The Goderich Signal-Star, 1967-07-27, Page 6Playground equipmentai thejudith Gooderham park
also provides plenty of opportunity, for boys to test
and exercise developing limbs. Here a group of
budding, gymnasts try out their skills on an ap'ara
tus known as a jungle gym.
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The playground a d wading pool owned and main-
tained by.the Kinsmen Club of Goderich is another
popular spot with the town's'younger fry. Located
'in the south end of Goderich, it provides' a con -
County Hosted
By Huronview
Auxiliary
Representatives from God•
• erich, Blyth, Clinton,. Kipperi;
and other parts of Huron County
wer. . present at the, July meet.
in) sofIl of tacubt, Atiicili:ary
of Huronview held at Huron.
view. Mrs. Norman Clairmont,
president, presided. The sec-
retary's report was read by .
Mrs. Keith 'Webster in the ab.
-sence of Mrs. W . C. Bennett.
The president expressed
appreciation to all who assis-
ted at the recent opening of
hte new wing at Huro,nview. The
visiting committee .reported"
activities to ` date. Mrs. G.F.
Thompson reported gifts of,
engraved silver dollars to
four Huronveiw residents who
celebrated 100th birthdays in •
this Centennial year.
The Ladies' Auxiliary has
on order ten pillow speakers
for bed patients at' Huron.
view. ' Miss Mary Melis, craft
supervisor, will be responsible
for .a donation, to the Ladies'
Auxiliaries of the Ontario A•s.
'sociation of Homes for the
Aged to be held early in Sept.
em�Jer in Ottawa, at : the
Chateau Laurier.
It was decided to hold a
meeting in August. Mrs.
Keith Webster, Blyth, gave
highlights of her visit to Expo
'67. .
A social half hour followed
thy. meeting.
On ' Sunday, July 23, 80 des-
cendants of the late Mr. and
Mrs. James Smith held their
annual picnic at Harbour Park,
Goderich, 'with 31 families re.
presented. .
Relatives attended from Tob.
ermory, Clinton, Dungannon,
•Lu°know, Auburn, 'R ipley, Tor. •
onto, Wheatley, Leamington
Belville and Kitchener.
This picnic will be held again
in 1968 at Harbour Park, the
4th Sunday in July, with the
dinner hour set for 1:00 p.m. .
venient and safe spot for children in this part of
town; to amuse themselves, while keeping them off
busy streets. The Kinsmen's park and .pool is,super-
vised by Mrs. Doris Fisher.
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It looks here as though Jeff Such, head swimming instructor for the
town's swimming and recreation program this, summer, is ducking
one ofhi s pupils at the J.G. swimming pool. The pi cture is deceiving
though because instructor Such „was merely showing her proper
diving form.
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sable if enough of them get to.
gether to organize two teams,
Pre -beginners and the little
toddlers below that age may'
congregate in the wading pool
Situated at the west end of the
bathing .house. Here, they may
spash to their hearts' content
in the large, circular shallow
pool that substitutes for a great
many backyard plastic wading
pools.
In this section of the play.
• ground are located the exercise
'bars and other playground
equipment. Boys' favorite is
the jungle _gym, an arrangement
of tubular steel bars that allows
the boys to climb and swing as
much as they please. •
Just a few yards away from
the wading pool, in the direction.
of Bruce street, you'll find a
couple of long wooden picnic
tables. Here you'll find one, two
or even three young radios pre-
siding overtwo rows of induse
trious little artisans fashion-
ing some article or.other from
whatever material happens to
HY $ETTLE
It is almost like spending a whole month at a sum -
►'her church camp for these Gbderich youngsters
engaged' 'in craftswork offered as part of the -
town `s holiday recreation program. Each member
of the group is intent on manufacturing some Parti -
Judith Gooderham Park ..
be' supplied to them. One day
it will be wood, another time
plasticene, another day plastic.
The program and material is
varied from day to day and week
to week t� keep the young handi.
crafters from losing interest.
Teaching the craft groups are
Karen Dean, a. recent graduate
of London Teachers' College;
Jackie Lewis, and Patti Ladd,
a semi-finalist in the recent--
Huron
ecent- "Huron county beauty and talent
contest held in connection with
the Old Home Week celebrations
there.
Progressive levels of craft
instruction are given to any boy
or girl enrolled in the swim•
ming arid recreation program
if they wish to participate in
the program.
An excursion to Point Farms
provincial park 7 .st Friday
raised a lot . of enthusiasm
amongst' her pupilssaid re.
creation director, Diane West.
brook. During the monthly
program, bus trips have been
arranged to various centers of•
interest throughout the sur.
rounding townships.
This jaunt, originally set for
Friday, the 14th, was cancelled
because of rain.
Summer recreation and
,swimming programs have been
conducted forseveral year now
at the Judith Gooderham play.
ground. The park itself was
made possible through the don.
ation of Mr. Knight,a former
Goderich citizen, who at the
time- of, donation, was: owner
i •
cular project from the construction material being
used for this class. In background, is Karen Dean,
one of three craft instructors who supervise this
part of playground activity.
of a Toronto construction com.
parry. His only stipulation at•
tached to the handsome grant
of several thousand dollars was
that the park be named In honor
of his granddaughter, Judith
Gooderham, a wish which the
town councillors were only too
glad to fulfill.
Mr, Knight ,did not end his
philanthropic ways towards the
town of his birth with the grant
for the park. Shortly after the
park was completed and play.
ground equipment installed, this
wealthy Toronto industrialist
made another exceedingly gen.
erous donation to the town of
Goderich. This money, he state
ed, was to be used to construct
a 'swimming and wading pool
in the J. G. Memorial park.
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With Mr. Knight's funds at
their . disposal, town council
quickly went ahead with plans
for construction oil the swim.
ming and wading pools.
Over the .decade •or more
since the pools have been built,
hundreds of Goderich parents,
partioui Lary mothers, must have
uttered a benediction of one kind°
or another, for this benevolent
Goderich native.
Through this comrbunity
swimming pool, and with the
help of scores of competent ,
instructors, hundreds of God.
erich. boys and girls have en.
joyed happy vacation hours at
the playground- while develop.
ing swimming skills that will
benefit them for the rest of
their lives.
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