The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

927g: Q BY \1 15! Q RON CRAINE ‘ -' ._\ Once again the biggest race of the year is sched- uled to get under way on Saturday night. Santa Claus, a resident of the North Pole, is due to get under way in his race with the sun around the world in an attempt to visit every little child. The pace is terrific and rivals anything that the charioteers in Ben Hur could produce. Just how this sprightly old competitor can keep pop- ping up year after year is one of the major miracles of our time and-his annual appearance causes more excite- ment than any other single event in this tired old world. His appearance presages the greatest Christian holiday in existence and, for one day at least, old enmities are forgotten or forgiven and even the Iron Curtain gets to look a little bit like chintz. Mr. Claus and his weird crew have always answered the call. to the post and for many, many years have been 3 Sure bet to finish in first place. As in every year since we can remember our money is riding on the grand old man and whether or not psychiatricts like his chances and feel that he is messing up juvenile minds, we only hope he will be around for a great many more appearances. ‘ Just exactly how the beautiful legend and fairy tale. of Santa Claus can clobber up a young mind beyond redemption beats us. Learned men claim that upon learning that their parents have told them diabolical lies about Christmas, terrible harm is done to young minds. In a pig’s eye it does! The fondest childhood memories are about Christ- mas and Santa Claus and we didn’t exactly feel gypped when we found that the merry old gentleman symbol- ized the whole beautiful Christmas legend. How a symbol of universal hope can be condemned as evil beats us. Maybe Christmas has become some- what commercial bth it’s only as commercial as any individual permits it to be. In the meanwhile we’re going to carry on as before and ask hopefully for a few little items we’d dearly love to see come true. Hope Santa is listening. We’d like to have Dynes Jewellers and Wimbridge Cleaners Softball Teams both Win Ontario Softball Championships and it would be awfully nice if the Richmond Hill Indians can go all the way in the coming year and Win a football championship. Would it be pre- sumptuous to ask for a Stanley Cup for the Leafs and 3 Grey Cup for Argos? We’d love a municipal swimming pool for Richmond Hill and maybe even a running track to develop our fine track and field potential. It seems like a lot of things to want all at once, but we always operated on the theory that “them as don’t ask, don’t get” â€" so we are asking. As a football player, Ian does nothing well, only superlatively. He is as cool a. field general as you’ll ever have the pleasure of seeing in action and is a real take- charge quarterback. As a ball handler, he has no peers in the league and can fake and bootleg with the best of them. God bless each and everyone of you and whatever your fondest wish, may it be granted. â€"â€" SPORT SPOTS â€"â€" We just got confirmation from Del. Madely, coach of the Richmond Hill Indians - football type Indians - that the star quarterback of the team has received a signal and much deserved honour, The Rowntree Tro- phy, awarded to the most valuable player in the Metro Football League. The winner is Ian McIntosh. Let’s hope the bewiskered old gentleman can deliver some or all of these fine gifts and make a lot of peOple happy. In the meantime here’s a wish for the best Christmas you ever had for you and yours from all of us. It’s been a good year, but we forgot to ask for the most important gift of all -â€" a little bit more understand- ing â€" each of the other, and all tensions and grievances will be forgotten -â€" both at home and on the internat- ional scene. In the pass department he has a very enviable rec- ord both as a passer and a receiver with a sure pair of hands. He kicks when called upon and gets off some beautiful towering punts and in addition to this drops back to safety on defence and returns punts like