were having such good time jOMHA luck Title 96 Colborne Wins for WE CAN HELP Spring is most wonderful sea son of the year Not solely be cause it melts the snow but be cause it presents promise of the fairer weather ahead And who doesnt enjoy the beam tifu warm sunny days Not you or thats for sure Oh yes The will come thank goodness who Well curse the confounded beat But when winter finally rolls around well look back and dream about the scorching heat wishing oh so hard that it were still with us Help ORIPPLED GHILDREN Summer too presents more opportunity for good clean health ful recreation Even at this com paratively early date the play ground situation is being surveyed by the town The lodges are hecomingmorc and more prominent in our conveisations Thobasehall softball and even beach ball or sons are being hreathlessly awaited 0h were going to have loads of fun this summer The adulu will again enjoy the hcaches the walks through the woods all this bringing back the memory of childhood oh the grand great big beautiful happy childhood The teenagers and younger adults will spend good deal of their time in organized sport To the school children spring and summer means one collosal thing summcr holidays are almost here No one can deny thc fact that at one time or other the summer holiday was the most iivvaitcd time of the year Wasnt it terrific No homework That was the biggest load off our mind Next was the fact that the hair didntalways have to be brushed back so perfect just to satisfy Miss Smith or Mr Jones lliiey arent going to check our fingernails for the next two months ipeo Then we come to the most important people we feel The real little fry Junior and Junior Miss out for their first real summer This will be the first summer that little Johnny has walked hope hes not afraid of the water Why little Susie mutt door took to the water like fish it does them good you know Just dont let them stay in the baking sun too longl However leave them out long enough to look like bronze little Indians Rcally sounds like summer eh Yup This is going to be another grand summer liut lets not rush into the sunlight not just yet at least While Janie around the corner You remember them Theyre the kids we saw at Northwood last year remember senmuat iiArPiivass As this conversation continues it is spoken in soft milder tone of voice Its as natural as night and day Nonnc blows oil too much steam whcnspeaking of such unfortunates cripple Now start thinking How arethese kids going to spend their sum mer in wheel chair again it looks that whmeï¬munlessthcyr can have that operation that just might do the trick DocDpe says that he has seen that kind of deformity before He says also that its been proven that about 50 per cent of the victims of it can bexcured Sounds encouraging Then the voices hush again as the caucus tionalists realize or remember that the kiddies families just cant af ford the expense wish there was something could do to help There it is There is the wonderfully humble sentiment that never fails to come to the surface during the topic of crippled child wish there was something could do to help Well there is There is something that we can all do to help That is give little financially We are well aware of how hesitant people are of giving anything We are the same It is unfortunate but some cannot see beyond their own needs or what they feel they need The Easter Seal Campaign is currently in progress It ends at Easter happy day of the year Why not make it really and truly happy for some parent who has crippled child And the same time make it truly happy Easter for yourself spiritually The Easter Seal Campaign is solely for care and treatment When you receive your EasterSeals or when the canvassercalls at your door or when you read or hear of it dont dismiss it immediately Please stop and ï¬ohsldcl it Well lay 101 that little thought will produce little gt Some folks are not too familiar with the use of the money sonic of it goes to summer camps for crippled children Some of it goes to care inbospitals Some of it pays for the work right in the operating omc 04 goes into research All of it goes good and many towns hundreds of miles away from crippled ch renghospitals clinics are held annually Here the top doctors across the domlion go to thepatients giving them attention which ould be mpossyblc if not for your help yduve never seen this money in action take it from inc it is well sed know have been treated at crippled childrens clinics twice fercd me third time buthy then was well enough to go Bourgeois and Brand to knot the count Bob Hendrickson Job Bour geois and Wilcexagain scored the Midland