Indianapolis Times, Volume 41, Number 65, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 July 1929 — Page 18

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SIX CITY GOLF COURSES OPEN NOW TO PUBLIC Play Facilities Also Include Five Pools and 72 Tennis Courts. A comprehensive survey of city activities in parks, playgrounds, swimming pools, beaches and golf courses was outlined today by Jesse H. McClure, director of recreation. For golfers the city offers six courses open to the public, the eighteen-hole courses being Pleasant Run, Coffin, South Grove and Riverside. The smaller nine-hole courses are Sarah Shank, and Douglass (Negroi. These courses are open at all times. A charge of 25 to 50 cents is made for each person for the use of the course for the day. Charge Is Small. A special season privilege is granted at a charge of $12.50 to $15.00, which entitles one to the use of the course for the entire season. A fee of $3 gives one the use of a locker for the season. Professional golfers are in charge of the club at the courses and give private instruction at a charge cf $1.50 an hour. The recreation department conducts five swimming pools and two beaches, open during the summer months. All but two of these swimming centers are open to adults as well as children. One pool is operated for Negroes only. Teach Swimming Lessons in swimming are given once each day for children and twice a day for adults at all pools and beaches. Special instruction is also given in Red Cross life-saving methods. These instructions are free of charge. Francis Hodges of the Indianapolis unit of the American Red Cross has been in charge of that body's Instruction program this year at city pools and beaches. Daily attendance at the swimming centers are: Ellenberger, 2,000; Rhodius, 3,000; Ringgold, 1,000; Willard, 1.200; Douglass (Negro), 1.200; Warfleigh beach, 600; McClure beach, 1,800. Six community houses are operated by the recreation department, including one for Negroes. These are Garfield park, Brookside, Rhodius. Greer street. Brightwood and J. T. V. Hill (Negro.)

Hold Gym Classes Gymnasium classes for men, women and children are conducted at the community houses. Calisthenics, apparatus work and games form a part of the program. The community house auditoriums are used free of charge by churches, factory groups, clubs. Boy and Girl Scouts, parent-teacher groups and other civic organizations. The average monthly attendance at Brookside, the largest of the community houses, is 7.800 people. There are sixty-five horseshoe courts located in nine parks, under the supervision of the recreation department; seventy-two tennis courts in thirteen parks; twentythree baseball diamonds in nine parks; ten football fields in nine parks, and seven roque courts in three parks. Free to Public The tennis courts, baseball diamonds and horseshoe courts are open to the public at all times, free of charge. There are now fifty-one public playgrounds and parks. Games of all types and complete programs are a part of the acti v ities of the the grounds, all under the supervision of members of the recreation department. From 100 to 1,500 boys and girls attend each playground daily. Playground work is conducted for children 16 or under.

RILEY GIRLS TO GIVE SKETCH AT RHODIUS Entertainment will be Presented In Community House. Eight girls from Riley playground will entertain in othe_r territory next Tuesday evening at 7:30 when they stage a sketch. "Our Aunt from California" at Rhodius playground. The sketch will be given in the community house. Added to the sketch offering from Riley will be three solo numbers. William \Volsiss?r will dance an irish jig. dressed in a sailor suit. Lucille Schab will do a charleston, and Miss Carrie West will sing. SPELLING BEE GROWS Word Quit Is Daily Event at Highland Playground. Starting with only enough children to fill one bench, an old-fash-ioned spelling bee. a daily event at 'Highland playground, has grown to the extent of including about twenty children each morning. Stories are read to the children at times and contests held in the send pile to break the monotony of the program. Nip Peru Revolt Plot. B’> rnited P*' fs LIMA. Peru. July 26.—The newspaper La Prensa published an article today saying the police had uncovered a plot against the government and had arrested a senator, a deputy and four other principals. and seized incriminating documents. Other arrests were expected. Missinoary to Return Bn f me* Speeial COLUMBUS. Ind.. July 26.—Dr. Thomas Moody, world traveler and for forty years a missionary in the Congo district of Africa, with Mrs. Moodv are visiting his son. W. O. Moody. <nd family here They are ending a years’ furlough and will leave here Monday on their return trip to Africa. Dr Moody will give an address at the Tabernacle Christian church Sunday morning.

