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PRE eS AGS eee WHITBY YMCA AIMS'FOR CHARM SCHOOL, BABYSITTING COURSE, GYM CLASSES.AMONG ACTIVITIES FOR GIRLS - « - Gym Lessons Held Each Week At Kathleen Rowe Public School PROGRAM PROVES POPULAR "Y" On Its Feet, On The Move By DAVID WATTS Of The Times Staff WHITBY--Anyone who thinks today's youth frivolous and des- tined to lives of decadence should take a trip down to the Whitby YMCA. Here are youngsters of all ages taking part in a program of activities that would do jus- tice to any college program. And this year, with its ar- rival in the town's centennial project building, seems set to be its most fruitful since the or- ganization's birth only two years ago. It all started in May 1965 when a group of interested people got together in the Kathleen Rowe School and heard a talk by Arn Ward of the YMCA National Council. A June survey revealed a good deal of interest in the town, POTENTIAL "All this showed the pos- sibility was developing and there was sufficient potential so that a "Y" could be properly organized," said Ronald Hup- field, its executive director. dent representative among 'the "high-ups" was Tom Tompkins. Also looming large in the pic- ture was~the Reverend John Porter. DIRECTOR By this time the board was working round to having a full- time staff which was strongly recommended by the National }Council and with plans for the move in the town's centennial project building -- the reno- vated court house -- well ad- vanced Mr. Hupfield was ap- pointed executive director in August. He has a great deal of experi- ence in the YMCA field and be- fore arriving in Whitby from the YMCA in Kingston he was formerly on the National Coun- cil and had served at Stratford and in Montreal as well as with Bomber Command of the Royal Air Force in England during the war. Altogether he has some 30 years' of "Y" work to his credit. --Oshawa Times Photos 200 ACTIVE MEMBERS {fill an important breach for the|Brooklin, which becomes part|notable of these is the weekly town for then the city's school|of the new town on Jan. 1 gyms are to close for renova- tions and the "¥8' will step in to fill the gap. |BABY SITTING Alcourt session on a Saturday. |reflection of the interest from FOLK SINGING Z K § rING |that quarter are two represen-| No big occasion at |tatives on the board which runs the Y would be complete without some s the 200-member YMCA. Dec. : | Perhaps the most intriguing |9 will see the re-starting of| Songs from The Second Time|- SEEN A {course for the first is the baby| oym classes and two davs er | Around, a folk singing group |sitting. On the face of it there! composed of some 30 musical youngsters under the leadership} Sheila Smith They meet} i on Mondays and Thursd | mig am A pret 3 might not seem a great deal) minton 'instruction and to be learned in this direction|titions are being bad compe- Tobacco Act arranged for High --just a matter of common|7 every Sunday night in the ar- .m. in the Anderson who are expected to graduate ing 'from the present course next Wednesday have heard lectures |their guitar accompaniment -- course to start in the new | many of them) ear. Also in January the baby-|4"' instrumen : y viy\are learning at the eight-week Conviction is a hai 3 1000 MEMBERS BY THE END OF 1968 aah YOUNGSTERS FORM FOLK SINGING + | | § AK. MS j é | '4 Isense, Far from it. The 23 girls|sotcot, The 4H club plans a cook.|Chives room for practice with OSHAWA, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1967 a % GROUP - - » The Second Time Around Led By Sheila Smith ee 4 % sitting classes start again with|2'* " | a pus, ! eRe anee from the oa oe thet Eee a new intake of young Whitby| MC ae eee ce Court First cautions, from firemen advis- girls aged from 12 years and| Now le accent is on the formation of specialist winked ing them to seek out two es- u cape routes as soon as they ar-! activities and among these will} rive in any home; from a nur-/ CHARM SCHOOLS be ski instruction for both ad- sery teacher on how to amuse] Other courses are designed|ults and youngsters; a, chess ; : : straint / in the histor: the children and from a homelto put a polish on the already|club, interior decorating, effec-|/st"t Act in the history of the; Oshawa police department took| Under his guidance an exten- sive program has heen de- veloped and he says the local community has developed al great deal of enthusiasm for! "As a result, the town de-l YMCA activities cided to go ahead and began organizing a number of activi- ties." One of the men most instru- mental in getting the YMCA off the ground was Graham Willan, its first president. The first course organized was part of the 4H Homemakers scheme -- on crafts. Among the other courses or- ganized in 1966 were a judo class under William Gribben, a baby sitting course, golf les- sons, a gym program for boys on a Saturday morning, swim- ming