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BRIEF HISTORY
Officially the Rosemount Boys Club opened November 3, 1949 and closed in mid-november 1978. Fundraising activities
to build the club date back to 1939. The Boys Club participated in a boxing gala staged at the Grenadier Guards within
two weeks of the official opening. So the actual vocation and activities of the club pre-date the official opening. Doubtful
that the facility was built on the "Hope they will come." philosophy, The articles below should provide some context.
As other articles become available they will be posted.
In 1953 as part of a Masters in Social Work, R. Katherine Morris published "A Study of the Membership
of a Boys Club". This 279 page thesis is a study of Rosemount from roughly 1909 looking at various social aspects and efforts
that lead to the opening of the Rosemount Boys Club in 1949. It also looks at the membership for the initial sixteen month
period, the first programs offered while offering an overview of everyday operations.
1953 THESIS ABOUT THE ROSEMOUNT BOYS CLUB. TO VIEW, LEFT CLICK HERE, THEN LEFT CLICK AGAIN ON THE PDF SYMBOL FOUND ON THE
McGILL PAGE.
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TO VIEW THE ARTICLE LEFT CLICK ON THE UNDERLINED TEXT,
NEW MAY 21, 1951 RBC TRIBUTE ARTICLE - THE GAZETTE.COVERS ACTIVITIES AND MENTIONS ALL THE EARLY CONTRIBUTERS, LEADING ATHLETES
AND ACHIEVEMENTS. THREE PICTURES ACCOMPANY THE ARTICLE INCLUDING ONE OF A FULL GRANDSTAND.
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1943 INITIAL FACILITY 3227 ROSEMOUNT BLVD
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1943 SOAP BOX DERBY FUNDRAISER
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1944 SEA CADETS START
1944 ROSEMOUNT SEA CADETS, THE GAZETTE,pre RBC
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1945 SUMMER DAY CAMP AT ROSEMOUNT SCHOOL
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1946 FUNDRAISER
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1948 FUNDRAISER
1949 APRIL FUNDRAISER,LA PATRIE WITH LINE DRAWING OF BUILDING
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1949 OPENING, THE GAZETTE
1949 OPENING, OTTAWA CITIZEN
1949 OPENING LA PATRIE
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1949 FUNDRAISER,OTTAWA CITIZEN
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1952 CHRISTMAS
1952 CHRISTMAS VARIETY SHOW
1952 CHRISTMAS II
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1952 OPEN HOUSE
1953 OPEN HOUSE
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1953 THE GAZETTE ARTICLE
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1954 250,000 VISITORS, THE GAZETTE
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1954 ACTIVITIES THE GAZETTE
1955 BOYS CLUB WEEK - TENNIS, THE GAZETTE
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1956 CBC interview with Alfred Williamson about rock 'n roll at RBC.AUDIO
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1958 THE GAZETTE ARTICLE
1958 THE GAZETTE JULY SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
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1960 BOYS CLUB WEEK THE GAZETTE
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1960 THE GAZETTE ARTICLE
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1961 THE GAZETTE ARTICLE
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1962 CONFERENCE DAWSON BOYS CLUB
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1962 THE GAZETTE ARTICLE
1962 AWARD NIGHT,BOY AND GIRL OF THE YEAR THE GAZETTE.
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1962 BOYS CLUB WEEK THE GAZETTE
1963 BOYS CLUB WEEK JACK REDSELL, SOME MEMBERS, THE GAZETTE
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NOVEMBER 7, 1963 JOHN W. McCONNELL OBITUARY AND TRIBUTES PAGE 1
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EDITORIAL
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1968 THE GAZETTE ARTICLE
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JULY 25, 1972 CHRISTMAS IN JULY SUMMER DAY CAMP
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1978 PARENTS PROTEST, THE GAZETTE ARTICLE
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1979 YMCA RESCUES EEBC. DETAILS ABOUT RBC RE-OPENING
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1980 RE-OPENING, THE GAZETTE.
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1967-2008 JOURNAL DE ROSEMONT
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2009 REMEMBERING,LA PRESSE ARTICLE
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PRE 1949 RBC IMAGES
PRE 1949, THE ORIGINAL RBC WAS LOCATED UPSTAIRS IN THE OLD ROSEMOUNT CITY HALL AND FIRE STATION,
NORTH EAST CORNER OF 10TH AND ROSEMOUNT BLVD. RECENTLY FOUND IMAGES FROM 1942. THE
LACK OF SPACE IS VERY EVIDENT.
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