AV.5-5445 9612 Yonge Street TU. 4-2864 Mighty Fine Curling Hidden under that colourful team sweater is a pair of scaled down shoulder pads. On top of his shhï¬ng locks perches a safety hehnet â€"â€" theyhc not taking chances will THEIR boy! He owns a good pair of padded hockey pants that aï¬ord hhn annfle protecï¬on and lns fingers are encased in a good pair of hockey gloves. Ample shin pads wrap his sphufly legs to guard against brumes and his skates sport an adequate pair of tendon guards The conuï¬ete hockey phyer? VVeH... ahnosL Young hockey pbyers have been cut and badh’ cut by the heel end of skate blades. Sometimes they get cut by sonmone ewes skates and sonmtunes they manage to sit on their own skates thus driving the unprotected blade end into a young and tender posterior. PJo rnatter hovv it connes it is a painful (Continued on page 10) Young Johnny. Pete or Bill is now, playing organized hockey. He is only 8 years old but already Dad can see a lot of promise in the lad. Mom does not know whether he’ll make a hockey player or not, but she beams with pride as he comes teetering and tottering down the ice. Their young hero LOOKS like a hockey player. He has all the tack and trimmings that the pros use. Why not? This is the apple of doting parental eyes â€" they want him to have everything the other kids have and they want to protect him. ’56 DODGE ROYAL Hardtop 2 door V78 automatic. radio. power steering and brakes. Good body and mechanical condition. 69-): Buick's finest. gleaming black with blue interior. Every conceivable power assist. ImmaculMe inside and out. White with red interior. V/B automatic, custom GM. radio. power steering and brast Whitewalls. window washers. Ab- solutely like new inside and out. Light blue with blue interior. V/8 auto- matic. custom G.M. radio. power steer- ing and brakes, window washers. whiteâ€" walls and wheel discs. $2325 ’63 Pontiac Strata - 4 door Palomar red with complementing inter- iori Powerful. economical 6 cyl. motor. automatic transmission, window wash- ers and wheel discs. Sold and serviced since new, by us. 32425 '62'7Parisienne - 4Wdoor ROAD TEST ONE OF THESE FULLY RECONDITIONED CARS The closest thins: to a new car you could possibly find. Saddle tan with tan vinyl inter- ior. Driven only 9,000 miles. Previous owner‘s name on request. Equipment includes automatic transmission. custom G.M. radio, white walls, wheeldiscs, window washers, bucket seats. console. seat belts‘ custom floor mats. ’61 Parisiennei- 2 dbbr‘ Hardtop Whenever George Rumney, of Victoria Square, gets together with Murray Roberts, of Unionville. it can mean only one thing: Mighty fine curling! That’s the way it’s been for the past five or six years as the two-some have combined with various partners to form one of Ontario's best rinks. Their ï¬nest moment came in 1958 when they journeyed to Victoria, British Columbia. in company with Andy and Ray Grant to represent Ontario in the Canadian Briar Championships. ’ “We didn't win it". sa We beat the rink that did." Feel Free To Bring Along. Your Mechanic - TRADES WELCOME â€" 763 Cherry || Super Sports Conrertible‘ SPO]? T SPO TS FUTURE NATIONAL LEAGUE STARS RON CRAINE ’6] Electra 2: Convertible PONTIAC - BUICK I.'I'D. SKYLINE (Opposite Dunlap Observatory) AS - IS SPECIALS ' D V/8 automatic. radio. Two tone gray and white. Good transportation for only â€" 321:5 says George, “but DODGE - 4 Doors 4 door h/t. Guaranteed 1 owner trade. Original bronze finish. Automatic trans- mission. custom radio. power steerinz and brakes. whitewalls and wheel discs. A real good buy. $650 Deluxe 4 door beautiful bronze and white finish. Custom radio, A~1 mechanical condition. $1025 ’59 Pontiac - 4 dr. hafflï¬ip Black with white top. Brand new Fires- tone “500†whitewalls, automatic trans- mission. custom radio, wheel discs and window washers. $ 995 I.“ ’58 Pontiac S_a_fari chal 1 owner trade. Deluxe model wiih blue interior. S350 7 qule Price $2575 Only $2750 '60 Falcon - 4 door ’57 Buick Super Deluxe model V/8 automat- ic and radio. Whitewall tires. wheel discs, two [one red and white. Even though they haven’t won “the big one" George .and his companions have been giving it the big try. “We got to the round-robin ï¬nals for Ontario in 1961 and 1962 but couldn’t quite make it all the way." George and Murray, skip of the rink, not “We played Matt Baldwin’s winning Edmonton rink in the round-robin series", ex- plains George, “and we managed to beat him. Unfortunately we lost to someone else and Baldwin went on to take the cha‘mpion- ship." ‘59 DODGE The hungry East York Lions rolled to a 19â€"0 victory over the placid Richmond Hill Indians last Saturday afternoon at Richmond Hill. This was the ï¬rst game of a two game total point series for the Metro Rugby Football Union Championship with the second game set for Dieppe Park this