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play well bantams split pair of games steve townsley scores the first acton goal on durham goalkeeper becker in the first period of friday nights int b hockey game the huskies went on to dofeat the tanners with a seven goal socond period barrage staff photo bob heatherington husky durham husky clears the puck out of his own end as net- minder becker finishes turning it aside after a shot from the point hoathorington a form- or hespoler defenseman was a tower of strength for durham staff photo huskies thump winless tanners durham huskies thumped last place acton tanners 153 in an unequal intermediate hockey contest here friday night attended by a sparse crowd the tanners playing in fits and starts gave the huskies a run for a period but then completely collapsed under a seven goal second period barrage durham led 42 at the end of the first 1 12 at the end of the second and oulscored the inept acton club 41 in the final chapter the tanners playing aimlessly gave neither starting goalie frank anthony nor jim sweeney who tolled in the nets for the last two periods much mviwtwitwttvwkwxwwwwiocult georgetown edges kents showing determination and displaying their sponsors new crests for the first time acton kents held the georgetown squad to two goals but were able to score only one themselves in a tricounty game played in georgetown memorial arena thursday night in a hard skating close checking contest georgetown went in front at the 545 mark of the first period when a shot stopped by goalie inscoe dropped behind him and rolled slowly into the net at the 530 mark of the second stanza acton same hack to score their only goal directly from the faceoff in the georgetown end ricky holmes bounced one into the net the host club bounced right back and scored on a power attack with kents playing two men short mike ware for tripping and joe kentner for elbowing the third period was highlighted by a penalty shot being awarded to georgetown with goalie inscoe again coming through with a fine stop acton played well throughout the game guelph 6 acton 0 matched against a wellbalanced guelph aaa cluh last friday night in guelph memorial gardens acton kents novices dropped another tricounty game 60 acton as in other games this season managed to keep close to their opposition for two periods but then slipped allowing guelph to score four goals in the final guelph popped in their first goal about midway through the first petiod their second late in the second to gain a 20 lead before entering the third period manager and coach of the guelph host club was surprised at the way in which the kents were able to carry the play at times and especially remarked on the brilliant goaltending by robin inscoe robin was again picked as the mvp for the kents blue monday driving bad the winds blew monday and the temperature dropped to freeze sunday nights slush town men this morning monday ore faced with a double tasksanding and gathering garbage slithering at the tides of the slippery streets the countryside in the last two hours has seen a rush of minor accidents however this morning the local ojj repotted no accidents causing damage in town many can were stuck last ruht as tain turned the snow to mucilage snow plows were out in force support they continually let the visitors run unmolested right on the threshold of the net surprisingly they hud then- own moments when it looked like they could have skated huskies into the ice and filled the net with pucks hut they were few and far between jim farrclly und bruce mcduffc gave the club some sparkling moments around the net and farrelly rifled two shots into the wehhing weldon brothers star lions edge streetsville the big durham defense closed their ranks up when he tanners broke in affording goalie becker good protection m stephens pumped in six goals for the winners ofluherty fired four j herman collected a pair and parker rahn and bogdon sniped one each steve townsley drilled he first acton goal on a neat play and put the tanners hack in the game during the first period bruce mcduffc assisted jim farrcllys booming wrist shot beat becker next to make it 42 mcduffc and kevin hall got the assists farrelly collected the last acton goal in the last canto from phil maro missing from the acton lineup were gordic bell steve gcrvais gary taillefer and ron asscltinc who of course must appear on the oha carpet fridays game which left the acton cluh winless in 14 starts was the last until port elgin sunocos play here on friday january 3 the tanners still have nine home dales and three games on the road aclon i anlliony itual j suaericy toah j iliilltmuh hirlianan j i arrclly j ilulclall i maro silvc tiytmlcy k hall k ilearn ii mihuni u malcolm ii drone ii towmky ii phillips i u r li a in it e e k e r n o a i lleatheriiwton parker vauulian ollaherty rahn ileniian uoetlon stephen aitken kerlratn acton bantams split the results of two games this week in tricounty hockey dropping the haughty streetsville visitors here wednesday f3 then losing a 75 decision to georgetown on the papcrtown rink the next nlglil both opponents are a cluhs the wiir ugninst streetsville was particularly pleasing since a protest by the streetsville club against uu acton witi there had been honored by the league executive claiming the acton club used ineligible players