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FAMOUS NEWS wants to hear about all company-related sports activity. Starting with this issue, ‘‘Famous Players’? becomes our regular sports column.
Send in your scores, stories and snaps so that all will be up-to-date on athletics at Famous.
Mary Iacobelli, Larry Pilon’s secretary, coming in for a landing in game against CFTR Radio.
Baseball
by Michelina Trigiani
@ Last spring, Dave Bambrough of Accounting and Tom Noitsis of Real Estate began ‘‘tossing around’’ an idea for a head office baseball league.
Hoping for 18 people, (a good number for competitive play) Dave and Tom’s efforts attracted over 34 enthusiastic Famous ‘‘players’’. Limiting outside competitive play to a few special event games, the great response resulted in the formation of two house teams: ‘‘The Bold Ones’’, captained by Dave and Tom’s ‘‘The Nighthawks’’.
The league’s momentum was maintained generally by moral support from head office and specifically by pitcher Doug Lowes from TCL, hardworking shortstop Ed Lew of the Print Shop and by Martha Ferency of E.D.P. — not Only did she have an ‘‘uncanny
knack for singles,’’ says Dave, but she generated interest by creating and distributing weekly flyers of games.
According to Tom, the most rewarding aspect of the league was “‘the family it created — getting people together who work together to have fun together.’’
To top off the season, the first an
Volleyball
e This past summer, a group of ‘‘very’’ spirited Famous Players employees from the Vancouver area entered a team to compete in the Courier/Labatt’s ‘80 Sea Festival Beach Volleyball Tournament.
nual baseball picnic for players and guests was held in September at Elly Weinhold’s (Personnel) farm in Claremont, Ont. The major activity? Playing baseball, of course! e
From all reports, the team did quite well and looks forward to more competitive play in next year’s Sea Festival competition.
The team members appear below.
Top Row: Edo Boersma, Manager, Richmond Square, Steve Marks, Ass’t Mgr., Richmond Square, Brent Calvert, Advertising Manager, Gordon Imlach, Mgr., Lougheed Mall, Lynn McHale, Advertising Assistant, Doug Smith, Mgr., Stanley, John Pedersen, Ass’t Mer., Downtown. Bottom Row: Raylene Clarkson, Ass’t Mgr., Capitol 6, Steve Roxborough, Ass’t
Mgr., Stanley, Cindy Pitt, Western Office. Not Shown: Patty Plewes, Ass’t Mgr., Lougheed Mail.
nostalgia
Just thought you’d all like a little retrospective look at hockey. Apparently, the above shot of TCL’s Toronto team dates back to 1951! Some of these strapping young men are still with us. Can you identity them?
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