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i ° these activities to another. It starts Local Boys Thoroughly Enjoy Kiwanis Camp Never a Dull Moment Dur- ing Program of Sports and Other Out-of-Doors Activities -- Call To Meals, Never Goes Un- answered Swarms of small boys, desperately clutching every kind of snail and worm, were climbing all over their leaders at the Kiwanis Camp, north of Oshawa, several days ago when the camp was visited. The cause for all the activity of the brown arms and legs was a scavenger hunt. The boys just couldn't wait to display their prizes. But excitement switched over quickly enough to the reporters present; the snails never even had # chance in the competition. In fact one small boy even effered The Times-Clazette one of his precious snails "for keeps". But it just goes to show 'how fickle is fame, The reporters took a compizie back seat when the bugle went for supper. That is the kind of activity and excitement that the leaders have to cope with all day, from 7.30 in the morning until the 10.00 p.m, "lights out", One hour of this frantic life completely exhausted the reporters. They found the tables completely turned as far as asking questions is concerned, As they helped to ex- pain all the different phenomena under the sun to the small boys, their admiration for the patience, time, and effort, given by the staff increased rapidly. Time Free One of the most truly amaning things was that many of these lead- ers not only give their time free to help with these small boys but that they take their own holiday time to do it. They really love their work and consider it very worth while, or they could not put into their efforts all that they do. "We come because we really like children, and we feel that we have something to give themr even more than just a holiday," explained Miss Grace Kennedy, who has been an assistant director for some of the camps held this summer, Miss Edna Wall, director for the whole sum- mer, very definitely agreed. Trained Staff "The whole staff are so co-oper- ative and all of one mind about the children, that it is more than a pleasure to work with them," ac- cording to the director. Many of the assistants have come for the whole summer, some for a period of ten days, using the free time of their own holidays. All have been enthusiastic, and some are specially trained graduates from the London Bible Institute. A Typical Day Bugles sound all day for the dif- ferent sports, meals, and swimming in the new pool recently installed by the Kiwanis Club, And all day there is one mad dash from one of in the mornin with jerks, just enough to get e boys limbered up; | Rowe, that is at 7.30 a.m. and the leaders are up there with them, Then there is flag raising when all the boys gather for a short talk which will contain a theme for the day. By this time, all are starving, and great bowls of porridge and all the bread and milk which they can eat disappear, Even when it is a boys' camp the campers help to clean up, and to wash the dishes and to peel vegetabes, Inspection Inspection of the two bunkhouses is a highlight of the day, for the results of that will be made known as campfire; the story of the best and tidiest will be told in verse too, and it is an honor to be mentioned. Many Sports There are all kinds of sports which alternate during the day with swimming, and rest and story periods. Sports include nature hikes which the children love; and there are field days when the three leg- ged racers have a chance to show what they can do. Volley ball nets, dodge ball nets, chinese checker games, slides and all kinds of equipment have been provided by the local Kiwanis Club. Best of all this equipment is the new swimming pool. = Already the boys are "naturals" on a diving board, Story hours and campfires never seem to tax the ingenuity of the leaders; these are special favorites of the boys. On Sunday some of the local ministers go out to help with the services. Sponsored by Kiwanis All this has come about through the plans of the Kiwanis Club who sponsor the camp. W. H, Gibbie, chairman of the committee who looks after the camp, has. done far more than his share according to other members. All pay tribute to Mrs, G. C. Norman of Simcoe Hall who has given the benefit of her experience to make the camp the success that it is, Camp periods last for 10 days with about 50 boys or girls there at one time. Bome of these have been Mrs. Norman's groups from Simcoe Hall; the Sea Oadets were able to make use of the camp's faclities this spring. Some of the groups are Oshawa children who would otherwise not have been able to get out of the city at all during summer. American Pufchases Well Known House One of the finest homes on the Kingston Road between Toronto and Montreal has been sold, it was announced yesterday. The home is the large fleldstone house on the south eide of the highway halfway between Oshawa and Whitby, known as the Lick house. Purchaser is Milton Thompson, of Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania, and the former owner was Alex Jeffrey, now of London, Ont. The sale, which {includes 25 acres of land, was arranged by Bowman and . The price was not disclosed. GLASS of All Kinds . . . .. 