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fn w the stouffvuil tmbwff ftnttdiy dftr w 1959 i wish them xxck we have noted with interest that a group of energetic residents in the northwest corner of stouffville plan to embark on the construction of an outdoor natural ice arena for the skating convenience of their children this winter the rink we understand will be located at the western extremity of rupert avenue in a nowvacant lot we wish these am bitious fathers every success in their venture we do not know if these property owners have had any previous experience in the tending of an outdoor arena if they have then they no doubt know of the tak that lies ahead if they havent then the work involved may be sorely underestimated such a rink is dependent almost entirely on the whims of the weatherman too much sun too much rain or too much snow can ruin an entire winters work overnight we place the most stress on the word snow we will predict that dozens of boys and girls will enjoy many happy hours of skating on the outdoor pond until the first heavy snowfall buries the ice under a sixinch blanket immediately the interest will wane unless of course poptakes the shovel out of the cellar and removes the snow you may be sure that junior will not raise too many blisters on his hands from overexertion if someone else will do the work well have the fun seems to be the motto practised by many young people in this regard a few seasons ago a similar plan was put into operation on the stouffville tennis courts hardworking parents toiled through every spare hour of every day and every night in an effort to perfect an outdoor arena for children around the town they had amazing success boys and girls by the score flocked to the park to enjoy hockey and pleasure skating then one night it snowed not a blizzard but a typical jan uary storm now was the time for the parents only group to take charge not a single youth showed the slightest inter est in returning the rink to its previous mirrorsmooth finish it was little wonder that pop took a look at his calloused hands and decided to return the shovel to his basement cellar the only thing that removed the snow was the spring sun shine the following march perhaps the west end young people are more ambitious than our midtown youths if not then buy yourself a pair of gloves father because therell be plenty of work to do this winter alone must learn to skate at a recent meeting of the stouffville minor hockey association one coach commented that in playoff competition stouffvilles players showed a noticeable lack of skating ability as compared with rival entries the majority of other coaches present agreed with his observation we accepted the state ment with some doubt on thursday night of last week the truth of the statement was clearly substantiated stouffvilles juvenile entry engaged whitby in an exhibition tilt it is true that whitby are in a much higher class than our local club but in respect to skating ability only a neutral observer might have wondered if a junior team was playing a midget entry a large percentage of stouffville lads could neither stop quickly skate well or even maintain their bal ance they appeared to have a good mental grasp of the game but were not overly effective sitting on their pants boys of juvenile age should not have to be taught the basic rules of skating this should come in peewee and bantam ranks it would appear that too many lads today are dependent on a onehour workout per week on artificial ice and have for saken the backyard pond where good skaters and stickhandlers are really made should the slap snot be banned should hockey players be permitted to use the lethal goal- scoring weapon commonly known as the slap shot with the use of todays regular goalkeeping equipment we would answer no some players have become very effective with such shots effective to the point that the puck travels at a speed hardly visible to the human eye even in the major leagues theres hardly a netminder in existence whose reflexes are capable of such splitsecond reactions a blow on the forehead from one of these drives could easily prove fatal the main difficulty in coping with the slap shot is that neither the goalkeeper nor the player has any idea which angle of flight the puck will take it may hit the bottom corner of the cage or it may wind up in the front row of the gallery the forward or defenceman merely rifles the shot in the general direction of the net and hopes it will find the target one of these days the target will be an eye a mouth or even a life in junior ranks the slap shot is practised even more ex tensively than the orthodox wrist shot it is little wonder that the oncecriticized goalkeepers face guard is now being con sidered as a regular piece of equipment without it a goal- tenders safety is at stake when one sees twoinch backboards splintered by such drives the danger to human life and limb is even more pronounced juveniles belted by whitby 91 hoover scores lone goal a coach of a juvenile team may be required to teach his club a varied repertoire of of fensive and defensive plays but he should not have to show them how to skate that appears to be at least one chore set out for stouffville coach jack watson on thursday night of last week he watched his fifteenmember squad stumble and stagger their way through sixty minutes of stoptime hockey