Manitoba Organization: Eaton Curling Club

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The club, comprised of staff and family members of the T. Eaton Company, was formed in the 1924-1925 season. Not having a physical building, they rented ice at various city clubs. The club had the largest membership in the city in the late 1940s. For the 1948-1949 season, the club acquired the old Grain Exchange Curling Club with four sheets at 111 Mayfair Avenue and affiliated with the Manitoba Curling Association. The building had structural issues in 1968 and they moved to the Highlander until the club disbanded after the 1973 -1974 season.

Presidents

Period

President

1924-1925

Alexander “Sandy” Stewart

1925-1926

?

1926-1927

Charles Gilbert Perry (1886-1976)

1927-1929

George Allen

1929-1930

?

1930-1934 

Lorne Wishart “Wish” Houston (1889-1968)

1934-1935

John Laing

1935-1936

Wilson McIntosh (1881-1943)

1936-1937

?

1937-1938

?

1938-1939

John E. Stronach (1882-1949)

1939-1941

George Earl Ramsy

1941-1943

Ken Sutherland

1943-1945

John Johnston

1945-1947

John “Jack” Thompson

1947-1948

Sydney Cannon Florence (1904-1974)

1948-1949

Finlay Gregg Tease (1890-1973)

1949-1950

Jack Morrison (1890-1953)

1950-1951

Eliaz Clayton Tucker (1885-1955)

1951-1952

Leonard Augustus “Len” Wimble (1902-1973)

1952-1953

John “Jack” Newton (1905-1986)

1953-1954

Sydney John “Syd” Lentle (1924-2015)

1954-1955

Hugh Elliott Caldwell (1911-1987)

1955-1956

David Mackie (1904-1975)

1956-1957

William “Bill” Hogg

1957-1958

Robert Allan “Bob” Ferguson (1914-2001)

1958-1959

Wallace Patrick “Wally” Reid (1926-1971)

1959-1960

Frederick W. Bergman (1928-2017)

1960-1961

Frederick Morgan “Ted” Ritchie (1925-2019)

1961-1962

Gordon H. Garden

1962-1963

Gordon Herbert George Walker (1902-1974)

1963-1964

Patrick “Pat” Milne (1922-2013)

1964-1965

Ralph Walker

1965-1966

Joseph “Joe” Donaghy (1912-1992)

1966-1967

James “Jim” Thomson

1966-1968

Stanley Gordon “Stan” Mathias (1908-1993)

1968-1969

G. E. Filyk

1969-1970

Douglas “Doug” Brault (1919-2011)

1970-1971

Aubrey Godfrey Nixon (1928-1993)

1971-1972

Errol William Klinck (1940-2018)

1972-1974

Stanley Bilyk

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We thank Ross Tucker for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Rick Mutton and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 4 January 2024