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the tribune stouffville ont thursday may 15 1947 sports the suggestion was tossed into the ring at a meeting of ilarkham fair board last week that the board erect an artificial ice rink at the fair grounds at an estimated cost of 50 to sooooo however the proponents of the idea got little supjort from the majority of the board members were told we know that anything on the fih lint interests anglti so fellows have you seen the finny tribe that has been raised in miisselmairs lake litis spring good many city visitors pulled up their ears on sunday afternoon to go down to the shore atid inspect what looked like hundreds of thousands of red carp lying dead on the beach and swimming in big schools just oil shore they d look like oversize gold fish and caused quite an interest few years ago there were none to be seen but this spring the entire lakediorc is dotted with their carcasses the lake water was high a couple of months ago and when it receded these big walloping fellows stayed a little too long in the pools arid were finally left high and dry on the shore an athletic trophy in memory of the iate gar doolittle of aurora has been presented to the aurora high school by his brothers he was one of the outstanding athletes of the school and will be remem bered as a member of last years aurora hardball team whxh visited stouffville his death occurred a few months ago in hospital markbain township softbal league will open schedule on may 20th with markhani village and markbain veterans coining to gether at markhani and inionville ami huttoiiville at i nioii itlt- and cedar grove playing at agincourt the stoufivilie athletic club plans to renovate the tennis court but there will not be any club form- ed public school children will be allowed free use of the courts while older players will be expected toj contribute markhani high school are hold ing their sports banquet this friday night at the tremont hotel when the members of their championship hockey and soccer teams will be honored officers of this yearv north vork minor uimball league have been elected and are a- follow- pre- simmons aurora sec-trea- bill helloway aurora rvrculvegraui xighwander kichmoud hill doug james markham george smith stouffville hill ilakett and george haskctt newmarket in the bantam series liicbmond hill will represent the league at the end of the schedule in the ob a- with the right to draw the best bantam players from the other team- both xewmarket and mark- bam will enter the oba midget plniy downs the league would also welcome au entry from bradford earl mecready whitchurch far- mer and wrestler of note has left for down under to wrestle in australia the sports draw big crowds in wellington auckland and christchurch v there were over forty girl- turn ed out for the initial softball prac tice in the park on monday night and enough signed up for three team- the diamonds were fairly alive with baseball aspirants and members of the athletic club in charge of the boys minor ball bad more than their quota of players for the bantam and midget squads pickering township softball league will open its schedule on i may 20th there will be a home game in claremont on may 30 when the village will play host to pick- ering the enthusiastic revival of base- ball in stouffville in the last couple of seasons causes port fans to re- fleet on me of the great teams- which have carried the stouffville colors in years gone by- remember the -tar- of 1024 finalists in the ob a intermediate series oakville were the winners of that seasons championship the team was pilot ed by the late bill mather and dr walt sangter and the lineup was a follows red forsvth 3b we- boadway ss dr x j dales 2b howard lnderhiu lb lefty len nox p max reesor c bruce leh man p murray clendenning if milt storey cf paul boadway c milt clendening rf fred thompson allan collard jim muston fred fawcett utility pickering township softball schedule may 2 greenwood vs dunbarton pickering may 27 claremont vs ajax ajax may 28 pickering vets vs cubs pickering may 30 claremont vs pick cub- pickering pick vs greenwood claremont june 1 pick vets vs claremont claremont dunbarton vs ajax ajax june pick cub- vs greenwood claremt j ajax vs dunbarton pickering june i ajax vs pickering vets pickering june 10 i dunbarton vs claremont claremont june 11 greenwood vs pick cubs pickering for more tender- lighter llirliiwtformrrtry a uev lloui june ll claremont vs pick vets pickering june 17 greenwood vs ajax ajax june 18 pick cubs vs claremont claremont june 20 dunbarton vs greenwood claremt pick cub- vs vets pickering june 24 ajax vs claremont claremont june 25 greenwood vs pick vets pickering june 2 pick cub- vs ajax ajax june 27 claremont vs dunbarton pickering july 4 greenwood vs claremt claremont pick vets vs dunbarton pickering july 7 ajax vs greenwood claremont dunbarton vs pick cubs pickering july ii dunbarton vs pick vets pickering july 14 ajax vs pickering cubs pickering new having purchased the business and equipment belonging to w mcgirl i solicit your con tinued patronage for this barber shop gomiox l- kkkswili- cnionville ontario july 17 claremt vs greenwood claremont pick vets vs aiax ajax july 18 pick cubs vs dunbarton pickering the sign of quality hybrid seed corn no 606 no 625 no 645 no 355 no531 also open pollinated golden clow wisconsin no 7 etc k fertilizes we can still offer limited quantities of j 4810 21210 p 2126 coal coal coal cars of prewar hard coal arriving daily let us fill your bin while this premium fuel is available etroleum products coop gasoline no 1 and no 2 coop greases pressure gun and cup coop premium and regular motor oils the new gasoline truck is on the road ready to serve you we have a few 150 gallon ser vice tanks available just phone stouffville 269 and we will give prompt and efficient service coop fence master if its mileage you need and de pendable service plus a tread design ed for canadian roads see the gutta percha tires iksyaasstgwmiftaaffifyairt w red cedar shingles car load of coop no 1 and no 3 comes to yon packed with the most complete fine of accessories of any electric fencer yet offered 1800 complete with battery and accessories the coop fence master has the same mechanism and signal lights as found in more expensive fencers complete beautiful in appearance rugged in construction durable effi cient economical distinctive everything one could ask of an electric fence controller no 13 galv 50 lb rolls 7 and 8 steel posts poultry fence 60 high 9line standard graduated barbed wire farm wagons two models one with springs one without fifth wheel type farm wagon patented circle wagon steer no weave perfect tracking no sway no whip no jiggle load capacity of running gear 5000 pounds shipping weight 800 pounds tires coodyear first crade 16inch not implement tires stouffville coop phone 269 stouffville