goals No es with two Wiggins Bakeran Moon taiu were the winners goal ters Nineteen penalties warehandcd six in each of the first two Juvenile Minor Withthe séo tied at 44Joe Huston of Midland wasthumbed and Mountain Port Colborne ptly blasted the puekin the fine at 1540 to give the jvisitors he edge in the game andtbs Elmira Ties Final Series what about young Dickie next door or won the ï¬rst game hoe41L Fifteen hundred fans the most to tile intothe MidlandArcna this estofthree final series 20 They at Pbrt season wateheditheir team fall be hind 1H inthe first period then co back and tie it up 44 be fore ï¬nally giving way The secondg period score saw the Midland boys olilyuoriegoal iota 43 Then at 1010 ilcox scored from Elmira Polar Kings came back from the brink of elimination to ore 63 win over Meiford Knights at Meaford an even the MetroSenior l3 hestof ven ï¬nal at three games each Th seventh game is to be played Elmira then falls tedfoursuccésslve cal them the edge liin illicit Sirius ruler Slimmer sravsioncscu Examiner SportEditor coinciding with the weath er for agchange thcfwinter sports season is coming to an ebb All that is left of the snowtiine pastlln in Barrie are few curling playoffs and Interniediate hockeyplayoffs Whenthc hockey picture is framed winter will be officially over and the spring and summer activities will take over the spotlight And between the twosporf seasonswlil be few welcome days of rest for the manager nndstaff of the Barrie Arena These past six months have been hectic ones for these chaps who haveseen so much ice that they still skate instead of ymvmchl scoot The busy season started last qe toher when the Boston Bruins Minor Hockey Training sessions startcdu At the time or within few days nlbc ice was available forpublle skating Few Doocly Night From that starting date to the very moment the arena has had only three quiet nlghu Christ mas New Years Eveand one night last week From the Boston Bruins train4 ing camp contlnucd the Barrie Flyera regular operations that ran through the first week of March ma Sine is seems tojbc the sea son of upsetsfwith the St Cath arincs Tecpees ga ing entry to theiOHA Junior finals and Kitchene Waterloo Dutchinen cli ngWindsor Bulldogs in the Senior circuit the Oro Combines of the OHA Intermed iate TC northern group thought thatit would be niceif they got into the act ton Wednesday night at Barrie Arenatbcy did just that as they trimmed the vored Elmvale Harvesters and took 92 lead in gain in series For some unknown reason the Harvesters just couldnt skate with the Combincsjwiio were dig ginggt second théy were on Two Goals Each Ldu Stoddart and Johnny Wal tori led the Combines attackers not iles Hick with pair of goals eac inson Timmons and ling scoredsingletons Aoliilrig and Robinson scored forgElmvale in the first and third periods The game whl has fastas its predece 0lS was much tamer to elfact that the skater seemed always However eight be tcf avenfinal But thellyers wereonly part of the Arena wellrounded win tcr program Public skating took up three nights one morning and one afternoonof every week More than 25000 persons crowds ed through the turnstiles to skate feature of the skating tlmc was the Thursday morning sessions for proschool children donning the blades for the first time This time was generously donated by the Arena Commission Minor hockey took great chunk out of the total hours the ice was used From thestart of hockey laurels1he Combines currently lead the playoff series 32 Sixth and possibly final game is at the Barrie Arena this evening In this picture goalie Bruce Hookof Elmvale is shown making great save No mm the dark TALKABOUT uPsEls onolEADsELMVALE charges were levied six to Elma vale Once again Itedl Reid in the ore cage cameup withan extra steady erforinahee between the pipes His adversary at the other end of the pond Bruce Hook tods thcntheroot fel in Wayne Hiekling came up with lovely checking game for Ore Lou Stoddart Walto and men also came up lth grand ef forts The boys Wings at it again to night at Barrie Arena In the event of an Elmvale winï¬he next and deciding game will be played Monday Til winner this ser ies is obligatedto play in Aurora ORGGoal defence cubes Hicklin forwards Vilinehart Robinson Hickling alternates Stoddart Walton Tillh mons Buriack McLean fence Ritchie Adams for waids Adams Barrett Col lings alternates Scott Vollick Turner Robinson MeCauley we one each hos solow uth Sed played well overtbe ii two er EIM ALEGoal Hook de bad the ice for limb un every Saturday starting at snowman the Churchill completed its union with gmgd championship night the Legion Minor Hockey