Ron Stewart. He can block, tackle and, if necessary do a man job with a water bucket. You’d wonder how a guy with these qualifications won an award, wouldn’t you? It’s a fine tribute to a good football player but it will serve to give the while team a lift. Richmond Hill is now on the football map around the BIG TOWN for sure and maybe we’ll see the odd scout hanging around next year. Some of the boys are really that good. THURS, DECEMBER 29 â€" Public Skating 2-4 pm. Closed New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day MONDAY, DECEMBER 26 â€" Public Skating 2-4 p.m. SAT., JANUARY 7 â€" Public Skating 8-10 pm. RICHMOND HILL . . Skating Holiday Schedule THURSDAY. DECEMBER 22 _ 10-11:30 A.M. Ice Time Available RICHMOND HILL ARENA ASSOCIATION Arena Attractions Admission: Pre-school and adults skating â€" Admission 350 4-5.30 â€" Skating for school children Admission 25c Closed Christmas Eve and Christmas Day SPORT SPOTS Adults 50c Student (with student card) 85c Children 25c Spectators 10¢ TU. 4 1368 The Newmarket boys up to game time last Friday had been undefeated on their home ice, and still smarting from the 5 to 3 loss pinned on them last week by the Hill boys. They began to step into the Blueliners right from the opening bell ‘and rushed down the ice to get the first goa of the game at the two minute mark. However from that time on they were kept off the scoring sheet by a hard skating Hill Club. The scoring was split four ways which is a very good sign for a young club, showing that all the power isn’t on one line, which is very often the case. Long John Grieves opened the scoring with a long hard drive from just in- side the blueline and before the first period was over Tom Reyâ€" nolds tipped in a shot by Doug Jamieson. During the second and third the Newmarket attack was blunted by the persistent back checking of Bruce Walker and the steady defensive work by Rit- chie Elliott and Peter Hiscott. As well as holding off the Red- men the locals marked two more goals as Dean Wainwright scored on an assist from Walker. and Ritchie Elliott blasted‘ one in from the point. Newmarket Midgets went down to a 4 to 1 defeat at the hands of Richmond Hill Blueliners last Friday night right on their own stamping grounds, and it was a well deserved victory for the Blueliners. Blueliners Still On The March Down Both Newmarket& Unionville Teams Peter Hi‘scott, touted by Coach Red Garner and Manager Ernie Brennan as the best defenseman Richmond Ten Pin Mixed League The second series in the league came to an end last week witn Bunston Carpentry and Builder-s clinching a playoff spot by win- ning the series with 18 points. Pirri's Fruit Market, who won the first series finlnshed with 17 points in the second series trail- ed by Turner Taxi with a 15 point tptal. Marple Real Estate and Rose Garden Supplies chased ‘each other all the way to the wire to finish with 14 points each with Richmond 'Hill Hardware close behind with 13% points. Ster- ling Packers registered 10-'/2 points with Richmond Theatre in the cellar spot with a 10 point tota . George Bunston took triple and single honours with a 527 and a 197 score. Joe Boyer came up with a 504 triple. to have one of the best nights he has enjoyed to date. Marion Blanchard led the lad- ies high three with a 467 while Ed-ith Waugh trundled a 439. League secretary Mary Champ won high single honours with a 169. Ted Wilson leads the mens! division with a 166 average and Edna Maybury is showing the; way to the ladies with a 141‘ average. ABC MAJOR: Hall’s Fuel Oil 83 Davis & Day 69 Paolone & Sons 66 ABC No. 1 65 Risi Stone 62 Turnbull Grocery 62 ABC No. 2 55 Jackson Bros. 54 MacDougall Pontiac 5] Allencourt Lanes 39 Dynes Jewellers 36 ABC No. 3 30 John's Boys 28 Liquiflame 23 Wilson-Niblett 10 King of The Week A. Skretteberg 861 King’s Court T. Saul 825 G. Dunn 802 A. McGeachie 787 COIN OPERATED COIN OPERATED lAUNDRY ALLENCOURT CENTRE Markham 8. Bayview Wash 25: Dry 10¢: in the North York midget Loop, was outstanding, as he went the whole three periods with never a rest and looked