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Terrace Bay News, 19 Jan 1956, p. 5

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DES EVANS SNLTH See KIWANIS CLUB FOR 195 were ably sasiated ye peunaer past Srebtianie of the Lakehead: Kiwanis Clubs. Other guests present were visitors from Marathon who are showing some interest in the formation of a Club in Marathon, The installation ceremonies were handled very impressively by Lt. Governor: Harrison, and there is no doubt that the. local Kiwanis Club.is off.to a good start in 1956, All the membérs look forward to a year of great accomplishment, Working with the local Club in the. same endeavours are more than 4100 Kiwanis Clubs with a é of, a million members, 0-0-0 CAUTEONSS "From the Marathon Mereury of January. 12, 1956' we "reprint a pes. of. their editorial as follows:: "An unfortunate occurance of last. week saw a wee ladon a toboggan shoot out of one' of our snowplowed laneways between the front and rear wheels of a passing vehicle, While the little fellow suffered. . a bfoken leg and some bruises and while the driver did manage to stop within..the space of 'a very few fect, those same few feet might well have been fatal if the lad!'s clothing had not been wound up by the re- volving drive shaft thus keeping him clear of the 'wheels, Every sympathy is extended to the little victim and to the driver who also, suffers severely in cases of this kind," From the foregoing, it will be apparent that a child and motorist in Marathon had a very close call,...In Terrace Bay we have the same hazardous conditions, This yéar': we have more snow than is perhaps normal -" for this time of the year and the snow banks along the roadways reduces vision consider- ably as every motorist well knows, Plans are now being made to "wing Pack" the high snow banks and a word of -caution ig necessary to parents and children, As some of the youngsters are apparently making tunnels into these snow banks from the house side, and are playing in these . tunnels, the mow removal equipment drivers of course cannot see these tunnels from the road side and this type' of play by the childreri should stop immediately, We have about three remaining months of hazardous snow conditions to put.up with this winter, Let's a the motorist, RP Ae gl igi Sem Sud so dtec On next gol) 5 es. Page 5 CAUTION (cont, ) parents, children and pedestrians be constantly alert so that no child or adult will be an accident victim, 0-0-0 TERRACE BAY FIGURE SKATING. CLUB Plans are going ahead for our Ice ° Show on March 24th. We-hope to. be able. to start: distributing constume materials next week and look forward to haying the full co-operation of all. Mothers, We plan to have a Convenor: for each group of costumes, She will see that the. material is cut out and distributed, As it is more economical to cut them out all to- gether, rather than issue so many yards to each one, we hépe those ladies who : sew will be willing to get tobether and: € figure them out. There will be over Lio "3 otal costumes, Our Committee could not possibly * handle all of thems So, be prepared Ladhags. We'll be contacting youl Please do not forget to pay your : Carnival fee of $2.00 at the arena from 4:00 to 5:15 pam, cn Tuesday January 24th, ~ oy Thursday, January 26th, This fee must be paid before you receive your. material, We are indeed fortunate:to have our. Club Professional Mrs, Pattison, residing... in Terrace Bay and willing to devote her time and taicnt to our young skaters, It is a big task, Let's show her we really appreciate it, and help her all we canj. © So far thele has been no response eons our request for more volunteer skaters he supervise the children during: skating . sessions, It doesn't seem fair to: Seune , the same ones to do this throughout the: .. season, Surely there are more skaters who could spend an hour anda quarter with our > children, With 111 members in our Club-it- - is essential:to have supervision, -How .-: » about the Dads? Think it over, and give Mrs, Phillips-a call, Dial 418, - We wish to draw the children!s attention to the fact that the paper towels in the dressing rooms must be placed in the garbage tins, and not strewn on the floors, : Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday our Club Pro, and enthusiastic young Barbara Anns and Dick Buttons may be seen cutting figures, They are showing great progress, Their goal? At present'- "The Ice Show" - Let's encourage them} Drop in, and marvel re our future skating stars} a) (conte on page ae Rial _

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