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International Sports Lr RCAF LOOKS BACK ON YEAR OF ACHIEVEMENTS As 1952 draws to a close, the +; RCAF can look back on a year of i achievement and expansion. New operational squadrons were form- ed, new training stations came into being, and new aircraft and « equipment were brought into use. + Personnel strength rose from 29,552 at the close of 1951 to an estimated 38,500 at the end of 1952, and for the first time Cana- dian fighter planes were based in Europe in peacetime, The following pictures give an indi- cation of the activities and strength of the RCAF. (1) The RCAF continued its search and rescue and mercy flight pro- gram, and many humanitarian flights were carried out by air force crews, Here an RCAF heli- copter takes aboard a sick pa- tient. (2) A recent addition to the RCAF is the C-119 or "Flying Box-car", which is invaluable for carrying heavy freight and equip- ment. (3) The departure of 439 Squadron from Uplands air port for North Luffenham, England, typifies the extent of the RCAF's commitments overseas. Two fighter wings are already based in Europe, building toward a 12- Squadron air division on the Con- tinent. (4) The Minister of Na- tional Defence, Brooke Claxton, right, announced that Air Mar- shal W. A. Curtis, Chief of the Air Staff, centre, will retire at the end of January, 1953, and will be succeeded by AVM C. R. Slemon, left. (5) §ymbolizing the importance of women in the mod- ern RCAF, this picture shows an airwoman directing a Sabre pilot to a safe landing. (6). The main- tenance and expansion of an effi- ient air force calls for a vast construction program, including new barracks, runways and han- gars such as this massive con- crete structure, (7) Another im- portant aspect of Canada's con- tribution to NATO is the training of air crews from other member countries at RCAF stations. Forming a camaraderie which bodes well for the free world, two French and two Danish stu- dents examine navigation instru- mentts during their training in Canada. National Defence Photo. Quiz In Easy Stages Having , eaten your Christmas "dinner and settled in your arm- chair, sipping a glass of your , favorite beverage, it is unlikely .'3hat you will feel very energetic. {Perhaps then you would like to while away the minutes testing ' your sports knowledge. "7 The questions begin with the . easier ones and become a little "harder. If they become too diffi- oult, well . _ . just lay down the paper and doze off--after all it is Christmas. ° ~ Anyway here we go with five simple questions on international " events which took place this year. # "1. Which horse won the English Derby, and who rode it? 2. What was the name of the Grand National winner? 3. Who won the 5000 metres, 10,000 metres and the marathon in the Olympic Games at Hel- sinki? 4. A new English bowler came to the fore in the Test series against India this summer. Who is he? ' 5. Who won the women's figure skating at the Winter Olympics? Still going strong? Right now we enter the first bend. 6. Still on the Olympics. Where were they held in 1936 and where will they be held in 1956? 7. Who won the world baseball series? 8. How closely did you follow the golf competitions? Who won (a) The British Open (b) The American Open. (¢) The British Professional Matchplay Championship, (d) The British 9. Who holds the world mile record? 10. Who were known as (a) the Croucher (b) the Bounding Basque (¢) the Ambling Alp (d) the Wee Blue Devil? We are now coming round the last bend. Are you still awake? 11. Who won the 1952 World Pro fessional Indoor Lawn Tennis 12. A few years ago a player made his one and only appear- ance at Wimbledon, and won all three tiles. Who was he? 13. Where and what is "The Hin?" 14, Three Olympic track and field records not broken at Hel- sinki, are, held by one man. Who is he? What are the records? 15. Who did Prime Carnera beat for the world heavyweight cham pionship? 16. What is the weight of the shot in athletics, and how high are the hurdles in (a) the 120 yards; (b) 440 yards? Well, you have passed the finish- 'ing post. Did you get them all right? Just in case you did, here is a bonus question" What sport involves the quickest actions? (Answers on Page 16) Ontario School Forest Rangers Opens on Jan. 5 TORONTO.--Designed to provide training in all those operations and activities essential to men working in the field service of the Ontario Department of Lands and forests and forest industries, the Forest Ranger School will begin another year's operation on January 5th next. The School, situated #ear Dorset, is under the joint administration of the Department of Lands and Forests, Province of Ontario, and the Faculty of Forestry, Univer- sity of Toronto. . It is near the centre of the University Forest, eight miles south of the village, and consists of a large classroom building, modern kitchen and dining room, dormitories for students, a lounge and reading room, wash-rooms and showers, garage, storage and workshop building. The Univer- sity Forest itself comprises about 18,000 acres and offers a variety