110Midland .Securities Corporation It
Purchase $115,001) in debentures
for completing the Ingersoll Dis-
trict Memorial Centre at $97.84
1'111, $100 at the rate of 5',a per
cent. 17UNk /_ /r(�
C NT-11RE OPENS
3.30 TONIGIf
Due to an error the ofdicml
ripening night of trine bngernoll II
and District Memorial Centre
was announced in Saturday's
Sentinel -Review for Saturday
evening instead of tonight. It is
tonight at 8:30 that the Roches.
ter Americans and the Bvi'Galo
Bistlm_ of the American Hocd:ey
it League meet in an eiGhu�bition
gains to offiedally open the
centre. The Sentinel -Review
'.I sincerely regrets this emli
'I rass,ment to officials of the ;-
Centre and the, people of Inger- j
sell and district. I
�. ntre c)pens p
Ingge
INGERSOLL. Oct a -- Thep
Ingersoll and District Memorial'
Centre was, officially opened
here tonight during a special
ceremony which preceeoled ;,n
exhibition hockey game betw,oi �
Rochester Americans and Buf
fain Bisons, both of .the Amcii-i,
can.Hoekcy League.
More than 1,000 spectators at -I:
l ended -the affair.
OI:5ERVE PROJECT COMPLETION — At cere- e- fQ,, Empire, Here, left to right, are: R. A. Stone, chair-
bionics recognizing the end of a project which took nk man of the centre committee; Mrs_L. W. Staples,
close tofouryears to complete —the Ingersoll Dis-is-i�+`regent of Norsworthpy.Chapter, MODE, who repre-
trict Memorial Centre—o painting of Queen Eliza- a sented the four chapters; Mrs. Slone, and Joseph
both was presented to the centre by the four local ,I
rhnnters of the imperial Order Daughters of the e lannorelli,_- centre mgnager. (photo by. Longfleld).
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Follower
INTGF.P.SOLL, S
Ingersoll and Disl
- morial Communit'
was dedicated
night, almost Lhr
after it was sche
be officially opei
3 costing 2 ii, times
as Orl n lna.l e:
About 500 persons
ed the ceremonies.
Oid Arens,. Bun
Whistles and bells .;
a campaign here Marc
to raise $100,000 for a.
munity centre to ref
arena which was dell
fire In December, 19t
Opening was set for T
ing Day, 1956 but
lions arose.
By June, 1956, the c
steering the project w
to abandon the subscii
donation method of
funds and add the 'co
centre to the mill rat,
$100,000 objective orb
1 had been raised.
i
Not only this, but cc
1 steadily mounting tin
1gineering estimates of
drainage, changes in t
list plans Band increas
costs With the figm'
$190,000 in October, 191
0le centre was to be,
tine committee called f
Canvass ;and decided
"!ahead with !onstructh
the $69.800 then in lh,
it First sod was .turned
1956.
Appealed Again
March 18, 1957, a "c
%' /". S�t✓
I gap,,p g got un,
'.. cam ai n
�rt :Ito raise $80,000 needed
�7l `�!plete the centre- Again ,
�gar edging up and in
1959, another campaign
(2�c'1Gti:J j-dlL
or tngersm
(DAtiC it means; I is for
IC' be, D-
IN DEDICATES
' - e
NEW �EM AL �CENTRE Eby
the address was give;
the Rev. J. R. Simpso,l, 0
In true it may
is for district, tt {5 growing you
may see, M - is for mentonal to
the
'Pie Ingersoll and District
Memorial Centre was officially -.
man L. Penible ton, ('lelt). LODE chapters in Ingersoll and
g
mayo of Ingersoll; Gordon In wiord lArena since De
First Baptist Church, Ingersoll
The centres ice -nicking plan
remind us each day, C - is
come to play: j
of dica-nes
opened aSaturdaYt a cnig
anthout an en�
for chairman of the ber 10, 1955, when the forou'l; ;�Iingersoll
wilt be turned on Sept. 26 an
and district children
,title where all
some to or VI some Just to '.
biggc: and bet- I
ne
ttmt o ight-
caLcd along the iriern
eA(nght)
was burned lotonbhe atgaiund. Ij
will be allowed to skate tee s
see; A'e'l] grow
^red I `
IDhiC Signed
new .recreationnh cerise s nd
ception inIM5�admre oneiof !jIthe
of tine CSee also page a) (Staff ho
The P p
centre Oct. 3 during a,
ter through .the d
.
arena were a number of gifts
Nor-
s. portrait
the gifts. :�n�
Queen was the gift of the four lo),
@
open house. ,
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_ ,.., ....
-
for use in tine kduilding.
,. .: _: . -- :.`
r,nounced to raise the
Iiwhich had increased fr
000' to $100,000. P.esidc
1paigns other methods,
1�aucilons and wild west
were Used to help fill
The committee turn
problem over to council
ruary .this year and -sr
the sale of debentures I
Lhe-centre to completir
March council approver
taw to borrow $115,000
debentures, By this it
hveett 70 and 80 meeting
guiding committee liar
held since the old are.
destroyed.
Those who attended Ih
ing ceremonies Saunda
sitting in what the
manager, Joseph )at
says will be a $250.000 b
The Rev. D. T. Evans
dent of the Ingersoll Alin
Association and a men
the steering committee
the start, took charge
dedication services,
guests included Mayor T
E. Pemblenar— Reeve
Bl!Tj. of West Oxford;
taming the county, and ,
hmes"MLA for Oxford
brought greetings from it