Clinton News-Record, 1966-07-21, Page 9W1" ' iW 1i 5 W
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CFB Clinton Golf Team
the Clinton base golf team which lost the inter-base tournament to
Centralia recently, Front row, lef-t to' right, LAC Ron Silk, L/Cpl. Bruce Cum- ’
mings, LAC John Durocher and Cpl.. Roy.Phillips; back row, left to right, F/L
A* F. Brabant, F/L W, O. Poppenk, Cpl. D. Marquis (lowest score on the Clin-'* •
ton team), WO D. Mackenzie, Mr. J, Simmons, Maj. D. J. Carmichael.
, (CFB Clinton Photo)
History Of The Golf Club
This article on “History of
the Golf Club” was taken
from “Topic”, the Official
Journal of the Ontario Public
Service, published bi-monthly
by the Ontario Department of
Civil Service. . ,
WHACK!
. . heard 'round the
world as millions of hopeful
swingers again tee-off on tihou-
-sands' of tortured golf courses.
(Hope still springs eternal from
the duffer’s .breast.) True, the
sights -and .Sounds of golf are
becoming event more familiar;,
but whether you’re a long-time
player or just getting into the
swing of golf — whether you
play With the new fibre glass
clubs of space-age origin or use
grandfather’s woods and (irons
—- Chances are you’re unaware
of the fascinating history be
hind the golf club.
The ancient Romans played
a game called paganica, which
involved the use bf open coun-
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In Sunday School
' AUBURN — The Women’s
Missionary Society met in the
Sunday School room of Knox
Presbyterian Church,. in charge
of the president, Mrs; Wilfred
Sanderson with Mrs. Donald
Haines at the piano. Minutes
were read byr the secretary,■ Mrs. Alvin deaf herland and
Mrs. Donald Halin'es- gave- the
financial Statement. Plans were
made for the next meeting
• Which will be-held at the home
of Mrs. Ed; Davies.
The scripture lesson was ’read
by Joyce Leatherland. The med
itation was taken by Mrs. Wes
Bradhock. A trio composed of
Lorraine, Paul and Douglas
Ohamney sang, accompanied' by
their mother, Mrs. Gordon
Chamney. The toll call was an
swered by quoting a Bible verse
containing ithe word, Witness;
":The mission Study was taken
by Mrs. Donald Haines: Oppor
tunities. open for Christians to
day was- her topic, and she told
of the missionary Work done in
Japan by a Christian teacher
there. The offering was receiv
ed' iby Lorraine Chamney and
a' 'Bible quiz was led by Mrs.
Bnadnock.
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/ Tennessee, replaced ash in the
making of shafts.
Nineteenth-century golfens
broke record upon record. Allan
Robertson, with hickory clubs
and guitta percha balls, shatter-r
ed1 all precedent by scoring a
79 atSt, Andrews in 1858, and
this record stood until Toim
Moari's made a 77 in 1869,
Gofllf was being influenced by
the industrial revolution when
the true rubber ball came into
the .jg’ame alt the beginning of
the 20th. century. These two
factors wrought major, changes
in the clubs and thq methods
by which they were produced,
as craftsmanship moved out of
the lihdlividual professional's
shop and into ithe factory.
The new hard-rubber ball
brought about the use of per-
sirnimon and, late'r, laminated
clubheads. Drop-forging almost
completely replaced hand-forg
ing in the fashioning of iron
dubs; faces were deepened to
accommodate the livelier ball
and machine-lined to . increase
the spin on the’ ball in flight;
Stainless steals replaced carbon
steels; seamless steel shafts re
placed hickory. and may be
eventually replaced with fibre
glass.
Improvement of the shaft was
accompanied by the general in
troduction of numbered clubs
rather than named dubs, and
by the merchandising of match
ed sets. Where .formerly a dis
gruntled golfer seeking new
Clubs' Went through an entire
rack until he found one that
"felt right” and then tried / to
find cither clubs o.f similar feel,
he now bought a whole set
manufactured to impart the
sarnie feel.
In 2,000 years the golf dub
has1 evolved from a simple bent
stick to scientifically designed
and matched woods and irons/
You owe it to yourself and your
game to get the dubs that are
best for* you.