in the whitby arena they suffered a 91 set back whitby will be placed in an a minor class stouffville will remain in c both teams will compete in the same group prior to the omha playoffs although it is difficult to judge the capabilities of a club in an earlyseason exhibition contest it appeared that only five play ers out of the fifteenman roster could meet the specifications re quired grant foreman larry mcmullen roger stover allan boyd and bill hoover showed good promise don eddington put forth occasional bursts of speed he tested two whitby netmlnders with some labelled shots although as many more missed the target whitby iced a strong skating team their squad had a notice able weight advantage over sto uffville two defencemen don ellis and bob adams would tip the scales at over 220 pounds apiece the forwards showed plenty of speed and completed their plays with hard and ac curate shots coach watson started the game with a line comprising grant foreman at centre flank ed bv allan boyd and larry mc mullen glenn pcnnancn don eddington and garry taylor worked on another line al jack son combined with bill hoover and roy lewis for another trio keith mcdowell and wayne pe- nnanen were used on the first and second lines roger stover bill ratcliff grant morgan and bob lehman performed on the rearguard glen jackson guard ed the net stouffville started fast and had a surprised whitby club pinned in their own zone during the early minutes their game- winning hopes suffered a set back when the first shot on the net slipped past goalie jackson whitbys gary stinson was the marksman before the period had ended three more pucks hit the twine bill hoover blinked the light for the lone stouffville tally he whipped larry mcmulicns re bound into the goal the locals put forth their best effort in the second frame and although outscored 21 they had as much or more of the territorial play whitby completed the route with three unanswered tallies in the last period ken ross and stan sharman each potted a pair of goals for the winners whitby outshot stouffville 3422 on the nights play many ojf the stouffville boys looked out of condition in the first peiod a number appeared near collapse when they came in for relief a temporary sched ule has been drawn up and it is expected the team will swing into regular league action this week whitby lindsay bow- manville port perry and pos sibly ajax and uxbrfdge will comprise a local group altona grabs league lead claremont toppled have claremont hit the skids this is the question that every player and fan is asking in the stouffville community league circuit rolling along at an amazing fivewin clip lloyd pascoes squad have suddenly gone stale dropping two straight contests they suffered a tight 43 loss to altona and on tuesday night they were handed a 53 setback by the greenwood mt zion combines the most recent defeat coupled by altonas 52 victory over peachs has toppled the defending champs into second place altona now leads the pack with five wins 1 loss and 1 tie claremont has a 5win two loss record carey stars geo carey is currently one of the top performers in the entire league the altona centre star fired a threegoal hat trick to lead his club to a 52 win over peachs carey is making a determined bid for the groups pointscoring honours he has collected a total of thirteen points five less than ace clare mont sharpshooter bob cherry- carey has netted 8 goals cherry has fired 9 the trio of alex wilkins bruce mcdowell and geo carey carried the play for altona wilkins was shoved up on right wing and played well he formerly held down the rearguard position the threesome collected four of the clubs five goals altona played without the services of their two top stars normie neal and howard forgie first vpcriod close for one period peachs held the leagueleaders in check in the second half altona stole the offensive spotlight and rapped three unanswered goals behind netminder jim johnston geo carey alex wilkins and ray pipher were the marksmen carey potted a pair in the first frame defenceman bob atkin son turned in a headsup effort for the winners he picked up two assists carl timbers and jim harrison hit the target for peachs harrisons only tally was a brilliant effort he out- raced defenceman bob atkinson and unleashed a backhander that caught the corner of the cage from a difficult angle he also picked up an assist on timbers goal goalie good peachs goalie jim johnston made a number of fine stops he looked especially good on drives by ray pipher geo carey alex wilkins and bob atkinson the latters bullet shot was batted aside by johnstons glove hand as it headed for the corner of the cage martin was not overworked in the altona net jim harrison tested him twice at close range once in the first period and again in the second frame he turned aside both drives combines rally to beat claremont 53 a combination of heavy ice and determination allowed the greenwoodmt zion combines to stage a rally and defeat claremont 53 in a community league game on tuesday night the win coupled with altonas victory over peachs dumped claremont into second place in the group standing bill jordan and grant jones rapped two fast goals into the greenwood cage only minutes apart to give claremont an earlygame lead the combines were far from a defeated club neil pascoe teamed up with linemate jim bayless to break the ice