as fresh at the finish as he did at the start of the game. Both Peter and 13:! Ross, the youngest of the Blue-; liners looked good last night and} we wouldn’t be surprised if the!" are approached by some of the; pro s'couts season. F‘Imlim‘rs Unionville Richmond Hill Blueliners were at.it again last Thursday night at the local sports palace as they walloped a hard trying Unionville Club by a lop sided 6 to 0 score. The local club paced by Rod- “Dude” Kelson, with two goals played a fantastic game both or; attack and defense to hold the fast breaking Unionville boys down. The Unionville Club never stopped trying and time after time they broke away from their checks. only to be stopped by the The ladies also had some booby prizes to hand out and these were won by Ida Madill. Jean Holloâ€" way, Dot Maskell, Beth Goulding, Gertrude Bradley, Sylvia Poyntz. Marge Bailowski, Elva Dunkley, Elaine Wilson and Gerry Stew- art. All Star Bowling Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown! An old and trite cliche but so true about the all star bowling champion- ship as far as the men are con- cerned. Never has a champion made a successful defense of his crown and action last Sunday was no exception as new champion Bob Weeks dethroned champion Tim Saul. Bob Weeks rolled a 1680 total for the 7 game. string to come up With a respectable 240 aver- age. Runner up was Bill Jackson who racked up 1646 pins and made things a tight squeeze for the winner. Jackson rolled the high single with a 308 game. Nothing was going right for defender Tim Saul as head pins. chops. splits -and aces were his lot throughout the match. Tim finished with a 1598 over the seven game stretch. The runners up won plump juicy capons and the winners list is headed by Muriel Steven. Jack Thomason, Jeanne Richardson, Frank Forrest, Thelma Woolfrey, Ron Ribbons, George Nicholson, Joan Brent, Lorraine Reynolds, Jeff Royston, Jim Henderson, Ann Bishop, John Yowker, Hel- en Griffin, Jean Karwaki and Irza Bardoez. The Eastsiders had a monster turkey roll with sixteen of the big fellows and sixteen capons being given out to the winning bowlers. Turkey winners were Bill Jones, Tom Madill, Ross Lewry, Vic Ribbons. Dennis Stainer, Gordon Doyle, Keith Albrighton, Don Roberts, Charlie Ingles, Patricia Wood. Ron Ste- wart, Pat Allen, William Gow, Mary Lamonte, Marie MacDon- ald and Gwen Jackson. B. Pacitto N. Thomas High Averages B. Paolone B. Ross A. Skretteberg T. Saul H. Knuckey Allencéurt Major Action in this league was con- fined to turkey roll action. Bruce Cottrell, Norm Bowen, Jack Stanway, Jack McAuley, Joe Fleming, Les Kimble and Allen-. court Lanes mngr., Doug Miller, won the major portion of their respective Christmas dinners. A great time of the the year for bowlers but awfully rough on turkeys! Eastsiders If you know any of those lucky winners have no compunction a- bout dropping in to sample the luscious Christmas fare, they might even enjoy doing a little quiet boasting about their skill and prowess. Thursday Afternoon League Muriel Steven popped up as the winner of a fine turkey in this league after having won a capon in Tuesday night action. Other big bird winners were Ellen Par- rett, Myrtle Millie, Sally Wilson. Olga Mulle, Thelma Jenkin, Gina Baum, Helen Nicklas, Betty Hughes and Grace Mowry. Runners up received packages of fancy assorted nuts and Pat Mercer, Rita Cornack, Joanne Hedges, Ruth Castle. Connie Mc- Dowell, Marge Field, Ruby Pier- cey. Alice O'Neil. Ruth Hipkiss and Joan Brown were the prize winners. before the end of this 759 747 248 246 244 237 237 :AII Stars Meet The Firefighters December 27th stonewall defense of Ritchie El- liott, Paul Hackett and steady Peter Hiscott. Dude Kelson was the big gun for the Hill boys as he topped the scoring parade with two goals and an assist. Robin Craig had one as did Wee Dougie Jam- ieson. Tom Reynolds and Dillon Elliott. Ian Ross showed a big improvement this game and Coach Red Garner is thinking of moving him up to the forward line in future games. The Firefighters from Ted Reeve Arena sponsored