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j il- 1 4 the acton free preaa wodnoaday august 30 106t show first georgettes wmckiltowttey trophies models prizes as acton gals eliminated gtortatown gaorfrtteawoathe glen laous aoftballtcaroament saturday by ousting oraagh hoatby and glen williams in that order the georgetown gala clubbed oraafa i3 skipped by hornby s- and flnlahed up with a re sounding 811 victory over the jittery glen girls in tfce final actons lga ladles were el iminated in the first round by dramojoln by a 127 decision the better team won said grocer manager charliethom- on- they were hitting in the holes and we were hitting right back oat at their fielders the acton team was oathit 1512 dramojaln jumped right into a foor ran lead in the first frame on six hits and added mother pair in the second inning joanne landsborough amd bon nie llacdougall shared tbepltch- lng dottes for the acton gats with joanne starting both clubs struck oat six times big barters for the locals were joanne landsborough who landed safely on three bants joanne fletcher and gall fryer whoeach had a two for four toe grocers start their play off aeries against georgetown cream of crop ohstor contest the cream of both the urban and rural hatton ladles softball leagues will meet in an allstar clash at hilton sunday night in conjunction with steam show cel ebrations four players have been picked from each of the acton george town milton andoakviue to make op the urban all stars from acton will come joanne landsborough bonnie haudoug- all sandl sungerland and gail fryer georgetown will be re presented by pat davidson mar tens eagles betty quackenbush leslie quackenbush milton wlu have kaye harsh putt bnrkholder marsha waldle and sandy cuthbertson with shir ley brldgman as alternate oek- viu representatlvea an alice boatock uahalst kay hassan and alice therlantt the rural an stars will have four players from glen williams lois ritchie gall lyons joy haines and mariana webster in tteuneap romulus hanover sets new record at blue bonnets fastest mile in north america this season was paced by romu lus hanover in the 50000 cen tennial pace at blue bonnets raceway in montreal this week the three yearold colt took a tun second otf the trackandcan- adlan record with a rapid time of 157 15 with the exception of dancing david who broke stride the seven finishers ware ill tim ed under 159 seventh place finisher golden blend finished in 158 45 the record crowd27mofaiis came to see romulus hanover he took the lead early and had the race in control all the way owned by farmstead acres of glen head ny romulus han over was the 25 choice the colt had won 11 of 13 races this year prior to the centamdu his 25000 winners share of the purse pushed his seasons earn- lngstott0m summer lightning can look quite attractive at a distance but it the storm looks to be coming your way dart wait tor the rain to drive you out of the held since this is the time when the lightn ing is much more dangerous frequently the strongest ught- mus bolts are more dangerous whan the rain is still several miles away so dont be caught la aa open field with a tractor combine or even walking be cause lightning like all electric ity win take the shortest path to i the ground which could be through your body tomorrow night thursday in the glen otter scores in saturdays toumsy in the first round glen will iams beat palermo 106 drura- quln took acton 127 george town took omagh 113 and horn by eliminated hiusburg juniors 134 the semi finals saw the glen edge drumquin while the ultimate winners georgetown tookhorn- by 96 another brat for acton tall fair is a nobby contest and dis play don price and owen ha san are heaong the new pro ject in conjunction with the fair board 36 grand prises will be ottered to winners displaying hobbyeran and models including boats planes cars and other types of models for the initial year model trains are not allow- ed to date twleve trophies plus models will be offered uprises there will be two divisions junior ages 10 to is years of ssjasarni age and senior 13 years and over entries or toe show received from sept 8 to sept 12 at 7 pm judging will begin sept 12 and win be done by don fleming formerly of acton and now of guelph and terry masales as well as the competition anyone wishing to display models of any kind may contact don price or owen masales the display will be in the com munity centre for details and entry form see the ad in this weeks free press sports psm williamsons homer provides station hotels win margin town league finals open station hotels first final play- pointers from