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SIXTEEN ENTER TENNIS TOURNEY Net Event Is Planned at Hawthorne Playground. Sixteen entrants in the tennnis tournament to be held at Hawthorne playground have been received so far. Twenty-five cents is the fee. The charge is made in order to provide a cup to be given as a prize. Entrants should notify James McQuade at this ground if they desire to enter the contest. An' interesting game at this ground is played in the sand pile with a motion picture actor's name the center of interest. One player makes a number of marks in the. sand corresponding to the letters in the actor's name and the other player must guess the name. For every wrong guess the first player draws some simple part of the human figure in the sand. The player completing the human figure or the name first wins. Essay Contest to Be Held An essay contest Is to be held at Rhodius playground soon. Any subject pertaining to the ground can be used. Awards will be made for first, second and third places.

Healthful Sun Rays Can Cause Burns as Serious as Fire; Death Is Possible

TkTEW’ YORK. July 26.—With the present vogue lN for tanned skins and with our new knowledge of the health-giving properties of the sun's rays, the danger of severe burns from overexposure to the sun is apt to be forgotten. A severe sunburn may be dangerous as well as uncomfortable. Burns from the sun's rays are comparable to any other kind of burns, and may even result fatally. “With all its curative power, sunshine may become a menace to health when improperly used, warred Dr. James S. Walton of the New York state department of health. “The blistering caused by sunshine does not differ in any vay from the blistering caused by fire or by live steam. Its destructive action on the skin is the same. Extensive sunburn causes the same high fever, delirium, serious meningitis. Death may follow, as in similar burns bv other agencies." Blondes and red headed people are especially susceptible to sunburn. Some fail to tan. but ac-

WATER POLO SLATED Game to Be Held Sunday at Rhodius Pool. A water polo game will be held at Rhodius park swimming pool Sundav at 3 p. m The Rhodius Park Juniors will play the Y. M. C. A. j Leaders' Club. The Rhodius team is practicing every day under the direction of J. A. Johnston, coach, a guard at | the pool. No prize will be given for this meet. Following this game Rhodius will book games with teams of the other city pools. Members of the Rhodius team are James Montsinger, Harry Weinstein. Sam Klenzer, LaVerne Shuler. La Verl Shuler. Jim Springer and Mike Montsinger. Llfe guards’!TCflle et Safety First Methods to be Taught to Pool Caretakers. All life guards at city pools and beaches nave been asked to be at the office of Jessie McClure, recreation director. Saturday morning. Artificial respiration methods will be demonstrated under the direction of J. J. Steurwald. of the Indianapolis Power and Light Company. Thieves Take New Radio B ■ Times Special COLUMBUS. Ind., July 36. Thieves stole anew electric radio from the J. M. Conrad place two miles west of here. Conrad operates a filling station and store in the same building with his home and the radio had been installed on trial, but a few days ago. It is believed entrance to the building was gained with a skeleton key. Sheet Oiling Cost City /tv 7"imc* Special KOKOMO. Ind., July 26—More than three times the number of streets oiled in Kokomo last year under private contract were treated by the city's new oiler during the present season. Tote! cc6t of ciling here in 1928 was reported at $4,520. while the cost tins year was but $505.59.

An exciting hour in the life of a group of sand pile experts at Highland playground. Castles, houses, roadways, bridges, farms, and anything that can be modeled in sand is material for these children and hundreds of others like them around city playgrounds.

