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Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), May 1, 1968, p. 4

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4 the acton ft pun wednesday may i 196a the world of outdoors with a b t h a w e s top aecee at maple itockshoot- ing rang this week weal togord clow who aame up with a jx brad mainprise cum tip with a brace of biu miller cot ib and art haw s 17 the g g brecton shoot tabs place this sunday this shoot it between the torn trap tow in halloo county and la hew an nually on the first sunday tbmay the anraiet moot between v maple book and the halloa sportsmens association begin jtine is tawtlrar half is held on that 4at1n mttton whity the atcoad half take place at mapw rock in th tall bill c195 was given orsf leading in the house of commons on december 21 1967 ttw biu would revise the provision of the criminal code dealing with th etfensiw weapons to teaks more effective the control of possession and use of fltwarms and other weapons some section of the proposed legislation are in fact directed toward the objective outlined in the explanatory note they would increase the penalty for unauth- orised carrying of a concealed weapon would authorise the courts to deprive a convicted criminal of the right to possess any firearms for periods up to five years and would authorise the commissioner of the royal canadian mounted police to re fuse or revoke a registration permit in the imprests of public safety many people would feel thai the lastmentioeedprovision should be extended to seizure of all firearms in possession of persons having certain types of mental disabilities one excellent feature of the proposed legislation is that it would permit any person re gardless of age torecelve train ing and experience in the use of firearms under the immediate supervision of a person legally qualified to possess the firearms in question this provision for which the canadian wildlife fed eration brief onhrearms legisla tion made a very strong case will be welcomed by all of those organisations and individuals in volved in training young persons is safe responsible use of fire arms uany of the other changespro- posed in section 6 of biu c195 would be much leu welcome some would impose objectionable restrictions on legitimate rec reational use of firearms the threat of totally excessive re strictions is contained in sections which would authorise the gov- eraorlncounell to reclassify any weapon into a restricted or earth moving clenlea park is being levelled this week another area being improved is the swampland be hind the arena over to main st sm vttsports page streetsville in orangeville out for coming tricounty season prohibited category sportsmen target ahootera and arms col- lectora are determined that the power to restrict or confiscate all firearms musoot be placed in thehand of a few meraberaof cabfhat who could decide suchen issue without public debate present legislation authorises issuance of a peemlj tb possess flrearsw topertooaundertne ass et 14 years their of any such provision in the proposed new legislation would deprive many thousands of youg persons es pecially those living in lightly settled regions from playing thetf traditional role in control ling farm pests or contributing to the family welfare by providing food or turbearers obtained through use of firearms the permit to possess which would no longer be available to persons under the age of 14 would now be required byperson who are 14 is or is years old uany tens of thousands of young persons in those age groups now use firearms under provincial hunting regulations and in pro grams sponsored by the boy scouts and cadet groups some 40000 young persons in these age groups graduate each year from hunter training programs which are approved or conducted by provincial governments must they also in the future apply for federal permits before they can use their firearms since issu ance of their permit to possess requires no demonstration of knowledge or skill relating to firearms tens of thousands of applications for permits to possess would add up to nothing more than a mountain of red tape for the applicants and a gigantic headache for the issuers those who participate in the fast growing sport of competitive handgun shooting would be the people to suffer the greatest in convenience if bill c195 became law the permit which now auth orises these people to use their target pistols would be replaced by a form carrying unspecified wording but which would be valid only lqjbe fhrince in which it was issued hssfcuriner swishing to compete fnhnferprovinclal events would need to obtain spec ial permission even the local competitor is likely to find his privileges severely restricted a civil servant would be given the force of law by biu c195 a situation which would surely violate au the democratic prin ciples normally appued to the process of legislation those who use firearms in their recreation and they num ber in the millions are under standably concerned about the overlyrestrictive nature of some of the provisions of biu c195 the canadian wildlife federation the shooting feder ation of canada and the dom inion of canada rifle associa tion are now in the final stages of drafting a joint brief which will shortly be presented to