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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 4 Nov 1964, p. 11

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would have wanted their Will- munitics to be like. The Legion it pledged to mole the ideal. i. which Canadian. died And The 1egion's strength is its membership, they point out. In order to attmet active members. a branch itself has to be active. These community programs give member. mowing construct- ive to do. It keeps them inter- ested in the braneh. An active branch with an merge“: may!» bershigt can achieve far mm in gel-via work than a branch whose members are not inter-09 led enough to come to meetings. Furthermore, Vgionnaires see numbing of a moral obligation in serving the community. They The question often asked it: “when or how well does ull the work fit in with the Legion’l tn- ditional role as guardian of vat- erans' welfare?" The most sub read-ll branches answer that tommunity work fits hand-in- glove with the ugion's primary or mu league. Other ve hn activities for children it elude Scouts and Guides. My! duh. teen town: and hands. In addition to these projects, at least 30 per cent a! the bran- rbeo have a program such as who maintenance ot I pad: or play- ground or swimming pool, pro viding school lacilitiea for may tally retarded children, fumish. ing hospital wards, operating community centres, spanner-in: community concerts and drum Fulfilling Task h att parts ed Canada, ltd- Betivitie. an I varied In It. ol'mme and the Interests " the citizen; n in perhaps the big- ged motor at organized m h Canada. It In indeed dimeogt In 'ind I hrtnch thich do. not moor a peeve: team in , hockey, nlllnl], basketball 474 EDNA ST. Brock H. Bharlton Industrial - Commercial - Donn-die ELECTRICAL CONSTRUCTION E. FRITZ EllditT RIC KITCHENER To The Poppy it feels that that ideas. In found It home, in the (50!an ity - whether its Aklavik in tho Northwest Territories at Pogo in Newfoundland. When Waterloo Branch No. 530 received its Charter in 1952. one of the mat projects taken into eonsideratron was the erec- tion of a Cenotaph to replace the wood-n cross that had been THE PEE WEE TEAMS we have sponsored in the last six years have done very well for us. They are coach- ed by one of our members, Joe Stumpf and his eap- lble assistant Gord Murray. Many of the players are City Of Waterloo Cenotaph SH 5-5962 The Branch is grateful to " Iron who gave of their time. efforts. and contribution; Inch " the credit due for the were” at this undertaking - be par led on to Comrade Ronald Hines. our General Chairman and our “woman Treasury, the In Ford S. KW. "It. Waterloo". also the City at Wat- erloo Gama]. cost at $15,000.00. The Cenotaph is at Solid Barre Granite and weighs a to tat of 50 was Eventually the Waterloo Branch decided to sponsor the City of Waterloo Cenotaph and a committee was formed of Le- gion Member: and Citizens. The mtaneiat drive was a [real one cc- and the Citizen: " Water- loo and District responded moat mammals. The Cenotaph was in existence since 191.. Hilly attempts were made to have the City at Waterloo provide funds lor the erection of same. with out avail. KITCHEN“ sons of members. Teams have twice won the zone championship and the District trophy. We are proud of our teams and always receive compliments on their conduct both on and off the playing field. _ SH 5-5584 " - For Quality hinting DIXON PRESS Letterpress Commercial COLOUR Printing By Offset yymm.uu.¢uu. 1»va and Kitchen!

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