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brought us assets in the form
of happy , handsome wives which
has boasted our family to three
sons and three daughters , and
to top it off. We now have a
beautiful granddaughter , so you
can see, girls do mean quite a
lot to me .
Well, now to get back to my
subject , the Royals Ball team
this season, their first without
McArthur , the emphasis bas
been to bring up youngsters to
take the place of veterans who
have either retired or moved
on to some other locality .
Among the kids whQ have
come along real well in their
first year among the seniors
are such girls as Patti Scott
who is the daughter of a well~
known Rossland athletic family ;
Kathy Diedrich , who can do almost any job on the diamond as
well or better than most ; Cheryl
Vermiere , Ruth Wert , Lori
Gibson , Sharon Slubowski and
Carol Wagner fill out the youth
program and everyone will do
quite a job if they continue to
play and improve the way they
have this season. Backing up
the youngsters are the veterans
who are in the twilight of their
careers, some of which have
been fa irly distinguished . Elsie
Miller, who now acts as club
statistician and scorekeeper
and Ella Oliver are two girls
who have played all their ball
locally . Shirley Ree and Nancy
Anderson both played ball in
Penticton, as did Muriel Gibson, the Royals veteran shortstop, Shirley also had some
experience in Toronto .
Probably the widest travelled
member of the present Royals
is Betty Guyitt . Betty has played
extensively in many parts of
Canada from Montreal to Vancouver.
Maxine Ferguson played
some of her ball in th e Yukon
and has been quite an asset to
the Royals as a catc. er who
could come up with h •r share
of bits.
Vi Krest has alr, tone a
during
good job for the Roy
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continue doing so d • t: the
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HARIT f 6PPER _·
This week my column is going
to be dedicated to the one com• modity that should make it
enjoyable writing for me.
I have been asked by the
Editor to do a special on the
girls of the Rossland Royals
Softball Club and whilt! I don't
think this is exactly what be bad
Which leaves us with one
in mind, this is the way I want
member of the Royals to write
to do it and therefore the only
about , Shirley Williams . She
way I can do it properly .
bas done a lot of work on her
While girls everywhere are
own . Shirley was a member of
a favorite subject with me, this
the West Kootenay team which
project bas been a favorite one
won the B.C. title a couple of
with me ever since the McAryears back and bas played all
thur era which bas seen Maurher ball in this district , startice and Flo bring women' s
ing when she was about 12 years
softball out of the doldrums in
old , along with Joan Ferguson
our local area .
her name has been very prom During the first year of bis
inent in local ball circles down
role as coach of the local girls,
the past years .
Maurice would have been the
It is quite obvious to the avchoice for the all-star coach
erage observer that this year' s
but a move by the company sa~
edition of the Royals was not the
fit to send him to their northern
most successful , but rebuilding
properties, a move which foretakes time, even the big
stalled bis coaching the girls to
leagues , and as I remarked at
the first-ever championship of
the start of this column , I've
the province.
enjoyed any games I've watched,
Therefore, this week's coland maybe next season I'll be
umn will be dedicated to girls ,
able to give more time to my
as such, and while I don't set
favorite pasttime , girl-watchmyself up as an authority on
ing .
this subject, it is one which is
very near and dear to me and
one on which I would be quite
will to discourse at any length
which is deemed necessary .
Girls , as anyone who is familar with bis subject knows,
come in many different forms .
You have young girls , old girls,
thin girls , fat girls, some are
red-haired, some grey-haired ,
some brunette , some blonde,
some are extra attractive , but
I have yet to see one which I
didn't find some redeeming feature in . They all have that
certain something which makes
them, shall we say , watchable ,
and this is particularly evident
in girls in the athletic field .
One of the nicest things that
ever happened to me was to be
lucky enough to be the father of
a beautiful daughter. Today she
is someone else's property, but ·
for almost 19 years she was the
pride and joy of my life , and as
another mans ' wife she bas
added something to our family
and as such she will always be
a wonderful asset.

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