Deming graphic., 1920-08-03
COMMUNITY SERVICE
SWIMMING POOL
Magnificent $4,000 Plant Contributes
20 the Comfort and Pleasure Of
the Deming Public
CITY GOV. TO PARK GROUNDS
Also the Community Service Owns the
ArInory Property Which Is a Great
Source Of Pleasure 10 Our People

The Community Service swimming
pool has contributed TO the comfort and
pleasure OF Deming citizens this sum
mer more, perhaps, than any one other
Institution. The magnificent plant,
worth $4,000. has remained under the
management of Mr. Hughes, who was
its manager during the war time re-
gime, and he has kept II orderly. clean
and sanitary to the entire satisfaction
Of the fishes" who almost live there
during the warm summer days.
The water Is changed when necssa-
ry, properly chlorinated to kill harm
full bacilli, Is kept clear by alum infu-
sion. and the big filters are continually
at work. Plant life is kept out by the
means indicated. but In addition the
Community Service has installed a
vacuum cleaner costing almost $iOO
that sucks up the minute particles that
are carried or blown into the pool and
which settle on the bottom when the
water Is at rest.
So far az least. no tragedies have
marred the season; there hasn't been
a word indicating risque conduct on the
part OF bathers, and the health OF the
e0mmunity has not been menaced by
what could well become contagion
breeder and disseminater,
/ Not only has the pool been kept e.-
/ ticlngly clean, but IL has attracted more
/ and more patrons as the season ad-
yances. Ii Is hard to resist these warm
days and Il Is noteworthy that its popu-
lnrity is steadily growing Because OF
this II has been financially self-sup-
porting. Next season II will require
new dressing rooms to accommodate
| the crowds that show considerable
numbers Of visitors from nearby towns
and ranches.
/ The city governors intend TO park
| the grounds about the pool this fall to
! the end that IA recreation park will be
available in few years for the grow
ing needs OF Deming's children. II is
an heritage Of lucky chance that should
be properly appreciated and its bene
fits increased. Many OF the nearby
cities would be glad to possess such a
nucleus for n community center.
II should not he forgotten, however
| that Community Service has another
property that is Of equal or even
/ greater benefit 10 the community in the
armory and its splendid equipment
There is no doubt but that the build
Ing Is being advantage0usly utilized
now, but even greater benefits can be
derived through closer cooperation of
| the citizens To the end that proper pro
lection should be- given the young peo'
pie Of the city without the restrictions
that sometimes paralize the social life
of small towns. Demlng needs ;he
help and advice of its wisest and best
10 the end that the vicious social
structure erected during the wal
period shall he destroyed and replaced
/ 10y another planned TO furnish cleaner
saner and more vitiliZing forces In the
use Of the play time in the upbuilding
of character.
The present plan Of Community Ser
vice under the direction Of an eXecu
tive committee has been success IL Oni3
| in part. The committee has fought
tooth and nail for recognition Of the
plans and ideals Of Community Service
and has struggled to conserve the
equipment instrusted In rather loose
way to its keeping. Only public spirit
and a vision of better things has kept
this committee Of citizens at its work
with the certainty of cenSure 10y the
critical as reward But the work
had to be done and Il has been done, II
not so well as II ought 10 be done or
might have been done. Certainly the
ideals of Community Service can and
/ must he better served In this commu
nifty.
/ The present executive committee was
elected to advise and assert cOordi
mating authority; It was never intend
eel as Working committee charged with
every detail Of social organization and
finance. But Il has had to do the work
and administer the valuable property
instruSted to its care; hence the wogk
has not been we'll done except In the
main.
The armory equipment would yield
profit. In the winter season equal oI
more than that produced by the swim
ming pool, In summer, but IL requires
different sort Of management that
can collect and expend the earnings
without calling committee meeting
Of tired business men whose efforts
are at best spasmodic and uncertain
A community social leader Is needed
that could attend to the administering
of finances and also in the organiza
tion and conduct of social activities of
community character. This not a
''rara avis in this part OF the country
at ALL Albuquerque has a play leader
that especially takes care Of the chill
dren during the vacation period; Gal
lup has such a leader and Silver City
has two. one at the normal school and
enc for Community Service. A good
business man could take the Communi.
~ Service property and conduct Il AT
a profit sufficient to pay n good salary
besides rendering an additional service
Of incalculable value. Deming doesn
realize what il Is missing
TIE time Is near when a mass meet