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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1967-01-12, Page 20TAKE DON'T SEOD YOUR BOY TO THE RINK CALLAN 'SHOES YOUR FAMILY SHOE STORE JOSEPHINE STREET PHONE WINGHAM 3574840 .......4"'-'''' k .. ..• r 0.z • i\c5. 1 %,..r. SUPPORT MINOR HOCKEY WEEK JAN. 21 to JAN. 28 Hockey Coaches, Managers DEL EWING Del has spent the past four years coaching the Wingham novice clubs and seems to be doing a good job again this year. Previous to taking up coaching, Del acted as man- ager for the novice teams. MAC RITCHIE Assisting Del Ewing with the novice team is manager Mac Ritchie. Previously, Mac coached the local midget team for three years. Mac was a member of the Mild- may Little Monarchs the years that team won the All- Ontario juvenile and junior titles. 24" with Handle VALUE SERVICE DEPENDABILITY WHEN YOU THINK OF SPORTING GOODS THINK OF tainton't GEORGE SK INN The local midget team is under the direction of George Skinn, another product of the local minor hockey system. Prior to coaching the midgets, George was a local referee for two years. George was a member of the Wingham in- termediate team until the team disbanded. DOUG SKINN Doug acts as manager for the midget team and it is his first year at the task. In his younger days, Doug played through the ranks of minor hockey on the local teams. PUBLIC NOTICE TOWN OF WINGHAM MINOR HOCKEY WEEK IN CANADA WHEREAS, the week of January 21st is being observ- ed throughout Canada as a period to focus public attention on the physical, character-building and other benefits of hockey for our youth, and WHEREAS, this being the Canadian CENTENNIAL, YEAR, it is important that all Canadians support truly CANADIAN activities; and WHEREAS, the game of hockey is recognized as Ca- nada's National Game which teaches our youth to develop a competitive spirit, co-operation with others, body-building, and' respect for authority, and WHEREAS, it is the hope of every municipality to develop one or more players capable of repre- senting Canada as a member of Canada's Na- tional Team, and WHEREAS the Minor Hockey Association in this corn. munity has earned the commendation and sup- port of every citizen, and WHEREAS Minor Hockey is the foundation from which accomplished hockey players develop, NOW THEREFORE, I, as Mayor of Wingham, do here- by declare the week commencing January 21st be observed as "MINOR NOCKEY WEEK IN CANADA" and request that all parents and others support this observance by attending games during Minor Hockey Week and thereafter until the minor hockey season ends. , DEWITT MILLER, Mayor. Pa , . Wingham. Advance-Times, Thursday, Jan, ,tes 067 Feature of Minor Hockey Week tournament against Owen Sound "Keep your boy out of hot water - put him on ice". That is the theme of Minor Hockey Week in Canada this year and keeping right in step with the rest of Canada, Wingham will be holding special games to mark the week. Recreation director Ken Ben- jamin announced this week that teams from Owen Sound will be on hand to match skills with the local teams on Saturday, January 28, the final day of Minor Hockey Week. The program for the day will see the novice team take to the ice at four o'clock, follow- ed by the pee wees at five o'- clock. The bantam game is scheduled for six o'clock with the midgets facing off at seven o'clock. The final game of the evening, putting the juven- iles against Owen Sound, will get underway at eight-thirty. Besides the special program for Saturday, January 28, Min- or Hockey Week here in Wing- ham will feature games throughout the week. On Mon- day night at seven o'clock the pee wees host Teeswater. The juveniles meet Niildmay Wed- nesday at nine o'clock and two games take place at the local arena Friday night, the mid- gets versus Hanover at seven o'clock and the juveniles ver- sus Hanover at nine o'clock. When announcing the ac- tivities for Minor Hockey Week, recreation director Ken Ben- jamin also announced the start of tyke hockey league, for boys from five to seven years of age, which began on Tuesday. There are still lots of positions to be filled and according to Mr. Benjamin, any youngster who would like to play is more than welcome. Among other plans the new recreation director has for the next few months are an air rifle SNOW SHOES 14"x42" $14." HARNESS $2.85 club, and a babysitting course complete with lectures by mothers, doctors, police and fire officials. Mr. Benjamin, who came to Wingham in December, is a native of Chatham where he participated in the minor sports program. He holds an "A" certificate in recreation from the University of Western On- tario. Support needed Minor hockey week is just one week out of the entire sea- son but youngsters appreciate support at all times. Local at- tendance at minor games is far from encouraging but this is a problem common with all towns in Western Ontario. Some of the best entertain- ment available takes place at the arena and, particularly for parents and friends, the local players make the game all that more interesting. So on behalf of everyone involved, we urge you to get down to the arena and support your home town teams, not only during minor hockey week, but all season long. Lots of work involved in minor hockey Minor hockey means a lot of work. When parents or fans come to the rink, their atten- tion is naturally focused on the players. Besides