Recreation program for women workers in city stores
Women department store and factory employees will gain recreation activities under the city recreation department. Alma Tiefert, swimming director, will lead four days weekly of girls athletics including baseball basketball volleyball and gymnastics with contests among factories and stores. Leaders include Merica Hoagland Lillian Wieke and Eunice Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Landers
Alma Tiefert
Tiefert
Merica Hoagland
Diamond Chain Company
Lillian Wieke
Real Silk Hosiery Company
Eunice Johnson
L. A. Ayres & Co
Police Badges Quiet Playground Gangs By City Officials
Special police badges issued to matrons and directors at city playgrounds curb gang activity at recreation centers. Miss Julia Landers says youths deterred by the badge. Kilgore and Landers wear regular badge designs with assistants granted special powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Landers
Miss Landers
Davids. Kilgore
Ten Mile Swim for Children at Willard Pool
A ten mile swim for children is conducted at Willard pool by lifeguards Merton Kennedy and Helen Hawkins. The event spans four weeks with daily distance allotments. over twenty youngsters have entered with several miles already completed. The aim is daily swimming practice and preparation for upcoming Red Cross life saving courses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard Pool
Merton Kennedy
Helen Hawkins
Red Cross
Contest date changed for city boys athletics meet at Willard
Final eliminations in the weekly specialty contest for boys, overseen by Robert Nipper of the city recreation department, will be held at Willard playground Thursday due to the Fourth. Five city champions will be crowned in baseball distance throw, accuracy throw, long distance hitting, base running, and place hitting, each receiving an "I" shield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Nipper
Willard Playground
Gary Population Hits 100,749 in 1930 Census
Gary's official 1930 population is 100,749 with Lake County at 261,337. The 1920 Gary figure was 85,378 and the county 159,957. Hammond grows to 64,523 and East Chicago rises from 35,967 to 54,660 in the decade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Gary
Ind
Alice Drake Jones
Lake County
Hammond
East
Chicago
Boy Scout Honored for Playground Service at Willard
Jack Hildebrant of Troop 33 at 23 South Arsenal avenue logs dozens of good turns daily guiding playground activities under Helen Parish. He handles swings and slides, sand piles, lost-child recoveries, disputes, and first aid without pay, aiming for a merit badge after 50 hours. Donald Dollar, a bugler from the same troop, signals closing each evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Hildebrant
South Arsenal Avenue
Miss Helen Parish
Willard
Hildebrant
Miss Parish
Boy Scout Court of Honor
Donald Dollar
New Swimming Schedule Tries Earlier Pool Access
New swimming schedules at Garfield and Ellenberger pools set guard arrival at 9 30 a m and class instruction before opening at 10 30. The change aims to reduce interference by experienced swimmers and boost participation. Rhodius pool keeps 3 p m classes with Emma Burns leading. Minnie Talbot starts Negro children classes at Douglas pool this week. Municipal beaches offer no classes. guards will teach any hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garfield and
Ellenberger
Rhodius Pool
Emma Burns
Minnie Talbot
Douglas Pool
Swimmers 10 Meet Faces City Pool Stage
A series of pool meets is planned with Ellenberger pool the 1929 champion as a favorite. Rhodius pool will provide strong competition with Garfield as a dark horse. Charles Jones a Rhodius lifeguard and former Butler star is training two divers. Young Ruth McHugh and Bobby Lyle show promise for city titles. A window at 2638 Rader Street was broken and thieves stole cigarettes and meats valued at sixty dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellenberger Pool
Rhodius
Garfield
Charles Jones
Butler
Ruth McHugh
Bobby Lyle
Pet animal editor column from Washington Bureau
A Washington based Boys and Girls pet animal editor column from the Indianapolis Times notes desk. It references ongoing animal care topics and reader questions coordinated by the Washington office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Indianapolis Times
New York Avenue
Washington, D. C
Free city pool lessons teach 500 to swim in first week
More than five hundred residents learned to swim during the first week of free pool lessons offered at city pools. Francis Hodges, director of boys and mens swimming, said the six lesson course will run six days and continue at Garfield Ellenberger Douglass Warfleigh Willard Rhodius and ey street pools weekly throughout the summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Hodges
City Recreation Department
Indianapolis
American Red Cross
Times
Garfield
Ellenberger
Douglass
Warfleigh
Willard
Rhodius
Ey Street
Red Cross
Hodges
Alma Tiefert
Recreation Department
Garfield and
Playground Handiwork Classes Start at City Grounds
Mabel Rose, supervisor of handiwork on city playgrounds, reports rising interest this year. Basket weaving projects have begun on all grounds and will continue through fall. Senior girls make aprons, juniors embroider flowers on cloth, and younger children embroider flowers on cardboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Rose
Civic League plans August celebration program
Tentative program for Tibbs avenue and Eagle Creek Civic League celebration and homecoming was under way with a meeting at Paul Lieske's home. Final arrangements will be completed August 5 at Clarence C. Woolery's residence on West Michigan Street.
