Manitoba Organization: Manitoba Curling Association / Manitoba Ladies Curling Association
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Formed in November 1888, until 1908 it was the Manitoba Branch of the Royal Caledonian Curling Club. Renamed the Manitoba Curling Association, it became Curl Manitoba in 2009.
The Manitoba Ladies Curling Association was formed in 1924. It operated until amalgamation with the Manitoba Curling Association in 2000.
Presidents
Presidents (Manitoba Ladies Curling Association)
Term |
President |
1924-1926 |
Marion Rachel Rowlands (Smith) (1885-1961) |
1926-1927 |
Anne Sophia Gilmer (Moore) (1874-1950) |
1927-1928 |
Vira May Argue (Anderson) (1885-1928) |
1928-1929 |
Helena “May” Rankin (Dagg) (1892-1957) |
1929-1930 |
Marguerite [Margaret] Walsh (1888-1954) |
1930-1931 |
Mary Helen “Molly” Collins (Kirton) (1890-1989) |
1931-1932 |
Mary Elizabeth Berry (1881-1967) |
1932-1933 |
Alma “Lillian” “Simmie” Simpson (Dolton) (1886-1981) |
1933-1934 |
Vera Gertrude McAlpine (Lee) (1895-1988) |
1934-1935 |
Elsie Kathleen “Kay” Johnson (Montgomery) (1898-1972) |
1935-1936 |
Elizabeth Wilson (McFaul) (1883-1977) |
1936-1937 |
Essie Lupton (Tait) (1883-1969) |
1937-1938 |
Helen Maud Cochrane (Wilson) (1887-1946) |
1938-1939 |
Rositta Shaw (Fararrio) (1881-1954) |
1939-1940 |
Catherine Watt (1891-1984) |
1940-1941 |
Isabella Greig “Isabel” Wylie (Reilly) (1891-1975) |
1941-1942 |
Elizabeth “Betty” Munro (Boyle) (1890-1964) |
1942-1943 |
Clara Elizabeth Floyd (Pollock) (1890-1978) |
1943-1944 |
Annie Selena “Ann” Acheson )Holmes) (1894-1977) |
1944-1945 |
Doris Fraser (Busbridge) (1896-1993) |
1945-1946 |
Kathleen Marzette Dudley (Cain) (1887-1959) |
1946-1947 |
Myrtle Mary Gibson (Winfield) (1898-1984) |
1947-1948 |
Mary McIntosh Phillips (Tait) (1906-1972) |
1948-1949 |
Muriel Elva Beech (Scaife) (?-2003) |
1949-1950 |
Annie Ferguson McGregor (Young) (1889-1978) |
1950-1951 |
Agnes Thorsteinson (Ketter) (1908-2002) |
1951-1952 |
Margaret Essie “Daisy” Brust (Graff) (1889-1979) |
1952-1953 |
Bessie McIntyre (Clitsome) (1893-1974) |
1953-1954 |
Treasure Leona “Treg” Rigby (Muggaberg) (1901-1974) |
1954-1955 |
Marjorie Violet “Marge” Palmer (Hay) (1900-1973) |
1955-1956 |
Martha Gates “Daisy” Hutchison (Slasor) (1902-1999) |
1956-1957 |
Elvira Jennie “Vera” Cassidy (Kellberg) (1894-1973) |
1957-1958 |
Aileen Hazel Prest (Maddison) (1914-1983) |
1958-1959 |
Harriet “Marjorie” Houston (Carefoot) (1903-1987) |
1959-1960 |
Laura Clark (Gallinger) (1889-1966) |
1960-1961 |
Etta Ida Greenberg (Levinson) (1904-1992) |
1961-1962 |
Katherine “Kay” Balcaen (Rubis) (1908)-1985) |
1962-1963 |
Lura Margretta Price McLuckie (1912-1998) |
1963-1964 |
Edith Mildred Houston (Johnston) (1916- 2009) |
1964-1965 |
Christina “Ina” Senebald (Watt) (1914-1989) |
1965-1966 |
Miriam Alexandra Cameron (McKinnon) (1907-1982) |
1966-1967 |
Agnes Hilda “Joan” Whalley (White) (1918-2015) |
1967-1968 |
Gladys May Darling (Hannah) (1912-2009) |
1968-1969 |
Eleanor Mae Clarke (Hazelwood) (1899-2000) |
1969-1970 |
Alice Erna Oterholm (Kach) (1911-2007) |
1970-1971 |
Vera Willena Regent (Blair) (1907-1980) |
1971-1972 |
Barbara “Helen” McDiarmid (Auger) (1920-2007) |
