The Wausau Curling Club will always occupy a special place in my heart. My family growing up (I was born in 1928) were all curlers.. my father, Robbie Robertson was an excellent curler, and an early teammate of Howard Morrison, one of the founders.
I curled against the Mr. Morrison, and his son, Sammy Morrison, while in High School. Sam was an outstanding athlete.. I later played basketball with him in High School (1943-44-45). The clubs did not own curling stones in those days, and my family had the privilege of using a members stones... D.C.Everest. The ole DCE's
took us to many victories. My dads team for a period was Ted Hochtrict, Dave
Obey, and Harold Hochtrict... they were so unbeatable, that the club broke up the team and Hochtrict and Obey formed their own teams that were equally as succesful.
My two brothers, Dobbie and Mal, and I , learned to curl... and teamed up with my Dad in 1945, when we moved to Appleton to form the "Robertson Rink". We curled all over Wisconsin, the boys curled at Lawrence University and started the lawrence Curling program (late forties) with Art Denny , Athletic Director. I read about the new curling facility and plan to bring my wife to Wausau, hopefully, this week and make a tour. Looking forward to the visit... will stomp around our homestead and neighborhood on the West side also. Of course, the Robertson's are Scots.
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