Saturday ‘ at 1.00 pm. i It took East York Lions just attack choked and sputtered to one play trom scrimmage to‘fumity- A desperation pass by score six points. They received the kick-off from the Indians and passed {or a TD. on the opening play as a stunned and unprepared Indian defense was caught with their tomahawks down. This play set the pat-j tern for the ._day as East York‘ continually kept pressure on‘ the Indians white the Indian‘ Trail lions 19-0 Vol. 86,.NO. 21 RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1963 HOME PAPERBIm } lions 19-0 R. H. Indians Get Tomahawkedé amw that sounds contradictory it really is 4 Doors $1050 "‘ln' Essentials Unity; in Non-Essentials Liberty; in 311 things Charity" 0/0 Blue The junior border ball championship was decided at Richmond Hill last week. When the smoke and debris had sett- led Harrison House had won RICHMOND HILL HIGH In the final two out of three series Bayview forced the third game and lost out by a margin of two points. The team was captained by Jane Blackwell. Other team members were Bon- ita Garreth. Ruth Nokes, Beverley Wilson. Cheryl Ring. Lynda Jolicour. Chris- tina Munsey. Liz Munroe. Torrill Samuelson and Gail Thompson. The intramural program has junior. intermediate and sen- ior volleyball going while 30~40 boys are working out on the wrestling mats. Some 20 ard~ ent gymnasts are also busy prep- ping for this up-coming season. The first series has ended and iManufacturers Life and Turn- ,bull Grocery emerged the vic- Htors. Tom Hughes Shell, Dynes Jewellers and Rangers were seven-point winners from ABC (Bowling, Richmond Hill Auto iWreckers and Lake Simcoe Fuel JOil. Scoring five points were 1Allencourt Lanes, Maple Snack ‘Service and Manufacturers Life. ‘Getting the remaining two jpoints were Robert’s Driving gschool, United Tire and Turn- jbull Grocery. League standing at the end of the first series has Manufacturers Life on the top with 64, followed by Turnbull Grocery 53, Allen- ‘ court Lanes 52, Dynes ‘ Jewellers 45, Tom Hughes Shell 36, United Tire 85, ‘ Thornhill Secondary School. Ten teams from the south Georgian Bay area took part with Bayview finishing second ‘0 Aurora. overall tournament winners. BAYVIEW SECONDARY A grade nine volleyball team from Bayview took part in a volleyball tourney held at IAN MacINTOSH Ace Quarterback ALLENCOURT George, started curling eight years ago and ï¬gures its “a great sport". “One of the main things in curling". he says, “is to develop a smooth delivery. After that it’s just practice makes perfect as in any other game. You shouldn’t push the stone because that throws it off." “We won our opening bonspiel in To- ronto", George observed, “against 64 other rinks from various parts of Ontario. We defeated a Weston rink 7-4 to take the bon- spiel." are presently sweeping the way with Jack Walton and Jack Hosxe and they’ve started out the 1963-64 season in perfect form. With George Rumney 6: Crew .4 East York blocking and lack- ling was crisp and clean throughout the game. The blocks were thrown at the right time and with authority while they tackled low and clean, On the other side of the coin In- dian blocking was virtually non-‘ existent while tackling was, at times. haphazard and lacka- daisicai. East York was defin- itely “up†for this game while the best that can be said for the Indians is that they were also in attendance. WILLOWDALE : North York Township Council recently re- fused to purchase second-hand shelters for township bus pas- sengers. The Melney Advertis- ing Company advised council they have discontinued provid- ing transit shelters for Metro Toronto passengers and are ar- ranging to sell existing shelt- ers at a discount price. Council} declined the offer. I Examinations get under way this week and basketball pract- ices are set to begin just as soon as the scholastic proving ground trials are concluded. Commencement e xe re is e s were held at Thornhill last week and virtually all athletic activity came to a standstill. Pictures of football teams were taken and the winning senior football team was feted at a party. Last years gym team is still intact and the green and white school is looking for big tlu'ngs from this group. Basket- ball and wrestling teams are busily working out with the season to start after examin- ations are concluded. THORNHILL SECONDARY followed by Stewart, Miles and Richmond Houses in that order. The high average race has a close fight between Bob Weeks and Arne Skretteberg both with 261. A] Richardson is in the third spot with 254. Maple Snack Service 34. Lake Simcoe Fuel Oil, ABC Bowling, Richmond Hill Auto Wreckers and Rang- ers tied with 29, and in the last position is Robert’s Driving School with 27. There were five 800 men this week, with Al Richardson lead- ing the way with an 876 triple and single games of 326 and 316. The