Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 10, 1963, Winnipeg, Manitoba Free press saturday August 10, was preparing for the bombers first Home league game this monday 33 bomber ettes and the 90-member David Thompson Elmwood High school band rehearse a number. At left is Douglas Scharer sousaphone is and at right Beverley Raf Nielsson with her Bass Clef baritone. Inset in foreground is Iris Reynolds in some of the routines of sing ing in the rain. And rain or Hail Snow or sleet the game will be played there is no record of a local game Ever being cancelled because of weather. The bombers have played in temperatures ranging from Over 100 degrees in 1958 at grand Forks North Dakota right Down to 10 above Zero. They like it about 45 degrees. Fall fever composite photo above by de Burroughs arranged by Edith Paterson mrs. Kenny Ploen whips up a chocolate icing for a Ploen cake shortly before the arrival of other players wives who were to join her in front of the to while their husbands played an out of town game. Plain or fancy the bowl Licking tasted pretty Good to her daughter Kendra aged.2, and one year old Douglas Ploen. Of the 34 play ers 19 Are married and Between the 19 couples at last count there were 52 children or. And mrs. Farrell fun ton have seven and the Hal led Yards Are next with six. Coach Bud Grant sets the example with a family of five. S Jam 1s edinblur9" according to official s of the Winnipeg Alono w it i l i m the we take idea is catching on rapidly some with the groups even requesting the same bus year after year. N i a be Adymy the grounds in preparation for the game Are from left Jerry Hallock starting up the Spray machine Stanley Ludkiewicz with the line Marker and Pete Hallock hauling the Stencil for the Yard Marks. Considerable clean ing up is required after each game too largely because of the amount of eating that goes on. Takes around two thousand hot dogs to feed the crowd at an average game Well excited fingers dip into some 400 bag of roasted peanuts and 300 bags of potato chips to Lay Noth ing of Popcorn and chewing gum. The More exciting the game the faster the fans Munch according to the Cater ers and sales soar along with the score. No estimate is available of the tremendous number of Gallons of Coffee and soft drinks consumed. W i we a _ s i volunteers sell programs at the games with a Small commission on sales going to their favorite charities. From left Are Norma Hutchison Katie Ann Urquhart Laura Asselstine and Shirlie Stephen. Some fans crowd into the stadium during a season with average attendance around biggest crowd was at a Blue Gold game in 1962, when close to fans turned out to watch the match. There Are nearly season ticket holders some of whom come regularly from As far away As Kenora ont., Brandon and pm Falls Man. I ;