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Clinton News-Record, 1953-04-30, Page 12PAGE TWE,EVE SFORTS By "HANK" With the exodus of Lucan and the Huron -Perth to import play, Clinton Colts from the Huron, Perth itis becoming more evil tient that the teams in the league who each year import players to build up (as they say) the • calibre of hall being played are going to find themselves so strong that they will be without a league in which to play. Last year Goderich and Hen - ball, two towns that always have had "home-brew" teams were forced to drop out — this year Lucan and Clinton — who knows what team or teams will with- draw next season, There is little incentive for any town that is fielding a team made up of local talent .to enter the Huron -Perth when they will be in competition with other clubs who have their roster pack- ed with talent from city teams.. It is necessary for teams of ers because the Duron -Perth has been one of the better Inter, Mediate "C" groups in Ontariq for many years, with all the competing teams playing men available in their respective towns and surrounding rural areas. There seems to be only one end for the league if the teams continue the wholesale import- ing of players and that is the eventual destruction of the lea- gue as we know it today with the teams that survive facing the fate of seeking a group in some other section of Western Ontario. Hockey may be ever in this area for this season but in Clin- ton the interest is still running high. Plans are being made concerning next year's edition of the "Colts" and a public meeting will be held on Monday evening, L.JR PERSONSC Y � .T LEGION BINGO Winners at the bingo held Thursday evening, April 23, by the Clinton Branch No. 140, Canadian Legion, in the new Legion Memor. ial Hall, Kirk Street, were as follows; Share the Wealth prizes, Mrs. Norman ]V1eFail, Goderich; Reg. Smith; Mrs. Bedard, Zurich and Mrs. Hesketh, Leber, Altoa. Regular games, $10, Mrs. Sil- cock, Mrs. C. Connell, Mrs. Wib Elliott, Mitchell; Mrs. James Cruickshank; Mrs. Dutot, Mrs. Bennett, Mitchell; Charles Brown, Mrs. Reen, Goderich; (Mrs. Holmes, Mr. Gibson, Mrs. Shoults, Mrs. Bedard, Goderich; Mr, Bedard, Goderich; Mrs. Mon - cel, RCAF Station, Clinton; Mr. McFail, Goderich); Mrs. Comb, Seaforth; Thomas Flynn, Clinton; (Mrs. Holmes, Clinton; Don De - non -tine, Mr. Gibson, Clinton) ; Frank Skinner, Mitchell; (Mrs. Wes. Nott, Clarence Johnson, Blyth; Mr. Black, RCAF Station, Clinton). i Make the best catch of the season with our top quality Fishing Tackle. Give yourself a fair chance with the best fishing tackle. You'll find everything you need here for a successful fishing season. Come ,in today! AMBIDEX -SPINNING REEL, No. 1 $21.50 BRONSON REELS -- Mercury $8.55 Fleetwing 6.15 Altoona 3.50 WHIRLAWAY ROD and REEL, (Spinning Outfit) $29.95 CAMOUFLAGE NYLON LINE, GLASS SPINNING ROD (6 ft.) 50 yd. spool $1.00 $12.50 STEEL CASTING RODS $3.95 - $5,50 GLASS CASTING RODS • $4.25 - $6.95 - $7.25 HOOKMASTER HOOK HOLDERS $1.25 DE LIAR'S (It weighs, it measures) $2.65 - $3.15 McEWAN'S JLY+sL.�J. THIS WEEK AT HEMP'S A SPECIAL GROUP ��� TMCrxCfv5 o• f Sport Coats Taken from our regular Spring and Summer Stock. REGULARLY PRICED 21.50 to 35.00 Now $2450 Nylogab Slacks O Guaranteed for a full year b Permanent Crease Resistant O BLUE - GREY - FAWN BROWN O All Sizes 30 to 44 Now $9.95 Boys' SPORT SHIRTS Size 8 to 16 Saturday Speoia1 $2.35 EA. TONY DAY SWEATERS In new spring shades and styles Pullovers and Cardigans Priced front 4995 Herman's Men's Wear tuvriuonr HATS PORSir!TO silliRIM Phone 224W Cli> ,ton CLINTON 11EWS•RECO.RI? CLINTON COLTS OF ` HURON-PERTHT BASEBALL LEAGUE Clinton Colts, one of the orig- inal teams in the Huron -Perth. Baseball league have decided to withdraw from. competition for the coming season. At a