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4 th acton free press wednesday november 8 1967 pressure from the nhl ex pansion wasputuponthecanadian v amateur hockey association last may in saskatoon when they pro posed an age change for players la the league vndertne new ruling commencing fohkr68 9 season age limits would be juvenile players born after dec 31 1950 midget born after dec 311952 bantam born after dec 31 1954 pee wee born after dec 311956 and novice born after dec 31 1958 the age limits presently adopted are five months later ttwn those suggested that being alay 31st of the following year a heated debate erupted bet ween the ouha and the ca ha at the annua omha con vention in toronto last saturday over the pros and voas of this over the pros and cons of this new ruling by the caha of the 635 delegates attending the affair it was reported that a good twothirds majority were against the cajla proposition the omha argued the cat back was far too severe in that it would drop nearly a whole year of hockey for some of the players next seasoni its plain to see what the nrlus backscratching will either force or faster that being an increase in the number of junior hockey clubs or in other words it ups a young players eligibility for the nhl uefs take for example the out come of the age change on a juvenile player next season the player who is eligible for his second year of juvenile hockey only if he was born in hay 31 of 1951 will under the new ruling will be dropped from minor hockey without having consumed an important if not necessary second year of juvenile training the only place a player has to go in a smaller town such as acton is to an intermediate league acton is only one of a number of smaller centres which has had to make a choice of sponsoring either an intermed iate squad or go junior either way one form of hockey will be absconded there was some talk last sea son of forming a jr club in acton and dropping out of the inter mediate circuit but acton at that time lacked a team for junior ranks during the heated debate at the convention gary mcleod om ha secretary said the dele gates had two options either abide by the new ruling or adopt their own age limit and withdraw from organized hockey the meeting finally passed a motion submitted by toe chatham assoc iation requesting the oha to seek revision of the caha ruling which would limit the age of juveniles to 19 midget 17 bantam 15 pee wee 13 and novice 11 on the first of january in the season in which to compete another point to ponder would be the money situation in the outcome of this debate six new team franchises were given to the americans and it appears from a distance that it will be them that will milk canada dry of a lot of good hockey material in the coming years if this ruling is past good players make good drawing cards dan arbic lloyd mclntyre don lindsay harold townsley and john weldon comprised the six man delegate from acton at the ouha convention on sat town league bantams swell to three teams a new schedule had to be drawn up for the legion town league bantam hockey which grew from a two to a three team league fol lowing swelling registration on the first night of play the teams are named for the hershey bears pittsburgh hor nets and buffalo bisons lineups are as folio hershev jim mullen trevor swan charlie kuiken jackie holmes tom thomson randy downes henry wisserut row land mcculloch randy marsh jim holmes dannv bolton rod ney glbbtns daiui mcgillowav pittsburg tim coles john thatcher seth armstrong garv masters ted muehlbacher ran dy ferguson jeff cooper wayne frohlich steven connell steve webster david hunter garth taj lor ranch coker buffalo bren irwin ron lou- ttet wayne bannon allen green david pink jim frizzell kenny hurren mike pope roger swan gary turkosz john jordan shane crosken john fuchs gor don murray the complete schedule for the three teams follows they play every thursday night from 8 to 9 thursday nov 9 pittsburg vs buffalo nov 16th hershey vs pitts burg nov 23 buffalo vs hershey nov 30 pittsburgh vs buf falo dec 7 hershey vs pittsburg dec 14 buffalo vs hershey dec 21 pittsburg vs buffalo dec 28 hershe vs pitts burg jan 4 buffalo vs hershey jan 11 pittsburg vs buffalo jan 18 hershey vs pitts burg jan 25 buffalo vs hershey feb 1 pittsburg vs buffalo feb 6 hershey vs pittsburg feb 15 buffalo vs hershey v no int tiockey i executive of tanners steps down leaves roorn for new executive a iaomev hockey team in acton isnt a new thing by any means this picture lent by joe hurst shows four merribers of a ladies team of manv vears ago from the left they are identified as margaret brown twin sisters hazel and lortie mason and em pearson jake bauer noted acton photograph er took the picture apparently the ladies did not play hockey in those long skirts they donned bloomers is anyone interested in running a