SOUTH BRUCE – South Bruce and area hockey fans will have an opportunity to recall the exploits and accomplishments of the community’s championship hockey teams from the 1940s and ‘50s at the Mildmay ice rink this weekend. “Memories of the Monarchs” is the theme as the Walkerton Capitals Junior Hockey Club pays tribute to the…
In the early 1950s, Mildmay Monarchs hockey offence was distributed through several forward lines, including the trio of Don McAlpine, Gerald “Beamer” Borho and Jim Kunkel. McAlpine and Kunkel were Mildmay residents, while Borho lived in the valley village of Formosa. McAlpine now resides in London, while his linemates have passed away. (Photo courtesy Morris Schmalz)