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EXTRA MILEAGE pig Apr M J- THURSDAY TO SATURDAY I Patricia Medina MORTON BROS- PLAYING CARD PREMIUM PLAN One Playing Card coupon will be given to yon with each or mare in trade When yon have saved coupons will redeem them for one pack of Remembrance Quality Finish Playing Cards MORTON BROS LTD St Newmarket Phone Stop In Ask Us About It ket intermediate ladies club organisation meeting p Legion hall meeting Sooth Simcoe baseball league May Newmarket town hall basement organisa tion meeting North York minor baseball leagues Au rora town hall organisation meeting Aurora town league May East bury township hall Sharon Lake Simcoe league meeting SECOND FEATURE Jack Battel Mala Powers SPECIAL CARTOON FESTIVAL LOONEY TUNES MELODIES BUGS BUNNY ALL IN TECHNICOLOR MONDAY TO WEDNESDAY Tie Model and Hie Jeanne Bitter SECOND FEATURE In technicolor Uprising Audrey Long MINOR BASEBALL George Haskell headman of the North York minor baseball leagues sends out the word that should bring all the minor league boosters to attention The leagues annual meeting will be held in the Newmarket town hall basement Friday May at The call is especially directed to last years teams Richmond Hill Oak Ridges Aurora New market Mount Albert and Sut ton The welcome mat will also be out for Stouffville Bolton Bradford Keswick and any other North York teams wishing to join the league Come along if youre interested in the big diamond sport whe ther it be in junior juvenile midget bantam or Avon Official Opener May 13 IKofJmor tried To no avail To ft op water alfbt Is OFFER SECOND OFFER BINGO WW NEWMARKET WEDNESDAY MAY 1953 8 SHARETHEWEALTH ATTENDANCE PRIZE GOOD NEIGHBOR PRIZES 20 GAMES 2 CARDS ADMISSION 35c JACKPOT for Jade rot PHONE POLICY SlIfcONTINlJOUS FROM CONTINUOUS FROM 1 MATINEE SATURDAY AT J j SHI APR 30 MAY Lake ladies Name Club Officers Final date for accepting entries for the Lake Simcoe Junior La dies Softball League has been set for May 11 This was the ruling laid down at the leagues annua meeting held in the Kes wick arena Monday April 27 Three teams Aurora Newmar ket and Keswick threw their hats in the ring for the leagues honors Mount Albert Sutton and the other three teams in the loop last season were not represented at Mon days meeting Mount Albert and Sutton are expected to re turn Vivian and are also said to be interested in mem bership in the league Stan Beechener Sutton was reelected president and Bever ley Keswick was return ed as secretarytreasurer for a third term Geo Haskett was added to the executive as vice- president The manager of each team will also be a member of the executive and Geo Watt Tracy and Jack Mun- day were named to represent Newmarket Aurora and Keswick respectively at Mondays meet ing A second meeting to complete the league organization for will be held at Keswick Monday May at pm League delegates also decided to offer a trophy for the leagues most valuable player The selec tion is to be made by the mana gers and league executive at the conclusion of the league season Delegates present Monday were Stan Beverley Heat- on Geo Watt Helen Watt Tracy Barrager Geo Gord Hare Grace Curtis Tom Hare Don Smith and Harold Hare Thats what you call speedy work Aurora softbail flood- lighters are just about ready to pull the switch that will throw on their 24 floodlight system In fact theres just one more job to complete and theyre ready for that historymaking event- That job is connecting the floodlight system to the town hydro lines The work will be done this week and it is hoped to throw on the lights and to properly aim and focus tonight or tomorrow night The installation of the lights was completed by town hydro workers under the capable di rection of hydro foreman Athletic Field Chair man Jim Murray had high praise for the work of Mr Copeland and his hydro crew for the way they pitched in and completed the job m record time The Athletic Field committee chaired by Alderman Murray met Tuesday night and set Wed nesday May at pm for the official opening of the lights The official opener will pit Au rora Allstars against an allstar crew from Newmarket That at traction should give the lights a fine sendoff Further details of the opener will be available for the press next week Congratulations are certainly due to everyone who made the installation of lights possible to Alderman Jimmy Murray and his fundraising committee who worked diligently throughout the winter to raise their share of the necessary funds to the town fathers for their contribution and to the eager beaver work ers who pitched in to install the lights AWARD For Alderman Murray This week through our Award column were going to offer congratulations to the Aurora floodlight fonder for their feat of installing lights In record time We could go on and on singling oat gentlemen and for their contri butions to make this history making event possible Inciden tally so that you wont lose sight of the fact the lights will be officially opened May Lets see theres Gardner Lloyd Cliff Chapman Don Mathews Jim Murray the collecting staf fers the Town Fathers and bis hydro staff and a host of others We know weve missed a great many who made the installation of lights a possibility But as in every thing else there has to be a Joe who coordinates the effort and I dont think anyone will take a shot gun to if we select Alderman Jimmy Murray as our Hash man award winner and Theatre pass receiver for his untiring efforts and leader ship in making the lights dream pome true Hasketts HASH by George Newmarket Sports Editor Fun comes with sunshine Sunshine is all we need now to get the softballmushball flocks circulating and percolating in earnest Theyve been fanning the breeze in the organization circuit for a couple of weeks now and are about ready for diamond action mi I T TUB MAT DAN DIANA LYNN IN LEAGUE OFFICERS Attempt number two to or ganize the Newmarket town soft- ball league was more successful than the initial try The dele gates meeting Tuesday in the town