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Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), April 22, 1959, p. 7

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change was complete two and a half hours later when a diesel pulled into the station with a ten car passenger train enroute from london to toronto most of the diesels now used on this line are ones released from western canada where steam loco motives converted to oil are being employed k was pointed out that the change will benefit both the cnr and their passengers in that the new engines are more econo mical to run and provide a smooth er ride the elimination of stops to take on water is also a time sa ver though bhis is one of the last lines to be converted to diesel dn ven trains a light duty diesel on the north south run to allendale has operated through here for years the only steam engine tra versing the steel ribbons on this line from now on will be dead beads being towed to the grave yard at stratford si andrews united church services mbj in harrison public school student minister mr alexander mandford ba church service ii 00 am sunday school 9 45 am beginners nursery and infant cant during th1 1 a m service sugar and spice i by bill snout of tkt wlutm eek for the past couple of weeks the majority of canadian women have gone through a harassing bewild ering experience night after night they have wheedled coaxed and threatened trying to get small boys and grandfathers to bed at a decent hour night after nleht they have re ceived only faraway uncompre hending irtares arom their hus bands and received these only when they shoved the nightly tv snack into their hands night af ter night they have gone to bod nerves twanging eardrums still aching from the penetrating rec- ous chant of canadas favourite but hold ladies reck naught of the scowls of young wilbur the snarls of grandpa dont be j fazed by the utter nothingness ot your better half bear with them nhl playoff time is to them what paris is to a middleaged teacher of french what stratford is to the large lady who helped paint the scenery for the mudville drama festival stanley cup time is a wonderful spring tonic it is alice in won derland and potejr pan for the mah of your family from eight to eighty where you see only a lot of large young men rushing at each other they see a ballot where you see only brutality and bloodshed thay see the drama of a bullring when you shudder at the bestial rear of the arena mob they are thrilling to the skill and gallantry of the gladiators you see girls hockey at its best is poetry in motion music in flight an nrl goalie has all the grace and delicacy of a toreador rocket richard with the puke on his stick is like no one more than captain ahab harpoon poised for a bullet like thrust at moby dick maybe wa dont think about these comparisons as wa sit on of our chairs watching that majtcgs it sgii so wgii aa40 qfttifeaeawu 4f 4 demonstrated etflomffluno uadeav shu behind he name on ow m you and tro xcorwcol rftoven reputation for quality rrom front to gleaming rear ousnoboe b f 4lhctwctrve oldsmobu ityungi crisp beavty of rne sett olds apart from the ordi nary w its soonl costs ttss than many qucssi an o doer look expensive but yowl nnd more s e kockot to lit most every podtoti ockb mom off mrormandi omi am i gel komomkal omxation and mam- ibflsavvki mmers report viet tnse ffosmo blot east lass to operate than other ears shfts ttadftionauy hkm resale value ofrofelesed cor tv inles mst the leafs end canadians battle it out but were aware of them tfa a national disease pretty well res- tricted of the mala species and it makes the socalled fever of the world series er the grey cup game look like a mltd case of the sniffles in comparison how did- we get this way well t s a little embarrassing to explain but d boys out of ten in this covin try are exposed to hockey parly ib ufe and eight out of ten of them have at one time or another had a desperate desire to become a truly great hockey player the urge might have lasted five years or fivd minutes but it was so pow erful it hurt while it lasted and about 90 per cent of us know perfectly wall that fl it hadnt beert for shear bad luck or bed management wed have made the nhl soma of us ware too heavy some too light some were a littl aslow other couldnt hoist the puck some started to smoke others to go with girls it was just soma lousy break like that that kept us out of the big time but even knowing this we re not envious we watch the best players in the world with the com placent camaradp of a movie extra watching the stars at work with the friendly concern of a burl esque stripper watching a prima ballerina we sit there as they flash about the ice and muse there but for the fact that i always went over on my ankles go i when i was a kid my dad used to tell me of ms hockey career as a young man he was secretary of the shawville pontlacs one of his obs was lining up teams and sleighs for out of town games about twenty years after he left the great frankia flnnlgan and an other 10 years after that the mighty murph chamberlain both top pros came out of shawville to hear dad ten it the three of them used to ride the same sleigh to games in renfrew 40 years before during my own hockey career tn the day when we wore eaton s catalogue for one shin pad simp son s for the other i played in the same kid s league as les douglas ten years later he was a pro lead ing scorer several times in th ahl up to detroit red wings i still think it was only the fact that he could skate six or eight times faster than i could that made him outdistance me in our hockey careers go through my family and youll find they have some great hockey traditions like this that fat fel low watching tv onca scored the winning goal with eight seconds to go if thoy haddana called it back for offside that old gentle man in the rocker remembers the time howl moreru came to town when he was still an amateur and ha d havo seen him in play if ha haddana been working in the bush that winter that youngster gnawing his nails in front