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--~field roller. On July 26, 1961 an historical plaque commemorating the history of: the 49th. Parallel was un-- veiled where that line of latitude crosses highway no. 11 about. four milessouth of .Cochrane. This plaque is one of a series being erected throughout the province-by the Department of Travel and Publicity, acting on the advice of the Archaeological and Historic. Sites-Board of Ontario. Participants in the eeremony shown left to right included: Lieutenant-Commarnder Peter Wilch; Mr. Rene Bru- _helle, M.P.P. (Cochrane North); Prof. T. F. Melkwraith of the' Archaeological and Historic "Sites "Board; His Worship Mayor M. "A. Palangio. of Cochrane; the Honourable John Keiller Mackay, D:S.O., V.D., Q.C., LL.D. D.C.0., Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario; who unveiled the plaque; Colonel €. E.. "Reynolds, 'D:s.0., MC., Chairman of the Cntario Northland Transportation Commission; Dr. James B. 'McClinton, President of the Northern Ontario Associated Chambers of Commerce; Mr..W. E. Brewer, 'President of the Porcupine Ghamber of Commerce; and Mr. Jeane s Shirley, President of the Coch- rane as of 'Trade. -Campsalls Start Playoff Trail With Win Over Rouyn Dows New Liskeard Campsalls tied up - their first game in the NOFA play- _.downs » against Rouyn Dows, but : - needed a ninth- inning, rally to 'take the" game by a 3-2 count. * The: Electricians used. two pitch- | = ers for the opener, Don McKnight ' was in the box for the first seven innings and brother Gordon took over in the eighth. Quelett went the distance for Dows. -Campsall's were trailing 2-1 when. they started the ninth inning, and won on a walk, a hit, and an er- ror. i Charlie Caldwell singled to start the rally, and Coach Reg Turn- bull pulled him in favor of speed- ster Dave Donaghue who has been sidelined with a broken finger. Donaghue made second and third on passed balls. Charbonneau walked, and on-the next piteh the pair pulled a perfect double steal for the tieing run. ~ Charbonneau made third on the throw home. Armitage flied to the catcher on an attempted bunt as the tension mounted. Bob Black- burn got a lifer when first base- man Poswiata lost his high fly in the lights. Charbonneau was out trying to make home on an in- With Blackburn on first, Christo hit a hard liner to second which was thrown wide, and Blackburn made home by inches. The stocky runner looked as if he had been jet propelled Bob Blackburn, taking over the _ hot' corner vacated by. Bob Dubois and playing a brilliant game there, : also. scored. the winning run.in the opening contest with Dow's roar- -ing in from first base on an in- field hit and error. as he took a jong chance to sew up the game. 2 Starting pitcher ee McKnight, ran into trouble in the, first inn- "\ing when he had control. trouble: and walked two and gave .up two: ; _|two;. gave up~-two hits -and two hits for two runs. c _-He- settled. down after that' and' retired. the next 12 men to face |: . New Liskeard Campsalls .will _ meet Rovyn Dow team in the second game of the playoffs _ at the Beach Park on -Thurs-.. day evening. This is a best of five series - in the semi-finals of the North- ern Ontario Fastbalk- Associa- tion, and the winner will meet Timmins. Gogama Restocked With Pine - Spruce Gogama--About 11,000 aeres of land which supported fire pine stands until the turn of the century have been restocked with eight mil- lion pine and spruce seedlings in the past six years by the Ontario Department of Lands and Forests. The project has been aimed at correcting a serious depletion. of} red and white pine over a large area because of logging anda series of severe forest fires. _ The climate of these outwash plains has been an important fac- tor in planting. The weather, -.