of forest conditions suitable for training in forestry werk. The primary purpose of the school is to train personnel for the Lands and Forests Department and forest industries of the Prov- ince, and to co-operate with the University in providing field experience for students of the Faculty of Forestry. In addition, the school facilities are available for other organisations wh=a they are not in use. Courses of study for Department personnel and industry are open to male employees of good charac- ter, at least 20 years of age, who are physically fit and have had an eighth grade or equivalent education. Calgary Stampeders Break Loss Streak By THE CANADIAN PRESS Calgary Stampeders broke a six- game winless streak with a 4-2 vic- tory over Edmonton Flyers in a Western Hockey League game Tuesday night. Art Michaluk, Pat Lundy, Gus Kyle and George Agar fired the Calgary goals while Len Haley and Ching Johnson scored for the Fly- ers. 16,560 CHEQUES ISSUED American Bowling Congress em- ployees processed the 1952 record tournament prize list -- worth $455,- 940 -- in less than twelve days. [1 vanced I a. and outstanding Certificate erformance--announced by a Besvtiful Johnson Gi ft : Choose from 4 superb 1953 3to wei ody ni fast o lifetime. 25 help you choose h.p. e in now, make ONTARIO MOTOR SALES, LTD. 46 KING ST. E. OSHAWI SCISSORED SPORTS CANADIENS ADD PLAYER MONTREAL (CP) -- Montreal Canadiens, minus two veteran centre men, took along Gerry De- saulniers of Montreal Royals when they left Tuesday night for Toronto and a Christthas Eve National Hockey League game with the Maple Leafs. Desaulniers has been going well with Royals of the Que- bec Senior Hockey League with nine goals and 16 assists. Elmer Lach and Bill Reay are the veter- ans out of action. BRUINS' LAYCOE BACK BOSTON (AP)--Assured that Hal Laycoe will be able to skate in their next game, Boston Bruins Tuesday returned Norm Corcoran to their Hershey farm in the Am- erican Hockey League. Corcoran was recalled by the Bruins on an emergency basis and played last Sunday against Mont- real Canadiens. PROTEST NIGHT GAMES PITTSBURGH (AP) Ralph Kiner, player representative of the National League, said Tuesday a protest may be handed to commis- sioner Ford Frick because of Pitts- burgh Pirates' spring exhibition schedule which calls for 26 night games. The Pirates' exhibition schedule calls for 34 games--26 of them at night. Major league play- ers have been protesting the num- ber of exhibition night games for several years. NOT READY FOR MOORE LONDON (AP)--Briton's Randy Turpin is in no hurry to meet the newly crowned light heavyweight champion, Archie Moore. Manager George Middleton said Tuesday he and Turpin had read about various American interests wanting to pro- mote a Moore-Turpin title fight '""As far as we are concerned a Lishtwelgnt bout is out--for some time." Happy Chandler May Get PCL Position NEW 'YORK (AP)--There is a chance that A. B: (Happy) Chand- ler may get back into organized .| baseball--as managing director of San Francisco of the Pacific Coast League. Negotiations between Paul Fa- gan, owner of the Seals, and the former baseball commissioner have been resumed after having been broken off two weeks ago. At the time, Fagan had offered Chandler $25,000 a year to take charge of the Seals, with Fagan retaining ownership. Chandler was willing to accept the post, but asked for a five-year contract in- stead of the two-year pact offered by Fagan. Happy argued it would require that much time to rebuild the club. College Pres. Voice Dislike Bowl Games KANSAS CITY (AP)--A majority of U.S. college presidents have re- ported their disapproval of football bowl games. This was reported Tuesday in a study of post-season competition, undertaken by the extra-events committee of the National Collegi- ate Athletic Association. The survey showed that a strong majority of educational and ath- letfc administrators, as well as the athletes and student leaders, ap- prove of "properly controlled and administered' post-season athletic events--with the college presidents taking exception on the football bowl games. The presidents were asked to re- port their institutional policy and 31 per cent of the 156 responding college presidents approved bowl games while 53 per cent reported disapproval. Among the residents whose teams have participated in such bowls, however, 45.6 per cent ap- proved such competition and 35 per cent disapproved. Head coaches of all sports voted 63.4 per cent in favor of bowl games with 26.9 per cent opposed. Athletic directors were 57.2 per cent in favor and 39.3 per cent opposed. Will Take Movies Ont. Race Tracks: TORONTO (CP)--Movies of horse races in Ontario will be available five minutes after each race dur- ing the 1953 season, S. Tupper Bigelow, chairman of the Ontario racing commission, announced Tuesday. A new picture-taking system, costing $30,000 for the season, will be initiated to replace the slower process involved in getting quick decisions on disqualifications and other track rulings in 1952. This year the movies were not available for examination by stew- ards