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IT WON T BK IX)NO NOW’kmen last week were hard at work on the supeiboat, which is soon to he launchedbackground above)The cTaft, as yet unnamed, was bought I become the propeir-P-?rNew Lake Boat SoonTo Be Ready For RidesHigh Point’s City Lake* pleasure second-floor “decks” at the swim-boat was well on it* way toward ming pool—an improvement that completion.I««t »»M port ot u, ^ wkoroe d(incinRovw all etfortt of tnt* city parks - w - ~Hn*l recreation department to get |younRStpr* who ha\e been arcus*the city’s big municipal park ready tomed )o snagging their toes on thefor the influx of thousand* summertime pleasure seeker*.Just over a week ago, the hull of the lroat made it* long journeyshoresoft-patched canvas flooring of the decks. Workmen last week were layingdown a concrete type mixture about a Quarter of an inch thicka! Carolina to the shores of City l-ake, Since then two salty protes- all over the surface of the decks, jsional boat builders from Marshall- ^ rmilt wUl Xw * mooth sur-Iberg, near Marker s Island, haveJbeen busily adding a yacht-like su** perstructurt to the craft, j Evidence of the nautical nature1 of Boatbuilders Ray Davis and^ Walker George was brought outone day las* week as Bill Stronach, ^ ^city parks and recreation director.jinR ihem into croquet couit*..stood inside the hull with a mea-[ ’ That will mean the space will )|suring stick. be used by a lot more people,” he•’We’ll need a two-foot wide aisle j observed.right in here,” he said,“Churches have aisles.” repliedface for sunbathing and for dancing feet.Taking note of the little-used tenuis court* at City Lake, Stronach said he i* contemplating convert-ThisCity Lake, which already goes a long w*ay toward being one of themost complete recreation areasone of the boatbuilders.a passageway.”The new boat was originally do- :1C\ T, Bt*“ ,w*signed as a seagoing vesse* *o:additions in the future.? take fishing parties into ocean! Stronach said that by the sum-j waters off the coast. It will soon mer 0f 1955 he hopes to have atu lie used to take up 10 40 park Cit Lake one of the popular minipatrons at a tune on l*‘*«rely ' . * ‘cruises around the local lake. golf courses, and an archeryI Last year the most striking new rang®ilwkt•pFishermenfindof boats ___________ Laketary Wheel, the miniature train tind an arraywhich already this year has begun them in which they can try their its rounds of the Lake Route. . . . . . . .. •loaded down with youngsters and ,n “** *a*e 01 in ,,M?grownups alike. I backwaters. There’ll be a newThis year the big new feature wrinkle this year for fishermenwho prefer to cast their lines fiomabobbingwill he the boat, but DirectorStronach noted yesterday thatprobably the most important new facility added to the parks system this year Is one that is not quite as readily noticeable as the pleasure craft.I? consists of scores of new grills and cooking pits, spotted at suit-able locations at City Lake, | will have an “assist from the city 1 Colored Park and Armstrong Park.nsomething other thanboat. It will be a fishing pier that will stretch out into the lake from the boathouse.Even those fishermen who prefer to go down to the lake m boatsThere will also be more picnic s’ tables Outmoded lights m the pic- nic areas will be replaced withnew spotlights,el “The sunply has never been able to meet the demands of picnickers” Stronach said. “We hope that l* this year for the first time therewill be enough picnic cooking facilities to go around.”The demand for such facilities is heavy all during the summer months from family groups as well d as from industrial and church pic*tl me groups and others.Stronach said no date has been I- set yet for the official opening ofCity Lake and its swimming pool, but he said it will probably be sometime in the latter part ot this t- month.Work was also progressing last week on an improvement to theparks and recreation department. An 18-foot motor launch will tow the small fishing boats out to the far reaches of the lake.High Pointers Start AnnualUrge To Build*.In what was described as ’’normal’* spring week in the suance of building permits. HighPointers obtained them mostly forsmall repair jobs and construction of small homes and business establishments.Building Inspector A. R Sttangc(Staff Photo by Sturkey)
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High Point Enterprise
High Point, North Carolina, US
Sun, May 02, 1954
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