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hflhlyfifth yorno 6 fyht srtiw jfnt tt acton ontario thursday august 6th 1959 ten pagesseven cents popularity queen big parade thrills holiday crowd miss trudy scott crowned queen tvudy scott 17yearow acton high schocl girl who hails from the neighboring village of lime house was crowned miss popular ity queen on saturday august 1 to rcgn over the minor sports civ ic holiday program the following monday chosen by a panel of five judges from among four constants the pretty blonde student was nccom panlcd by her three attendants on the queen syftoat during the mon iter parade which sparked the monday afternoon activities miss scott selected by high school students to vie for thi till of miss popularity queen wt in competition with gloria latimer majjorie gough and elke mnckc also chosen by the students miss lorraine richardson another of he chosen contestants dropped out in favor of a trip to the wtl cmurt with her family k man prlieg crowned before a large crowd on saturday afternoon m front of aoton town hall miss scott re- bofflbrrw three pairs of nylons a cheque tor 939 00 vouchers from baton nnd simpsons two pieces of jewellery ft box of chocolates cup and sane or cut glass bowl a purse an clcc trie brollnte and a bouquet of red roses each attendant roccued a pair of nylons and a box of chocolates as well as a beautiful bouquet of flowers prizes for the queen nnd attendants were donated by aclon merchants and the minor sports committee following the brief ceremony when alec johnson president of acton lesion minor sports com mittee plated a shining crown on the head of the new queen miss scott in a red velvet robe head ed a twocar cavalcade through town riding in an open convertible followed by her three attendants lit the second convertible during the crowning ceremony elaine johnson on behalf of the minor sports committee present cd the queen with a bouquet of roves and laura cochrane wendy iti lynn blasters each presented the attendants with a bouquet queen float on civic holiday in the partdt held at 100 pm the queen ind her attendants accompanied bv the flower girts and young bruce swift rode in stately fashion imp apccial float constructed ind decorated by mr and mrs ted swift ovuicis of blue springs nui scry the queens float an annual project undertaken by blue springs nursery was fashioned in the form of a huge sw tn pulling miss sco t and her lovely attend ants nn the gaih decor itrd floit weeks of work and planning went into the contruelion nf the special float made up of ovir 200 cd number ci intioi s and thousands of glad ioli blooms rem the nursery the fhot pulled by a tractor iuo completely covered and dec orjtid can j lit the judges eye and r dived first prize for the best life jlid flit in the parade the queen and her attendants were present at she dance held in te legion hall monday evening a special get-acquamt- ci h received rchindisc as did their uring the dance track events biuce andrews aoton high bin ml student repeated his list years victory v hen he copped honors in the one mitt race in act n park saturday morning leading the field in four minutes and 33 seconds running mate frank weaver a member of the guelph legion track club of which bruce is also a member ran icond m the roi in the twomile event jim ir ons ace runner with the toronto olympic club paced the i leld closely followed by alan moot of the guelph club in the gruelling tenmile grind clordi n dickson of the hamilton club led all the way and com plot cd the race in 55 minutes and 40 seconds arnit van dcr mcer also of the hamilton club ran second and mike hogan of the guelph club placed ibird race official included jack mc- gibbon cliff bucher bill rey nolds ruis dennis and roy wait ted qucnncll won the soap box derby for the third straight year as his completely remodelled car boat all competitions one of the largest crowds in the history of the derby lined the route as the young racers zoomed down the agnos street hill amid the cheers of hpporws also competing in the race were leonard van der polder second allan robinson third chris nor folk billie holmes john mcnabb and brian robmson darts bingo and other games amused the many visitors to jhc park during the day while minor sports beartelhwld the interest of all ball fans as campbelrvillc went down to defeat to acton pec wees 12 1 while milton bantams defeat ed the local team 04 pony ririos and two other con cession unused the youngsters riming the afternoon while they khgcd themselves on hot dogs and e indy floss during the afti rn ion pir ide mm i spoils offici ils and police were equipped with walkie talkies by sgt j uionson of the caind- inn arm ind a cloie contact was kept threiikhout the event at sev eral spots il mg the parade route the dy long program wis brought to a close with a dance