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Luke, Corres.) Raglan, Aug, 9--A large number gathered at the .hall on Friday evening to partake of the banquet given in honor of the returned ser vicemen, . After all had eaten, Irwin T. Ormiston acting as chairman, in- troduced Frank Mason, the guest of honor. Mr, Mason gave a short ad- dress in which he welcomed home our fighting men and warned us all that we have two great enemies here to fight, liquor traffic and communism, - Lt.-Col R. B, Smith took charge of the presentation ceremony in which each serviceman was given a leather wallet. A member of wo- men's division of R.C.A.F, Dorothy Brawn, received a suitable gift, Clifford Wilson, formerly of the Irish 'Regiment of Canada, who was killed in action in Italy was re membered in gifts to his mother and the family, In all, twenty-four gifts were presented, . On Tuesday evening August 6, Mr, and Mrs, R, Davidson were give en a surprise panty by a number of friends and ne s on the occa sion of their silver wedding day. During the evening a presentation was made when the bride and groom of twenty-five years received an end table, cushion, floor lamp and other articles, We all join in wishing them many more years of happiness. ] Mr, and Mrs, Vick Hawkins of Toronto were week-end guests of Mr, and Mrs, Pilkie, Mr, and Mrs, J, Latimer and Ross visited relatives at Alliston over the week-end. 'Holiday visitors at the home of Brawn brothers were:--Mr. and Mrs, Albert Hodge of Estevan, 8ask.; Mr .and Mrs, Stanley Hodge and Betty, St. Thomas; Mr. and Mrs, Henry Terrien and Marlene, Mrs, Terrien Sr, of Midland, Ont; Mr, and Mrs. Robert Butson, Prince Albert; 'Dorothy Brawn, Oshawa; Harold Percy, Myrtle; Fred Brawn and son Fred, Toronto; Frank Gil- roy, Windsor; Mr, and Mrs, Howard Miles, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Couch of Peterborough, DIRECTOR REPORTS (Continued from Page 1) our Dominion have had Recreation Department's or Associations for many years. - However, the war did much to point up the need of com- munity planning in this fleld and present government encouragement is making an extensive development possible, 'The Provincial Director of Recreation and Physical Fitness, Mr. J. K. Tett, DF.O, deserves a great deal of credit for the way he has been able to encourage yet con- trol this rapid development and his visits to Oshawa have been a very real assistance to the Committee and Director. Resume of Developments fo Date At the time of my arrival in May, I had planned that I would take considerable time to become ac- quainted with your City and its district, to survey the community needs and resources, and to gradu- ally develop a plan of action for presentation to the Executive, and through them, to the Association as a whole, I had not been in your city more than a very few days, however, when I found that, while my plan may have been basically sound, it was altogether too slow and methodical for the Committee with whom I was going to have to work, Enough had been spoken and enough theories advanced. '| What the Committee wanted was some action and that action was what was expected of me. Hence there ensued two or three weeks of the most hectic travelling about, discussions and laying of plans that it has been my lot to live through. I was delighted but I fear that some of pour committee found the task of breaking in a new director much more wearing and time-con- suming than was reasonably fair to em. However tentative pita for a summer program were laid and pre- sented to a meeting of the Assocla- tion on the evening of 5th June: a meeting of the Finance Committee had been held on the 30th May and an ad was run in both local papers calling for applications for the positions of supervisors on summer play areas. It was proposed to of erate playgrounds in about eight locations in the city and budget es- timates were drawn accordingly for the period ending about September 18, Choosing Summer Staff It has been clear right from the beginning, that one of our first tasks was to place a sample of our program in as many community units of the city as possible, With this in mind your Director gave full attention to good le locations for play areas and to choice of staff, In latter we have been unusu- ally fortunate and a large part of the success of the summer program has been due to the personal quaii- ties and the enthusiasm of the staff personnel, The Assistant Director, Mr. Ed. Kennedy, came to us with a wealth of experience in Boys' and Young Peoples' program. In his present role he is working closely with all supervisors, visits the play areas during hours of operation, confers with, and advises staff personnel and carries the load of technical detail re operation and organiza- tion. He, and