Playgrounds Attract City Youth In Summer Heat
City youngsters enjoy parks as Jessie McClure leads staff in summer activities at Willard and Rhodius parks. Jacqueline Chrisman cools with a sun smart pose, while Joan Marie Delaney and Dorothy White explore swings and pools with their families nearby. A high dive photo frames the Rhodius park pool scene.
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Jessie McClure
Jacqueline Chrisman
Cora Chrisman
North Arsenal] Avenue
Willard Park
Joan Marie Delaney
Thomas Delaney
Parkview Avenue
Rhodius Park
Dorothy White
Russella
Fall Creek Playground
Ernest White
East Twenty-fourth Street
Riley and Kingan clash as Kitten ball returns in city league
The Indianapolis city recreation leagues opened with Riley defeating Kingan 18 to 10 as Jessie McClure and Henry Goetz watched. Other first day scores included Juniors Garfield 18 Kansas and Meridian 5, Spades 26 Brightwood 4, Fall Creek 22 Oak Hill 10, Seniors Garfield 27 Kansas and Meridian 13, Brightwood 9 Spades 8, Oak Hill 15 Fall Creek 6.
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Indianapolis
Riley
Jessie McClure
Henry Goetz
Kingan
Garfield
Kansas
Merledian
Spades
Brightwood
Fall Creek
Oak Hill
Brightywood
Swimmers to Be Protected at City Pools
City plans safety focused summer with free Red Cross swimming lessons at public pools and beaches. Two to four lifeguards at McClure beach daily, five on weekends. two matrons on duty. Learn to Swim week set for July 8 with classes at Ellenberger Willard Rhodius and McClure Beach. Francis Hodges oversees Red Cross supervision and badges awarded. Courses free of charge with future life saving instruction offered.
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Indianapolis
McClure Beach
Joe Sullivan
Fred Grossart
Bruce Hunter
al Red Cross
Grossart
Francis T. Hodges
The
Red Cross
Brink
Ellenberger
Willard Pools
Rhodius
Hodges
American Red Cross
Doug's First Wife Weds Actor Jack Whiting
Beth Sully Fairbanks former wife of Douglas Fairbanks marries musical comedy actor Jack Whiting at the Algonquin hotel. The ceremony followed Beth's past marriages to Fairbanks and James Evans Jr, and linked family ties to Fairbanks Jr and Joan Crawford in theater circles. Whiting, a UPenn graduate, stars in the musical Hold Every...
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United Piece
New York
Beth Bully Fairbanks
Douglas Fairbanks
Jack Whiting
Algonquin Hotel
Whiting
Beth Sully
James Evans Jr
Pittsburgh
University of Pennsylvania
Depth markers donated for city beaches by power and light
Depth markers for city beaches were donated by Indiana polis Power and Light Company. Signs will be painted by the Indianapolis Safety Council. The pulmoter crew at Morris Street plant will assist at all beaches and can be called via J. J. Steurwald when needed.
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Indianapolis Power and Light Company
City Recreation Department
Indianpolis
Name-Maker Sought as Boy Leaves Indiana Farm
Alfred Sharp, 16, left his Lewisville Indiana home declaring he would seek fame in the city. His father R K Sharp asked Indianapolis police to search for him, describing the boy as 5 feet 9 inches tall, about 150 pounds, wearing a leather coat and felt hat.
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Alfred Sharp
Lewisville
Ind
R. K Sharp
Indianapolis
Volunteers of America Charity Drive Approved at Luncheon
The Volunteers of America campaign to raise 13500 dollars to reduce mortgage indebtedness and replace worn equipment received Community directors approval at a luncheon held at the Indi Mouptuls Athletic Club on Thursday.
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Volunteers of America
Indi- Mouptuls Athletic Club
Playground 10 Plan Schedule at South Side Turner
A preliminary program by the South Side Turner playground matrons and instructor outlines weekly activities. Story hour is Monday at 10 am, sand pile contests run Tuesday and Wednesday in groups of four, a girls sewing class Thursday, and making picture books for city hospital children. Matrons are Mrs Minnie Blodgett and Mrs Doshia Dennison. Miss Hilda Rabb is the instructor.
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South Side
Turner Playground
City Hospital
Minnie Blodgett
Doshia Dennison
Hilda Rabb
City Names Free Swim Lessons Schedule For Summer
The city recreation department will offer free swimming lessons taught by lifeguards at pools and beaches. The Brink system from the American Red Cross will guide instruction. Classes will split by age with times for under 10 and over 10, plus separate adult sessions. Locations include Rhodius Ellenberger McClure Warfleigh Douglas Willard Ringgold.
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Jessie McClure
American Red Cross
McClure
Rhodius
Ellenberger
Warfleigh
Douglas
Willard
Ringgold
Pageants Brighten City Playgrounds This Summer
The city recreation department will stage multiple child pageants at area playgrounds led by Miss Hazel E. Abbott. First, on July 17 at Fall Creek, The Enchanted Garden features 150 children in five episodes from Greek to American themes. Subsequent events include Pageant of Play at Finch July 24 with 100 children, a storytelling festival at Orchid, a mock wedding at Christian, The Lost Sheep at Rade and Udell August 2, and Through the Portals at Hawthorne with 50 children.