1972-1973 |
Marion Lynch Ada (1915-1993) |
1973-1974 |
Edna Fern Moffatt (Buck) (1919-1995) |
1974-1975 |
Joan M. Martin (Anderson) (1929-1989) |
1975-1976 |
Agnes Isabella McDougall (Robertson) (1918-2008) |
1976-1977 |
Edith Myrtle Tipping (Feasey) (1916-2004) |
1977-1978 |
Mona Cove Dixon (Cove) (1920-2012) |
1978-1979 |
Beryl Ann Harding (Watkins) (1923-2011) |
1979-1980 |
Mary Voss (Cryderman) (1925-2013) |
1980-1981 |
Shirley Elizabeth Bray (Walker) (1929-2020) |
1981-1982 |
Ina Light |
1982-1983 |
Mary Margaret “Marg” Ritchie (Norell) (1925-2017) |
1983-1984 |
Edna May McKinnon ( Bryndze ) (1925-2012) |
1984-1985 |
Janet Cole Davidson (Thomas) (1933-2010) |
1985-1986 |
Verna Marie Petrick (Lorette) (1927-2016) |
1986-1987 |
Nell Stoughton |
1987-1988 |
Margaret “Bernice” Lowe (Strachan) (1918-2018) |
1988-1989 |
Isla Hagborg |
1989-1990 |
Leila Farrell |
1990-1991 |
Judy Brown |
1991-1992 |
Beryl Fallis |
1992-1993 |
Lorna Marshall |
1993-1994 |
Bev Wait |
1994-1995 |
Sylvia Erickson |
1995-1996 |
Caryn Blashko |
1996-1997 |
Audrey Hogg |
1997-1998 |
Nancy Rummery |
1998-1999 |
Lorraine Margaret Toth (Horn) (1940-2002) |
1999-2000 |
Edie Caron |
See also
An Interview with C. H. Scrymgeour by Morris Mott and John Allardyce
Manitoba History, Number 14, Autumn 1987
Sources:
“Genial head of Manitoba Curling Association,” Manitoba Free Press, 5 February 1910, page 19.
“Curlers prepare for next season,” Winnipeg Tribune, 25 April 1914, page 32.
“J. Fred Palmer is president of curling body,” Winnipeg Tribune, 22 April 1915, page 10.
“Great winter carnival aim of curlers for next big bonspiel,” Winnipeg Tribune, 20 April 1916, page 10.
“T. H. Verner chosen to pilot Manitoba Curling Association,” Winnipeg Tribune, 19 April 1917, page 12.
“Andrew Wilson is new president of Manitoba Curling,” Winnipeg Tribune, 18 April 1918, page 12.
“John O’Hare is president Manitoba Curling Assn., Palmer again secretary,” Winnipeg Tribune, 22 April 1920, page 17.
“Manitoba Curling Assn. proposed to shorten ‘spiel; Chisholm is new president,” Winnipeg Tribune, 21 April 1921, page 14.
“W. O. Graham is chosen president of Manitoba Curling Association,” Winnipeg Tribune, 20 April 1922, page 12.
“Curlers name committees,” Winnipeg Tribune, 25 April 1923, page 10.
“W. Griffith is new head of Manitoba Curling Assn.,” Winnipeg Tribune, 16 April 1925, page 14.
“Robert Jacob elected president Curling Association,” Winnipeg Tribune, 22 April 1926, page 14.
“Manitoba Curling Association honors Malcolm Campbell,” Winnipeg Tribune, 21 April 1927, page 14.
“George J. Cameron elected president of Curling Assn.,” Winnipeg Tribune, 19 April 1928, page 14.
“Curlers select R. J. Gourley as 1930-31 president,” Winnipeg Tribune, 17 April 1930, page 10.
“Johnny Erzinger president of Manitoba curling body,” Winnipeg Tribune, 21 April 1932, page 14.
“Manitoba Curling Association honors prominent men,” Winnipeg Tribune, 20 April 1933, page 12.
“Hudson name here to stay?,” Winnipeg Free Press, 28 April 1967, page 46.
We thank Terry Webber, Nathan Kramer, and Rick Mutton for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 23 March 2022
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