his bicycle are sel dom at rest. This too, in spite of a painfhl foot injury sustained e couple or weeks ago, while engaged in some vate week-end recrea- tion at a beach, Nuwber i docation of Areas or upervision At first it seemed advisable to operate about eight organized play- RENT ---- An Electric Portable 1 SEWING MACHINE In Your Owa $5 Por Home Month SINGER SEWING MACHINE CO. 16 Ontario St. Phone 696 7¢ ONDIW INS Prof. Cyril M. Joad, erudite British scholar, took a swipe at Hollywood censors as "hypocritical" for "blushing at the low-necked styles of the prudish Victorian period." At the same time he said, they passed things that exert an "evil influence on English women." .He referred to Mare garet Lockwood, ABOVE, who in the British film, "Wicked Lady," dis- plays more bosom than U.8, censors will allow to be shown on American screens, He said the British code, however, prohibits the presentation of illicit love in an attractive light, grounds and all initial plans were prepared accordingly. However, as the organizgtion took shape it be- came apparent that certain come munities of our city would not be adequately served unless the origi- nal foundation were enlarged. Ac- cordingly as the nead became ap- parent, steps were taken to fill the need, and lacking much in equip- ment and supplies, additional staff appointments were made. This briefly explains the large number of areas under supervision at this present date, and the size of the present staff and payroll, Our work for this summer, in the absence of much needed equipment and other aids, is being carried fairly effec- tively by a serious minded, willing, though comparatively young and inexperienced staff, Swimming Instruction Through the suggestions of your Director that swimming should be taught in the two local pools and with the support and sponsorship of the Oshawa Branch of the Red Cross Society of Canada, the use of the pools for morning instruction classes was obtained from the Board of Education, While arrangements were made for three instruators at each pool, this was found to be in- adequate for the numbers who came for lessons. Accordingly five staff members were assigned to Rotary Pool and four to Ritson Pool. Ace curate records have been kept of attendance and progress, classes are of twenty minute duration, ten or twelve comprise a class for each in- structor 'and the whole program is orderly, effective and progressive. Unfortunate difficulties have inter- fered to some extent, In the form of water being too cold on Mondays and after re-fllling pools, of cold and windy mornings when chil- dren could not attend, or if they did, found the alr too cool for com= fort, and, in many cases, family holidays prevented regular attend- ance, However much good work has been accomplished; over one thous- and children have had some instruc- tion; many have learned to swim who were unable to do so before, and our staff have gained consider- able experience in teaching children the fundanientals of swimming. Ar- rangements are now completed for having a Red Cross Swimming Sup- ervisor spend Tuesday, the 20th August in Oshawa to conduct the tests and issue badges for all Junior, Intermediate and Senior swimmers. Transportation i Your Director and his assistant have had difficulty in keeping close contact with the work being done by Swimming, and Playground Staff because of lack of transportation. During the summer season, it is almost essential that we be cone stantly on the move to se the pro- gram in operation, to assess the va- lue and effectiveness of the pro gram, and to encourage the staff by our frequent visits. This has been a weak spot thus far, but was en- tirely unavoidable, Your Executive has done everything possible to se- cure a vehicle, and it appears now that success may reward their ef- forts. Equipment And Supplies Due to shortage of playground equipment and sporting goods and to the inflated price of many arti- cles, we have had considerable difficulty .in properly equipping our many areas tor games and activi- ties. Staff have had to improvise in many ways and the amount of supplies available was spread. very thinly over the whole program, By using lumber given-hy War Assets, used plping from the \Qeneral Mo- tors and other ccntribhted mater- ials from Kohen Box factory, a small start has been made. Sport- ing equipment has been purchased carefully and in small amounts be- cause of both cost and lack of qual- ity for outdoor use, Budget For Staff And Equipment Owing to the expansion of our program to embrace fourteen sepa- rate areas, our costs for staff and supplies is of necessity greater per day than was anticipated by your Director at the beginning of the season, However, a definite attempt is being made to stay within the budget estimate of 5th June, even though this may mean closing the summer playgrounds one week earl- fer than planned, Every precaution has been taken by your Director to keep costs within bounds yet ase sure a reasonably good program