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WHEREIN WE MAKE A HUMBLE SUGGESTIONIn connection with the proposal of installing flood Lights on Sunderlin field to permit night football games it has been ‘Uiggcsl ©d that to winter the lights could be used to Illuminate an ice skating rink Our wither during the last few weeks has been ideal for Ice skating and yet there is no place in or near the city where boys and girls can enjoy . this wholesome winter sport in safety. A lew years ago the city flooded the high school ! athletic field for skating purposes but the j season was unusually warm, and most of | the water that was put on the field drained j into the basements of adjacent homes We j would like to see the experiment attemptediagain for we feel that if the field were not : ^flooded loo early in the season and if the sea- j SOU Is at all normal n fine rink could he made on the field. Nothing would do more to create a lively interest in winter sport than an ice skating rink of this kind, where parents would not hesitate 10 send their children. Should the school install floodlights on the field old. ;i-= will ..is young, could enjoy the sport, i ’• ------
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Estherville News
Estherville, Iowa, US
Thu, Dec 26, 1929
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