The bierald - Loggers Supplement . ~~ Looking back on Loggers The Down Town Lions have Dean Hull of Quesnel, lake the hosed. the Terrace Loggers top longer" prise, , Sports fer thirteen years in- loggers in the province. Reeve of Terrace, Walter Yeo, Here is a *history of . the scamper up a 50° plus, sports in all. ~ Loggers, gleaned’ from ‘the pole. Mr. Yeo made the climb in This year the fun came when two brothers, Paul-and Bob Du- back issues. ~ Yeo then issued a challenge to mont challenged anyone with a 960° _° the MLA. Dudley Little, of- chain saw to a bucking race. fering a one dollar donation for The only catch was that Paul No information can be found. every foot thal Little managed and Bob would saw with a cross- culhand saw. Confident loggers Little wenl to the task with ‘ecided to take them on — and tf wouldn't you know it-- the Du- Close to three thousand peco- = zest and made it fifteen feet be monts beat "em. with room to pages of the Terrace Herald's an admirable time. L961 ta climb the pole. ple were in attendance for‘the fore stopping to light a second Logger's Sports and saw i Welcome _ Loggers TO THE. _ 14th Annual Sports Days | TERRACE & DISTRICT CREDIT UNION Your Credit Union Offers High Interest 10:00 am - 5:30 pm de TERM DEPOSITS Fri 10:00 om - 8:00 pm %& SAVINGS ACCOUNTS Sat 10:06 am - % CHEQUING ACCOUNTS A Tues - Thurs LOGGERS For All Your | oo _ ; Work & Dress | where Service comes “First” sags The La cers 5 ris were held cluding this year. During that ~,O5€ of the highlights of the on the — &: weekend al time the event has always dra- CVenlt was when the cilizens the Civic Center Grounds. wn big crowds and the top G#aledabout $230 lo the Lions, again three thousand people sa- far the right to watch the then w the events, a total of eleven The Loggers Sports moved ta the Agar Avenue Park this - year, and a gala evenl it was. Not only were there the loggers sporls, but a women’s softball even 6 live display of reptiles. One of the special attractions was a-visil by anny Sailor, a California :.an, who performed very admirably on the spar tree. He scaled the 99 foot spar in less than. thirty seconds. and then proceeded to do the ‘Twist’ on the 12" top of the spar, A cou- ple of headstands and various other acrobatic manoveurs, and then in a dazzling display, drop his brightly colored hat from the pole and raced it to the bottom. And wen. Miss Barbara Letnus was crowned Queen of th the event and Peter Holmquist won the Bull of the Woods title. Second place went to Ole Eide. Again it was Peter Holmquis finishing first in the Bull of the Woods race, and again se- cond went to Ole Eide, 2,500 people attended the show, two % “hundred attended a special f& teenagers dance and there were over three -hundred -people at . the Loggers's Ball.. Sailor was back again, this ti- © THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1974. Sports me competing. He won the tree topping competition handily. with a near-record time. _:1965 Hol tournament, a Fall Fair and; ; anti unt and Bide were peck . throughout the event. Then ca2- -: me came the axe throw. Eide .- took ‘that event and the Bull of the Woods honors. Over $2,000 in prizes were up - for grabs and again, the Loggers Sports were joined bby _ various other events. There was square dancing, children’s ga- | mes, games of chance and. an old car smash. There were fourteen events at this Loggers Sports and it was a fantastic success in terms of co- mpatition and attendance. 1966 The Loggers Sports moved once more, this time to the Skoglund Hot Springs area. Bad weather forced -the po ponement of the Sports for one ‘week, bul when they time rolled ~ arund they went at it with a passion. Ole Eide topped the Loggers for the second year running and again Peter Holmquist placed — second. This year there was so- mething different as a woman, — Mrs. Faye § Short took third pie" ~ WELCOME» LOGGERS TERRACE DRUGS | « LAKELSE PHARMACY i Phat © TMURSDAY, MAY 23, 1976 _ The Sports - Axe throwin. gz . _. brings out crowd “Axe” throwing competitions are always big crowd drawers US-when loggers sports days are cals held. You have -a muscular :+/ Jogger tensed at the line, experimently swinging the axe; ‘locsening bis muscles for the 1 > throw. Suddenly, he brings it ., back and sends if flying for the \.Small wooden target. The “« double blades of the axe glint in ; othe :sun as it spins its way , through the air. Then, with a satisfying -thud, the head is buried deep in the wooden ; * ager. are the axes that were used: years ago, before the advent of such things as power «The Herald - Loggers Supplement - x saws. One, or several loggers 4epending on the size of the tree, would go. to. work with these, straining and sweating , chips flying as the axe kite deeper and deeper into the fresh wood. After a spate of feverish activity, t-i-m-b-e-r, and dawn came the tree. What more logical way for a man who spent the day with an ‘axe in his hand to relax, then with his axe? As time passed, the past-time ‘grew to be a - eompetition and then further grew ta the present day and the highly skilled entrants in the the axe throw event. tKALUM MOTEL i WELCOMES LOGGERS = x LET US PUT A ROOF | }OVER YOUR HEAD Fe 33NEWUNITS = | — MOST WITH KITCHENS - SAMPLE. ROOM. COLOUR TW ~ BRIDAL SUITE. [fe SOME WITH WATERBEDS YOUR HOSTS © Jeny & Joy Hopiner Phone HWY . 16 W. 635-2364... tere, ne FOR RESERVATIONS ~ 1972 WINNERS IN THE TRUCK. ‘RODEO o. Best Wishes To This Year's CONTESTANTS S ; | Terrace International | FRUGCK & EQUIPMENT LTD. 5020. 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