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f ft T618 N ZONAL y VlWl CHAMBER OF BETTER COMMUNITY Well after a week to recover from the victory celebration lets take a gander at the firsts established by Newmarket Smo kies in winning the junior honors ft was the first time a baby club in its first year of compe tition has ever won a junior C championship- It was the first time wo first year clubs met in the series finals Stamford being a first year club as well It was the first time that any junior club went through straight playoff games with nary a loss It was the first time any junior player Don Booth to be exact ever scored seven goals in a single game It was a first for goals scored in any best of five series decided in three straight- No wonder aside from the thrill of winning and air the rest of it that Messrs Cain and Gor man can take a well deserved bow Junior hockey is in Canal- town to stay now The club loses only three players by the iV If not unusual for repair bills to catch a family unprepared and borrowing the necessary money is often a common and sensible solution In fact nearly three quarters of a million families borrow money from Household Finance every year to pay overdue bills repair bills travel expenses the kind of expenses you may face yourself right now HFC loans are prompt and convenient You can get to with little or no delay usually in just one day If you have a steady income and can make regular monthly payments you may borrow without endorser at HFC If you have a money problem why not phone or drop in today FINANCE A mi oral flow 1970 by Huke age route Bob Wilson and one other Likely to go elsewhere are centre Jerry and forward Don KnJhtMcKnight is Hap Emms choice players at the moment Grant Morton with another year in junior while plenty good enough to move to A is hard ly likely to be taken for another year Wall Adair will get a chance with the Flyers but hell likely remain with the Smokies Gor man will be able to add three imports for next season and with a few possible reinforce ments from the minor ranks will have another contender having just come through with winning the juven ile minor and securing a pot of gold have already announced Fair Board Faces Big Tasks This Year The main item of business be fore the newly appointed New market Fair Grounds Commun ity Center Board will be to re pair the damage caused by the high winds last November The wind blew down two poles containing nine floodlights It will cost approximately 700 to replace the lights poles and put the floodlighting system back into efficient operating or der This extra expense may mean they will return to C hockey that the board will not be able next winter the B winners are also ready to move up while and are possibilities all of which make Pete and Herb smile broadly and these two gents received a fine round of applause at the meeting on Saturday A banquet and presentation will be held on Thursday May at the Legion hall president Frank Auckland and Business Manager Bill of the A will be on hand At the moment other committments make it seem impossible for us to attend the affair Speaking of the OHA con vention our thanks to those clubs who attended and gave me such fine support for a fourth term at the executive table Among those whom it was a pleasure to see was none other than Pepper Martin the greatest allround athlete ever produced at St Andrews Col lege and star of the Aurora Ti gers Harold was a sure bet for pro hockey but like so many others joined the service and after playing a bit for Halifax Navy called it a day and settled down Martin repre sented at the meet ing Congratulations to Tim the squire of who narrowly missed taking an A seat in his first try A jolly time effort sir and keep your eyes fixed on Its quite a gathering of the clan with Tell Harry Lee Bob George Starke and all the rest holding forth at the York as you know for the third straight year kept the area as kings by winning the lien ors like and had done In going to the championship the Brooks play ed a total of games winning 33 and losing seven They have for the most part players that have won in juvenile and mid get previously Big wheel of the team was forward Don Cornish who garnered over scoring points over the sea son Elmo Gibson another pay off kid got scoring points and Carnegie went for scoring points The club averaged goals for a game and against on the year Frank and the hoys started their intermediate finals on Saturday at winning 32 in overtime is now favored to win the and if it does I will have had the good fortune to convene three champions this season Incidentally says that Doug Alcorns Aurora inter mediates were the best team thai they met all year and if Ihov win the Alcorn men deserve an assist Alcorn and Andy along with Bob and Jim of Richmond Hill Fred Armstrong of Clar ence Smith of Cliff Nairn of the Service Corps Harry of and Joe Jenkins of Little made up district representatives present As will he there wore jiuite a few district clubs not there but the tone of the meet ing with a large attendance was harmonious throughout It ap pears to be much easier to use the pen as an offensive weapon than to appear in person and and give ones version of Whats my Beef to proceed with plans to erect a club house on the fair grounds property The club house pro ject was to have been the top priority item on this years im provement program f Members of the Fair Grounds Park Board appointed at last weeks council meeting are Ed ward Bob representing