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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1963
Page
6
The Junior Chamber of Commerce starts phase one of a Kiddie Park playground project in the city park area. Tim Goen, project chairman, notes the Jaycee program faced delays over site and park design but was reactivated last year. A special presentation will follow after installation.
The 15th annual Boulder City Damboree runs July 4 with a parade down Arizona and Fifth Streets, band concert, games, beauty contest and park activities. A July 3 pre event dance and buffet at the Legion Hall kick off the celebrations sponsored by the American Legion and the BC Horseman's Association.
Funeral services for Sarah Jane Patterson age 90 were held May 4 in Beaver Utah. She died May 2 at Boulder City Hospital and was buried in Paragonah Utah. She spent winters with daughter Leah Armbrust for 16 years and is survived by three daughters two sons three stepchildren 31 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren plus sisters and a brother.
Henderson Robert Throckmorton will be installed as president of Basic Elementary School PTA at a May 21 meeting in the school multipurpose room. The slate includes Joyce Daeschner Billie Hargrove Vivian Erickson Elizabeth Totten and Erma Cunningham with Andrew J. Mitchell as speaker on education in Europe and slides including Berlin. The public is invited.
Henderson residents can buy family swim pool season tickets for 20 dollars at the city recreation hall or city hall starting May 20. The pool opens on Memorial Day and operates through the summer with Shirley as pool manager and Don Bittle as assistant manager. Lifeguards include Paul Sloan and Diane Kelley. a third guard is pending. Red Cross instructor Lynn Hartle will run the classes once dates are set.
April precipitation in Colorado River basins varied from 168 percent of normal in the Green River basin to 32 percent above Cisco Utah, while the Grand Canyon area runoff to date totals 3 192 000 acre feet about 82 percent of the 20 year average. For April July 1963 the forecast near Grand Canyon is 2 500 000 to 5 500 000 acre feet with a 90 percent probability of landing between those figures derived from Green River Cisco Colorado forecasts.
Basic High School staged Gilbert and Sullivan Mikado on Tuesday and Wednesday with strong attendance. Robin Farns worth as Yum Yum delighted the audience with a surprising big voice, aided by Luana Williamson Pitti-Sing and Clara Klann Peep-Bo. Vinny Martin Ko Ko led with Pooh Bah Gene Dannan and Pish-Tush Allen Farmer in supporting roles. Sheila Ken- continues the show must go on spirit.
The Henderson Campfire Girls Day Camp will run June 17 to 20 and June 24 to 27 for girls from second grade to junior high. Weekly hours are 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Townsite School patio, with a final overnighter at Lees Canyon June 28 and 29. Charge is 2.50 per week and milk is provided.
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