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the tribune stouffville ont tnursday september 4 1947 stouffville girls softball team aurora juveniles who eliminated ijowned claremont girls team 147 whitby on the stouffville diamond in an exhibition game theyll play last week will now meet milton lhe return match in ciaremont on in the next round of the ontario juniors go one game up on bowmanville behind the fourhit pitching of schell irhursday night a the chin brothers of iucknow hockey fame are playing oba juvenile ball for ripley and are inow in the ontario playdowns against eiora playdowns the first gasne is sche duled for milton this wednesday with the return game in aurora this friday mike mccloskey member of the whitby junior hockey club for ithe past several seasons tells us lhe be trying out with junior a hockey club this winter this fiery forward who will recalled by local hockey fans quitt- a sharpshooter on sunderland tigers may be out of the tricounty loop but theyve still got the oba intermediate play- downs ahead of them the tigers with the addition of carl lloyd and ivan tamblyn mel junkin lew li mctaggan and grant wiekett went j to newcastle saturday with the return at sunderland this wednes- trl day the whit- jby roster whenever they visited the jlocal arena was playing ball for iri the oba bantam playdowns j whitby in their playoff game with markham dropjed their second j aurora on thursday night whitby game with collingwood by the jhockey club according to mcclos- score of 1sc the third ami decid- jkey will need a considerable num- ing contest is being scheduled for i her of replacements this winter if some evening this week and new- they are to carry on three players j market is mentioned as a possible choice of game grounds for this neutral i are stepping out due to overage while as many more are seeking i berths on new clubs of higher rat ling a real sporting town a real sporting town was the i comment of aurora and whitby baseball officials when they visited memorial park here on thursday i night for their juvenile ball game it so happened that there was a larger turnout of stouffville fans i for this game between two outside ul ontario playdowu aurora wins first round of ontario juvenile semifinals teams than either team had drawn in their home game the visitors were also high in their praise of our park and con- dition of the diamond they arrived in town early expecting to have to do some work on the field in prepar ation for their game but to their delight the diamond was in perfect condition and properly marked out thanks to chairman john scott and his aides of the park commission stouffville has drawn no small share of publicity this summer through the excellent condition of the town park visiting groups from all over the country have enjoyed its cool shade and recrea tion facilities caretaker bert batt is to be highly congratulated on his work on the grounds playing the third game of their bestofthree series on stouffville grounds aurora juveniles defeated whitby 53 on thursday night to advance them into the next round cmpire charlie case called the game in the eighth innings when he claimed whitby showed signs of stalling for jtime aurora had a two run lead at the time and had whitby been able to delay the game until darkness it would have had to revert back to even innings when the score was threeall andrews went the distance on the mound for aurora with macdonald catching and gave up just six hits aurora banged out seven safeties off xeal on the whitby mound neal pitched a good ball game for the ontario county entry but several costly errors in the field tipped the game in auroras favour heres how they scored aurora 0 10 110 0 2 whitby 000 3 0000 stouffville juniors carry a one game advantage to bowmanville this afternoon t wednesday in their best of three junior b oba series the local nine came through with flying colours on saturday afternoon in memorial park to down the highlyrated bowmanville luad 72 lome porky schell on the stouffville mound was in top form and held the visiting sluggers to lour scattered safeties and in addi tion crashed out a double himself in the fourth innings schell work ed his batters well striking out seven and walking but two he turned on the full heat of his veer ing slants in the top of the ninth striking out two of the last four batters to face him bowmanville were definitely off from walter case mount albert colour in the field committing five harry hose acted for the defence errors in the top of the sth xickjboth men pleaded not guilty to prosenko went all the way around both charges to third after striking out as the i dawson dike mount albert said bowmanville catcher made a wild j the lumber had been taken from a throw to first after dropping thel farmyard where it was being stored third strike on july 22 we bought the lum- one acquitted other held in lumber theft charge d c hamilton was acquitted