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th adon fraa prau waclnaadey april 23 1969 by denis gibbon thk saturday night the nun who ha contributed o much lo lb advrccement of sports in acton over the put ive yean will receive long overdue recognition when he i honored l a banquet fat the acton muk centre as acton scitiwri of the veer since hbv retirement from hb job with the cjk in lm4 charlie thomson hi spent countless hour around the community centre in tbe winter time and around the baseball diamonds and soccer iwd n the ttimrac time helping lo organise end promote leagues in town charlie ha bom of invaluable auiiunce to both the acton industrial softball league at a- iconkecper and reporter tod the acton loduiirial loouy league at a timekeeper and lutliikw lb ha also served on the eaecutiw of the acton ladles toflball team and ha been a major reason for their tuctti in the pit but the work for which charlie thonoon i best known it the work which he hlnuelf enjoy the mo1 the organuattoo and promotion of minor sports a an executive member of the acton legion minor sporti committee he h helped to reautcr boy for hockey baieball and soccer draw up schedules and arrange for referees and umpimt for the gsmes mote than that he hai alwayt been ready with a few word of eflcouiagemenl for the disappointed players of a team tllmuuled from the playofft the goalkeeper who hai juit allowed the winning goal or the hatter wlui hit struck out to end the game and the enthutlatm with which he hat carried out his duller has been a constant inspiration to all the boyi with whom he hai worked this past winter charlie furllier showed his interest in the youth of the town by volunteering to help the opportunity cuta of the robert utile school organize hockey games at the community centre what do all these activities add up to a tremendous debt of gratitude on the put of the cilirens of ihi town of acton when you consider that clistlle has done all thlt voluntarily and has even walked into town front his home in the country in order to help keep boys playing minor spoilt there are not neatly enough men at industrious at charlie thomson involved in minor sports and all of us can leant a lesson from the fine example which lie has set congratulations charlie for a job well done with till icfc hardly out of the acton arena the acton juvenile lacrosse club held their first workout sunday night under the supervision of coach howard dwyer and manager alan hall sixteen boys turned out for the firtt practice and coach dwyer ii very optimistic about live teams chances this year five of those who showed up sunday night paul cooper dob turlcosz bob waller mike marcoux and fred i litnik have impressed catlooters in earlier workouts with kitchencrssjumor h team but all are expected to stay in acton and play juvenile the indutmln company will be tpontonng the team this year and theyll be playing their home games on friday nights which is bound to help attendance although the league schedule will not be drawn up until may acton ii expected to be giouped with fergus virgil port dalhoutie and possibly oakville there is a chance that oakville will be playing their home games in the miltcutaieria wc- the locali will continue to practice this wtwand next and coach dwyer hopes to have an exhibition game lined up within two weeks the juves gave boxla fans in the area plenty of rugged action last season and with a yeart experience under their belts they should be right in the thick of the battle for top spot this year the acton rtftrlls association will be holding a meeting in the community centre tonight at r all referees gre aiked to attend i i a i i at the legion hall activities at branch 197 by charlie thornton i mens buciire today night saw fred kentner sr take the top spot with a crackling 73 and win the steaks other steak winners were john couture who carded a 64 and bruce baker with a 62 ii moons 38 won him the bologna the legion minor hockey executive sponsored a lunch wagon for the students walking for the cancer society on saturday we gave out hot coffee coke doughnuts chocolate bars sandwiches committee will operate arena booth the recreation committee hai decided that it will get back in the arena booth business after receiving encouraging reports of ttiocetslul ventures in other communities the committee passed a resolution at a meeting wednesday night empowering the canteen committee of wilfred duval and peter marks to assume complete management of the concession at the arena under the supervision of arena manager harold townsley the administration committee earlier had reviewed two tenders for the concession before deciding to operate it themtelvea conrvrniormalre roy goodwill has run the arena operation for the last few yean the roller skating program will also be operated by the committee under the arena managers aupendsiba mr goodwin previously rented atatsaouttotbeakaten oranges and encouragement to the walkers many thanks to ab louttet for the use of his lunch wagon service truck and bob louttet and ted pope for helping sponsorbd by the canadian legion 12 yearold bernie taylor walked all the way from thornhill on saturday arriving at the finishing post at the high school at 6 i s p m he was the only walker from the public schools mixed euchre saturday evening was steak night for lois gordon and molly mchugh with scores of 63 and 57 respectively mrs allan took