There were· 50 retirees
out on Tuelday at the upper

coune.

Jim Scott and I took care
of the registration and
compUed the aconl afterward. Almolt on the
strcJke of 7:30 a.m. the fll'lt
fourllGIDfJ teed oft; there
WU a lat of dew but tbele
early bu-di don't aeem to

mind that. Came to tblnt of
it, there WU atD1 IIGIDfJ of it

left when the Jut of our•
plus fOUl'IOIDel finally got
going Jut before nine.
Another grand day for
golflnl and the b11 Dnl 1s
yet to come. the klnlawaited compJetlon of the
rope-tow on number five
baa now been · accompllabed and it ii onee
more a pleuure to ~
proacb that bold inltead of
a horror u it bu been to

some of our elder
atatemnen.
And the wbmen in a
round of bingo, bango,
bongo were: in the low
grou category Jack
Buchanan and Bad
Bacbey, IIIICCllllfal in a

draw, becaUN more than
the allotted namber of
players poated 4211; the

same rule appUed in the
low net with Bob Whalley
and WDlle Scott being
lacky to succeed with their
30&

In the bidden bole low it
DUlllber m and Al
McAulay WU the winner
with a four. Bidden bole

WU

bigb WU wan by Ken

m on
number three and in the

Davlea with a

important BBB aecUon It

.
WU Jack Balley pDlng up

13

points.

For

the

anlnWated, the Ba stand

far fll'lt in a founome to
get onto the green, the
clOlelt player to tbe bole
when all an on the green
and the fll'lt of the group to
link bis putt.

Nat week Loa Crowe
and a partmr will do the

bonon and we hope to see
JOU oat in ever-lncreulng

namben DOW that the lair
ii in place and warldng.
Lut weekend 11C11De ·18
memben of the Roeeland
Legion journeyed to Deer
Park, Wub., far a flqm:banp ceremony. It WU
quite an eye-opener far
myaelf who bu not pal\ticipated in too many
tldnp like tbil 8Cl'OIII the
line, the sort of we1camewe
were accorded WU really
ICMnetblng.
When - anmd Friday
nlgbt there wu aapper and
a dance at the VFW Pait
and afterwardll we were
shown to a atriDI of mobOe
bamell lined up around the
perimeter of the post
grounds and tbele were
allotted to 111 far oar UN
daring our weekend stay at
DO CCllt whatever. During
the nat two clays we would
get four man really good
meals at an ablolutely
minimal COIL
On Saturday IDCll'lling oar
group took part in the Tri-

county
Settlers
AlloclaUona Pande and if
JOU want to see a parade in
wblcb evel'J'Clll9 in town,
either watcbm ar takes an
adm part, take a trip to

Deer Park during tbil
celebration.
It WU a terribly bot day,
we were buled out to a spot
oataide town and given oar
position in the parade
makeup. We were Mtb and
after 111 there were still
IIGIDfJ 80 entriell to ccme.
The march into town WU
about 1.1 mUea and took~

boan to pus the Judges
stand.
Oar group, wblcb WU all
neatly turned out in oar

blue, grey and white '

uniforms, were beginning
to loot a little the wone for
wear by the time we
readied town, however we
were atDl adjudged second
belt marcbtng group In the
DJCIDlter parade. There ii a
move afoot DOW to get
ounelvea decked out In

some

uniforms

more

aattable to tbil kind of
weather, far myaelf it can't
came too 100D.
To the people of Deer
Park I would like to say
tbanb for a really fine
reception and aead-off. And
to oar baa driver Neil and
bis anlatant Marianne.
Tbanb for a good, safe and
eajoyabletrlp.
I andentand oar Legion

slow-pitch

team

was

aueceaful in the league
~ held at C'.e,rtennlaJ
Park wbUe we were away.
Grut effart, you guys,
that's a nice trophy you

won.

Now, back to watch oar
athletes u they atrugle to
bring gold, allver ar bronze
back fram LA.

TUI nat week, then.