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'Ibe average Trail hockey
fan bad quite a shock this
. past week with the news that
Duke Scodellaro bad passed
away. It was quite a shock to

me.

When Duke started to play
goal in Trail I was working
lor an elderly couple in the
~ ..,ea of Alberta.
my chores were
nWied we young people
would listen on the radio and
follow the Allan Cup
playoffs. 'Ibe Duke quickly
became one of my favorites.
Duke will be missed by a
. lot of people in this area,
especlal1y 81"0Wld the local
; - golf courses. This comer
. would like to pass along our
.• sympathies to his family in
their loss.

fen

Turning to curling OD the
Retirees front, at the present
we older chaps are enjoying
a well-earned break for the
holidays after more than 90
games.
Arnold Vanness and his
, crew of Gil Besso at third,
Dick Vermiere, second and
Lou Freeman lead, finished
with 11 wins, one tie and a
loss to fimsh first.
Following Amie were Phil
Bateman's rink at ~2-2, next
in line was the Nonn Harry

rinkatM-l,DanBumett7-5Well, the Legion election
1 and Angue Popplewell at 7- for the 'M executive in
6. Six game winners were Branch 14 contained no great
Bob Stevenson, Jack Mit- surprises. Our president was
chell and Harry Pepper, re-elected for the coming
while there were five rinks year, helping Bernie Fourt
at five wins and one which in the business of the branch
) )11~.fl J ~ competition at in the coming year will be
~1, plus one default
Allan Stinson as viceOur second competition · president, Vivian Thompson
will commence Jan. 3 and we treasurer, and the members
shall be playing on three elected to fill the remaining
mornings of the week with 13 posts, Lll Watkinson, Ev
rinks taking part. During Ellis, Toby Edworthy, Rich
that period we shall also be Watkinson, Carl Seefeldt,
conducting playoffs for Harry Cardwell, Carl Oslng
teams to enter the Retirees' and Mike Kraftchlck.
zone finals. We shall also be
Stil on Legion business, the
making a trip to Nelson publicity regarding the zone
along with the Grand Forks curling event in Trail on Jan.
club Jan. 7.5 for an in- 20-22 bas not received as
vltational. There will no much attention as It might
doubt be other in the ,works The event, as far as I can
for us.
find out, bas not gotten the
Our Christmas party took attention of the branches
place OD Dec. 15 In which we Involved. Rossland has
enjoyed a fine afternoon of entered seven rinks and as
entertainment along with the far as I know are among the
Ladies' Afternoon club. We top branches.
bad a fine meal, some
refreshment and an auction
conducted by Dorothy Albo,
One place I and my friends
which turned a nice profit always like to stop when we
Our friend, Lou Crowe, are in Trail ls a small pub OD
made a real gesture when he the way home. It nmnbers
bought an lee bucket and among Its cllentele fellows
then turned It back to the who gather most afternoons
ladies allowing them to re- at a large table by a big
auction It for even more window where they can
profit.
watch the traffic in 'Ibe

Gulch and have a few among
friends. They are a great
bunch of guys and at this
time of the year it ls appropriate to pass along good
wishes.
So all our best wishes to Ab
Cronie, .Paul Seymour,
Barney Boychuk, Jake
McLeod and bis brother
Archie, Mike Georgettl,
Mike Buckna, Archie
Reuter, John Woods, Allan
Jones and Murdo Morrison,
may you spend ~ Y more
pleasant days In good
company.
The Warriors didn't win
any games last weekend but
both games were pretty 1
close, a 4-3 overtime loss to
Cranbrook and a 7-6 decision
to the Nite Hawks in the
Valley. Now they will concentrate on practices until
Jan. 6 when they entertain
Elk Valley prior to a trip to
Nelson. 'Ibey have eight
games at home and four
away and could wind up as ·
high as second, but third or
fourth ls a more realistic
prognosis. They could take
five or six of the home games
and possibly as many as
three of the away dates.
So with that we'll say,
"See you next time!"