The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1922-06-29
BEECHWO0D PARK
TO Be OPENED TO
PUBLIC ON FRIDAY
Maysylllc's Beautiful Amusement Park
To Throw Open Its Gates Friday
AfternOOn-Plenty of Enter.
tainment Offered.

Beautiful Beechwood Park will be
opened to the public Friday afternoon
and thereafter each afternoon and eve
ming during the week with all sorts of
amusements and entertainment for the
public. Nothing has been overlooked
by the management afforded by best
amusement parks in the country that
can be fitted into Beechwood and the
people OF Maysville and vicinity are
offered the most wonderful little nat
ural park in the whole country with
its various forms of amusement at an
astoundingly low price.
For several weeks workmen have
been engaged in making the park beau
tiful and up-to-date. The course of the
creek which pierces the park has been
changed so that the large bottom di-
rectly east Of the pavilion is now in
splendid condition and furnishes level
ground for tennis courts and the like.
New bridges have been built over the
creek and the walks have been put in
splendid condition.
Among the many amusements offer
ed by the park management will be
dancing at the pavilion. On Tuesday
Thursday and Saturday evenings
music will be by the Hubbard and
In ,ha nf five
cents a set will be made. On Monday
Wednesday and Friday evenings music
will be by the parks splendid Duo-Art
piano and there will be no charge for
dancing.
On Monday, Wednesday and Friday
nights there will be free moving pic
ture show. The program will consist
OF Pathe News reels. Aesop's fables,
Lloyd comedies and feature pictures.
to be announced from time to time.
The big feature of the park to which
the management has given much at
tention will be the bathing beach. A
very attractive new bath house for the
accommodation OF ladies and gentle
men has been erected. This house Is
equipped with shower baths, furnishes
dressing roms for both men and
women as well as a check room for
the clothing. Bathing suits will be
rented at a small fee. There will be
lady attendant at the bath house at
all times and two beach men will be
on the beach as instructors and life
savers at all times. On the spacious
porch Of the bath house large Radio
outfit will be in operation.
In addition to these features there
will be tennis courts ,croquet grounds
and all sorts of games. A large space
will be given over to play grounds for
the kiddies and this will be equipped
with all sorts of playground equip
ment. Many new benches have been
installed and the entire park will he
lighted by large arc lights making the
grounds as light and safe at night as
in the day time. Six large flood lights
will light the bathing beach at night.
The park will be under the manage
ment of Messrs. Edw. NJ. Smith and
Frank Limerick and Mr.. H. o. Eakins
will be in direct charge.
The charge will be fifteen cents
which includes car fare to the park
and admission. Tickets may be pur-
chased from street car conductors.
The charge at the gate will be the
same as on the car-fifteen cents.
The concessions and amusements
will not be oprated on Sunday but the
grounds will be open to the public and
admission will be free.