for our first summer of operation, Looking Ahead The future and its possibilities for PLUMBING and HOT WATER HEATING 'Phone 1750 L. E, BIRCHAM 311 FRENCH ST. - OSHAWA | portant latent developments which a true Recreation program in Osh- awa are both inspiring and a bl frightening, The number of im- require the attention of all persons in positions of lic trust is a real challenge to all community minded citizens, When we look at the fairly extensive outdoor program, which 1s in ation this summer and real- ize t it could all be continued in. doors if suitable accommodation and facilities could be found, we get some idea: of the magnitude of the first task ahead of our Recreation Association. All present available accommodation ghould first be sur- veyed and arrangements to use it to the fullest extent made, Should this not prove sufficient, it is possible we may wish to provide three main addition facilities: 1 A full time social or club cen- tre for the older groups of young people, from 16 or 16 years up to, and including, young married cou- ples. This is the age which requires great attention, and if some 18+ lon is not made for their lite, by this community, they will be ex= ploited and led into habits that we shall al] regret, I, as year Director, have explored this situation, and would place prime emphasis on both the need and the urgency of imme- diate attention, An airport bullding in a good situation in the city with the labour involved being supplied and organized by the young folks themselves, could he of great assis- tance in solving this problem. 2. A Recreation Centre, which would give this Association an op~ portunity to train leaders and give eadership in crafts, hobbies, clubs, dramatics, public speaking, adult education, . musical and choral groups, tumbling, boxing etc. would seem a second essential, This would I suggest, be best as one good cen tre, at present, rather than several, because of the necessity for proper staffing, One such centre with some use being made of the schools and | church halls, in the different com- munities, may not be completely effective, but it might be wise to start slowly and grow into the lar ger effectiveness, Your Director has seen an attempt at several centres, in one city, and the dangers of poor or ineffectual supervision was such, that one good centre is preferable until the staff and finances permit a natural expansion. Again, an H- but would provide a good temporary home for a Recreation Centre, 3. My third suggestion for im- mediate consideration is for a down-town gymnasium room where business men could drop in for con- ditioning exercises, It need not be elaborate nor expensive 'but could Just be made avallable and fitted with showers so that either classes or individual workouts could be ta- ken at the pleasure of the indivi- dual, Men who golf, play tennis or camp and hunt might welcome the opportunity to retain body tone built up during the summer months, while those who find themselves with an expanding walstline might use such a gym facllity to good ad- vantage. Sport and athletic clubs ¢ould alsouseasmall gymnasium for winter conditioning and might see that certain pleces of equip- ment were added to increase the usefulness of the premises. Conclusion Many further remarks and sugges- tions could be mentioned but your PY THE TIMES-GAZETTE p Saturday, August 10, 1046 rogress, a further opportunty will presented for further discussion. The whole question of Leadership g is being given much thought and many local groupe and organizations have already indica- ted their satisfaction that Commu- nity Recreation Association is going to do something about leadership. At the present moment, my ly comment is, that our present staff of twenty eight young men and wo~ men is the very finest possible nu- cleus of say future leadership ps, They have already proven heir worth in a fairly difficult role and all have bright possibilities. I ust. hope I may be privileged to and provide 8 Jomen lo dle gate future plans. ALREADY TOP HEAVY (Niagara Falls Review) va Another ten members of parlia- ment, as proposed, cost $60,~ 000 a year, and if the United statis had a Tess par ours in the Oo br gr ulation there would be around 3 congressmen instead of 436. And then, in addi- tion, Canadas has 96 senators. It Jocks as if we we siréady top~ eavy considering tion, and each member would be given a bonus of $2,000 free of income tax, all better and be able to oontinue our associations of this summer, In presenting this mid-summer report, I do so realizing its inade~ quate nature and the incomplete ness of even our present summer project, I trust it may serve, how- PRESCRIPTIONS Quickly and Accurately Filled MITCHELL'S § Simcoe N. Phone 48 ever, to give some knowledge of panes C4 whether it be the large industry or tl small bun pletion, for too, with your own or miss" methods will do for an provision for retirement, see a Great-West Life man today. R. 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