hockey team this winter because they feel it is not practical to operate intermediate hockey under the setup proposed by the oha the entire executive of the tanners is willing to step down so someone else can take a crack at it contacted by telephone last night tuesday ohas inter mediate hockey organizer pat patterson of guelph said act on would be included in a group with hespeler elora chelten ham durham seaforth and port elgin if they entered a team a meeting to set up a schedule has been arranged for harris- ton tuesday night the present executive of the tanners felt some of the dis tances proposed tor travel especially port elgin andseafortn were ihipractlcal for an amateur hockey club to travel port elgin is approximately 110 miles from acton which would nec essitate a round trip of 220- miles there is a possibility however the group picture could change at the meeting in harriston if eastern teams object to players executive needed for team anyone interested in playing intermediate hockey or serving on the executive of a team is asked to be at the arena friday night at 8 pm arena manager harold towns- ley has taken the bull by the horns and called a practice for friday night in the hopes of keep ing intermediate hockey alive in acton this was precipitated by a decision by the present execu tive of the acton tanners last night tuesday not to continue news of the district erin the polling divisions in erin township have been revised re cently and are now as follows 1 leslies school 2 ballioafad 3 hopyard 4 brisbane 5 ospringe 6 mimosa 7 upper cen tre 8 north area 9 viuage of hillsburgh fergus acton and rockwood are not the only places having trouble with the cnr recently the railroad closed alevel crossing in fergus and it took a hearing with the board of transport commissioners before it could be reopened at a special meeting of council fer gus town fathers learned they had won the battle with the cnr over the crossing a letter from the board of transport commis sioners said that the decision had been made to open the crossing to the public although certain safety measureswill have to be tak en the board has the final say in all railway matters automatic signals wlu have to be installed at a cost of around 20000 the town will probably have to pay around 1500 towards the cost of these with the railway and the governmentoperated grade crossing fund the pay the rest the town will share the cost of regular maintenance with the railway and will also be responsible for their share of the cost of any improvements made to the crossing itself georgetown baby sitters like everyone else are feeling the cost of living pinch and like everyone else theyre combating it by tipping their prices at least thats what one of them told the georgetown her- alt this week the sitter a grade 10 high school student who ask ed her name be withheld said parents can expect to pay a mini mum of 50 cents an hour before midnight and 75 an hour after midnight from now on admitting she couldnt speak for all georg etown babysitters she nevertheless claimed that classmates and many other high schoolers bad agreed on the minimum rate the future of the 680000 addition to georgetowns centenniu school may be in doubt town solicitor fred helson notified coun cil the ontario municipal board is loath to approve the amount since it would put georgetown above their capital expenditure quo ta councillor steamer emmerson finance chairman of council claimed however that no one had ever given him a quota for the town before any further action was taken mr emmerson said he wanted to talk to the oub hotkey school on wednesdays manager harold townsley and the arena staff will conduct a hocke school for budding play ers every wednesday from 6 to 7 pm at the community centre the arena staff i taking over the school from the referees association which has run the school for the past tew years registration fees have not yet been set for the school but other seasons the charge has been 100 again this season therell be skating for pre school children and mothers from 23 pm every thursday afternoon at the com munity centre k us now far a law prica mm canadas fine smktieur farm supply company im1 beavfcwav burungton 9 tmrwr 124 mm e wflbw fhomk t5ai0 sweaters sox cresting and all hockey equipwent w4 tmraor the distances however thats a chance anew executive would have to take tanner president ray mason said there is a bond in at the oha for 100 now and 920 in the bank for a new executive to start on the team is fully equipped with only a few minor items to buy the present executive feels the team has a good strong base foratnew executive to build on there is no debt and the com- raunlty centre is still open friday nights for home dates there is also a feeling that its time someone else had a chance to operate the team the executive feel they have done their part in