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p the acton free press wednesday july 26 1967 g minor details the queen and her maids pay their second visit to acton on augusts in aid of girls soft- ball here the largest crowd ever to watch a softball game here crowded into the park for last years exhibition left to right are pitcher rosie beaird catcher eileen beaird and royce dupee at bat wt sports page reaeamv the world of outdoors with art hawes in the singles action on the trap range this week at maple rock shooting range john shadbolt again led the pack with 25 f other good scores were recorded by gord clow with 24 john cordes 23 dave johnson 22 and 17 ed hawes 22 kerlhlmainprize 20 and len jones 19 in the doubles shoot there wtftf a twoway tie for top spot ding up their preditor control program in many areas where deer hunting has been getting poorer in the past year the en tire blame is placed on the wolves by many hunters there may be a few small areas where this is true but for the most part the main cause of the diminishing deer herds is the activities of man the wol ves and deer lived together for indication if wentworth will go along with the hunt county council also suggest ed a bow and arrow hunt in the area of halton south of no s highway where the use of firearms has been prohibit ed the doubles shoot that was announced in last weeks col umn has been changed to a so bird event instead the 100 bird event originally announced it is open to anyone who wants to try their hand at doubles wlllfjohn shadbolt and john centuries before thewhite man curses both getting 17 in oth er doubles action gord clow got 16 art hawes is and brian hammond 11 correction the figures on moose hunting published last week were quoted as those for 1966 an alert reader noted figurcr were included or the parrv sound district which holds a season every two years but did not have one last year investigation revealed the fig ures were for the 196s hunting season as arc those listed be low dn beer hunting the deer hunting figures in dicate the areas in which hunt ers enjoyed the most success as follows fort francis 492 per cent kenora 481 port ar thur 325 tweed 290 manitou- lin 289 and sioux lookout 287 the areas which had the poorest success were bruce peninsula 107 sudbury 139 lake erie 152 and pembroke 169 the department of lands and forests is conducting deer habitat improvement projects in many areas of the province where the deer herds have been declining due to the loss of natural food as a result of log ging operations forest fires or othei activities of man in addition they arc also step- came to this country and the wolves never killed off the deer herd the depletion of the deer ranges by man has decreased the deer population more than the wolves ever did under the deer habitat im provement projects in 1965 a total of 12402 acres were im proved in 21 projects the pembroke area had ii of these projects covering a total of 2455 acres the poor hunting success in the pembroke area shoull be improving in the near future if the projects pav off halton county council has agreed to have a deer hunting season this year if wellington and wentworth have one also wellington has also given the nod ql approval to a deer sea son as of yet we have had no obituary kenneth ballentine dies on holidays kenneth ballentine bramp ton brother of ross ballentine of acton died suddenly while vacationing at tupper lake in new york state the fiallentines had visited expo and travelled to tupper lake for a camping trip where he was taken ill and rushed to mercy hospital thirtynine year old mr bal lentine has been employed with the bell telephone co for 22 years most of it in the brampton georgetown area he leaves his wife muriel and three children bill kenny and rita his parents mr and mrs william ballentine of guelph and three brothers rov of georgetown ross of acton and leslie of ancaster civic holiday laic this year august 7 the long- awaiud ather arrived at last 1 centennials clinched top spot on the novice scoring pole in the minor hardball league with a decisive 144 defeat over the devils angels last tuesday night centennials jrew a total of nine runs in the second inning including home runs from pete pavli and bob viniski john mccutcheon terry holmes pete pavli bob vin iski and jim gentle equally shared in ten centennial runs rinsing oakley coles and pawh each collected single runs to count tim mclntyre slapped out a homer for devils angels in the first to come back in the third with another run for a double tally john ashley and kent kentner contributed single runs to the angels defeated rally lineups centennials j mccutch eon ensing oakley t holm es p pavli b viniski coles j pawh j gentle devils angels f mclntyre j ashley b mcgilloway i coats k kentner i townsley k swan c pickles m watts pee wee action in the minor league saw the braves down the hot shots 107 last tuesday night gary turkosz on the mound lor the braves shut down 15 of the 23 hot shot batters with strikeouts steve marshall riny schuts and ron mcgiiinn copped doub- le runs for the brave tally with single markers from garv turkosz carl reed bob krul and chris schuts hot shot b guthrie pulled in two runs gary masters r mc- culloch t rozee d mcgillo way and g mophail collected single contributions for the hot snots tally hot shots although defeat ed in this showing still occupy top spot in the pee wee divis ion with a total of einht points as compared with the braves four points in the seven games played lncups braves r weldon s mar shall r schuts g turkosz a green c reed b krul c schuts r mcguinn hot shots g mamers b guthrie p morrison r mccul- loch t ruxec d mcgillowav h s holden optometrist 34 cork st eail guelph phone ta 271m budgetpriced frigidaire jet action washer waasl manning electric acton important announcement for plumbers steamf itters and sheetmetal workers the apprenticeship and tradesmens qualification act 1964 requires journeymen in the plumbing steamfitting and sheet- metal trades to obtain certificates of qualification by october 1st 1967 tradesmen who have not already applied for their initial certi ficates of qualification should do so as soon as possible applications should be forwarded to ontario department of labour industrial training branch 74 victoria street toronto 1a ontario g mcphail 1 toebes t coles jordan h saints overpowered devils angels 98 on monday night in the novice league saints came back strong in the second inning with seven runs o pull one ahead of the angels nd match their two runs in the third for mo linal victory kent kenmer and timniy mclntyre pulled off two runs apiece during the- first and secord innings with single con tributions from ian coats and gaiy pickles for the angels saints matched the angels runs with scores from j cam eron j pink turkosz malt spehar kentner billy ware and t lambert all in that sec ond inning angel gary pickle came hack in the third with another score with papillon but couldnt stay in when billy ware and robin lnscoe tallied up with the saint winners in that third inning lineups saints j cameron j pink turkosz m spehar konlner b ware r lnscoe k jordan t lambert devils angels ashley coats 129 youngsters from the summer playground took part in a bus trip to toron to on monday visiting fort york and the riverdale zoo before returning home travelling in two of tylers buses they were divided into groups for the trip with leaders taking 12 apiece on tours the child ren enjoyed looking at the fort cannon and found the 300 animals a real attrac tion photos by marianne coles kentner mclntyre swan pick le papillon mcgillowav and tavlot novice standing p gp centennials 10 6 devils angels 8 8 saints 8 8 bad bovs 2 6 pef wee standings p gp hot shots 8 7 braves 4 7 the novice league schedule finishes up on wednesday night tonight arid plavoffs be gin on the following monday managers and coaches as well as executive members of the minor baseball association are asked to attend a 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