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a AWARD r Aurora Newmarket J To our many friends good will and loyal contributed so mi pleasure of every day busi ness we send these sincere greetings for happiness this Christmas and prosperity for the coming year HILLTOP LUNCH Proprietors Fred and Jessie Counter BY AM greetings are pouring in these days bringing an inner glow of satisfaction hands are clasped across the years with many a stout fellow and fiood friend recalled and yesteryear memories are relived briefly First to hand came from Chart Holmes formerly of Newmarket now in Hamilton blithely prom ising the Grey Cup would rest in the Ambitious City next year Cant name the mall but Char lie VanZant Keg Charlie Legion sports chairman Joe Lesser of Sud bury Red Mitchell Frank verOSA secretary former baseball commissioner Happy Chandler Earl Cook Mayor Lamport of Toronto McDonald Ken Walls of Harry Punch ye old Ottawa Senators Frank Tun- and Watson John Stuart Charlie Ryan were among the early ones opened and placed on display f Like you and you and you were always hoping that we dont overlook somebody and the mail generally proves your memory wrong theres the mad whirl to try and find the street address Must make out that list weve been threatening to prepare every year The good keeps recalling the fact we said wed do every year too we console ourselves with calling that old Samuel Pepys had his troubles remembering too and promising to change things in the future we know were not alone beginning to look a lot more like Christ mas every day what with Ru dolph the Red Nose those old heartwarming carols and ma kissing Santa filling the air the fowl in the windows those turkey shoots and raffles bids to Noel parties the colored lights and the trees going up in every house in the neighbor hood that look of pious expec tancy on the kids as Jimmy Durante sings Isnt it a shame that Christmas comes but once a year Our wish to you is that the Christmas spirit may pervade your home all the year through and that the best of will be the worst of 53 for you and yours MERRY CHRISTMAS DOWN THE CENTRE Continued on Page Freeman West Two outstanding performances this week amongst the Hub ice lane battlers First was Don Smiths and number two or viceversa Freeman Wests Don Smith Spits hard work ing ever trying wingliner hit the jackpot with a four goat effort in Midland performance led directly to the Spits giving Midland a 3 drubbing Rumor has it the Flyers folded alter the game and wont be a party to the Big Eight scraps henceforth Of course by now you know our Office Specialty sponsored juveniles are doing business in the North York League Friday they lost their season opener at Monday before a slim home to Freeman Wests fourgoal effort shot the winner with second to go the locals hit the win roluntii via a victory over Richmond Hill Thurs- Freeman did it again scoring the winner in the late stages rate Newmarket a 4 win over BUI unbeaten Aurora was a tough decision to make but Wests winning drive in Aurora clinched the deal and hes bur award and Theatre pass winner this week NEWMARKET DISTRICT Mount Albert Vandorf Regents Must start taking Eddie Bush Collingwood a little mores seriously In fact well make a resolution to that effect Eddie before Thursdays big game when defeated said Well wrap this one ip in first ten minutes Eddie was almost as good as his word f M I If IN i it Llf By of the first one minute and seconds longer than he anticipated Col ling wood were leaders and well on the way to victory Charlie Fryer Bob Meek and Frank the shooting Tuck ed square An the middle of the Builders big take was a scoring play by Coach Morrisons num ber one unit Fred Houghton sinking a pass from and Don Gibson That effort gave the local fans theirone chance to whoop it al though they did get plenty of lung exercise when Eddie Bush drew the first sin bin sentence at Though our number one unit fired the Spits goal Builders got three back against them and one against our number two threesome of Don Smith Grant Firth and Bill number three Bill Johns ton Grant Winters Tom Bro- die fared best against the Bush men giving as much as they re ceived After- that we lost track of who got what against whom as Bill suffered q shoul der separation when he banged into the boards and Coach Mor rison was forced to send Grant Firth and then Fred Houghton out to do double pivot duty Shots on goal in the first minutes were ID for Collingwood four for the Spits That will give you some idea of the Builders edge The second was the Spits best round they counted three Build three and hat brought the to an end 14 Fred hit the rigging for his second Fred was the Spits only twogoal man Grant Winters and Bill Johnston helping Grant Firth dunked a Don my relay and Bill John ston whipped a past Hie prostrate Keg in cage for the Spits third score of the round Robbie Jack Cochrane and Charlie Fryer the latter Col liugwbods top getter with two were the Builders sharpshooters Shots on goal were Collingwood Newmarket whacked In a set tip pass from Don Smith to close the Spits scoring in the fifth minute of the third Gibsons ef fort was the only score of the fin al period shots on net Colling- wood Spits Overall tdlaI of shots on goal Newmarket It was by no means Ken Tup- lie- Don Cameron Hillsdale Dairy Newmarket Dairy There Will Be MO MILK DELIVERY Jim- XMAS or NEW YEAITS DAY Please order your requirements the previous day lings fault Spits the short end Vup made some ter rific saves and was left to own devices often as