- hot by day cold by night - - called. for sturdy seedlings to survive. the: first few years of temperature. ex-| tremes. Dry sands also made rain- fall essential to the three million | two and three-year-old seedlings planted annually. A fair portion of the east part of the Gogama Distriet lies within a typical geological formation of | the Great Lakes - - St. Lawrence Forest Region known as an out- wash plain. The soils are charac-|" terized by fine to medium sands for a foot or more in. depth, then} by gravelly sands or boulder gravel below. . These materials were. de- posited 'in the glacial age. Snake- like ridges of sand and -gravel known ~ as ~eskers, and-- melted. blocks -of ice called kettle lakes, peculiar to the. outwash, are found in abundance 'in the: northeast, part. of the. district, about 30 air. anes, |to cut off Blackburn sailed into from Gogama. him: in order. He was in a tough, snot again. when .two errors ptac- .ed..men on.second and third. But Jack:.MeKnight: came-up with two. fine defensive catches to kill the rally. In: 'his 'stint, Don walked runs. x Gordon McKnight took' over at the top of the eighth, fanned three Liskeard looked sharp .on- de- fence threughout the game, and as 'well as the two key catches in the 'outfield, the infield grabbed "so mee hard. chances vos killing plays. Line-up Rouyn Dows--Mitchell, .Racicot, Franche,. Poswiata, Lafreniere, 'Bertrand, Laliberte, Quelett, Hill Liman. -ed like champions "lint the "eighth; forced a pop and} struck out two more in the ninth. | Thursday, August 24, 1961 Win Centr The Cobalt Hawks downed the Latchford Lumber Kings in the fifth game of their best of five series to win the Central Group Intermediate ~"C" honours .and advance into N.F.A. play-offs with the Englehart Hornets. Latchford won the first game 8 to 3. Ted Bates the winning pitcher and Denny. Larabie the loser.. The Latchford team look- in this game and were strong favorites to win the series in straight games. J. Hunt and R. Maisoneauve were the big guns in the Latchford win. In_-the. secend game of the series Cobalt fought back to. edge the Lumber Kings 2 to 1 in a real thriller..L. Othmer was the winning pitcher giving up. 5 seattered -hits.- Ted Bates took the loss allowing only 7. hits. W. Othmer and A. Chitaroni scored the 2 runs for Cobalt with Maison- €auve scoring ~ for Latchford. Latchfort downed the Hawks, 7.to 5 in the third ..game with, Lingenfelter getting. credit for the, win and D. Speck taking the loss. the pick of the winners while Mu Taylor and 'L. Audette looked good for Cobalt. down Latchford 9 to 7 in the fourth game with L. Othmer the; winning: pitcher and T:..Bates the loser. D. Taylor, W..Othmer and |L. Othmer-were the top batters, for Cobalt with R..Maisoneuve, and J. Hunt coming through for; the Lumber ..Kings. In the fifth... and.=final game; played .on Sunday afterneon tbe ber Kings 7 to.@ to» win*the series. €obalt is currently: leading © En- glehart 1 game to @ in No F. A. play-offs. lone Miller Lorne Miller, secretary-man- ager. of the NOHA fer the past ten years, last week tendered his resignation. from the past, terminating service to the or- ganization -which started in 1932. Liskeard hockey men, who clashed with Miller on many occasions, say a hearty hbur- rah at this news, but there is no doubt that the stubborn man has contributed .much time and energy. during his years with the NOHA, and his loss wilt be a severe one. North Bay is already laying the groundwork te have Jimmy Aspin of the Gateway City C ivaalle= Ghatponreca Armi- tage, Blackburn, Christo, Carr, Grozelle, D. McKnight, G. Mc- Knight, J, McKnight, Caldwell, Donaghue. g RHE Dows 200000000 233 Campsalls 000001002 3 6 3) named as his: successor. B. Livingston and L. Wellar were)|: Cobalt. Hawks .bounced back to! Cobalt. Hawks shut .out the Lum-, 'different, look am..it."" The Haileyburian al Finals Fall Fire Hazards In Northern Woods TORONTO--Late August presents season which extends to the of October. this is the time..of year when sur- face fires which spread rapidly present a special challenge to the safety of the forest. Further, they advise eottage owners and farmers to. be particularly watchful careful with fire during a season'! of hazar@ which-will end only with the -first: snowfalls. Forest fires are. generally asvid- ed into three classes - - suntaaes ground and.crown fires. Surface fires run over the HO. burning in. the top layer of the dry. litter, grass, weeds, small, bushes of flame... Some.typical areas are, aid burns, open areas. of grass, ~ hay fern etc. Ground: fires layers of ly spread: slowly or smoulder and Thick layers ofhumus: or mats