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dance stanley park erin every friday during season modern aires band upwells limited j down memorys f ane by o mac ucouvray in our last article we recalled somt of the events in apart in oorgetown and district up and prior to bbe bull- ling of the arena in 1902 the building of the arena revolutionized sport in the town and has since been the centre or activity with hockey predominate the foundirig osutiba playhouse for the- youth of the communi was no small task twentyfive years ago and well were the plans laid at that time that today georgetown has btill one of the finest arenas in the province the forethought of the men who formed the first board of directors must be recognized ror after a quarter century the arena has just now reached its at tendance capacity in seating costing in the neighbourhood of 30 000 the venture was undertaken by the ioojp lodge a group ofpuolic- spirited citizens entering into a stock company and the town of georgetown supplying an initial payment by way of a loan of 10000 our memory falls us as we try to recall the personnel of this new company but we do know that the late wmbuck and h h heartwell played a large part in bring ing the project to a successful conclu sion mr heartwell was reeve of the town as well as an outstanding figure in the lodge the bylaw authorizing the grant from the town carried 223 to 19 members of council at uue time were reeve heartwell councillors w c anthony win barber g herring- ton w h long a duncan and m l near the arena was constructed during the summer of 1022 and was ready for the 192223 hockey season the first oha hockey club was organiaed wttn the late w v qrarit its first president and the late charles e buddy as its first secretarytreasurer p cleave and a beaumont were vicepresidents and the executive included j thompson a oneill e mcwhlrter g adams r hynds rerwln p blackburn and a duncan were chosen managers the opening game played with bra mpton attracted a crowd of 700 people arid the preliminaries included the fac ing of the puck by mayor dale and music by the oriaens band this is certainly a far cry from the season just ended when over 2000 were attracted to a hockey game the first interme diate team was composed of borne of the hockey greats of the town angus duncan was in the net bill buan and harold cleave formed a stalwart de fense alf cole was a flashy centre fere blacldbaro and ray graham pa trolled the boards while garvin and small substttotedr- bobby hewttson now sportswriter for the toronto tel- am refereed the game and the brampton team won 31 in overtime georgetown milton brampton and guelph formed the intermediate loop that firatyear while the juniors uned up wbb milton- bolton and brampton prom that opening day the arena has been a hive of activity and centre of attraction in a growing community tfce 4own took on new life in a sport- ing way and besides hockey for the young men the ladles also took a whirl at the game and a ladles hockey team came lntojelng ann hlckey was pre sident of ttus new venturetedna mc donald vibe and mildred fleck sec retarytreasurer the committee was mrs j mobean mrs l e fleck miss eleanor cooke and mrs p blackburn in giving a brief historical setup on sport names of persons connected with various activities always prove inter esting to readers two ladles teams captioned by edna mcdonald and marg skelton were organized ttie first composed of- gladys tost i annan- dale mrs v kentner jessie leavltt doreen mccuaig l wateon olive le- gjouandajeveoarid team y adams lenore cook mildred fleck mrs dale amy mcdonald irene thompson ma rlon gollop and grace fldler they played games wlbh milton and toronto kodak and kept the feminine public hockey conscious in the first years of the arena we omitted to previously mention the setup of the first junior team managed by the late angus duncan goal garnet wiggins defense croy kennedy jack ryan centre lew tra cy wings kaley and gibbons and p fleck we notice that broomball was a big attraction and ttoe team names were still more interesting they were the knockout and om comebacks let this be enough to suffice the next fall indoor softball came into its own and several teams made tor a busy season papermakers bar bers chapter oddfellows creelmans church and firemen that same year acton contested hockey fixtures in exhibition games here and as far back as the initial ga mes at the arena rivalry ran high be tween the two clubs a brief item in the local press gives the feeling that not all was fine between the two tow ns according to the acton free press of last week acton hockey players see med quite peeved because georgetown defeated them in an exhibition game on their own ice its not nice to get sore just because you havent a good team or an uptodate rink to play in come down some time and have a nice game in georgetowns new arena and with tftils bit of sarcasm wind up anotber column and while we have dealt almost entirely with ho okey in our next article we will try and catch up on some baseball history the georgetown herald wednesday m 15th 15 campaign against insects ha1 utjndbed0 of unda of destructive insect which have been dormant formonuusre rxrommfacttaaiidptoparhig cromforeats stored products man and mftlw entomologists dominna and provincial are now ready with counter measures far control the dominion depl of agricultures rational collect to of insects and its associated lihrary and laboratories has an essential part in the insect control oiganisation it maintains the bureau of identifications and classification of insects to assist the entomologist the farmer the gardener the forester and the warehouseman licaiisj s43000to tn order to strengthen the arm of the church and enable it to meet the challenge of postwar needs with intensified effort at home and abroad members of the church of england in canada are asked to provide the sum of 4300000 this money is urgentl needed to carry on the churchs educational and social work in canada to meet diocesan and general synod needs as well as the expenses of organization and administration to carry on missionary work at home and abroad to assist the mother church in england and the churches of europe in their work of rehabilitatiuo to strengthen the pension fond for missionary clergy th monoy will b allotted in ih following way ponsion fund 1300000 missionary work 1400000 educational work 100400 social work 5500 church in britain r 100000 church in europe 90000 oonoral synod administration 0a000 extension of church houso diocesan noods organization and administration spiritual rededication most bear jmt in selfsacrificing practical endeavour if ilia church is to meet its christian obligations be prepared to lend your support to the limit of your ability when the visitor calls during the week of may 12th to 19th ox mail your offering to your diocesan head quarters local chairmen georgetown f d mcnalry glen william a beaumoaf fmwudiaaimi 3ajsj9whsr2