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THE: HAILEYBURIAN THURSDAY, JAN. 17th, '1957 Phone 133 Compliments Of B. A. SERVICE STATION Bill Cavanagh Haileybury, Ontario Compliments Of DEAL DAIRY "DAIRY PRODUCTS OF QUALITY' Haileybury, Ontario BEST WISHES TO THE SCOTTISH CURLERS PROULX FOOD MARKET "YOUR RED AND WHITE FOOD STORE" HAILEYBURY, ONTARIO GIBSON Appliances VV VT Phone 17 92 222223325332354602555645 622m Kelvinator -- Beatty -- Hoover Electrohome, Hallicrafter Radios Service And Repairs To All Makes Of Appliances Ferguson Ave. Welcome Scotsmen TO THE TOWN OF HAILEYBURY Conlin and Hogan "Everything In Fuel' HAILEYBURY CURLING CLUB FOUNDED IN 1907 "A meeting was held this evening in the private dinning room of the Haileybury Club to consider what action should be taken with regard to the Game of Curling. Those present were: Messr. Walkinshaw, Way, Craig, Legge, Fred Day, Woodhouse, Stitt Haentschell Donnell Elliott Weaver, Robertson, and ur- rows." First entry in the Minute Book of the Haileybury Club, Nov. 25th, -1907. Many non curlers and parti- culary curling widows have pondered this. same--question of what action should be taken about the game of curling but the gentlemen listed above knew what to do. On Noy. 29th. 1907 the Haileybury Curling Club was formed with the following officers : Hon, President Mr. D. Dunlop President Dr. Haentschell, V.P. Mr. Bagshaw, Sec. Treas. Mr. Donnell, Com. Members, Messrs Burrows and Robertson, Skips appointted were as fol- lows: Messrs. Stitt, Haentschell N. A. Timmins, Jackson, Stod- dart, Burrows, Donnell and others. First business of the new Club was to secure ice in the Skating rink, The Skating rink which was on the site of the present Curling Rink was owned by the Timmins and they were enthusi- astic curlers. (Noah Timmins was one of the original ships and donated the Timmins Cup which graced the curling scene 'for many years. A part of the Skating was used during 1908 and 09 but was not available after that and for the next two years Haileybury players curled in New Liskeard where a new rink was in operat- ion. Zs In committee April 1911, a F consisting of E. A. Wright, A. R. Webster, and J. I. Rankin was appointed 'to receive moneys, and to make all necessary ar- rangements and agreements with regard to the proposed rink to be located in the market Build- ing." The new rink was available for play in 1912 a year thatssayw Haileybury's first Bonspiel. (The Club had joined the Northern International Curling Associat- ion in 1908. They had also acquired a Club pin the same year.) The Haileybury fire destroyed & at | h oa SES hn the rink in 1922 and there was no curling in 1923. In 1924 a new rink and market building was ready for use. This served as the home for the Club until 1951 when the present fine structure was built under the guiding hand of Pres. Bill Flem- ing. Haileybury was, of course, the birthplace of curling in North- ern Ontario and has been note as the hotbed of curling enthu- siasts ever since. The Club has produced many fine curlers and rinks but the name- of Emmett Smith, stands out as a compet- itive curler. His name first ap_ pears in the membership lists in 1912 but it was in the late 20's and 30's that he dominated the curling scene in Northern Onts ario. His Haileybury rink re- presented Nor. Ont., no less than four times in the MacDon- ald Brier Play-Down. Dan Mil- lar, who played on the Smith fink was the only other, and the last, to skip to take a Haileybury rink to the Brier. That was in 1939, Bill Ferguson hodls seniority in curling among the present cit- izenry. He participated in the Skating rink in 1908 or 1909. In the membership lists of 1911 the names of Dr. W. R. Somerville and M. W. Hotchkin appear. In 1912, W. R. J. Jowsey, Dr. Craw- ford, Emmett Smith and Milt : > Boyd. Among other names in Phone 377W Hallaybury. Outen ou eae ea and Harry Oaks. Other active part- icipaters in the club in the early eee Sor Se a aaiiionpace PARE years were H. C, Dunbar, A. J. Carlson, G, A. Bagshaw, W. A. Gordan, D, E. Sutherland, J. E. McCuaig, J. Still, Bob Budd, Bob Wyman and Cliff Moore, Lorne Ferguson, H. Pichard, J. Gowd, Phil Montgomery, Joe Wesley, Joe Branchaud, O. J. Thorpe, Fred Thompson, Milt Boyd, George Caldbick, and M. J. Conkey. NO HACKS In early days the Scottish curler, especially in times before the rubber or felt-soled boots, came into existence, had to find other means of providing him- self with a firm footing or brace when delivering or sweeping a stone. The oldest foot accoutr- mentwas known as the cramlit, also crambit, crampet, cramp or tramp. ' It was usually a thin iron or steel plate with teeth across the under surface and was bound to the floor with straps like an old- time skate. Dr. Cairnie, the first president of the Royal Caledonian Club, condemned the use of the cram- pits as "Almost barbarous," as they certainly must have been to the ice, and by his invention of the foot iron, with its file like surface, provided a_ contrivance that gradually displaced them. In the greater part of the curl- ing world, even Dr. Cairnie's in- vention has now been displaced by the rubbers. = Curling Terms A glossary of curling express- ions which may or may not be familiar to modern curlers ex- plains such words as "break an egg on a_ stone" touch it very lightly; "core" an old name jor rink; "drug ice" soft bad ice "hack" a hollow cut in the ice ior players foot, used in place of a crampit; "hands up!" stop sweeping; "hog" a*stone that stops short of the hog-score, a ime drawn one-sixth of the len- gth of the rink from the tee; "tie shot" the stone resting nearest the tee; "red the ice" to clear away the opponent's stones "scoop" to sweep; "souter" to win without allowing the oppon- ents to score at-all; "stug" a fluke; "design the Kowe" aim at the skip's besom; "Gie them breeks" drive a stone so as to strike the inner edges of two stones lying side by side. February 1936--Emmett Smith's | rink represented Northern Ont- ario in the championships bon- spiel at Todonto, had defeated Nova Scotia and Manitoba and been beaten by Ontario and New Brunswick. \ DIAMOND WELCOME SCOTTISH CURLERS N. MORISSETTE LIMITED HAILEYBURY, ONTARIO DRILLING For many played host to visiting curlers from curling clubs all over Canada: We have enjoyed these visits. The curling talk and curling costumes. We have made many friends who, we are glad to say, return ta Haileybury ane this hotel year after year. In welcoming the Scottish curlers, we trust that they will come back to Haileybury again, perhaps when the ice is not so fast, but to enjoy Lake Temiskaming's fishing and boating. Good Curling, Good Luck, and may you have pleasant memories of your trip to Haileybury, HOTEL. _HAILEYBURY | years the Hotel Haileybury has