ELIMINATE FEES TO COUNTY TREASURERS Ruling Does Away With Personal Funds in Barrett Law Collections. Personal fees to the county treasurer for collection of delinquent Barrett law assessments are eliminated, Attorney-General James M. Ogden ruled in an opinion to Lawrence F. Orr, chief examiner of the state board of accounts. Ogden pointed out that the fees formerly going to treasurers must be placed, under the new law, into a special assessment delinquency and deficit fund, to be ised to make up any shortage in the improvement funds. Heretofore treasurers were allowed to collect a 25-cent notice fee and 6 per cent of a 10 per cent delinquency fine. Vaudeville Bill is Prepared. A vaudeville show will be presented at Hawthorne playground Aug. 13, with about thirty-five children in the cast. Miss Margaret Jordan, instructor, and Mrs. Carrie Swmls, matron, are in charge of the production.

quire a red, painful burn with every fresh exposure to the sunshine. Whether you will have one of these painful, lobster-red burns or just a fashionable coat of tan depends somewhat on the pigment of your skin. However, the best way to acquire the desired tan without danger or discomfort is to go at it gradually, keeping out of the hot sun during the middle of the day in summer time. “If you would develop a tan. begin with five to ten minutes daily, before 10 o'clock or after 3.” Dr. Walton advises. “Increase the time of exposure daily by five to ten minutes, and in a week, in most cases, a light tan without burning will have appeared. When this occurs, danger of subsequent burning is slight and the sun’s healthful rays may be utilized freely." The desired tan can not be acquired in one heroic attempt, as so many seem to think. Exposure to the hottest sun for several hours the first day results in a painful burn, which blisters the skin so it peels off and the process must be started over again cn the even more sensitive new skin.

PAGEANT TO BE GIVEN Kingan Playground to Present “Under the Portals." “Under the Portals" is the name of the pageant to be given Aug. 23 'at Kingan’s playground. An unusual note of this event will be the native costumes used by many Rumanian children who come to this ground. They will also sing songs in Rumanian. A group from this playground will take part in the united program to be given at Brookside Aug. 15. WARFLEIGH IS REPAIRED Beach is Re-Sanded Following High Water Damage. Following the recent high water which slowed up activities at Warfleigh bathing beach, the matron. Mrs. Nellie Harrison, and instructors Miss Louise Schetter. Leon Saler and Andy Ross, are once more engaged in bringing sand down the river on barges to cover the beach. The concession at this beach is now open and offers checking facilities, soft drinks and other conveniences to the bathers. Softener Ordinance Advanced Bn Times Special MARION. Ind.. July 26.—The city council advanced an ordinance to second reading at a special meeting approving a contract made by the board of works with the Burnip Construction Company, Columbus, 0.. for installation of a water softening and iron removal plant at i the city water works. Work will be started within the next few da3 r s, according to a representative of the company. Four months will be necessary to complete the work. Poincare Still Home 111. Bu /'>! 'ted Pr ss PARIS, July 26.—Premier Raymond Poincare, although still confined to his home under the care of doctors, is receiving visitors and watching all parliamentary proced- , ure with keen interest. The Echo De Paris today intimated that the* premier's condition is none too ; strong. Dinner Party Is Held Approximately twenty children took part in a dinner party at Shelby playground Monday afternoon. Games and contests were held. Mrs. Jenny Perry is matror.

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NOVEL CONTEST AT PLAY LOT Children Asked to Guess Beans in Bottles. Trying to find original contests is one of the problems of Miss Josephine Ambrose, matron at Ellenberger playground. Two interesting stunts she has devised for the children recently include a bean contest in which the children estimate the number of beans contained in a bottle, and eating crackers and trying to whistle immediately afterward. These contests will be held this week and Miss Ambrose has purchased prizes to be given to the winners. Next week will be one of the high spots of the season at this ground with the pet show to be held there. AH children who care to participate will bring their dogs, cats, or whatever animals they have for pets, and enter them. A parade will be held with the pets doing the tricks their owners have taught them. Prizes for first, second and third places will be given by the judges.