on friday when he was arraigned be fore magistrate o s hollinrake to answer to two charges of theft but john j russell who was jointly charged was remanded for trial on s2000 bail at the next higher court hamilton and russell both of toronto were charged with steal ing 3000 feet of lumber valued at approximately 250 from h dike mount albert and with stealing a quantity of sod value under si stouffville came very close to blanking the bowmanville team en tirely but for a txibble between second and centre when a high pop up was not called for dropped past rouse as he made a lastmin ute sprint for the ball however ber from matt little mount albert had it cut by a small portable saw mill owned and operated by bruce rolling mount albert and stored it on the property from which it was stolen i did not give anyone schell the fielding support given left little to be desired sturrock pitching for the visitors was not to blame for his teams loss as he registered ten strikeouts against stouffville he allowed nine hits stouffville scored in six of the eight innings in which they batted scoring one run each time with the exception of the fourth when two local men crossed the plate prosenko and ken schell were tops in the local hitting roster prosenko getting two singles in five tries and bike had purchased authority to remove the lumber which was cut into lvs inch pine for sash and i reported the theft to constable jardine said he saw lumber i saw some lumber later at a lumber yard on kingston road and i identified it as mine by- the saw marks it was the same kind of llumber and was cut the same size the pile was about the same size too i have no doubt but that it was the same lumber dike said crossexamination revealed that the lumber schell a single and a four trips to the plate miller sellers rouse campbell and one hit cox was the big gun for bowman ville getting three singles for fourj tries i heres how they scored i bowmanville 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 o double i some two months before he discov- minton ered it had been stolen and that the markings were dikes only stouffville 110 2 10 111 i say there is no other saw like roll lings in canada and similar mark ings could be on lumber other than that which i lost he said the j lumber was difficult to grade out bruce rolling said the pile of wood which was said to be stolen r0xy theatre main street m monday to friday show starts 730 pm last complete show starts 930 pm saturdays continuous 700 pm to midnite matinee saturdays and holidays at 200 pm friday and saturday september 5th and ith a romancefilled actionpacked epic of the west randolph scott ann jeffries in trail street monday tuesday september s and ith an entertainment miracle here is extra money for you wanted men women teenage boys and girls to aid in processing corn and tomatoes at canadian canners ltd simcoe ontario during part of august and the months of september and october good wages transportation refunded if applicant is suitable and remains to end of season lodging and meals for men and boys at our own- camp which is well supervised and fully equipped with modern toilets wash basins shower baths continuous hot water etc our large dining hall at the camp is well equip ped and excellent meals are served free bus service to and from camp lodging and meals arranged for women and gins in private homes two rest periods on each shift plant cafeteria with fullcourse meals and light lunches served at cost prices to our employees for further information apply to nearest national em ployment office or fill out blank below and mail at once canadian canners ltd simcoe ontario i am interested in working in canadian canners factory during the coming corn and tomato season and request more information stouffville 9 bowmanville 4 h r newmarket take elmer still trophy plwas sawed in the early part of jlmay i was later shown a pile of wood in a lumber yard on kingston road and it was the same pile he said he identified a piece of lumber produced in court as part of the pile in the lumber yard he said there has been a couple of hol low logs in each pile rose object ed to the introduction of that means of identification the logs ought i t int be referred to unless they are here for the defence to cross exam ine on the object which the crown alleges to be stolen must be identi fied in specie and the defence de finitely must have the opportunity second j exr the possibility that the lumber referred to is not nec essarily the same he said says lumber the same rolling said he had brought the plank produced in court back from the lumberyard with him the stouffville lawn bowling club for the elmer still trophy held on aug 27th was won by a murdison of newmarket with three wins and a score of 5s plus 2 points f l button of stouffville was with three wins 51 points mr rogers of lindsay was third with three wins 16 points high for two wins went to l r howe of st matthews