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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 19 Jun 1974, p. 16

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i6 Waterloo Chronicle, Wednesday, June 19, 1974. A disqualification in the 4x100 boys relay on Friday gave the MacGregor athâ€" letes : of _ Waterloo _ the county senior school track and field championship. ‘ A missed exchange by two Stanley Park runners MacGregor wins track and field meet Sports > in the relay moved Macâ€" Gregor into second place in the event instead of their third â€" place finish. The result was two additional points, the margin of vicâ€" tory over the Queensmount team. The final events were held Friday â€" after Thursday‘s afternoon showers forced postponement. A total of 1,450 athletes from regional schools competed in the annual meet, which was held at Seagram Stadium in Waterloo and Centennial Stadium in Kitchener Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. YÂ¥vette Clarke and Julie Dougherty, both of Macâ€" Gregor, came close to recâ€" ords in the girls long jump. Yvette jumped 4.48 metres in the 13â€"year old class onâ€" ly .01 metres short of the record while Julie jumped 4.9 metres in the 14â€"yearâ€" old class, just .05 metres shy of the previous best mark. | In the 1,500 metre event for the boys Rick Jerome of Waterloo‘s Lincoln Heights placed third behind two St. Andrew‘s runners. This was the only new event. Of the nine new records established during the meet, only one was set by a boy â€" Tim Hebner of Breslau in the 100 metre competiâ€" tion in the 14â€"yearsâ€"ofâ€"age and over category. Andrea Watchegs of Stanley Park broke two meet recâ€" ords in the 60 metre hurdâ€" les for 13â€"yearâ€"old girls and the high jump for the same class. Miss Watcher had a time of 9.1 seconds. in the hurtles, .4 seconds better then the previous best. In the high jump she cleared 1.55 metres (five feet, two inches) to eclipse the preâ€" vious mark of 1.47 metres. MacGregor, who finished second last year,. captured the A Division with 88 points, while Queensmount finished with 86 after winâ€" ning the relay which was the final event of the threeâ€"day meet. RATZâ€"BECHTEL FUNERAL HOME & CHAPEL convenient Parking, entering Wellington or King Streel 621 KING WEST â€" 745â€"9495 The Canada Post Office, for the first time in its hisâ€" tory, is offering for sale precious metal reproducâ€" tions of selected Canadian postage stamps. These deep cast pure silver, burâ€" nished bronze and fine gold stamp sculptures will be exact replicas of the three Olympic Action â€" Stamps In the tug of war contest MacGregor pulled the members of the Margaret Ave. team for a ride shortly after the picture was taken. The tug of war was only one of the field events held at Seagram Stadium last week during the county wide track and field meet. Olympic stamps $300 a set Each of the three sculpâ€" tures in a set will measure 24mm x 40 mm and 1.5 mm in depth. _ The silver set contains 1% Troy ounces of .999 fine silver. The bronze set also contains 1% ounces of burnished bronze. The gold set contains 21 Troy ounces of 24 karat fine gold. Each set is serially numbered, hallmarked and inscribed with the quality of precious metal which it contains. â€" issued in April. These inaugural precious metal stamp sculptures may be viewed as a new item for _ collecting _ interest, ‘"Objects d‘art", a disâ€" tinctive gift or as a family heirloom to be passed on to future generations. To protect their integrity and to help assure their continued value as a colâ€" lector‘s item, the sets will be available from the Caâ€" ARCHIE DURANT HARRY HUEKHN Service worthy of your confidence â€" a tradition since 1925. to: _ Metal Stamp Sculpâ€" tures, Canada Post Office, P.O. Box 8990, Ottawa, Canada KIG 3J2. nada Post Office for 60 days only ending August 7th. Any order postmarkâ€" ed after August 7 will be reâ€" turned unfilled. The selling price of the bronze set will be $20, the silver $50 and the gold $750. Mixed sets containing one bronze, one silver and one gold stamp sculpture will also be available at $300. Customers ordering the silâ€" ver or the mixed sets must indicate whether they preâ€" fer a polished or antiqued finish. Provincial â€" sales tax must be added where applicable. Orders for these unique precious metal stamp sculptures will be accepted immediately and up to August 7. They should be forwarded â€"together with a cheque or money order made payable to the Reâ€" ceiver General for Canada 1J King $t. N. waTERLOO 744â€"5274

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