of the set why ho was the third highest scorer on the third best teaman the squirts league this wry wfnter oh it may all seem childish to you women but it s part of the simple strong poetic heritage of the canadian male have patience the plague wanes in a few weeks and you 11 get your own back and vour innings at the tv set when the royal visit starts champs declared at kid hockey finals the curtain came down on the 1958 1959 hockey term for many local youngsters recently as the remaining teams in each league donned uniforms and skates for the lasttime this season to decide the divisional champions all of the leagues with the ex ceptlon of senior a played two games goals to count series log ging the first half friday night and winding it up on saturday st catharines threw a scare into marlies before falling just short of the junior a title the teepees came on strong to humble their rivals 31 on saturday after taking a 40 shellacking the pre vious night i quackenbush paced the marlie snipers in the shutout with three goals and an assist while ronnie richardson scored once jmd assisted on another and a studdard collected an assist jackue kemshead was the fire brand for st kitte saturday net ting all three goals on passes from prank king and t bradley j quackenbush tallied the lone marl boro marker springfield went undefeated in their two game shuffle with buf falo but claimed bhe american league crown by only one goal they squeaked by the bisons 32 in the opener and held them to a 1all tie saturday in the tight fin ish phil lavell notched a pair and paul robinson scored once for springfield fnday billy chard and bill dwyer picking up assists while gary bnggs was the trigger man for buffalo scoring both goals on passes from kent robinson end terry hancock springfield s paul robinson and buffalo s gary bnggs were the marksmen in saturday s dead lock kent robinson assisting bnggs on the buffalo tally boston won both their gomes to sweep new york from their path enroute to the nhl championship they outlasted the rangers 5 to 3 friday and then blanked them 20 saturday to take the round and the title alistair blair showed the way for boston in the 53 clash with a pair of goals and one as sist rod presswood collected a goal and two assists mike cum mins 10 marty wheeler 10 wayne davison 01 and don nor ton 01 ibaul hale scored once and assisted on another for new york and had company in the sco ring column from h vandervoort and j bowman who also counted once assists were credited to l cofeil terry dunning and l hill ronnie lane was the boston sniper saturday accounting for both of the winners tallies on pas ses from mike cummins and marty wheeler the senior a loop was decided in an elimination tourney with whitby s power proving too much for the rest of the circuit tthey downed belleville 52 in the final after bouncing windsor bulldogs 12 1 while the macfarlands were handing kitchener waterloo s 7 2 setback scoring for the dun mes in the final were kent rob inson and d ballingal counting two apiece s bottomley added the single and an assist and c baker also picked up one assist belleville s goals were both trig gered by bill campbell with ter ry lane on the assisting end why your investment holds when you go ovor to olds r at vour local authorized quality obalbits arthur scott motors limil 61 oueaphst first c pack on thursday night the 2nd of april 1st georgetown c pack held a film showing of two films spruce bog and trout conser vation these were followed by a bun feed some of the cub moth ers supplied cookies so the boys had cookies and chocolate milk dave hastmgs akela and frank bryant wish to thank the mothers for their donations of cookies bottle drive on saturday april 4th cubs and scouts of 3rd georgetown group turned out to assist their group committee in the pop bottle drive the money realized will be used to heko swell our camping fund a special thanks goes to the men who donate their tune and trucks to help us 3rd georgetown pacic the 3rd georgetown pack were the hosts to the 1st georgetown c pack this week the occasion being wild life week in canada the borhtown herald wednesday april mud 195 page mrs townend who is a member of the audubon society spoke to the boys on birds in the george town area mrs townend showed a number of hand painted pictures and a few carved images of the birds a table display enabled the boys to see nest structures of some of the birds also the con tents of the pellets an owl will re- gurgetate to close her instruct tve talk mrs townend played a record of bird calls cub kevin sandifer was presen ted with his first year star at the closing grand howl akela dave hastings accompanied ins group on the visit on tuesday evening april 14th the regular meeting of the georgetown scouters club was held in the united church trt nor- va where final details of the an nual district church parade were discussed each leader will be contacted regarding the meeting place etc as requested robert gardiner the field commissioner from guelph attended the meeting mr gardiner informed the leaders on the plans for forming a local asso ciation an open question and answer session followed his talk and many and varied were the questions asked a representative of every group in georgetown at tended the next meeting will be on may 7th and will be held in coop eration with the north halton scouters chib the meeting was closed and coffee and demits were served what two local scoutmasters for got the first rule in hiking always take a dry pair of sox when they went hiking last week end on tuesday evening april 14th two boys robert barber and al bert oonnehy were invested into the 3rd georgetown pack cubs tom bradley and bill fiwins were presented wtth their first stare in a first star ceremony 1 rosedale floral flowers for all occasions wedding work canugm a specialty cut flowers and funeral designs 32 albert st tr 72952 we wire flowers ib monuments cemetery lettering yeadons memorials 22 king street east georgetown tr 79573 frtca your kitchen 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