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Annual Playground Report Details Cedar Rapids Recreation Work
The Cedar Rapids playground commission under Mrs. Clare Nichols reports wide activity across summer and winter programs. Highlights include seven outdoor playgrounds with daylong hours, hydrant sprinklers, 51 teams in diamondball leagues, extensive park permits, and 40 000 picnic attendees, plus indoor programs like skating, a cooking school and a large Friendly Club effort for adults.
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Cedar Rapids
Finance
L. D. Burgus
Ellis Park Diamonds
Park Department
Playground Commission
City Tennis Association
Children's “Gardens
Ind
Home Gardens
L. J. Smith
Cedar Rapids Skating Association
the Gazette
Recreation Leadership Training Institute
Grant High
Y. W
C. A
Sunshine Mission
FERA
Cedar Rapids Fire Department
Fillmore School
Friendly Cooking School
Cedar Rapids Gas Company
St. Paul
Friendly Strollers Club
Conduct Institute
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Federal
Women’s Work Relief Division
National Recreation Congress
Washington, D. C
Iowa Emergency Relief Office
Des Moines
IERA
Friendly Club
Coe College
Santa Claus
Recreation Institute