in the legion mditonum in the ev auu pnott the queens fioat entered by mr and mrs ted swift of blue springs nurseries won first prize for the best decorated float in the civic holiday parade added to the thousands of blooms of gladioli were the popularity queen her attendants and flower girls seated on the throne at the back is miss trudy scott decked out in scarlet robe with ermine collar and the queens crown n front of the queen left to right are the three runners up marine gough elke macke and gloria latimer all four girls are acton high school students seated in the front row are wendy masters elaine johnson lynne masters bruce swift and laura johnson fijj5irr aarfeaai zsxszzizi i j j ij make playoffs cunningham paces team to 122 victory john cunningham returned to the acton merchants lineup after a lay i off last night wednesday and led his teammates to t 12 2 victory over the dirndis team to win a berth ir the inlermediite bisebill pi i downs big john nnui of ill hi sur vcyed wi ikenid iiiyment inh when van addei a puuh hit in cime to but ind illowed his onl hit of tu janu ii in up onh fie iks the ac hi 1 ids til pi f d lie ids up ball through tin mi it fi inning five bitirs fici d the aclon pitcher in the f rst inning w liking ind tht fu irii r- t iking cart of tin o her three in shirt order bob b uee chuck jew ii nid paul lawson went down in order second after walking when arnold for the acton crow with melvabljt licml scoring van adder for watson and woods following via the same route for dundas in the top of the second blf inning aeton h id their big inning in the b t im hilf of the second when don ndiimin coiked i two bagger g bii bcr l down swinging the iiknv ind tom james walked sti i si on 1 ind on a single by lie lm son combined with on in n second anderson stole t ind ind imped home on an oitr- thi w w h j ones tigging up al hird ind pett law ion hitting the sic ind sick a bt luliful bunt laid down b dm li rids iv sm junes score at in n mi in ovir hrow lo first mind liu n witi lindsay s tagging li d i iinninhiin ent do inm fi r act n s second d li idsn stind on bob biui o bicgn the last and final tally tor the vis itors knox was put out on o throw from third to first and mcphail wis robbed of a hit by james in left field for acton on a hard running i catch which made the third out i in the bottom hi if of the firth llndsav went down swinging ind cunninghim came through with ihi longest hit of the night pulling up al third for a three bugger hi wis lift stranded thirc when brun died out ind was followed via the same route bv jewell cunninghim getting slrongtr with ecr pitch hild thi dund is bes it biv in the top ot the sixth with onlv one runner resjching first base on an lrror before the side was utired aeton s final urns com in i bot om hilf of thi sixth innint j ifter paul iiwsnn went iran swinging and anderson tut the first sack on an error by the second bascmin stole second and pulled up at home on a double by mc- cnstill the umpire called the gdme on iccount of darkness after jimis reiihcd first on an ei mccnstill 4fk third ind scored on a single by pete lawson slants from the dugout 0 ac otis dinners of hitting thi highlight in tu pljvoffs look kxk if thi ti mi ilthough wcikened by plivirs oi h lidays continue l iv lh i ind of bill thi j did ennsl dund i ciitnimghim s nst stood him ii trt i form but li k of prirlicc itm st fond his tnhriimm hid hi not b red d i n in the pinches bitt ng pnrttr i mird bunds clowns floats parade as large crowd lines route an estimated 2 000 citiicno and ant gloria latimer elke macke visitors lined the streets in acton and marjone gough appeared on their special float blue springs nuraerlra the float ententd by mr ind mrs ted swift oi blue springs nurseries contained marly 3000 ghidioli blooms is wellas over 200 carnations the bloorps all freshly cut monday morning were then attached to the float vith comp lotion bung made ju4 before parade time five jriuges comprising bill benson clare pickett cliff brad ley nnl mcnitbb and sam holmes chose ihi queeti s flo it as the win nmg entiy and bruci swift young son of ihi blue springs nurseries owners mi ivcd the plaque from minor spoits president alec john son second place went to j ick me mullen ind third to the acton woodcraft float cos wfrtnrrn wtnhirs for the best rtecnritpa doll carnage were laurie paul and dorolhv ni wlon five tiny fot dr in hull c slume for the callthumpian parade on civic holiday monday august 3 to see nearly 36 floats cars de orated bicycles tricycles doll bug gies marcher and clowns pass in the annunl minor sports civic holiday parade considered by many viowers lo be the largest parade in recent years the procession got under way from the bowling green cor ncr on mill street within minutes of the scheduled time the paradi committee began lining up thi participants