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the- acton free press thursday jurw 9- 19oa ptayground icaders are atj set to take over supervision of children attending the summer program front row left to right are jomarie marchmenr brenda aherne and trudy aaorris second row left to right are joanne landsborough barbara nico- lak and donna landsborough back row left to right are steven dubois recreation director howard pearce and paul cooper missing when photo was taken were edith hopkins and linda ralston pounding the sports beat the town softball league is only in its early stages buti already its demons i rating the race will be a close one this season legionnaires are the one team undefeated in two appear ances while the other three teams aie bunched in second place with a win apiece most of the clubs are not at lull strength vet so its still too early to climb out on a limb with a prediction eariv evidence two wins would indicate the legion is going to be a threat with its youth movement but the other teams arc going to unveil some surprises last years champions iga still has the nucleus of their championship team in unilorm so you can count on them to be tougher as the season goes on station hotel alvvavs presents a serious threat and when theyre at lull strength an challenge any team in the league herbs delivery served notice they werent going to be satisfied with a back seit when they dumped the innkeepers this week the delivery boys expect butch richmond will be rejoin ing ihe ream one of these davs to help fred archibald in the pitching department butch a recent groom has been honey mooning so taken all in all the town league could shape up into one of the closest races the circuits ever known beat bits recreation director howard pearce laments this fuzzy faced scribbler wasnt around to see his perfect night at bat last thursday me homered to boot first time said howard his team herbs delier didnt do so well the legion clobbered them 229 acton open golt tourney is all set tor saturday june 18 tickets can be purchased at the sports corner locale is the hombv towers course dusters champions of the industrial hockey league this season were presented with individual trophies smickiv in recognition of their achievement pan of the cost wis im raved b the plavvrs with the league paying the balance this friday atternoon ihe tleniens of the back shop and newsrooms will mingle with the bosses tor the annual plant golf tournament like the acton open this one will be held a the hombv towers course where the gieenskeepers have betn alerted to url the dimi diggers for the first time three of the ladies have decided thev will participate and some of the shop swingers are practicing just in case the weaker sex does score well clip the girls sottball schedule elsewhere on this page rockwoods entrv in the intvrcountv lastball circuit clipped both georgetown and acton in games last week the glen plav- them tonight georgetown giants lost a 63 decision to burlington mondav the giants plaved host to preston last nigh and entertain oau ille oaks next wednesdav first la crosse at the community centre saturdav was mainlv devoted to instruction there w li 1 be none this saturdav because of the lions round lp tinny maudes is official scorer for the acton softball association thanks to him and charlie thomson we haw been receiving a urate reports of town league games campbell vi lie nabs 139 win in gruelling heat campbellvillc merchants came out on the long end of a 139 score in preston on sarurdav as they outlasted rhe home- team in a long hot ioovlx plav ed game statistically preston deserved- o win as thcv out hit the league leaders 14h tn campbellvillc bunched their hits and held on to win campbelhille righthanders ralph rintoul and harry ham ilton shared the mound duties and both were off form as thev gave up 14 hits and 10 walks they struckout 10 hamilton was the winner his firm of the season swaniga and ortwtne hurled standings acton softball assn standing p w lpts legion 2 2 0 4 i g a 2 112 herbs el j 1 2 2 station hotel 3 12 2 games this wee thursday june 9 iga vs leg ion sonday june 12 legion vs station hotel tuesday june 14 iga vs herbs delivery for preston with russ swaniga who went seven innings the los er bill elliot doubled and sing led for campbellvillc and elmer dredge al wingrove earl cairns and stu king all hit two singles rick repta picked aip campbellvilles other hit footnotes preston second baseman stark