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Most dowsers seem to like nothing better than to regale skeptics with their accomplishments. Clarence Hollett of Willow Shade, Ky., styles himself as "the Mr. Doodlebug." In the dowser lexicon, doodlebugs are a special breed - diviners for oil. Hollett, a rotund, barrel-chested man, says he has found wells that produce 1 ,000 bbl. a day and, if only he hadn't been swindled by so-called friends, he might be a millionaire. He also dabbles in healing and dowses for gold. "Don't believe me?" he asks, and promptly borrows a gold ring from a cynical listener...
That suggestion sat ill on independent Newfoundland stomachs. Member Malcolm Hollett's gorge rose. He stood up, said, "If I make a speech I might lose my temper," and sat down. Member Gordon Higgins kept his temper and made a speech: people in other parts of the Empire might act "like rats leaving a sinking ship," but not in Newfoundland, the Empire cornerstone...
Captain Traf Hicks and Goaler Wint Freedley, unlike their team-mates, had a pretty easy time of it. For they played with the Bruins liens. Traf paired with Flash Hollett on defense and picked up a few valuable pointers. Vint had only to stop occasional attempts of the Crimson lines and a shot or two from the stick of burly Jack Portland who was the only other defenseman there besides Hoilett...
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