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FIFTY 2D Scugog Citizen -- Tuesday, February 13, 1996 -- 7 p LIFESTYLES Still sweeping after half a century by Heather McCrae For almost 50 years curling's been a good part of Merlin Suggitt's life. The Cartwright man's been curling since the*fall of '49 when the Blackstock Curling Club originated and is the only original member still active. Back when the Club began, a membership was ' a bargain. A one - year membership was $6., or $10. gave you a two - year term. When $200. was collected, Merlin recalled how he and another member, Milton Fisher, drove to Hamilton in Suggitt's new '49 Ford truck to purchase the Club's first 50 stones. Merlin says the Club gave a . free team membership to the igh school each year" One team he recalls that won a junior bonspiel in Lindsay was comprised of teen- agers Brian Hamilton, Harvey Graham, Howard Black and Ben Hooyer. Because natural ice was used, surface conditions always varied. Merlin recalled one night when the ice was particularly heavy, a fellow curler gave his rock a mighty shove, sending it all the way down centre ice, on out the doors at the west end - and outside! Pharmacist Speaker Since Merlin's been curling the family has donated thé Suggitt Trophy, which is awarded every year to the mens' team with the highest score. But curling hasn't monopolized all his time. Working off the farm for 30 years, Merlin was Superintendent of Roads in Scugog Township. Then, when regional government came into effect,/he was the assistant super- intendent up until his retirement in 1985. In salubrious health all his life, Merlin, now 71, attributes his fine form to Dora's good cooking "and getting up every morning and having something interesting to do" he says. Living near Lake Scugog he loves to fish year round, casting for bass, muskie or pickerel in the summer or ~ dropping a line in the SCUGOG MOVING#& STORAGE INC. winter for "the big one". An avid hunter of wild game, snowmobiling is also a sport Merlin enjoys. But he likes indoor activities, too. Whether it's euchre, poker'or cribbage, he enjoys a game/of cards. For the past 30 years Merlin's been playing poker withthe same group of guys every Tuesday night. "Rain or shine, Tuesday's been our night" he chuckled. And he loves tinkering with metal. Having developed the knack of working with metal in the thirties when he worked at y Bill Sanderson's Black- smith Shop in Jdnetville, Merlin's often repairing or building gomething. Married 50 years, Merlin and *Dora- have two children, are grandparents to seven and have two great - grandchildren. The upcoming Golden Slider bonspiel is always a lot of fun. Having curled in it twice when Blackstock won, Merlin--hgpes to compete in it agflin this year. Does Merlin plan to continue this sport? 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