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Iisoo to 1300 No doubt thetreewas significant and stink This being the last column this apportunityto wish all of our re er and sportsmen everywhere aVerlelerryChristmIas fheorlgin of the Christmas tree custom now so well established in most Canadian homes Is steeped in ancient traditions Some historians traceits origin to the timeof Martin Lutherand it appears evident that the use of the Christmas tree and ornaments developed first In Germany and later in Scandinavian Countries during theperlod Christmas symbol with Ireligious significance in much earlier times In North America the custom dates back to the days of the early settlers and evidence indicates was first introduced on this aldeof the Atlantic by Prussian soldiers Balsam dr and spruce the traditional Christmas tree for several centuries is beingISupplantedin many Canadian and American homes in the past ten years by Scotch pine Among the reasons for this change are thefexcellent needle holding capacity sturdy branches fast rate of growth when grown in plantations and the attractive shape and appearance when properly pruned and tended bytbe grower to enjoying the beauty the treebringsinto our homes let us not overlook for one moment the ever pment fire risk Once the needlesbegin to dry out in the room temperature foliage becomes much more inflammable it Is certainly Iwise not to bring your tree inside too soon or to leave it inside too long after the holiday is over immersing the trunk in water helps somewhat and there are pre parations which can be sprayed on the foliage which will retard burn ing Fire Chief iton Irwin can recommend good one which can be easily mixed in the home The wise home owner will take every precaution to make sure that their trees and decorations are not such that they create fire hazard The Ontario Department of Lands and Forests staff at Midhurst Forest Station extended farewell getAtogether on December to two members of the staff Charles Bowdery and Arthur Smith were each presented with wrist watch by fellow employees on the once sionl of their retirement from the service Mr Bowdery has been with the Department since 1926 and has spent all of this time at the MidhurstNursery Mr Smithrwhonas appointed to the permanent staff in 1943 has been working at the Midhurst Nursery until illness made it necessary to retire from active duties in 1956 Friends rind fellow employees wish them both long and healthy life following retirementI This column is indebted to the Lake Simcoe Weekly Report from theIDepartment of Landsfand Forests for the foregoing We hear now and then about many flagrant breaches of our game and fisheries laws on trust that any person who is witness to any such misdemeanours will make note of the circumstances and report same to the nearest Conservation Officer or District Office of the Department We cannot hold with the people who do not look upon beating these laws as being as serious as say robbery or other such criminal offences It the breaking of our game and fishing laws is not rob bery in every sense ofthe word what isit person who takes something out of season Ior who takes more itafl theyIareIentitled to are robbing lawabiding sportsmen of their easure This is good season of theyear to review our stand on this matter 15 this not the season of Peace on Earth and Good Will to All Men As sit downtorour Christmas dinners this year let us give thanks to he Overseer of all the wonderful things of nature and plan to make even better use of our opportunities next year To all lovers of the outofdoom may we say Manyou always find pleasure in the wonderful world of nature being ever mindful of your rights and duties may you long enjoy the fellowship that only those who take to the great outdoors can fully appreciate and above all may you and yours enjoy Very Merry Christmas Are things returninng nornu or arethe Barrie Flyerl just in slump Those are the questions Within the space of the last week starting last Saturday In St Catharinesthe localshavs drop ped three straight contests two to the Teclees Indvone to am llton TigerCuba use Two More Wednesday night here the TeePees spotted the Flyeratwp goals then gillopped off with 52Idecision Last night in 8am ilton the Flyers were bad the otflciatmg had nothing to do with Christmas whatsoever