coach harold townsleys plea that he had received confirmation to use them by phone was thrown out cards were in the mail hut had not lieen received the acton club had a 30 lead on i he visitors in the first period liefore oconnor rifled a pair of goals to put them hack iii the game they tied it up at the 3 is mark of the second period but pete morrison scored lo put aclou ahead lo stay acton scoicd two goals in the final chapter lo win going away pete morrisons two goals and pair of assists led the point parade while george mcphail drilled two goals and got one assist ken hurren and dale fisher scored singles gary turkosz bagged two assists stu mcculloch one the bantams felt they were outhickcd rather than outplayed in the loss to georgetown a power break which caused a delay of halfulthoiir plunged the uiena into darkness and created some confusion score was tied 55 until the final five minutes of the game when georgetown notched a goalto go in front they bugged another in he lust 25 seconds gary turkosz pete morrison brentlrwiit george mcphull and stu mcculloch rattled one glial in each assists weiit to sljcve mclntyre mclhail morrison dale fisherand ken hurren georgetown got throe gbalson weird bounces of tin- puck iticiciictciiiktjiiifcictcii4 i jj merry christmas jj from chakiil- thomson and oilier members of till i niiiss sports s j a it randy weldon drilled the only goal of the game at the 1013 mark of the third period to give acton lions a 10 victory over streetsville in tricounty juvenile hockey here wednesday night termed the best game of hockey played in the acton rink this season it was a real battle between the two nclmindcrs craig weldon made it an ullwcldon night by hanging up the sluiloiii for the lions he wus picked as the most valuable player on the team referee ud owens tagged brian farrell of the lions with a slushing penalty with little more than two minutes lefl in he gumc the acton club held the fort dumping the puck out of their own end until the final hell there were penalties served club ieiiciicicimvsciiciicwiiiicieiiiciiicicissiiiciicicccieiciciivieieiiviiiicviiwti4ivii 4 i i legion town league results eight minor four by each tricounly pee wees downed by streetsville streetsville pse wees defeated acton 63 in tricounty hockey in acton wednesday night the visitors were first to score with a goal by crawford unassisted mclntyrc tied it up on a pass play from mcknight and van fleet at the end of the first period it was a oneall tic the second period was the decider for streetsville they chalked up four goals while billy mcgilloway managed one more for acton on an assist from mclntyrc holmes scored from tennant in the third period on an acton power play to get back in the game the steam didnt last long enough streetsville scored again to make the final tally 63 atoms brampton defeated weston 52 scott malcolm started off the action with a goal for brampton unassisted after the first two minutes of play peter zions tied it up with aft unassisted goal for weston then bert post popped it into the net on an assist from scott malcolm to make the score 21 at the end of the first period for brampton weston tried to make a comeback in the second period after bruce mcphail scored their second point however brampton was quick to retaliate bert post scored unassisted scot malcolm on a play from bert post and john thompson and bcrnic taylor scored two for springfield one unassisted and one on an assist from a tex carnegie terry slavcn scored the third unassisted for cleveland wayne allan scored one and made two assists john cameron and dave morris made the other two goals springfield had four penalties while cleveland had one baltimore downed rochester 74 in the second pee wee match last saturday charlie mccrac starred for the baltimore team scoring four goals larry hepburn steve ward and ron death scored one each assists made by mike ferguson scott unassisted them made by mike ferguson final score was 52 for dcan and chauc brampton pee wee in the first of saturdays pee wee games springfield tied cleveland with three goals apiece present picture of james peters last meeting eramosa council eramosa council faces higher council had received a letter cost of administration the giving notice of intent to appeal provincial takeover of county to the referee much good humor resulted jails on jan 1 next will resultln cost of si2 per day for maintenance of jailed persons resident in the township a ruling by the labor relations board adds more operating costs employees working in excess of 48 hours per week must be paid time and onehalf the township has been paying overtime for unusual hours only jan 6 1069 will be inauguration day for eramosa council and the ceremony will be held in the council chambers at 2 pm members of council will attend a special meeting in rockwood town hall in the morning and enjoy a ceremonial dinner prior to the inaugural meeting a feature of the evening was the presentation by j b nelson of a framed picture of pioneer resident and early v township clerk and treasurer james peters mr peters held office in periods between 1836 and 184 he was arrested in the 1837 mckenzie rebellion period on a nonsubstantiated charge of treason his picture will occupy space on a councu chamber wall permanently a letter from the ontario municipal board confirmed that bodys rejection of