Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 July 1952 — Page 27
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Times photos by Dean Timmerman THE TAKE- EOFF Mary Alice Conboy (right) gets ready to jump in as Jackie Hudson touches the Riviera Club pool-side in a swimming relay.
BACKWARDS—Sue Morton demonstrates a backward dive she’ will compete in The Times’ Junior Olympics swimming meets.
The Riviera Club Teaches lts Swimmers for Meets
]DAYDREAMS « « « that’s what competitive swimmers are made of. Competitive swimming in Indianapolis has taken on special tones. Along with the usual meets sponsored by local clubs, the Indianapolis Times is spon-
BEFORE AND AFTER—Miss Conna Harbin (right) Riviera Club swimming instructor, helps Nelson Quick (center), while Rosemary Clift (left) proves she has graduated from the beginners class.
Suggest Care of Gardens For Out-of-Door. Lovers
By KATY ATKINS T to do this week? After three weeks of being
preoccupied, either with television or tennis, perhaps
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Now meets throughout the Summer, go.mg) practices with the mile a friends here. * na swim. asts have been one box to be draped in black 79.00 YOUNGEST TO swim this From 30 seconds to one min in Cincinnati crepe paper. But, we had a : the te is Rosemar ute rests break the aquatic for some of .@ . fine champion in Art Larsen, 79.00 Tear a t ov last year y calisthenics from all work into the Davis Cup who not only played beautiful th ol hop oh ie and moments of relaxation. To de- matches this 3 tennis but sang for us at a 69.00 8 by an lt. velop arm muscles the team week. Katy Atking SOUPl® of the parties. EO ma setoon Members swim’ with sneakers twas a Yau While Riviera Club swimmers On 10 KeeP thelr Kong po good opportunity to combine = AMONG THE MORK inter. 98.50 are considered experienced, that .,... work. Te err Ae esting guests at the tennis
soring its Junior Olympics. Riviera Club swimmers, junior grade, are putting in their bids for top honors, Thursday the tots through teens will compete in the third meet in the Rhodius Park pool. Ted Earl, swimming coach at the Riviera Club, will enter swimmers from the club’s team. The team competes in other
is, they have had the benefit of coaching and organized prac-
Tots from the club will compete in all the strokes and events open for competition. Formal practices Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays, in-
clude kicking, .fluter board, dives and turns, relays and clocking sessions. Team members swim from a mile to a mile and a half each day to keep in condition and conclude
Since the pool opens at 10 a. m. each day, team members
negiisted gardens will get some attention from those of us who are not joining the mass exodus to Michigan or
other vacation spots.
The John Holletts will have more tennis as they will be spectators at the tournament in Kalamazoo in which their younger son is playing. Sev=
ing the latter all through its season. For Indianapolis night
nament. Tommy Carter of Columbus was’ first and Jimmy Rose second but every one got
= tennis balls,
Billy Talbert had his own air-conditioning system with an ice cube in his hat on Saturday. His defeat in the semifinals was a blow to his many old It even caused
tournament were Senor me Senora Miguel Perez-Rubio o Manila who were with Mrs. J.
n ice, classes in the meets will jo... one hours organized a special train was provided. It . be open to novice swimmers, practice three days each week was met by a bus in which Le ot eR - too, without interference. Other everyones was taken directly to wars both fighting in the re-
Other meets this season will be in Rhodius Park, July 31; Willard Park, Aug. 6; Ellenberger Park, Aug. 13, and Garfield Park, Aug. 20. The final event is set for Aug. 27 in Broad Ripple pool. Entries will be accepted from
days they practice at their own convenience. Several members take advantage of the indoor pool -in the recreation building and swim all winter. Participating in The Times’ Junior Olympics from the club
of the
the theater at the Zoo. Helen Buell and Peg Lyda made that trip together, Other Indianapolis people in the audience that night were Mary and Margaret Dwyer, Fanny and Martha Geisler, Miss Jane Hampson and Dr. and Mrs.
sistance movement In the
Philippines. Actually the senora's father was: chief .of the movement. From here they went to New York and on tq Manila by plane, Carol and Sandy Holliday, who were visiting Mrs,
any swimmer who swims regu- are Sharon Williams, Dwight larly in Marion County pools Searcy, Dale Brown, Karon A. E. Brown. Another njght Alex R. Holliday, showed up 19.00 and is under 16 years of age. Newbold, Anne Noone, Judy Mr. and Mrs. Herman Wolff one day. Mrs. Holliday's young. The Riviera Club has . Lambert, Carl Hood, Rachel and Flo and Tom Binford er daughter and her husband, classes three times a week for Taton, Susie Baudistal, Sue were_ together as were Mrs. Janet and Warman Waelliver,
children over five years of age and classes for ladies twice a week and a special business women’s class once a week.
