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_ Business Page 8 â€" Waterioo Chronicle, Wednesday, January 9, 1980 Once upon a time fifteen to twenty years ago the Waâ€" terloo Young Men‘s Club raised money and bought May Court Club holds reception Chronicle staff writer A ‘Get Acquainted night was held by the May Court Club of Kitchenerâ€"Waterioo Jan. 9 at Forest Hill United Church. Downtown Perspective the playground equipment that is in Waterloo Park near the wading pool. _ The prog:m provided the club with opportunity of making friends and guests more aware and informed of their services in the comâ€" munity. Assisted, with disâ€" play tables and slide presenâ€" tations, members spoke about their programs being carried out at the two neighâ€" borhood centres and the two special care homes. A lively puppet show was performed by the club‘s puppeteers and an entertaining fashion show was held to describe the activities at the Nearly New Shop on Befmont Ave. Thousands of children have enjoyed swinging, slidâ€" ing. gliding and whirling on the various pieces of equipâ€" Joyce Heck, club presiâ€" dent, told guests that funds raised by the shop and the puppet committees were used not only to finance the May Court Neighborhood> tivities, but also~assisted submitted for the WDRA by Marg Rowell other projects in the comâ€" munity. _ e : The club recently donated $1500 to Anselma House, $800 to the Sunbeam Home. $500 to St. Monica‘s House, $200 to the Association for Children with Learning Disâ€" abilitiés and $500 to Kitchener Parks and Reâ€" creation. ment. Parents have been known to go down the big slide with their little one. Like anything that is used a lot it gets broken and worn out. Some of the pieces have seen their best days. Often the community services emâ€" ployees had to remove equipment for repairs only to find that parts were no longer available. At other times the equipment would Club members have plans well under way for their ‘Fashions for the ‘80‘s show that will be held on Feb. 6 at the Waterloo Motor Inn and the club will host the Annual Association of May Court Clubs in May. Delegates from 13 clubs are expected to tour the Twin Cities at this time. Exercise your rights! Take a walk. The streets are for the On a nice day after a rain one must wear boots to get near the slides, merryâ€"goâ€"aâ€" round,. swings and horse gliders. However, this situaâ€" tion will improve when the city puts sand in and around the depressions made by lie broken for a considerable time before a simple repair would be made. On any hot day in the sumâ€" mer the wading pool is crowded with children and there are many more lining up waiting to use the swings, slides, climber and other pieces. MARKETING/MANAGEMENT POSITION > With A LARGE _ LONG ESTABLISHED _ FINANCIAL INSTITUTION Excellent Career Opportunity For Confidential Interview PHONE 886â€"1900 Waterloo Park is the City‘s oldest and biggest park in the central area. It is a beautiful park and heaâ€" vily used. As the price of gaâ€" soline increases more peoâ€" ple will be coming to enjoy it than ever before, instead of driving several miles out to some other facility. Perhaps it is time to reâ€" evaluate the playground area. The equipment needs repairs and replacements. The low spots in the ground need filling in. In recent years there has been a trend many little feet. to creative playgrounds in this area. Most of the school groundi have a section deâ€" voted to a creative playâ€" ground. The parents asâ€" sociation of the school have raised funds to buy or make equipment and have often erected it themselves. The city has contributed $500 to each of these playgrounds. The city is also planning a creative ~playground for Bechtel Park. Perhaps the Waterloo Young Men‘s Club and seâ€" veral residents® associations who have easy access to Waâ€" John ‘Frieburger is the manager of this area‘s only catalogue and retail Sears outâ€" let. The store, which opened recently at Waterloo â€" Square, features a 24â€"hour teâ€" leshop service and a unique selfâ€"serve feaâ€" ture where the custâ€" oméer â€" matches â€" a number on his receipt with that of a box number where his parcel is filed for pickup. To celebrate the grand opening., Sears ran a draw in which three Waterioo area people won prizes. First prize of a barbecue went to Pat Darling of Erb St., Waterloo. â€" Second prize of a quick broom went to J. M. Wickham of Overiea Dr., Kitchener and third prize of a piece of luggage went to Winnie Ho of Mocâ€" casin Dr., Waterloo. For several years we have had a Wildlife Advisory Committee who has done its job well and has already made improvements to the animal display and will be making more. Now the time has come to have a Creative Playgrouhd Advisory Comâ€" mittee for Waterloo Park. terloo Park and the City might coâ€"operate in financâ€" ing and building a creative playground for Waterloo Park. We could have a soâ€" mewhat scaled down verâ€" sion of the one in Victoria Park in Kitchener.