Memorabilia-Inspired Musing Shows Time Travel Is Possible

Marilyn Blazetich Sarkis, shown holding a commemorative helmet with her father’s years of service, 1952-85. (Photos by Joe Barkovich)

Mike’s Second World War draft notice.

Marilyn with Crowland Fire Department record book for July 7, 1949 to May 10, 1951.

Record book shows call made to Blazetich family home. Mom Rose was transported to Welland hospital for delivery of her daughter Roxann.

Photos from conventions held in Crowland, Welland.

Championship ball team pic, Mike Blazetich is second from left, standing.

Grand slam ball, hit in a game against Fort Erie.

Newspaper clipping from game in which grand slam was hit.

Newspaper clippings, pages, photos provide a great compilation of fire department history over the years. This front-page is from April 28, 1962.

WELLAND – Marilyn Blazetich Sarkis is in possession of a vast cache of memorabilia from her late father, Michael Blazetich.
It is rich in its diversity: items from his career as a firefighter, instructor and deputy chief; gifted athlete, particularly baseball; time in the military during the Second World War; personal life and more.
It came into her care when she and her husband Ray purchased, then moved into, the Blazetich homestead last year.
Here’s a small sampling:
Fire department records, scrapbooks of black and white fire photos, concrete marker from the Crowland Fire Department circa 1935, nozzles, ambulance call records from when firemen had that duty, playday ribbons and medals from the 1930s, OBA cards of all the players from the 1950s, ball mitt, cleats, lunch pail from Page-Hersey days, military dog tags, Morse code notes, and more. Poring over the contents shows time travel is possible, Marilyn says.

She talked about the collection, her emotional attachment to it and the responsibility that comes from having it, for a newspaper interview published recently. It can be accessed at:
https://www.wellandtribune.ca/opinion-story/9642216-joe-barkovich-hey-i-m-a-blazetich-memorabilia-from-a-life-well-lived/