Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), October 6, 1955, p. 4

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pagefour w the afjton rtteepress acton ontario- v thursday october 6th 1935 a lacrosseteam in allontario peewee meet a team from acton took part in the allontario peewee lacrosse tournament in fergus and elora on saturday september 24 as part of increasing minor acrose activities in the province the acton boys lost 84 to the toronto rodcn -ath- leticclub hark leferriere has been in structing the local boys at the annual- convention of the ontario lacrosse association ox a for 1955 it was decided to form a minor lacrosse committee which would be held responsible for the workings of afl minor lacrosse teams from novice to juvenile in clusive and would go into full op eration in 1956 this committee was to be formed in 1955 and go over the province during the year and make a full report of all players by organizing all towns and villages possible and appointingsomeone or organization to look after the play ers in their respective community at the end of 1955 they are to come back to the annual convent ion of the olv with a report of their work and if necessary a sep arate consttnition if it is felt that the present parent bodies rules and regulations were inadequate for minors it was felt that a group spending ill their lime an the minors could help bring the game back a six nian committee with walter mur- phy vsndswr and recently of pet- crboroughasrtraitman was formed the committee meets approximate ly every two weeks and they in turn bave appointed district conveners throughout the province who report to committee members each district convener forwards ibe needs for requirements such as lacrosse stacks balls nets etc and one of the main body look into the requirements and recommend whe ther any help should be given to the clubs and gives his report to the gove m comm w act or refuse on his recommendattls48 is leaving tbtderi in inter continued from page one miss anderson has thanksgiving talk as topic for wms thanksgiving was the theme for thcfall thankoffcring meeting of senior auxiliary womens mis sionary society of knox presbyter ian church held september 29 mrs e w smith- first vice- president presided and mrs m mccullough was organist the worship service was con ducted by miss roberta clark mrs r r parker mrs a g blow and mrs h l bennic mrs- cameron leishman chose as her solo thanks be to god miss ellen anderson who gave the address was introduced ly mrs r- h armstrong and chose thanksgiving as her topic she cited many reasons for giving thanks and for presenting thank- offerings using the text i beseech you therefore brethren that ye pre sent your bodies a living sacrifice holy and acceptable unto god which is your reasonable service she told of her work as an ev angelist among the women and children in her mission field in georgetown british guiana citing many human interest stories and of a new and interesting venture in leadership training mrs r m mcdonald conveyed to thos who had brought messages by song and word the grateful thanks of the members the ben ediction was pronourwed by rev r h armstrong guests were present from othei missionary groups in acton as well as georgetown eden mills and rockwood a edmonton woman off to denmark edmonton icp anne lersey who finished high school here in jobs the committee as a whole have shown a lot of interest and harmony ad are at present going over all constitutions and other sports in the province picking out points that they thiiv will help the game and as weh have been running all the craws and schedules of- the district groups in the province the first novice tournament in history was run this year for boys under 10 as of january 1 1955 and the j p bergin memorial trophy presented by fergus thistles in hon or of a great fergus player was won by the entry from brampton this trophy was presented at fer gus september 24 during the pee- wec tournament arrangements rcsrtttisrypar pee- wee tournament in fergus and el ora were conducted for the ola minor commuee by district con vener harris steele of fergus this years wis the 10th annual prov incial wide tourney the first tournament va held in mimico and new toronto in 46 the peewee age group is between 10 and 12 with players not having attained 12 years of age by jan uary 1st in year they are compet ing past winners have been 1946 toronto st vincents 1947 bramp ton excelsiors 194ft- port dilhouie 1949 fergus thistles 1950 osh- weken six nation indians 195152 port dalhnusie 1953 