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a the acton free press wednesday february 2b 1968 sportsmens show mecca for many from area tb canatsan nattonal sporta- mena show baa bean aptly da- crlbed aa your passport to oat- door canada ilarch 8 la fee opening day of the ims show which mill run through until fee 11th andlncluds sundays for fee first time many will attend from thle area lirjooltwpmtttojlojouarahaw sjreidybeed raised for cottar- vatic of canada natural re- sources by ttls aarwal spring time demonstration therat jtibl iiald to 1947 showed jnodaat profstof 13500 vkhj aioohd m5000 jnf ibeovtte lrrat grv mwo 15t wfljrprnaija to ebmarvamoo famdad by a public spirited group of dtiiens the c rno ad wlto immediate success to becoming- the biggest ahow of hi mud in canada an cltingpeclal at this year show wiu b tieorg gal ley north americas foremost falconer and trainer oiwildhlrda of pray the outdoors film festival which proved a great success when it was bald during the 1967 sportsmens show will again fas included in fee program and the giant screen will again go up in fee arena awardwinning out- doors film will be shown dally in a z 12 hour program the highly popular demon atrattons at fee casting pool the duck decoy makers contest the wildamess survival display de monstrations ofsportsequipment and the moon river fashion spectacular will again highlight fee show novices meet fergus next in playoffs acton novices will play the first game of the qmha no vice b semifinals against fergus hare on saturday after noon at 1 dm arrangements for fee remaining games in the series wiuibe made here sunday the acton club is trash from ousting new hamburg while the fergus team ellmated elmira the aeries must be finished by ilarch 13 so the winner can advance into the next round the 19m canadian national sportsmens show will be open to the public from u noon to u pm on weekdays 10 an to 11 pm on saturdays and 1 to 0 pm on sundays a visit to the sportsmens show is a treat for the whole family and you will he support- logthe cause of cooaervatian official league wtnners4n ires legion town league were an nounced this week by statistician charlie thomson who burned the midnight oil extensively n lords r to have statistics completed before playoffs started last sat urday in the atom sectionthe bramp ton team took the honors andthey started a threeofflve playoff series with weston st catharines captured the novice leagu pennant while balt imore wrapped up the pee woe series without losing a genu both clubs are now involved in the league semifinals two games with goals to count pittsburg knocked off the ban tam pennant with six wins thru loases and a tie they are sitting idle until buffalo and her shay decide the semifinal and then theyll play the winner scoring statistics in regular league play showed scott mal- col m of the brampton team way out in front of the atom sharp shooters scott had 31 goals and seven assists runnerup was jeff shield of weston with 27 goals and five assists ricky baglnsld of niagara falls with 24 goals and 13 assists led the novice scoring and took the honors in the pee wee division david forester of springfield rapped in 42 goals and collected 16 assists to lead the lamplighters from the four teams ron louttets eight goals and 12 assists were good jnough to win him fee bantam scoring title playoffs in the league are pro ceeding at the same time for all classes on saturday afternoon 1 1 ahhk wor of hh outdoors bstshsv h a w r s top score this week went to keith mainprise who came up with 25 straight brad miinpriui got 10 and george harris 17 ian jeffreys was a visitor at the range this week next suiday 1 th start of the new trap shooting season at maple hock the action begins at it jo pnu prospective new members and visitors are welcome elmira eliminates ys mens pee wees elmira eked out a 20 win in the fourth game of the qmha pee wee playoffs here wednes day night eliminating acton vs mens pee wees from the round elora wins first game of playoff monday the acton girls basketball team played their- fjrat playoff game against elora the playoffs are two game total point series with the winner advancing to the cwossa b finals to be held at the ontario school for the deaf on march 8 at halftime acton led but the strong elora team came on in the third quarter and went on to defeat acton with a score of 2113 the tap scorer of acton was irene severluld with seven fol lowed by heather mcgeachle with lour linda wood scored two donna williams and britta lar- seu had one each the next and final game will be played in elora wedusday midgets lose out of playoffs acton midgets lost their second consecutive game to fergus on wednesday night a 20 decision eliminating them from the o mjuab playoffs missing ace sharpshooter peter mario nursing an ankle infection the midgets gave a good account of themselves neverthe less before bowing out with any kick they might have had a couple of goals ptaas are being mad to enter r midget tournament ekb might also play