the sports spot v john mcnam lata news on the tamer situation has it that all signals are go for the acton aonad lf an executive can be mustered up at mondays oha meeting in harriston attended by acton delegates boss btmrtlfl tad roy goodwin league details and a schedule were broagat forth actons openers will be november s3 in bespekr on a thursday night and hack to acton friday night to meet cheltenham the tanners win have is consecutive friday sight games with the exception of one friday night game in port elgin january 19 68 the tanner player problem appears only to be a minor one last friday nights practice yielded approximately 25 local boys and with but years lineup a team choice shouldnt be too difficult dont be too surprised if you dont bear tanner victory cries after the opening games the team this year is definitely going to have problems coming up with winning scores especially when they have to come qp with a team a week before the schedule starts jim sweeney popular and prosperous tanner goallealong with dtfenseman dennis snider and forward jim farley are prom ising starters from last years squad of the experienced ones that one big if still left to consider is one of the most im- portant deciders for the organisation of an tot b team in acton that being an executive acton first entered into the oha intermediate series back in 1929 when the new arena now the old arena had just been com pleted the int b grouping at that time included brampton mil ton georgetown and acton two teams less than today actons entry at that time was comprised of but holloway in goal jack greer nell gibbons doc buchanan and frank gibbons that year acton finished second in the group and went on to win the championship in the playoffs a succession of group titles were accumulated after that with the ultimate the oha a crown in 1939 17 years ago due to the lack of artificial ice and the refusal to pay imports acton failed to ice a team it wasnt till 10 years later that another team was mustered acton hasnt any excuse for no team this year especially with the innovation of artificial ice in the last tew years it appears that acton has been running themselves downhill as tar as inter mediate hockey goes instead of improving like they should tricounty tactics tricounty novice action in hespeler last friday night saw the local team fall to a 21 defeat gerald barden scored actons lone marker from brother gary barden the pair hall from eden mills acton reportedly oatshot hespeler 31 checked weu but cooldnt command the play after a practice on saturday the squad moved to burlington wtdch la incidentally a high ranking a team and lost out by a 21 margin acton again oatshot their opposition but tailed to make the mark jv j rjbkeataer3cnfm4ewmwaanasslsfrom ibasctihynet toeteam will meet georgetown this friday j agf 6ijoto acton bantams actons bantam representatives have yet to come up with a win their meet with milton proved unfruitful when they lost 51 dale fisher netted actons marker burlington defeated them sunday night 40 in burlington midgets the local midget allstars lost out to burlington sunday night 81 coach harold townsley will pick the regular team on wed nesday night juvenile actons juveniles downed streetsville thursday night 21 in a close game acton played with three men in the dying minutes of the game when their tempers got the better part of them they went on to burlington sunday night to lose 51 actons tricounty representatives have not yet had the time to whip themselves into top shape while their opposition has had over a month head start due to ice availability revive tanners enter oh a tnt friday hockey here seven teams enter the bull by the horns phil osophy isnt recommended for every situation but for reviving flag hockey clubs it has its merits when it looked like the acton tanners were about to expire last week in the wake of toe mass resignation of the executive an emergency committee quickly set itself up and breathed some life into the wouldbe corpse result the tanners are entered in- seven team oha int b league and slated to start playing hockey next week they still havent got a perm anent executive nor coach or manager but hope a meeting set up for the community centre to night wednesday will come up with something teams in the seven team group are cheltenham bramalea elora port elgin hespeler durham acton and seaforth last years oh a int b champions the first three listed are c teams the final four b another entry expected from ustowel was withdrawn the afternoon of a meeting to draw up a group and schedule inharriston monday night ross ballentine and hoy good win attended