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By Shelley Mc*'lwe,
Many people in Clinton know Guss
Bous. as- e manager • to 1
.. sey the... of the ca.
Public Utilities Commission, but
othereothroughout throu• h» ut south
western
rn Qnt arzo have known this
outgoing man by his black and white
striped sweater and the nickname : ,
"Skinhead."
For over 30 years, •Guss ' was
associated 'with hockey refereeing
throughout the area, with over 3,000
games to his credit.
From 1940 to'\, 19.79,. Guss,, or
Skinhead , as he was known around
the 'arenas, refereed for the Qntatio
Hockey Association, the Ontario
Minor Hockey Association and the
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stuck in
-,-t#�e-rn fiddle
Here lies a woman,who always
was tired;
She lived in a house where help was
not hired,
'Her last words on earth were:
"Dear friends,
I am going
Where washing ain't done, nor
sweeping; -m r
sewing;
But everything there is exact to my
wishes;
For where they don't eat there's no
washing
dishes.
I'll be where loud anthems, will
always be ringing,
But, having no voice, I'll be clear of
the
singing.
Don't mourn for
mourn for me
never-
I'm going to do nothing for ever
and ever.
That wonderful piece of verse is
entitled The Tired Woman's
Epitaph. I don't when it was
created or who wrote it, perhaps' it
some early feminist, but every
harried housewife should have this
taped to her fridge door.
I don't know that place where
hardworking housewives can find
,_eternal rest actually exists, but the
thought is inviting.
Women who spend much of their
lives cleaning, cooking, washing
and ironing can find some comfort
in knowing that they have the
sympathy of at least one person,
this poet.
For ..decades housewives have
held the reputation of living
meaningless lives and their work
has been thought of as mundane
and futile. They have been thought
of as dumb, nagging, un-
sophisticated women whose role in
society is to please the bread
winner and a houseful of brats.
Housewives have played the
underdogs for years. They have to
put up with kids who treat her like
a servant and husbands who love
their cars and poker games more
than her: "
After 20 years of trying to make a
good home and a raise a respec-
table family, the housewife often
me now; don't
rofile: Guns known as
Westerxi Ontario Athletic Association
Ontario
i
and ter six years w.as t the
atn
Hoke Association ., . a the?)
e?) ._oci�. refere in h
area. As well Guss estimates that he
has refereed at over 1.50 hockey
tournaments in . the province,
in-
structed at referee schools and since
1970 worked as. Western Ontario
supervisor for the National Referees
Certification Program,
The 55.year-old Mian only hung up.
his skates from his long-time interest
• this winter, Although he admitted that
he will miss this work# refereeing and
°acting as supervisor was just taking
up too much of his time.
Cuss said during playoffs he. could
be called oUt five or six nights of the
shelley
by mcphee
realizes too late in life that she's
been had. By that time she's j st
plain pooped out and realizing that
her life could have;meant more has
led to all sorts of unfortunate
results, like Valium!, the bottle,
infatuation for another man, anger
or defeatism.
Fortunately, today's housewife is
catching-, on. She's realizing that
her work is valuable and plays a
very necessary part in society and
with some help from modern
technology she is no longer
married to the house 24 hours- a
day. Instead of standing over the
wringer washer for hours on end or
cooking preserves, the modern
housewife is finding a little more
time for herself.' Time to develop
other interests, time to get out into
the "real world" that she has felt
cut off from for so long. •
Slowly but steadily,; the portrayal
of the housewife is changing in the
eyes of the media. Through con-
tinous protest from active women's
groups, the dumb housewife who
raves over toilet bowl cleaners on
TV commercials is changing her
image. Those cute little books of
helpful hints for the housewife are
now sitting at the back of the
shelves and such popular reference .
guides like Superwoman are taking
their place. These books do offer
some housecleaning hints, but
more importantly they tell women
about financial management, offer
technical and electrical notes and
inform housewives. of sources of
outside interests and employment
-- opportunities.
Luckily, there will probably will
never be a revolution amongst
housewives. The households of the
world would be in terrible shape if
it happened.
The past has shown that
housewives are more then devoted
to their work. They are not quit-
ters, but like everyone, else they
need attention, they need to know
they are appreciated and wan -ted.
Housewives deserve a great deal
of credit and perhaps we could all
remember at least one on Mothe>r's
Day so she doesn't have to
memorize The Tired Woman's
Epitaph.
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week to referee 'games.
ames Acting as
supervisor under the Certificate
Program could take Guss out to three
games a night in :a 'largearea from
Owen Sound to Lucan, from Stratford
to Goderich. At these games, he would
-.-.study referees, evalute them, remake.,
cdminents' on their decisions and
suggest advancements and upgrading
conrses,for thein, A `,
"The game was improved 1,0.00 per 4,
'cent by having good refs," Guss
explained:
Although officially off the ice, Guns,
still is involved • in hockey and often
serves in an advisory role for
°•
coaches, managers and other refs.