by On- tario Lithographers, will be playing an exhibition game a- gainst an All Star team from the Richmond Hill Senior Hockey League. The game will be played on Tuesday, December 27th at 8.00 pm. and should provide a real holiday *treat for local fans. The Firefighters have several well known players from Ontario hoc- key circles, Moe Galand, Buddy Horne, Donny Couch. Johnnie Petro and George Sayliss. The Richmond Hill All Stars will be made up of players from the league of such calibre as Ken Sinclair, Fred Diseri, Matt Kin- nari and Ron Gay: The game has 'the appearance of being a real gem. Plan to at- tend if you can possibly make it. The ladies of the Richmond Hill Curling Club held a Christmas Bonspiel on Tuesday. December 13. Ninety-six ladies took part in the heated action with two draws being made, one at 9 am. and one at 11 am. Each rink en- tered in the spiel played two six end games. Winners of the 9 o'clock draw were Bonnie Forbes, skip, Jessie Grainger vice, Marge Brown sec- ond and Marion 'Adamson lead. In second place was a rink skip- ped bfi Ruth Chandler with Clara McRo erts vice, Gert Robertson second and Lois Norden lead. Third place went to a rink con- sisting of Jean Butler. Joan Webb, Shirley Bruce and Jean Rowntree. Eleven o’clock draw winners were Marlon Brotherhood (skip), Kay Smith (vice). Kay Pridham (2nd) and C. Wallingford (lead). RICHMOND HILL HIGH The senior basketball team of Richmond Hill High School have issued both an invitation and a challenge to all grads of the school who may be in the vicinity for the Christmas holidays. Grads are invited to the school on December 29 at 1.30 pm. to have a look at the new tick-away timer donated to the school by the students. Grads are also chal- lenged to a basketball game ag- ainst the senior team who claim they can win handily! How about it grads? Going to take it lying down or show these young bucks just how the game should be played? The call is out for John Passmore, Bob Lake, Doug Ma- dill, Sil Stefian, Harold VanDyke and all other interested grads. HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS NEWS Joca/ 011,4? CZridlmad Squirt l Flyers ( Teepees Both Richard Montgomery in the Flyers net and Brian Gllpln in goal for the Teepees. put up such a stout netmindlng job that the two were unbeatable. Net result - a scoreless tie. Marlboros 1 .. Pete: 0 Wayne Cornack played goal well enough 10 earn his shut- out and you Just can‘t do any better. Wilson Ross gave Marlles the win by blasting in the lone counter of the game. Biltmores 9 Tiger Cubl 0 The Biltmores drew the claws from the Cub attack and then proceeded to score at will. Ray Sullivan banged three with Jim Hamilton and Don Brown each scoring twice. Derry Andrews and A1 Smusiak scored the other two goals. Peewee Division Canadians 2 Aces l Larry Davin and Mike Leigh- man scored ‘a goal apiece in the Canadian cause only to have Paul Findlay and Dave Cone even things up for Aces and tie the game. Bears 7 Beds 1 Bob Hutchison was a Bear on a rampage as he personally drill- ed 5 goals into the Reds net. Phil Bellavance and John Birrell scored two each as Jim Hem- phill picked up 3 assists. Bisons 2 St. Mikes 1 John Cottrlll and Gary Chassey scored the two goals to give Bl- sons the win. Graham Jardine scored for St. Mikes. This win is the first for the Bisons who don't ex act to look back from here on n. Americans 5 Barons l . McBrien an'd Gilchrist account- ed for 4 of the five American tallies with each player scoring twice. The fifth goal went to Valliere. Barons lone tally came off the stick of Loren Gordon. Bantam Division Bruins 7 Wings 0 Second place apot was won by Pat Thompson, Murial Savage, Thelma Maxwell and Helen Parr with third spot honours going to Joan Kirkpatrick, Anja Beggs, Dorothy Anstey and Lillian Wat- SOY] The ladies have just completed the first series of round robin play with some 120 ladiES taking part in the activity. Group win- ners held playoffs on Thursday, December 15th and winners were as follows: Calm JJo/J Winners of the Tuesday Draw: Eileen Garrett, Ada