at the Oshawa Boys' Club and an effective speak- ing course. Becky Ryan was or- ganizing sketching lessons and at this time the YMCA already had a membership of 75-80 -- just a year after its formation. For the first year there were/classes have expert instructors,|with the arrival of the Y, the/edthat the fiscal year will now|¢d her \ meetings in the buildings of the|And for the girls' gym lessons,|town had reached a new level|start on Jan. 1 and end on Dec./|certificate winner, with the ju- Public Utilities Commission andjheld at the leading lights on the hon-|school, there are no fewer than|come. He paid tribute to the orary board were Carl Mantz,/26 regulars at each Thursday|workers of the United Appeal|Feb. 20 Ted Curl, Ted Markwick, Mrs. Dorothy Beattie, Mr. and Mrs.|are also planned. Alec Sidor, Bryant Brown, Mrs.|brings in Joan Johnson and a keen stu-|Dec. 2 those gym cle He pays tribute to the tre- mendous support the organiza- tion gets from local people, par- ticularly the school boards who} have been generous in leasing rooms and equipment at low! cost. | SWIM CLASSES One of the most popular ac- tivities is swimming classes on a Saturday. Sometimes there are as many as 60 in the lesson from noon until 1 p.m. and the recreational swim for the follow- ing hour has been known to at- tract 130. To help those who are not so well fixed for transport, buses pick up the swimming} enthusiasts from various loca-| tions around the town and carry them at nominal cost. Both swimming § and gym| the Kathleen Rowe} ssion. Gym classes for boys| Judo, too,| 50 followers. From} s will] ae EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR RONALD HUPFIELD WATCHES CHESS GAME «+. Junior Executive Council Members Bella Melnik, 16, Bruce Williams, 16 are not." to sinkjare opposed to this centre. Wejit will cost | ® The first conviction of a mer-} Wo ] k Lo O I } tll é ue chant under the Tobacco Re-| each taxpayer a jpackage of cigarettes," said nurse on the practicalities of|well - rounded youngster. |tive speaking anda color slide Riday : fos looking after little ones and/"must" for the girls is a week-|club. ieatew one wins Mee their problems. And to grad-/ly charm school where they get. So it is no wonder that the/walls. of 300 Pine Ave. an em-| n TO = n en Tre uate they must pass a written/instruction in hair-dos, fashion) YMCA's target for membership | ployee at the 'sestanvent at she examination. and posture. Known as La Bou-|is ambitious -- at 1.000 mem-ltitiside Ave., pleaded guilty to The winter basketball pro-|tique, the girls have the bene-jbers by the end of 1968 -- orithe charge of selling cigarettes. A determined effort gram starts again Dec. 5 for} fit of complete instruction injanother 800 in 13 months. to minors the plan for a senior citizens the junior and senior girls. The| what is so'important to them,| 'It's optimistic but it's an! Constable Peter squat ; : ; Mandryk|drop-in centre for Oshawa failed junior and senior boys' basket-| One of the most exciting pro-|objective we can work up to sfeaught three youths with cigar-|at city hall last night. ball games will be on Wednes-|gram and the one which prob-|says Mr. Hupfield. "And the ettes on Oct. 27. He took the days and eventually it is plan-jably involves the most people} cess of the United Appeal youths back to the restaurant pour ie ned to start a league. This is|is the junior executive coun-|this year means we will be able|where a 15-year-old identified| ou", Mee ded t just one of the things it's hopedjcil and the host of subjects in|to do even more in the waylthe owman as the one jmittee headed | by that will attract support from'which it takes an-interest. Most of activities.' lthe cigarettes to him. the centre com- Con. Frank e 66 " that the boy "looked 16". but! present construction plans. ¢ ] O da Magistrate Donald Dodds point- , ee ; haa y r Tr 1ses or < ed out to her that under the More than -- Bo ns act, "it doesn't matter whether|Sathered to protest the siting he looks over 16?or not, all/Of the drop-in centre on John M bl the court has to do is prove|and Centre Streets because it t hnnud inner ee 1] | that the person is in fact under | would mean the eviction of \16."" families from an apartment and She was fined $10 and costs|ftom four houses. And here they WHITBY (Staff) -- The Y-jexecutive council, expressing|ed by the YMCA's National | 4). two days in jail for her first}Won a pledge from © Mayor MCA "christened" its newj\the hope that they would make|Council to workers with two offence Ernest Marks that the families home in the centennial buila-|*te Test of the YM A proud years voluntary help with 'the| Chief Walter Johnston warn-jfacing Christmas -- without f you by your actions nae ns ed recently that police intendjome would not be evicted be- ing last night with the annual) The meeting approved chang-/YMCA to their credit Those| i enforce