After .30 years of watching the game
and knowing the •rules for three
leagues Guss said, "I know the
playing rules down pat and all the the
technical points are in the rule
books."
Along with enjoying tie game >itse'Tf;
Guss also refereed because he en-
joyed meeting people.
"Right now I could go into almost
every town in Ontario and know
someone," he said.
He admitted that as the ref, he had
to take a lot of criticism from players
and the crowds, but Ike reasoned,
"The louder the crowd, the better the
game."
"During the game, people would
love to give you a rough time, but
afterwards we were ,real pals," he
remembered.
He added that some of the basic
qualities a good referee had to have
was the ability to listen, to be able to.
take criticism and control your
temper.
"We were only told when we had
bad games, but referees are a
necessary evil of hockey, a game
couldn't .go one without one," he
noted.
Over the years, Guss has refereed
and seen thousands of games, and
according to him, minor hockey is far
better than it was .25 years ago, since
-.the youngsters start to play at an
earlier age. However, he admitted
that today there are more penalties in
a game.
"Hockey should teach the game
basics," he explained. "IJarents
automatically think that they're kids
are NHL prospects, but the kids
shouldn't think about winning until
they've learned to skate."
skinhead
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Still, Guss feels, "There's only a'
small percentage of faults' in the
Same, but unfortunatel theyget all
t y
the headlines. Players shouldn't
forget why they're playing hockey."
According to Guss, being a referee
requires more than just throwing the
puck of making a call.
"Referees have to be good skaters
too. For anyone who wants to make a.
career out of hockey.. but can't play
well enough, there'S a great demand
for professional referee now.
They're crying' for good officials
Because there ,are so many teams,"
he explained,
Before turning to refereeing, Guss
was a hockey player himself, with the
Windsor International League, a
minor professional hockey league.
In the 1940's however, Guss was
given the opporunity to move to
Seaforth and play for a team there.
—one- -ef—the°--drawing earls=�an _ tl ass -h
exchange was a chance to get a job as
well, so along with joining a new
team, Guss begat his career with the
PUC in Seaforth.
In those days, after World War II,
jobs were low paying, and working for
the 1?UC, Guss only received pay of $8
a day.
For Guss, a single man then, his
main entertainment was watching
hockey games at the Seaforth arena.
It was there that he was asked to
referee hockey. This job seemed like
a gold mine for Guss, as he would
Make $10 a game, $2 more than he
made for an entire day's work.
"I enjoyed refereeing and at the
same time it was financially
beneficial," he recalled: �"'
Guss found that he was a good
referee and received calls to officiate
at many games, "I used to feel pretty
good about getting three games a
week at $10 a game."
However, pay for referees did not
keep up with the inflation rates and
Cuss admitted, "Now it's' the other
way, around."
During his career as a hockey
referee, Guss had a few rules of his
own and would never aceept payment •
for his refereeing at a local hockey
game. (_,
"I never charged for a game at the
Clinton arena, That was my con-
tribution to the arena."
But money was really secondary.
Guss loved hockey, .refereeing and
most of all, meeting people. During
Circus _act set for Blyth
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stage of Blyth Memorial
Hall Saturday afternoon,
May .10 when the Bill
McClory farliily puts on a
variety program.
Mrs. McClory, a
veteran vaudeville and
circus performer, brings
his whole family to take
part in,'the•show which
includes ''magic tricks,
trick roping, comedy,
juggling and unicycle
riding. Daughter Kim-
berley will help with
illusion tricks and son
Jeffrey is a clown. Both
r-ide unicycles. Wife
Diane provides
backstage support for the
tr`oune.
The one hour and fif-
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place at 2 p.m. May 10.
Tickets are $2 for
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Reservations may be
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his 30 years as referee, Gu$S ',Can
recall many good times and only a
few bad. incidents the
majority
of
people.,
peoplea he net being true sportsmen
who were above.s . h .
uc ac. io t n
Although Guss' skates and striped
g
shirt are now in the closet and he is
presently recovering from a heart
attack, he, stili claims, "There's
nothing better than skating. It's ke
pt
me young, trying to keep up with all
those young people."
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He's known as Guss Boussey, manager of the Clinton PUC to many people, but
around the hockey rinks, this well-known man is often called, "Skinhead".
Over the past 30 years Guss has --refereed over 3,000 hockey games and 151
tournaments, including the granddaddy of all minor hockey tournaments, the
first Young Canada. Week tourney in Goderich, held in 1950. ! (News -Record
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