hall got around to the im portant job of naming an execu tive for the season Don Smith was named president and Mickey Smith secretarytreasur er Managers from the teams en tering the league race will be added to the executive board in due course Two teams Office Specialty and ThompsonBell indicated at Tuesdays meeting that they were ready to resume action again this season Canadian Hoffman and Hay Smiths SportsCycle teams in the town softbail wars last season will not reenter it was learned Tuesday league officials if no further teams enter hope to work out an schedule with the Aurora Town Softball league Newmarket Aurora Minor Baseball The minor baseball program for both here and in Au rora is starting to take shape Well deal with the Aurora pic ture first Bill expects to have three teams midget and juvenile ready for North York league action Bill is contacting possible sponsors and hopes to have on announce- on the complete picture within the next week or ten days Lowell Waller and Eddie Pitt who are fronting the drive to put three bantam midget and juvenile Newmarket teams in the North York league are at present endeavoring to set up a Newmarket minor baseball league committee Geo has agreed to act as secretary- treasurer of the committee and they hope to name a president of the Association this Week Lowell Waller and Eddie Pitt will act as coach and manager and anyone else interested in coaching or managing a team may contact either of above two gentlemen for details Ray Smilh SportsCycle prop has offered a set of sweaters to equip one of the teams SMOKE RINGS Continued from page Wright of the Newmarket Vet erans Cliff for his Stan Smith for his coop eration at the arena Mr and Mrs Russell for their steady support of the team Ruth von and Larry Needier for their previous gifts to the team and to all the merchants and fans who supported the team during the season Coach Frank in his toast to the team spoke glowingly of the teams record and said he was very proud of the loys fqr their wonderful conduct on and off the Captain Lome re plied on behalf of the team and thanked all those who had pre sented the team with gifts and on behalf of his teammates pre sented Francis Ho lings worth with a Parker pen Guess youve probably got wind of it that the local town leaguers are in difficulty Cant round up enough crews for a four team circuit Two teams have applied to date Office Spe cialty and ThompsonBell The rest of the boys must be tired retired or too old Shame on you Can you imagine a metropolis of reaching the point where its only possible to put two nines in the field Ouch This paragrapher Hardballers To Practice On Friday and Monday Mondays rain washed out the scheduled Initial workout of the Newmarket Legion intermediate baseball squad Latest informa tion available indicates that ap proximately players will seek the nine starting spots in the lineup Manager Ted Robinson comes through with the report that the clubs initial practice has been rescheduled for Friday May at the Fair Grounds Every body Interested in playing with the Newmarket intermediate team is asked to report on the Fair Grounds diamond at pm Additional practices will be stag ed on Monday May and Wed nesday May The South Simcoe Baseball Leagues annual meeting is booked for tonight President Geo Hudson secre tarytreasurer Tom ami league delegate Geo kett will represent Newmarket at the meeting Aurora Softball Four teams will show their wares in the Aurora town soft- ball league Leastwise that was the idea gained by the league boosters as they met Thursday to elect officers and to consider plans for the season Ditch Diggers and Ontario Hospital are sure starters and a third and fourth team is in the process of being organized officials and delegates will meet again Friday May at pm in the town hall to complete plans for the season and to discuss the formation a senior town team for competition Inter in the season The following officers were named to guide the league president Don Mathews vice- Bill Mundell Gardner Lloyd Each team in the league will name two repre sentatives to the governing body cant believe weve dropped to that low ebb Canadian Hoff man say they cant come in be cause they havent a and its my guess the are in the same boat So what Nobodys going to develop chuckers by sitting at home twiddling thumbs No the spot to develop them is in the ball orchard Whats wrong say with an amalgamation of Canadian Hoff man Davis Leather Dixons and Benders for a team and surely there are enough in the town itself with or with out a pitcher to form a fourth crew Better give it a thought the have pitchers teams It would likely give you a trimming for a while but be fore the season is over its my guess youll be giving a good ac count of yourselves Leastwise youll be having a lot of fun- Think it over men and lets have those third and fourth teams for the town loop Congrats and What Have You Say that was a whirlwind job those Aurora floodlighters did The official opener comes up May 13 re ports Floodlight Fund Chairman Jim Murray Congratulations are due all the chaps who pitch ed in and made the history mak ing event possible And the opening attraction will be Newmarket allstars vs Aurora nilstars Sounds like a grand idea Lets make it a big night In fact why not make it best seven series and the winner can name the North York county town Oh think nothing of it were full of bright ideas Got to make It short this week to see the open ing ball game 15 games I- A I a w J GET A A BOY CAN DO A AND CHIAF TO RUN USIFUL ROUND a ft in now nut jwr USE IT AS A TOO lWtvmw Ward Allan liHed Davis Dr Phone Newmarket CANADA PA LID Is now contracting cucumbers for the season High prices for cucumbers this year and there are SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR GOOD PRICES For your contract or for more information about I- mmW PROFITABLE CASH CROP Phone write or see Phone Newmarket j TECHNICOLOR OCT YOUR TEN POINT SAFETY CHECK NOW i r TO 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