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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1958-02-05, Page 12PAGE TWELVE By DON O BRIJ N (Citizens News Sportswriter) e`1'Ot.Ii& T .ii THE GREATEST, SAYS KING CLANCY the Toronto ROCKET" T" t , Maple King Clancy, farmer star defenceman fore erne to -day. He places Leafs, NHL referee, and Leaf coach, terms Henri Pocket Rocket" Richard the greatest hockey player in the g him above his brother, Canadiens fabulous `Rocket," and Detroit's Gerd Howe. resent coach of the Maple Leafs, Both Clancy and Billy Reay, .p who had only recently pointed out that rate Henri on a par with Aurel Joliet as the. greatest small hockey player of all time. Clancy, past seasons, Howe was the greatest in the NM, over ,thp e five seasons, Clans that the Pocketthe Rocket lights the fire under the Canadiens; Clancy said, "He's the guy the fellow who is responsible for them running away with the rest of the league despite etthe loss f injuries." and big Jean Beliveau for so many g Despite his diminutive sizetHenriri can eddecisions over LeoTe of "the Lion" In a game with ondan, Lith" Labinetoaand Jack Biondi, Femme lFlamain. Then the kid bers, and oun- hen ced to a draw with flaming , goal. who seems to have the cd back from ,that triple mauling to score the winning Most hockey observers feel that Henri, possible puck most of the time resent, however, the1o'ily seemingly greatest ssi le player of all time. At p way to slow him down would be to hide his skates. MORE INJURIES Last week we mentioned the numerous injuries that have been occurring in hockey, both in the local scene and in the NHL. During the past week the Canadiens have lost "Boom -Boom" Geo!ffrion and Bert Olmstead through injuries Theander suffered a In the Pt. Edward game Doug. ' broken breast bone rola uusshi s first gaith a me off thee season against Tom ai we, p g Exeter about a week ago, suffered a hairline � fracture cThis of the ankle the third broken hit one of Byom. , ttlrou.ghssports, during. the past year. Wellen bone seg hed pbnin threes, Tom. Well, everything, ns 1Vl,their troubles. Bob The local Lions Midgets are skill having Johnston, to add "insult to injury" suffered a sprained ankle in Hensall to go along with his cracked ribs and is now hobbling around on crutches. Bernie Denonime also received tarrede a crackedse e r`csan a rsnt game. A s oaalie Denny Amacher sined wrist, bruised 1 ma!ladies. horse" are among �g ' SPORTS POST SCRIPTS player from the Leafs Have Lagged—Not since 1937-38 has a p 1a Y Toronto Maple Leafs led the National . Hockey League in scoring. That year big Gordie Driller' scored 26 goals and 26 assists for 52 points and came out number one in the scoring. The Fabulous Fontinato—Phil Watson, coach of the Ne st esteem. Rangers, must hold his defenceman Lou Fontinato in high A reporter asked Watson if he'd trade Fontinato for three Boston Bruins. To this Phil replied:„ Lynn Patrick can ntinat offer me his whole chub including his wife and he couldn't get Curling Cave rented the is still Hensall,n the spotlight in Zurich. The arena for Thursday night. Too laces curlers have ented t bad we don't have artifi:cal ice in Zurich and save this travelling and confustion. Lane Likes Kuenn--Many Detroit Tiger fans have woke eyed whether Harvey Kuenn, Tiger all-star shortstop, is over hll after his dismal showing last year. Frank Lane, general manager of the Cleveland Indians, supplies the answer. He offered pitcher Hank Agurrie, catcher Jim Hegan, first baseman •Cic Wertz and out- fielder Gene Wbodhing for Kuenn and was turned down. Incidental- ly, Lane rates the Tigers as having the best chance to dethrone the Yankees this season. Mistaken Identity—A few years ago Jack Tighe, now manager of the Tigers, pledged $1,000 to help build an addition to his church in Spring Lake, Michigan, Tighe paid—. This year, the church announced plans for a new school and Tighe was told by the padre, said pledge "Why do2you0call meTB shopySheeni?"ask deethe said Tighe. padre "Because you must think I'm Casey Stengel,” responded Tighe. ZURICH