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OFF THE BAT COLUMN (Cont.) This column has been an endeavour of your President to keep "alive" the interest in softball, With softball at an end, it is my pleasure to extend sincerest thanks to the Executive, Umpire-in-Chief Ed Pineault and his umpires, announcer Ken Chittick, scorekeeper Henry Krahn, statisticians Bill Kurylo and Clarence Buck, Editor Jim Beddard and his staff of the "News", Meredith Nelson, Ed Cavanaugh and Sports Director Jim Fraser of the Recreation Association. ™ A hearty thanks to Managers, coaches players and the paying public for their promotion of softball in Terrace Bay. In our thirty game schedule we have had a closer and better league, and this past season may be considered the best ever from a spectator's view- point. Owing to a shorter schedule we have been unable to surpass the attend- ance record, However, it could be con- sidered the most successful season. At times it has been necessary to either suspend or reprimand players, but now when we look back it must be accepted that these unpleasant duties were levied in the better interest of the League. It has been my pleasure to work for the Association, and again I repeat, it was your efforts in our team work that brought success, 0-0-0 CONSERVATION CORNER A scant five years after Ontario's moose population was in such serious danger of depletion that a two-year ban on all moose hunting was necessary, the Province has been able to announce greatly liberalized open seasons for 1955, The move, officials say, is not only feasible now, but in most areas, highly desirable. "With considerably more liberal seasons than last year, there probably has never been such 'wide open! authority for hunters to kill moose since legislation to regulate the kill of these animals was first adopted in Ontario," says Sault Ste, Marie District Forester A. J. Herridge, "With the moose population in 1949 reported in danger of depletion, not a moose license was sold in Ontario to either resident or non-resident hunters in 1949 or 1950. Now, only five years later, legislation has been passed that throws almost all of Northern Ontario open to moose hunting in one form or another, "In many sections non-residents as (Cont. on next col,) Page 8 CONSERVATION CORNER (Cont. ) well as residents will be permitted to hunt moose, (always provided they can pay $101 for a license), and over large areas these same non-residents will be granted per- mission this year to go after not only bull moose but also cows and calves. 0-0-0 NORTH SHORE NAVAL REUNION Ex-Naval Personnel (Active Service) and their sleek destroyer escorts will muster on the Quarter~Deck of the H,M.C,.S. "Curling Club" at 1800 hours on Saturday, October Ist, 1955, where the ritual of "Up Spirits" will be observed in true Naval tradition. Nels Allen will command the Bosun's Pipe, From this point Ratings (and the Officers) will proceed to the mess-deck in H.M.C. Dockyard (Hotel Terrace) for "Hands to Supper" at 1830 hours, C.P.0O. Angus of H,M.C.S. "Griffon" Recruiting Station will be Guest Speaker and arrangements have been made to view a film on latest Naval Training procedures. The Normandy Invasion will also be shown, The evening will wind-up with a social in the Wardroom of H.M.C.S. "Curling Club", Because of limited facilities, ticket sales are being restricted to 50 couples and will be issued on a "first-paid, first serve" basis, Please contact either of the following for yours: Terrace Bay - Nels Allen and Eldon Marostica - Edgar LeBlanc and Gino Caccamo Schreiber Note to the Ticket Sellers: Please keep a record of the personnel to whom tickets are sold so that a circular letter may be distributed to all Naval Vets who will be attending the reunion, 0-0-0 BADMINTON OPENS SEPTEMBER 21ST Wednesday, September 21st opens the Badminton season for the coming year. Time - 7200 pem. - 11:00 p.m, Place - High School Auditorium COME ONE w------- COME ALL 0-0-0