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It's quite likely that some
of the readers of this
cplumn will remember

Danny Hachey. He toiled
for our Warriors for a few
years. I knew be bad gone
on to continue bis education
after be left here and now I
have bad word from bis
dad that be bas got himself
a pretty good position in the
hotel business.

Bud, bis dad, was
recently on a short
vacation and dropped in to
see Oan at bis j~b at the
Bayshore Inn in Van.
couver. According to my
report Dan bas a pretty
responsible job with a
whole bunch of people
working for him. Some of
you will remember bis
older brother Jacques. He
was working in the old
Allan some years back
when it was a beehive of
Rossland activity.
Well, our Retirees are
now in full-scale operation
up at the curling rink. Our
man in charge of
operations bas now started
on the job and we should
soon be able to tell how our
new arrangement is going
to function. One of our new
Retirees, Mel Hill bas
offered to assist with the
berming etc., Mel worked
on the job for a while when·
be was in the employ of the

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city and could prove to be things up a little and in this
effort he's certainly surquite an asset
Anyway, we don't have passed himself.
too much · beefing with
Big doings will be the
regard to ice conditions so
far and it is to be hoped that order of the day this
this sort of satisfaction will weekend with the advent of
Remembrance Day and its
continue.
To get down to some attendant celebrations.
early facts of play in the Starting it off at 11:30 a.m.
Retirees, Angus Pop- on Saturday will be the
plewell's rink is leading in Legion Ladies' luncheon
the early going with a and bake sale. This will go
record of three wins. The 'on until 2:30 p.m. and the
rink I'm curling with is price will be one dollar,
next with two and a tie, everyone welcome to enjoy
next in line are Dick Cot- the numerous goodies these
ton's rink at two and a loss, ladies always come up
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the same as Dan Burnett's· with.
crew. Russ Brougbton's
Then at 8 p.m. our
group bas a win, a tie and a members will welcome a
loa and following him are group of people frm the
the Bob Stevenson, Gill Deer Park, Wash, VFW
Besso, Jake IJlburn and Post for a flag exchange
Carl Seefeldt rinks with one program, something that is
win and tw loaes. The Bud old and yet unique .in our
Hachey rink have yet to branch. A dance will follow
at the branch with topsavor victory in
flight music to trip the light
starts.
So, it's early yet, some of fantastic to.
these teams are losing
The following day is, of
games by a whisker and it course, Vet's Day, when all
won't be long before they of us get ourselves all
begin to get on the right decked out in our Legion
track. By the end of the finery and make our an.
first competition late in nual trip to the Cenotaph
November we could see followed by the welcoming
quite a difference.
of other branches' memWe would like to thank bers who usually flock up to
Lou Crowe for helping out our branch to say "Hello."
by making up our roster As I mentioned earlier in
and draw sheets. Lou, as this column Dick Wayling
we all know, likes to color will be along to tickle the

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ivories and get things
livened up. Always a very
welcome visitor, Dick
really does something to
help make the 11th a day to
remember.
Carl Osing bas asked me to
note that there will be no
bingo at the Legion on
Monday, Nov. 12. This
popular pastime will take a
night off and reconvene the
following week.
The Warriors, as I
predicted, faced a stem
test in the East Kootenay
last weekend. So far points

collected from games
versus East teams bas
totalled two in five games.
They have a chance to
beUer this situation when
they entertain the muchimproved Creston club
tonight
After Creston, the
schedule calls for games
versus West division teams
right up to December 15.
Now, to wind up this
week's effort, I want to
pass along a moment of
mirth contributed by a
very pretty young lady by
the name of Debbie Woods.
Here it is. Question: What
do you get when you drop a
piano down a mine shaft?
Answer: "A" flat minor!
And with that we'll say,
"Till next time!"