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VOLUME LXXXI, NUMBER 43 Some pretty fine young hockey players are being developed right here in Richmond Hill. Any one (or more) of a number of young, promising local hockey players could be on lists as of tonight. This situation is no joke and last summer one northern Ontario city was concerned enough about, as they called them, “hockey bums”, to devote a large editorial to what was termed a disgraceful situation. The Lord forbid it should ever happen here and it won’t if we won't let it. By using this system, a 10 or 12 year old player. living right here in Richmond Hill or vicinity could ostensibly go on a Boston Bruin negotiation list. He wouldn’t necessarily be aware of it nor would his par- ents. If his interest and skills kept right along with his added years he could possibly want to play junior hockey in Richmond Hill (if we had any that is) â€" only to find that he wasn‘t allowed to play for the junior team of his choice. He might be told to report to Gueloh, Goderich or Swastika if that’s where the NHL. c'lub whose list he was on had junior interests. Many kids are good junior material at 15, and no 15-year-old should be forced to leave home at the whim of some bi'assbound N.H.L. mogul. In this day and age, when so much emphasis is placed on the value of a sound educational background, it isn’t good sense to uproot a boy from his home envir- onment and then expect marvellous school results. It would certainly be necessary to change schools, a bad enough wrench, but who overseees his homework? Who really knows just how well he is doing in school and who gets a chance to talk to his teachers? Remember. be- cause dad has a job right in or near 'the old home town. the boy is really on his own! A determined and courageous mother has finally taken up cudgels on behalf of all parents and adults who like children and hockey in that order. Mrs. Lucile Black of Scarboro has two boys and one husband con- nected with minor hockey ‘and she believes that when slavery was abolished it also gave a person the right to sell his services, or not sell them, where, how and when N.H.L. brass, operating through the 0.ll.A., apâ€" parently don’t agree with Mrs. Black. Promising young: hockey players are placed on hsts \vhich, according 10 a nebulous gentleman’s agreement, make them open to negotiations only with the club with whom they are listed. Mrs. Black is planning to confront the O.H.A. at the annual meeting in Toronto on April 29th. She is a woman with a mission, 3 mission that belongs to any- one who believes that kids should play hockey for fun and when and where they choose. he chose If her cause is your cause â€"-â€" and truly it is â€"â€" please call her at PL. 7-1824. Show enough indignation and ire and the O.H.A. may remember that they are a body set up to regulate and control amatedr hockey and notpander to the N.H.L. Make a call to Mrs. Black and offer her YOUR support. What is really needed is a group of dedicated parents or members of the Rich- mond Hill Hockey Association to attend the O.H.A. meeting in Torontothis coming Saturday. If you plan to go, call Mrs. Black, it won’t cost too much and the cause is very urgent. It may be ancient history by now but how did you like the well behaved crowd in Detroit the night Chicago won the silverware? No octopii (hope that’s the plural of Octopus), no eggs, no fish, no guinea pigs â€"- one string of firecrackers and a few programs on the ice â€"â€" and that was all. It was a most refreshing change from the usual conduct of the Detroit fans, better known as Garbage Unlimited. Could it be that anyone who threw anything on the ice was threatened with banishment to Hamtramck ‘.‘ â€" SPORT SPOTS â€" Pupils at Bayview High School are to be congrat- ylgjced f_o_r _th¢_ei1:_de‘cision to bring children from the Villa to their Athletic Night and possibly to other school events. Many of these handicapped children lead a bretty dull life of necessity, and it's nice to 'know that healthy teenagers are taking steps to see that less for- tunate teenagers enjoy events that would normally be denied them. a The kids at Bayview have evidently accepted the fact that they are responsible for the welfare of others and are prepared to do something about it. Hats off to the Bayview gang for a very fine idea. See, Mable. teen- a‘rers really are responsible citizens when given half a chance. â€" SPORT SPOTS â€" There are a couple of fellows, well-known in Rich- mond Hill sporting circles, who want lots of girls to come and see them. And, wonder of wonders. their wives don’t mind a bit! George Ward and Hap Mills are busily conducting a pre-season training session for the Richmond Heights Ladies softball team. The girls are meeting at 8 pm. in the gym at McConaghy School on Tuesday nights and going through a two-hour drill. The Richmond Heights Ladies want to field the best team they’ve ever had, this year. Any young lady who has softball talents will be welcomed to the workouts and given a fair chance to show her ability. George Ward may not be living in Richmond Hill anymore. but his friends are going to see a lot of him around these parts. This boy has a lot of friends in this area who want to see him and his team have a really good year. "THE lIBERAI." TU. 4-1105 HALL'S SERVICE STATION LTD. DOMESTIC FUEL OILS AND BURNER SERVICE SPORT SPOTS TU. 4 . 