Show BE OPEN uj council member want to heir hear ev E arci biens blont people info informal shall Maj majorita faor an fn oi opening after klittich Clit tich hoins the question of 0 the uses to which tile new municipal plunge will be put is the chief one in the public mind at present there are questions to be decided as to the hours when children boys and girls of 15 and under may disport themselves ili aquatic entertainment and also hen grown people may have the plunge to themselves but the chief question one may say the the burning question is what about sunday use of the pool it would appear that the class designated b bobble bobbie burns as the guld guid would close the plunge all day da sunday another class would like to see the plunge closed during sunday school and church hours but open early in ili the morning and after 4 still another class of citizens insist that the plunge is a municipal affair and should be open at all times on sunday tor for the men and women who work hard all week and whose only opportunity tor for enjoying the plunge comes on sunday there is merit in all claims and it is a problem that requires careful thought in an interview with a member of the city council who is also an clesi cles ast last he said this question is one that the people should express themselves on As a member of the council I 1 want to do the thing that is best for the majority of the people I 1 have favored the closing of the plunge on sunday not because of religious prejudice but because to me not religion but morality is the uppermost thing I 1 do not believe religion should enter into the question but there should be tree free expression and the council should know what the people want personally I 1 can see no harm in opening the plunge after the regular church services and I 1 do not mean by that to try to coerce people into attending ceif church reh but simply as an observance of the sabbath that has always prevailed here we have set our faces against amusements on sunday and I 1 still believe we should keep that attitude but cleanliness is next to godliness and I 1 do not regard bathing as altogether amusement but it is decidedly sanitary the chief thing is to find what is the wish of the majority tho reaper has expended some effort in informal interviews with various persons during the week and from these interviews it would appear that a majority of citizens are opposed to closing the plunge on oil sunday and it is also apparent that a majority favor opening it for early morning ablutions and thou then after the afternoon church services the reaper favors this latter proposition |