the players, coaches and managers put in literally hours at their tasks. Along with the team offic- ials, many more local people give up their time and money to make sure our youngsters have the best possible in minor hockey. We can start with the ice- maker Stu Halloway who, over the past years, has probably put in more time on the ice than any player. Ice is taken for granted by many but extreme care and much work is needed to keep it up to the condition necessary for good hockey. And we can't have much of a game without referees, per- haps the least appreciated of those involved with minor hoc- key. Here in Wingham we have three referees, Bill Kerr, Martin Garniss, and Tom Dey- ell. Transportation is always a problem and minor hockey is indebted to the many fathers and friends who give up their evenings to drive players to a district centre. Sponsors are all important to a hockey team, supplying sweaters and stockings, sticks and tape. Here in Wingham the Legion branch sponsors the novice team, while the Kins- men help the local bantam club. The midget team is sup- ported by the Lions club while the recreation committee aids the juvenile players. Support Minor Hockey Week Jan. 21 to 28 . Wingham teams doing well in area schedule As the season is well under- way in local minor hockey, Wingham teams seem to be do- ing quite well in competition with other area centres. The novice team, coached by Del Ewing, has a fine record of 5 wins and 2 losses with one game tied. The best record currently is held by the pee wee team which has managed 7 wins while giving up just one defeat under the direction of Elwood Irwin. With 3 wins, 1 loss and 2 ties, the bantam team is still well ahead of the game. Ban- tam coach is Steve Gorrie. The midgets with 6 wins and only 2 losses have shown con- siderable promise and coach George Skinn has high hopes for the team this year. Perhaps the only team that has failed to find itself so far this season is the juvenile club which has yet to record a victory. CoachJon Bateson has recently made some changes and with an all out effort on the part of the players, better things are ex- pected during the second half of the season. For the Cutler: Curlmaster rg, Brooms $4.98 The Popular "Little Beaver" '1:-"r"--+,.; $6 Broom .5° Shown • 1 Curling KNEEPADS $1.95 Deluxe Model Not shown $2.75 SWEATERS AND STOCKINGS $9.29 For Boys Sweaters J $1:59 6 to 12 yrs. Sox Professional Style From $ 5 a 5 in 5 sizes — Players on the Wingham nov- ice hockey club are looking pretty snazzy these days as they appear at the local arena. The team recently received brand new sweaters, courtesy of the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 180, The sweaters were ore- Mayor DeWitt Miller today stated that he will "Keep in Step with Canada" by support- ing Minor Hockey Week, and issued a call to every citizen to do likewise. In announcing his support of Canada's most publicized week, the Mayor said "In view of this being Canada's Centennial Year, 1 think it is more import- ant than ever that we .support- those who make it possible for our boys to take part in Canada's National Sport". He went on to say that "It is not only my privilege, but my pleasure and duty to suggest that we show our support of the local minor hoc- key program by visiting the arena during Minor Hockey Week. Minor Hockey Week in Canada is the nation's most suc- cessful amateur sports promo- tion and our opportunity to pay tribute to those who make it possible. "By our attendance," he said, "we can do many things. We can buy a ticket and thus support the program financial- ly; we can attend and show our JON BATESON Coach of the juvenile club is Jon Bateson who has been with the team for two years. Jon played his minor hockey through the local teams and went on to play for Goderich, Siftos in the junior B level. sented to the team by Ted Eng- lish, sports director for the Le- gion, which sponsors the novice team. Among the other spon- sors in Wingham'sminor hockey program are the local Kinsmen Club, the Lions Club and the town recreation committee. interest in what our boys are do- ing; but Most important, for this week at least, we can pay tribute to the volunteer workers who make it possible for our citizens to boast that our com- munity has one of the best min- or hockey programs in Canada. Let us pay them tribute." STEVE GORRIE Steve, we imagine, would rather be playing than coach- ing but as his age put him over the limit for juvenile this year he took up the coaching reins for the bantam team. Steve was a member of the Wingham minor hockey system from novice to juven- ile. ELWOOD IRWIN The local peewee hockey clubs have been fortunate for the past five years in having Elwood at the reins as coach. Elwood has quite a back- ground in hockey, playing with the Wingham intermedi- ates after going through the minor ranks with the Luck- now minor hockey teams. Cut a fine figure... • 2.r,""`..,,,‹ • N.441- ' rri I PIM OK'd th Cc's* FIGURE SKATE GET THE WORLD'S Finest CCM Hockey Outfits PROM VT&EAT-7127W ALUMINUM Snow Shovels $3.45 18" with .try, Handle SNOW $5.65 PUSHER FROM TYKE TO PRO i/e0' $9.95 AO TO $62.95 STAINTON HARDWARE YOU WILL NEVER OUTGROW the BROWNING .22 Automatic Rifle It's a safer .22 auto- matic. Fits all ages, Disassembles in just 3 seconds. See it and compare today! 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