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PAGE 14 ROSSPORT NEWS ( from Page |5) They also carry a mailbag with letters collected along the way for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth. Mis. Todesco signed the scroll for Rossport and enclosed a card in the mailbag. Mac Hubelit was a business visitor this week. Mrs. Hattie Yandon left Friday for a holiday in Noranda, Que. and Toronto. The Fire Tower attendants left on Monday for their lonely summer vigil. These attendants are likened to lighthouse keepers but are mure isolated as they see only planes and wild animals as they watch from morning till night for bushfires. Mrs. Dan Gerow is stationed at Kama tower, Roger Auger at Schreiber Tower, Gilbert Martin at Bamoose Tower, Mike Wann ekamik at McDiarmid Tower and G. Machano at Killala Lake. CENTENNIAL COMMITTEE MEETS en ete apeeninoner ere At a joint meeting of the Hall board of directors, St.Berchman's Altar Society and the Union Church ladies Aid, held in Mrs. C.Todesco's home a Cent- ennial Committee was formed. The committee will plan projects for Centennial year. Mrs. Todesco was appointed chairman and Mrs. Ibey secretary. It was decided to hold an Oid Home Coming Sunday in Jul y with tentative date the 16th. Former residents will be contacted and invited to attend. It is hoped that many former villagers will avail themselves of the opportunity to meet and visit with old friends. The committee would like all guests, if possible , to wear centennial costumes. Anyone with antique or truly Canadiana articles in their homes are urged to contact Mrs. Todesco as anything will be apprec- iated. There will be a guest register and identification buttons will be distributed. The next meeting will be held in June. BL asics Ti ential cpanel Mrs. Tom Yandon hosted Union Church Ladies Aid meeting on Thursday when Rev, E.A.Prinselaar of Schreiber and Tom Yandon, member of the board of session, were present. The President announced that lights in front of the church would be installed Sat- urday and spring cleaning of the church done on Tuesday. Members plan a Centennial service on July 2nd with any old home week guests of Schreiber invited to attend. Everyone is asked to wear Cent- ennial costumes. Following the service coffee will be served. _ (continued on Page 13) TERRACE BAY NEWS THE MAY 25, 1967 SPORTS BEAT By Glen May A Beckett for Boston Three Frank Robinsons and two Mickey Mantles will get you one Doug Beckett. Well, not yet, Doug Beckett's picture isn't even on the ma- jor-league baseball bubble gum cards. But he could be in the near future. Beckett has left Toronto for Waterloo, Iowa, where he'll be listed on the roster of the Bos- ton Red Sox farm club as Beck- ett, Douglas, pitcher. Throws right, bats right. Age 20. He came out of junior base- ball last summer to sign "the best package deal ever" for a Toronto baseball prospect. A summer in the Class A Mid- west League will see whether or not he's worth the money. Major league teams don't dump truckloads of money on the front lawns of likely- looking ballplayers any more. That technique too often failed as the youths wound up in Class. E ball sporting T-bird convertibles and Model T bat- ting averages. After a multitude of failures the big league clubs decided to scrap the system of signing untried youngsters to lucrative contracts. And with this deci- sion the end came for lower level leagues such as Class E. Today it's Class A or not at all. Major league teams will not part with their money anymore unless they are 80 per cent. sure their prospect has all the qualifications to make it to the top. Since he began his baseball days in Toronto, Beckett has pitched several no-hitters, but his finest hour came last year when he won all three games for his team in the city cham- pionship playdowns. One was a no-hitter and in another he struck out 22. This dark-haired, 200 pounder stands six-feet, four inches, a physical attribute for the pro ranks. He has just completed writ- ing his third year examinations at the University of Toronto as a mathematics major and plans to finish his course next year, qualifying him to teach high school math when his ball days are over. Last season Beckett worked out at Maple Leaf Stadium with the Sox' Leaf farm team pitching batting practise and 'Jearning what the game's all about." His schedule was de- manding, but he passed -- in school and in the eyes of Bos- ton scout Ron Roncetti -- and today he is a young man in no hurry. Beckett has set a rigid five year plan for himself. "T realize it takes four or five years before you're ready for the majors and I don't ex- pect to make it in a couple of years. I realize I need lots of coaching and the pros are the guys who can teach me." But Beckett doesn't want to be a minor leaguer "until "m 35." After the first couple of years I'll have to take a look at myself and decide just what my future will be." It has been a difficult spring for Beckett. His time has been divided between school and baseball and the lack of warm weather has impaired 'is pro- gress. But he is ne. 'sillu- sioned. He feels he nas a yood chance of making the Rex Sox as "there is a better opportuni- ty of pitching for Boston than some other team." He will start at Iowa but Red Sox officials have hinted he might be with the Maple Leafs before the season ends. And after that ... well, what would be more appr priate than a Beckett for Bosto ?