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Thursday of the past week
we laid another of our good
friends t4) rest in a plot in a
cemetery on the side of a
mountain above Kaslo. The
occasion was the funeral of
William Owen "Buck" Jones,
a friend of long standing and a
man woom I believe was
among the best liked people in
our town during his years of
residency here.
Legion members who attended from Branch No. 14
were Chuck Harkness, Toby
Edworthy, Henry Matthews,
Henry Foster, Joe Thahnan,
Jimmy Flanders,
Jack
Molyneux, Doug Cavill, Herb
Castle, Norm Harry and his
son Eric and myself. Also
from the L.A. were Grace
Harry and Jean Dustan.
There was also a goodly
turnout from the Kaslo branch
and the tiny Catholic Church
in Kaslo was packed beyond
seating capacity, a real
tribute to a man who, during
his lifetime, I'm sure never
said ''no" to a friend in need.
The service, conducted by
Rev. Father Boyle of the
Kaslo church, was a model of
1
_ simplicity, ritual was kept to
an absolute minimum and
the eulogy by Father Boyle
was ooe of the best I have ever
beard.
He started by saying that he
s was ,;resent when "Buck" was
married in Nelson 40 years

ago. He didn't say be performed that ceremony too, I
found that out from a longtime friend of both men, Ralph
Berry.
He told of sitting with the
family to fill in the blank
spaces for him, when Buck
moved to Rossland and came
up with a pretty accurate
picture of the man. Buck
never allowed bis family to
want for anything even if it
meant lx>lding down more
than one job at a time to attain
that goal, even when he was
not too well and suffered quite
a lot of pain.
Father Boyle said that while
Buck could not really be called
a practicing Catholic he
practised the deeds which
form the basis for religion,
doing all the good he could for
bis own and any others in

need.
I can attest, along with a
number of other people in
Rossland, that you only bad to
ask him to help out in any
project that was under way
and you could consider it done.
I also worked side by side with
Buck on some of the extra jobs
he took on and never ceased to
marvel at the tireless way he
worked at them, with a grin
and a wisecrack to ease any
tensions that might arise.
Now he is gone, we extend
our sympathy to the members

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of bis family at this time and
add this thought; it must help
a little to know the esteem in
which be was held by bis
fellow men in all walks of life.
For my part, I can say I was
proud to be selected to conduct
the Legion's graveside ritual
with so many of his friends
and relatives present.
Over the past weekend the
Warriors split a pair of games
on home ice, the first a loss to
Trail Friday evening before a
reasonably good crowd. The
Warriors never did get it going
for that one and took quite a
trimming.
The defence came up flat in
front of the goalies and consequently they were really
bombarded while at the other
end Dan McFarland in the
Trail net had a comparatively
easy evening.
Once again Ray Ferraro
had a bonus evening and Ken
McNeil, just returned from
Junior "A" camp, has shown
he can help the sometimes
questionable Trail defence.
• Sunday afternoon the Elk
Valley Raiders were in town
and for two periods they kept
the Warriors hopping. Actually it was a young fellow by
the name of Hynes who kept
the East Kootenay team in the
game, stopping 19 to 20 shots
fired at him in the first period
but had it a little easier in the
second as bis mates carried
the game to the Warriors, who
suffered, yet another, secondperiod letdown.
In the third, as they have
done in a number of games
this season, the Warriors
recovered their pose, with the
help of a rash of Raider
penalties, and outscored Elk
Valley 6-1 to take a 9-4 win.
In the Rossland net, Hoss
Drake played another good
game and the defence started
to lay on the weight in answer
to the Raiders defensive
tactics which consisted
mainly of taking the man
rather than the puck. It had
worked for two· periods but
when the Warriors picked it up
in the hitting department, the
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recovered their poae, with the
help of a raab of Raider
penalties, and outlcored Elk
Valley 6-1 to take a M win.

In the Roaland net, Bola
Drake played another good
game and the defence started
to lay on the w~ in answer
to the Raiders defensive

tactics

l'hich

consisted

maililf 'of takq the IDE

rather than the puck. It bad
worked for two· periods but
when the Warrlora picked It up
in the hitting department, tbe
Raiders didn't seem to re1lsb
it.
Scoring for Rosaland were
John Caron with two good
goals, newcomer John
Jorgenson with two from the
point and Marty Llmtte with
two, the Nuaroff lrotben,
Billy and Jim, chipped in with
one each and Bart Camaratta

finlsbed"'
a real hustlins
game with a goal. He'd been ·
digging in front of the Raider

net all afternoon and was the
recipient of a lot of rough
handling around there but It
finally paid off.
We bad no speaker system
Sunday so I didn't get all the
details, but Bert will have bad
them for you in hla report cn
the game.
We seem to be getting a lot
of rumors going the rounds
about players quitting the
club, with most of thoae I have
beard, I have wait.eel for
confirmation before sayq
anything.
However, the complaint
seems to be that 101De of the
local boys are not happy with
the amount of lee time they
are getting in games and
Jractice. 'Ibis would appear to
be a problem that should be
solved by the coaches, not cne
for the rumor mill. I don't like
people coming around and
telling me, almost gleefully, it
seeme, that a couple mare of
the Warriors are quitting.
The addition of Grant
Soukos to the team lbould
help. We saw him perfarm
Sunday, and be loob 88
though be will flt into the team
OK, he's another big one too.
Billy Muaroff bad bl8 best
game of the season Sunday
and when be is right you have
to go a long way to top him.
John Caron also played a
good strong game.
As I write thla the Phllllea
are on top in the World Serie&
and It looks as though, 88 they
bead heme for the last two
games they should have an
edge. 1bat tremendous com~
frcm-behlnd ability of tbelra
must have an effect on the
opposition's morale. Umer,
Rose, Trillo and Sowa seem to
make things happen and tbm
they have the Tagger to take
care of the opposition bats
when It ccmea down to the

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