Him-m-m. I wonder how I’d
db with those simple bent
sticks.
tryside, a ball stuff eld with fe'a-
thers — and1 a bent stick. In
the. first century before Christ,
wlhen they overran Europe,
crossed the-Channel, .and occu
pied parts o'f England and Scot
land, they .-brought with them
their -game with, the bent stick,
It took some 1500 years to re
fine the game and add stalght
clubs; by 1457, "golfe”‘had be
come so papular in Scotland
that it threatened the practice
of archery for defense -and was
promptly outlawed by the King
and Parliament. 'The. introducr.
ti'on of gunpowder near the end
of the 15tih century lessened the
importance of archery, however, and restored golf to the people.
The earUiest known club-
miaker was William Mayne, of
Edinburgh, who received a Roy-,
all Warrant ais- club-maker and
spear-maker from James VI in
.1603. Among the oldest known
Clubs is a set of six Woods and
two irons found in a Walled-up
closet .of a house at Hull, Eng
land, withva copy of a Yorkshire
newspaper dated 1741. A for cry
from today’s scientifically de
signed fibre glass-shafted clubs,
all Six woods and two irons of
this historic find are shafted
with ash. One wood, and one
iron have grips. The woods are
leaded and boned, the lead ex
tended from near the toe to
two-thirds of the way to the
heel*. , ,
Throughout the 18th'century,
dubs were hand-miade by arti
sans alt the few golf courses
then in existence. One expert,
Douglas McEwan, made his
club-heads from small cuts .of
hedige-thoine which' had been
planted on sloping banks s'o
that the stems grew at an angle
near the root and created a
natural bend far the neck.
By the first half of the 19th
century, clubs-.had come to be
divided into four classes: driv
ers, spoons, irons and putters.
Slihce the game at this time was
still played .with a leather-cov
ered ball stuffed with feathers,
all clubs tended to be long and
slender. Bult .soon after the in
troduction of the harder gutta
percha (rubber-like) ball in
1848, club-makers recognized
the new Strain on the thin clubs
and changed 'their design.
Wooden' heads gradually be
came Shorter and squatter :in
shape. Hard thorn was discard
ed. for the softer apple, pear and
beech in the'heads, and leather
insets appeared in the faces.
Hickory, Which originally came
from Russia and later from
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Judy LaMarsh, I love you!
Regular readers of this column
will remember my .prediction
about cdoiurcastiDg jii Septem
ber, My forecast was the week
of September 11. Our wonderful
State Secretary, Judy, announc
ed a few days ago that daytime
colourcasting will start in Can
ada on September i.
She said it had been, decided,
to Change the originally-an
nounced date of October 1 to
coindicte with the start .of fall ,
program schedules. This makes
good sense and the government
moved -in the right direction.
Manufacturers and the broad
casting industry were hoping
for a September start. They
have- it — and I was only ten
days out., ❖
Plans far a fourth nationwide
tele vision network in the United
States were announced, by mil
lionaire industrialist Daniel H,_
Overmyer. It will be called the
Overttnyer Network, oir “ON”,
and will begin broadcasting
With about 100 stations in Sept?
ember of 1967. This is the first
new TV network since ABC be
gan operations in 1948. . .
They plan eight hours of pro
gramming a day, including two
hours of news and a two-haur
entertainment Show broadcast
from Las- Vegas; plus "'live” and
taped entertainment, sports and
public service Shows.* *
Early morning television Will
camie to Western Ontario view
ers this fall with the'announce-
ment that .CTV will produce a
one-hour program starting at
7:30, with the title “Bright and
Early”. One earlier show, called
"University of the Air”, will
start Monday through Friday
off at 7 a.m.
The 1966 annual Collins pic-
riic was held at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Earl Collins, RR 4,
Clinton, for both' dinner and
supper on Sunday, July 9.
■There were 47 present for din
ner and 51 for supper and one
visitor in attendance.
Sports Were convened by
Donald Longfield, Ted.and Jim-
Collins with approximately
eight games.
