SPORTS NEWS ~:

The Cassiar fastball league got off to a
flying start Wednesday, June 5th, after
the scheduled opener was reined cut on
the previous Monday.

The action has been fast and furious and
the calibre of ball improvee with each
game. Competition is keen and it looks
like a real race to the wire.

A Whitehorse team has been contacted with
& Wiew to a home and home competition with
them. There has been no reply to date but

it is still a good possibility. Watson
lake also wants to pley us.

Team Managers are as follows:

League Pres., Ernie Melnyk - Staff;

Bob Kenneally - Garage; John Pavelich «
Mine-Mill.

Umpiring duties are being handled by Bob

Simmons, with assistance from Don Ritchat
and Cam Church.

The league expresses its sympathy to Mine-
Mill catcher Rick Michalyk, who euffered
the loss of a forearm in an unfortumte
accident recently.

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SOCCER: <

After a very successful local tournament,
the Casaiar Seceer Club will be visiting
Whitehorse. They will be playing a game

at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday against the Whitee
horse Club and possibly a game on Monday
at 2:00 p.m. v.8 United Keno Hili Mines.

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WEATHER

Temperature:= (period June 16 a.m «
June 27 am.)
Maximum 62° on June 22nd p.m.
Minimum 33° on June 18th a.m. ©
Daytime Low 37° on June 2kth a.n.
Rainfall:-~ Period ~ 1.18
Season ~ 2.66
Baow:< Period » Trace

During the period it was mostly overcast,
with a few sunny intervals.

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| niece, Miss Elaine Simmons.

| School is over for another year;
students are flocking home and the teachers

14n Edmonton.

WELCOME to Miss Janet Walker, who joins the
hospital nursing steff.

WELCOME also to Miss Beverly Davies, who
is now working in the reception office;
and to Mr. Al Miller, who replaces Al Hick
at the Royal Bank.

Mr. John Ellis is back with us for the
summer, working in the Mill department.

Prior to their departure, Mr. & Mrs. E. J.
Nicholson were entertained at a dinner by
the P.T.A. Forty members were in attend-
ance. The Nicholson family have gone to
Vancouver.

Miss Mary Treskew was honoured at a cocktail
party at the home of Mir. & Mrs. Je Thorni-
croft on June 13th. Ae a momento of her
stay in Cassiar, Mr. J. Berry presented
Mary with a dogwood ivory brooch. Miss
Treskew worked in the Accounting Dept.

She will visit with her parents in Calgary
and in August she plans to meet Miss Gill
Watts in Barbados, West Indies.

Farewell to Al Nick, Royal Bank manager
for the past 15 months, who left recently
to join Jobn Mahon on a cruise to hurope
via the Panam. Upon his return, Al wili
be posted at Port Coquitlam, his home town.

Peck from holidays:- the Maitaum’s, who
report a wonderful time in Europe; the
Mulloys; the Beguin’s; Julien 8t. Georges,
from the Montreal area.

It is holiday time for the Horsley’s end
also for the Juraski family. Both are
heading for the Vancouver ares.

Malcolm MacLeod will holiday in fydney,N.S.,
with his family; Mies Joan Ridley wiil take
@ short trip to Vancouver and will attend
her brother's ae eee cee
29th) in Victoria. John & Milife Forbes
were recent visitors to Vancouver, as wae
Bob Simmons, who wes on hand to meet his
Elaine accome-
panied Bob te Cassiar for a orief visit be-
fore returning to her home in Copreol, Ont.

the
are going out for the summer. Mrs. Icouise

Johnson and children will spend the holidays}
Art. MeAndrew will attend

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