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PAGEANTS ARE ARRANGED FOR THREEGROUNDS Children Will Depict Different Versions of Mother Goose Play. The “Pageant of Play,” directed by Miss Jean Vestal, depicting the spirit of play, was staged Thursday evening at Finch playground with a cast of approximately seventy-five children. Costumes for the entire production were made by the children. The pageant is an elaborate narrative of children’s play activities and dances, the dance of the Tin Soldiers and the Doll Dance being the high points, with a fencing contest between two boys as part of the story. The Junior Melody Boys, the orchestra which is giving concerts at all the city playgrounds, furnished music, Vernon and George Horton from Orchard playground, twins, gave a tap dance. Ellenberger, Garfield and Orchard playgrounds are getting casts into shape for pageants next month. The pageant, “The Dearest Wish,” with three different interpretations, will be given at these grounds. Orchard will stage the program Aug. 7 with an offering including a “rag-doll’’ dance as one of the specialties. A fairy court will be portrayed in the form of a large book which two fairy pages will open, introducing the characters of the story. The scene will be decorated with flowers made by the children. Among the dances will be Ruth Hale and Frances Wetzel, and Dorothy Gottlemoller in an acrobatic dance. The Garfield presentation will be held Aug. 8. A dance of wood nymphs and fairies will characterize this offering. At Ellenberger, Aug. 9, the pageant will be staged and stress laid on the Mother Goose rhymes of oiiildhood. Mother Goose will introduce the characters and the story will tell of the children’s wishes.

CITY SWIMMING MEETAUGUST 5 Ribbons, Trophy to be Awarded Winning Paddlers. The city recreation, playground and pool swimming championship meet will be held Monday, Aug. 5, at Ellenberger pool, in Irvington, Bruce Hunter, of the city recreation department, said today. Ribbons will be given for the first, second and third places. The Em Roe Sporting Goods Company has donated a trophy to oe given the winning swimming team. In charge of the day's events will be Jesse P. McClure, referee; R. Walter Jarvis, custodian of prizes; Robert Nipper, starter, and Bruce Hunter, clerk of course. Scorers will be John Hawkins, of The Indianapolis Times; Fred Howenstine. of the Indianapolis Star, and Fred Grossart of the recreation department. Judges and timers will be Louis Skinner. Francis Hodges. Billy Hamilton, Samuel Turrer and Marion White. Sewing Classes Are Popular A sewing class every morning for the girls and baseball and volley ball practice for the boys are items of chief interest at. Douglass playground. Games are played mostly in the evening here. One feature of the ground, jumping rope races, has many contestants.

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Although it's hard to see, Miss Mildred Cline, daughter of Gilbert Cline. 1606 Ludlow avenue, is holding a pot lifter she made in the sewing class at Oak Hill playground. A project for the class in the near future is a laundry bag, work to be done both at home and at. the playground.

FINISH COURSE ON LIFE SAVING Sixteen Take Instructions at City Pool. Candidates completing the Junior Red Cross Life Saving Course were announced today by the city recreation department. Francis T. Hodges was in charge of instruction. Those finishing at Rhodius pool were Don Darland, Arnold Wright, John M. Kennedy, Elvin Grosecrose, Robert Duddy, Cecil Griffin, Edwin Hine, Clara W T est. Billy Arbuckle, George Warfield, Joseph Rich, Paul Lowe and Nancy Baumhope. Those completing the senior course were Miss Catherine Brewer, George Curry, and Miss Ruth West. Due to high water, McClure beach was unable to participate in “Learn to Swim week.” Instructions have been given at this beach for the last week by Frances Hodges of the American Red Cross. About two hundred children daily have been taking these swimming lessons. Catherine Brewer at Rhodius was the only person who passed 100 per cent in the tests given in the senior life saving course. A life saving contest later in the summer is being planned. The contest will be open to all members of the life saving corps. Medals will be awarded. Warfleigh beach has now been recovered with sand and swimming instructions are being given there by the instructors, Miss Louise Schetter, Leon Saler, Andy Ross and Fred Gross art. •BEAN BAGS’ PLAYED Light Games Feature Spades Playground Hot Weather Amusement. Bean bag games are being planned at Spades playground by Mrs. Carrie Reinbolt, matron, for light amusement during hot afternoons. Mrs. Reinbolt made the bags. The girls of this ground are practicing almost every day for a pageant to be given later in the season.