in the parade shortly after 12 30 in readiness for the 100 p m deadline band leads parad leading the parade again year was aclon citizens band with three majorettes as the first of the three section proecwion headed for the park included in the f part of theparade wasn mihofsporf rioat containing boys arid girls hockey teams aclon fpe department truck number one old time cars entered by jack mcmullen kinslow sales caught the judge yet and laura float and acton fair board final suhivan maignet sullivin john nie next division led by the ny tobin lynn hoy and sheluy cooksville drum and bugle band roy received the prize for the included the cubs and guides best costume minor sports baseball teams mil the best decunted biiycli prize ten and campbell vi lie minor was won by newlon hurst with sports baseball teams aclon fire lynda itolston n close second department float j mcmullen johnny roozell received first prize float acton fire department truck foi the best dieted liicyeli and number two aclon chamber of a leer thunrrpson placed second commerce float acton home furnuhmjs won acton junior pipo band headed the pi ire for the best decorated the final section which included canadian tire store vehicle acton woodcraft float soap box derby racers decorated doll buggies bi cycles tricycles costumei and clowns acuin fire department nn it number three the popularity queen and her attendants on the bhic springs nurseries float st john ambulance btigade pomes and carts firemen s comic float sound truck and bradley midi market float bub lou tit t and herb cook local suppoitcr of minor sports dressed in clown outfits mingled with the crowd lining the streets providing laughs and entertain ment spontaneous applause broke out is miss trudy scott the popular ity queen and her three attend store window draw winners during the dance held il the legion auditorium mond iv mil ing various draw were held with j seelen winning thi tinytle on the soap box derby di iw winning the draw for bonds were r e arbic acton fyst for a f50 bond philip mccnstall ac ton 2s do gritvt guelph 15 j mcnabb acton 10 consol ition prize winnns were delia kintner acton h j smith rixdili ivy mai tin aclon ind arthur grucli toronto during the dance lueky winners of spot dances and other special neuribcrk received prizes the day long activities drew to a close when the orchistn plixd the queen fiitfitihfrftfr htmgtf kidejrax iii shikv ii l fit nx i pi tht on t th pi ffs and hope i v three receive injuries car completely wrecked slatl photn top winners m the track events during the cvc holiday program are left to right jim irons toronto olympic club winner of the two mile race bruce andrews of acton run nng m the colors of the guelph legion track club winner of the one mile event and gordon dixon of hamilton winner of the ten mile race the events brought over 30 runners from var ous centres n ontario mother of five found pleasure teaching tots at wading pool ir thr ruiik i logr inin k -mi- fa- 1 puutcd out sir tartdts lmfment tut th pn thi smiling queen waves happily to the large crowd who gathered sa urday aftemoon at the town hall for the crowning of aamor sports 1959 popularity queen w ss trudy scott acton hrgh school student and native of limehouse s shown above seated on he throne with miss marone gougn one of the runners up smiling her approval the queen and her attendants received many pnzes and reigned over the festivities on monday until the ctosmg number of the dance monday night n tl cd ivirlh nd pi t lai w son ms put mibuunn wtieild be oprlmi mi ai tirst on throw bv the pitch- a flat rate ather than a time bis on which the ton ambulance op only hit crated m ddir a pinch hitter hit the in the report of th s c uncil hi pit n tre wp nf thr fifth meeting in thr pper the free oft cunn ngham toeing the stab for press had indicated he locals henderson was out et would be si per cent confidence i nd ptfaons lumtn i- hr uifti r d muni bh bin rn for fie ire timr notfain tml pr w l notmnr bot pra e m her 1 p tu the rrril ji us i ir sing pool ms riot sed this week at times there were nearly 100 child- culir 1 tile mimmrs hi invdid i t pool each d iv 1 hi pc lc came to like mr becau- i kno i dtred them e cxplwned nd pttonsl attention if the ni wwerft o mis ri omuncrt he m tier mr- ro i pointed out that nop have t eir chargw i nuns children in jmch a epoctt rj nr hlr rrelk x j ortdcfil iphliinl to ert i t dliton f i ir tide lat ve lict er cqiinted with children nd tirs of a- rjnter h b in a podiuon for them t- help n ar ddod fmtttrr r r rnv in as ell a one helping the mrn bv the man littl tyke bi cbildrui toceaaionllv a patch appear on too mam people are mitsin out baihinf uit to re ntfonte u t opdortunitim like hi- con lhredbae ect received t eluded the retiring sopervuwr corxtani sliding dru7 children jo yn sod un- j coimued on pop tire