the meeting on be half of the acton club and came back with a 24 game schedule which starts in acton a week from friday night the tanners open a night earlier however at hespeler a practice called for last fri day night drew 25 interested players most of them local who signified they hoped the team could be kept going their ap peal was plckedupandfour mem bers of the former executive met with roy goodwin sunday in an effort to keep the tanners alive the meeting authorized roy goodwin and ross ballentine to attend the harriston meeting the next night meanwhile interested persons are being contacted to serve on the executive anyone interested in helping out is wel come to attend tonights meeting at the community centre whenlfs bopedipew executive can be el ected the team practice again this friday from 8 to 10 again sun day morning the welcome mat is out particularly for local play ers and although a coach has not yet been selected the new execu tive might have one by then arena manager harold towns- ley acted as coach for the first two practice sessions the seven team group plays us first game tonight with hespeler at cheltenham whose home dates are played in bramalea arena all acton home games will once again be played friday nights starting next week for 13 consecutive fridays exclusive of jan 19 when the team takes one of two long jaunts to port elgin group convener is bob braith- waite of durham following is the complete schedule for the tanners nov 2 3- act on at hespeler nov 24cbelt at acton nov 28actonat durham dec 1hespeler at acton dec 6acton at port elgin dec 8durham at acton dec 12acton at elora dec 15seaforth at acton dec 19acton at cheltenham dec 22elora at acton dec 28acton at seaforth dec 29port elgin at acton jan 268acton at seaforth jan 5hespeler at acton jan 8acton at elora jan 12 port elgin at acton jan lgacton atcheltenham jan 19acton at port elgin jan 26seaforth at acton jan 28acton at durham 2 pm feb 1 acton at hespeler feb 2chettenham at acton feb 9durham at acton feb 16elora at acton game times 830 pm except between seaforth and port elgin which will be at 9 pm sudden death overtime 10 min maximum no rest period all acton home games on fri days one referee plus linesman during schedule club must name only one con tact man to take or give cotn- o infobroatiqn jveher bob iraithwaite durham 3692719 secretary earl carpenter durham the world of outdoors with art hawes top scores in trap shooting at maple bock this week were brad mainprise 20 john cordes 20 and len jones 20 top doubles scores were len jones 14 john cordes 11 and steve goy 10 out of 25 shooting from the 30 yard line steve goy got 10 out of 25 len jones 8 out of 22 and john cordes 7 out of 25 industrial hockey action orioles down raiders 74 hornets jets battle to draw orioles and raiders opened the industrial leagues twin tall swnday with the raiders taking their third whipping of the sa- orlotts pounded the raiders for a 74 victory evaa though raiders sheldon blow and gord van bib swapped goals and as sists for a last chance tad in the third period the oriole squad stands on top with three consecutive wins for their mason openers while jots and hornets take a stand off for second position and raid- era take the cellar spot john goy opened the scoring tatty tor the orioles on an asist from gary ritchie who followed ap la that first period to score from joan onwtl ngham gary ktasales netted a pair of passktrs from tom oakley and joan goy with john cunningham making it a 5- mark at the and of the sacoad period on an as- stat from larry porte ward and goy pasted two more past raider goalie andy williams each i1lt on the o goal to tatty up the orioles seven points gord mason balder defense- sun lad their opening with two barkers in the first period on assists from bill coon and ken tack larry porte and gary ritchie drew penalties for delaying the game and holding respectively for the orioles while turk sbep- pard received a tripping sentence for the raiders late in the third in the second half of the double play hornets and jets whipped up a 1010 draw in a seesaw scor ing race to the busier hornets led 108 up until the closing minute anda half of the final period when dave garrett scored unassisted and ron mel- loo on an assist from jim bull- ouch made what looked like a hornet win a tie game hornets took control in the first period with markers from ruddy holmes assisted by bar ry wilson barry pwhps from r holmes dave paptuoa from larry mcafee and barry wilson for a 32 tally both jet scores came from ron mellon assisted fay ron hill and jim bujiough ed hiniard picked up a hat trick with two aawosmed and