la tls trlcoonty consolation in a game which could have gone either way the visitors had the best of the puck bounce while the acton club was stymied by fee alert netmlncung of the elmira twine tender score was 10 going into the late stages of the third period with the acton team pressing hard for the equalizer elmira broke the ys mens back with a lucky shot late in the period coach grant chambers pulled his goalie in the last minute but his charges couldnt diit the twine although the regular season is over for the pee wees theyll be playing exhibitions and entering at least one tpflrnament before finishing uvfhe hockey season plana were made for an ex hibition game with milton tonight at 7 dm here the club will also play in the trlcounty con solation round juves are cheesed ff cheesed off is the only word which adequately discrlbes how coach manager and players of the acton lions juvenile hockey team feel about their present plight theyve been waiting three weeks for the omha to send them a playoff opponent and therea nooae in sight yet two players have been sus pended and they havent hid a chance to have a hearing giving their side of some mighty queer doings manager pop schuta got so worked up this week he closeted with a hockey official and they whomped up a letter to send to omha brass the team despite being a b club la an a league gave the top teams in fee trlcounty something to think about and were threatening to take the league lead at one kutcture late in the season if acton mrcftohtft bantams can come up with one more win in their current teriei with fergus theyll advance to the next ronnd of the omha b playoffs front row left to right it goalie ted hagen brad timbers mark nielsen randy weldon mike field and goalie steve webiler back row man ager phil drytdale dels fither dennis harnden john snow rene schuti henry toebei harry lawson peter morrison george mcphall and coach harold towmley the teriei relum- ei thurtdsy in fergut if a fifth game it necessary it will be played in acton saturday night staff photo loss win school eartaiv i ifetjj in march arne manager harold-town- iuy his eat thetentsflvtruaio for the annual school carnival for thursday march 2a heyak assured thurw would bit representatives from all schools invited to a meeting this week but only two showed up hes cot vlnoud there was a rdlkunder- standing however and expects entries will still be forthcoming from the schools who had no rep resentation at the meeting competition for the trophy awarded to the winning school is keen oich year with spoysldu school wrapping up the laurels thu past two carnivals since esuueslngs schools entries only go to grade six now the competi tion will in limited to the first six grades this year ladies bonspiel at arenaj tuesday acton uiltasj invited hiosfjurg and otteiph cudutra tor a friendly atfarnopo bonspul at fee arena hire on tuaahaya buffet lunch was served for the visitors and their boats there were rinks each from h luburg sod gikitefc bantams lead playoff series 21 kecoverlng from a 41 setback in the second game of tholrbost of four omha playoff with fergus acton bantams scored an exciting 54 win saturday to take the lead in the serlos again fourth game will bo playod in fergus thursday at 7 pm if a fifth game is necessary tho series returns to acton saturday at 015 pm the fast skating fergus toam turned tho tables hero last wed nesday night after going down 40 on their homo lco saturday was a dltfuront story as tho local kids broke a 33 doadlocx in tho third period with a pair of goals fergus got one back and pulled their goalkoupbr in tho last ml i- ulo of play to add a touch of drama but tho woro unablo to score koy goalin the contest was drilled by dermis ilarnden with holp from brad timbers it broko iho tlo dalo fishors lnsuranco marker turnod out to bo tho winner ho was asslslod by george mcphalt fans woro limp with oxclto- mont whon tho final buzzorsound- od thoforgusclumhrowovory- thlng but tho kltchon sink at tod hagon in tho acton nets but ho turnod tkolr best shots aside sports page ooalkctftk ricky bonnettf make a tave pee wee team went down to a 20 defeat el- on tho elmira captain during last wednesdays miras win gave them the series pee wee playoff in which the acton ys mens staff photo elora takes tues double bill from acton girls cage teams the canadian nats went down to defeat and the acton girls basketball teams did not want to let them dowo we lost tool on tuesday elora brought their girls teams to our gym tho juniors met elora first after the first half the acton juniors were leading 128 everyone in the bleachers had their fingers crossed as we thought that the juniors woum win their first game the cheerleadjrscsdnductod a swift pep rally but this did not help as juniors went down to defeat in the last half the final score was 2318 for elora this game ended the basket ball season for acton juniors a very tad team lined ip to hand in their uniforms the lineup included bonnie jones trlna van der poljjr susan mcguloway susan