| Day 33 - Wednesday, September 21 - Manitoba |
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| Anticipated: Play golf at Glenboro Golf
Course in Glenboro, Manitoba. |
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Travel:
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Itinerary:
Leave Donna's house for 10:30 tee time at Glenboro Golf
Course. After golf we will drive back to Donna's house
to spend the rest of the day and night with her. |
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States/Provinces Played:
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Web:
www.golfglenboro.ca
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| Actual: (Photos and text) |
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Jim with sports newscaster Dan Omand and cameraman Chris
Brinkworth from station CKX out of Brandon, Manitoba |
(Top) Presentation to Jim and Pat from Irma Wood (golf club
manager) and Sandra Hamilton (secretary of the club). (Bottom)
Greetings and presentation from Pam Barrows (golf shop staff),
and Linda Rankmore (Treasurer of club). Pat is holding a
beautiful golf tote bag made by Linda. |
Scenes from golf course, and (lower right) Pat with Harvey
Hamilton, Long-time club member. Harvey loaned us his golf cart
for the day. |
(top) Pat and Jim with cousins Bob and Olivia Jewsbury and Donna
Knight. (Lower) Maria Berry, reporter from the Glenboro Gazette |
(left) Jim at the grave of his great grandfather James Healey
and great granduncle Norman Healey in Glenboro cemetery. (right)
Jim at the grave of his grandparents, John and Mary Healey in
Brookside Cemetery in Winnipeg. |
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Yesterday, after a good night’s sleep and a delicious breakfast at
the home of Karen and Keith Boughton, we spent at least 3 hours catching
up on our daily entries. By doubling-up and playing 36 holes on Sunday,
we didn’t have much time to get our daily logs entered into the
computer, and we had to play “catch-up”. It was very enjoyable
spending some time conversing with Karen and Keith (and Jack and Erica
the previous night at dinner). We want to thank them for their wonderful
hospitality. After sending three full day’s worth of data and pictures
to “Mick”, we were on our way to Glenboro, Manitoba to the home of
Donna Knight (another of Jim’s second cousins) where we will spend two
nights. Prior to going to Donna’s home, we stopped in Glenboro so that
Pat could receive a special back massage and treatment from Donna. Donna
has a degree in reflexology (massagist or natural therapist) and has a
clinic in the town of Glenboro.
Today, Wednesday, September 21, 20005, was one of the highlight days of
our golf odyssey. We returned to the hometown of Jim’s dad, Russell
Healey. Russell was orphaned in 1902 in Winnepeg and was sent to
Glenboro to live with his Aunt Em and Uncle Hank on their farm from 1902
to 1910 (age 6-14). Glenboro is today a small farm community of 600
people right on the prairie of Manitoba (flat as a pancake, you can see
for miles). We had been to Glenboro before for Leader/Healey family
reunions (Leader was Aunt Em’s married name), but this was different.
The relatives and townspeople and especially those at Glenboro Golf and
Country Club were pleased that we chose their golf course for the
Manitoba golf club of our sojourn. We had already been written up in
several Manitoba newspapers, so our reputation as “golf nuts” had
preceded us.
We stayed at the home of my cousin Donna Knight (Emma Healey Leader’s
granddaughter) at the same farmhouse where my dad lived for 8 years.
After breakfast at Donna’s we drove to the golf course, arriving at
10:00AM for our 10:30 AM tee time. The reception at the golf course was
unbelievable. The local press was there from the Glenboro Gazette (Maria
Berry), plus several officers, club staff and many club members. We were
presented with several gifts and numerous pictures were taken.
Eventually we teed off a little after 10:30 AM as a threesome of Jim,
Pat and Bob Jewsbury (Bob is Jim’s cousin by marriage to Olivia Clisby
Jewsbury, a great-granddaughter of Emma and Hank). On the second hole,
the sports reporter (Dan Ormand) and cameraman (Chris Brinkworth) from
CKX television (Brandon) were waiting for us. We were both interviewed
and then video taped during our play of the next four holes, and it was
aired on the sports portion of the 6:00PM CKX news. Dan and Chris did an
excellent presentation (considering their subjects!), and we wish to
thank them for their time and courtesy.
After the first nine holes we stopped for a fine lunch at the club and
met several other people. More pictures were taken and then we teed off
for our second nine at 1:30 PM. We again played with Bob and had the
added pleasure of being joined by Harvey Hamilton, a long time member of
the club. We want to thank both Bob and Harv for playing with us, and
also to Harv for the use of his golf cart for the full 18-holes.
Glenboro is a beautiful 9-hole golf course and is rated as one of the
top 9-hole golf courses in Manitoba. In spite of what one would think,
the course is not flat. It is set in close proximity to the Assiniboine
River Valley, which makes it very “hilly”. There never seemed to be
a level lie. The greens are very nice, but care had to be taken to read
the subtle (and extreme) breaks before putting. The whole course was
well watered and in our opinion in great shape. The course was
originally built in the mid 1920s and had sand greens until 1972 at
which time the present day well manicured greens were constructed.
One of the highlights was our performance on the 9th green just before
our lunch break. There were about 25 people on the veranda of the
clubhouse watching as we were putting out. Believe it or not, Jim made a
40-foot putt all the way across the green; then Pat putted and made a15
footer; and then Bob, with all the pressure of his fellow townsfolk
watching, made an 8-footer! Unbelievable that we should all make those
putts—we hadn’t made anything up to that time. And to top it off,
every time we made our putts, those watching gave us a loud clapping
ovation! Jim shot 90 (yardage = 6040) and Pat shot 109 (yardage = 5694).
After golf we said our goodbyes and returned to Donna’s home for one
of her delicious suppers. We were joined by Fred Jackson, a friend of
Donna’s who had supplied many of the fresh vegetables for the dinner.
At 6:15PM we watched CKX, and to reiterate, the presentation was very
well done. Another second cousin, Sherman Leader came later in the
evening and we had a good visit with him.
It’s impossible to thank all those who made our day so pleasant, but
we certainly wish to thank Donna, Olivia and Bob, Sherman, and Harvey,
plus all those associated with the golf course and Glenboro. At the risk
of leaving some out, our thanks for their hospitality to Linda Rankmore,
Pam Barrows, Irma Wood, Sandra Hamilton, Maria Berry and Ryan Diehl
(club president). Today was a day that we’ll never forget. We only
wish that Jim’s dad had been here for our sentimental journey.
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