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QUICKLY .. EWALD NEUHAUS Coach of Donevan Collegiate's - A CHAIR OTHER TEENS SAY Todays Youth Reads Too Little By LEE-ANN PAINE (Blenheim High, Chatham) Teenagers today are accused of being poorly read collective- ly, and I think this is one ac- cusation that is true. By read- ing I do not mean a glimpse through the funny and sports section of our daily newspaper, or the reading of the latest screen magazine, but the read- ing of an enjoyable informative book. This decrease in reading by adults, as well as teenagers, is blamed on a growing interest in television and the movies. These provide entertainment without any effort, either phy- sical or mental, and readily at- tract the mentally lazy. But, to my knowledge, teenagers on the whole are not a mentally inac- tive group; rather they have in- quisitive, active minds. Thus, there must be some other reason for the disinterest in reading. Ridicule by others because of |an interest in books during ele- mentary school, as well as vent a person from cultivating | should be developed. This is one lof the reasons for the decline of reading. are missing a great deal be- cause reading transfers them into otherwise unreachable worlds. opened you may find, yourself in the hot, sultry Orient, or under the emerald green water of the Caribbean, or even in your own. backyard. But no matter where you are, there is adventure and romance. Books can people born centuries before our | ters who add enjoyment to our jlives. They can give us a look |many outside activities can pre-| his ability to read at the age it These people who do not read. When a book cover is! introduce you to} time, whose lives are a part of history, or to fictional charac- | | gym team, Ewald Neuhaus, has | more than a passing interest in the sport of gymnastics, A native of Germany, Mr. |Neuhaus might well have be- {come the world champion gym- |nast. In 1932 he qualified to compete in the championships 'at Innsbruck, Austria. Political | tensions at the time prevented |him from doing so. His friend, Hans Sandrock, whom he had | defeated in previous competi- tions, captured the title. Mr. Neuhaus came to Oshawa in 1959 and has been-a language teacher at Donevan ever since. Coaching the boys on the gym team is volunteer work.in which he must take great pride. into the future through science fiction, as Jules Verne did. Books are many things many people. Reading: will help you in school for it is one of the basic parts of education. It increas- }es your general knowledge, vo- cabulary and grammar. Although 'experience is the best teachér", books, through /examples, can give teenagers an insight into life which could prevent them from making wn- foreseen mistakes. If you do start to read, do not choose the books by their cov- ers. Learn about the authors, | read book reviews to gain a gen- eral knowledge about books, and read novels which you enjoy, not those on the best sellers list just because they are on that list. Reading is so open this venture and am sure you to | relaxing and fun, new road to ad- knowledge and I will not regret. it. First U.S. Girl's Club Celebrates Centennial By SANDO BOLOGNA Waterbury, Conn. Girls' Club of Waterbury is -be.ng saluted this spring for its 100th birthday and for being the fifst club of its kind in the United States, A special Waterbury Day program will highlight the 19th annual conierence of the Grils' Club of America, Inc., in New York City April] 21. The Water- bury club willbe honored as an organizer of the national or- ganization in 1945. Since then, the membership has increased to 100 clubs with about 60,000 girls in 21 states and Toronio, Canada. A tableau will be staged at the national conference te re- view the century of develop- ment of the Waterbury club from a small group of 12 "neglected" children. When the first group was in- structed by several volunteer churchwomen, the organizatis became known as the . Water- bury Industria] School. The name remained © with ~' the agency until 1913 when it be- came the: Waterbury Girls' Club. For many years the primary emphasis of the Industrial School was .on the religious guideposts. and. home- making training for girls. As the group's increased, nonneglected _ girls were being admitted and the services were being diversified, Now the Girls Club is Water- bury's oldest social agency in convinuous service. It was the first city group to teach sewing and cooking, even before the schools; the first to operate a free kinsergarten for children of working mothers; and the first to organize a community playground. Principal benefactor of the manufacturer, Elisha Leaven- worth, who bequeathed a large sum of money to the organiza- to the contributions he had been giving to the chub. The fund, now: known. as the _ Elisha Leavenworth Foundation, was the primary source for the con- struction: of: a two-storey' brick 'gymnasium ~ wing ~ with crafts rooms. The. addition was open- ed last May 5. Waterbury membership | subjects were taught in public | club has been. an inventor and tion which was in supplement! The club's facility has always 'been in downtown Waterbury; focal point for the city's 115,000 | population, : Some 60 classes are conduct- }ed each-week, mostly after ; school hours. Most of the chil- |dren in crafts work are gram- |mer-school girls who are being jinstructed in democratic _ liv- |ing, leadership qualities, good citizenship, and, most -impor- | tant, homemakers' courses, | Manual of the club states |that the "policy specifies the | girls are welcome regardless of | creed, race, nationality, or eco- nomic background, with special attention to the shy, the ag- gressive, the maladjusted, and physically handicapped. ; A summer day camp is con- ducted at a nearby lake. Some ;members also attend the Na- tional Girls Club camp, Iron Rail, in Massachusetts, Now the Waterbury club's membership: of 1,100 is plan- ning'for the Centennial. Celebra- fion during National 'Girls' Club Week, May 10 to 16; when a din- ner will 'be held. Connecticut Governor. John Dempsey -will be ithe guest of honor, - THE OSHAWA TIMES, Tuesday, April 7, 1964 . 5 FUNNY ... THERE WAS A DIME IN MY POCKET BELLHOP SIR ? Canadians Going Deeper Into Red OTTAWA (CP) -- Canadians were deeper in the red at the end of January than on the same date in 1963, the bureau of statistics said today. Balances outstanding on the books of sales finance compan- ies for consumer goods ad- vanced to $867,000,000 at Jan, 31 from $799,000,000 a year -pre- vious. companies for commercial goods $437,000,000. . Smal}]-. Joan. companies. -re- Amount owed to such. rose $0 $477,000,000 from | ported that balances for cash loans advanced to $753,000,000 from $661,000,000 while those for instalment credit increased to $55,000,000 from $51,000,000. _ Balances outstanding on the books of department stores rose to $442,000,000 from $411,000,000, while those for furniture and ap- pliance stores increased to $194,000,000 from $190,000,000. Chartered banks reported that outstanding balances for per- sonal loans advanced to $1,903,- 000,000 -from $1,606,000,000. _ NUCLEAR SCHOOL A.-school of nuclear technol- Ogy is to be established at the Australian Atomic Commis- |Sion's research centre near Syd- ney,