acton minor hockey week in canada whereas the week of january 21 is being observed throughout canada as a period to focus public attention on the physical characterbuilding and other benefits of hockey for our youth and whereas this being the canadian centennial year it is important that all canadians support truly canadian activities and whereas the game of hockey is recognized as canadas national game which teaches our youth to develop a competitive spirit cooperation with others bodybuilding and respect for authority and whereas it is the hope of every municipality to develop one or more players capable of representing canada as a member of canadas national team and whereas the minor hockey association in this community has earned the com mendation and support of every citizen and whereas minor hockey is the foundation from which accomplished hockey players develop now therefore i as mayor of acton do hereby declare the week commencing january 21 be observed as i minor hockey week in canada and request that all parents and others support this observance by attending games during minor hockey week and thereafter until the minor hockey season ends acton arena schedule wednesday january 25 23 pm aaothers and pre school children 34 pm robert little public schdg 610 pm- tricounly hoc key playoffs novice pee wee bantam midget 1011 pm industrial hoc key thursday january 2 34 pm aa z bennett public school 67 pm referees hockey- school 79 pm legion minor hockey 910 pim tricounty juv eniles playoffs 1011 pm industrial hockey friday january 37 830 pm acton tanners vj orangeville les duby mayor saturday january 29 8 am 1230 pm acton figure skating club 16 pm legion minor hockey 810 pm public skating sunday january 2 7 artv 1 pm rentals 145345 pm public skating 7fo pm industrial hockey monday january 30 curling tuesday january 91 curling wednesday wrruary 1 23 pm mother and pre school children 34 pm robert little public school 610 pm tricounty hockey playoff a