Trail Times 7 Friday, December 18, 1981

, Tuesday the annual
Christmas party for the
Retirees Club and the Ladies
was held in the Curling Club
lounge. This is one party that
riot too many of the men
miss, yesterday it was the
same as. usual with practically every member
present, the ladies club is not
quite so strong this year but
one thing you can be sure of,
there is always lots to eat
and drink and it is there in
great variety.
After the usual welcoming
speeches by Dorothy Fines
on behalf of the ladies and
Cleve Cowlaild for the men,
we sat down to a really
grand meal of cold cuts,-and
lots of spicy dishes. A door
prize draw was made and
Ollie Schulz was the winner.
After filling up at the
tables there was fun curling
for some, others sat back
and watched and like curlers
the world over, criticized
those out on the ice and
explained what they would
have done in dozens of like
situations.
It was a great way to wind
up the first part of the
season. We'll all sit around
now until the holidays are
over before we go at it in
earnest again. That's not
exactly right either, we of
the retirees have games
Thursday to cap off our
opening half but the ladies
are all finished.
Seeing that its getting to be
the last week before the
Christmas holiday, this

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always make the headlines,
like Doug, Chris, Barb and
Marilyn and all of you who
make it go, to Jack, KeMy,
Raymond, Amie who help
keep it going, my best wishes
for the holidays and the New
Year.
,
To the Sno-goers and
t elated organizations, may

you. too have a good holiday,_
it seems any wishes you may
have had of good snow
conditions have pretty well
been answered so to you all a
really successful season and
keep up your good work on
behalf of the not-so-fortunate
kids in co-operation with the
local Lions Clubs.

To the newly-elected officers of the Legion, may you
have a good term of office
before you and may good
fortune follow throughout
the coming year.
And to anyone I may have
missed in this Christmas
wish, don't feel. bad, I've
been known io forget things

before, but at this time of the
year I find it hard to feel
badly towards anyone.
So, to finish up this week
I'll say, "Merry Christmas
and a Happy New Year," to
all who may tum to this
particular spot in The Times
for a few moments of
relaxation.

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, we of
the retirees have games
Thursday to cap off our
opening half but the ladies
are all finished.

Seeing that its getting to be
the last week before the
Christmas holiday, this
should be a suitable time for
me ,to express my best
wishes to some of my good
friends around the country
and thus save the expense of
sending cards all over, so
here goes.
To the Rossland Warriors,
I send the wish they will find
something to help them win
those games that they need
so badly if they are to get
into the playoffs in the New

Year.
T.o all the teams in the
West Divisioa I send the wish
for continued success on the
le, and improvement at the
gate, they have provided us
with some first.class entertainmant during the pat
two months and they deserve
the best we can wish for
them. And to the league as
a whole, from President Jim
Markle to the lowliest stickboy, thanks for a job well
done and may all your hopes
for the future be granted to
the fullest extent
.
to Roy Casler and his
merry men of. the Senior
Smokies, the people on the
board who are working so
bard at trying to make the
club another success story in
these days of flagging interest, may your dreams for
another Allan Cup be given a
big boost in the t&w Year.
To all those coaches who
rejoice when their teams are
winning and have nightmares when they don't,
Doug Buhr, Lloyd McLellan,
Dave Limacber and Tom·
Gawryletz and others whom
I don't know as well, may
your lot· become more
bearable as the season rplls

along.
all the minor hockey
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Doug Buhr, Lloyd McLellan,
Dave Limacber and Tom
Gawryletz and others whom
I don't know as well, may
your lot ' become more
bearable as the season rplls

along.
To all the minor hockey
coaches around •the country,
thank you, gentlemen and ·
ladies too, for the tremendous job you are doing with
the young ones.
To all those people who are
setting things in motion so
the Winter Games .may
prove a big success in
March, for all the work you
are doing a big vote to
thanks and may you be able
to sit back and glow when its
allover.
To all my fellow members
of the various Retirees Clubs
all around the country, both
curling and golfing from
Nelson to Castlegar, Grand
Forks to Salmo, Fruitvale,
Trail, Christina Lake and.
back here at home; may you
all bave a wonderful holiday
and prosper in the New
Year. May I pass along the
wish our Rossland president
passed on to us in his
welcoming speech Tuesday,
"may we all meet again in
the same places Qext year."
To the people of the
. Rossland Recreation who
oversee the operation of
various facilities for fun and
games in our town, not the
least of which is the day-today operation of the arena,
so to Jack, Babs, Desi, John,
Nancy and all of you, may
you have a great Christmas
and a real good New Year.
And to the people behind
the scenes with the Warrior
organization who don't