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acton whiz kids make tourney finals lose to cannington on disputed goal actons whir kids the nov ice hockey club which caught are at the tall end of the trl- county hockey season came within one dispute goal of wrap ping up the d championships in the ninth annual novice hockey tourament in brampton t they knocked offthree teams wcodbriage watfdrd and horpe- nayae in thitordarbotdroppeda marginal 32 dedalon to can- olngton in the series final to assume the bridesmaids rnftf tntbe usual speotacalar cnungton hung ontoa slandot one goal margin jn the clltt- hanging final while the acton players peppered their net to win the htte thy in turn were knocked off 14 by water loo lri the grand championship copped by tklsslssanga the loss was an tamellmu to a thrhllng series with horne- payne friday when the acton kids saw a 31 lead chalked up in the first game of the two game series dissolve and disappear under pressure from the north ern team acton fought back to tie the series again with about two minutes left to play and won it on a goal by gerald bardeo at the three minute mark of sudden death overtime saturday in the finals against a canslngtod club with a player nam of nicholson who stood bead and shoulders above every one else they looked tired but kept pressing till the final bell it was their fifth game in three days the week started out with two wins over woodbrldge 31 and 40 saturday giving the acton team a 71 victory on tot roundi thursday last in the second round the acton club walloped watford 11 and 80 for a 151 margin on the series jeff townsley gerald barden and russ van fleet bagged two goals apiece and steve brunelle got one in the opening game jeff townsley helped himself to a bat trick 3 goals in the second contest while russ van fleet gerald barden gary bar- data john ashley and ron cham bers bagged one apiece against homepayne friday goalie ronn was hurt in the warmup befois the first game john uccutcteooiwent into the nets where he performed wel dodging only one puck as acton wort 31 jeif towrtsley notched two of the acton goals in the game assisted by kent kentner russ van fleet drilled the other from eden miller gerald bardeo bobln iriscoe was beckjn goal for the second game in the aft ernoon which saw the acton team score early to take a 41 edge on the series hornepayne employing the sleeper a player stationed at centre ice came back to lie the game and go one up after exerting great pressure which should have tied up four or five games the acton kids got the squallier with only a couple of minutes left to play parents and fans went wild when they won the game in over time gerald barden making no mistake with a shot high in the rigging it was a big disap pointment for toe hornepayne team after fighting book from a three goal deficit but the acton club had a marked edge in play lacking only polish around the net gerald barden scored two of the acton goals and kent kent ner rattled in two more in the indians scalp bantams in georgetown tourney actons entry in the george town international bantam tourn ament dropped two 32 decisions to sarnla indians thursday and ware eliminated from further competition with an easy victory over aylmer but opted out of the grand champ ionship for other commitments earlier school holiday didnt provide much better weather for and capetown before bowing to wtualr w orally 4l sarnla in the semlhmls sarnla mosl m mp went od to take the c title ter week lets play bridge by bill coats how to take tricks is one thing you learn when vou first take up contract bridge and one of the first ways you learn aside from cashing aces and kings is the finesse unfortunately some bridge players never learn when not to finesse give them an ace and queen in the same suit and same hand and they will finesse whether they need to or not here is band where several declarers went astray simply be cause they took an unnecessary finesse the dealer was cast and east- west were vulnerable north s 9642 h- j 3 dk7 c k6 53 the bidding east south is 2 h 3 s 4 d all pass west 2 s p north 3 h 4 11 west s l 10 5 h 10 8 5 dq98 c q874 east saqj83 hq7 d52 c a 10 0 2 south s7 ha 9 6 4 2 da j 10 6 4 2 c j opening lead- king of spadas the king of spades won the first trick and west continued with the ten east covered with the ace and declarer ruffed at this point if not before declarer makes his plan if he can take six diamonds and four hearts he has 10 tricks he could also try for five diamonds and five hearts which should he do to make five heart tricks he must drop the heart queen or take a finesse however to make diamonds requires only normal distribution declarer should immediately bad a diamond to the king and a diamond back when diamonds break declarer should try for a heart split as well a low heart to dummys king and heart back to the ace no finesse should be taken when the hearts split as well declarer should just ruff a dia mond in dummy sure this sets up a heart trick for west but so what overtime thriller