help on the third tram ron mel lon and jim buuough ron mel lon picked op his third of five for the night from ron heller to round up the second period hornets picked up an equal tear points to lead oft in the third period with a 74 score ken hem scored from glen hol- mes dave papiuon from stu mcdonald rltch gordon from harry philips and stu mcdonald unassisted barry wilson opened the third period scoring for the hornets on assists from k hern and rltch gordon while glen holmes netted a pair of markers to make it a 107 lead for the hornets ron mellon and dave garrett saved the jets skins when they rousted up a pair of pointers apiece on assists from jim bull- ough on three scores and j mc- nabb on one to make it a 1010 finish ruddy holmes drew both pen alties elbowing and tripping far the hornets while billiard and mcnabb drew a roughing and game delay penalty respectively nmf tctmcbt backing from the bank of mon treal parking lot bert hlntans car was in collision with one dri ven by kenneth woodman east- em ave on friday mr wood man westbound on mill made a right ham onto willow st and was passing a parked vehicle when the accident occurred damage to the hlnton car was estimated by police at s70 and the woodman car at 100 no charges were laid the local deer bunt is over again for another year with some parties reporting good success mel sheppard and his party of local hunters got six deer bill thompson of acton and his party report tbey got four deer gord clow got one deer as did ed hawes and party for the most part the hunt was a success with few reports of hunter damage tests were recently made by the ontario department of lands and forests to determine the ac curacy and killing power of shot guns for deer the tests showed rifled slugs in sight equipped guns with bar rels made for slugs were very accurate at ranges up to 100 yards and were about as power ful at 40 yards as the 303 brit ish rifle shooting a 215 grain bullet ssg shot on the other hand was not nearly as potent at 100 yards shooting at thick layers of cardboard 3 ssg pellets pen etrated the cardboard and four others bit the target but did not penetrate the department concluded a shotgun equipped with special barrel and sights was more than a for deer at ranges up to 100 yards on the other hand they felt ssg shot was not advis able except at very short ranges one of the most frequent caus es of death of hunters is drown ing caused by overloading boats most hunters do not realize the number of persons recommended for boats dees not leave extra carrying capacity tor camping outfits or deer a boat with a listed carrying capacity of tour men means just that not four men and their camping outfit or their deer in the cold waters of late fan even a good swimmer stands little chance of reaching shore if the boat upsets i dunftof tny wjtn here ma uedr v4kts 4tw atom the legion sponsored atom league opened their scheduled season on saturday when bramp ton downed weston 60 scott malcolm sparkled for brampton when he collected all six goals young scott is ac claimed to be a great little skat er with natural hockey abilities v this is going to be one boy to watch dave mcgiuoway danny web ster and john thompsonassisted on scotts goals novice oshawa met hamilton in the novice opener and fell to 71 de feat hamiltons john mccutch- eon tallied four markers on as sists from d morris on two and g martin on one gordy torn picked up a double score one on an assist from l brown d morris counted for number sev en from j mccutcheon oshawas lone score came from johnny scoyne on a penalty shot gord toth received a penalty for interference while l hearns spent time for a tripping offense the record half of the novice twinbill saw niagara falls and st catharines battle out to a 3- 3 tie game niagara falls tally came from e ensing on an assist from j hurley r baginski unassisted and steve papillonfrom baginski billy ware started st kittsotf on the scoring track on an assist from j ellerby j euerby and f alton followed up on unassist ed goals j hurley l taylor and s pa piuon drew penalties for niag ara falls while j mchugh coll ected a misdemeanor for st kits pee wees pee wee action in the minors saw cleveland fall to springfield with a 73 loss on saturday in the first half of a double play d forester picked up four unassisted springfield goals while l lambert netted a pair one on bernie taylors assist who in turn scored unassisted steve marshall scored a hat trick for cleveland all unassist ed for clevelands tally- baltimore trounced rochester in the second half of the twin bill with a 31 score jim mcnabb bowl for pleasure bowl for health the