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..-During the past week two
happenings of note have
taken place in our area; one
In Rossland and one in Trail.
In Rossland on Friday
afternoon a going-away
party was held for a longtime resident now retired.
Charlie Cbo1ak bas decided
to go and live with relatives
In Edmonton and will be on
bis way to the Alberta capital
some time during the
coming long weekend.
Charlie bas been an avid
supporter of local sports
since arriving here in the
late forties. Little League
hall in Rossland always
found him with the purse
,Strings loose when help was
needed. He could always be
heard at the kids' games. He
was also a supporter of the
Rosaland Capilanos, if they
needed help in both areas.
When Bevin Berry started
Rossland'1 travelling ball
team, the Colts, they played

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against teams around here
and in the adjoining states
and built up a pretty successful tournament record.
Tournaments were never at
a loss at the gate as be would
come through with some
help to see them through.
He was in bis element
during the years of
Rossland's senior hockey
club. He'd be at whatever
pub the team cbo8e for afte11the-game festivities and
there was always a bunch of
free suds for the players
after every game. As many
old-time fans will remember, we bad quite a number
of thirsty hockey players at
that time.
The scene for Charlie's
going away party was the
home of John and Ethel
McFarland, long-time
friends of Chuck. John and
Ethel really went out and did
a job in preparing for the
event which was attended by

about 20 of bis close friends.
Ethel was assisted very ably
by her two som, John Jr. and
Dan, who kept a steady fiow
of goodies both liquicl and
solid coming to all present
The stuffed mushroom and
oysters rolled in bacon were
particularly tasty.
A baseball uniform shirt

marked "Charlie Cbolak,
Fan" was presented to
Charlie by Don Holmes,
long-time coach of the
Capilanos. He suggested that
it could be kept in RossJand's
museum sports section and
Cbarliea~.
We all . _' Charlie a long
and pleasant l'etirement in
Edmonton. He says be will
return whenever the chance
comes along.
The other party we attended was a retirement
recongition for a long-time
friend and well-respected
Trail resident For many
years a staunch member and
bard worker in the Royal
Canadian Legion, Barney
Boyzuk bas retired from
Cominco and now will have
more time for the goodies
that we retired people enjoy.
The Legion ball In East
Trail was full to capacity for
this occasion. Barney and
bis good wife, Jean, have
held province-wide Jobs in
various areas on behalf of

the organization. Barney in
the regular members'
section and Jean in the
auxiliary, both could always
be relied upon to present the
views of the members they
represented as honestly and
faithfully as possible.
After a fine meal,
prepared by the ladies of the
branch, there was a chance
for anyone wishing to talk
about Barney or reminisce
with him about bygone days.
Many took advantage of this
opportunity and all ended by
wishing him a long and
pleasant time ahead One of
the spots you might look for
Barney now is the large
table in front of the window
at the Rex where be might be
found enjoying the company
of bis many friends, Archie,
Ab,Mike,Jake,etaL
Sittir, in the Uplander the
other ,day I noticed a
familiar figure standing up
at the bar. When be turned
around I recognized Bud
Fu, who is visiting friends
and relatives in town at
present. Bud and I beiped
coach and manage many
Little League ball players
back in the early fifties and
it was good to talk to· him
again. At present be is living
in Victoria where be wo$ed
in the customs section of-.the
govefflll;lent. He will be ~ck

in August when we can get
together for a longer session
to talk of the past and
remember kids like Fabbro,
Vebin Berry, Billy Martin,
Eddie Legare, Billy
Robertson, Ernie Severs,
Liam Brown and others.
"It was good to see you
again Bud and I'll look
forward to our next session
in August."
Looking back seems to be
popular this week. I spoke to
Eric Granstrom at men's
night at the upper course last
week. He was telling me that
someone had shown him a
picture of a ball game in
progress in Victoria Park.
For the young people, that
was where the Cominco
Arena hockey rink is now
situated. He said "guess who
was sitting in the stands," I
didn't have to guess because
I was at pretty near every
game there in the late forties.
Rossland Labatt& soccer
team seem to be having an
undecisive season so far. In
league play they are 2-3. All
the losses have come at the
bands of the two East
Kootenay powerhouses,
Cranbrook and Kimberley.
I'll tell you more about them
as the season progresses and
I get a chance to see some
games.