clen- dannlng carol masales joan cibblns unda perry julie smith debbie sllngarlini marg slaver and chris brennelle hope tc see you all again next year following the junior game the acton senior girls took to the floor this was their ustleagu9 game against elora they had to win this game to retain second placo in tho playoffs aflor the first half acton was leading by 131 1 duo to the ex ceptional playing of irene sever ing id tempers flared ai elora went on in the third quarter to score 13 more points to make the score 2413 in their favor acton never recovered from this setback and weit down to defeat with a final score o2o20 aftor tho gumo tho seniors were informed elora took first placo while acton was given sec ond placo in the playoffs duo to arthurs loss tho lino up included trudy morris irene soverenskl linda wood jan bralda oevbrunello britta larsen donna williams and cathy krul congratulations m goodluck in the anils fourtown tourney sponsored by acton legion acton arena saturday march 9 hockey galore see the minors perform you could win 50 get your tickers early admission 25c or 5 for 1 hockfy f ll day long fergus jumped in front in tho first period as griffin uamby and k fleming scored with dennis ilarnden and pete mor rison replying for acton george mcphall and brad timbers holpod dennis with his marker and harry lawson and fiono sen ilis assisted on potos johnny snow rijje4jn4hojpno goal of tho second period from pole morrison to tlo the game up play seesawed back and forth in tho final stanza until dennis harnden outstanding for tho acton club pulled tho trigger and put them ahead two acton goals and one by forgus were scored while tho sides playod shorihanded tho re woro 13 penaltios seven of them levied against inn local club saturday the actontoam looked like they wore going to steam roller over tho visitors in tho first few minutes of the game and they missed countless chancosto score forgus notched the first goal however and by late in tho game had built up a 40 margin a pair of goals by randy fleming and slnglos by landonl and proctor tho fergus scooters were es pecially effective whon the acton club played shorthandod break ing through the acton defense randy woldon spoiled tho shut out bid lato in the game bentnonce rictorys in exhibition meets acton novice four town tourney team played host to kitchener on saturday in an exhibition match both clubs battled back and forth only to end in a 33 tie tourney team tallies came from steve paplllon with a pair assisted by bill ware and john scoyne rick baglnsld counted ilwsjsedforthe acton- opener connelly ose and dlnkle cashed in the kitchener markers from uontag and biggins the bantam team entered in this years four town tournament which takes place march 9 here in acton blanked a bantam squad from brampton 70 in the second exhibition battle of the afternoon glen mcksnrie earned himself a hat trick with his trio of mark ers with assists going to jim mcnabb and mike ferguson me- nabb tallied on a pair from mc- kenxie and fisher as bernle taylor and les coles rounded up the remaining scores from mckenzle and marshall in an exhibition match between the officials and the bantam squad the rets counted their first win of the season stu mcculioch scored a pair of twine binders along with joe tarr and k weldon brent irwin murray and ron mcculioch tallied for the bants ski guelph 1200 feet of slope brightest safest system in oaterie uiluantiy ut with mercury vapor uohysi open saturday 930 am to 430 pm 730 pm to 1 1 pm sunday 930 am to 430 pm monday and tuesday 730 pm to 1 1 pm wednesday 1 30 pm to 4 30 pm 730 pm to 1 1 pm thursday and friday 7 30 pm to 1 1 pm 1 i urimtua ceotolm ftejei 1 1 m 1 1 i j l 6 41 ku urn just a short brivi prom thf acton aria c0rwhin ski slopes set for sale sno hawks 1 7 hp manual start 5oq 17 hp electric start o30 sno hawk sleigh 95 enquire at browns of guelph spulih in stuarts 5 cork st e guelph 8246500 0tu termer 134 mih t a vvtaw htomi fumim vi0bin h moon tin leather goods dog collars lead marneu and tieout chains plut a good selection of buxton wallet keytslnert and tote bags at petu termer acton arena schedule wednesday femuary 3 67 pm hockey school 78 pm pea wa trlov exhibition 89 pm bantam tricty practice 910 pm midgets tricty exhibition 101 1 pm ind hockey thursday february 19 23 pm mothers and pre school children 68 pm figure skating 89 pm legion hockey 910 pm juvenllei tri- cty practice 1012 pm ind hockay friday march 1 6 30730 novice tricty practice 9pm int b hockey durham vi acton tanners saturday march 3 89 em hockey practice legion 9 151045 em private leitoni flours skating 104512 45- figure skating 16 pm legion hockey 6 15 bentam trlctv fergus vs acton if necessary 810 pm public skating sunday march 3 811 em industrial hockey 111230 pm tanne practice 12 pm trlctv movie 24 p m public skating 4 155 15 legion novice exhibition 5 15615 legion bantam exhibition 6i57i5 legion fw we- exhibition 7151015 pm industrial hockay monoay march 4 curling tufoday maskm t curling isajsl l