the minister of justice tricounty minor hockey as- under the present system toe soclatlon elected their newexec- boundaries ar deter mined by the utlve doled out trophies and distance from any trlcmimf crests heard reports and die- venire thai is s town hsving at rl- new executive of the legion cnbbsge leegue elected at lest saturdays annuel ban quel and presentation were left to right wayne mason secretary dorson frizzoll prosl dent and john krapok treasurer reliable taxi s loam was the powerhouse of the league this year staff photo banquet trophy presentations reliable taxi tops cribbage league the legion cribbage league would up the 196768 season of thursday night competitions with the annual banquet and pre sentation oftrophlesat the legion hall saturday night reliable taxi powerhouse of the league wound up the season on top of the six teams and were presented with the adams trophy by company representative mur ray exeard as well as individual trays second place went to the fire fighters thoy recolvedthomol- son trophy lnapresentatlonnude by gord mccutcheon a series of throo nights of plan acton open saturday june 29 plans are almbst complete for the 12th annual acton open golf tournament to be held this year at the georgetown golf andcoun- try club on saturday june 29 teeoff times will be at seven minute intervals from 730 to 10 am on the plush course which will bo the scone of the millar pro tourney the following wednesday because of the mil lar tourney open duffers are going to have to be extra careful not to disturb the turf following the open which is open to any residents of acton and district or anywhere else for that matter golfers will re turn to the legion hall in acton for a roast beof dinner at 6 pm all participants will receive a prize for their effort whether good bad or indifferent with the clubs thero is also a new trophy donated by tho bank of montreal for the guest golfer scoring the best ib holes tho 1967 gnesttrophywasdon- ated by roy goodwlnat sports corner tickets for the annual event one of the years highlights for sportsmen here are available at the- sports corner with accom panying starting times indications to date are that this years tourney will bo the best organised ono yetandukoly the best attended playoffs between the top six teams resulted in four additional trophy presentations reliable taxi picked up their second award of the night the mason knit trophy presented by the companys representative charue klrkness dorson frlxzeu presented the goy cartage trophy to the legion c team chucks 230 club took the lg a trophy presented by meat manager charue auger legion president gord james made the legion trophy present ation to goy cartage election of officers for next season tooluejplace after the awards were made with dorson frlzsell returned as president wayne mason elected secretary and john krapek treasurer a deucicus dinner was served by the ladles of the legion aux iliary cussed several aspects of new business for next year at the annual meeting in the milton legion sunday afternoon the meeting heard represent atives from streulsvllle explain their wish to enter five learns in the tricounty leegueriexi year and at the same time learned orangajrlue plans of opting out of the joop blu wsnarr representing streetsville fold the executive let tlnw lavjdlabls for heme gameswfrorn 6 pm rb 16 pjffl saturday and could be arranged for one other rdgti of lrt wpek the only thing standing iri streetsvilles wsy was advice from a toronto township lasgue warning them they could only draw from the town of strixjls- ville and none of the surrounding area streelsvjile is surrounded by ulssfssauga roller skating arena manager harold town- sley still removing flecks of paint incurred while repainting the inside of the community centre had some good news for roller skaters this week he expects roller skating wlu start wednesday may 8 therell also be new hours for skaters where they used to start at 8 pm and end at 10 now theyll start at 710 and finish up at 930 therell ukely be two nights each week set aside for skaters stock fish in credit fish stocking is being carried out in the lakes at terra cotta conservation area and in the credit river at belfountaln con servation area to provide excel lent fishing for the ardent fan trout abound in the fishing areas at terra cotta and some of the ones put in the lakes three or four years ago still havo not been caught there has been some question of fishing licenses residents of ontario are not required to obtain licenses until january 1969 county team saarr said btrtsville wosld loss 25 per cent v its players if the boundary was held in the town limit the executive end omha memoir jim kinsley botbegreed tricounty and the ontario minor hockey association would not recognise any township or ares as a centre and said they would support 9treejsvfu 1 they ant ed to loin in league sod- drew from the surrounding area pro- vided they did not dsavf roni an area close loanokhertricounty team age lowering controversial subject for more than a year now was discussed briefly bill bur- tell noted 725 per cent of those playing junior hockey started when they were of hi nor age and 45 per cent of those lntheoha junior a loop now are of midget or juvenile age tricounty as a unit is defin itely against any