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Midgets number one
BY KEN HOUSTON
On Sunday, April 15 at the
Marmora arena the climax of
a wild weekend... of hockey
and a long season developed,
The final outcome was a 7 -7
draw after ten minutes of
overtime. Since Lucknow on-
ly needed a tie this gave
them the An Ontario Midget
DD championship.
This was the first midget
championship since 1952-53.
The game was a barn
burner. from, the' start to
finish with Lucknow always
ahead but. Marmora always
kept tieing • it up.
Lucknow was leading 7 - 5
with five minutes to go but
couldn't hold the opposition
back.
in the overtime' Lucknow
killed off two penalties at
minter comes
back with ;
a
vengeance
Winter took one more
hasty swipe at southwestern
Ontario on Friday, April 6
and it proved to be the, big
blow of the season.
Gale force winds reaching
speeds of 100 kilometres an
hour at times raised roofs,
uprooted trees, and. blew
down power lines.
In the. 24 hour period
between 6 p.m. Thursday
and 6 p.m. Friday, the area
received 31 centimetres of
new snow as winter returned
• with a vengeance. "
In Lucknow, trees were
uprooted and the roof of
--Montgomery Motors garage
was raised. Windows on the
north side of Ashfield Pres-
byterian Church were blown
out. Sheets of steel' left on
the roof of the new Co-op
Store and. Warehouse after
construction was completed,
blew across the parking lot
wrapping itself around hydro
poles. Some` of the steel was
blown across County Road 1
into the yard of Helen Weld-
ing Ltd.
Ontario Hydro worked
through Friday night to re-\
store power to :some, 4,000
customers in this area. Pow-
er was off between Port Elgin
and Ambertey. Local trouble'
spots in Lucknow were hand-
led by the Lucknow Hydro 1.
crew who restored power to
several ,parts of the village:'
Power in the town of Orange-
ville was not restored until
Sunday.
In Kincardine the roof and
top storey of the Bruce Inn.
ablew off and was carried
across the, street into the
K -Food, Store: Reports said
the three-storey Bruce Inn
looked like "a bombed out
building".
Telephone service . in the
area was also disrupted.
Some exchanges were run-
ning on auxiliary power and
customers were askedto use
the phone only if necessary
on Friday.
High winds and blowing
snow reduced visibility
throughout southern Ontario
and highways 9, 4, 6, 10 and
24 were reported closed.
Different sections of High-
- way 401 were closed. A
major traffic accident in the
Woodstock area claimed six
lives and closed the 401 in
that area for most of . Friday.
In all, eight deaths were
caused by the storm. High-
way 400 in the Toronto area
was also closed.
Power was off in the town
of Elmira and storm condi-
,
tions on Friday prevented
preparations . for the 15th
annual Maple . Syrup Festiv-
al, which was to be held on
Saturday. The Festival was
cancelled and people who
travelled from a distance
were unaware of the storm in
the area on Friday. They did
not know of the cancellation
until they arrived in Elmira
on, Saturday. Some came
from as far away as Mon-
treal.
A second storm centre
moved through southern On-
tario on Sunday night and,
through Monday. Road con-
ditions in Windsor, London
and Toronto areas were bad
on .Monday ' and two more,
deaths in traffic accidents
were attributed to the storm.
Freezing rain on Sunday
night and sleet on Monday
made travelling in the Lon-
don area treacherous.
Youth
injured
in car
accident
A Lucknow .youth is in St
Joseph's Hospital, London,
with.a broken thigh, following
a : car accident on Kinloss
sideroad 20 on Saturday aft-
ernoon.
. .Brent Maize, 17, Bob
Street, Lucknow, was a pas-
senger in a vehicle driven by
Henry Lennips, Victoria
Street, Lucknow,when it
went out of control and
struck a free. The car•left the
road on the east side, went
back onto the roadway where
it rolled three times and
struck a tree in the _ west
ditch.
The accident occurred
around. 5.30 p.m. just north
of highway 86 on the Kinloss
sideroad.
Mr. Maize also received a
double fracture below the
right knee but his condition
is improving. Mr. Lennips
was admitted to Wingham
and District Hospital for
treatment and was released
on Tuesday.
Mr. Maize is the son of
Mt. and Mts. Gordon Maize,
Luctnow, and Mr. Lennips is
the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Lennips, Lucknow.
once and with every player
tired, they dug down a little
deeper to salvage the tie.
Pressure was so bad in the
stands that two of the fans
sat down and prayed for the
last 5 minutes instead of
watching and one parent was
found down in front of a
church looking up for alittle
!extra help frons above.
Words cannot describe the
excitement after the final
seconds ticked- off.. �Thetboys-
were given a hero's welcome
back in Lucknow. With the
team riding on the firetruck
and part of the Lucknow
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band playing, a parade pro-
ceeded down Lucknow's
main street. All of the boys
and parents were very ap-
preciative of the great turn-
out of fans.
To start the weekend the
'locals went to Marmora on
Friday, April 13 and won 4 - 3
'uveniles lose title
BY BILL HUNTER
After winning the first 2
games in a best of 5 series
with Godfrey for the All
Ontario Crown the locals lost
the 3rd, 4th and 5th games,
by scores of 4 - 2, 7-3, 8-4.
The boys outplayed their
opposition by a large margin
but with the absence of their
-goal, tender, Rod Havens,
who is out with a broken
finger suffered in a prior
series, unfortunate situations
forced the team to dress a
volunteer forward, Joe
Boyle. With • only , 7 . easy
lessons in goal tending Joe
played in net and gave 110%
effort in a loosing cause.
Although coming. in sec-
ond best on the score board
they were rated #1 by
Godfrey fans and certainly #1
in management's eyes.
The team greatly appreci-
ated the assistance received
from Midget players in prior
series and congratulate them
on winning the Midget DD
All Ontario Championship.
This writer has been invol-
ved with Juvenile teams for
some time and would have
liked this team, perhaps
more than any other Juvenile
team, to win a Championship
as they have gotten the
wrong end of the stick their
entire minor hockey career.
However, fate would not
allow it.
After a year of considera-
in a hard fought game with
all the scoring done in the
first two periods. Then it was
back in Lucknow on Satur-
day, April 14 in front of a big
crowd. The boys were edged
by a gritty Marmora crew 4 -
3. This set the stage for the
final game .on Sunday.
tion 1 have decided to retire
from further direct involve-
ment with -Juveniles and will
cherish the past years as a
rewarding experience., I ex-
press appreciation to past
coaches etc. and especially to
this year's Kevin.Murray and
Calvin McClenaghan • and
time keepers and statistics
men, 'Perky 'Arnold and Bob
Gilchrist, all the parents and
fans -who were by -our side in
our bid for they champion-
ship.
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