was ejected for taking a swing at ken moore alter a collision a first base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8s r h e cville 2 403 0004 0 13 11 3 pieston 310020400 f 14 4 campbellville rinloul ham ilton 5 and wingrove preston swaniga ortwine 8 and wildfong renner villagers swamp sox cnmphcllvilre won their fifth siralllht game of the young 1966 season on sunday and i heir sec ond in two duys us they over whelmed milton red sox by a scow of 241 ron nayler dave assellon and mike boujjhton shared the mound littles for the sox and between them gave up 29 hits while walking two and striking out four campbellvllles attack was not quite as fearsome as it sounds as many of their hits dropped in over a pulled in in field jack roberts meanwhile coasted to his third win of the year as he scattered eighl bits he hit two batters didnt walk anyone and struckout 10 campbellville actually won the game in the first inning when elmvr dredge led off with n double ami scored on ken moores single al wingmvc then grounded into a double play but earl cairns smashed a home run over ihe leftfield fence anil trotted in with what turned out to be ihe winning run footnotes campbellville sub stituted freely although using only one pitcher they employ ed 14 players milton on tlie other hand used three pitchers but their only substitutions were mcduffe calcjuing for me- cittcheon in the eighth and chris ramshaw for oord has- seirelt in left field in rhe fifth or the 13players used by milton five formerly played in campbellville while one ex- milton player was in the camp bellville lineup the six players campbellville used that arent in their regular starting lineup totalled 10 bits in 15 times at bat lor a game baiting average of 666 campbellvilles next home game will be against burlington on sunday june 12 at 230 pm it will be the first meeting be tween the two teams burling ton has defeated oakville twice rhe milton 000 00 0 001 1 8 4 cville 240 4010 40x 24 29 0 cville roberts and joyce wingrove 8 andrews 9 salmon fans nine innkeepers down iga with big inning station hotel jumped on pit cher al calvert for six runs in ihe top half of the eighth inning lo break a 66 deadlock wide open in town league softball ac tion last wednesday they hung on to post a 12- win two costly errors coupled with four lusty hits and a batter hit by the pitcher all contribu ted to the grocer defeat in the eighth they had a 64 lead go ing into the seventh when the inkeepers tied the score as ed phillips big bat rejoined the lineup to spark the assault all told the hostelry outhit the grocer 169 with doug vick- cry and ed phillips sharing the hurling chores ed relieving doug in the seventh to blank the opposition the rest of the way calvert went the distance on the hill for iga the grocers took a 20 lead in the first frame stretched it to 31 in the second but three hits irom the inkeepers in the third plated as many runs and put them ahead 43 bob sheppards triple to centre and a double bv ed smith were the highlights of the rally the next two innings were scoreless but iga came to life in the bottom of the sixth with three runs off lour hits includ ing a double by doug black back came the hotelers in the seventh to tie it up and set the stage for rheir eighth inning explosion harrv red phillips had a perfect night at the plate a double and a pair of singles in three trips while john dunn connected lor two singles and laid one down safelv red phil lips bob and wavne sheppard clouted two apiece doug black was the onlv gro cer to hit safelv more than once he hit a two baggc- and a pair ol singles rhe station 013 000 260 12 16 1 iga 210 003 000 6 9 2 station hotel h phillips g williamson ed smith bob sheppard j dunn l peavov morton jan riddam w shep- rockwood tops acton third sacke ted buczek and left gardener don bjacklock ac counted lor half therockwood hilius ihe villagers pinned an 81 ileleat on acton merchants in intercounty fastball under file arcs here friday night diminutive john salmon his crisp taslball crackling with up- shool set the merchants down on seven litis allowing onlv one run in i lie lirst i rune when gary masales and ed phillips doubled and tripled ixspeclive- iv the merchants put live more men on the sacks but couldnt score litem striking out nine times eel phillips hurled ihe dis- inner lor ac ion and was knick- ed lot 4 binglcs lie lircd- in lite linal irame when ihe villag ers iceounlcd lor three of their runs oil four hits including