Citizens NEWS WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1958 Zurich Midgets own Hensall Zurich Lions Midgets downed Hensall Kinsmen Midgets by a score of 6-3 in Zurich on Monday night. Despite the stormy weath- er, a good crowd of loyal fans turned out for the game. Gerald Overholt put Zurich in the lead early in the first period, and then Jacques scored two goals in a row el' to leave them leadingr2-1 the at end of the period. Ron Deichert tied the game for ;Zurich at the 4.10 mark of the second period, and one minute pater Wayne Willert gave Zurich the lead again. .The second period ended 'Zurich 3 Hensall. 2. Wil In the third period. Wayne "It could be worse," says Bob Johnston, shown above hobbling around on. crutches after sprain- ing his ankle in the Hensall Arena. Previously, Bob had sev- eral ribs broken while playing hockey. (Staff Photo) BLUEWATER and rj AYFIELD EWS MRS. RUSSELL GRAINGER, Correspondent and Mrs. John Keys, Varna; Mr.. and Mrs. tL1oyd Etue, Zurich; Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Hohner, Bay- field; Mr. and Mrs. Murray R:eir- don, Goderich; Mr. and Mrs, Rob- ert Cummings, Goderich; Mr. and Mrs. O. Webber, Varna; Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Talbot, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Greer, Mr. and Mrs. Len Talbot, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Westlake, all of Bayfield, and Mr. and Mrs. Alex Hyde, Kippen. Mrs. T. Snowden, Mr. and Mrs. John Keys and family, spent Mon- day with Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Westlake, Hayfield, the occasion being 'VII.. Westlake's birthday. The Bayfield Lions Club held their annual euchre and dance in the Town Hall, on Friday, Jan- nary 31. Prizes for euchre went to Mrs. Percy Weston, ladies high; Mr. Alex McMichael, gentlemen's high; Mrs. Alex McMichael, lad- ies low; and Mr. Milton Pollock, gentlemen's low. Music for dan- cing was supplied by Murdoch's. orchestra. After intermission a draw for a transistor radio was made and was won by Jack Hen- derson, enderson, Stratford. Mr. and Mrs. Peter I7ucharme accompanied Mr. and Mf -s. Harold !Selman to Kitchener on Sunday to visit Mrs. Ducharme's sister, Mrs. Ed Hartman who is quite sick in the hospital there. Mr. Hartman has also been in the hos- pital having fallen and broken his leg a week ago Saturday. Mr. and Mrs, Walter Scott, Lon- don, visited Mrs. Scott's • sister Mrs. Harold Penhale on Sunday. Ted Dunn spent the weekend visiting in Guelph and Toronto. 'Miss Elaine Grainger spent the weekend' with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Grainger. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Grainger and family, visited relatives in Strathroy on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Gladwin Westlake were host and hostess at a cook- ing demonstration last Tuesday evening. The guests included: Mr. Bayfield Baptist Young Folk Have Unique Evening An unusual program was car- ried out by the Bayfield Baptist Young People in the form of a progressive supper on Friday, Jan- uary 24. Forty-five young people were taken to several homes for the. various courses of the meal. The evening was culminated by a stirring Gospel message by os- eppn Baker, director of Tri -Coun- ty Youth For Christ. Vocal and instrumental talent from Wing- hai n, Walkerton and Clifford ad- ded to the inspiration of the ev- ening. This enjoyable evening was ar- ranged by the president, Miss Kathleen Talbot, and vice-presi- dent, Miss Ann Westlake. Entertaining at the various courses of the supper were Mrs. Postons, Bayfield; Mr. and Mrs. Gladwin Westlake, Blue Water Highway; Mr. and Mrs. Boden- ham, Bay'field; Mr. and Mrs. Ar- chie Mustard, Wildwood Motel. 