Wednesday, June 16, 2021
Southpoint Sun - 23
Chris Cincurak (second left) received a trophy and a $225 cash prize for winning the 6th Annual Roger Beaupre Match Play Tourney as tournament namesake Roger Beaupre (left) presents the trophy. Runner-up Julie Ferguson (second right) received a $110 cheque from John Nikosey (right). It was the first time a female had won the event and the first time two women competed for the title. – Photo courtesy of the C. Scott Holland collection
Historical finish in bowling event
By C. Scott Holland History was made at the 6th annual Roger Beaupre Match Play Tourney held at Empire Lanes in Leamington during June 1982. Chris Cincurak became the tournament’s first female champion and it was the first time that two female competitors vied for the title. The semi-final and final games were played on
the same night and it was evident during the semis that the two female bowlers were on a course that would have them meet in the finals. Each one took a commanding lead in their respective semi-finals contest. Julie Ferguson topped her opponent Rob Barna by a 17-pin margin and Chris Cincurak defeated Roger Wiebe, also by a 17-
pin count. The two ladies kept the finals relatively close as Ferguson bowled a 126, 157 and 127 for a 410 triple, while Cincurak emerged the first female champion of the tournament by compiling a 149, 139 and 149 for a 537 triple. In total, 16 other players received cash prizes in the event.
1929 Marquette had window curtains
THE OLD CAR DETECTIVE Bill Sherk Several years ago, I met the late Jim Kennedy through our local historical society here in Leamington. His family operated Kennedy Cleaners, now under new ownership. I remember Jim telling me that the first car owned by the Kennedy family was a 1929 Marquette sedan with fringed curtains on the inside and a windshield that pushed out from the bottom. The car was built like a tank and could pull almost any other vehicle out of the mud. It was nicknamed “the Clunk!” I suspect the car earned that nickname because of a worn-out universal joint which made a “clunk” sound whenever the driver shifted gears. Sadly, it was allowed to deteriorate behind Gerald Scratch’s Studebaker ga-
rage on Talbot Street East. It was vandalized and probably eventually scrapped. The Marquette was introduced in May 1929 by General Motors as a less expensive companion car to the Buick. It was powered by a six-cylinder flathead engine with 212 cubic inches cranking out 67 horsepower. The idea of a companion car came from GM President Alfred P. Sloan, who believed that GM should build a car for every purse and pocketbook. With car sales steadily rising through the 1920s, that idea seemed to make sense. The Oakland was given Pontiac, Cadillac was given LaSalle, Oldsmobile was given Viking, and Buick was given Marquette. With the stock market crash of October 1929, everything changed. The Marquette and Viking were soon discontinued, the Pontiac survived but the more expensive Oakland was scrapped, and only the LaSalle remained with Cadillac until 1940. The Chevrolet was the only car not given a companion car, probably because it was already selling so well. In 1927, Chevrolet sold over a million cars for the first time. Although the Marquette owned by the Kennedy family was apparently scrapped, maybe some of the parts were used to fix up another Marquette. Another story for another day! I’m always looking for stories. Email billtsherk@ sympatico.ca.
Internet photo of 1929 Marquette.
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