oshweken six nation indians 1954 peterborough timbermen cities towns and village enter ed for this years tournament in cluded acton peterborough long branch port dalhousie hastings owen sound mimico sirnia brooklin fergus brampton qsh- weken st catharines newmarket alderwood i2 tramsi toronto mnitlnnds and toronto rodcn ath letic club five games were played in elora and all of the remainder in fergifs with all finals being held after supper in the fergus arena come secretary to the canadian le gation there the pretty stenographer worked for five years with a law firm and one year with an express company last february she started a seven- month course with the external af fairs department and received her appointment to denmark late in august anne wholl be there three and a half years already has toured europe once two years ago she visited relatives in denmark sr boys high jump coon skilllng a h purdy m- int boys high jumpmccutch- eon m oost a brown m jr boys high jump mariscak a barber g bean g sr girls high jump c bradley g oakes a patterson m int girls high jump b ander son m cocjpland e wickcns m jr girls high jump robertson m landsborough a martin m sr boys broad jump coon a b thompson m phoenix e int boys broad jumprcboper a mccutcheort m ezcard m jr boys broad jump bean g coxc a thomson m bantam boys broad jump kerr m mclanson m hall a sr girls running broad elliott m scott g macmillan a int girls running broads brad ley g wilson g jany a jr girls running broad rigo m landsborough a vandcrheuvel a bantam girls running broad nodwell e weston m clements m sr girls standing broad harrow g harrison e d anderson m int girls standing broad black m wilson g jany a jr girls standing broad vandcr heuvel a landsborough a scott g sr boys shot put hart g skili- ing a footitt a int boys shot put potts g brown m charlton m jr boys shot- put lockhursl g foster m mclelland e bantam boys shot jjut zanatta m kerr m johnson a sr girls ball throw d anderson m patterson m oakes a int girls ball throw chester m b anderson m s bradley g jr girls ball throw rigo m hotchen a landsborough a bantam girls ball throw mac- tool here in ml 5 ma t be- aftmm ct 04c plumbing heating 1 eavestroughing pressure systems water softeners 251 mason blvd acton phone 25 murray m backlels e canham g here are the race results- 440 yard dash open sloan e cooper a mccutchcon m bantam boys 100 yardikorr w melanson m johnson a jr boys 100 yard lockhurst g andrews a stevens e int boys 100 yard cooper a mccutchcon m hurst a sr boys 100 yard phoenix e wrigglesworth m baxter a bantam girls so yard npdwell e clements m weston m jr girls 50 yard landsborough a edwards a rigo m int girls 50 yard wright e b anderson m s bradley g sr girls 50 yard darrow g patterson m harrison e jr boys 220 yard stevens e andrews a foster m int boys 200 yard cooper a mccutchcon m hurst a sr bdys 200 yard phoenix e hart g hunter m jr girls 75 yardrlandsbocpugrt a edwards a rigo m intr- 75 yards wright e b anderson m s bradley g- sr- girls 75 yard darrow g harrison e patterson m girls 220 yard relay george town acton milton boys 440 yard relay acton mil ton erin boys 880 yard dash sloan e don brown m bob allonby a sloan ran the halfmile in two minutes 22 seconds these were the school standings milton 147 acton 115 erin 100 georgetown 83 pollock and campbell manufacturers of high grade memorials memorial engraving 62 water st north gait telephone 204s erin oct 7 fair 8 10 oct 7th- placing of exhibits 9 pm dancing music by the rhythmaires oct 8th- oct loth- 1 pm pony show kunning races 2 pm local harness race dairy cattle and poultry 2 pm horse drawing contest brampton brass band 8 pm cknx barn dance broadcast and dance thanksgiving day heavy and light horses aberdeen angus show of ont heglomrts show hereford and market cattle championship swine show of ont and sheep square dance competition avro pipe band 9 pm dancing music by the rhythmaires midway by stanger shows general admission 50c richard matson president r a moodie treasurer elmer mckinnon seeymgr the roar or an aircraft engine during ground test can rattle windows and nerves for blocks around so were glad to report that aluminum has turned up as a noiseabsorbing hooey- comb in an aircraft companys testcell hundreds of aluminum tubes of differing diam and lengths filled with absorbent soundbaffling material make u the end walls and we are told that by the time the giant roar has bounced around in these aluminum mazes it comes out the other end thoroughly baffled 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