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\bout fout sm, a I0ng dno C wanning 60 vears OCHS lueb aseball Carlson was at one time publisher of the Financial Times of Canada, and more recently, the Â¥amilton/Burlington Spectator. And, next week, he begins to write TOSS Seniors‘s Scope, a new weekly colâ€" umn on everything from current events to investments, travel and whimsy, from a senior‘s point of view The semiâ€"retired journalist is 75. Bom and bred in Edmonton, Carlson attended the University of Alberta, graduating with his Bachelor of Arts in 1940. He won the university‘s Gold Medal for scholastic and athletic achievement. While in university , he was ediâ€" torâ€"inâ€"chief of the student newspaper, Dr WII While in university , he was edi torâ€"inâ€"chief of the student newspaper and he played pro ball for the $t Louis Cardinals minor league system which took him to Texas, Arkansas Wisconsin and Tennessee. His journalism career had begur at age 15 while in high school, cover ing high school sports for the Edmonton Journal. In 1935, he finâ€" ished high school with Grade 12 at age 16, and opted to work for a couâ€" ple of years before continuing his education. He spent a year as a page boy for the Alberta Legislature, then in the spring of 1937, was called to the St. Louis Cardinals rookie camp at age 18. "At the end of that summer, I went to university." His first full time newspaper job 1\ A BOW eteran journalist to write new semnIors r, he kept his hand 1 long and distinguish ditor MA BLOKHUIS EDMONTON NATIVE IS NU Don Carison The Newspaper Publishers of Ontario V ilm t\ Becau recovery new h than covered. Jurprise Recycling new re Milli n n ike a b 1 ansas CItY his hand in l ing Ontario anc laver and LTS uJ bf Incre ntanl t| involved in ty 11 0 W n n l TK urnal final U reel ICCCSS NU 11 Ifill. Howm ils n 1 the c I1 € C t un a 6 lds wi Well RECOVERY h radio for a spell, working at CFGP Grande Prairie, and later at CKGB Timmins. By 1942, Carlson found himself at the Toronto Star. As a genâ€" eral assignment reporter, and formerly a commando training instructor with the Canadian Armed Forced while in university, Carlson was assigned to cover the Battle of the Atlantic. "I flew on an RCAF aircraft . . . which was involved in a successful attack on a CGerman Uâ€"boat in the St. Lawrence taft River." By age 25, Carlson was an assisâ€" tant city editor, The year was 1943; he left the Star, and headed west to the Vancouver Sun where he toiled as senior reporter to 1946. He covered city hall, police beat, and was later named financial editor, to 1947, and later sports editor. Blue ul When he was financial editor, "I wrote a series on freight rates. British Columbia was very unhappy about these rates, and felt they were nonâ€" competitive with Eastern Canada," reflected Carlson. "My articles were read into the B.C. legislature‘s read 11 Hansarc What followed was coverage of the World Series and Stanley Cup as sports editor for the Vancouver Sun. Ad "I got to know champion boxer Jack Dempsey quite well, and Jackie Robinson, the first black baseball player in the big leagues. I also go to know (slugger) Joe DiMaggio . . . I also became a scout for the St. Louis Browns which later became the Baltimore Orioles." Bec During his scouting, he W CI Rov h 1C the cc Herald tC He flippe ry. Thanks t A fte at the Vancouver Sun, U business editor, holding t for a year. He wrote a dai column, as well as freelan ness stories for the W Tournal and Financial Post. serman nne ind flver inserts is ad be ity." illi l re AT um I n I1 N WF n t| W thin RADIO NEWS litie U v ef )C NT T TO COMPETITION 49, Carlson jumped ove ipetition, the Vancou is managing editor to 1‘ »d again to sports editor ist for the Vancou . Then, in 1952, he was I ancouver Sun, this tim ~editor. holding the posi t} L n 11 ame then luation. he turn« T mone m t the more LC Ing new XC from iseball days, before laved infield and arls re thal U KN h U utive vC lit SC aiseball t iC V outing year W TD ns h In uC th ins idie ty n H mill bu V AMHERST Presents Focus on Health Care bl selection . of but it‘s our that sets us a cut above, Our inâ€"store consultant, Tonia Marcelli, is standâ€" ing by during our "Focus On Health Care" event with expert advice to help you make an informed choice. umbia." Smitten with the public relations . 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FREE \ The Carlsons have five children, Daughter Madeline is a senior social worker with the Dufferin Peel Separate School Board; Susannah is a music history teacher in Oakville; son Anthony is a public relations director at the University of Toronto, and Gustay is a business editor at the New York Times. Daughter, Elizabeth, M( )mmunicat1on even years ago 4| it th SINCE 1977 PLUS Â¥ $ » P ; |, A P P € P nI 1 P SVP 1P <V _P wwb 15