home the bacon with a 41 the hidden score winner j mcnabbs 75 won him top spot and steaks in the men t division while man fern shultis came in second with a 65 ed phillips won the hidden score with a 34 and received the bacon skating tests results were excellent when several acton skaters took canadian figure skating association figure and dance tests at georgetown arena on april 7 following are those who passed preliminary figure diane charette karen townsley preliminary dances dutch waltz george mcphail canada tango colleen debruyn swing dance colleen debruyn brenda browne junior bronze dances fiesta tango diane charette willow waltz diane charette debbie drlnkwalier ret sports pim oee fer faking lor lite ural time in hie memory of many un ontario fisherman lie will have to pity u fee of s3 for the privilege of fishing in ills fuvourlle titers during litis uppllea lo all mule i years of age and over the three dollars only kjvci him u licence unglo flslt wlilt u rod and line if b wunu lei do oilier- things such uv caltli minnows for hull hint will cost onolliertlolliir if lie- picks up j few smell tljla board to ask osifsfonce buy playground equipment spring when they ure running this is un udditlonul si fee a licence to take fish with u dip net for perumil use where this is legjl will cost 2 so if u fisherman wants to be fully licenced to do ull thou thing that fishermen are wont to do when they ure pursuing their favourite sport ii will crista total of 7 lly he wjywive do not iieed fioiing licences jltia is impossible to understand as freimuntly they citcli most of the fish trout season opens on saturday lliftji water along dlilrkt creeks wilt jlicourjiic anglen from getting into their favorite fulling i uitc when the trout waion tipctu saturday hut nuny will be heading for thwnbuiy and other popular pot after the big rainbows the heaver kiver at trior nbury is a populur attraction for nuny the trout win up the river us jr us the dim in the centre ol the village and nuke ipectatular hut utile uttenipts to unit iloieruuii line the bjnk shoulder to houlder for the opening i or the angler who pielcrs the quieter atmosphere ol district st t reams there arc still opportunities to calili sonic irie peilnieui of peek led or iiowiu opening day however requires luck as well a skill and the worm d tinker will do just as well us the more soph lit it a ted kplniiiug reels and lly rodi where to fioi that ii the qiicition try the i rauuiu kiver the lllue springs creek manns creek the credit kiver and many of the snullcr irihulurict return don jarvie president tricounty the 13th annual meeting of the tricounty minor hockey association was held sunday at the milton legion lull ten of the 1 1 towns in the league were represented with burlington absent acton was represented by tricounty representative denis gibbons and acton minor hockey association executive members john creasy ron knight phil drysdale and carl timbers championship crests were presented to the five teams llut finished first in their respective age groups burlington juveniles georgetown midgets ojkville bantams milton pecwees and brampton novices in addition league secretary herb robinson announced the results of the voting for mvp in each sroup mvps for this year arc paul cook of brampton in novice ricky bridgman of milton in peewee glen wilkie of llcspclcr in bantam paul fcndley of georgetown in midget and george naka of clunguacousy in juvenile acton announced their intention to remain in the league for the 196970 season but asked the executive to consider a change in scheduling whereby hie a and b teams in the group would not have to play so nuny games against the aaa teams brampton burlington guelph and oakville however milton and hespeler both a towns indicated that they would oppose such a move since they felt that games against aaa teams gave their teams topnotch competition and thereby improved the play of their own teams it was decided that next year in addition to the arena passes issued to the players of each team five passes of a different color will be given to each team to be used by the car drivers the coach and manager of each team- will use their omlla cards as a means of admission three amendments to the constitution were made first of all each town which is not represented at a meeting will not only be assessed a fine of edge oakville in shuffleboard dominion hotel edged the new murray house from oakville 75 last thursday night in united shuffleboard action dominions have a bye next week five dollars hut alto an i tricounty league be given life additional fee of two dollars for every meeting that the five dollars is not paid secondly the manager of the home club shall cuuire that the timekeeper charged with operating the dock for all games shall be a responsible and capable person lmally the persons or persons nominated for life membership jull be prevented to the annual meeting by notice of motion such notice of motion for life membership may only be prevented by the officers the officers did in fjet move that bill hurrcll of rrampton and i red hammond of oakville two of the founders of the stag honors ken mclsaac a very enjoyable stag party was held last friday night at the legion hall honoring ken buddha mclsaac who will be married next saturday games were played and lunch enjoyed and then the industrial hockey league players presented ken with a gift of money confiscate tar