Dear Editor:
RE: Gala anyone? Fergus Tennis Club celebrates belated 100-year milestone, Sept. 16.
Very interesting to read about the gala celebration of the 100-year anniversary of the Fergus Tennis Club. I am impressed.
Laurence (Larry) Raymond was not only one of a number of founders of the club, but was literally one of the builders, who dug and moved dirt to level the surface for clay courts that were once consisted equal to the very best in the district.
The members of the day, were also active socially with sandwiches and punch, etc. served on many occasions using our house across the road as a base.
Clarke Raymond, son of Larry (perhaps in the 1950s,) raised money to convert the courts to asphalt when finding a person able to maintain the clay courts in satisfactory condition became a problem.
It is heartwarming to hear how very active the club is today.
I fondly remember in the late 1930s and 1940s playing early in the morning with Clarke, immediately after the courts were scraped, watered, rolled and lined with a roller filled with white lime.
Thank you for bringing back the wonderful memories.
John (Jack) Raymond,
Toronto