4361 EASY AS FALLING ’ OFF A LOG BY RON CRAIN E . . . to sell. buy. rent or hire a Want Ad in “The Liberal". cost is small, the action FA Trained ad-takers await your I ". The FAST. 11‘ call. via strongly urged to attend as plan- 01‘ age FOCkey players and NHL- ning for next season's activity 0111b tie-U135; If .VOU fۤ1 that must be formulated and executive Present P0110165 are detrimental members chosen. to the best interests of amateur hockey and to the young hockey This is an open meeting with player. come out and lend your all interested persons being wel-lsupport in the fight to clean up comed to the meeting. If you'have the O.H.A. muddle. Sinfntries Already For Church Softball \ league dlsd at ONE PLACE ONLY -â€" Still Time To Register Indications are that this will be the biggest year yet for minor softball activity in Richmond Hill and there is a final registration day yet to come. This Saturday will be the last day for registra- tion. All applications will be han- Last Saturday was opening day for minor softball registrations and all public and separate schools were open from 10 am. until noon. Registrars were overwhelmed by the response as approximately 720 registrations were re- ceived during the two hour period. Sid Steffan had his hands full at Walter Scott School as he processed some 300 forms in his two hour stint. the store next to Jack Fraser‘s in the Richmond Heights Plaza. Hours will again be from 10 am. until noon and these will be the only registrations accepted. There will be no extension of dates nor any exceptions made. You must register this Saturday if you have The annual meeting of the Richmond Hill Hockey Associa- tion will be held at 8.00 pm. on Friday, April 28th at the Munici- pal Hall in Richmond Hill. All those interested in hockey are strongly urged to attend as plan- ning for next season’s activity must be formulated and executive members chosen. Annual Meeting Friday Local Hockey Association Plans To Fight N.H.L Raiding Minors Wide interest is being evinced in the Richmond Hill and District Church Soft-ball League. Six en- tries are already assured with St. Mary‘s Anglican, St. Mary’s Roman Catholic, St. Luke‘s Lu-l theran of Maple, Our Lady Queen of the World, Richmond Hill Pres- byterian and Thornhill Presbyter- ian preparing teams. There is a possibility that a combined Bap- tist entry from Thornhill and Richmond Hill will also be enâ€" tered. Terrific Response Some 720 Registrations Local League Minor Ball Any and all Aristocrat mem- ber,s love motor cars. They all enjoy fast driving on a track under supervised conditions. Club rules make it mandatory for them to obey the motor vehicle laws laid down by legislative bodies and they are just a little more competent than the average Sun- day afternoon driver. If this is bad then we‘re all for it. Now the Aristocrats are study- ing.first aid with avicw to being of assistance to those in need of help at times of accident or sud- den injury. They are \villingfio assume the role of being their brother’s keepers and are pre- pared to otter intelligent, quali- fied help when and if the need arises. What this town and coun- try needs are more Aristocrats and more groups as conscious of their civic responsibilities as our own local hot-rodders. And in our book hot~rodders of the Aristo- crat brand are tops. More and more NHL. hockey players seem to be turning to bowling, alley operation as an ad- ditional source of income during the offâ€"season. The latest players to announce the construction of alleys are Phil Goyette and Don- nie Marshall of the Canadiens. Site of the operation is to be Lachine, near Mo'htreal and their w v v V ‘4 ‘4 v v v v v.V.V.V wv wvwvmamaw\nowwwwvwwwwwwwwxlxawwwwww‘el By Ron Craine Fifteen members of the Aristo- crats Rod and Custom Club have signed up for the Civitan-spon- sored first aid course. The Aristo- crats are a motor car loving group of responsible young men who have bonded together in their common interestâ€"the automobile. To most people the Aristocrats would be “hot rodders’ a name that has overtones of stupidity and irresponsibility combined with law flouting and high speed, in the minds of many citizens. But nothing could be farther from the truth. Aristocrats Club First Aid Course RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1961 “In Essentials Unity; in Non-Essentials Liberty; in all things Charity” not