meeting of the members of last year's team on Monday evening, the players voted to withdraw from the league, that they ,have been playing.in for many years. The main reasons for the decision, that will leave Clinton baseball fans without,a team, were the lack of players, needed to field a contending club and the lack of financial support. The Huron -Perth will cert- ainly miss the Colts as they have been a top contender every year. After World War II the Colts. had their greatest success. They won the league title on several occasions and in 1948 went through to the Ontario finals, only to be beaten by Caledonia. In 1949, the Clinton team carried the Huron -Perth colours to the Ontario semi-finals, bowing to Milton who went on to win the title, Last season Mitchell de- feated the local nine in the finals for the group title. During the east two years the players have had trouble finding a manager andtheir support at the gate has fallen off so much that they. have had difficulty continuing operation. This season with the other teams in the league strengthen- ing with players from other cen- tres, made it seem futile to field a team that would not be up to the league's standard, and would also suffer financial losses. Baseball in Clinton will now centre around the developing of the Bantam, Midget and Juvenile teams with the hope that in a year or two there will be enough players available to once again enter a team in the Huron -Perth. 0 "BOOMERANGS" WIN FIVE -.PIN BOWLING LEAGUE TITLE The. "13oomerangs" captained by "Chip" Dale defeated the Pepperettes in the finals of Group "A" of the Clinton Mixed Bowling League, on Monday evening, in a rousing game that ended the most successful season held by this league that has been in operation for the past several years. Members of the champ- ionship team were: Chip Dale (captain), Charlie Johnson, Tom O'Connell, Marg. Reynolds, Mur- iel Beyers, Erma Hartley, and Hal Hartley. Individual prize winners were; Highest total points, "Spitfires", High team single, Boomerangs, 1130 points; High team triple, Spitfires, 3152; Ladies' high sin- gle, Millie Hanley, 279; Men's high single, Chip Dale, 334; Ladies' high triple, M. Hanley, 645; Men's high triple, H. Frem- lin, 805; Ladies' greatest increase in average, Marjorie Steep, 7 points; Men's largest increase in average, Andy Husty, 12.9 points; Ladies' high average, Helen Fair - service, 173; Men's high average, Joe Cooper, 206.1. Final Standing at the end of league play: Points 1 Spitfires 152 2 Boomerangs 117 3 Saltines 98 4 Pepperettes 87 5 Argos 85 6 .Alleycats 81 7 Gay Deceivers 60 8 Biltmores 49 The closing banquet will be held in the Commercial Hotel on Friday, May lst, and it will be followed by a dance at the Fish and Game Club House, 0 -- Mrs. S. T. Walter Funeral service for Sara Jane Courtice, widow of the late Sam- uel Thomas Walter, was held last Thursday, April 23, from the Ball and Mutch funeral home, High Street, Clinton, to Maitland Cem- etery, Goderich. Pall -bearers were Dan Gliddon, Elmer Potter, Kenneth Trewartha, Wilfred Jervis, Edward Grigg and Frank Yeo, The four flower - bearers were William Norman, Norman Trewartha, Harold Yea and William Batkin. BOWL For Fun Open Bowling Nightly at the Clinton Bowling Alley SMOKEItS' S'IL'LIES IVIAGAZtNES ICE CREAM (Reg. Cudmore, Proprietor) CLINTON' ONTARIO CEMENT Coo►traetors CEMENT BUILDING and CHIMNEY BLOCKS Built and Repaired. Mrs. S. Cooper Ras Family Reunion Party On 91st .Birthday Because of a recent illness Mrs. Sarah Cooper celebrated her 91st birthday mora quietly than she did her 90th last year. Oe Sunday, April 26, all the members of her family gathered at the home of her son -in --law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Bond, Clinton, for a family reunion, On hand for the reunion were Dr. and Mrs. Albert