scatty mccrlstal off meet with herbs delivery and john goys single marker proved favourable as they rallied but dropped off in the bottom of to a 43 victory in the opener of the sixth to stations two match- the best four out of seven finals lug runs from williamson and last thursday rlddal howie leader on the mound for herbs collected a total of 10 llnups station hits while lome peavoy herbs delivery p mccrlstal jscwhurter picked up nine j nlts off herbs bats ley bob doyle d archibald f the two teams fought a tie archibald h leader bob tux- game up until the eighth when ansa catcher george williamson slap ped oat a home run to centre station hotel a williams b field for the stations winning snepard g williamson j rld- marker and georges second run dal j dunn e smith b elliott of the night a mcnabb l peavoy jan rlddal collected two sta tion runs off a pair of three bag- herbs delivery gers in the second and sixth in- r 100 002 03 nlngs h 102 003 09 herbs delivery fought fever- station hotel ishly through six innings to hold r 010 o02 014 on to a 31 lead with a pair at h 110 114 0210 comic book sale to aid minor hockey acton minor hockey associa tion will start off its financial campaign this season with a com ic book sale which will be held on mill st probably a week from saturday the association is sending out a plea for used comic books if you have comic books at home take them either to the office at the arena o the sports corner target for this years cam paign is 3500 which is approx imately the amount it takes to run trl county minor hockey teams for a season the world of b p9awawb art hawes mdtno hmo on their ponies are linda knight end randy matthews with cowboy scarf and rifle randy rides the range with his pardner at theirtountry homes- east of acton staff photo brad mainprise took overtop spot this week with a pair of 241s and a 17 keith malcprlze and gord clou with a 23 and 22 each ran a close second other top scorers were john cordes with s3 john shadbolt with 22 ed hawes with 22 and 19 brian hammond 21 and 20 art hawes si and 20 and dave johnson with si and 18 a recent visitor to maple rock shooting range was miss francis 8earle miss searle who is 21 has won 15 top shooting champ ionships she won the ladles canadian championship again this year in both the open and closed divisions she is presently in vandalla ohio competing in the american trapshootlng association cham pionship i miss searle lias agreed to come to the sportsmans show in acton which is running in conjunction with the fall fair she will be putting on a demonstration of her trapshootlng ability doug morton cooksville one of the top men trapshooters in canada will also be at the sport smans show the migratory game bird sea son opens in southern ontario on sept 30 at 11am eastern stand ard time 1200 noon daylight saving time in the central district the sea son opens sept 23 and in the northern district on sept 15 innkeepers shade deliverymen take 20 lead on final series ive done it the neighbours forgot to in vite the neighbourhood scold on their picnic until the very last minute they sent over a boy to ask her its too late nowl she snap ped ive already prayed for ralnl innkeepers shade deliverymen take 20 lead on final series with the opener of the finals tucked under their belts station hotel copped the second in the best four out of seven town lea gue softbau series sunday after noon by downing herbs delivery 65 sundays match was played be tween downpours of rain and thunder station hotel one from town league game away championship the patrol leaders and assistants decided on a weekend at a court of honour meeting to begin the regular scout meetings en august 24 to get an early start on tenderfoot tests the scoutleaders as signed every- scout a buddy from all newcomers nine cubs and three recruits the troop is now 14 boys strong monthly patrol competitions will start in october after the form- lag of one or two new patrols for the month of september we will have a competition in the buddy system with a prise for both scout and newcomer in the team first finished with tenderfoot remember tenderfoot passed before first weekend camp coming events fan fair parade mid september going up ceremony of cubs scout investiture end of september camp be- ginnlag of october scoot meetings every thursday 730 900 pm court of honour meeting 7k 730 violence crime seen on tv irrelevant to rea problem the violence and crime seen by children on tv is irrelevant to the real problem says dr gabrielle weiss of the montreal general hospital the danger is not in the coo- tent but in the amount of tv and