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Tibbs Avenue
Eagle Creek
Paul Lieske
Livingston Avenue
Clarence C. Woolery
West
Michigan Street
Permit Requirement Enforced for Farm Animal Vaccinations
Indiana restricts vaccine sales for farm animals after August 1 without a permit from the state livestock sanitary board. Dr. Frank H. Brown, state veterinarian, says the rule stops unlicensed veterinarians from vaccinating stock. Permits are available to veterinarians and farmers vaccinating their own herds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
State Livestock Sanitary Board
Frank H. Brown
Dog attack on man reading gas meter in Anderson
Times Special reports in Anderson Indiana on July 2 a dog bit Fred Brooks severely on the left leg after he entered a home to read a gas meter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times Special
Anderson
Ind
Fred Brooks
Brooks
Books Collected as Gifts for Camps Near Indianapolis
Riley children's room at the public library has prepared camp book collections for Boys' Club camp YWCA Camp Delight Camp Fire Girls camp Jewish Federation camp Junior Catholic Daughters of America camp and Girl Scouts camp at Dellwood. Each about two hundred books cover nature study astronomy games poetry fairy tales and ghost stories. The Girl Scouts Dellwood camp needs two hundred fifty books focusing on folk dances and songs for a national convention program.
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Indianapolis
Riley Children’s
Public Library
Boys’ Club
Delight
Camp Fire Girls
Jewish Federation
Eagle Creek
Catholic Daughters of America
Girl Scouts
Dellwood
Children Present Plays at City Playgrounds
Playground directors across the city supervise junior girls and boys dramatizing Mother Goose rhymes with no scenery. Miss Norma Koster leads the project for the recreation department. Top performers will join fall pageants in city parks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norma Koster
Christian Park
Maroney Playground
Municipal Gardens
Highland Park
Hansel and
Gretal
Willard Playground
Greer Playground
Cinderella
Fall Creek
Rathert Playground
Jubilee Week Planned by City Recreation Music Chief
Carl W. Frye, new supervisor of music for the city recreation department, announces a four district jubilee week in late July with district playgrounds competing for titles. The program includes toy bands, glee clubs, adult community singing, brass bands, orchestras, regular park concerts, and various instrument clubs to engage children aged 6 to 10 and the broader public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl W. Frye
Frye
Limitation Placed on City Pool Swimmers
David B. Kilgore city recreation director orders reduced pool usage after tests show chlorination plants can purify water for only 800 persons per hour. Dr. Herman G. Morgan health board secretary approves. Whistles will be sounded hourly to clear pools and ensure fair access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David B. Kilgore
Herman G. Morgan
Health Board
Paralysis Claims Life of William L Eichler at 58
Anderson Indiana July 2 William L Eichler aged 58 died after an attack of paralysis. He leaves a widow a brother and a sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times Special
Anderson
Ind
William L. Eichler
Girl Selected as Hopscotch City Champion
Ruth Doty of Willard playground won the city hopscotch title in a series of weekly playground contests directed by Miss Ruth Emhardt. Lucille Corsar took second, Clara Fields earned honorable mention, with next week featuring volleyball distance throw for junior and senior girls and a final city champion to be chosen Friday at Willard playground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Doty
Willard Playground
Ruth Emhardt
Lucille Corsar
Greer Playground
Clara Fields
J. T. W. Hill
Tules
Children mothers invited by Rauh Memorial library
All children in the Rauh Memorial library area are invited to a weekly story hour at 10 each Thursday in the garden behind the library. Miss Mabel Hunt and Miss Evelyn Carpenter conduct the hour, and mothers are welcome to visit during the stories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rauh Memorial Library
Mabel Hunt
Miss Hunt
Butler conducts talks with Indianapolis firms on Latin American sales
O. M. Butler of Washington commerce commission interviews several Indianapolis manufacturers and exporters Tuesday. He plans a Latin America tour to boost American made cars and aircraft sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. M. Butler
Washington
Automotive and Aeronautic Trade
Department of Commerce of
Latin America
Indianapolis
Butler
Konjola touted as health aid for 72 year old
A promotional piece features Augustus King of Indianapolis praising Konjola for restoring his health after a decade of poor appetite stomach trouble and kidney weakness. It claims the medicine has no alcohol or harmful drugs and recommends six to eight bottles. The Konjola Man operates from Dependable Drug Store in Illinois Indianapolis.
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Augustus King
Arbor Avenue
Indianapolis
Konjola
Hook
Ilinois
Washington Streets
Konjo
Illinois
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Azalee Bolin
Dorothy Fields
Filenberger Pool
Jean Ann
J. W. Fleener
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Howard Robertson
Marjorie Lawson
Louann
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Rader Street
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RKO
Charlie Dawes
Larry Rich
Charlie Davis
Diane Jack Oakie
Chin
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Lion
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Onal Vitando
Sidney 'Ohn
Loder Annes
Walter Agen
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Marian Nixon
EL Brendel
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Miss Doty
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