Seward seaport record., 1954-12-10
RECREATION COUNCIL WORK GIVEN CITY RECOGNITION

At a recent special session of the City Council held on Novem- Der 18th, a representative for the Seward Recreation Council met with the City. dads to discuss the program of the Council and ask City support.
 E.. V. Gene" Breitenbach, Com missioner for the Council, gave an explanation of the goals of the group which has recently started having weekly dances at the Rec reation Center following Saturday night Basketball games.
 The Council is made up of a Commissioner, Breitenbach; As sistant Commissioner, John For tune; and eight activities Chair men and assistants. The eight activities being organized at this time include Dancing with Tom Bilyeu and Mrs. John Fortune; Weight Lifting and Body Building, Bob Keefe, Ed Robinson, Ray Stan- ley and Gene Breitenbach; Arch cry, Dick Kirkpatrick, John Walsh and Gar Smith; Boxing, Clarence Byrne, Bill Griffith, Merle Treve- than, Dave Lefton and Bob Jack son.
 The organization is growing so fast that this list of Committee men may be outdated by the time it appears in print, and new act ivities are being added all the time. This week, new activity started by the group was a dance band made up of Seward musicians. They held their first meeting on Wednesday evening and further news of their activities will be pas sed along in the future.
 Winter Sports will be under the direction of Jack Jeffrey who will be assisted by Jesse Hatch, Bill Ryan, Oscar Watsjold, Mel Dec and Bob Stanton. Basketball and Floor Sports, Gene Thorne and Ray Stanley assisted by Bill Ev- ans.
 The ladies haven't been left out of the picture as Women's Sports will be arranged by Mary Jane Delaney, assisted by Beryl Wag- ner. Billie Lee Poor, Peggy Poor and Roberta Chase.
 Aim of the body, according to Commissioner Breitenbach, is to provide some wholesome activities here in town to assure recreation for people of all ages. The plans of the group are not aimed at pro- viding activities for only the young CT set, it embraces all groups, from teenagers on up to Grandpa and his chess or checker club.
 Soon to be undertaken by the Council is a Community Survey for Recreation programing. A mem- Der of the Recreation Council will likely call on you and ask you to fill out a questionaire.
 The questionaire seeks such in- l lOILldllOH dS uoLlCS OI soul SAiiu ren and their ages; preference of several named activities and sug- gestions for new areas of develop ment for the recreation program; where you spend your vacation in town or out; when you take your vacation and whether or not both parents work; also what time you eat your evening meal.
 After his presentation of the program of the Council to the City Manager, Mayor and City Councilmen, Breitenbach asked for an Ordinance establishing the Re creation Council and also asked for appropriation of a sum not to evceed $1200 to get some of the necessary equipment to make the recreation program going con- cern. '.''
 Y. The Council and Mayor were greatly impressed by the work all ready done by the group of volun- teers who got the recreation pro- gram rolling and backed them up by appropriating $12OO and calling for an Ordinance to be drawn es- tablishing the Recreation Council as an agency of the City Govern ment.