Organiutlou stepped inland used the ice through February This group alsohad Saturday In its iiivine day TheMlnor Hockey Organization used the Barrie Arena facilities on Monday evenings November through Fehriflry This body took care of boya mldget and Juvenile ages On some occasions It shared part of its Mondays with the previouaiy mentioned organiz ations Bantam midget lid juvenile hockey clubs used Barrie Al ena while pnrtldpating in the On tario Minor Hockey Association playoffs Public and Separate School hockey team spent great deal of lime cavorting around the fee In all more than 300 hours were allotted to minor hockey The Barrie and District Hockey League played at the Barrie Arena in nightsover its regular schedule The South Slmcoe Hockey League is completing is playoffs all playoff games were played here Army units from Camp Borden the RCAC 13X Depot RCASC used the arena in the daytime hours Presently underway is the in late Hockey ACTION IN ORO ELMVAIE GAME rAsa ACTION is THE KEYNOTE as theoio Combines ondthe Elmvalg Harvesters vie for Intermediate ierseyis HomerBarrett of and layoffs in ldiul Ruled groups ad around thirtlme the ice for hockeypur lairry Kasaboskio£thc North radmi antinot the mid Wrestling cumprises visit National lieckey ualue played Barrie tode the coming at an exhibition here hockey game for the late Bid Mo NIIWLI former member ofthe Junior Barrie men we played on Barrie Arena ice was Canidlaa General Electric Barrie Work rented the arena one night to hold their grand hodey night which included both mena and womens broomball races skating Away from heckey inothervbanz ner night the Arena was the and costume Skating Clubs winter operation After using the ice hours weekly or approximately 130 hours the club held rparkilng lee Revue directed by Diane Wright All the above information goes to prove that thc Arena in our town is healthful recreational asset But because the snow has gone the arena operations dontsud denly cease 0n the contrary The boys will get their rest for few days but only after taking out the leewhlch is yet to occurr Already Manager Wes Allsopp has lifted up some outstanding summer activities and hasmany more events on the borderline of verifying 0f the more immediate summer activltles are the warmly greeted professional wrestling cards Each hockey bcnefit traction The opening card is set for April Twentylive we fallow On April 29 the Arena takes on new sophistication when it houses the National Ballet of Cllllt ada This troupe has been hailed nothing short of scant across the Dominica and in the bur Pet Juliette May to iathg day we ll have completion of the Barrie Figure WES AllSOP Real Busy Guy date with Televisions celebrat ed pet fJulictteJ variety show starringthis outstanding perfonallty will also feature local talent including the Barber Shop Quartet which made such hit few months back The Barrie District Colleg iate lnstitiltc marches into the Arena on the 16th of May for the Annual Cadet inspection The international Dog Show which satisfies the whims of youngsters from one to 91 will he held here May 18 The Barrie Kennel Club was presented with trophy for having such wonder ful facilities for the show On May 20 the March Midway moves onto the Arena grounds with fourday show iThe Gray Shows are scheduled to do Jon=scu islmvale Behind his stick in dark jcheys aré Don Scott and Stan Ritchie In the fore ground is Bill Adams LightJerseyedpueksters members of the Oro team are leitto right Lou Stoddart Joe Tim inons and John Walton Barrie Foursome Win Consolation George Kennedys Barriofouif some wonsthe first consolation event at th eighth annual OroJlimmons Walton Stoddart No penalties Second leriod OreStoddart Walton OrbM Hlellllg Rinchart rand Period ElmvaleRoblnson OroStoddart Forbes Walton OrbWalton Timmons Forbes 0roWalton Penalties Robinson Scott 930 Ritchie 1344 Vol lick 17 T6 SEE THEHUMDROUS SlDE OF THETRDUBLES OFvLiFE OFTEN 10 LOSE HALF OF THEM MILLER LU F2 H000 JUPPLEJ event the Kennedy of Vern Adams also of Barrie in oventyand the Orr Trophy Curtisof Feneliin Fails won the land Mixed Bonspiel Wednesday Elim ated early in the main ink disposed ghe semiï¬nal of cbnsolatiou play in the finalhis rin ofMrs ebb Emerson Webb Mrs Kennedy and himself defeated Russells rink of Midland Dr Breretons Toronto Graniterink wonthe first main Jim second event and the Wilson Trolt phy gt Did niore lakes in land than all the rest of the Forspring driving Sec Simeoe Petroleum FOE 10 ChangeoiIer cs toregular Transmission Differen tial changeover Exhaust system checked and replaced if necess ary 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