Garfatt, Ruth Charity, Nona Bedwell; runners- up: Ruth Chandler. Julie Bowden, Carolyn Carruthers. Diane Whit- taker. Winners of the Thursday Draw: Marjorie Fraser, Joan Webb, Bet- ty Marple, Marlon Crawford. Runners-up: Maude Jen ings, Jean McLeod, Spare, Beth ule. John Passmore and Roger Wil- son, both grads of Richmond Hill have been appointed co-directors of Richilteca and will be in charge of all canoe activities spon- sored by the camp. Trips will run throughout the summer and itin- eraries taking in the beautiful sights of Algonquin Park and Temagami are now being planned. the teachers of Bayview High will play against the Wonder Five from Richmond Hill, a Wonder Five. we are assured, not bolster- ed by imports. Tfie Bruins shelled the Wings amt/ale Division THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Thursday December 22, 1960 1:3 as they poured ln '7 goals with- out a reply. Jim Dent was the Big Bear with 3 while singles went to Frank St. Louis, Howie Martin, G. Anderson and Norm McLeod. Americans 4 Canadiens 1 Danny Shadoff popped in two goals to be the top marksman in the American victory. Keith Prosser and Doug Wise scored 1 each while Jonolglcored the Habs only goal. Hawk: 3 Rangers 3 It was score a goal and give a goal as these two teams battled all the way in an attempt to get an edge that never mater- ialized. John Bookalam scored two for the Hawks with Wayne Richardson adding the third goal. Gary Everatt. Jim Austin andeob Morrison clicked for the Ranger counters. Leafs 4 Maroons 2 Johnny Higgins had A big night for the Leafs a: the shitty young player scored two big goals. Andrew Lewis and Ken Patty added the other Leaflan tallies. Larry Black and Rod Mabley counted for the Maroons. Midget Division ABC Bowl 3 Wimbridge Cleaners 0 Simms scored twice for the Alleymen and Walker punched in one to give the Bowl team the win. Despite having a good hoc- key aggregation the Wimbridge team just doesn’t seem to be jelling. ‘ Jones Building Supplies 4 Littles Falcon: 1 One goal was the lot of the Falcon crew and that was scored by Brian Good. Noel Gllllngs scor- ed 2 for the Jones boys and Rick Bradshaw and Anthony Crack got one each. Juvenile Division Team No. 4. 3 Trailways 3 Meraska. Murray and Keith scored for the Number boys while Busmen goals were scored by Ernie Dubkowski with 2 and Mc- Callum with one. Squirt Division I Scarborough 3 Putter! 2 -Earl Methe’s young charges dropped a tight game to Scar- borough on Sunday. Putter goals were scored by Ricky Doucette assisted by Ron Gibb and Dave Lund assisted by John Shropsh- ire. Doug Meyers performed well in the Putter goal. Newmlrket 3 Putters 2 The Uplands Golf Club Put- ters were again on the short end of a 3-2 count as Ron Gibb scor- ed both goals for the Richmond Hill Team. Jack McAuley is prov- ing to be a most effective de- fenseman and Ray Sullivan of the Biltmores and Ricky Chap- man of the Petes performed Well. Tomorrow night the Putters will entertain Newmarket at Rich- mond Hill Arena. Peewee Division Hornets 2 Unlonville 2 Richmond Hill Hornets and Unionvllle played in Unlonvllle on Tuesday night and neither team was able to gain any ad- vantage over the other. Hornet goals were scored by Doug Acomb from Gary Church- er and Jim Wilson from Ricky Hill and Harvey Gordon. Hornets 4 Aurora 2 Goals were scored by Bob Ste- phens assisted by Dave Broder- ick and Jimmy Wilson, Gary Churcher from Bob Agilvie and Doug Acomb, Harvey Gordon from Churches and Acomb and Jim Wilson from Dave Broderick. Bantam Division Richmond Hill Bantams 3 Unionvllle 1 The Hornets enjoyed a decided edge in play throughout this fast well played game. This was the fifth consecutive win for the Hornets on home ice and Albert Windrum in the Hornet net de- serves a great deal of credit for the success of the team. The Canadian Coal sponsored Richmond Hill Bantams defeat- ed Unionville by a 3‘1 count after defeating them 5-1 in their prev- ious meeting. Bob Booth scored twice and Jimmy Wilson once as Ron Plummet played a steady game in the Richmond Hill net. Richmond Hill Bantams 5 Aurora 3 RESULTS until replaced by Plummer in tho :hlrd period. The bantams play this Friday night against Newmarket in New- markct and this game should prove to be a real test for the local bantam team. ‘ Senior Hockey League Allcncourt 8 Pops 5 Matt Klnnari came up with a very neat hat trick as he rapped home three goals for Allencourt Centers in their 8~6 win ovar Pops Restaurant. . . ‘LA -vr_. Five goals were scored in the opening stanza with Allencourt blasting in four counters agains: one lone tally for Pops. 