until noon of the day after the race. Frankie Almonds Vacates Canada Feather Crown VANCOUVER (CP)--Frankie Al- mond has officially vacated the Canadian featherweight boxing e. Almond said his "reluctant" de- cision to retire was reached be- cause he could 'not serve three masters. . . the boxing game. . . my home and my business career." The 25-year-old Vancouver boy has held the Canadian feather- weight crown since 1950 when he scored a sensational knockout over Toronto's Lou Alter, Almond lost only four of 22 pro- fessionals fights. all-steel, 1-piece, Sopa fiat) THE HIGH COST All-Steel Galvannealed' 9' Garage Doors Easier 10 open==for o lifetime=--for stee| can't ever shrink, swell, 'rot or warp! Examine STRAND'S welded construction. They're gal- ONLY | 473 RITSON RD, §. coated for rust pr baked to provide a clinging coat for paint, without prime coat. Quicker to install. Biggest valvel GEORGE MACKO LUMBER BUILDING MATERIAL ovens 79.40 DIAL 3-2733 Took time out last night to see to our Christmas list. It is presented herewith for your approval. FOR the Oshawa Bees; someone to carry their score- sheets from Bowmanville back here to Oshawa after their games. : FOR Jack Durston: some place to play hockey this win- ter, where he'll get a crack at the enemy more than once per 35 minutes of play. FOR the Generals: a victory or two over the enemy once . each week. FOR Gerry Brown: A few less grey hairs from players who go in spurts. One minute he thinks he's set for the sea- son . . . the next, the player is in a slump that causes the Coach tnthink of benching him. FOR the Smith Truckmen: ° Enough wins cver Stouffville and Orillia to give em a good playoff spot . . . they can take it from there. FOR Ab Barnes and Wren Blair: crowds over the 2,000 mark for the remainder of the season. FOR Sam Smith: a cham- pionshin the first time out. FOR the Simcoe Hall Grads: a play-off season when all the gang are hitting at the same time. FOR Bab Patte: a ..am in second - round OBA play. FOR the Oshawa Merchants (basketball); more fans, thev've got a title now. FOR Central CI: a cham- pionship in football. FOR OCVI: a championship. FOR Ab Walker and "Snow- ball Willson: an Ontario title, no matter what series, junior or intermediate. FOR the Red Raiders: & sea- son in the black. FOR the Hamilton Tiger- cats: that Grey Cup . .. whu- skee Waa Waa! s FOR the average Oshawa sports fan: lots of close games, with the decision going in the local club's favor. MERRY CHRISTMAS! . by Bob Rife. CONSERVATION CORNER Ontario's Forest Fires in 1952 Prove Lowest Loss on Record TORONTO -- The total number of forest fires in Ontario for 1952 has been finalized at 1,095 with 12,382 acres burned, a Department of Lands and Forests spokesman stated today. While 1,095 fires is just about the annual average, the acreage burned was lowest on rec- ord and almost 90,000 acres less than in 1951. Per fire, the average acreage burned was 10.2, also an all-time low. The Sudbury District experienc- ed the largest number of fires, 207. Kenora had 174. Cochrane's 28 fires burned the greatest acre- age, 2,348; Sudbury's 207 fires burned 2,125 acres and Sioux Look- out District fires, 66, burned 1,- 949 acres. Lowest both as to num- ber of fires, 5, and acreage burn- ed 4%, was the Gogama District. BIGGEST NEAR COCHRANE Largest single fire to occur was in the Cochrane District. Started by clearing operations some 2,000 acres were burned over, Many small fires were detected, fought and extinguished at less than a fifth of an acre. Some, in fact, were reported DEAD CUT in square feet.of area burned. First' fire of the year started April 12th in the Port Arthur Dis- trict--A railway fire, 62 acres were burned. Last fire of the year was caused by a careless smoker on November 16th in Gooderham Township, Trent District. It was soon extinguished, at 50 square feet. Several unusual fire causes were noted in the 1952 records, notably one caused by the explosion of a truck on the Red Lake Road early in the season. The truck, carry- ing dynamite and time to the mines upset into a water-filled ditch. The combination of water and lime generated enough heat to ignite the load. They dynamite exploded showering burning particles into the forest. Fortunately, the driv- er had started walking to the near- est camp for help and so escap- ed the blast. Two fires were started by chain- saws on woods operations. One back-fired and ignited spilled gas- oline, In the other case the bush- worker using the machine laid it down. The hot exhaust pipe ignit- ad the dried-out litter on the forest oor. LIGHTNING SURPRISES During 1952, lightning started only about 15 per cent of the forest fires recorded but during the extended period (November 1st to 15th) this agency rather crossed up the statisticians. In this period 80 fires were reported. Most of hese were caused by campers. hunters. and lightning, in that order. This might be expected of campers and hunters judging by past experience -- but it was most unusual for lightning to play such a part at this time of the year. In all of the 229 days of the forest fire season this