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SHOOTING SPORTS CONTINUED
There was no shortage of shooting games to play. Karen Nalley of Libby, MT (pictured top right) called
herself the “Circle Pusher”. She had no trouble filling sheet after sheet of gamblers willing to put money
on a circle hoping it would be the winner as Mark (pictured left) blasted the paper with a load of shot.
From the target board the paper was taken back to the club
house where Walt Stephenson’s (pictured left under Mark)
where one of his many jobs was to examine each sheet and
see who ‘s circle won, i.e. had the most holes in it.
It wasn’t long until you could smell the burgers cooking on the
grill and the call of Bingo numbers from the club house. Tony
Johnson (pictured middle right) of Troy had the whole place
smelling like a burger joint as orders was coming from the
club house kitchen one after another.
Alicia Western and Cindy Johnson (pictured bottom right)
both of Troy, MT was, as they referred to the “Bun Warmers”.
They kept that kitchen operating like a brand new Singer
Sewing machine. Fries got dipped in hot grease and meals
were served to the Bingo players that lined the tables. One
shooter after another would slip in for a meal on the run so
they could get back into the shooting action.
Mary Stephenson (pictured bottom left), Walts better half
held down the Bingo activities . Mary opened the freezer to
show me the hundreds of packages of Daly’s bacon she had
wrapped by hand for the winning shooters. Walt how do you
keep up with this lady? Continued on next page

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Darby’s fish!