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*HOCKEY PROGRESS IN CANADAsuccessive year Minor Hockev uobserved stallinguarv 23. Due to the Swan River annuallocal minor hockey activities have beenuntil Februaiy 1, continuing throughFebruaryLocafiy minor hockey has taken a gre;le to the efforts of several individualspositionsand managers. To support these men in theirLegion, Elks Lodge, Rot-tve added their financialsupportmeeting of the C.A.HMr. Jack Roxburgh, chairman of the minorcommittee reported that there were 102,916 minor olavers registered in 1958-5(9. an increaseprevious seasonThis is only a partial picture of minor hockeyreportedthe said association that some $79,934. has beengrants to minorhockey. It does not take much imagination torealize tremendous amount of money spent byplayers, teams and organizations for equipmentetc., and that minor hockey throughout Canadacould conceivably put more than a million dol-annually into the pockets of the small business man, gas stations, bus companies and loc-arenasWe agree with several of the slogansiieates -“Parents should TAKE - NOTtheir boys to the arena; MINOR HOCKEY should be a FAMILY AFFAIR; MINOR HOCKEY can contribute to the development of better Canadians: CANADA can maintain worldhockey supremacy - and that the way to do it isanddeveloping MINOR HOCKEY.”We take our hats off to the tremendousfort being made in this community and throughout. tho Valiev in the interest of minor hockey.a wonderful thing if the citizens of the communal Dunne1 Hockev Week in Swan River it would beity show their appreciation and interest by attending the games planned and the other activities that will take place.
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Swan Valley Star and Times
Swan River, Manitoba, CA
Thu, Jan 28, 1960
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