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Jim Riddell’s Sports Talk
Presents with Area Seniors: Ellery Maloney,
Serving You Since 1937
Don Orton, and Keith McMillan
combined age of 274.” Keith was a
caddy at the club back in the early
1950’s. “I was only about 12 years
old, and at that time it was a nine
By Jim Riddell hole course, with caddies getting
paid $1.50 for 18 holes. There were
or the past several years, weather about ten of us, and we would sit
Fpermitting, Ellery Maloney, there waiting for someone needing
Don Orton, and Keith McMillan a caddy, there were no guarantees
have been getting together every and some days not everyone would
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday to caddy. Bob Dean was the Club
play 18 holes at Pro at the time and the caddies
were allowed to play on Monday
Golf and Country Club. What
makes this unique are their ages, mornings. We didn’t have our own
clubs, so we would have to borrow
Keith is the youngest at 83, Ellery
is 94, and Don is 97. Don and Ellery clubs from one of the members to Photo Submitted
be able to play. Not everyone was
are the two oldest members at the
Cornwall Golf and Country Club. willing to lend their clubs out, but
we learned pretty quickly which
“People like to add our age’s up”
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Don said, “ the three of us have a
