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the tribune stouffville ont thursday august 18 1949 sports news and views jim thomas neil brown lanky peaches out ider left on saturday for exico he is hitchhiking all the ay when he reaches the land of le senoritos we may never see m back in this district again markliam has formed a midget itdball team and like the other cal teams is awaiting the start the oi1a playdowns ocal minors lot enough polish or toronto visitors although the stouffville minor lseball squad presented better tching than did runneymede ions of toronto their visitors in 1 exhibition contest last week le home team lacked the polish of leir opposition in the field lome boadway turned in a nice tching effort on the local mound lly being relieved by webster in le dying innings of the game owever lomes infield support as wobbly and as a result the unneymede boys run up a 100 ore it was 20 ball game for five inings when the city crew- broke it for eight runs stouffville load- 1 the bases repeatedly but just mldnt squeeze a run across n star team john burn widely known tcher for the walkwood team in le tricounty league had the tiique distinction of being picked i play in the allstar team which ays at maple leaf stadium in oronto burn attended the baseball hool in barrie a few days ago hich is sponsored by the phila- alphia phillies the toronto aple leafs and the evening tel- ram accompanying him were is father r j burn his brother m ross mcgill and norman dy- irt of the cartwright team all ijoyed attending the school very iuch in addition to pitching for walk- oods john also plays on the akeshore team finger fisherwoman looks big pickerel the little boy with the tradi- onal string and bent pin has othing on mrs fred barker of oronto as a fiisherman while oiling near pleasant point a few ights ago she caught a dandy 4- ound pickerel with seven feet of ne attached to her little finger it happened that mrs barker nd her sister mrs oneill had lanned to go trolling just for fun and with no very serious thought f catching a fish but they had lveigled their husbands to row the oat fishing equipment was pparently a little short so mrs neill whacked off about seven iet of her own line fitted it up ith a spare plug and handed it her sister there was no second d mrs barker dangled the npromptu tackle behind the boat id off they started suddenly she aye a started yell to the effect lat her finger was being ampu- ited when the puzzled sister ime to her assistance it was und that the abovementioned ickerel had made such a lunge the plug which was trailing ist below the surface of the water tat it had tightened the loop in le line which mrs barker had laced around her little finger in eu of a rod from then on it was up to the idies to haul in the catch as the len were helpless with laughter irs barker is said to be keeping le loop of fishline as a souvenir on monday night there was a meeting at aurora to clear up matters concerning the girls soft ball play offs the girls should begin their quest of the champion ship very soon now while the intermediates are awaiting the oba finals polly minton is keeping in shape playing short stop for unionville softball club unionville defeated agincourt in their softball semifinals and are now meeting buttonville for the championship stouffville artiiicial ice arena is quickly taking form and from the looks of it now should he a real asset to the town many curious citizens come in each day to survey the work done on the structure and dream of the enjoyment to come during the winter months it is rumored that unionville is planning an intermediate b hockey team for the coming season because of recent illness murray holden stouffville intermediate manager has had to take it easy aurora juvenilis dame in to pay our local team a visit and took the game 53 on monday night johnny mee brotherinlaw of bruce clark former coop manager in stouffville was on first base for the runneymede lions in their exhibition ball game here with stouffville minors last week johnny is quite a tidy firstsacker and also swings a hefty piece of hickory at the plate members of stouffville clippers last winters local hockey team enjoyed a socjal gcfrtogctlier on saturday evening at the summer resort of jb b oneill stouffville tricounty round robin games this week the remaining games in the tri- county leagues round robin play off series scheduled for this week are as follows monday aug 15 lindsay at sunderland wednesday aug 17 sunderland at little britain friday aug 19 little britain at lindsay in case of ties in the standing of series teams involved will flip for choice of grounds for sudden death game the top teams will play a best of five series for the tcl championship the team finishing on top will have choice of grounds for first game bill cummins and george clay sunderland and possibly another official will handle the series markham wins over newmarket after losing the first game markham midgets bounced back to take newmarket bantams handily 112 in an exhibition series age and pitching power proved too much for the younger lads as morris procenko on the mound kept the game well in hand owen trunk and wally munro were top men for the markhamites with a home run and triple respectively jack bayes handled the glove be hind the plate doug james is doing the coaching job and reports that both newmarket and mark ham are awaiting the oba play- downs and must keep in shape with exhibition games on satur day afternoon they take on bow- manville at markham park buttonville shaded by unionville 65 in an outstanding pitching duel between cox of unionville and jack rurnney of buttonville unionville came out on top by a score of g5 close to a record crowd witnessed the first playoff game between these two clubs to determine the championship a couple of errors in the field proved costly for buttonville while unionville outfield played airtight ball polly minton came up with the onlv home run on an error in left