the Tobacco Restraint|fore Dec. 31 and then he said meeting and dinner -- and of-jes. to four articles of the local|Who received the certificates Act and are cracking down on\"'I'm going to give my personal ficially welcomed its new ex-|YMCA's constitution. These|Were: Joan Johnston, leader| yi eniles and mer. |attention to the finding of other ecutive director. werelargely technicalities but|9f the baby +, Sitting: COUTEE: |r kts who sé varettes orfaccommodation for the people Mayor Desmond Newman said|the most important one provid-|M's. Anne Gribben, who help- tobacco to juveniles, A number/affected by this move.' husband Bill, another : 3 of juveniles have been charged| But as the debate unfolded, it . Se eae ; and will appear in of activity which was most wel-|31 and that the annual meeting |o course; Graham Willan,| court, the protesters did not want should be held no later than|!@ader of the effective speaking] - drop-in centre at all course and Mrs. H. Gryles, WOULD EASE LAW igi re eee whose efforts made possible the} Morley Nicholson reported on leader of the 4H course. ' ia Pipa ene ves ooh { a He Bey le operation of the Y. And he had|the wide variety of YMCA ac- Seven out of 10 American|Leo Karnath insisted some words of admiration for|tivities and he also presented a FINANCES But he claimed that the idea}committee member Clifford Pil- "had been dropped in our laps"/key. "Surely that is not very Following a two and a halfjand that the number of people/much for a facility that is prio really wanted a centre had|needed so badly in the city." not been as high : who sold'\feCallum held a private meet-|affirmative replies claimed byjoutline of the plan's history ing and emerged with a unani-|the committee The woman argued in court| ne .e p Hocritgr ie proceed with! He said there were many|Local 222 of the United Auto as the 1,000) Earlier the meeting heard the from Albert Taylor, president of more suitable places to put it) Workers. where it could be more easily} He said the idea of a drop- Ireachod -- such as on land be-jin centre had been put forward \hind the city hall or on Church|by the UAW in Jan 1966 after {Street ltaxes drop - in "\"Ninety-nine |went favor And someone jbuilding of the centre would }mean a doubling of many complaints had been re- the |csived from senior citizens that |they had nowhere to go to enjoy city's'their declining years. The proposal had only been had said the {| A woman protester told the put. before council after a gseat centre per people are against the centre committee:;deal of research and visits to cent of thelsimilar centres in Windsor, IiKitchener and St, Catharine's. around to the union halljAnd the UAW decided: "This 'land got two people who were in|facility is long overdue and it's It's noisy and it's a dan-jtime the city came out of the gerous street. We don't want it!/dark ages and did something for down here." Already $80,000 juvenile|became obvious that many Of|njedged tower the cost of the its senior citizens," said Mr. been, Taylor. There was no doubt about the has 4) centre, which will make up partjneed -- the UAW already had lof the 50 per cent of the cost to/1,000 retired people on its books, be raised by voluntary sub-|which could not all be accom- "There|scription; the province will pay;modated at the union hall, and women favor relaxation of U.S.|seems to be a misapprehension|30 per cent and the city 20-per|there would be another 800 re- , ; Pre § e treas 's re-jlaw. abor iF the committee that wejcent, or some $57,000."' At most|tiring shortly. the youngsters of the YMCAjnumber of certificates award-| ~ senting th fCBRUeE & xo As on abortion. _ among aides ee can le ill ved AM ah ea ate ch Aa See RSI NE Te RE port, the new executive direct- s * or, Ronald Hupfield, said the % year's receipts were $3,922 and the expenditure was $3,129 which, with the cash in hand, made a bank balance of $1, 087, Mr. Hupfield gave his '"'an- nual" report noting that his re- marks could only apply since the time of his arrival in\mid- August. "Tt looks as though its going to be a very interesting exper- ience here in Whitby," said Mr. Hupfield The diners then heard a brief talk and slide show on the aims of the YMCA and, particularly, the physical education side from Wes McVicar who has a record with the YMCA dating from 1926 and is consultant to the USA. National YMCA Physical Education Committee. The meeting heard that the following people have accepted nomination to the board of di- rectors for the coming year: Mrs. W. J. McMonagle, Ken- neth MacDonald, Russell Short, William Manning, F. Baker, F, McCullough, William Winters, William Nurse, H. Johnston, D, Read and H. R. Rackowski. Honorary board members Michael Starr, MP; Dr. H. D, are: Michael Starr, MP; Dr. H. D. Dymond, MPP; -- William Newman, MPP: Mayor Harry Smith, Ajax; Mayor Ernest Marks, Oshawa; Mayor. New- man and Carl Mantz.