injuries to the Flyels were commonplace and the club lost Tonight the local heroes travel to Guelphfor game with the last place Blltmorea it will he the Flyers last regularlyscheduled game before Chriatrn ably not the last time Despite the fact that the score was so close last nightcoach Hap Emma advised his charges that theyd be spending Christmas in Barrie He had originally plau ned to let the gang go home to moIrrow Saturday For the better part of 55 mln utes last night they did little more than get bumped around Got Bot Late Then inthe last five minutes Four Leagues See ActionIn Church Hockey Man ygames were played the Barrie Church Hockey Le goes this week Squirts do the ton Squirt games How and Rangers played to 11 tie before the game was forfeited to the Rangersand Bruins and Red Wings played to 11 draw Reid scored for vllawks and Bellamy forI nangers Clarke scored for Bruins and Perry for Red Wings so Three Atom games were played Raycraftscored bothl talliesxas Trinity defeated St Marys 24 Pratt and Thompson were the goalgetter for Collier as that club defeated CentralEmmanuel 231 Young scored for Emmanuel Bob BrennanIone of the indiv idual stars of thedayscored all three goals as St Josephs shut out BurtonSt Andrews 30 Four Peewee games were play ed TrinitySt Giles and St MERRY cnnrsrlvras Becahse weregoing home to Timmlns for Christmas we figured Wed start with our Merry Christmas greetings today ISo best wishes to the clubs in theOntario Hockey Association Junior Series May they be so kind as to give rather than receive And when the vlng isIall over may the Barrie Flyers be in more respectable position insurestandings Merry Christmas to the American sports writers who voted Ted Williams and 10th in the receht Most Valuable Player voting in the American Baseball eague May SantaClaus bringyou fellows conscience Merryichristmasui Arthur KIngwhoIgot an smn over YamaBahama Merry Christmas to Bahamals manager who Wouldnt ven let Yuma say Merry Christmasfi Merry Christmas to Rocket Richard May his ankiehheal quickly May he score 30 goals tbi season and may he retire after this seas while still the bestin the busin Me Christmas toConn Smythe who ever he is May he not fin alaw suit in his Christmas stockin Best wishes to Teedei Kennedy coach thefeterborough Peles in he OllA Junior league May he come of age as coach rather than arfevolutionist at Council Meetings Merry Christmas Jolly Jack Adams of the Detroit Red Wings May it snowiin Detro Seasons greetingsto the Hamilton TigcrCnts Canadian Foot ball Champions Trimble as coach lIeriy McDougall as fullback and Cookie Gil christ as tan adult on Corsens goaL May you remain intact and start next season with Marys played to scoreless tie St Andrews and St Georges Essa Road played toa 22 stale mate Smith fired both goals for St Andrews Doidge and Webb scoied for the opposition Collier defeated St Josgph 110 Terry Long wasIthe lone marks man in the game that saw Central defeat Emmanuel 10I Bantams IIn Bantam play St Andrews defeated Emmanuel +1 andeen tral and St Marys played to lltie Dan McFadden had two goals for StAndrews Pickering had the Iother Laing scored for film manuel Thompson scored for Central and lltyan fcrISt Marys in the Hockey Tournament at Oslo Norway May you be speedier tires and ate highloctane players To the fellows who makelfook on the tights races etc llow Awning do you do it Andin what style Best wishes at times Pat Poland wm says Turlow out is patetlc they go Ihot Id panned inItamI goals comngpwlthln filly of thsyictorargut issaot good enough spedflywheel team had no license to ldaeto first place who were by no means laying great hockey VI itimust be admitted that the ref eree Bill Balloon played great part in this Smilar to the chores of Hugh McLe obvious things cat on the calls Balmer letthe go and were couldgoeitherway mm List Bob Blackburn suffered most wben he wascrashed Into the boards by hulking Howie Young Blackburn couldnt get to his feet About an hour llaterBlackie took his first steps Today he has mighty sore back probably the resultofItIorn muscles Young incidentally andit real ly seemed incidental the way the official called it received but twominutes sentence for inter ference Jimmy Josephson who just got back into action Wednesday After long layoff was clipped on th nose for fewstitches Al Norrena