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Terrace Bay News, 30 Jul 1953, p. 1

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Volume 8, No, 30 LARGEST CIRCULATION SUNDAY NIGHT FILMS This week's programme will feature: EYE WITNESS ITEM 33: The Ship That Never Sails: The S.S, Lureher, riding at perman- ent anchor over the treacherous shoals twenty miles from Yarmouth, NovalScotia, does double duty as lighthouse and weather station Freedom Jatiboree:For its big annual show, Windsor's Negro population, augmented by visitors from the south, turns out en masse to commemorate, in a three~day celebration, the freeing of American Negro slaves, aA Metal Mountain: From British Columbia's fab- ulous Sullivan Mine comes a seemingly inex- austible supply of lead and zinc, blasted from within the mountain's cavernous tunnels, WINTER FIR: At winter's end, Manitoba farmers gather for the Brandon Fair with its prize grain exhibits, auction of pure-bred bulls, crowning of the Barley King and stirring display of four -horse teams, THE ACADIANS: Descendants of the first settlers of Nova Scotia, the Acadians still have characteristics quite different from their contrymen of Quebec, Fishing and farming, as the film shows, are traditional occupations, and other crafts are handed on through the generations, The hand--hooked rugs of Cape Breton are famous -- as is Evangelime's shrine at Grand Pre. Along the fish-wharves in the evening, the Acadians join in songs of the Old World in the New, BIRDS OF CANADA #6: 'The pileated woodpecker the yellow-bellied sapsucker and the common loon are ob jects of study in this film, The distinguishing features of the woodpecker and Sapsucker are pointed out, while the loon, a water bird, comes in for special mention, The fiim also describes the individual character-- istics, choice of abode, and feeding habits of these three Canadian birds. (cont, on page 2) July 30, 1953. IN TERRACE BAY Wee are ALONG THE BASE PATHS If the weatherman will co-operate this weekend the softball schedule will be all wound up by Monday evening, One team will be eliminated from further contention this evening when Shift #3 and Structural tangle, With three games still to play the Structural squad have it within their power to decide how the teams are going to end up. It is quite possible that the final standings may show four teams tied for the 3rd and 4th playoff positions, In this event sudden death games will be scheduled to break any deadlocks existing for the coveted berths, Last Thursday evening softball fans were able to observe two glittering mound performances by Alf Adrain and Ed Aho, id@rain held the Shift #2 batters to 2 runs and 4 hits while striking out 11, Meanwhile f4ho making a fine comeback after his painful injury allowed but 6 hits good for 5 runs and recorded 10 strikeouts, Gillespie and Zeigleman each garnered 2 hits to assist the Shift #3 cause. The following night Maintenance edged Townsite 6-5 to keep alive their chances for a playoff spot . With one man on base for Townsite in the last inning Joe Cavanaugh made a lovely catch on a ball hit very Sharply off the bat of Ray Stachiw. Had this ball eluded Joe, it might very well have gone for a home run and a win for Townsite. Delaronde with a round tripper and Garriock with a triple paced the Maint- enance batters. Don Anderson with a homer and single and Wong with a double and single wielded the big bats for Townsite. In a real slugfest last Monday evening Shift #1 prevented Maintenance from clinch- ing a playoff position by outlasting them 1j-12, Frank Whitfield came into the game (cont. on page 3)

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