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m the acton free press wednesday may ffi lo8 elephant tale small car pachyderm tip tall tail scales theres a story circulating ahrait i volknwsven owner in the district which bears repeating but perhaps should be ac- companled by a train or two of alt ensconaed n his bantwf tills unnanwd traveller re portedly made a wslr co toronto t where rrnlvl or circus was being held in a tent or tents hn parked his jtmllfcblgnnjjlo ear- on a narrow street hear the carnival intebchui tn take in jhestlvluus whilu h was awv what annuld come along the nsrrow street but an elephant presumably from the now the ktreet wu wide annua nieeting for minbr hockey- annual meeting of the arton trlcounty hockey association is to ho told on sunday uay 2c tn the community centre at 2 pm the minor hockey group will review tho past year their most successful on the leu lodatoand havo the annual election of of ficers anyone interested in holplng with minor hockey in acton is welcome to attend as woll as all present mouthers enough for the elephant in pass when it was unnhstrurlesl how ever with s parked volkswagen in it the street became too harrow for the pachyderm to loass what could w poor elephant do he sat op tli vnlfcs to ponder his fate yijon trie owner tjdurjwd all he found was a large oteas in ids iar and install of s-van- isttlng elephant he sunuiinned pullre ook add he where that tnl drrwd trunk carrier sat i the police snuledlanpedthejn heads asked thv enraged motorist to show iheiif the ele phant he did they advised mm to ii hi 1 insiranc company the motorist lieaded for home along the at or was it 401 a few miles from toronto he spied an accident scene he tool the by pass the police so the story goes saw the car with tho big create in it and gave chase limy suspected it of cninpllilty in the accident where did von eel the lump in your volkswagen the y asked the bewildered motor u an elephant sat on mv volks wagen he replied tho story then goes on to sav the police packed hi in and hu mm ws i creased car up for a trip to tho don jail or was it for psy chiatric examination anyway the moral nf the story must be dont park your volks wagen near an elephant consoiation winners in the youth bowling league were the cats pictured with coach sylvia mages are janet storey carol grant bob mccallum faith middleton ronnie grant vaughn cole cheryl agnew and mike roach cool effervescent dnnk to toast the win nothing tike a staff photo robert r hamilton optometrist 16 mounra nvew goad s georgetown vi lacrosse schedule underway actons newly nrgaids4 kiveu- ite lacrosse nlub atarts off the season thureday idgtit in the ommunlly centre as they play host in hie bast york mohawks the players will dress in the rolnrs of the at 1ml tenners uni forms and carry the name lstii till mrtice wilt referee the brut lime tfiferoeliwhhjtw the national u rnkse assets- ttou the new urn league is we known as a professional hockey referee the tanners will ventura back to george webster park sunday at im for a rematch flame time thursday night is 830 admission prlrua adults sof students 1t end children 2s play bali shouted umpire mel sheppard teconcttbm right tor the first limo last tuesday night tddie smith lel george mallby and harold townsley flip tho coin to officially open nion s soflball in acton i g a downed herbs delivery 61 in the floodlit opener it was close ame except for one inning when the delivery boys ran into e wild streak and the grocers plated five runs staff photo get glenlea park in shape sending was underway in the new glnnloa park thk week lop soil had boon trucked in and levelled last year the tall diamond being looked after by the ys men is in perfect khapn tin y say the pipe for the backstop was im ported to he wi idnd tills w k the world of outdoors a r h a w f s top score last wouk at maple hock was recorded by cord clow with 22 other good scores woro fd hawos 21 hill miller 10 and art hawes 10 this weoks scores show john shadliolt leading with 24 and 20 john cordos 23 and 20 gord clow 21 wayne teadston 20 and 18 dill miller 10 drad malnprlzo 10 and george harris 17 what it costs to liljnt a recunl mall survoy of hunters in sioux lookout forest district glvossmno idea of how much was spent on the sport list season ttiu average resident hunlur in the district spout 6300 to hunt door and 8700 to hunt moose nonresident deer hunters avoraged 17500 apiece while nonresident moose hunters showed the largest average expenditure at 27000 apiece generally successful hunters spent more than unsuccessful hunters perhaps because the costs of processing game wore included in their estimate the entire group of sportsmen who hunted big game in this district spont an estimated 87000030 which was subdivided into 15274000 for equipment and 72091070 for travel and snppllus nonrosldent moose hunlurs who composed 532 per cent of the total hunting population of sioux lookout district contributed 762 per cent of tho total expenditure wet weekend doesnt discourage cubs leaders at hockley tamp several cubs from acton and district wero among the 70 boys and 13 leaders attending a dis trict cub camp at goodyoar mem orial scout camp in the hockley valley over the holiday weekend an introduction into scouting the camp was for older cubs ready to go up in the scouts wayne fleblg was camp chief he was assisted by roger clark in planning the event wuather was tine until sunday afternoon whon drenching rains came down in the middle of a sports program washed out on tent and madu an early evacua tion necessary plans were for the camp lo continue until mon day afternoon but parents were contacted and came to get the boys in the morning the boys weredivldedlntopat- rols with each patrol doing their own cooking until monday morn ing when mrs terry coulter leaders cook dished up food for the whole camp firewood was soaking wet and the old joke about rubbing two boy scouts to gether dldnt work five members of the st john ambulance taught the boys life- saving saturday afternoon and in addition lo games there wero courses in scoukraft sunday morning there was cubs own servlco at the camp and the catholic boys went to mount alverno seminary for mass in spite of the damp weather one leador confessed shed bo ready to do it over again only three boys got discouraged and went home early two hkm4 chool roys tied for athlete of lee right at the athletic banquet tuesday the year oy ooodwin presented his sports night of last week corner award to phil dupuls left and jim staff photo annual meeting the acton tricounty minor hockey associations annual masting and v election of officer will be held may 26 at 2 pm in the acton community centre everyone interested in hockey is sincerely urged to attend help keep this worthy organization active c b swim secretary corner 124 mill st at wilbur phone as3210 lacrosse support al the new a acton juvenile lacrosse club on triors may 23 at 8 30 p m acton amna east york mohawks v acton tanners well sm vem as pwtj r ftair canteen pledge cards i inns lull muiiilara are sbblhlliig in the tialvallon army aiupalgu ly dlttrllilllng pledge i arils to iituployiiiia in industries there is no ijhiwioihubu ran v1 t fledges ur ksliiliatliltsava scijpedy 1 i sf express buses to woodbine may 20 to july v leave acton direct to track ash rwlrto bay 1110 am wturn am 330 includes admission return buses start loading after last race wiles bus depot is mill st g l adami agent teuphene is33uo infect uus the bljzrr so ihr fii hrri t offrrs j curt j tinht ton c nf kht colour ijjs for spring if j doubl dosi is r rrrl tia vir uejjpst tht douri hn ash d ri jn bond building guelph ortf