The year was 1974. Ice rental was $25 an hour, cigarette companies placed big colour ads in city event programs and
A time capsule placed in the cornerstone of the Victoria Road Recreation Centre in 1974 was opened Monday in Guelph City Council Chambers.
Newspaper articles, a fee schedule for city services in 1974, several sports histories and some commemorative coins were some of the articles revealed.
One of the more interesting items was a “Real Estate” map of the city, showing practically no development south of
Heather Kennedy’s father Len Gaudette was the city’s arenas manager at the time was the one who placed the large brass box in the building’s cornerstone.
“He told me he put it there,” said Kennedy, whose dad had placed a photo of her in the time capsule.
“When I saw
The city’s General Manager of Parks and Recreation, Heather Flaherty checked with the company doing the renovations and they hadn’t seen anything.
Last August, when a bulldozer was moving some rubble, it uncovered the time capsule buried in some concrete.
The capsule also included a letter written by then-Mayor Norm Jary to the council of the day the time capsule was uncovered.
“To the citizens of the year ?” the letter started.
“It is not enough to say we built the Victoria Road Recreation Centre so that people can use it for their pleasure and enjoyment. Rather we built it because we believe in the future.
“The thousands of young people that will use it today will be the leaders of your day tomorrow,” said Jary’s letter in part, read out loud by Mayor Cam Guthrie.
Flaherty said the city plans on placing another time tie capsule in the newly-renovated recreation centre, which is scheduled to open in June, with instructions for it to be opened in 25 years.
