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Weston Times (1966), 7 Dec 1967, p. 6

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One thing about a swimming meet, or. any other sports event necessary to have officials. 4 Sometimes they are profesâ€" sionals who are paid, In other instances they are simply dediâ€" cated persons who are interested in helping promote sports for the« benefit of the kids. : ‘The swimming game owes a lot to the people who volunteer at contest after contest to judge, time and assume other, duties. Without thein the swimmers would not get to swim. It might be appropriate someâ€" day to show them our appreâ€" ciation. This past week, an exâ€" travaganza was he onor the swimmers, m athâ€" letes, who have done well this year in the competitions, The swimmers need more medals and another meal like they need a We suggest that a banquet be held for the men and women, who enterâ€"into the spirit of the sport with dedication and sinâ€" eerity, as a tribute to their work, and leave the kids home in bed. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Sansom hold periodie clinies at which poâ€" tential officials learn more about the trade. A Dr. W. J. Dunn is conducting one at London. Anyâ€" one interested should contact the Etobicokeâ€"Aquatie Clubâ€"for furâ€" ther information. broken leg: KAREN SWIMS WELL Twelve year old Karen Harper of the Etobicoke A.C. (EMAC) set a new Canadian record of 2:43.5 for the 200 yards butterâ€" ;]y";m; in a lpu}nl timeâ€"trial event. This is a veryâ€"fine effort.â€"â€"â€" ALDERWOOD RESULTS John Gill of the Alderwood A.C. took two second place medals home after last week‘s swimming. He won the silver awards for 50 yards backstroke (34.2) and 50 yards butterfly (34.7). Lakeshere‘s John Gora placed third in the ‘fly with 35.7. At the same contest, Mike Beaudry of EMAC placed second in the 11/12 boys 100 yards freeâ€" style, 1:05.7. Shiela Van Spronâ€" sen of Jim Currie‘s Lakeshore club was first in the 11/12 giris breaststroke recording 38.4 secâ€" SWIMMERS HONORED Area swimmers honored at the recent Ontario Centennial Sports Award Dinner at the Royal York Hotel were: Etobicoke â€" â€"Leslie Scott and Geoffrey Brown; Toâ€" ronto USACâ€"Angela Coughlan, Debbie Wood,â€" Jim Shaw and Alex Fedko. Several borough swimmers make periodic trips to the U.S.A. to compete. Last week in Rochâ€" ester Gail Kernius swam the 100 backstroke in 1:05.7 to win her event, Wendy Wansbrough was 1:02.5 for the 100 fréestyle, and door to the minute barrier as she recorded 1:00.9 for the 11/12 girls 100 freestyle. Jane won the age group trophy the previous week in Pittsburgh. & _North York A.C.‘s Sharon Sulâ€" livan swam a 57.5 in a recent contest in Wisconsin . . . Ann Fitzgerald of the same club, training under the direction of former world record holder Danny Sherry, recorded a 2:23 Oranges help . festive spirit Canada received its first part of its juiciest Christmals present with the arrival of 600,000 boxes of Japanese oranges. The shipmentâ€"first of a recâ€" ord 3.4 million boxesâ€"arrived last week aboard the 14,000â€"ton States Lines‘ Oregon, the first of seven vessels schedwled in Vancouver over the‘ ‘holidag: The _ succulent, . easyâ€"toâ€"peel oranges, which grow on the sunny slopes of Mount Fuji in Japan have been a traditional Christmas treat in Lakeshore since they were first imponed more than 40 years ago. : This year‘s shipment repreâ€" sents moreâ€" than 100,000 boxes over the total and represents the The Oregon will be followed by anothér States Lines‘ vesse!, the Arizoma, which will be carâ€" rying _ approximately 