request by an owner for permission to sell certain lots in rockwood reason was not given but it is presumed that the pending water and sewer projects had bearing on die decision a letter from die consulting firm of dryden and smith revealed that finalization of the eramosa zoning bylaw had been delayed by the accidental omission of two paragraphs the townships court of revision will sit in the council clumbers on dec 30 at 8 pjn to hear assessment appeals from the reading by the reeve of 12 rules of conduct in effect in eramosa council meeting in february 1850 fines for misconduct by members or visitors were levied in shillings and pence it was felt that some of the rules could be applied to advantage today accounts authorized for payment reached s8025038 covering large amounts to the guelph suburban high school board the county of wellington the townships roads accounts ballinafad and council members annual stipends last formal meeting of council in 1968 many felicities were exchanged clerk lloyd hindley said it hud been a pleasure to work with reeve cameron lush roads superintendent bob hamilton and members of the council deputy reeve james milne reviewed the years activities and expressed appreciation of fellow members having enjoyed working willi them even when agreement had been difficult he hoped that the new county school board would find answers to the many pressing school problems allen peter hargrave scored three goals for rochester and jim krapek one john hansen made two assists and jim krapek one novice niagara falls outplayed oshawu by a 90 margin in their match it was a red letter game for doug mcknight who scored six goals two of them unassisted jim matthews made two and barry mckerracher one assists were made by ed ensing two mike mccabc three jim vickery one and don mcknight one hamilton defeated st kills 72 brown managed three goals for hamilton fred allan two goals and one assist nathan field two goals and gord toth two assists james lillerby scored for si kitts from anderson ford alton scored the other goal unassisted bantams hcrshcy dominated the action with buffalo winning the game 62 swan scored from lawson burnett from anderson van fleet from lawson swan from fuchs lawson unassisted and swan unassisted buffalo goals were slip from taylor and taylor from saitz midgets st louis defeated the l a kings 43 in a close rough match last thursday night brian givcns scored three goals on assists from glen taillefer charles giddcn and david la blanc glen taillefer added another unassisted gord williams from keith smallwood bill severcnski unassisted and gord williams from keiui smallwood scored for the kings st louis had six penalties and the kings four dollar daddy saves you more socks ribbon gv o games vf s flash bulbs flash cubes film 10 off a very merry christmas from all of us at dollar daddy hkhwwwicwwtticwwmwwfnttwewvknmwicuiclckltviclcicitvuul 4 4 4 4 4 i 4 j- i i 4 4 4 i 4 l 4 4 4 4 4 j monday news again next week the free press will be published on monday due to the new year holiday falling on the regular day of publication come 1969 everything will be back to normal kfekksoafchklotltmakktihstmiaa santa claus appears at close of ucws christmas party r last minute pickups 1 moirs neilsons rowntrees lb boxes 80 to 125 mb boxes 100 to 250 2lb boxes 300 to 500 by mrs r shortill ballinafad united church women held their christmas meeting in the church basement tuesday evening dec 17 the committee in charge served a hot supper at 7 oclock which included casseroles salads and desserts christmas fla christmas florida postmark on thousands of holiday packages each year is located 23 miles east of orlando and was originally established as a fort to provide protection against hostile indianssome 126 years ago today thousands throughout the united states and europe send packages to be mailed from christmas now a symbol of peace and goodwill following this mrs jamieson the president opened the meeting with a christmas thought mrs elaine gales led the devotion with several taking part mrs wula shortill led in singing of several carols with mrs edeen mcenery at the piano minutes of the last general meeting were read and discussed business included decisions to purchase folding doors to furnace room settlement of allocation and balance on hand to help out the churchbudget mrs grace mcenery read two appropriate stories and mrs lola marshall took charge of an interesting contest santa claus appeared and an exchange evening of gifts dosed i the mrs cameron mcenery is still in hospital her friends and neighbors are hoping for a fast recovery siren heralds weekly drew the music of the band at the saturday draw was suddenly drowned out this week by the sound of the fire siren the crowds waiting to hear the names of the winners turned to watch the truck speed down mill and tum left down main before turning their full attention back to the names of the weeks lucky winners fire trucks goal a car burning at the home of les trevail main st s the fire was soon out candy in a most tempting assortment of flavor chocolata filled and hard candle anything you could want for a delicious holiday other gift suggestions cigars cigarettes pipes tobaccos lighters wallets key cases and ladies purses mad by hamv watlkhouji cameras films 24hour service en developing closed christmas and new years day watsons restaurant