council Charles Frank Courtney A- Mickey Smith and George The board will meet in the near future to map out improve ment plans for the coming sea son Minor Baseball Meeting On May 3 George Ontario Base ball association executive mem ber advised meeting of the North York Minor Baseball as sociation will be held Thursday May 3 at pm in the New market town hall All district clubs interested in entering teams in the league are asked to have representatives present at this important organ ization meeting The league hopes to operate midget and year the board made fur ther strides in making the fair grounds a community summer sport center Additional screen ing was erected on the base ball diamond benches were in stalled and the playing field im proved The ground north of the new baseball diamond was levelled for a football field and grading work was completed in other sections of the fair ground property venue series as Plans to include a junior series this year are also shaping up well Last season the league boast ed a record total of ID teams This year league official are hoping to secure 25 teams The league is affiliated with the B A and series winners in the various and classifica tions will represent the league in the OBA To date nine teams have en tered The list includes junior Newmarket Agincourt juvenile Lake Wilcox midget Oak bantam Lake Wilcox Oak Ridges Lake Wilcox Oak The entry list is expected to swell as soon as the various dis trict clubs complete their or ganization program It is re ported that Slouff ville and Oak Ridges are consid ering junior entries Langstaff is expected to enter two teams Aurora two Newmarket two or three while Vandorf Sutton Richmond Hill and are considering league entries King City lions Honor North York Champions King City Lions club brought the hockey season to an official close Wednesday when they played host to all the players who performed under their ban ner during the past season Hon ored guests were the King City Lions midget hockey club who this year captured the North York midget hockey league championship Jack Christie Minor Hockey association secretary was the guest speaker Mr The Newmarket Era and Express Thursday Apr 26 Page Bradford Curlers Close Season Newmarket Curlers Win Prizes Bradford curling club mem bers closed the season officially Wednesday of last week with a gala banquet and presentation of prizes at the Aurora The banquet wound up one of the clubs most successful seasons Approximately 275 curlers their friends and outoftown guests attended Ralph Newmarket chairman of the clubs social committee was master of cere monies The Walker Trophy emblema tic of club championship honors was presented to Alan the past Christie handed out some ex- of the winning Newmarket advice on sportsmanship and outlined the provincial scope of the Fifteen players Lions and five guests in all persons at tended the banquet Among the guests were Carson Bice coach Gordon manager John Richards and Jim Pat ton The latter two looked after the ferceing for the team throughout the season Mr Christie presented the Ted trophy emblematic of North York midget league su premacy to Lions captain Sampson Hill Brown one of the stars of the clubs championship drive received the Lions trophy as the teams lop scorer Clark Archi bald presented the Archie Sports trophy to the Lions club for presentation to the clubs top voted sportsman in turn presented the trophy to Gordon Sampson who was nam ed the teams top sportsmanship player quartet Members of the winning Newmarket rink along with were Hall Bob Smith and Jack Luesby member of the championship rink received a silver tray Bill of Barrio representing the Walker Company made the presentation Keith Nobles Bradford rink received the Bra ding Trophy second highest award in the mens competition The Manse Harrison Memorial Trophy Up for competition for the first time this season was captured by Bill Aurora rink- The lady curlers of the club were not forgotten and they in turn stepped forward to claim trophies and individual awards Ruth Kneeshaws Brad font quar tet accept oil the Frank Dawson Trophy emblematic of club su premacy Mrs Rita Dawson made the presentation Muriel Clark Newmarket and Edith Aurora wore members of the winning combination Martha Evans of Bradford re ceived the Sim one second highest award on the clubs list Mrs Helen Cameron of Newmarket was it member of the Evans rink- Finally on the award list Jean Newmarket rink composed of Mrs Chappellc skip Peg Davie Helen and Mamie Lewis were present ed with prizes for finishing first in the consolation competition Art club secretary- treasurer assisted Ralph Other executive mem bers at the head table were President Norm vice- president Herb Lawrence treasurer Glen Boyd A concise but promising pro gress report on the drive to raise funds for a new curling rink near the now arena was cheer fully received by the assembled curlers Since the club was organize several years ago it has conducted plays on the top floor of a cold storage plant fronting on No Highway Bradford Hie curlers now have their sights set on a new rink and Indications are pro ceed immediately with their plans GOING to the OLD COUNTRY BY SHIP OR AIRPLANE Bookings and reservations all steamship and airlines Conducted and independ ent travel in Europe Ask for free information HERBERT TRAVEL BUREAU Main St Newmarket YOU NEEDNT WAIT FOR SOMETHING NEW PLYMOUTH HAS IT NOW I Youll hit the jackpot BIGGEST CAR 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