506,000 boxes of the Japanese fruk growing demand by‘Canada‘s reâ€" tailers. The fast.ships make the transâ€" Pacific sprint from Shimizu, to Vancomygr in a short 10 days. Japanese growers say that g\e to the warm growing season this year‘s. orange crop is of exceptionally bigh quality. . > Preâ€"season _ conditioning for skiing pays dividends, according to â€""Ski, Fun for Everyone," a slick ski manual produged by the Department of National Health and Welfare. Good_conditioning will enable you to develop: skills EMAC IN USA â€" s@f"aint SPLASHES *‘ â€"» Thursday, December 7, 1967 \ Mp "g X * *‘ k # . 3 c‘l.lm 'y uy C LULE k matrlcncts / Uhvave Tok Rutiindinw ut Alf th Library 'l'he..trc at College and _ soon. They‘re only ‘1-3‘ sath by . ~â€"~â€"~â€"â€"â€"â€"m«â€"â€"mam on wIm for the 200 ladies butterfly . . . one of the better races on some coming procnn should be the women‘s 400 y freestyle relay with EMAC, North York and USAC battling it out . . : we preâ€" dict a world retord performance within three months for USAC‘s Angela Coughlan over the 800 At Our Rex metre Mena Pearce back in action after recovering from a broken wrist . . . EMAC‘s Casey Laariâ€"looks like a comer . . . get out to Gus Ryder‘s Lakeshore Pool tomorâ€" row night (Friday) and watch their annual Christmas Gala, a tremendous show for all. â€" ALAN WAITES w s % CLEARANCE © CENTRE ONLY m happiness is the studio ildren‘s Theatre‘s Jack and the ww PP Sm i . T mqvhomnwndnl_»udu Fee‘ Fi Fo Fum all the time. That is if you‘re a child or have the lively imagination of a véi;ky young Jack was played by Don Legros in the Don Mills Happiness can be a crossâ€"eyed â€" Open Mon. Tues. Wed. S?at._ 9 to SM or library last Saturday, but all the fun of Jack‘s story is just part of our fall geason which includes Loilipop. : And talking about happiness, this Christmas should be one of the merriest. For the week beâ€" tween boxing day and New Year‘s Day, the Studio Children‘s Theatre has a full log of exciteâ€" ment booked into the Central« Library Theatre at College and _ soon. They‘re only $1.25 each by _ Hansel and Gretel will play Dec. 26, 29 and Jan. 1. Jack and the Beanstalk can be _ seen Dec. 27; Pinocchio Dec. 28; ° Good driving is smooth, conâ€" Lion and the Lollipop Dec. 30, trolled and inconspicuous, says and Cinderella Dec 31st. There the Ontario Safety League. will be four shows a day at 11 _ Each ‘ quality is important. a.m., 12:30, 2 and 3:30 pm. ___ SMOOTHâ€"because good driving _ Who could ask for more? No one in your family if you reserve mail or phone. the Ont:iuo S:htyhlm Each | quality s _ important. SMOOTHâ€"because good driving, should be as pleasant as posâ€" sible to driver and passengers, So many toys we can‘t list them all. Here‘s ~‘un example of some of. the savings. BRIDE DOLL â€" Reg. 2.98 . SALE .2 l j e % LITTLE MISS DEB) BUFFET â€" Reg. 11.88 TINY TEARS IN /CRADLE j Reg. 5.49 SALE |____ . Pss & se + + ; + _ GREEN VINYL CHRISTMAS TREE â€" 7 Feet Reg. 14.98 ‘ SALE nniminifig . ols 1 0-98 FLEXI LION PLUSH TOY â€" Reg. 2.79 CAPTAIN KANGAROO DOLLâ€" Reg. 11.98 SALE MONKEYS end COCONUTS (Gem Reg. 3.99. SALE a RACE~ TRAP â€" Reg. 3.99 SALE Cl BATEMAN CAVE â€" Reg. 8.38 SALE * From Our Fine Family of Catalogues. Pick Up Your Catalogue Purchases the Same Day hu Order Them! TOYS Phone QGI-SI 11 without jerks or constant changes of speed. CONTREOLLâ€" ED â€" to give maximum secur~ ity, ‘éand also the feeling of security), to those in the car and to all other road users. INâ€" CONSPICUOUS â€" because anyâ€" thing that draws unnecessary atâ€"

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