entire family can bowl together make it arawrv bo wl where slhna f a date the action acton bowling 10 main st n member arjpjh lanes 5m170 the acton free press wednesday november 15 1967 bantams lose first three show signs of improvement scored two unassisted goals for baltimore while m ferguson netted the third pointer on an assist from c mccrae p hargrave scored rochest ers one marker assisted by g mckenzie jim mcnabb picked up a char ging penalty for baltimore bantam pittsburg opened the legion town league bantam schedule by dumping buffalo 64 thursday steve cornell and gary mast ers shot si pair of goals apiece to spearhead the winners with tim coles and garth taylor notching singles an goals were solo efforts but the last one by gary he had help from randy ferguson dave pink got two goals and an assist for the buffalo squad who tied the game in the second per iod but wilted under a four goal deluge in the final gord on murray and gary turkosz shot the other two with roger swan collecting two assists ron louttet and turkosz each earn ing one bracket three of the four penalties went to the winners d hunter sewed two only b club in the trl county bantam circuit the acton team started on the same foot as last year by losing their first three games hespeler milton and burlington in that order took them if the local kids follow the same partem as last year then the other teams better watch out after three initial losses acton bantams were the hottest club in the loop theyre showing signs of doing that again improving each time out they never give up no matter how far theyre behind that pleases coach harold townsley and man ager phil drysdale jwiaeked 8 2 by hespeler here lastwednesday the acton kids scored in me first 45 seconds george mcphail pulling the trigger from mike field hespeler tied it as peace scored but brad timbers shotthe second acton goal from rene schuts and henry toebes five goals in the third period killed their chances against milton saturday acton again took the lead as dale fish er scored from george ucphail and john snow miltons super ior condition theyve been skat ing longer paid off in a 51 win chuchmash 2 sales rowley and murray were the milton marksmen eight penalties were awarded five to milton burlington blanked the acton club 40 sunday night on the lakeshore but the acton team played wen they lacked finish around the net many acton fans are again following the team this year company filming tounty film wins award for lincoln job county motion picture is now completed mr meyer is pres ently filming heltons youth at work in school and in industry completion and the first pubuc showing of the halton film is ex pected in the early spring keep cud flowers fresh by add ing a lump of sugar to the water boy scout apple day is being planned scout news acton scouts have an interest ing new project which will lead to forester and forest conser vation badges the boys will identify trees learn about forest regeneratioo tires erosion streams etc in the spring they will actually plant trees on a woodlot in the acton area care for them and learn bow to thin them they will visit a lumbermiu and study all the aspects of lum ber as well as how to use an axe and crosscut saw robert j meyer productions of dundas currently filming a color motion picture for the county of halton won a bronze medal award at the recent 10th annual international film and tv festival of new york held at the new york hilton hotel a 26mlnute color film lin coln county years of heritage was entered in the category of industrial history films and it was one of over 500 entrants in americas largest worldwide film festival this is bis second award for the film which also received a certificate of merit from the canadian tourist association in september outdoor filming for the halton pcrta frmmr 114 mm at wllmr phoni asmiwo int b hockey starting friday nov 24 friday night is hockey night in acton we want to see vow i pcru canteen acton arena schedule wednesday november 15 67 p m hockey school 78 p m pee wee tricty 89 pm bantam tricty 910 p m midget tricty 1011 pm ind hockey thursday november 23 p m mothers end pre- school skating 68 pm figure skating 89 p m legion hockey 91 p pm juvenile tricty iw2pm ind hockey friday november 17 630730 pm novice tricty 810 pm tanner practice saturday novemmr 3 45945 am girls hockey 94510 45 am bantams tricty 104512 45 figure skating 16 pm legion hockey 6 1 5 to 745 p m figure skating lessons 810 pm public skating sunday november 1 811 am industrial hockey 111230 pm tanner practice 12 pm novice tricty 215415 pm public skating 4307 pm minor hockey 7151015 pm industrial hockey