at 915 grant carson tied the score on a pass from lome disney disney picked up his second point of the contest one minute later neil pascoe and murray jones were credit ed with assists with claremonts jim cherry sitting out a high sticking pen alty jim bayless hit the target on a pass from pascoe j cher ry put claremont back in the game when he beat greenwoods bill maxwell on a cleancut breakaway murray jones sewed tally completed a fine threeway passing effort with neil pascoe and jim bayless drawing as sists bill maxwell was brilliant in the greenwood cage he grab bed a number of bullet drives with his gloved hand don ben son a regular goalscorer in recent game had an excellent opportunity to add to his total when he broke free from centre ice his closein shot missed the target both greenwoods les bayless and lome disney boun ced the puck off the goal post rearguard stan benson jolt- ed a number of greenwood for wards with stiff checks both in the first and second periods he rocked les bayless twice and slammed howard malcolm to the ice late in the game malcolm was also on the receiv ing end of a hard check from claremont rearguard ron hed ges heavy ice hampered the ef forts of claremonts bob cher ry he was held to only one assist murray jones put a crimp in cherrys frontline scoring bids he played a stand up the combines win with his out game on the greenwood de- second goal of the season the fence brent weldon nets hat trick for wings red wing forward brent wel don went on a threegoal scor ing spree on thursday night to lead detroit to an 85 victory over boston in a scheduled pee wee house league game the trio of david ferguson larry plaskett and brent weldon col lected the entire eight goal pro duction of the wings plaskett equalled weldons effort two of his tallies were unassisted an other came on a pass from da vid ferguson ferguson potted a pair and picked up three as sists detroit chicago boston rangers leafs canadiens standing w l 4 3 3 2 2 0 pts 8 7 7 4 4 0 donald smith continued his goalscoring spree with the bruins he fired four pucks in to the red wing cage eric ha milton counted one goal and assisted on two of smiths tal lies rangers 3 canadiens 0 morgens jensen bill goudie and peter turner scored single goals as the rangers whipped the canadicnv 30 danny ir win picked up an assist on turners tally it was the fifth straight setback for the cana diens they have yet to register a victory hawks 6 loafs s the black hawks kept pace with the first place red wings by edging the leafs 65 ken torrence was the top marksman for the winners with two goals single tallies came from the sticks of harry hilts alvin leh man joe forsyth and j hor- ton hilts picked up a pair of assists pat smith and jody hoi- den each potted a pair of goals j d grensted balltrae for the leafs keith beiz fired r atkinson altona one all leaf tallies were un- h young altona assisted efforts b clodd altona 9 18 5 13 2 11 4 11 2 9 community league scoring parade g apt b cherry claremont g carey altona r madlll ringwood j harrison peachs j cruikshank claret d forfar ballantrae n pascoe greenwood v ferguson claret m harman ringwood g carson greenwood j cherry claremont n neale altona w allan altona r stewart ballantrae k beckett peachs r clarke ringwood j harman ringwood g jones claremont s widcman claremont 0 l disney greenwood 4 j bayless greenwood r pipher altona r conlin peachs b jordan claremont d evans claremont l bayless greenwood d benson claremont s benson claremont h hodgson ringwood e thompson ringwood 1 j reesor peachs l gayman peachs c barrand ballantrae f hcndy balltrae skating club entry one of the most colourful floats in stouffvilles santa claus parade on saturday af ternoon was entered by the figure skating club eight majorettes dressed in uni forms of red and blue pre sented an eyecatching sight the young girls are left to right ruth parsons sharon lintner nadine lennox car ol corner janice smith janet button coleen hisey and darlene watson the entry was awarded second prize in its class staff photo local skaters entertain at pop concert proud parents fond relatives and friends were greatly enter tained on tuesday of last week by local figure skaters the en thusiastic beginners especially took the crowds fancy as they participated wholeheartedly in their groups and as they were led in the grand march by bet ty anne slack highlight of the evening was the inspiring pairs number by the present canad ian junior champions debbie wilkes and guy revel both of whom are members of the local club guy also gave a sensa tional solo performance due to illness it was much re gretted that club professional mrs judy lawrence gooder- ham last years top star of the ice follies was unable to en tertain as planned the excel lence of her teaching after less than six weeks club operation was shown bythe dance demon strations couples fairly cover ed the ice surface dancing the preliminary canasta tango and dutch waltz and about eight couples took part in the four- teenstep a senior bronze dance excellent footwork and preci sion was executed by a fast- skating eyecatching cowgirl court of 16 members jean win- terstein 7th test skater and bar bara button 3rd test skater each put on very fine solos and darlene watson and janice smith 2nd test skaters a very good pair number another feature this year was leofsbuffalo battle 77 tie reed nets 3 buffalo