WHITBY KIWANIS CLUB 18 TEARS GLD xii I «% ') à I~ \ -VUL. J, IÂ'. -V.L The members of the Whitby Kiwanis Club execu- and Lee Taylor (Vice-Pres.); front row left to right tive are: back row Ieft to right, Ed Ninacs, Doug Ron Deeth, Dr. Ken Hobbs (Directors). and Gord Lawrie, Lou Maoris (Directors), Marsh Siessor (Pres.) Mifflin (Secretary-Treasurer). Free Press Photo Whtby k"iwanis SSII Geraniums The thirty members of Kiwanis Club of Whitby are 'part of an international service club organization that is represented in forty-one countries. Kiwanis became an international service club only in 1963 and since then has added some 10,000 members from those in Canada and the U.S.A. Kiwanis originated in Detroit in 1915 and the first Canadian club was formed in 1916 at Hamilton, Ontario. The Whitby club was chartered in 1955 with the late Willard Dodd as presi- dent. The Kiwanis Club of Oshawa was the sponsoring club. The Kiwanis Club of Whitby meets each Thfursday at 6:30 p.m. in the Centènnial Building on Centre Street, South. Charter members active with the club now are: Harold Slichter, Harry Simpson, Brick Evans, Ron Deeth, Stu Beaton, and Jack Town. Kiwanis locally is well known for it's involvement by a visitation programme at the Whitby Psychiatric Hospital as well as for sponsorship of local minor sports, organizations and high school bursaries. During County Town Carnival the Kiwanis Club provides several of the main attractions wîth their Soap Box Derby and the Friday night Bar-B-Q and Dance at Heydenshore Park. Heydenshore has been a focal point for Kiwanis since its construction as Kiwanis have utîlized the building for fund raising dances as well as sponsoring the Whitby Brass Band in two concerts to which the Public were invited wîth particular emphasis on en- couraging senior citizens to corne and enjoy *a fine evening of music. Funds from many projeets have been used to beautify Heydenshore Park by plantmng trees and providing a patio which can be used in con- junction with receptions and concerts. Two fund raising projects during the month of May are Geranium sales at plazas, door-to-door sales, and, of course, from individual Kiwanians. The Whitby Kiwanis Club isi vision of Eastern Canada and Total membership in this district Ontario, Quebec, the Maritimes, in the Pineridge Di- Caribbean District. is 8,800 throughout and the Caribbean. SWIM-A-THON '73 On March 4 the Whitby Swim Club held Swim-a- Thon '73 to rmise money for the new indoor swimming pool to be erected in the Whitby Recreation Complex. Fifty-five persons participated, ranging in ages from seven to twenty-six years, and raised $1 ,766.41, swim- ming (non-stop) lengths of the pool in one hour time periods. Theswimmers included: eleven ipdepend- ents (friends. and relatives) who raised $361 .60; thir- teen girls from the Ontario ladies College - $323.10; and thirty-one members of the Swim Club who col- lected 1,08 1.7 1. On March 16, Mrs. E.R. Hewson parent co-ordina- tor of Swim-a-Thon '73 presented a cheque for $1 ,766.41 to Mr. R. Catton of the Evaluations and listings Committee for the Community Swiniming Pool Campaign. The ebjîdren of the Whitby Swim Club paid for the rentai of the Ajax pool for one hour every Sun- day at noon beginning in September and climaxed the season with Swim-a-Thon '73. Mrs. R.W. Lund, parent organizer of the winter swimming for the children most of whom were with the Summer Recreation Competitive Programme un- der the direction of Liz Bowes and Mr. Phil Hill, also a parent, coached the swimmers during the -winter season. The parents and swimmers of the Whitby. Swiin Club are most grateful to friends and neighbours who gave thanks to the Ajax Pool Management, B & R Transport, Dunlop Canada Ltd., Komeka Footwear, Munns Press, 'T-D' Bank, and the girls firom the Ontar- io Ladies College. FI, Tw R-rA7EIAS S~ 10 CENTS ... ... ... 2A~L~N$ 4~XLtJMN~ . .........G....." .. ... ... TRURbUAY ) MAY 44, 1 Y / .5