jeff towns- ley and russ van fleet collected assists cannington took an early 10 lead in the d final saturday morning as nicholson broke loose to score russ van fleet tied it up and when david nicholson received a penalty early in the third period russput acton ahead asslstedby gerald harden howewt a penalty to acton gave cannington the opportunity they needed and the referees counted as a goal a shot which rooked uke it lilt trie goal post and never reahy went in pro tests went unheeded gerald mansholt bagged the winner a looping screened shot that took a wlerd bounce coach barry inscoo sent his top troops over the board but although they had several near misses couldnt hit the target and cannington took the title the acton team lined up on the blue line and received crests sig nifying they wdro finalists acton fans consoled coach barry inscoo in the loss which was a disappointment after ad vancing so far but both he and the team recovered to win the ouha b novice stone opener against caledonia sunday afternoon durham ousts seaforth durham huskies eliminated seaforb beavers from the oha int b playoffs four games to two in a bizarre series which saw the beavers rebound in the fifth game to take an 113 vic tory in front of 1500 fans j durham edged seaforth 32 in the fourth gam w puiham with jiusxf netmlndar becker pulling prr some spectacular saves the win gave durhaij a 31 edge thats when u5d0faosjamme d into the seaforth arena to see the threeilmecnamplon beavers com baric with a rollicking 113 win sixth game of the series went back to durham and the huskies proved they were up to the oc casion by whipping saaforth 52 durham is now locked with tuuonburg in the oha semi finals the acton free presj wednesday march 27 1968 cmon gang lot congratulate the winnori jays novice coach barry inscoe following a close 1 2 loss to cannington in the brampton novice tournament d final staff photo the hornepayne goaue makes a big save on the acton forwards in friday s overtime novice thriller at the brampton tournament staff photo lions order acton pins to swap at quebec city when acton lions travel to the district convention in quebec city in hay theyll have plony of distinctive badges to trade with delegates from other towns and provinces uon john grlefereder was authorized to order 100 of the acton pins for swapping purposes at the regular dnnor meeting of the club monday at the station hotel in between twists of pocket books by tall twister potor paplllon out from tho big smoke for a head nodding session with a spado is ruffed to gut back to declarers hand now declar er just loads diamonds till wost ruffs declarer still has- a heart loft to regain the bad thus declarer nukes six dia monds and four heart tricks or five and five if west ruffs a diamond if declarer trie the heart finesse and it falls he goes down badly he will bo forced to ruff spades again and will lose con trol when he trios to set up dia monds last weeks winners at the acton bridge club wore first bob dickson and bev pattullo second mrs j coats and pal jehlros third urs p jehares and bllt coats tho local pryde lion cub john troltor managed to got his story out on dellvorlngcarol patterson to toronto for a wookln chicago carol spent a wonderful weok in tho windy elty and a post card from chicago conllrmod it as well as a phone call to first vlceprosldont hurray harrison attor arriving back she won tho trip in tho lions public speak ing contest lion chlof vic brlstow sport ing a now england twang after a wook in massachusetts con ducted nominations for the new slato of officers a voto will be hold at tho last mooting in aprll tho song sosslon conducted by lion ray evelan had some sch maltzy numbers sandwiched in botwoon old favorites including one in a pennsylvania dutch dla- loct which members found easy to sing and loarn end came with a particular lion favorite the battlo hymn of the republic need spring shopping money see hfc the onl 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earns a special place in their recollec tions many people this week have been recalling drkenneys particular association with them the children were particularly fond of him copies of the free press sent out in the mail will arrive tor the first time this week in a new wrapper it features the new dills printing and publish ing company crest which will be incorporated in all our plant printing its modern design will add a utile pit sat to the im pression we make we hope manure compost weep free steam sterilized government recommended fof shrubs g ardenswowr i vegetable lawns compost top dressing for lawns one inch of manure comp6st will keep your lawn in good condition all summer long holds moisture in sandy loam mix with clay to break it up compost for flowers and shrubs for best results mix manure compost with soil before planting flowers or shrubs then apply one inch of compost over the plants cash and carry 35c bushel 3 bushels for 100 10 bushels for 300 1200 o load 5 yds pick up 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