starting and operating the team the last tew years they are willing to assist a new executive in any way they can anyone interested in keeping intermediate hockey going in acton is urged to call george u haggett at 8532905 for fur ther information m the world of outdoors with art hawes 1op scores at maple rock shooting range this week were ed hawes 22 and 30 len jones 21 brad mainprise 21 and john cordes 17 steve goy was a visiting shooter this week tlna the deer hunt is now in its aal day the first two days few deer were shot many hunters report there are few fresh tracks the deer that seemed to be plentiful a few weeks ago have disappeared some parties are having some success dave cleland and party report two deer shot so far a party from rockwood and area also got one this scribes party has yet to hang up a winter supply of meatpartly due to some not-so- accurate shooting by some mem bers of the party one thing we did notice however was the abundance of partridge in this district rabbits and foxes are also plentiful choraliers have weekend dates the legion choraliers sang sunday evening at the wellatt ended service marking the 127th anniversary of erin united church they sang in the after noon at the remembrance service for nassagaweya this sunday evening theyre scheduled to sing in tilsonburg this season it is also hoped a practice can be held sunday morning at 11 p m hopes are that a home brew team with three or four imports can be shaped into a contending oha team the oha has called a meet ing for tuesday in harriston to arrange teams and schedule so the practices and meeting fri day night are vital if oha hockey is to stay alive in acton legion town league hockey started last week at the community centre but games were called exhibitions until team rosters were settled all divisions get down to the regular schedule this thursday and satur day league officials say if more players of midget age register there could possibly be a midget section staff photo jfe tw appoittmeat postim to rmc son of mr and mrs sm sin clair of rr 4 guelph former ly of acton attended guelphcol- legiate and vocation institute and toe university of toronto re ceiving a bachelor of applied science degree in 1962 he stud ied further at the university of toronto institute for aerospace studies graduating with a mast er of applied science degree mac sinclair has served at canadian forces base centralis and canadian forces base gi ro ll prior to his posting to rmc he and his wife helen the daugh ter of mr and mrs charles landsborough 97 lake ave ac ton and their daughter gina now reside in kingston pittsburg edges hershey pittsburg tripped hershey 32 in the legion town league bantam opener on thursday but the game wont count in the league records because rosters have been changed to accommodate another team steve connell bagged two goals for the winners and garth taylor sniped one gary turkosz and tim coles picked up assists rod gibbins and dave pink got the hershey goals with charlie kuiken and ron louttet assisting acton arena schedule wednesday november 67 pm hockey school 78 p m pee wee tricty 89 pm bantam 0igy 910 p m midget tricty 10- li p m ind hockey thursday november 9 23 p m preschool skating 68 pm figure skating 89 pm legion hockey 910 p m juvenile tricty 10h2 pm ind hockey friday november 10 6 307 30 p m novioa tricty saturday november 11 8 459 45 am girla hockey 9 4510 45 am bantam tricty 10 451 2 45 f figure skating 16 pm legion hockey 6 15 to 7 45 pm figure skating lessons 810 p m public skating sunday november 12 811 am industrial hockey 12 pm novice tricty 2 154 15 pm public skating 4 307 p m minor hockey 7 1510 15 pm industrial hockey flight lieutenant sr mac sinclair of guelph has recently taken up- the appointment of lec turer in the department of mech anical engineering at the royal military couege of canada kingston flight lieutenant sinclair the helping hope georgetown lions club will be holding a drive in georgetown ip collect aluminum lawn chairs to be repaired and rewebbed at the hope adult workshop in hornby pickups are scheduled for november 11 mrtom oxu theatre fj b7b3272 shaw tanaa un thrwthurs savaa rlsat 7 oooooooeeooeeeoeeeeoooeoooooe thurs fri sat nov 91011 in color metropolis in miniature clippety clobbered cartoon sun mon tueswed nov 12131415 the pad and how to use it color recommended as adult entertainment brian bedford julie sovamers out of sight color jerry lewis and the playboys thursfrisat nov 161 71 b tammy and the millionaire debbie watson frank mcgrath salute to tall ships rough riding hood cartoon i boooc watch for tr zhpaco coming nov 23 bold jtjjvii a brash and likeh move for sports coat enthu siasts involves our newest importation of plaid jackets checquered boldly for the autumn season it is playing the game now and again to be forth right jump to it wis of vho bond building guelph ont