Trail Times- Friday, October 1, 1982-

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Sunday was nostalgia day well-received by the packed
at the upper course as the house. Don Sutherland and
Rossland-Trail Golf and Harry Donaldson brought
Country Club celebrated greetings from the Trail
their 60th anniversary. The contingent now living in the
weather was frightful but Victoria area.
the atmosphere was
After the tables were
delightful as a capacity cleared some of the hardier
crowd kept the cooks in the souls took to the course but
kitchen hopping. There was most of the crowd preferred
hot cakes, bacon, done to a to stay in the clubhouse and
turn, sausages, toast, two swap recollections with old
different kinds of muffins, friends.
fruit salad, jam and coffee.
Still on the upper course,
Anyone who left the table the Retirees' season is
hungry had themselves to winding down. On Tuesday
blame.
the gang met for another
After breakfast, Dr. Jack weekly outing and it was
Colbert was M.C. for a decided to give it another
meeting during which shot next week, weather
several people representing permitting. This week it
the various surrounding threatened but only a couple
towns spoke about the club of foursomes were actually
and its impact on the rained on. I was on the final
community. Dr. Jack led off group that started. It turned
by reading the minutes of out to be a fivesome as
the club for a meeting in Norm Garrison, our regular
1922, and a representative of U.S. visitor, came a little
the ladies' club, Bea Matt- · late because of a holdup at
son, produced a book of the border and joined us as
minutes from the same area we were teeing off No. 1.
of time and read some very Cleve Cowland, Rich
amusing anecdotes.
Watkinson and Percy Cutler
Pat Morris was next and were the rest of the membhis stories covered the ers of our group.
period of change from the
Percy has just recently
old right to the present one. retired from the Highways
Lou Crowe was given the job Dept. and seems to be enof representing Warfield joying his new-found
and he was amusing and freedom. The umbrellas

were up before we finished
No. 8 and it took a while to
dry out in the clubhouse.
Winners of a , varied
competition were Jack
Buchanan and Gordie
McLaren with 43 for low
gross, Harry Simpkinson
and Joe Biagioni with 32 and
33, respectively. Wes
TaMer was called upon to
use his putter on 22 occasions, high for the day,
Jim Scott was closest to the
pin on No. 3.
On No. 5 it was Lou Crowe
with a shot that only needed
to travel about 10-ft. in a
straight line to have given
Larrupin' Lou an ace. I
won't mention the remarks
he wrote on the sheet
marking his shot, suffice to
say, they were colorful and
typical.
While on the subject, I
can't forget to offer my
congratulations to Eric
Granstrom for his ace on
No. 3 on Men's Night a week
ago. All I'm going to add is,
it couldn't have happened to
a more deserving guy.
"Big" Eric is an all-round
good guy and a good sport.
· Over to curling now for a
few words. Eileen McDonald handed me a notice

goals to draw close but at
games end it was 7-5 and the
Hawks had won another.
Warrior other goals came
from Peter McLellan,
Gordie Stanton and two
from DaMy Ferguson. Dean
Mayer, Doug Phillips, Ken
Davis, Terry Ferguson,
Well, we got to see the Stanton and McLellan added
assists. So the scoring was
1982-83 version of the
spread around.
Warriors in action on
The Warriors used three
Tuesday evening as they
took on the Beaver Valley goalies on the night as
Nitehawks in an exhibition Lindgren saw service in the
period
and
contest. The first period was second
all Hawks as the smart newcomer Bert Brooker
young team that Tom handled 12 shots flawlessly
Gawryletz has built out in in the third. Lindgren made
the valley, rammed four 12 saves in his stint and
quick goals past young Edwards stopped nine of 13
Edwards who started in the in the first period.
Warrior net. All the goals
There were worries after
came in the first four the game as to whether the
minutes of play as the Warriors can hang on to
Hawks stormed to the at- their new boys owing to tpe
tack from the opening economic woes now
whistle.
besetting us, but it was
The Warriors got one back hoped that ways will be
from newcomer Al Tetrault
found to keep them as this
early in the second but by clu~ has a~ the making of
the end of two periods it was - an interesting season ahead
7-1. Towards the end of the for Rossland fans.
second it was plain that the
The youngsters, Stanton
Warriors were beginning to and the two Ferguson boys,
click as they played a lot of were very conspicuous in
hockey in the Hawks end of the game and it is hoped
the ice, in the third they they will be able to hang on.
scored four unanswered Time will tell, I guess!

of a meeting on Mixed
Curling to be held in the
Curling Lounge on ·October
20 at 7:30 p.m. Curling in
this league, which really
came into its own last
season, is expected to get
started in early November.

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