Friends of the Beach expand their office and activities

Meeting on a Saturday under the chairmanship of Mr. Delobel, the Friends of the beach of Vierville-sur-Mer amended their statutes and renewed their board of directors. The bureau has increased from nine to twelve members. Three unexcused absences had to result in the resignation of the member concerned.

The objectives were specified: organize parties, beach games and recreational, artistic and nautical activities; encourage emulation between residents and tourists; make the beach known and contribute to its development. The regulation distinguished between the befactor members and the active members, the latter paying ten francs of entrance fee and twenty francs of annual membership fee.

Of the seventy-seven members, seventy-four voted to complete the committee. Christiane Freulon, Maryvonne Lelaidier and Brigitte Tréfeu were elected. The new office included Mr. Oxéant, Mayor, Honorary President; Mr. Delobel, President; Mr. Françoise, Vice-President; Mrs. Delaidier, Secretary; Mrs. Freulon, Assistant Secretary; Ms. Racine, Treasurer; Mrs. Hardelay, Deputy Treasurer; as well as Miss Tréfeu and Messrs. Le Nourichel, Jatteau, Laronche, Olard and Coulibœuf.

The program included a scrabble evening on Friday, April 5 at 8:45 p.m. at the town hall, a treasure hunt, a fireworks display and a torchlight retreat for the national holiday, then a Norman festival on August 11 with a folk group from Valognes. Table tennis and women's gymnastics worked all year round.

Reconstructed or uncertain passages:
- The handwritten annotation indicates 1982, but the article qualifies Mr. Oxéant as mayor; the date must be verified before a guaranteed chronological classification. The newly elected is named Lelaidier, then Delaidier in the composition of the bureau: divergence of the text retained.

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