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Hazel E. Abbott
Fall Creek
Enchanted Garden
Robin Hood
Germany
France
America
Abbott
Finch Playground
Orchid Playground
Rade
Udell
Hawthorne
Guard instructor injured by fish fin sting
Sergeant W. A. Sebastian, instructor for national guard units in the region, is hospitalized in Columbus County Hospital with a severely infected hand after being pricked by a fish fin.
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Snevin
Columbus
Ind
W. A. Sebastian
National Guard
Pool Dedication at Camp Dellwood Draws Scout Support
Two thousand Girl Scouts parents and donors who funded the new $17,000 concrete pool at Camp Dellwood will attend the dedication on Saturday June 29. The program starts at 2 p m with Mayor L Ert Slack invited to speak. Mrs E Blake Francis the scouts commissioner led the fundraising and will oversee events, including a swimming meet on opening day. Camp Dellwood lies on the Girl Scout reservation three miles northwest of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Crawfordsville road.
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Camp Dellwood
L. Ert Slack
E. Blake Francis
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Crawfordsville Road
Tablet honors fund drive givers for Civic Theater
Subscribers of one thousand dollars or more will have their names inscribed on a bronze tablet in the Civic theater lobby. Founders will be designated as Founder Members. Over 200 volunteers canvass for funds while the drive seeks between 150000 and 200000 dollars.
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Civic Theater of Indianapolis
Drive
Schedule Outlined for Girls Ball Teams
Miss Lola Fleiffer announces summer schedule for city playground girls baseball leagues. Four leagues list 24 teams including Oak Hill Brightwood Brookside Spades Christian Ellenberger Greer Ringgold Finch Highland Garfield Willard Kingans Kansas Meridian Rhodius Merkel Wyoming Bye Riley Ola Camp Sullivan School 44 Hawthorne Fall Creek with Aug 9 North versus South at Willard.
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Lola Fleiffer
City Recreation Department
East
Oak Hill
Brightwood
Brookside
Spades
Christian
Ellenberger
South
Greer
Ringgold
Finch
Highland
Garfield
Willard
West
Kingans
Kansas
Meridian
Rhodius
Merkel
Wyoming
Riley
North
Indianola
Camp Sullivan
School 44
Hawthorne
Fall Creek
Highway Commission Misses Meeting on Tire Contract Bids
State highway commissioners failed to appear at Thursday’s meeting and did not act on the tire contract worth about 100000 dollars a year. Fifteen companies had submitted tire bids earlier in the week. Junk lot bids were opened today but no award was made.
Boys act as cops at playground merit system
A merit system started at Rader and Udell playground by Miss Betty Bagnoli and Miss Opal Foster selects four boys daily to act as police. They receive badges whistles and small ornaments. Their task is to maintain order among all children, and the best-behaved boys are chosen most often.
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Rader and Udell
Betty Bagnoli
Opal Foster
United Pree Builds Expensive Eight Passenger Plane
In Liverpool on June 28 a highly costly aircraft was completed described as perhaps the most expensive ever built in the country. It features a $5,000 ceiling hand decoration, eight passenger accommodations with a lounge, tables, an electric kitchen and an electric refrigerator. The total cost reached $150,000.
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United Pree
Liverpool
My First Rule for Healthful Eating
A renowned food scientist urges daily raw vegetable salad and raw fruit, plus one cooked vegetable and one cooked fruit. He highlights sugar as a key condiment that enhances flavor, making fruits and vegetables more inviting and nourishing. Sugar, nature’s perfect flavor, improves nearly all foods. The Sugar Institute.
Actor Stepin Fechit Marries Dorothy Stevenson in Hollywood
Hollywood reports Stepin Fechit who won a $1,000-a-week movie contract wed Dorothy Stevenson a 17 year old from New Orleans at St Patrick's Roman Catholic church.
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Hollywood
Stepin Fechit
Dorothy Stevenson
New Orleans
Brown Legion Drum Corps Seeks $1500 Drill Prize
Hilton A Brown Jr post American Legion drum and bugle corps, wearing new black and gold uniforms funded by Broad Ripple rally profits, will compete for 1500 in prizes at the state region convention in Richmond August 24 to 27 and at the national convention in Louisville September 30 to October 4. Mrs W H Gray won the post automobile at the Broad Ripple rally. second prize 800 merchandise certificate went to Mrs Helen Skelton.
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Broad Ripple Park
Hilton A. Brown Jr
American Legion
Richmond
Louisville
W. H. Gray
R. R
Broad Ripple
Helen Skelton
North
Ilinois Street
Police Firemen Will Award Scholarships
Two $250 Butler scholarships will be awarded to a boy and a girl from Indianapolis high schools by the Policeman and Fireman's Benefit Association for next year. Applicants must be children of association members and a mayoral committee will select the recipients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler University
Indianapolis
Policeman and Fireman's Benefit Association
L. Ert Slack
Lawrence McTurnan
Meredith Nicholson
Gino Ratti
Bakter University
Slack
Mathews Named General Passenger Traffic Manager
C. H. Mathews Jr., promoted from assistant general traffic manager in Philadelphia, is named general passenger traffic manager. He will oversee passenger traffic matters across the Pennsylvania Railroad system under the traffic vice president.
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C. H. Mathews Jr
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Mathews
Pennsylvania
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