yet done so. It is going to take a lot of help and planning to coach and organize these children. If you want to work with children on a very worthwhile project won’t you tender your help to the Rich- mond llill Ball Association? The m-ed issurgent if all the children are to be given a fair shake. President Lloyd “Mickey” Smith is anxious to hear from interested people. Phone Mickey at TU. 4-2108 and offer your help. Let‘s all make this a banner year for minor softball in Richmond Hill. comments and ideas to contribute then this meeting is the place to bring them up. The hockey assoc- iation is taking a firm stand a- gainst present and proposed O.H.A. plans with regard to min- Goyette and Marshall were in Richmond Hill last Saturday sur- veying the local bowling scene and looking over some of the lanes. The Allencourt layout seemed to impress them and it is not unlikely that their. own es- tablishment will bear a marked resemblance to the Allencourt set-up. The league is designed for play- ers over the age of 16 who wish to play softball. It is hoped that league action can start on or about May 15th and that further entries will be forthcoming. Other churches wishing to enter teams should have a representative at the next meeting of the league. Next league meeting will be held in the Richmond Hill Municipal offices on Thursday, April 27th at 8.00 pm. house will be set up to handle dugk pins, a very popular game in Quebec. In addition to the duck pins they hope to popularize 5-pin bowling and for this reason will be employing pin boys instead of automatic pin setters. Automatics cannot handle duck pins and 5- pins combined, hence the return to manual pin setting. Richmond Ten Pin Mixed League Play-off competition in the ten- pin league is off and running and competition is keen as there is only a 90â€"pin spread between the teams after the first night’s ac- tion. Turner Taxi finished on top of the heap as the Cabbies hit for a total of 2914 pins. Bunston Carpentry is in sec- ond spot with 2864 pins, 50 pins off the pace set by the torrid Cab- men. Pirri’s Fruit Market is :n third spot with a 2853 total, and Rose Gardens are a full 90 pins back of the leaders with 2824 pins to their credit. It wouldn’t take too big a blanket to cover all four teams and the league champion- ship could go to any one of the four. The consolation round saw Richmond Hill Hardware jump out in front with 2893 pins, 40 pins ahead of Richmond Theatre and its 2853 total. Sterling Pack- ers are sitting in third position with 2826 and Marple Real Es- tate is well back of the leaders with a 2786 count. League secretary» NM“; (‘73? wearing, Rose Garden livery, led the ladies with a 468 for her three game total. Edna Maybury of Richmond Theatre finished with a 461 and Liz McCullough of Marples rolled a 440. Emily Grimes of Sterling Packers rack- ed up .a 435 helped out by a 171 single and Vi Lawrie of Bunstons (Continued on Page 10) NOTES Initial Practice i Allencourt Ball \Z‘Qk’kk WW I Coach Russ Cripps, mentor of the Allencourt Lanes Softball Team, formerly Wimbr-idge Clean- ers, had a group of hopeful play- ers out for practice last Sunday. Some nine players took part in the practice that was held on a slippery, soggy field after a heavy Saturday rain. Camp Richildaca Ready Busy Season Len McLean was one of those present at the practice and the agile shortstop acquired quite a sun and windburn during the ses- sion. Russ Cripps will be holding Sunday session from now on and will welcome all potential players out for practice. York Club Seeks Rugger Players The comparatively newly form- ed York COunty Rugger Club has played three exhibition games in the last three weeks. or, more correctly in rugger talk, “friend- ly gamesl” The first game in the Aurora Town Park saw the York County Club down Toronto Sara- cens by a 10â€"6 count on two tries scored by Aurora High School boy Clare Doolittle. Both tries were converted by Pete Shepherd. York County have not fared too well in the other two games as they lost 18-3 to Ajax and were trounced 20-0 by Toronto Canucks. The York County squad is largely made up of players new to the game and inexperience has cost them valuable points. By playing in these “friendly games" the boys should be ready for solid play when league action gets un- der way in the fall. ' President Don Curtis feels that there must be more rugger play- ers in Richmond Hill than the three presently active with the team. The remaining 20 members are from the Aurora-King area and Aurora is also planning on forming a junior club. If you ex rugger or would-be rugger types want action call Don Curtis at TU. 4-5865 and‘ he’ll see that you get lots and lols of ac- tion. Seen above are members of the Thornhill Lions sponsored entry in the Brampton Hockey Tournament. The Lions Club very generously provided money for uni- forms and equipment. The team was