The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-08
First Public Free Bath House To
Be Thrown Open for Use on
Saturday Afternoon
CEREMONIES TO MARK EVENT
The Rev. Florence Buck Will Deliver
a Short Address and the Mayor -
and Aldermen viii Attend
In a Body

Great times are in store for the
children OF the city as we'll as for their
parents and their cousins and their
aunts as next Saturday afternoon Ke-
nOsha will have public bathing beach
and public bath house. The new bath
house on Washington Island is just
about completed and the workmen are
putting the finishing touches on the
locker rooms and other equipments SO
as to have everything in readiness for
the grand opening on Saturday. For
more than ten years efforts have been
made to secure public bathing place
for the people of the city, but nothing
was accomplished until the matter was
taken up by former Alderman Chas. T.
Jeffrey, acting with Mayor Scholey and
the arrangements made for the bath
house to be opened Saturday.
The bath house is a decidedly
comfortable one and is large enough
to take care of the demands of
large number of people. The beach
in front of it is regarded as one of the
best bathing beaches along the lake
front between Chicago and Milwaukee.
It is the plan of the Council to offer
every protection to children using the
public bathing beach. Captain Foun-
tain has agreed to have his men keep
a watch during the summer and it is
probable that the city will employ a
special man to look after the beach.
There will be chances for every child
in the city to use the beach and those
who have no bathing suits will be
taken care of as a result of the gen
crosby of the mayor. Mayor Scholey
has been deeply interested with Mr..
Jeffery in the carrying out of this plan
and in order that the poor children
may be taken care Of he has donated
twelve dozen bathing suits of assorted
sizes which will be left at the bath
house for the use of children who are
not able to purchase suit of their
own. There will be no free bathing
suits for adult bathers, but it is pos
sible that the man in charge of the
house will have suits to rent.
The opening of the beach on Satur.
day afternoon promises to be an event
of more than passing interest. There
will be band ON hand to furnish music
for the festivities and the mayor and
the members of the Common Council
will turn out in a body to have charge
Of the ceremonies. The Rev. Florence
Buck, pastor of the Henry M. Sim
mons church, will make a short address
to the children and others attending
the ceremonies after which the mayor
and the members of the Council will
lead the way for the first splash in the
lake. Alderman Pirsch, who has
reputation as swimmer, has consented
to be the star of the occasion and he
will make a nigh dive and give an
exhibition of fancy swimming.
It is the plan OF the Council to pre-
serve the best of order at the beach
at all times and the place will be kept
clean and made a suitable place for
women and children to go at any time
of the day or evening. The water is
not too deep for the little children and
deeper water can be secured Tor the
adult swimmers further out in the lake.
The cost of the bath house when COM
plete will be in the neighborhood of
thousand dollars and most of the
money needed to pay for it has already
been raised by private subscription.