what it replaces in our lives says the child psychiatrist writing in the mcgill medical journal dr weiss notes that violence and crime are much a part dftbe twentieth century as seen in the news media novels and reality tv can never substitute for reading reading is an active process requiring judgement discrimination imagination and interest in a number of active pursuits tv requires none of these says dr weiss why then do parents continue to deprive their children of a life with challenge interest and fun the answer says dr weiss is that some parents have lost con- helpers wanted any people interested in playing or helping to run a soccer team in acton please contact michael 8fcurcml m s davis 8530387 fldence in their ability to raise children caught op in the par- suit of happiness as represented by a wealth of material goods tv becomes the cratch needed by weakening parents when parents have the confid ence to realise that they are their childrens best educators and that tv like candy should be reserved as a treat the tv problem will be solved says dr weiss acton arena schedule thursday august 31 810 pm roller skating saturday sbtsmbcr 73010 pm roller skating tuesday september 5 810 pm roller skating its been one two three id date for station hotel as they dropped herbs delivery again last night for win number three in the best tour out of seven play off finals for town league sottban herbs lost out 84 in last night s duel between the two top teams and will compete thurs day night in a do or die battle with the hotels rs for the champ ionship doug vlckery was back on the mound for the station hotel up until the sixth when steady lome peavoy took over for the finale fred archibald handled herbs hurling through the nine innings pitching 11 station hits john dunn came up with a home run in last nights game andy williams was bitting three for four jan rlddal two for four and bob sheppard two for four to make up part of an eleven hits total each team chalked up two er rors for the night s showing ed philips umpired the plate while george bfattby saw to the bases station hotel r 000 301 h 101 302 400 400 8 11 herbs delivery r 200 002 xx 4 h xlo 402 11 8 herbs delivery held a 54 lead over the hotelers at the top of the ninth with victory almost a sure thing when doug ford sing led in the stations tying run and station pitcher lome peavoy doubled to bring in the winner with two men out bob sheppard sparkled for the station to close out the thriller when he grabbed onto three fly balls in a raw for herbs shut down howie leader bob sturkosz don archibald and john goy tal lied up singles in herbs four run third inning and gary masales homered in the fifth for number five ed smith picked up the sta tions first run in the fourth and lorne peavoy singled home a pair of runners in the sixth john dunn stole home in the eighth be fore doug ford and lorne pea voy climaxed the cliff hanger in the ninth jim bullougb umpired the plate while roy shultis and bob saddg- more looked after the bases station hotel herbs del r h 000 102 102 6 10 004 100 100 s 6 boats j 8 you can enjoy boating when vow own a cutter ii jack ridley cartace limited concrete blocks concrete brick cinder blocks clay brick sand stone livestock and fertilizer farm service and supplies dump trucks for hire fibreclass boat lapstrake boats 15 to 20 complete motor ami boat repair service authorized mercury outboard dealer credit river boat co norval 8779332 open evenings til 9 pm sports coraer 124 mill i at wilbur phone 8532140 models enter fall fair the contest quality sometime costs a wee bit more but you can feel sure when you own a ccm backtoschool bicycle from port6 9 coraer fully insured pcv class k f phone acton 853o730 back to school bargains used cars available now at lous used cars 8564235 express buses i to woodbine v luaui september 4th tr jm to r ah october 21st g 4 leave acton m v 1 direct to tw track each racing day kt 1155 am return fare auauat asmst 330 includes admission return buses start leading after last race 4 m j wiles bus depot 18 mill st g l adams agent telephone 8532604 jj9 1 t acton fall fair hobby contest and model show september 14 to 16 at acton fall fair 36 prizes including trophies and models entries will be received from sept 8 until sept 12 at 7 pm junior cftse 1012 years entry pec 75c allows 3 models s class over 13 entry pti 130 allows 3 number of entries unlimited no mode trains allowed to just display e model at the fair contact don price 8532324 or owen masales 8531035 no later than sept 8 entry form name o address type of model y mo complete entry form and bring to es j