a home run bv bucvek ed whit- fed lour and walked ihe same- liuinlilr the rockwood club their first season in the iniercotmtv have already established them selves as contenders lor i lie title but the season is loo early for fans to pick and choose mel sheppards acton crew will improve they were tagging ihe ball friday bill right inlo wail ing gloves rockwood scored a run in ihe lirst frame pkvled anolher in ihe lourlh got wo in the tilth and a single in the sixth winding up with three in the ninlh their big gun bueek slammed a home run and three singles while- icadolf batter don blacklock had a perfect night with a triple double andslngle as well as a pair ol passes jim durose and syd ilea tlie doubled and murray taylor mike kelly dave bacon duncan and sal mon singled once each one ol ihe hillingest pitchers in the league hd phillips had lliree hits in four trips for ihe men hauls including a triple while shoi islop gary masales doubled and singled bob shep pard smashed a double and johnny dunn singled for the lesl ol ihe acton hits r li p rockwood 100 121 003 8 14 0 acton km 000 000 i 5 3 rockwood don blacklock ii murray taylor ss mike kcllv c ted buczek 3b dave paeon lb thatcher rf duncan rl jim durose el svd bealtie 2b john salmon p aclon many phillips ii john iealherlaiid 3b gary ma sales ss lvd phillips p don price mi jelf fryer cl john dunn rl george williamsonc hob sheppard 2b umpires c anderson plale r sargenl bases ws rto-vr- vtjap sports page mm3vmm3 shedding suet physical fitness plays a large part in any slimming program for women the slim ses sions held twiceweekly at the y are packed each night as recreation director howard pearce stam photo puts the gals through their paces the free press staff photographer sneaked quietly into the y and took the ladies by surprise as they did pushups herbs delivery wins tighten league race herbs delivery like the new york yankees packed all their punch into two big innings as thev beat station hotel 91 in town league sottball tuesday night first win for the delivery boys it lightened up the four team league race into a bunch with legionnaires out in front bv a whisker over the three second place teams fred archibald spun an eighl hitler scattering the innkeep ers bingles over nine innings to post his first win of ihe season while portlv doug vickerv took the loss doug was touched for 11 safeties and he gave up three walks over seven frames ed smith finished the game reliev ing vickerv in the eighth an error at short on bob dovles grounder and a pair of whacks to howard pearce and don archibald put three ducks on the pond for wilf duval in the lirst fiame ancl he came through with a two run double to put herbs heroes out in tiont fred archibald helped his own cause bv singling in two more inns giving the win ners a 40 lead the i inn keepers pot th ieir sole counter in the ton ith u hen hii- iga d black lb f hil- her rf r manes rf in 3rd b shultis ir t frver cf 0 m iltbv 3b l ari v 2b d lovkerbi e 2b in 3rd r shultis ss l b 11 c b mca nh ur c in 7th a cy ivert p- rv phillips and jan riddall sin gled backtoback and john dunns long suciifice llyjo cen tre scoied phillips tile calch oil dunnys bat by centre field er don archibald was the field ing gem ol the game the seventh saw herbs club deliver five more runs to wrap the game up singles by john gov don archibald and scoltv mccristall and doubles from fred archibald and harold townslev turned the trick with a pass to rick coe thrown in fred archibald supplied the power as well as the pitching tor the winners hitting salelv three times in three trips to the plate and being hit b the pit cher on one other appearance everv other plaver on the team got one hit oneiwothree batting order of ed smith george william son and harrv phillips collect ed two hits apiece lor the losers with jan riddall and bob shep pard knocking one each r h e sta hotel 000 100 0001 8 2 h delivcrv 400 000 50 9 ii i station hotel e smith cf p in 8th g williamson c if phillips if j riddall ss a mc- nabb 2b j dunn lb b shep pard 3b doug vickerv p tibeii rf turk sheppard cf in 8lh herbs deliverv p mccris tall lb bob dovle rf j gov ji 2b h pearce e d archibald it w duval 3b r archibald p r coe if h townslev s- lnipiies don pi ice plate b cargill bases champ skaters t put on show about 200 were in acton arena saturday evening for the spec tacular demonstration of roller skating put on by visiting pros and canadas best pair ten carloads brought the guest