club toronto and high for one win to j c burns of mark- ham the win was a most gratify- j lumber in the piie at the yard was ing one for the newmarket clubas incn and the width and quantity it was their oth straight trebles matched that which was stolen ex- tournament with 15 wins lactlv he said when i brought the elmer still trophy was don- this piece back t t it on tne car nxl by the late elmer still in 1932l of the mili flat against the for annual competition the club headloeks i moved the carriage with the most wins in ten years to and the pioce of lumber have permanent possession of the fit oxactlv onlv a small fraction of trophy at the end of the ten years out shoulder was cut fresh stouffville club and st matthews from various comparisons which club of toronto were tied with t made j havent the least doubt two wins each later the trophy j tnat iumber was cut by my was won by newmarket club in 191 there are very few 52inch and 1915 and again in 1917 givingl around them permanent possession of the crossexamined rolling said there tro might be 1000 such saws in the country as far as he knew and atha new5 similar marks might bo made by wnllen for tha screen end directed by george seat0n produced by wlttlam perlbejk wednesday thursday sept 10 and 11th in twenty years no such treat foil your eyes and ears in technicolor gary grant alexis smith jane wyman mm night and day starts monday sept 15th charles dickens great expectations name street or rural address town phone age mrs wm wallace underwent a successful operation in a toronto hospital last week her many friends will be glad to know she is improving and is expected home shortly mr and mrs gordon overland and son from kingston were visit ing her parents mr and mrs david tran over the weekend they also attended the exhibition in toronto on tuesday mrs humphrey also mr and mrs brock from agincourt were dinner guests with mr and mrs robertson on sunday the laurie family held their reunion at the home of mr and mrs david tran on sunday when thirty j in number spent a very pleasant j day miss betty laurie from hamil ton remained to spent the rest of the week with her aunt mrs- james from oxbridge and john had dinner on sunday with her daughter mrs norman lehman jand also had tea with mr and mrs jgeoree ryer mrs roy wage and family of j toronto and mr and mrs frank iwage visited mr and mrs murray dunkeld on sundav several from here attended the j exhibition this week school opened on tuesday with a god attendance any other 12inch saw he said similar lumber is cut by hundreds of mills harold magoe employed by simp son planing mills toronto said he had bought the lumber later identi fied by dike and rolling from j russell on july 21 for 21158 i gave him a cheque which had been paid and which was endorsed by j russell he said the amount paid was the market price of the lumber and the transaction was not an unual one constable jos jardine testified that after receiving the report of the theft he had searched all of the lumber yards in the district and had learned that a load of lumber had leen taken through pine or chard in the early morning of july 21 i found that the load had been taken to the moore planing mill where those in the truck had re quested trfat the lumber be resaw ed for flooring the men then offered to seil the load to moore but he turned it down i later located the load at simpons mill george moore said he could not identify the men who had brought the load to him moves for ihsniiil mr rose moved for a dismissal of the charge against both accused ticre has been no identification sufficient for a court of law of the lumber purchased by dike from little and that lumber has not been tied in with the lumber pur chased by simpson there has been no evidence to show that the russell who sold the lumber is the russell in court nor is there any evidence to show that the russell who endorsed the cheque is the russell in court there is no tieup between the lumber purchased by magee and that stolen from dike there is no evidence to prove that the plank in court was part of the stolen lum- ler and even if there were there is nothing to tie it in with the ac cused there is no evidence against hamilton at all his name has not even been mentioned he said crown attorney arleigh arm strong agreed that there was no evi dence against hamilton but said there was a prima facie case agairut russell the sod charge was dismissal against both men when walter case mount albert said russell and hamilton had paid for one load of sod and he was not sure that ny more had been taken attention now is the time to place your order for that york conversion oil burner oil fired air conditioning unit gilson coalfired air conditioning unit gravity warm air furnace jacket heater silent glow stove burner burner space heater five year oil contracts supplied service on all makes of burners and furnaces bj smith phone unionville 96 scarboro grover 0657