'S‘rlnk Mashinter scored for Allencourt early in the period on a play et up by Al Apps. The second Al- lencourt tally went to Matt Kin- nari who sunk a fine pass from Jimmy Wells. Bob Percy scored for Pops on a fine solo play only to have Allencourt counter with two more goals by Al Apps from Glen Wright and Harold Van Dyke and Matt Kinnari assisted again by Jim Wells. The second period saw Pops come back with an attack that had the Allencourt team reeling and saw Pops outscore them three to one. Jim Neal scored the first goal of the second petiod with assists going to Bob Percy and Ron Hodgson. A short time later Pops attack paid off with another goal by Jeff Jones with Percy again picking up an as- sist. Jim Stunden combined on a play with Dalt Hicks to score the third Pops goalpf the period. The lone Allencourt scoring play of the second period came when Matt Kinnari scored his third goal of the evening on a play in which Jim Wells and Harold Vandyke picked up as- sists Allenoourt pulled away stud‘ ily in the third period as they scored three more goals with on- ly a one goal reply from Pops. Frank Mashinter, Harold Van- dyke ~and A1 Apps were the marksmen with assists going to Kinnari, Don Sywak and Glen Wright. . . L , IIILL Ron Brown scored the fifth goal for Pops in the dying mo- ments of the game with the as- sist going to Dave Hooper. Craigies 9 Bobble: 7 Ken Sinclair" bf Craigles was declared the Star of the Night as a result of his five goal and two assist contributions to the win. There is not much doubt that Sinclair is one of the finest players in the league and he has made his presence felt with the Craigie crew. In the first period, Cralgles opened the scoring on a goal by Dave Turgeon with John Drum- mond assisting. Phil Butler ev.- ened things up for Dobbls as he completed a play set-up by Don Percy and Bugs McRae, I)qu Knox put Dobbies in to the lead as he scored assisted by Graham Chapman and Earl. Cairns; 1-- vuur... John Drummond scored for Craigies to put them Into the lead which they never relinquish- ed. He was assisted on the play by Dave Turgeon and Ken Sin- clair. To end the period on the right note for Craigies, Johnny Drummond scored on a fine solo effort. . . . .,,A_,_‘ CLLUL In The second period belonged solely to Craigies as Ken Sinclair went on a three goal rampage to take care of all the scorlng in the second period. Assists on his three goals went to Bob erght and Blll Weir. - - n 11.2-- nun n vu . auu The third period saw Dabble: make a real bid as they scored four goals without a single re- ply from Craigie Phil Butler. Graham Chapman, Bugs M-cRae and Ron Guy scored with assists going to Ron Defue and Bill Byberg. Craigies got back on the acor- ing beam as Ken Sinclair tallied for the fourth time in the game assisted by Harold Flskari. Duke Knox scored the final goal. for Dobbies with Graham Chapman and Bill Byberg picking up a» With the score tied at 7 all in the closing minutes of the game Craigies potent scoring machine hit pay dirt territory as Dave Turgeon scored his second goal of the night from Sinclair and Gord Patterson. The insurance counter was scored by Sinclair as he made it five for the night with Dave Turgeon assisting. In the scoring race, Craigies have nine players in the top thirteen scorers in the league Ken Sinclair and Fred Diseri of Craigles hold the top two posi- tions. Player Team G A P K. Sinclair Craiges 10 9 19 F. Diseri Craigies 8 9 17 J. Wells Aliencourt 5 12 17 M. Kinnari Allencourt 9 7 16 S. Thorningtou Craigies 8 4 12 sists