Oshawa Daily Times, 7 Nov 1928, p. 13

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THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, "!"....SDAY, NOVEMBER ° 1928 PAGE THIRTEEN Opening of Oshawa's Artificial : Will Be Histo Skating and Curlin Skates Will Be Brought Down From the Attics and Bonspiels and Tankards Will Be House- hold Words--Skating Every Night Until Further Notice is Music in the Ears of Those Who Love Canada's National Pastime. A new leaf has been turned in Oshawa's sporting history through the installation of artificial ice equipment at Oshawa's Communi- ty Skating and Curling Rink on Bond street east. An history mak- ing event is that which will take place tomorrow evening when this arena will be opened to the public for the first time, to come and see, and to skate on this sheet of artifi- cial ice, the first ever manufactur- ed in Oshawa. . Pleasant Whirl One of the most popular winter pastimes in Canada is skating Young and old, boy and girl, man and woman can all enjoy an after- noon's or evening's pleasant whirl upon firm hard ice and Oshawa's Community Skating and Curling Rink alone is expected to bear mute evidence of this fact, A new and unexcelled sweep of popularity in skating and curling in Oshawa is expected to follow in the wake of the opening of this new and beau- titul skating gnd curling rink and Makin all Oshawa 1s expected to make this their winter rendezvous for skat- ing. Get Out The Skates The simple words "Skating Ev- ery Night Until Further Notice" play music in the ears of the lovers of the curved blade both in Osha- wa and surrounding district. The old reliable skates will be brought forth from a thousand attics with- in the next few weeks while local sporting goods merchants are ex- pected to do a rushing business to meet the requierments of those seeking a new outfit for this sea- son's activities. Curling Skating the parent of Canada's foremost winter pastime, hockey, will reign supreme here this year but another source of recreation, curling, is also due for an unpre- cedented season locally, In fact, it was for this purpose originally that the artificial {ce plant was installed, Curling, a compara- tively new game in Oshawa, al- | (Above) An exterior view, taken from the front of Oshawa's Com- munity Skating and Curling Rink and showing in the right section of the structure the new addition which has just been completed. The official opening tomorrow night of this Skating and Curling Palace with its artificial ice facilities should prove to be one of the out- standing events in Oshawa for some time. GOOD BUILDINGS REQUIRE GOOD PLANS The Plans For The NEW Artificial Ice Plant WERE PREPARED BY C. C. STENHOUSE ENGINEER AND ARCHITECT Royal Bank Building OSHAWA Phone 1496 Buildings Correctly Planned and Construction Supervised With the Utmost Care and Choose your mew skates from the CCM. line of plea- sure, figure, speed and hockey models, $1.00 to $15.00, Fidelity to Detail A SKATE FOR THE SHEER JOY OF 'S magic in the skating ~-- exhilaration in the Te Iv feel of those marrow steel blades skimming over the glassy ice, the wind on the cheeks, and the glow of warm blood pulsing through the veins, No wonder skaters feel gay, lighthearted, full of pep. They just can'c help jc. Skating makes them feel thac way' It's the King of winter sports. And C. C. M. Skates -- made of specially heat-treated and tempered steel -- are the King of skates. Sizes to fic everybody. 2 An interior view, looking north-west, of Oshawa's Community Curling and Skating Rink. A thin heet of ice had already been manufactured by the newly installed artificial ice making apparatus when this sicture was taken, which accounts for the smooth, glossy surface which appears in the picture. face will be even smoother tomorrow night, while the ice itself will be from four to five inches thick, If in Need of Sporting Attire Whether it be Skating Sweaters, Toques, Sport Hose and etc,, we are in a position to offer you the best values possible, Your patronage is always welcome, | ali | The sur- ough it has been well rooted advanced with since its inception and the huild- ing of this new plant marks anr other milestone in the Curling |Club's sensational development, Alwa is Ice i here for the past five years, has | leaps and bounds | | | | | Bonspiels and tankards will now | have an additional color at the loc- al club, Ice which can he relled | upon at any time will be an imme- diate source of satisfaction to all the followers of the game, while | added Club facilities will make the | | ink an ever popular location, | Palatial Rest-rooms LJ An entire new wing has been added to the rink in order to keep the plant up to date with the $25.- 000 artificial ice equipment, In this new wing there is an addi- tional fire place and lounge. and resting rooms to those which Lave more to the fore than ever now, is the glass front separating the skat- ing and curling rink from the main lounge room. This makes it pos- sible for speetators to wateh either the progress of the curling matehes or the activities of the skaters, in warmth without the warmth af- fecting the ice. A refreshment hootn will also be a new feature at 'he rink this year, ARVESTER SCHEME DECLARED SUCCESS Repetition of Plan Next Year Justified Says Times London, Nov. 8. -- The Times, ymmrenting on the harvesters scheme says, "Perhaps it is not to Je expected that out cf so large a number there would be no failures. In the hurry in which the scheme was drafted and carried out men were taken who were almost bound to prove physically and tewmpera- mentally unsuitable, and some of them may come up against farmers who were not kindly disposed to- wards strangers." The Times points |to an article: by an undergraduate harvester, and continuing, says: 'Setting aside the statements by Forke and other Capadian officials und by British Members of Parlia- ment, it may be takem as certain that the majority of the men and farmers were satisfied, aud that the venture has been 2a real suecess. misfortunes, misrepresentations and michief-makers notwithstanding. The experiment has been justified by the results and there are ro repetition next autumn." been previously built while the old | feature of the rink which will be | PRESIDENT OF OSHAWA CURLERS LTD, || F.L. MASON MESSAGE DROPPED | INOCEAN RETURNED Montrealer's Card in Bottle Picked Up on Coast of Holland Nov. 8. -- Last June ng from Liverpool to J. Glickman, of Mont- real, placed one of his personal cards in a bottle, sealed it and threw it overboard in mid-ocean. During the latter part of August a Dutch family, who were spending a vacation in Nordwyk at Sea, on the coast of Holland, found the bottle and sent the card Mr. Glikman, stating the particu- Jars of the finding. Mr. Glickman said tkat his busi- ness takes him to the continent re- gularly and he has made it a prae- tice to set a bottle containing his card adrift. This is the first oe- casion on which he has received word from a person who has found one. Miss Henny Hoogland, of €neck, Holland, returned the card. 29 CONVICTS ARE STILL AT LARGE Houston, Texas, Nov. 8. -- A far- flung search was under way throughout South East Texas tim- berlands for twenty-nive of 31 con- viets who escaped from the Cle- mens State Prison Farm in Braz- oria County Sunday afternoon. Two of the convicts had been captured Montreal, when ecrossi Montreal, M. grounds for fearing or shupning a jearly Monday, it wigs announced. The escape was made when the back to | LER RR wv DEWLAND am -- prisoners, more than half of the number confined in one barracks, knocked bars on a window aside and crawled singly through the small aperture, cluding inside and outside guards as they fled, LTD. re GO00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000¢ a OOOO O00000 Opening of the new ARTIFICIAL ICE PALACE Skating In Full Swing FRIDAY NIGHT To Skate Well You Should Look Well To Look Well You Should Dress Well SO DRESS WELL BY GETTING YOUR SPORT CLOTHES N

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