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Presents Jim Riddell’s Sports Talk

with Area Senior

The Begg Family -Dan, Stewart, and Ron

was a widow, whose first husband
(Howard) had been killed in
The Begg family’s involvement Europe during WW 2 and she had
in Cornwall minor sports began three children: Joan, Douglas, and
around 1950 following a meeting Barbara. Needing a bigger income
that Dan Begg, the family patriarch, then the farm could provide, the
had with Bob Turner, Cornwall’s family moved to Cornwall with
first Recreation Director. Dan the children all growing up as one
organized minor softball leagues family. Dan got a full-time job at
and took it upon himself to ensure Howard Smith Paper Mill, working
that kids playing got the equipment there until his retirement in 1976.
Left to right, Ron, Stewart and Dan Begg. Photo Submitted
that they needed. Begg’s sons, Describing his youth, Dan’s son,
Stewart and Ron, both played Ron recalls, “We grew up in the lights for the gang to skate on and Chisolm, Mohawk Associates, and
hockey and lacrosse growing up,
neighborhood of Sixth Street West play hockey and, as long as we other locals met to organize minor
going on to coach and officiate.
with a group of friends that knocked scraped it and kept it orderly, he lacrosse in the city of Cornwall.”
Daniel Victor Begg was born around together from Kindergarten allowed us to use it (Thank-you Minor lacrosse became a success
near the proud farming community until we all grew up. Sports- wise, Mr.B!). My skating ability wasn’t story, providing recreation for
of Moose Creek. He was the only we had King George Park, where the greatest so it seemed that I was
thousands of youths over the years
son of Melvin and Violet Begg, I learned to skate wearing Bob the goalie each scrimmage game.
and producing several eventual
who raised prize Ayreshire cattle skates and black painted figure My brother, Stewart went on to members of the Cornwall Sports
on their 400-acre family farm. skates, and later I got my first new excel in hockey, skating in the
Hall of Fame. Dan became
At age 34, Dan met Verna Hazel CCM skates. We had an elderly minor hockey, Jr. B, and industrial
President of the Eastern Ontario
Burson (Bergeron) on a blind date neighbour, Mr. Belanger, who leagues. Dad, along with his
and they went on to marry. Verna made a good sized rink with night colleagues Bill Campbell, Colin Continued on pag 14

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