Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 18, Number 8, DeMotte, Jasper County, 16 January 1948 — Recreation Meeting Set For Jan. 30 [ARTICLE]

Recreation Meeting Set For Jan. 30

Indiana Economic Council Announces Second Governor’s Conference At Indianapolis Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 14 Kenneth L. Schellie, director of the Indiana Economic Council, today announced the program of the second Governor’s Conference on Recreation which the Council will sponsor in Indianapolis on Jan. 30. There will be conferences throughout the day, followed by a dinner meeting at which Governor Ralph F. Gates will speak. Hassil E. Schenck, president of the Indiana Farm Bureau, will be toastmaster. Robert Yoho, director of the Division of Health and Physical Education of the State Board of Health, will be general chairman of the conference. Schellie will open the general session in the afternoon and Stephen C. Noland, economic council chairman, will welcome the several hundred recreation experts expected to attend from over the state. Garrett G. Eppley, chairman of the department of recreation of Indiana University then will speak on “Around the State,” and J. T. Fermal, Bloomington director of recreation, will present introduction to the discussion sections. Speakers on development of community programs, legal provisions and community organization will include L. H. Weir, field secretary of the National Recreation Association; K. Mark Cowen, Indianapolis; F. L. Mcßeynolds, Purdue University; John N. Higgins, Elkhart; Kenneth Kramer, Crawfordsville; J. B. Stephens, Noblesville; Orlo Miller, State Board of Health, and Eppley. Youth programs, trends and practices will be outlined by J. F. Conover, Terre Haute; Mrs. Wayne Arnholter, Indianapolis; Joan Ewing, Rochester; Deane

Dorwin, Decatur; Paul T. Norris, Indiana Farm Bureau; J. Arthur Grady, Evansville; Miss Mickey McDonald, Whiting, and Rose Ann Walters, Martinsville. * Expects discussing camping and outdoor recreation will be Ramond E. Bogden, Muncie; Nelson Dangeremond, Indiana Department of Conservation: Ortha Neff, Anderson; A. G. Kerr, Columbia City; Paul Lemmon, Columbus; Thelma Patterson, Indianapolis; Joe R. Craw, New Castle; J. Chester Long, Indianapolis, and William Bailey? Fort Wayne. Those discussing programs in rural and urban areas will be Paul Nicely, Lebanon; Martin Nading, Fort Wayne; obert Pierce, Lagrange; R. Wayne Cunningham, Hammond; Miss Stella Hartman, Indianapolis, and Gerald Edwards, Peru. Recreation areas and facilities will be outlined by Arthur F. Lindberg, Indianapolis; Henry H. Morgan, assistant director of the Indiana economic council; T. M. Shirley, Columbus; Henry C. Prange, Indiana Department of Conservation, and Dangremond. Others op the dinner meeting program will be Reynold E. Carlson, Indiana University; Ben H. Watt, State Superintendent of Public Instruction; Mayo Al Feeny of Indianapolis; 0. H. Roberts, of Evansville, president of the Indiana Junior Chamber of Commerce, and Howard Baumgartel, executive secretary of the Indianapolis Church Federation. Mrs. Gates is honorary chairman of the reception committee; and Kenneth Lackey, Gary, and Mrs. Robert F. Shank, president of the Indiana Congress of Parents and Teachers are co-chair-man. . Dr. and Mrs. R. Y. Oosten were surprised Christmas, receiving a mission pak containing several i fruits and nuts from friends in California.