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c the georgetown herald wednesday july 6th 1949 m i 2 the georgetown herald nerving the communities pi gbokgbtown glen williams noeval lu1iuiou8e hornby btewakttown a8hgkove baliilnrad terra cotta smlbierlptlon rate 8350 a year single copies te each advertising rate quoted on application isavl walter c biehn publisher and editor mary ul bletm aasoeuu editor airfield l mcguvray staf leslie m curl xarold davison corey herring xe herald is printed each wednesday afternoon at the office on wrest georgetown authorlxed as second class mail post office dec ottawa jsatnoen of the canadian weekly newspapers associations ana the ontario quebec division of the cwjja r-r- t4ie editor comer recreation in gergetovvn a bulletin released by georgetown recreation commission outlines the excellent work beinsr done by this organization and covers a large variety of activities which are sponsored or endorsed by the grc as a fund campaign is starting it will be of interest to donators to know how their money is to be spent and the following is reprinted for their information grc is you and you are grc the dictionary defines the word recreation as agreeable or refreshing occupation grc is de signed to help people of georgetown and district to provide for themselves and their children agreeable and refreshing occupation for spare time and idle hours personal participation is the keynote of all grc plan ning and thus provides active organizational and finan cial assistance to any person or group of persons who are desirous of setting up hobby clubs sporting teams and events educational projects or any sparetime oc cupation agreeable and refreshing to as many as pos sible in the community thus grc is not providing entertainment for georgetown people but is providing the opportunity for everyone to entertain themselves the commission is appointed by georgetown municipal council and is composed of an active group of people from such groups as the local unions the churches board of education management mens and womens clubs the municipal council and board of parks representing you the people of georgetown and district to plan a recreation program which will bring our town to the forefront as a happy healthy place in which to live and bring up our children with the help of the replies to the recreation questionnaire grc planned a program to handle the immediate needs of the youngsters and engaged rev len self as director with his ministerial back ground and his engaging personality mr self has proved to be an ideal leader of our children and a pow erhouse of organizing ability since he undertook to handle the gr c program at the end of march there are few youngsters in town who have not been included in his activities although it was a late start in the season 202 boys played organ- zed hockey in i 6 teams divided into 3 sections accord ing to age groups and at the end of april played off in the arena for the section championships during that time a special easter holiday program saw such activi ties as a ping pong tournaroent board hockey a marble championship and speed skating as well as a heavy hockey schedule with the coming of warm weather the summer season got under way at present there are 45 soft ball teams embracing 600 players in action in each of six districts of town soft balls and bats were placed these being available for practise or pick up games among the youngsters and their parents horseshoe sets have been placed in these districts and a 4 mn team league is in operation lacrosse has become an important game with the young people and i 5 teams with 210 players from ban tam to intermediate are now operating most of the la- crosse players have acquired their own sticks with grc defraying part of the cost a 6 team girls la crosse league is in process of forming summer activities include plans for field days or ganized swirnmng it norval pool and playground pro jects an interesting feature of the childrens sports program is that during school term a teachers or par ents report will bar a youngster from playing if he or she allows the sport to interfere with regular school work social activities for the youngatera include a rejuv enation of teen i own with the provision of chaperon- age and a series 6f saturday evening parties for the twixteen groups a successful card party was held in the rose room with the purpose of instigating a series of card clubs and a regular program of such entertainment during the fall and winter the motor cycle race meet in the park spon sored by grc provided an interesting afternoon and brought a large number of visitors to our town the organizational work for a stay at home camp sponsored in conjunction with the lions club and the r ministerial association ia being completed the camp will be held in town july 1 8 29 and it is planned to have a full program of handicrafts bible study juid organized games swimming and overnight hikes this talent in providing holiday features at home iessful will be expanded considerably jjfsv agqrbjm of district playgrounds are planned to in clude the veryoung children in the grc program a start has been made in the normandy boulevard area by the provision of the material to erect equip- ment the playground will be made and supervised by the voluntary efforts of the residents of the area and will provide play facilities for the small children within easy access of- their homes this service is available to any district willing to plan and build a play area in their immediate district i as a community the only natural or artificial resource we are lacking is suitable summer swimming gflc is giving deep consideration to the construction of a pool but feels that the heavy cost of such a project at this time would delay the establishment of an over all community program of recreatiqr details are now being discussed with the purpose of forming a boysband to provide an outlet for young musical alent a fall conqert orchestra has tjeen formed and preliminary meetings held in preparation for regular work in the fall a course in leatherdraft was held under grc auspices last fall and itjis plapned to provide similar courses in gem polishing and metal craft in the com- ing winter season pot pourri ken mcmillan who has started his annual round erft horse shows was pleased to read in an article in a toronto newspaper last week that the writer consider ed halton performer among the best in canada the article was about the gait horse show in which halton took second place to wallace munros seaton leader in the hackney horse stake ken incidentally took in the preston horse show last weekend run in conjunc tion with the old boys reunion in that town and brought home a first two seconds a third and a fourth in the gig class in which ken came second the first prize to wallace munro was presented by a former georgetown girl mrs gordon pass louise bullivant whoes husband is also a horseman mr pass who once worked in town for harold mcclure has a furniture store and funeral home in preston another former georgetown boy gordon alcott is in the news these days in his capacity as sports director of gibson park in weston he is promoting the national congress tournament this will decide a canadian winner to represent canada in the softball world series in colo rado this summer teams are entered from such cen tres as toronto london oshawa st catharines and montreal the latter team having bill durnan cana- diens hockey star on the mound we try not to talk about it but it doesnt do any good invariably any conversation these days ends up with someone saying if it would only rain as this is written the sky is again clouding up but this has happened so often that we wont believe it till we see it if readers will phone us the names of their summer visitors or per sonals about their dwn vacation visits it will help us to turn out a newsier paper now and then someone asks what the charge will be for a personal and in case any one wonders there is no charge at all you dp us a service when you tell us your news items though i we dont take the bowmanville weekly paper we- would like to see a postelection copy seems that the editorial partner of the paper is an outspoken conser vative and his partnernephew who has charge of the back shop was the successful liberal candidate in the recent election both take their politics seriously but in this case the editorials werent strong enough to stop the liberal landslide i here are at least three weekly publishers in the new house of commons the rich mond hill publisher being reelected and the seaforth publisher also chosen as a new member we note in the chesley enterprise that editor clayton schaus was disappointed in the recent buffalo convention of the weekly newspaper association and thought too much stress was put on entertaihmcnt at the expense of the business sessions we noticed this in the advance ad vertising and decided to stay home and enjoy a week end in georgetown it is a mistake often made at con ventions to assume that pleasure is the main object we always count on learning something new which will be useful in business and feel cheated if we do not bring helpful information home clnyt was elected to the board ofdirectors so we hope he haaaomething to say about next years program tomorrow night brings a meeting of halton high school district board representatives pf the dept of fducation and of the municipalities of the district as well as georgetown school board and council to discuss the school setsip with georgetowns entry into the district the meet ing will lake place in stewarttown hall an enviable teaching record terminates for principal h s sander- son of chesley public school when he retires after guiding the destinies of the school for 47 years mr sandersons brother a retired school teacher in oak- ville has taken a prominent part in the halton music festival association page 8 directory imhwmihmmmta jtwiii 2 dr j 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