skat ers from mimico ol the 19 in the show 14 are going to the world champion ship competitions in las vegas in july two of them a pair are expected to bring back gold medals theyre the best in the count rv five are instruc tors the roller skaters showed ihe acton learners dances tricks slums singles and backward skating paid admission of acton skat erspectators was 159 master of ceremonies was pro tod jenkins the program is expected to create even more interest in ac tons newest sport when exams are over its ex pected crowds on tuesday and thursday evenings will improve so far saturdav is bv far the best night it has definitely been decided that roller skating will continue for the whole summer lunch was served to the visit ing skaters after their intermis sion program saturdav pird d p in 7th z vickerv p e phillips jack ridley cartage limited concrete blocks concrete brick cinder blocks clay brick sand stone livestock and fertillzer farm service and supplies dump trucks for hire fully insured pcv clm fs a acton phone 853o730 photographs are too expensive then take pictures for less watsons dairy bar is now offering a free film when you bring your black white or kodacolor films in for developing and printing in sizes 120 126 127 620 35mm roller skating every week tuesdays thursdays and saturdays throughout the entire summer no skating saturday june ii skating begins 8 pm dance in auditorium every saturday following skating acton community centre girls softball schedule starts here on june 20 following is the complete schedule lor the grand river lunior girls solihull league which stuns on june 20 with weit ciara a l i ami sliinds a i acton acton wildcats play their home games on mondays il h10 while remaining teams start tit v10 shiiikls antl west iara make mcleans park on lake helwood their home base june 20 west iaralruiu at fergus shands at aclon june 21 helwood at hills burgh jinn- 22 fergus al grand val ley june 21 aclon al hekvood feigus at west gara june 25 llillsbiirgh al shands june 27 belwoo al per- jus grand vallev al aeloit june 28 west gara at ii ill- burgh june 2o shands al cictntl vallev june 10 acton al wet gara fergus al behvootl july 2 aclon at shanls julv 4 fergus at aclon july s grand vallev al miln- liurcli julv 6 wesl gaii il fiund vxillev julv 7 llillsburj at west iaia shandral heltvood julv fergus at sharid- julv ii hilnburgh al aclon grand vallev al fergus july 12 shands i hills- burgh july 13 helwood al cjiund viilley july 14 wesl gara at bel- vood july 16 grand villcv al shands july 18 aclon al ferpuv julv 19 ferjmn al hills burgh julv 20 acton at grand val ley july 21 belwood at west gara julv 21 west gara at shands julv 25 shand al fere us dcflwood al aclon july 26 aclon at hillsburfih julv 27 hillsburijli al gland vallev july 28 grand vallev at pelwood shands at wesl gira july 30 belwood at shands august 1 hillsburj at fct- jtus west gara at aclon august 4 lllllsburgh ill bcf- wood grand vallev at west gara allsiar game between fer gus mid an allstar team will be plaved on saturdav june 18 16 al mcleans havsiimfun park tit 730 pm giant rally edges dunhs georgetown giants erased a i 3 diiudas lead with a lour run explosion in i lie fillli mid then wcnl on lo edge i he mercbanls 7 6 in million counl senior bascbairiasl wednesday kilhlhander bernic duro scat tered seven hits lo pick up ille gianls second uin ol ihe ca son first baseman hill campbell diovc in loin runs lor ihe gi- nils vuili a ingle and tiiplc jim limes iiigled luicc while oni ainii join lnnci uvjie and oenis gibbons linked our each sports corner 124 mill st e at wilbur phone 8532160 every day is fathers day at sports corner golf hunting fishing and baseball supplies plus tickets for the acton open at sports corner may we remind you that it i time to let uc clean and store those valuable winter garments for the summer monfhi call us for safe insured low cost storage service s custom cleaners cash and carry main st n phone 8531 iso same day service except saturday in by 10 am out by s pjri acton open golf tournament saturday june 18 1966 hornby towers golf course teeoff time 10 am to 12 noon tickets 600 includes golf meal and prizes available only at the sports corner red cross swimming lessons at georgetown community pool for children age 6 to 16 years ffp 500 per person e e sis per family lessons for one month july or august one hour each week day for further information contact howard pearce 8530020 before june 21 1966