Fonds 0324 - Senior Social Centre Club ( Eaglesham) fonds

The inaugural meeting for a senior citizens club in Eaglesham took place March 9, 1974 in the Lessard Building, and was concerned with finding ways to spend leisure time. A Provisional Committee elected Antonio Desgagne as president, Ted Campbell, vice-president and Tom Lessard as secretary-treasurer, and the Senior Social Certre Club was born. Committees were formed to take care of bingo games, pull ticket sales, nominations to office, auditing ladies'activities, building and maintenance, and grants and entertainment. A building was purchased from Emilien Lessard for $4000, the money being raised by obtaining a loan of $3000 from local citizens and $1000 from the Legion. In 1978, the Royal Canadian Legion, Sauve Branch#235, and the Senior's Club entered into a formal agreement where the the Seniors would hold 75% of the assests, liable for 75% of the expenses and receive 75% of the income. The Legion agreed to hold the remaining 25% interest. Members of the Seniors' Society, the Legion and its Ladies' Auxiliary would be entitled to use the facility on an equal basis. The Agriculture Society and the Recreation Board also helped with maintenance costs. Over the years the center was used for meetings, socials, performances, bingos, health clinics as well as a drop in center for members. Profits from Centre activites led to donations to the Boy Scouts, the Legion Poppy Fund, Telerama, the Olde Time Musick Group, the Drama Club, the Gymnastics Club and the building of the Cenotaph. Starting in 1981 the Club organized tours to places such as the Bennett Dam, Tar Island, West Edmonton Mall, Tumbler Ridge, Grande Cache, and Jasper.