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Jim Riddell’s Sports Talk

with Area Seniors

UPCOMING
John Morris Wheeler – A Fan EVENTS

Favourite at the Mille Roches Arena
2019 Canadian Broomball
ohn Morris Wheeler was born in Championships
J1929 on the family farm, which
lies just on the edge of the village April 10-14
of St. Andrews. A previous owner Benson Centre
of the property, Neil McLean, had 2019canadianbroomballnationals.com
been granted the land for his military ~
service and had built a square timber
house on the property in 1787, which St. Lawrence Marathon
was replaced in 1883 by the current April 27
farmhouse. John Morris and his five Cornwall
brothers all attended the St. Andrew’s stlawrencemarathon.com
Convent School which was situated ~
across the street from the church.
Sister Ermalinda Sloan, a teacher at Cornwall Motor
the school was a real hockey enthusiast Speedway Season Opener
and always ensured that the students May 19
had a rink with boards to develop
their hockey skills on. She would Cornwall Motor
stand by the side of the rink with her Speedway
whistle and control the action on the www.cornwallspeedway.com
ice. Sister Ermalinda was the aunt of ~
Tod Sloan who played for the Toronto
Maple Leafs and the Chicago Black 5K Purple Fun Run
Hawks during the late 1950s and early June 15
60s. St. Andrew’s hockey team would Photo Submitted Lamoureux Park
play games against strong teams from www.sassforwomen.ca
Saint Columban’s and Nativity. Orval Cornwall’s Oldest Paint, ~
Blind & Shutter Store.
Tessier, who went on to play for Family owned Business Since 1988
the Montreal Canadiens and Boston Cornwall Waterfest
Bruins and later coached the Cornwall August 10
Royals and Chicago Black Hawks, was Presents “Famous Sports Quotes”
playing for Nativity. Saint Columban’s Cornwall Canal
had Neil Burke who would later play “The road to Easy Street goes through the sewer.” cornwallwaterfest.com
for the Montreal Jr. Canadiens and ~
then the Cincinnati Mohawks in the John Madden Cornwall Triathlon
International Hockey League. August 24-25
The Raisin River was a great place to
improve skating and John Morris and Cornwall
his five brothers took full advantage www.cornwalltriathlon.com
often skating west to near Harrisons ~
Corners in the morning and east
towards Martintown in the afternoon. ALL BLINDS Shorty Jenkins Classic
Lacrosse was a sport that John Morris September 11-15
enjoyed, playing for the West End Cornwall Curling Centre
Eagles, losing in the seventh game of www.cornwallcurling.ca
the playoffs to the Cornwall Sports ~
Club for the league championship. UP %
During the late 40’s and early 50’s SAVE 50 2020 Ontario Curling
John Morris played for an Alexandria TO Championships
lacrosse team that consisted of several January 28 - February 2
players from Ottawa including former
Ottawa Rough Rider Lally Lalonde. SOL-R Cornwall Civic Complex
Another local player Bill Manning www.cornwalltourism.com
was the goaltender on that Alexandria Since 1988
team. John Morris’s lacrosse career Celebrating 31 years
came to an early end when he was For info on these and
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