0 HILLSGR.EEN DASHWOOD and DISTRICT Library Meeting The annual library meeting was held Tuesday, January 28, in the Men's Club rooms. The secretary reported a balance on hand of $154.46. The librarian reported 12 adult 'readers and 18 children with, a circulation of 1,148 books. A history of the library is to be written for the W. I. Tweedsmiur book. Officers are: librarian, Marian Rader; assistant, Barbara Koeh- ler; oehler; chairman, Mrs. L. Schenk; secretary -treasurer, Mrs. M. Tie - man; town representative, James Hayter. Other board members are: Mrs. H. Kellerman, Mrs, Howard Klum!pp, Mrs. Letta Taylor, Mrs. C. Irwin and Mrs. E. Radar. Aud- itors are Miss Helen-Nadiger and Mrs, Kenneth Kraft. game for the locals, with Bryan Geoffrey and: Bill Wagner each picking up one goal. Rennie scor- ed the final goal for Hensall. Only four penalties were called, two to each team. On Friday night, Hensall and Zurich Midgets open their best -of - three playoffs for the group title in Hensall arena. The second game will be played in the Zurich arena on Monday night. Stanley Township • Epiphany Family Night An Epiphany Family night was held in Zion Lutheran Church, Wednesday, January 29, with a good attendance, The Sunday School children presented a skit, "Your Missions Around the Wor- ld" with such places as Africa, India, Japan, New Guinea and Formosa. represented. The Lad- ies' Aid presented a skit "An- swering the call for willing work- ers." A film on New Guinea was shown. A. pot luck lunch follow- ed. Mrs. Ervin Rader and Sharon, spent last Thursday at Grand Bend with Mrs. Wellwood Gill. Harvey Hayter attended the Ontario Turkey Association con- vention at Hamilton, last week. Mrs. Robert Hayter, Sr., and Joanne, accompanied hina and spent a few days with Mr. and Mrs. John Snyder at Brantford. "BABE" SEIBERT MEMORIAL ARENA SCHEDULE WEENESDAY, FEB. 5— Intermediate Hockey Lucan vs. Zurich THURSDAY, FEB. 6— Skating FRIDAY, FEB. '7— Intermediate Hockey Ilderton vs. Zurich SATURDAY, FEB. 8- 10:00 a.m.—Little NHL 2.00-4.00 p.m._ Skating 8.00-10.00 p.m.—Skating MONDAY, FEB. 10— Skating TUESDAY, FEB. 11— Skating Grand Carnival—February 14 This Space Provided with. the .Courtesy of ZURICH Citizens NEWS (Mrs. Gorden Coleman, Correspondent) Sunday visitors recently with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Robinson were Mrs. Ducklow, Toronto, and Mr. and Mrs. Feng. Robinson, Mitchell. Quite a number from this .com- munity attended the banquet and annual meeting of the Hay and Stanley Townships Federation of Agriculture. Mr. and Mrs. Anson Coleman spent several days last week in Detroit visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Perce Spencer. Mr. and Mrs. Keith Love spent the weekend visiting relatives in Uhnited States. Harry Armstrong and Janice visited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Coleman and family. Grant to Seed Fair Stanley Township council gran- ted $25 to the Huron Soil and Crop Improvement Association for the annual Seed Fair scheduled .for March 7 and 8 in Clinton. Six tenders for sale of a one - ton truck were received by Conn- ell oupell and filed until the March meet- 1er t scored has second goal of the mg. COMPLETE GENERAL REPAIRS TO CARS, TRUCKS and TRACTORS ARC and ACETYLENE CARS WELDING USED C Desjardine Auto Supply Phone 38 Zuric h Sleigh Ride The Walther League of Dash- wood entertained the members from the Bluewater Zone of the League at a sleigh ride party, Friday evening. Around 100 were present and reported a good time even if the horses were mechan- ical echanical (tractors). A few took advan- tage of the opportunity to skate in the church shed. Lunch follow- ed. A number of Women's Institute members and mothers of the 4-H girls attended achievement day at Exeter, an Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. David Baird. Lon- don, were Sunday visitors with Mrs. M. Pieter. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Koessel and Virginia, Lansing, Mich., spent the weekend with Mrs. John Kuntz. Mrs. Koessel is spending same time with Mrs. Kuntz. Men's Club Dashwood Men's Club held their regular dinner meeting on Mon- day, ornday, January 27, with 46 mem- bers present. The meeting was opened by president Alvin Walper, who call- ed on V. L. 'Becker to introduce the guest speaker, pastor of Zion Lutheran Church, Rev, K. L. Zorn, who gave an interesting address as well as showing films. 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