hurt memoirgot hisfoot when he wascrashed into the boards byYouog Marv Rutledge and Ed WeslfaliI both suffered minor leginiuriea Pete Panagabko sparked tho Flyers lategamo drive scoring goals at 1825 and 1920 Billy Forhan was credited with the othergoal at1543 The puck was actually deflected into the not by Tommy Black but Balmer will be Balmcr Bernie Cote got the Flyers first goal in the first period when he split the defence beautifully and beat young Dénnis Jordan who guarded the Hamilton cage forthe drst period Carl Wetzel or Mr Magic tookover from the second session on Murray Oliver paced the Tiger col with ftrioof goals Jim Shropshire and Gary liuyben scar ed the others Different 11ers Wednesday evening it was ar little different The Flyers took the leadin hurry and blew it just as fast By Barrie Croslqnd eel Ideteoee Preston Akervall Young Amadi Haddon forwards Shropshire McNeilLSmith Sum Blackburn Luybcn Oliver Baker frlulu Cooke Wilcox Cuba Luyben Blackburn PenaltieszAmadlo am Haig 1008 Blackburn 1259 Young 1527 Hail 1842 Davison andILuyben 1700 and misconduct 1706 an I19l° Eéeond Period Cuba Oliver 14 Cuba Shropshire Oliver Cooke 64a renames Young 50 Norrena 331 DIBlackburn 915 Cote loge Davison 1158 hlcNeill 1458 Smith 1000 Young 1917 rand Period Cubs Oliver FlyeraForhau Black Patrickl 1548 Flyers Panagabko Black 182 Fiyers Panagabko IJasephson Patrick 1925 Penalties Amadio 405 pa um major and game misconduct 710 Cook majori 716 Young 1327 Haddon 1903 Shots on go 14 7931 By Hamilton 1216 333 St Catharines goal Deioidyi defence Hiilman Robam Me Guire Hayward forwards ICos burn Ravlich Mikita Hoelrstra McKenzie Wennecbuk Ewer Quenville Makl Compe Wright FLYIIERS STATISTICS Forhan PanagabkoI Patrick Cote Blaakburn Davbon Josephson Nortena Rolfe WesHall Black And like Ross Brooks last night Norman Jacques had busy evenI ing before slim crowd of home town fans Ed Westfall put the locals une up with goal off backhand shot at 506 of the first period Peewees At the second mark of the second period Billy Forhan gave the folks something to trheer about when he tipped in aiblue line drive by Pete Panagabko From then on it was St Cath arines against Jacques And when the Flyers did get into scoring position thewacre weak as kit tens 1n the middleframe the local charges had 19 shots on goal Only that early play by Eanaga and Forhan paid off II Both mideeek contests were rough with penalties beingdished out la Icarte Last night Mur ray Davison melon tojthe club midway Ithrougb the finaljtrame when he receivedIa game miscon duct He originally gota mayor sentence for fighting with Cooke Barrie lineup sameas Wednes day exceptforIgaaitender Jacques played Thursdayw Hamiltotl goal eiruipped do you live Seasons greetings to the Minesing ball fans who alwaysmade us so WelcomelI And to the ladies the banquek who cooked up that vely meal at 71 hall who attended do enough money to buy jackets Merry Ilo the hockeyfans Merry Christmas We dent of you Butwe know you my is honestly AndIJVierry Chri truestto the thousand and one gallant wh donned anddoffed hiform of the Toronto Argonauts this rds hristmas to Jerry James Canadian footballe or each others names and addresses so you erry whom StaffSmythe says could he the heavyweight boidiig champion thejvprldd And to Ismythe himself for the prize Merry Christmas to Joe Louis wholl never pa nd to Sugar Ray Robinson who must pay hiswAnd nescu whod like to make enough money sot Olfld income tax MerryChiistmas Floyd Patteison heavyw whod undoubtedly baye rougher time beatin JIM Rademacher And to Pete himself who Regards to Phil Watson coach of the said the Boston Bruins would not lose May you continue to get along so well with II amountian York ltangerr who theIre Howard Norris The Boss who says 11 WNW 91 meals melon ofludin cost but not the Casey Brydson Cole HIDNUIUIBUIAMQII womaamqwmu drapes this Christmas and blease the whole family come NY cinnamon sax rooms PA 616437 Barr goal Jahduea deferdw Dawson Blackburn HnigI flut iedgeWestfall forwards Joseph son Cote Panagabko Patrick Forhan Brydson Cole Nprrena Grassland Black Rolfe Offici Referee ack Shrop shire ltlehmond Hill linemen fanny Doolittle otNewnmkct and Andy Class of Aurora Flntjerlod FlyeisWeslfall Black Cote Penalties op 1101160418 Hillman 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