Daring Gambles Shape Stanley Cup Thrills in 1940s Finals
The piece recalls how Toronto Maple Leafs and Montreal Canadiens used bold lineup shifts to overturn deficits in Cup finals. In 1942 Leafs replaced key stars with three youngsters, lifting to a 4–0 series win. In 1953 Canadiens benched regulars for minor leaguers, with Jacques Plante recording a shutout as they beat Chicago and advanced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto Leafs
Detroit Red Wings
Leafs
Wings
Detroit
Gordie Drillon
Bucko McDonald
Drillon
Syl Apps
Montreal
Boston
Ernie Dickens
Providence
Gaye Stewart
Hershey
Hank Goldup
Don Metz
Montreal Canadiens
Chicago Black Hawks
Hawks
Canadiens
Chicago
Dick Irvin
Canadien
Jacques Plante
Lorne Davis
Calum McKay
Buffalo Bisons
Eddie Mazur
Victoria
Plante
Grey County Leads Aggressive Ontario Hog Producers Push
At the Ontario Hog Producers Association annual convention Grey County delegates pushed a resolution calling on the government to restore producers rights and criticized government inertia. A motion to poll producers again was defeated, while Grey County's amendment backed continuing the marketing scheme for one year.
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Grey County
Ontario Hog Producers Association
Ontario
Tfme
CFA
W. S. Milburn
Frost
Victoria County
Producers Association vote shapes Ontario farming future
A column urges farmers to back producer controlled marketing via an elected board and independent legislation. It warns against government boards as political footballs and favors Acts of Parliament plus ministerial oversight. Criticism and questions are welcome, with mail to Bob Von Pilis in Whitby Ontario.
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Producers Association
Ontario
Britain
Bob von Pilis
Whitby
Ont
Doctor Diagnoses Pneumonia Like A Musician
A doctor examines Aman after pneumonia symptoms and notes a musician’s lungs show strain and inflamed larynx. He asks about wind instruments and learns Aman plays the concertina, prompting a reflection on breath and resilience. The excerpt ends with Oliver Wendell Holmes’s lines about a maiden’s breath and steadfastness.
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Aman
Jess
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Cree Indians Form Canada Peyote Church Near Battleford
The Cree Indians of the Red Pheasant Reserve near North Battleford Saskatchewan establish Canada’s first church devoted to peyote as a sacrament. The American Church of Canada cites fostering peyote use and holds rites with members chewing buttons to seek visions and apparent revelations from God.
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North Battleford
Saskatchewan
Canada
American Church of Canada
Arizona
United States
Poultry and farm equipment ads plus a crime arrest fragment
A mixed page fragment lists poultry hatcheries and breeds including Broad Breasted Bronze and White varieties with sales pitches and a 1955 catalogue offer. It also covers banners for Canadian fire fighting gear, used trucks, and a Harrow Ontario cold storage sale. A night scene recalls a burglary arrest and zoo bird thefts in England.
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A. G. Smith
Whitville
Holland
Catal
Tweddle
Fergus
Ontario
Canada
Harrow Cold Storage
Harrow
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Rat Calvert Sports Coum
By Elmer Fergucost
Elmer Ferguson
c/o
Calvert House
Yonge Si
Toronto
Calvert Distillers Limited
Amherstburg, Ontario
BUE
von Pilis
Queen’s Park Lawn Tennis Club
Bournemouth
Hampshire
England
Bill Virdon
St. Louis Cardinals
Stan Musial
Virdon
Rochester
CLAS
Baby Chi
Bray Hatchery
John N. Hamilton
Ottawa
J. W
Broadview Avenue
MR. D. Grant
Apt. 3
Army
Joan McPhee
London
PRI
Cleveland Song Service
Boylston Street
Room
Mass
Chas. F. Corcoran
Allstate Industries
Neguac
New Brunswick
Ganada
Marvel
America
Bloor St. W
King St
Hamilton
Rideau St
Fetherstonhaugh & Company
University Ave
The
Ramsay Co
Bank St. Ottawa
Medico Agency
Toronto Ont
J. Gordon
Woodland
Vancouver
B.C
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