Page 10 THE OAKVILLE-TRAFALGAR JOURNAL Thursday, February § 195 \PORTQ HORT The town minor hockey loop away to a flying start on morning, when peewee m teams will be picked ments worked mornings to me program. will s into action on the dot of eight o'clock, and scores of kids will play a lot of hockey between that hour and noon. Peewees should report this Saturday at nine, and bantams at 10.30 Bud Corbett and Ted Kennedy are appealing to parents to chase their off- spring over to the arena promptly this week to help facilitate organ- ization, and any parents who would be willing to lend a hand by taking over management of a team will be eagerly welcomed The Oakville | figure skating club, which began operations Tuesday night, reports a live- ly interest | in their drive for membership. With such blade experts as Ralph Crack and Jack Eastwood fending a hand in arranging that phase of act- ivity, instruction will be of the best calibre, and the club is away to @ fine, if belated start. Club secretary, Mrs. Douglas Howard, whose phone number is 807, will be glad to provide full information to any and all skaters or would-be skaters. home from Univer- sity of Michigan for a brief va- cation between semesters, point | ed with justifiable pride last week to the fact that mo less than members of the track squad are Canadians. Ottawa, Sudbury, Mon- Johnny Ros treal, Toronto and Oakville are represented on the team. Johnny, who picked up a i injury, has not been in training since before Christmas, but swin back into tne grind shortly. To date, Michi- gan's coach has had him concen- trating entirely on the mile, and hopes to have John fo about 4.12 to 4.15 before too long. Ross wil also be entered in the half mile event at spring meets. seas Jack Davison chalked up a tidy hat trick, Joe Lawrence rapped home a pair, and ' Hank Gal braith scored his first goal in half a dozen games as Lake- shores trimmed Dixie 62 at Dixie arena Saturday night. La- Kies dropped a 4-1 verdict to New Toronto's ; Senior B Os- tranders last Thursday night, with Giggs Watson potting the lone Oakville counter. "From here on in, though, it's going to be different!" [quoth irrepres- sible Lakie manager Jim Steed this week, as he surveyed the new arena ice surface. "Now that we've = got our own puck pond we'll be breathing hard on the necks of the group lead- ers before long." xr As the Journal goes to press, Bud Corbett's juvenile pucksters will be clambering over the dash- er to meet Preston in the opening game of their O.M.H.A. first round playdown. The Preston kids come © Every so often when we're in | Toronto, we try to make a trip to the Royal Ontario Museum. Last week we had another oppor- tunity, and took full advantage of it. You know, there are so many fascinating displays i eum that it's imp in all at once. Eve prehistoric arts and crafts to ex- otic birds and mammals. Everyone should be familiar with this mag- nificent building. Naturally enough, the subject which usually holds our chief in- terest is wildlife. We're constant: ly amazed at the wonderful work which is done by the staff there. The mounting, placing of habitat groups and so on is truly astound- ing. The meticulous care that must go into this work cannot be read- ily imagined! 'Whether you're interested in the garb of a Chinese mandarin, tribal markings of totem poles, the plumage of a wood duck, or Egyptian mummies--it's all there. If you've ever visited the Mus- eum, youll agree that it's an ex- perience not to be missed. Take our word for it. It's a wonderful education. Now that marshes, bogs and swamps are frozen over (in some parts at any rate), it's a good time to start thinking about wood duck nesting boxes. This is, of course, our most colorful water fowl, and we musn't let it appear, With the removal of de- cayed trees from marshy and swampy areas, the wood duck's natural nesting sites are fast dis- appearing. There has been an increase in the wood duck population in re- cent years, but they are still in dangerous position. One bad nesting year could so reduce the number that they might never recover. So, let's see how we can help conserve this magnificent Dird! While there's ice over swamps part of the marsh. This eliminates as far as possible the attacks of predators. this type of | can work would be a very good task [driving do you think weight One time carry? from sidelights, For example, how much a bobolink we were Bganville to Pem- broke when we noticed a female ones to loiter. (Sounds familiar, doesn't it?) The young bird, well- feathered, and perhaps just learn- ing to fly, wasn't taking kindly 'to his mother's warnings. We slow= for local fish and game assocla- ating the winter. Would be | bobalink and one of her offspring ed down to observe fhe Wied ol oenservation lesson for | having a slight altercation in the |ment, and stopped Just bed do the Scouts, too tie of the road, Mama seemed |the Uny pair. Mama, in a final From time to time, the close [to be having a difficult time in desperate bid to save her young- : ster, grabbed him by the scuff observer of natura runs into some ||persuading the young ene that w| Stet BRINE. felch win him Interesting and amusing wildlife | roadway is not the place for little into a nearby hay field! We couldn't see what happened from there, but have no doubt that corrective measures were taken EVERYBODY READS CLASSIFIEDS [ie mie" Sie sven ootiness ON PAGE EIGHT wouldn't occur again. If we hadn't seen this, it would have been dif- ficult to believe! D LEGION AUXILIARY INSTALLS EXECUTIVE The Ladies Auxiliar Canadian Legion, n Oakville, held their ing of officers for 1951, Mrs, y ter of Brampton Zone § pi, | sentative installed the foo officers: Past President, yd of Branch Hunt; President, mel 1st. Vice-President, Mrs, p pJ nedy; 2nd. VicePresiden E. Bwing; Secretary, Brown; Treasurer, Mr ard; Standard Bearer, 1 McArthur, Mrs, BE. FlaXman was pre, ed with a lamp as retiring (y rer, A very successful yea y) enjoyed by the organization, DO YOUR OWN REMODELING... If you're handy with hammer, saw and square you'll find that the remodeling job you've been putting off will cost much less that you expect- ed Don't put it off any longer . . contact us to- day for... DUNDAS PHONE 76 STREET NORTH ; MILLWORK BUILDERS' SUPPLIES INSULATION CHAS. F. DOTY & SON AFTER HOURS: 558-W OR 670 and marshes is the best time to set outinesting boxes. You plant some poles, driving them into the bog bottom, leaving about eight feet of pole above the water. On top of the pole is fastened an old nail keg. or something about that size. Cut a rtound hole four inches in diameter about two thirds of the way up. Line the bottom with shavings or sawdust. It's a good idea to mount the pole some distance . out in the open back here next Monday night for the return tilt; which will be the first game of a doubleheader at the new arena. Total goals on the round will count. Oakville midgets and bantams play a doubleheader at Hespler Saturday afternoon in their first O.M.H.A, playoff rounds, with return contest arrangements to be announced later. sanne Although ~~ midwinter snows hardly 'make a fitting backdrop for diamond activity, directors of the Oakville Baseball assn. will meet Monday night to di cuss plans for a new season-- and to cope with problems left over from an old one. 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