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,. _. Vol. 4' No. so Havebck,0nL,Canada Wed., July 26, 1978 Number 161‘ Second Class Mail Registration ISSN omvoon 20C Single COPY Cordova Mines Community Centre Officially I Opened by Belmont-Methuen Reeve Last Saturday afternoon saw the official opening of the new Cordova community Park in the village of Cordova Mines. The cover of Belmont-Mpthuen, llamilton. a Cordova resident. was present for the ribbon-cutting ceremony which tool: lace at 12 noon. . P After an introduction by Cordova Community Association President Dnn Bowen. Mr. Hamilton gave a short congratulatory speech paying tribute to the villagers for their initiative and sense of community in going ahead With such fine recreational facilities. _ The honor iii cutting the ribbon and declaring the park officially open went to Pres. Don Bowen. Credit for a‘great deal of the physical work involved in‘installing the playground equipment was iven to him in a speech of thanks madc y Association Treasurer Bob Carrick who presented Mr. Bowen with the gift of a fishing reel as a token of the community‘s appreciation. Much credit was also said due Shirley Pressick. Association Secretary, to whom tell the work of organizing the fund-raising events, co-ordinating efforts and doing all the phoning and letter writing required to see the matter to a successful conclusion. n ‘l 1 ' n Elwood . After these short opening ceremonies the’ crowd of close to 150 adults and children were treated to a light lunch with‘ hot coffee and cold drinks in the adjoining iew fire hall: and [he women were n-ee lU un into the playground and take advantage of the slides. swings. teeter letters and other amusement equipment DIGEST OF HISTORY. rst Methodist our ices were held in a house at Prestons Corners in the 1950's Rockdale school horse. The cornerstone 3f the present chur Octoher 7th, 1901. The church was 9th: 1.902. The builder was Mr. T The first trastees were Dr. Albert. Wilson, J.F. Purdy, was lilac first Minister. He 11 in szclor‘? r‘. '31" horse she'd w". n’ ' “ 3 a e - ” ' purchased for $90.00. ‘90; I“ an mm. as inml'ht 1.1 190‘ ’l'l‘ our the the)“: 'E' Wcl" ZV‘ rllll ‘ "1 I i I A f r , , Jr, 1‘s til. J b ‘ ‘4 ' ‘ " ‘ 3 “av” j n tor 12511.1 .rl 1)." snhcul litur‘ in the 'h was 15.11 or. catci in Fe‘. hmfls W:er of Haileloek W.H. Jeff‘s, Eleazer YOU'LRUS, and J.W. Banner. T r.’ lotter- I' V Cordwa was at first :11: poin‘ 31ml: fiur s Blairtnn .liSSijl’l, the )ther preeching‘ hlaces lrig‘ Blairton, Victoria and Round lake. IleO? the r'ircr'ii‘ was rearranged to include Union (North Mirror inl â€" i Vansickle. A little later Zion Chl‘ri‘h ' was allied to the char!” rs. Rev. E.E.M. Joblin served the char during ‘he years of 1928-1930. n *‘n- (re 15 a student which had been set up for their pleasure. A horse-shoe tournament was ronducted for the benefit of the adults, Eddie Van Allen and .lean Matthews taking first prize and Judy Pierce and George Cation displaying a straight eye and arm throw to come in second. A ball game was staged in the ball park next. Cordova vcrsus Blairton. and there was no lack nf cheering to egg on both earns. Fittingly. on that. home field, the Iordova team licked the i isirors unh a win it 19 to 2 The completed recreation park with the play area and a combined l’m‘ka ink and basket ball field rust ilose '“ 55000. It was funded partly by a Winrario grant. partly by the tonnship. and partly by the fund raising ofthe community Bur a very large part was donated by the hard work of the \illagers themsehes not just in fund-raising activities but by their ownâ€" labor in working long. hard hours on the site. Their almost three years of intensive work paid off Saturday when they could relax and view the completely equipped and landscaped park in the Centre of their village. on area which. only three years ago. rould only be described as an ex'esore,