6 WINNERS AWARDED IN MAYPOLE CONTEST Vaulting Prizes Won by Boys, Girls; Scooter Race Planned, Prizes were won by six children at Orchard playground last week in the Maypole vaulting contest held there. Winners in the boys contest were John Finley, of 4045 Byram avenue, first; William Shively, of 4031 Brookwood street, second; and Albert Rash, of 427 West Twelfth street, third. Winners in the girls event were Marie Dickerson, of 626 Bernard street, first; Annabelle Dickerson, of the same address, second, and Marcia Lynch, of 4134 Boulevard street, third. A scooter race will be held here Aug. 7.

FANCY WORK CLUB Embroidery Group Meets Weekly at Dearborn. An embroidery club, meeting every Wednesday afternoon, has been formed at Dearborn playground. A weiner roast follows each meeting. A departure from the conventional story hour is being tried out by Mrs. Maude Dawson, matron. Each child is asked to think of his favorite fairy story and when story hour comes tell the other children the tale. Handicraft Class Popular A handicraft class organized at Oakhill playgrounds has proved to be a big success. To date the girls have made doll house furnishings and sachet bags. It is planned to make many more things before the season closes.

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KITTEN TEAMS BREAK RULES; 1 FORFEIT GAMES Baseball Nines Punished for Over Age Players. Irregularities are creeping into the sunny ranks of the city “Kitten s” ball leagues, conducted on city playgrounds. At the start of the season drastic rules were laid down as to the eligibility of players in regards to age. Now comes complaints that over age boys are playing. The game between Spades and Brightwood. played July 12, has been awarded to the Brightwood team on a finding that a Spades player was over 16. Brookside was another team losing a game to Brightwood by forfeit for playing a boy, 17. The game was played July 5. Instructor Fred Deal at Bnghtwoocl forfeited a game to Christian July 17, when he took his team out of the game in the eighth inning because of umpires' decisions. The team at Willard has begun to look like championship material for this season. The boys are playing consistent ball and nosing them out will be a tough proposition, according to followers of the four city leagues. Standing: BOVS LEAGUES League 1 Willard 7 7 .875 Brightwood 6 2 .750 Christian 4 s .571 Spades 4 4 500 Brookside 2 S .288 Ellenberger 0 R .000 League 2 Ringgold '8 n 1 009 Garfield s 2 . .435 Greer 5 2 .825 Finch 2 5 375 No. 22 2 6 .250 Meikle 1 7 .125 League 8 Rhodius 8 7 .889 Military 4 2 .667 RUey 5 4 .556 Ktngan's 4 4 .500 Indianola 2 4 .423 Hawthorne I) 8 ,009 League 4 Oak Hill 7 I .875 Fall Creek 6 2 .760 Highland 6 2 .760 No. 44 4 4 .500 Dearborn 1 7 .125 Rader and Udel 0 8 .000 GIRLS LEAGUE STANDING League I Fall Creek 4 0 1.000 Camp Sullivan 4 1 800 Indianola 1 2 232 Spades 1 2 223 Highland 0 4 000 league 2 Garfield 4 ! ?eo Finch 3 1 750 Greer 3 2 600 Willard 2 3 400 Ringgold 1 4 .200 League 3 Oak Hill 4 1 800 Brightwood 4 1 roo Christian 3 2 600 Brookside 1 3 222 Ellenberger O 6 noo League 4 Meikel 5 e 000 Kan. and Meridian ‘ 0 1.003 School 20 2 ? 500 Kingan's 2 4 333 Rhodius 0 4 eoo Riley 1 5 166 CHECKER TILT PLANNED Maypole Vaulting and Baseball Also J. T. V. Hill Features. A checker tournament promises to hold the interest of many fans at the J. T. V. Hill playground in the near future. Present activities at this ground include maypole vaulting, practiced every evening, and baseball. No diamond is available on the ground and the team makes use of a vacant lot nearby.