field these two clubs go at it again on tuesday and the summary will be given in next weeks issue buttonville who won the cham pionship last year have at last met up against a team equal to their hitting and pitching power softball interest is very high and the installation of flood lights would be a great asset to both the teams and spectators one player was heard to remark that he play ed the last two innings by instinct owing to the darkness stunden turned in his usual steady game holding down the first base position while harvey archibald was a standout in the field for unionville the game was umpired again by lambert malloy canada launches first jet passenger plane r-r- r 9mp m v nylon that can be marcelled replaces human hair on dolls special master feed sweet lass for cattle dairy 24 and 16 dry freshening with molasses pine orchard wedding bells are ringing miss jean johnston has been holidaying with mr and mrs w johnston mr and mrs rae mcclure attended the wedding of mrs mcclureb cousin in toronto on saturday mr and mrs doug hope and family were sunday visitors with mr and mrs dennis our sympathy is extended to mrs ash and family in the death of her mother mrs brown of browns corners mrs edwards is entertaining friends from toronto this week mr harry brandon has been confined to bed under the doctors care master earl johnston is visiting his cousins in aurora this week the womens institute met at the home of mrs r chapman on wednesday with forty present following the business the presi dent turned the meeting over to the grandmothers who took charge of the program two great grand mothers were present both well up in their eighties one was mrs c flintoff who for over 20 years entertained the institute in her home at the august grandmothers meeting she now returns each year to spend an enjoyable day with her former neighbors a dainty lunch of sandwiches cake and tea as only grandmothers can make brought the meeting to a close we are glad to report mr w grendill is able to be at his sum mer home following a serious ill ness the frank playter property has been sold and a house is being built on it miss helen reid has returned home from a motor trip to new york city leading north america in the pure jet air passenger field canada on wed nesday saw the avro jetliner first of its kind in this hemisphere take to the air at malton ont the fourengine craft climbed to 12000 feet and flew 250 mph in test the launching of craft which will carry 50 passengers was called most momentous day in canadian aviation claim toronto has 100000 cats all tax free toronto humane society officials said last week that the citys cat population has now reached 100000 or equal to the human population of calgary or windsor in their monthly report officials said some 11064 of the cats have been sheltered by the society since the beginning of the year officials added that generally torontonians are kind to animals examination of 21000 animals in july brought only one summons and conviction of inhumane treat ment there have been only three for the year so far the cat population in the village 12yrarold goose is farmers pet of stouffville is not officially recorded but it is estimated that the community will easily yield up 350 felines they are of every description and color black white yellow mixed striped and others in nature and dispositions they are widely spaced too in some sections residents will be familiar with the cats that yowell in the night cats that cry till they make your blood curdle and yet all of them are of one disposition when they lie be hind the box stove in the fall or winter months or curl up on the rug before the fire place there is no tax on cats and thats about the only thing we can think of that isnt taxed unless perhaps its harv elsons big black bear tethered in front of his farm home just south of uxbridge town spend two dotaiars to earn a fifty cent grant whitchurch township council took no action when they were informed by the township clerk that the ontario government would subsidize a warble fly campaign it looks too much like having to spend 2 to obtain a 50c grant said one of the councillors irrigated with a saharalike cli mate dates grow in arizona domestic heating and asphalt roofing oniajuthe buildings ass f- sheet metal roofixg calf meal calf starter grower blanchfords calf meal we buy wheat highest prices paid for wheat at the barn special price on oats and barley by the truckload delivered to the barn we can supply your needs in mill feeds oil cake and soya bean meal gluten feed barley oats and mixed chop molasses 34c gal by the drum gormley elevators phone 381j1 gormley rwrw stokers oilburners agents for new idea all steel furnaces very suitable for oil stoker coal or wood 12 fc h mosier sheet metal phone 4b05j oshawa smart fellow he must know hell get dependable economical protection from either asphalt shingles or asphalt roll roofings and his buildings will be much more attractive sturdy asphalt shingles are available at your coop in a range of plain or blended colors theyre made by toronto asphalt building products viceroy barretts or alexander murray steep roofing problems can be simply solved with roll roofings very low in price and very easy to apply you tan choose from a variety of weights m the smoothsurfaoed asphalt roofings heavier protection tails for slatesurfaeed roll roofing stouffville coop association two phones for yopr convenience 269 and 122 i the nursery rhyme and every way that mary went the lamb was sure to go might apply to bernard krueger of reedsville wis except for one tiling his playmate is a 12- yearold goose and not a little lamb mike follows the ailing farmer all over his farm and acts as a sort of watchgoose for master on every road night or day walk facing the traffic its the safest wayi make it a habit to walk on the left tide of tho road near the curb or shoulder when you eo oncoming cats step off the road and avoid them oca h dougftt mthr ontario department op highways