year, Ont- ario was free of forest fires in the fire districts on only 15 days: One day in May, one in June, one in August, 8 in September (not con- secutive) and on 4 (consecutive) days in October. The largest num- ber of fires burning at one time was 31 on August 27th. While it is realized that this comparatively low record of 1952 fires and fire damage will be dif- ficult to maintain, it will be pos- sible if the full co-operation of the public in fire prevention is forth- coming. We deeply appreciate the loyal sssociations of the many friends whom we have served during the past year? we extend to one and all -= our sincerest and most cordial « oo) HOLIDAY GREETINGS! SILL BENNETT, Sales Mgr. PETE BAKOGEORGE, Prop. BELMONT MOTORS 0H. 137 King St. W, THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE, Wednesday, December 24, 1052 3 («)NSERVATION CORNER TORONTO--A Christmas tree for the family parlour--and not so many years ago either--was simply a matter of dad taking a sharp axe uid Sallyine forth to the near- ores junior pulling a hand sled to help haul the tree back. Now, dad needs only a pair of sharp eyes to select a tree from the hundreds on display on the nearest street corner sales lot. Marketing Christmas trees on this continent today, like almost everything else connected with the festive season, has become a high- ly commercialized business. Com- panion pieces such as door wreaths and evergreen garlands included, this business turns over something like $100. million a year. From 40 to 50 million Christmas trees are required to satisfy the demand for Canada and the U.S.A. each year. About half this quantity is said to be harvested in the U.S.A, about half of which are tree-farm pro- duced. BIG U.S. BUSINESS Ontario ships a tremendotis num- ber of trees to the U.S.A. besides supplying home markets. An in- creasing number are grown by farmers and others on private plantations. One, exporter has shipped as'many as 100 box cars loaded with Christmas trees from the Penetanguishene area alone, and he was but one of several shipping from that area. The growing of Christmas trees on lands otherwise non-productive is of benefit to surrounding com- munities. The drier, sandy areas of Ontario are better suited for - ing pines and the wetter areas for spruces and balsams according to Lands and Forests tree experts, Scotch pines are gaining preference, especially among U.S. buyers. They hold their needles longer. Too, the use of Scotch pine for Christmas trees helps to conserve seed of other and superior lumber and pulpwood producing species. VARIOUS PRICES Prices paid for Christmas trees this year ranged from 40 cents-to $1.25 per tree on the stump, de- pending on size, symmetry and lo- cation. This would provide the Supplying Christmas Tree Market Is Highly Commercialized Today average plantation owner a return of approximately $300 to $400 per acre each eight year rotation. Not a bad crop from low grade land! One of the really big Christmas tree operations in North America is located high in the mountains of the 'S "Washington. Its plantations aggregate 50,000 acres which are managed on a controlled tree farming and harvesting plan, Seedling trees are planted each year. As they come of age--in from eight to ten years--they are har- vested and shipped to the markets. On the plantation is a research laboratory, & cold storage plant, and equipment shops and lumber camps. The company ts and ships more than a on Christmas trees a year. 'The trees, when cut, are brought by truck to a central yarding area 50 acres in sime., At an altitude of 5,200 feet, they are stacked, sorted to size and placed on a long con- veyor belt. The popular home size is from five to seven feet tall but the firm takes orders for huge Christmas trees for town and city squares and 'hotel fronts. LITTLE WASTE . As the trees move along on the belt, they are trimmed by workers lined along both sides. Dead wood and branches that spoil the trees' symmetry are snipped and pruned as the trees move along to the balers and tiers. The tieing machine used by this firm was developed by its own research men at a cost of - $50,000. After tieing, the trees are taken on platform trucks to the box cars waiting on a railway spur line that was run to serve this huge tree-farm. The tips and branches that were trimmed from the trees are made into wreaths, garlands and door 'charms, There is little waste in this Christmas tree business today! LAFAYETTE! HE IS HERE MIAMI -- One of France's lead- ing 3-year-olds of 1952. Ararat, re- cently arrived at Hialeah, "His breeder and owner is an American, Laudy Lawrence. Arrarat will be trained by G. P. (Maje) Odom for the $100,000 Widener. OPEN CHRISTMAS DAY FOR GAS AND OIL JOHN'S GARAGE 226 CELINA STREET song to With warmth, good cheer about us, and folks -- gay and Friendly, too -- may all the Season's pleasant notes . . VAN COURTE 83 RITSON RD. S. © - . be our Christmae youl : KENNY MOTORS DIAL 3-4331 N is truly a pleasure i' greet you with our pery best wishes for a joyous Christmas and a prosperous New Yeas '& TAILORS 16% SIMCOE ST. S. OSHAWA eke la