guns of hunter conservation officers confiscated a car two rifles and a duck from an ovcrzealous acton hunter this week following an incident on longfield rd at mowbray place constable farion of the acton opp observed a car with a dead duck alongside it and suspected a fish and game violation department of lands and forests officials were notified and they took action charges are pending police said stolen battery police reported theft of an almost new battery from a car owned by john constantine and parked on the frederick st parking lot at beardmore and co 1 ditcuuioii on the need of playground equipment for acton parks at wednesdays meeting of parks hoard and recreation committee brought a suggestion that tlie committee approach the towns service clubs and ask if they would like to contribute to lie project the committee visualized several items of modem playground equipment in both protpecl and denlea parks for the use of clilldren chairman brendan aherne pointed out that glenlea park has ut for years waiting lor something to lie done and it was time the committee got limy the committee agreed to purchase new lacrosse nets for the lonununily ten tie and wai informed a juvenile lacrusse team would operate from acton it was agreed the team could have the uie of the arena facilities without charge as long as they just broke even but expected a slure of the gale if there was any profit a tour of the arena guided by arena manager townsley showed the need for tome new boards a discuuion on the economics of purchasing new plastic boards ensued the arena manager was to look into the cost and feasibility of the project reports in an official publication claimed the plastic boards lasted as long as 10 years without needing replacing and were never defaced the committee also passed a resolution to hire a part time gardener at s2s a week to look after flowers in the park agreed to purchase a popcorn machine at a price not to exceed 400 authorized the arena manager to purchase a wagon at a price not lo exceed si 00 authorized the property committee in have the cement blocks in the auditorium impeded and repaired as needed and hie exterior palmed at a pike not to exceed 2utu liiipecllon of the blocks had revealed sortie delerloratlhi authorized raises for the arena manager and his auiitanl chairman brendan aherne presided for the three hour meeting with committee members herb doddi wilf duval ijfl maiales and peter marks car flips no injuries strong wind and umw contributed to dulrict accident i riday night and early saturday morning a lj6h model car driven by manic i j lie of acton flipped over onto id roof along highway 7 near the hue springi road about midnight riday causing approximately j 200 damage later near llalhnafad another car driven by william arthur atkinton flipped over on wellington county road 24 neither driver wai injured ttcru 174 mill st at wiibub htomf tsssite roller skates membership in the tcmiia and the motion was passed unanimously mr burrcll thanked the members for the honor they had bestowed on him and asked them always to remember the associations prime purpose namely to provide an opportunity for youth to participate in minor hockey and to develop inlercommunity understanding and fellowship between all participants for the betterment of their physical mental and social well being mr hammond echoed mr durrclls sentiments and added that tncounty had come a long way since the days when they were pulling anybody who could skate out of the stands to act as referee the meeting concluded with the election of officers for the 106970 season group convener jim kmkley chaired the meeting for the elections the entire executive was returned by acclamation namely president don jarvie of georgetown first vicepresident bill rowney of milton second vicepresident don llargreaves of burlington third vicepresident lloyd maybe of guelph treasurer vern gowing of preston secretary herb robinson of georgetown m private landowners in ontario buy len million trees from provincial nurseries every year in v sizes with toe stops we also slock low priced rvutal skate caws at pcru ttrnr acton referees association meeting mdntsdav awl 23 8 pm at aclon community centre ah merees an asked lb attead hey boys acton minor baseball association registration sat april 26th 1969 at 9 am to 12 noon in thi community centre aoi stout as of januatv 1 vm nevit10 p wj 11 12 baitfam 13 14 midfjat is a 16 moktiatlon costtr 300 lath tor th hrtr two bay la on family 100 far tact atuhteasal fey fit srt sum april 25 26 27 all color show mmmrmsp chicken chicken snack pkia of oiulcii t nruh hu 79c i last thursday constable investigated stafford chicken in a box 3 pitxct of rtikkin i rciuh i net cote sbu buiicrvd bun m 139 family box of french fries six roll family cole slaw special pak r ivcvt of tuvor crttp chicken ttcidy to serve 219 i flaw me ue family pak 399 party pak 1525 14 pieces of oiltken roll honey 20 hecet of chicken slnfle order fmsdb frit six mcjka of hotkey phone assuoi forest helps industry and agriculture by regulating stream flow for hydroelectric production and irrigation hood drivein cqnfjt acton uvd antt ohm st m acton miliums lilllowl acl 6l- v h at a r m at i i i i i iff i i atxjlt enthryainmcnt plus cuudirse longer -k- the party hiagl motm sttow start at 730 tun fljropw it fa mmm am1 anytimi day ol m tt 1ustanr drivein theatre imuio jouavn cfly umits- jr ja 3c