The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-02-11


being the lowest and best bid sub
mitted, recommend that it be &C.
copied.
Respectfully submitted,
F. w. Liddle,
City Engineer
Referred to Council.
The Honorable Mayor and Council
City of Wyandotte
Gentlemen:
Attached Is copy of the minutes
OF meeting Of the Executive Com
mittee Of the Office of Veterans
Affairs, January 81, 1916.
You will kindly note there are
two resolutions; one. advancing the
Secretary to Secretary and Assist
ant Counselor at $1,000 per month
the other, confirming Mr.. Adams
as a regular Counselor at $4,000
per month: these changes to be-
come effective February /, 1916.
Trusting these resolutions will
meet with your approval, we re-
main
Respectfully yours,
Edward w. Kane,
Secretary Executive
Committee
Referred to Council.
Honorable Mayor and City Council
City of Wyandotte
Subject 18th National Recreation
Convention
Gentlemen:
The following Is q report of the
18th National Recreation Conven-
ton held at Atlantic City, January
18th to February 3rd. The conven-
ton was very well attended by over
1900 delegates, among whom were
Mayors, Councilmen, City Managers.
representatives of many Military
branches and of course the laymen
in the Recreation Field.
Discussion groups were conducted
on the following subject: teen age
centers; living memorials in the
Recreation Field; service Of State
Government Bureaus in the Rec
reation field; Recreation problems
in communities of about $4,000 and
$4,000; Recreation service for wom-
en- and girls; activity problems; use
of school buildings for Recreation;
Recreation for older people; how a
budget for Recreation can most eff
fectively be presented to appropriate
ing bodies; planning Recreation
buildings; long time planning In the
Recreation field; financing Recrea-
ton; practical problems; securing
War Recreation Buildings for ON
munity use; purchase Of war ma
terials. supplies and equipment,
personnel problems; Recreation in
housing and real estate develop
ment; sharing Recreation exper-
fence with smaller nearby comniu-
mites; telling the story OF Recrea-
ton; church Recreation; boys and
girls and other clubs; Recreation
for disabled service men.
In summarization of discussions
it was evident that because Of lack
of facilities for the teen age groups,
the program for this age was gen
orally weak nationally; that In COM
munities such as ours. school facin-
ties must We used extensively for
Recreation; that approximately S1.oO
per capita must be appropriated
by Municipal legislative bodies 10
adequately present a Recreation
program to the community; that in
communities where facilities are
limited, such as ours, the most econ
omical building for Recreationai
purposes would be one comprising
an enclosed pool and Civic Center
facilities; that to prevent juvenile
delinquency, resentment from re-
turning war veterans and crime out
break, all of which are part OF war
time and postwar readtustment'
communities must provide long
range effective Recreation program
well supervised and well equipped.
1t was also noted as a result OF
discussion, fencing of playground
areas is of vital necessity to protect
the lives of children from the tra1-
fic hasards. and valuable equipment
from destruction.
That there is definite change in
ideas on construction Of swimming
pools. It is urged that communities
build enclosed pools, which will pro-
vide year round swimming oppor-
tunities rather than open air pools,
which provide 8 to 10 weeks SWIM
ming in our climate. The enclosed
pool is better from an economic
standpoint as well as q Recreation
view.
We would Ike to note at this
point that the Recreation Congress
is a cooperative gathering of all
those interested In Recreation. The
basic purpose of the Congress ID 70