had a good chance to overtake the frontrunning ma ple leafs on monday night in a regular bantam house league game but the two clubs battled to a 77 tie the leafs currently hold a two point edge over their buffalo rivals bob reed fired a threegoal hat trick for the leafs francis haylow potted a pair and as sisted on one ronnie castle and eric neilson counted singles neilson picked up two assists bill corner and allan meabry each scored two goals for buf falo barry hilts was also a two goal marksman barry hilts and keith foreman sank sin gles meabry corner david jackson and jim hill collected single points for assists canadiens 4 hornets 2 the scoring combination of ross brown and arlan gal- braith was not enough to cope with the frontline power of claremonts bill payne brian madill tom benson and ted redshaw brown fired two goals galbralth picked up assists on both tallies the canadiens countered with four markers to win by a 42 count bill payne ted redshaw and brian madlll netted singles mussel- mans lakes wayne chapman fired one tom benson picked up an assist on madius goal the win for the canadiens mov ed them out of the collar into third place the hornets are all alone in the group basement standing w l t pts leafs 4 0 19 buffalo 3 2 17 canadiens 3 3 0 6 pittsburg 2 4 0 4 l borean altona 3 0 3 h forgie altona 2 13 h simpson ballantrae 2 13 c timbers peachs 3 0 3 m lewis peachs 0 3 3 t suzuki ringwood 12 3 r wedseltoft ring 2 1 j m jones greenwood 2 1 3 a demonstration on patch of what is required in the various figure tests those participating in this were donna knox ron patrick janet button barbara button and jean winterstein it was pointed out that in com petitive skating upto 40 of a skaters marking is determin ed by free skating ability and 60 of the marking by the skaters execution of figures the pop concert while giv ing parents and townspeople an idea of what goes on in the skating club serves ps a means of initiating the littlest mem bers into public performance it provides the incentive to learn by doing and builds up to the big effort and fine showman ship of the annual spring car nival this seasons to be held next april 2 local club competitions are to be held at the arena the af ternoon of tuesday december 29 competitions chairman mrs ruth winterstein has already arranged for canadian figure skating association judges to be there the children are now eagerly practising for this ev ent and the older girls are help ing the little ones to improve their efforts and make suitable choice of music there are eight trophies which have been do nated by a number of the com munity service clubs and indi viduals who are interested in the wholesome development of the children in a few weeks everyone will love a fat man if hes dressed like santa claus harmon bros pace ringwood to victory jack watsons ringwood squad pulled to within two points of a nosediving claremont club on tuesday night when they whip ped ballantrae 84 in a com munity league encounter the harman brothers merlin and jake paced the ringwood win together they collected a total of four scoring points merlin was the top marksman with two goals and one assist jake fired a single tally it came after only twenty seconds had ticked by he rifled a drive past ballantraes ron mortimer on the first rush up the ice the threesome of bruce foc- kler dave fockler and rick wedseltoft turned in a good performance they clicked for three goals fockler potted a pair wedseltoft counted one tally and picked up one assist ron clarke and ross madill netted singles harry simpson broke a long goalscoring famine working on a line with doug forfar and ron stewart the ballantrae winger fired two goals frank hendy and forfar netted sin gles simpsons second tally war a picture effort he deflected stewarts goalmouth drive into the top corner of the cage both clubs set a fast pace and heavy checks were handed out on both sides the hardest block was thrown by 210pound defenceman gord paisley he rocked ringwoods harold hod gson early in the game a total of seven penalties were handed out four of these went to ring- wood at one point ringwood had two men in the cooler but ballantrae failed to take ad vantage of the ertra manpower juveniles open on thursday night stouffville hockey fans will have their first opportunity to look over the local juvenile ent ry when they take to the ice on thursday night at 930 pm they will play host to uxbridge in the first game of regular group competition club man ager fred jackson presented the latest information to the tri bune on wednesday morning although the final word on the actual group is not known a complete schedule will be pub lished in next weeks issue on saturday night the club moves over to bowmanville for their initial contest on the road community lg standing w 5 5 3 2 1 1 altona claremont ringwood greenwood peachs ballantrae schedule ballantrae vs claremont peachs vs greenwood altona vs ringwood results altona 5 peachs 2 ringwood 8 ballantrae 4 greenwood 5 claremont 3 pts 11 10 8 carload groceteria christies brookside bread 2 for 33 carnation milk 3 for 43 bananas 2 lbs for 25c aylmer choice peaches 20oz 2 for 49 mr clean 32 oz 85c heinz ketchup uoz 23 special maple leaf wieners 39c all steaks round sirloin tbone 79c christmas new year orders beinjj taken for fresh killed turkeys we deliver stouffville phone 280 mmmmemammmsaammmmm