Morton, Barbara Riddle, Jackie
‘Hudson, Mary Alice Conboy,
Pam and Terry Fuller, Rosemary Clift and Jim White.
Beech Grove Tots Ditch
By OPAL CROCKETT GAMES BREAK up on Beech Grove playgrounds every Wednesday morning. Junior deserts deserts the ball diamonds. Little sister puts away her dolls. Grubby hands get a scrubbing and small fry from kindergarten through fourth grade slick up for the weekly story hour in Beech Grove public library. 504 Main 8t. o The quarters are a little eramped, for the library is only a temporary building. It's Beech Grove's first library, and the city’s 5700 residents hope to
replace it soon by a super $50,-
000 structure.
EVERY WEDNESDAY at 10 a. m. through summer months bicycles pull up in front of the library. Dogs wait outside while Junior has his serious
moments. He asks for real deep literature about dogs,
cowboys and Indians. Sometimes he takes along bugs and spiders and wants books about) them. i The girls are just as entranced with learning. A cou-
ple tried to out-sit each other long after story-hour ended. . o - All sorts of questions and confidences come to the ears of the story-tellers, including Richard Bunton, librartan, Mrs. Helen Hurst, assistant ‘librarian and volunteers. A very small girl told them she knew the religion of her parents, her sister and herself but what bothered her .was the religion of her dog. Impressed by the many books im the library, one child went home and told her parents
a . librarian was called a “bookie.”
" ” ” READING INTEREST doesn't stop with the story hours. There's a continuous display in the library windows. It’s provide? by Beech Grove boys who belong to the wild-
life and Forest Conservation
Club.
Though too young to take up the torch to soljeit funds for the new library, boys and girls are doing some unofficial campaigning. On Aug. 4 in a oneday drive hundreds of workers will canvass the community.
A BIG JUMP—Judy Lambert (right) gets ready to jump into the Riviera Club pool as Ted Earl (second from right), swimming coach, checks her position, and Karen Newbold watches from the water and Dale Brown waits his turn.
Cops And Robbers For Their Library's Story Hour
Twenty zone captains, 13 of them women, will lead the block-by-block drive.
Workers represent Beech Ad
filiates,
A MAN MUST BE EDUCATED — Don Ginsberg 8, spares an nor to. hear about cowboys ns.
PLAYING HOUSE CAN WAIT — Pamela Hosea, 8,
men’s
Grove's organizations including PTA, church guilds, Scout af women's clubs, clubs and veteran and civic groups and their auxiliaries.
Heading the drive are Olin L. Van Horn, high school principal, and the Rev. Fr. Robert Hartman, pastor of Holy
Name Catholic Church.
best pinafore, goes to Beech
library. sf
After the' campaign, it is hoped cash and pledges now totaling $24,122 will mount to $50,000, the cost of the proposed new library. To be of Bedford limestone, the library will be centrally located at 11th and Main Sts, handy for the boys and girls who now patronize its substitute,
Charles Latham, Mrs. Garvin Brown, Charles Latham Jr. and William Sullivan. These four spent the night with Mr. and Mrs. Hulbert Taft which made the jaunt especially pleasant. Bonnie Roberts has taken off to Michigan after a strenuous week being- chairman of the ball boys for the Western Tennis Championships, These youngsters wpried almost as hard as theé-players. Their hours were even longer as some of them chased balls for almost every match. They are our players of the future so it was nice to see them recognized and presented awards at the close of the tour-
have also been here with their little girl but have now returned to Italy. n » » AMONG the Sylvester Johnsons’ guests were Debby: Bye rum of San Francisco. This attractive young lady holds a card for the National Referee Association which gives her entree into any tournament. She served as linesman for many matches here. Jim Holli-’ day, who is living in Chicago, was in the Johnson box one day.
Sally and Larry Puchta of
Cincinnati were the week-end guests of Fred Holliday and especially enjoyed the matches as Larry 1s a tennis enthusiast,
TELL US A STORY—Beech Grove boys and 1 gia leave pets, ‘ at theirTibrary. Mrs. Helen Hurst is story-te
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