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Weekend‘s Waterioo Days launching summer program Family films, band conâ€" certs, children‘s â€" theatre and summer playgrounds are just a few of the proâ€" grams planned for residents‘ pleasure this summer by the â€"community _ services board. to launch summer events in previous years. he Waterloo Concert ‘d, with two twilight certs â€" already to . its credit this year, will be performing at the Centenâ€" nial Bandshell, June 20, July 18 and 25, and Aug. 8. 15 and 29. Bandsmen will be directâ€" ed by John Conrad. Things get swinging this weekend with a roster of band concerts, art displays, a model sailboat regatta, ball tournaments and rides in oxenâ€"drawn wagons. The weekend festivities all part of Waterloo Days â€" the annual getâ€"to knowâ€"yourâ€"facilities proâ€" gram, which has proved a successful and popular way Charles Greb, A.R. Kaufman and W.H. Kaufman beside the cornerstone. Six Walt Disney films will provide family entertainâ€" ment beside the Lions Pool in Waterloo Park at dusk each Tuesday evening, July 20 to Aug. 24. The very popular childâ€" ren‘s _ theatre _ programs presented for the last few About 1,500 homes were affected by an 11â€"minute power _ failure _ Tuesday in the Weber Street area of the city. Power failure This family was among 8,500 persons years by actors from the Toronto Studio Lab Theatre will be presented this year by Tempo Theatre Studio. Old King Cole, which the local actors presented here for general viewing earlier this year, will be performed at Moses Springâ€" er Arena, July 21. A second play, not yet selected, will be presented at the same location, Aug. 24. Summer playground sites at â€" Cedarbrae, _ Winston Churchill, Northdale, Linâ€" coln Heights, Empire, Elizaâ€" beth Ziegler, Brighton and St. Agnes schools will proâ€" vide team sports, organizâ€" ed games, crafts, outdoor education trips, local tours and drama programs for youngsters between â€" five and 12 years. These will operate beâ€" tween July 12 and Aug. 20. Special events will take place each Thursday evenâ€" ing. Minor sports run the gamut from hockey, baseâ€" ball. football, bowling, laâ€" crosse,. _ soccer, _ cycling and track and field to girls ringette and softball. Pottery classes will be held at the Potters Workâ€" shop in Waterloo Park for teens and preâ€"teens durâ€" ing July and August. be swimming instruction for youngsters and for aâ€" dults if enough of the latter In addition to regular swimming programs _ at both city pools there will (6,000 on Sunday alone) who visited the Waterloo Family Y during its threeâ€"day open house. Nine oneâ€"week sessions of morning swim classes for mothers and preâ€"schoolâ€" ers begin July 5. Games, sleepouts, cookâ€" outs and campouts will be featured at Camp Wayâ€"Youâ€" Mec, a day camp for eightâ€" to 12â€"yearâ€"olds at Hillside Park. The camp opens July 12 and continues to Aug.20. The wooded setting with its meandering creek makes the areaâ€" ideal for hiking, nature study and orienteerâ€" ing, as well as all the tradiâ€" tional camp programs. A youth and family dropâ€" in centre at Moses Springer Recreation . Centre opens this week. A supervisor will help with program orâ€" ganization. Evening and weekend hours will be arâ€" ranged to meet demands. express an interest. Rev. Dennis B. Hayden will be inducted into the rectorship of All Saints Anglican Parish at 8 p.m. this Sunday. The Ven. J.G. Lethbridâ€" ge. archdeacon of Perth and rector of St. John‘s Anglican Church, Kitchenâ€" er. will officiate. The guest preacher will be Rev. John A. Munro, rural dean of Brant deanery. Rev. Mr. Hayden sucâ€" ceeds Rev. William J Hockin _ who has _ been appointed to the Tillsonâ€" burgâ€"Culloden parish Induction Hundreds of visitors resâ€" ponded to the invitation to tour Waterloo‘s Family Y faâ€" cilities on the weekend. Th building, which was officially opened Thursday evening, was open for donâ€" ors‘ viewing on Friday and to the general public Satâ€" urday and Sunday. Its opening marked "the culmination of years of dreaming, planning, workâ€" ing and completion of inâ€" numerable details," retirâ€" ing president Charles Greb told about 400 persons at the official opening. The 75 by 40â€"foot swimmâ€" ing pool, with its six swimâ€" ming lanes, under water portâ€"holes and a diving board which directs divers across the pool was among the big attractions. Visitors were equally imâ€" pressed with the huge gymâ€" nasium and indoor track, the women‘s locker rooms with individual steam cabâ€" inets and sunlamps for women and girls, the comâ€" fortable club rooms, the shower cubicles which womâ€" en can use without getting their hair wet and the men‘s health service unit. Referring to 4,000 donors and 1,500 campaign workers who responded to the 1968 building campaign, he said: "To raise $1,473,561 was a masterpiece of organization of dedication and of generâ€" ous giving. ASTRONAUT APPROVAL â€" J. Ross Cann of 212 Hilliard Ave., (second from left) president of Raytheon Canada Ltd., Waterloo, discusses his company‘s equipment with astronauts (left to right) Alan Shepard, Edgar Mitchell and Stuart Roosa at the Paris Air Show. The keyboard shown was among equipment used to guide the Apolla 14 crew to the moon and back., "While we cannot be all Hundreds flock to Family Y ‘"Without becoming a sepâ€" arate church, we have tried to be an arm of any church that wishes to use us. We have served the needs of youth, â€" middleâ€"aged _ and those who have retired. things to all people, we have tried to serve people of all economic classes and of all races and faiths. "Our camping program is the finest in Canada. Our adult educational program is the largest in South Western Ontario. ‘"While our membership has grown to 10,000 of all classifications and ages, the needs of the individual have been kept paramount. In the last 10 years we have doubliâ€" ed our membership and our budget. ‘"‘The potential for the next 10 years is so great that it cannot be calculated with any accuracy at this time."‘ Discussing the Y‘s desigâ€" nation as a middleâ€"class orâ€" ganization, Mr. Greb said it has chosen to serve "that 90 percent of youth who are often overlooked in these days of problems with alienâ€" ated youth ... "Our spotlight is on the normal and our goal is to help this vast group continue to grow and develop in a normal way. We feel that these are the people who hold the future of Canada in their hands. ‘"*No person is ever turned away from the YMCA beâ€" Waterioo Chronicle, Thursday, June 17, 1971 cause of money, if we are made aware of the need. May it always be so‘!"‘ Mr. Greb said he hoped 1971 would not be the end of ‘"our traditional maleâ€"cenâ€" tred activities, but the beginning of a new familyâ€" serving program geared to our changing times."‘ Lions elect Harold Waltz as president Harold Waltz of 218 Hill}â€" iard Place is the new preâ€" sident of the Waterloo Lions. Other officers are Ronâ€" ald _ Buddell, Frederick Shants and Wilfred Zalâ€" man, viceâ€"presidents; Howâ€" ard â€" Kuenzie, â€" secretary, George Howden, treasurâ€" er; Peter Csont., assisâ€" tant treasurer; John Milâ€" ler, lion tamer; and Rayâ€" mond Delion, tail twister. Mr. Waltz, who takes up office July 1, succeeds Lawrence Ertel. Directors named for a twoâ€"year term are Neil Moore, Glen Austin, Wib Bierschbach and Burton McBride. Directors elected for one year are Earl Gasâ€" cho, Ross Hatch, Roy Weâ€" ber and William Birss. The club has 45 members.