F. Cooper, Toronto; Mr, and Mrs. Earl Copp- er and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cooper, Goderich Township; Mr. and Mrs. Grant Cooper and son, David, Toronto; Mr. and Mrs. Walter Brown, Ripley; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Brown, Lucknow. She has nine grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Mrs. Cooper was born on the ninth concession of Goderich Township, daughter of the late Mr, and Mrs. Arthur Churchill. For eight years prior to her marriage, Mrs. Cooper lived with her fam- ily at Brandon, Manitoba. In 1890 she married George A. Cooper, who also came from Goderich Township. Following the death of Mr, Cooper 25 years ago, she moved to Clinton, and in more recent years she has made her home with her daughter, Mrs. Bond. k„r o Presbyterian WMS Mears Synodical Reports The Women's Missionary As- sociation of St. Andrew's Presby- terian Church met at the home of Mrs. James Makins on Tuesday afternoon, April 28, with Mrs. Robert McKenzie, president, in the chair. The meeting followed a worship form prepared by the Dominion executive. Minutes were read by the secretary, Mrs. Robert Scott and the treasurer submitted her financial report. Mrs. Robert McKenzie, Mrs. George Gawley and Mrs. Makins expressed their gratification in be- ing able to attend the Wednesday evening meeting of the Synodical held in Wingham, last week and all three gave their impressions of the main address of that meeting, given by Rev. Hugh MacMillan, Formosa. Mrs, Lane gave a re- port of the address of Mrs. Mc- Millan at the same series of meet- ings. She reviewed the work of the department's secretaries of the synodical society for the past year, indicating in her report, the wonderful advance. made through 1952. An invitation from St. Paul's WA to a meeting in the parish hall on May 19, to hear Miss Jane Scott, religious columnist of the Globe and Mail, was accepted. Plans were made to attend a pageant in Seaforth, and to hear Miss McMurchy, a missionary re- turned from India, on Monday evening, May 14. The meeting closed with the Nune Dimittis blessing repeated in unison. Dainty refreshments were served by the hostess, assisted by Mrs. Lewis and Mrs. John Snider. GUY IVES and SONS Moue Carlow 1612 1 sept 0 Oddfellows, Eebekahs Attend Church Service Members of the Oddfellows Lodge and the Society of Re- bekahs,, numbering 75, attended divine service last Sunday morn- ing in St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church. COURT Ot( S 5EfVIO,E Get There Safely! CALL 1 1 0 ASHTON'S TAXI Oltario St. Girls' Club Molds Daffodil Tea The Girls' Club of Ontario St. United Church held a very suc- cessful Daffodil Tea and bake sale on Saturday, April 25, in the church hall. The hall was attractively dec- orated with bouquets of daffodils and yellow streamers. The guests were received by the president, Doris Batkin, and Mrs. A, Glen Eagle, The tea was served from a cent ral table prettily centred with a bouquet of daffodils and yellow lighted candles, Miss Rena Pickett and Miss Sybil Courtice poured tea; Dorothy Marquis, assisted by Ethel Holmes looked after sand TgURSDAX,, ,PRIL. $0, 195a with, cookie and relish plates -at the serving table. Those serving, tile tables we^ Betty Stanley, Edna Wheeler, Susie Swan, Jean McBean, Rober- ta Plumsteel, Ethel McPherson, Margaret Dale a n d Marjorie Putot. Edna Gilbank showed guests to the tables. Those helping in the kitchen under the convenership of Eleanor Plumsteel were Jean Radford; making tea; Hazel Parker, Doro- thy O'Connell, Kathleen Lavin; Charlotte Freeman and Hilda Tyndall, fixing plates;. The baking table was looked after by Hazel Plumsteel, Hattie Courtice and Evelyn Olde. The decorating was done by Lucille Grant and Gladys Habkirk. 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