Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), May 14, 1980, p. 32

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10 INDUSTRY SO May Word Processing Service Reports Mailing Lists Personalized Letters SEE YOU AT BOOTH 202 AT INDUSTRY 80 8778664 5 Drive Georgetown Rotary sponsors show as part of 25th birthday This year the anniversary of the found of Rotary Clubs and the anniversary of the Georgetown Club The first Rotary Club was organized in Chicago in 1005 and International with the establishment of the first Rotary Club In Canada five years Inter Now IB Rotary Clubs with a membership of cover 153 countries Appropriately the name was derived from the tint group meeting in rotation at their places of business On March 7 the Georgetown Club re ceived its charter which was presented lo John the Charter Twenty five years later he Is still a as are members Bob Burns and Bud Bl shop A project begun the first yeir the annual Senior Citizens Dinner honoring the older re sidents of the con tinues to this day but now is being held at Thanksyving rather than the original Christ mas period From almost the beginning the local club as a member of the Out Crippled Children Socict has participated in the annual Easter Seals Campaign and has administered funds con trlbuted so generously by SEE YOU AT INDUSTRY 80 MOLD MASTERS 233 Armstrong Ave 8770185 Manufacturers of THERMAL PLASTIC INJECTION MOLDING EQUIPMENT Selling fy- woxlet Come see our display Hex Ilrilop and Hob the citizens of the com m unity In keeping with aims the club has also participated In Internal lonal projects It con tributes to the Rotary Foundation which offers postgraduate fellowships to students throughout the world for study In countries other than their own Itwas been host too student Hal Porter from Belgium In a dent Exchange Program and In turn sent a Georgetown High School gconof Itolarv Induslrj SO student for a year s study six man team lo another in Holland Last January 1979 Thome travelled to Brazil under the same program The Club Is presently in tervlewing high school students to part icipatc in yet another phase in the The club has taken part In Group study exchange programs on several pro grams on several In this program young business and pro fessional men travel as a country to study its and operations club been honored by having local men Paul and John McDonald represent Georgetown on two of one to and one to Another international project Heifers Haiti The dub part In the District scheme to provide purebred livestock to Open the door TO ENERGY SAVINGS with uiinDouis Twice as good SAVE MONEY SAVE ENERGY Pa tio Steel Doors Redwood Vinyl Covered Windows WE MANUFACTURE CUSTOM WINDOW SIZES FOR YOUR TION PROJECT TWIN WINDOWS Mountainview N 8779332 See you at booths 113 213 INDUSTRY 80 help upgrade the Haitian agricultural programs Club members also act as a foster parent to a Peruvian child Locally the club has been Involved in a num of projects Its youth program has in eluded support of minor hockey provision of high school scholarships sending a high school dent the annual Adventure in Citizen ship project of the Rot Club of Ottawa Former Prime Mm later Joe Clark first visit to Ottawa was made as an Adventurer The club has helped to establish a business workweek scheme for students in the commercial de partment at GDHS It has sponsored a safety pro gram in the public schools in conjunction with he police depart ment Through funds raised by its annual the Club contributed funds to help equip the new Gordon Arena It led the way in the fund drive to re novate the older Mem or a I Arena hull ding Some projects not only raised cash but also con trlbuted culturally The Rotary shows which were produced annually for several years acted as showcases for local art is and talent Before the advent of the Georgetown Choral Society the Rot shows provided an outlet for those who en joyed choral singing apart from church work Under the direction of the late Kenneth ft Har and Ralph the Rotary chorus reached a high standard of per formance Georgetown Rota Hans were largely responsible for spearheading a fcas study for a cultural centre which has been adopted by the town An architect has been hired and the plans arc now be ing examined by the Building Committee with Rex ties- lop who headed the study committee also serving on the building com This month the club Is sponsoring Industry

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