selected from among players on the five teams that competed in the Menzies-Bagg organized Pond League this past winter. At Brampton, the all-star aggregation were runners-up for the Class D Champion- ship. They eliminated teams from Malton, Paisley, and Winona before bowing to Exeter. The. brand' new‘ Camp Richildaca will open at Ket- tleby this year and will fea- ture a main lodge with a 25- 30 foot log cabin and a 60 x 30 ft. swimming pool. Camp director Bill Babcock has all the logs cut for the cabin and next week a bulldozer should start snorting around the 20 acre property prepar- ing the pool and the cabin foundation. A trout stream is one of the natural assets of the property and bush and clear running springs add to the beauty of the scene. Campers will be transported to camp and returned home via the camp bus and camp officials feel that this will be the best year in the history of the camp. Thornhill All-Stars, Runners-Up At Brampton The Villa staff had the patients all ready for the trip and with their expert help and instruction. the guests were carefully placed in cars and driven to Bayview High School. On arrival at the school the guests were transfer- red safely to their wheelchairs and escorted into the large gym- nasium. Nine patients from the Villa on Bathurst St. were entertained by Bayview High Sphqol stydents Bayview High Students Entertain Villa Patients On Athletic Night at the Athletic Night last Friday. A convoy of cars led by Miss Jane Tobias. English and history teacher at Bayview, wended their way to guests. Richmond Hill and Bayview High were hooking up in a three game floor hockey engagement that provided speed, action and excitement for the Villa guests and for students of both high schools. R. Hill on the March A dance brought the activities to a close, and, along the way, re- freshments were sewed to stu- dents and guests. Visitors from the Villa were taken on a tour of the school and invited to re- turn by Principal Howard Eubank. Prior to the start of the even- ing it was thought that the large playing area might hamper the Richmond Hill team who are used to more confined quarters. This myth was soon fxploded as Rich- mond Hill swep all three games. The grade 9 tilt saw Bayview go down to a 6-3 defeat and then lead most of the way in the junior romp only to wilt under pressure and bow 4-3 to Richmond Hill. Bayview seniors never did get untracked and took a 7-1 shel- lacking from a fast, hard hitting Richmond Hill squad. Tour School Thornhill H. School Show Is To-Night Once again the Villa patients were carefully loaded into cars and returned to the Villa, a very tired but happy group. Maybe the Bayview students did lose all the games but the moral victory belonged to them and to their generous and unselfish gesture to young people less fortunate than they. Floor Hockey Tonight is the opening night of the big Thornhill High “Health‘s a Poppin’ Show." The Witching hour is 8.00 pm. and the curtain will rise on the most ambitious stage event ever at- tempted by pupils of Thornhill High School. Along about five minutes of eight the butterflies in the stom- achs of performers will be as large and ravenous as vultures but, as the curtain rises, the troupers will break into a very smooth and enjoyable perfor- mance. All stage properties and cpstumingare the work of stu- dznts. teachers, parents and care- takers and this is one show Ed Sullivan shouldn‘t miss. It really is a big shawl! the intiamural floor hockey the Villa to pick up the HOME PAPER OF THE DISTRICT SINCE 1878 SINGLE COPY 106 The team members are back row (left to right) Coach Ron Bagg, Ross Johnson, Stu Francis, John Hep- burn, Perry White, Peter Law, Frank Warnica, and Manager Stu Hepburn. Middle row (same order) : Ray Windsor, Bob’Good- win, Assistant Captain John Bagg, Vince DeMarco, Gary Hughes, Coach Bill Menzies. 'P‘ronjc row ( same‘ order) : John Bliss, Wendell Maze- low, Captain John Flannagan, Gordon Brown and Joe DeMarco. -â€" Photo by Barbour scene the grade 9 championship went to the black colour team and the senior black team also came out on top. The junior sec- tion has three teams tied with black, gold and green to play off for the title. Junior volleyball is also schedued to be played off this week. Coach Russ Snider wil be run- ning off barrier events next week and will be preparing'a junior team to compete in the Pickering College. Quaker Relays on May 13th. Mr. Snider is looking for big things from Mike Howard and Donny Chapman in the junior group while Roy Finlayson, Bob Holinigh and Doug Newberg will form the backbone of the inter- mediate squad. Don Dalley is the senior who is expected to have a big year with the shot,rdiscus and javelin events. WOODBRIDGE â€"â€"- The Toronto and York Roads Commission will begin widiening lower Pine Street this summer. 3 V 1" '5'"? 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