The business meeting was
conducted by Mrs. Gladys Van
Egmond and Ethel Collins in
the absence, of Mr. and Mrs.
Murray Garrett. The minutes pf
the last meeting and treasurer^
report were read by Donald
Longfield.
The election of officers for
1967 is as follows: president,
Donald Longfield; secretary
treasurer, Mrs. Donald Dong
field'; sports committee, Bruce
Collins, Donny Ward,.Ethel Col
lins, Hazel Collins; directors,
Myhtle and Harry Wliiwczaryk.
The picnic will be held at
Clan Gregor Square, Bayfield,
on the second Sunday in July
far both dinner and supper.
Charles Pilgrim expressed
thanks to the hosts for their
hospitality. .
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Rambling With Lucy
No Rain Since June 15
In Beautiful Bayfield
The weather is always a .safe conversational topic!
Emerson Heard recalls that in 1936 there was no tain
in this district for 51 days, That was the year of the light
oat prop and some farmers were obliged to feed hay fo their
cows on pasture,
Lucy’s spouse says that the last good rain here was on
June 15 and that the earth was sp parched then, it licked it
right UP.
Last week numerous clouds passed over Bayfield but \
all they did was spit out a few drdps in contempt of all
those who longingly beseephed a good rain,
Now take MMr,’-’> he has two "ihogs heads” set up at the
end of the barn, The (gutter >ryns-. info one and the second
One is connected for the overflow, Ke worked hard fo build
ia sort of pier on w.tiich to set them;*painted the large barrels
two shades of green to harmonize with the surrounding foli
age, and got them in position. They are designed to catch
rain water .for the nearby vegetable garden and flowers.
But wish as We may, no rain has fallen since this, soft
water system was completed, except the spittai afore-men
tioned. And sp "Mr.'s” engineering feat remains untested!
Each day gardeners in this area watch their gardens
dry up — at least those with loose sandy soil such as at
• • "The Hut”. We need not worry. much about the ’coons
getting the corn — it has dried to a crisp.
Some of the vegetables and flowers are treated to a
sponge bath from pails of water .carried to revive them.
Others have received the chilling spray from a hose attached
to a deep well system.
One looks at them and sighs: "Poor, things, will they
hang out until a gentle rain from heaven soaks down to
their -roots, or will their feeding parts turn up, seeking
moisture and be frizzled by the sun?”
Lucy was quite discouraged when she got out in the
garden (after three weeks) to find that ten choice chrysan
themums which had been set out this spring were no' more.
The question is: Was it drought which took them, were
they too close to the small strawberry bed, or did the young '
groundhog which "Mr.” caught trying to get in behind the
pile of newspapers in the back porch, eat them off. She
could see where he had nibbled on belated tuberous-rooted
begonias! Mama or Papa groundhog ate off ia couple of
choice lilies earlier in the season.
Our guest cum gardener has been uncovering little
parched aster and zinnia seedlings from amongst the weeds
in the vegetable garden. She also tidied up the rose, pansy
and geranium beds. As deep as the trowel will go, the
e'ar.th is like powder, but if rain comes soon, maybe they’ll
live ;and there will be late bloom. The geraniums are, per
haps, the best of all, although a stand of blue and white
delphiniums, seven feet high, to which “Mr.” was partial
with water, made the garden gay, combined with Madonna
lilies under the bird-feeding station.
Apart from the flowers, the potatoes, root crops and
fruit are suffering. There aren't the new potatoes to relish
as in other years. (Lucy will whisper a secret. There are
all kinds of Jerusalem artichokes to take their place.) . ’
While the gardener and farmer prays for rain, those on
Vacation are enjoying the sunny warm days. If only it
could be arranged with the Almighty that rain would fall
at night only in summer resorts!
Remember last year when a rain-maker was employed to
bring more than "dew from heaven” to the sun-scorched
Ottawa Valley ? The rains came and so much water fell
that the farmers wanted the rain-maker called off—no one wants
to build an ark, and where would a second Noah be found?
One lady reported this year that from Ottawa to Bay-
field the drought is apparent ~ nothing green but the trees
and weeds! Strange how the latter always flourish!
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