Spits rear- guard were lax in hustling the biscuit away from the danger zone- Reg though his work was riot nearly strenu ous as did valuable work hailing robbing Fred arid Don Smith in particular Referee kept the sheet fairly clean though that doesnt harcl checking game with pick ing up three Colling- Aurora And Bantam Contests Aurora Rotary and divided a home and home set in North York bantam ho ckey league action last week Both teams won their home ap pearances by identical scores by Gary and goal scoring con tributions by Larry Hill Garnet Hill and Samson set in the winners circle in the Wednesday joust at Dan Patrick hit for two and Ron netted singles to build Auroras scoring picture Auroral found things more to their liking at home Bill skating charges vaulted into a second period lead Both teams had the pressure on in the final period It added up to a biisy finale Au rora ran into a streak of good flying and assured the win with a fourgoal effort The picked up three scoring shots but were stymied in their attempts to slice the Aurora lead by ray Short Ellis starry goal- keeping Glen Wright Ron rattled the rigging for two goals each Oan Patrick earned his keep with a goal and two assists while Jack ami fieri snapped in a goal each scorers were Boh Sweeney Hodgson Garnet Hill and Larry Hill AURORA TOWN LEAGUE Ditch Diggers Victory Flyers Chappie Aces York Rangers OPTIMISTS NHL Canadiens Leafs Black Hawks Red Wings Bruins Rangers JUNIOR Aurora Midland Owen Sound I Hockey Results NEWMARKET DISTRICT Dec Mount Albert New market Regents 3 Vandorf 3 Kcttleby AURORA TOWN LEAGUE Dec Chappies Aces York Rangers 2 Ditch Diggers Victory Flyers 3 BIG INTERMEDIATE A Dec Newmarket Mid land 3 Dec Newmarket NORTH YORK MINORS Juvenile Dec Newmarket Rich mond Hill Dec IB Newmarket Aurora Midget Dec Richmond Aurora 3 Noble- ion Juvenile Second m Racing back froni behind a 31 deficit Newmarket Office juveniles sniped for three goals lo gain a decision over Bill Au rora Wilson juveniles in the Aurora arena Thursday The game was the in the weekly Aurora arena North York minor hockey league triple- header It was second win of the week and gave a hold on second place in the four team loop Aurora Until ticket ed with this loss were gallop ing along league leaders with three wins and no losses Early goals by Steven Mills Ted Rogers and Wilsons rink- long safari set up the with a 30 lead Aurora were charged with sin bin trips Newmarket two and Pitt in charge of the Specially platoon inthe absence of Coach Ken threw out fiye forwards at every op portunity The move paid off Dehvyn Creeds goal started Newmarket on the comeback trail Geo Davis and Glen Keffer early period counters to even it 3all and for the sec ond time in the week Freeman West shifted into position to handyman goal keeper Goo for the clincher Dick Corner making his initial appearance in the Specialty line up came up with a sharp shot- blocking display V HOW THEY STAND December t BIG EIGHT GROUP North Section Newmarket Calling wood Midland South More Sports on Page Ii l Oak villa Georgetown Milton Fergus ft I NORTH YORK MINORS Juvenile L Aurora 1 Newmarket Richmond Hill Newmarket Aurora Rich Midget a ROSS BURGESS PLUMBING an HEATING Deep and shallow well pres sure systems Installed and FOR SERVICE PHONE NEWMARKET Our wish Is sincere Mau a Christmas And a New Year tool MYERS Confectionery and Staff v JllV J It I IE SPORTS COLUMN f 5 fcj travelling not long with a National Hockey League team and th boys on their way back home after a hard game were having breakfast in the diner One had ordered a full double cut of ham which is quite a lot of ham a few eggs and coffee this being preceded by orange Juice and cereal and the other boys were twitting him on what they seemed to think was a prodigious and Hamilton When ho reported to his first season with that he brought along his meal ials from the diner en route The club in days paid for such meals He handed the bulk packet over to the late George Kennedy who then owned the Montreal club for inspection George wont through the list carefully then cocked a rather quizzi cal eye at Mummery and enquired Do you keep cats Why no the don own a eat Why no said the surprised Then Kennedy who drank this cream Why did answered I always drink a pint of cream after each meal Its antidote for ulcers Resides I tike cream asked him where he could get such a steak At my boarding house said Harry buy it in the afternoon AN tor the game take it to the wash off the coal shovel cook the steak in the furnace and wash it down with pint of cream Not wishing deprive a and hungry ath lete of his victuals declined the invitation Not long ago Frank Boucher of Hangers told me that on a trip west they had met Mummery at a railroad station He was a railway engineer Come up to the locomotive he invited ami 111 cook you the finest steak you ever ate over the coals on a shovel Its a but have two of hem so we can both eat Mummery was the oneman power his day lie could skate with more speed than you of a giant When he got the puck he would wheel off down- the Ice brushing aside all checkers with his great balk When he got about feet out he would throw a cannonad ing shot at the goalrr If It went the net well good Hut he kept right on going Rearwards in his own powerful fashion and if the bounced out Mummery would be right on and another blockbusting shot He scored quite a number of goals that way And also he knocked many a set of goolncts right out of their foundations In the pro cess as he crashed through DISTILLERS LIMITED re