other high shooters were Jim Davidson 842 (321), Scott Parke 837 (305), Stan Sha- doff 826 (314), and Tim Saul 823. Les Adam 339 and Bob Weeks 327 were the over 300 scorers. MEN’S MAJOR in the fourth quarter with two long passes that saw them score another major and vault into a 19-0 lead. To add frosting tn the cake for East York they struck late [f the Indians are not to go down to ignominious defeat next Saturday they’re got to come up with a miracle. Defensiv- Indian Quarterback Ian McIntosh was picked off by an alert Lion in the. third quarter. He roared 45 yards down the side- lines for the major while the only Indian player in any sort of position to stop him was blocked out effect- ively. Therein lies the story of the game. Thesigns areglgfaf ely they have been impres~ sive. 0n the attack they have humbled and sputter- ed to one point in 180 min- utes of football. Hardly an earth shattering record! In all fairness some of the Indians put out a real effort â€" others merely went through the motions and none too con- vincingly. This Saturday they‘ll have their collective backs to the wall as they try to over- come the Lion 19 point lead. On last Saturday’s performance, if we were the wagering type. we’d plunge heavily (like a bob or two! on the East York Lions. We hope the Indians prove us wrong but it's a rough chore they have ahead of them! the Richmond Hill Leafs can make this year is to turn up for the third period. If you scratched out the third period of their first three games the team would have come up with at least one win and a tie. 'Tis nice to speculate. but such is not the ways of the world, hockey included. The Leafs travelled to Wil- Iowdale last Sunday to absorb their lumps to the tune of 4-1 at the hands of the Willowdale Rangers. Jim Wells was the only one able to blink the red light. Only bright spot in the local heaven of storm-clouds is the play of Jim Wells who has come through with seven points on; two goals and five assists to be ï¬iw Bil:I SNOW! RICHMOND HEIGHTS CENTRE ihis is {he year of ihe Any day now, the predictions of our wildlife friends may come true! Be ready. Buy a pair of Firestone Town & Country Retreads. Get traction you can trust at HALF THE PRICE of new winter tires. CATERPILLARS ARE " FUZZIER MOOSE ARE ‘ FURRIER . To the uninitiated, sweeping would seem to be something better left to the average housewife but it isn't. so. “The ice is pebbled". explains George, "and it‘s the sweepers who clear those pebbles out of the route of the stone that can make the difference in a game. By sweeping you can make the stone slip at least 12 to 18 feet more than it would have otherwise." And that can make the difference in winning or losing the big ones. George, who is 37 years of age, observes that the trend in curling is changing from what it used to be. “There was a time", 'he said, “when The Leafs travelled to Wil- lowdale last Sunday to absorb their lumps to the tune of 4-1 at the hands of the Willowdale Rangers. Jim Wells was the only one able to blink the red light. It seems the biggest mistake the Richmond Hill Leafs can make this year is to turn up for the third period. If you scratched out the third period of their first three games the team would have come up with at least one win and a tie. WWW GROUNDHOGS ARE} DIGGIER ' SQUIRRELS ARE " NUTTIER Section Second Senior Hockey Patter ICC YOUR FAVORITE g CHRISTMAS CAROLS None of their defeats have been that disgraceful and with a few changes. a continued all- out effort, they should come up with a pretty good season yet. Let's hope so. anyway. Newmarket Cubé. Leaside Larks, and Willowdale Rangers As mentioned earlier. the Leafs seem to do pretty well in the first two periods but sag badly in the final stanzasn If they can correct this situation they should be able to come up with a few wins. As of November 13, Jack Gil- bert of the Downsview team was leading the scoring race with five goals and four assists, fol- lowed by Gary Stamp of Thorn- hill with six goals and one assist.- right up there with the leaders FIRESTONE Budget Account KNITTING WOOL Save now on this 2-piecc lamin- ated stick with 1-piece Elm biado. Assorted lengths from 41†to 48â€. 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The Leafs started off fast in the initial period. with Jim Wells potting one from Ralph Sund- quist and Doug ,McInnis coming through at 16:30 for another one. Wells picked up the assist on this one. Downsview got inâ€" to the scoring at 18:00 on a tally from Jim McAffie. Assists (Continued On Page 10) It's still wide-open for every- one, with only two or three games separating Richmond Hill Leafs from the top runners. November 12 Games continue to push and jostle themselves around for top spot, with no one able to consolidate the N0. 1 position. 884-4401 FAMILY ALLOWANCE CHEQUES WELCOME 884-7474