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Newspaper

The Chronicle Telegram

Location

Elyria, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 21, 1930

Page

2

Strides in Recreation Facilities Noted for Year

NEW YORK Opening 1 157 public play areas last year in the United States and Canada. The Playground and Recreation Association of America reports 20 municipal golf courses 90 athletic fields 10 bathing beaches and 648 playgrounds bringing total directed play areas to 13 397 three decades five years. Expenditures reached 53 609 805 the largest yearly sum for public recreation.

Playground and Recreation Association of America Association Uld Boq

Leisure and sports flourish with shorter workdays

The association notes the shorter workday and five-day week worsen workers leisure use. Municipal recreations appeal to adults with golf tennis bikini clubs and amateur arts groups. Athletics for industrial employees reach 290 cities with 1,620 leagues up from 1928. nine league sports total 1,280,100 players and 1,364,745 spectators. Tennis leads with 381,208 players in 325 cities. baseball 47,645 players in 414 cities. playground baseball 200,790 players in 620 cities.

Playground Baseball

Birmingham May 21 Baccalaureate Service and Commencement

The Birmingham High School class of 1958 heard the Baccalaureate Sermon by Rev. Fred Ross at the Birmingham M E Church. Commencement exercises were scheduled for May 21 at 8:15 p.m. at the Birmingham A M E Church with several area residents visiting and attending events and services surrounding the school, church activities, and community gatherings.

Wo man's club three act play eyed by Bay Village readers

Bay Village May 20 highlights a three act play at the club rooms and a report of social events. Mr and Mrs George Drake and family motor to Warren Pennsylvania for the weekend. Reading club hosted a picnic dinner at Miss Lucy Osborn home with about 40 attendees. Edward and Mildred Tuttle of Lake Read departed on a state tour from Birmingham Alabama. A lightning strike damaged the Lomb barn of former H P Foote, housing three cars. John Inglis of Princeton New Jersey visits Lake Road en route to St Louis to begin duties as Webster Grove Presbyterian pastor. Mrs C G Winfrey staged a coming out dance for her daughter Clintie on her sixteenth birthday with twenty guests. Bernhard Lade visits from Bassett Road. Dr Jesse Sadler builds a new house on Lake Road. A mummy’s discovery in Egypt is noted among amulets and jewelry.

Birmingham Birmingham High School Fred Ross Birmingham Pl. E BirmIngham M. E Birmingham A. E S. W. Crace Joe D. Parker Wakeman Grace Herinzerling Andy Elyria Agr Ave A. Pleinzerling F. A. Griffen Alars Bogart Ben Claus Vermilion Rebecca Schmenons Albert Lioyrd Ashby Dierkie John Ladrach J. R. Lawrence Marion Bates Helen Eckelberry Roy Eckelberry Slartman Holzhauer John Stolzhauer Oak Point M. Op. Coultrip Lorain W. Os. Counstrip Birmingham Igh School Willard Davidson Fred Gerber Cleveland Ohio Frank Bates Frank Griffen George Dennison Thelma Reising George Gang Dorothy Norwalk JL. Lawrence Bruce Bates Lewis Dellefield George Dellefield Martha Tellefield Ernest R Banman Parker Bay Yvillage Woman’s Club George Drake Warren Jay Osborn Amos Glendening Louie Scott Lucy Osborn Reading Club Edward Tuttle Lake Read Ala PP. Foote Tle John ©. Inglis Princeton N. J Inglis Geo. Morgan Lake Road St. Louis Inlig Presbyterian Church Webster Grove C. CG. Winfrey Lake Rd Clintie Ward Powell Clinton Powell Bernhard Lade E. Thomson Bassett Road Jesse Sadler

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