of pneedles a of ground. fires. Crown -fires. are. those in whieh . the foliage of the trees is consum- the tops of trees at-a rapid rate jand is usually in dense coniferous * 'stands of timber. It is important. to recognize. the 'three -types- sinee suppression 'methods required in. each case are Small fires. are usually' On a large': 'Hire, all three may 'be present ay 10 ground:-or eurface-fires. different sectors. SAFETY "The Minister of Transport can preseribe a <miving mirror, the manufacturers can supply it, but only God can. make. the drivers This statement; was mage by an official of the (Bri- itish) Ministry of Transport, who |} Was speaking to-the point that road safety cannot be dealt with .en- tirely by (Government action. Gampsalis on! team added the John Stoyand Memorial Trophy to their league championship in the Kirkland and: District loop with 'a sparkling win at the Beach 'Park last Saturday. Gordon McKnight chalked up his sixth straight win in the play- off series, with a 4-2 score. He struck out eight; walked none and gave 'up four hits. Losing pitcher ~Larry Hillman. again proved he is a hard man 'and: allowed nine 'hits. 'Hillman gave the ~ Raiders a start in the scoring columna in the second innings with a long home xun "looper,® but Campsalls moved ahead inthe bottom half of the third innings .on three singles: and' a double-for two runs. - The game continued as a pitch- ers -battle until the top of the @ single-tied: the score. their half. of the innings. - Bob 'Blackburn was hit by the. pitcher, Christo: bunted and Beattie's throw Fae Japs to hit' by fanning' 14, walked one |. -geventh innings. when a triple and') |. Liskeard. moved onto <win' in' second base. . Blackburn beat the throw home by a narrow margin. The insurance. counter was scor- ed by Christo on Don McKnight's Yong double. The partisan -crowd in the bleachers gave Campsalls vocal support they have not enjoyed be- fore this season; and the ribbing finally got under the skin of Bud Hillman who had just fanned. He rushed around-the screen and teed off. on -his-termentors. The lights were shut off, and the players and spectators sorted out. Hillman was thumbed, and Gord MeKnight completed his: game for' a- handy-dandy win. CAMPSALL'S. _- Charbonneau, cf .+... a gee Veoh Re Armatage; SS-....-.-: 6 week ~ 0! Calg cain Rye tT EOL Christo,. CA srict es. s a Set oe ed |) 3 0-1--0 > Ot -O 4 O12 -0 Wiarpuives AR 2. a 20.44 22 3 £ 1-0 Galdwelh ¥ o..5 00.2084 "1 0 0 0 WB atbals- ih. wiht fe Fee 34.4 9 1 RHE cals Win Stoyand re In Tight Series With Joe Dash Page 3 Cobalt Silver Hawk its own particuiar forest fire -haz-- ards and problems in Ontario... Now oceurs the 'curing' or dry-~ ing of hight: forest fuels such as . grasses, feras and bushes to mark - the approach of the fall forest fixe , a Ontario Lands and. Forests .for- | est protection officers warn. that - and -- ete. They are usually very hot and. spread rapidly with a. fair aneUns burn in. the thick ~* decaying humus and, other vegetation. These layers are ~ more compact and usually icon-,,,. tain-more moisture than the top ., ayer of duff: and: litter. They usual- are very difficult to extinguish' jed: - This is the-most difficult type, ls {of fire to control; it spreads through ~ s foundi:in. peat begs or dn: old timber -stands: are typical areas':! 'r t 4 JOE DASH AB RAB Er RUPP TATE. oh 9's « sir 54 301.0 Marshall 2b). 25. .264 6 e: 401 °0 MrCatfery 8.4)... ai 411.0 157225 Ds ie | «eer reer 40 0°12 ds Fehdo 4 33to9 fof Semen Aee e410 ovina Vines Lv | 9 fee appl or ge eet ne me 300 0 dh oa 4a A Tae aa one OF al Bre CCT oso aisran so « 4001 ROPAZZAS Chi oi assis swe 300 0 cls 122 1 ae eae aa ae 25 eo Joe Dash oro 060 100--2 4 3 Campsalls' 602 000 204 9 1 RBI -- --L. Hiliman,. Armatage, Christo, D. MeKnight.. 2B -- 'Carr, Dubois, B. Hillman, D. McKnight. 3B -- McCaffery. HR -- L. Hitman. SB -- McCaf- fery. Sac. -- Christo, Dubois LOB -- Dash 2, Carmpsall's 10. BB -- Hittman 1, McKnight 0. SO -- Hillman 14, McKnight 8. Hits off -- Hilhman.9 for 4 runs in 8 imnings; MeKnight 4 for 2 runs in 9. innings. Hit by piteh- er -- by Hittman, Blackburn. WP -- G. MeKnight. LP -- Lb. Hill. man. - Umpires' -- George Birnie and | - Cam . Jelley;