age change as it would put boys out of hockey a year sooner the treasurers report showed a balance of 67 but this wss not taken to indicate an unsuccessful season over 400 for a trophy case among other xtra expend itures deputed the tricounty bankbook it wasdeemedneces- sary and certainly worthwhile to invest the money in a case as the league has over 1400 invested in trophies the trophies are displayed in miltoo arena ladies softball the ladles softball squad wlu start off their 68 season this saturday with a practice session in tho park at 10 am at present the team is looking for a new coach and asks that anyone inter ested contact one of the girls on the team a league meeting will be held sometime next week in palermo don jarvle will relgnaapresl- with first vicepresident biu kuwnsy second vlceprestdent don hargraves and third vice- president doug beu vern cow ing was elected treasurer and herb robinson returns a secre tary milton novices cleaned up on the individual awards bryan wilson and craig jubb shared the honors for th best goaltend- lng average and bruce ellison copped the scoring honors rio bridgman was top scorer in the see wee section fisherman lined the hanks of fairy lake on saturday the first morning of the fishing season merchants red sox consider merger a strong possibility exists for the merger of the campbellvllle merchants and the milton red sox intermediate baseball teams len andrews who has led the campbouvlllo team to 17 champ ionships in just about every class of ball within their grasp said monday he bad proposed a mar riage of the two clubs to the executive of the milton club andrews said campbeuvlue had some money and a playing field to offer and milton has an excellent minor system to draw from following an executive moot ing of tho milton ball club mon day night vicepresident dick clement said he was quite en thused about the proposal tho teams decided to meet in campbeuvillo last night tues day and see if some of the de tails could be ironed out cle ment salt the milton executive favored mlltoncampbouvillc merchants as their team name we dont want to lose our identity and neither do they he said it is likely if the two teams were united they would play on the campbellvllle dia mond tin need to amalgamate was brought about in campbellvllle when they lost five of last years players the same mud has bum evident in milton for some i mi stu king and bill joyci both ruind this year chester broke his vtrlst arid repla moved to waterdown where he uvos and works but the big hurt came with jack roberts decision to play in burlington where he makes his home andrews said if milton did not fold or no agreement was reach ed between the two clubs the campbeuvlue club would fold wo havo temporarily quit now he said monday we art limited in where we can draw from and we have run out of ball players he said kill reeds camera catches john mcgeachle straddling the bar in the high lump in last week s high school field day athletes particl pate in the district track and field events this week staff photo failure is the persistence uru of least mshmmtn war out in fore for saturdays trout season opening crowding shoulder to shoulder in soma popular fishing spots this angler recognizing his kinship with nature preferred the solitude of a rippling stream where only blue lays disturbed the warm spring air with their raucous calls staff photo swimming concrete and plastic pools complete line of equipment and supplit scenic pools ltd head office 4590307 brampton showroom 46 center st n brampton agent vr no 1 acton 8530769 time fonn change with spr i u it u thr fu irhti au ti r llr im lh an ryr tu i jjhtnrn ind uml rt and j healthy friprcl fur ihc demands uf uerm mpdlhrr nr thc fr mm ulfartd in witufoiji array of which tmpt nu i thottn o bond building guelph oft seout news the court of honor campwas a success most was made of th time available by having satur days breakfast at 6 oclock most scouts were out at 10 o clock to do some tre planting for the badges forester and forest conservationist asm ross budgell ismaldnf contact with the eden mills troop for a friendly soccer match asm kevin conroy concluded a course scouting it in georgetown saturday coming events hike with all troops of the georgetown district may 11th sldp first birdie of season first birdie shot by a non- golfer from acton thlsyearcame on the ball diamond in prospect park saturday george mcphail was at bat in a minor baseball practice pitcher delivered the ball george hit a pop fly zooming in just at the wrong moment was a bird the ball hit the bird the bird hit th ground dead minor baseball officials and players rubbed their eyes to see if they were seeing things they rushed over to view the bird they scanned the aides for added proof a similar occurrence took place in a town league softball game a few seasons ago when frank daley threw a pitch which creamed a swallow acton open gotf tournament sat june 29 t 968 georgetown cw ft country tickets available only at sports corner woo each includes golf dinner at legion and prizes teeoh tlrrts 7 3qiq w pwtj 124 mill st at wilbur nioni mlsim golf clubs and complete line of golf accessories get practited up and ready for th acton open jlmm 29 tickets and teeoff time at pu fr- tt

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