Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-26

An interesting schedule of Summer
| time activities at community centers
in the city will begin July S and con-
tinue for two months, with swimming
and other athletic features playing an
| important part, particularly at Central
and at Dunbar centers.
At Central, 18th and Clifton streets,
| special attention will be given to in
| struction in swimming with adult
classes being formed for Tuesday and
Thursday evenings, and children s
| classes Tuesday. Wednesday, Thurs
| day and Friday afternoons. under
competent instructors. Friday eve.
ninSs the pool will be open to swim.
mers. but no instruction will be given.
| The instruction fee for adults and
| girls of high school age will be 81 for
/ a term of eight lessons. and for chill
| dren 80 term of eight lessons, pay
able in advance. General swimming
will also be arranged for Tuesday and
| Thursday evenings, following the in
struction period. the fee being % cents
| as usual for adults and in the after
moons 10 cents for children.
Gordon E. Rath will again he SUI.
| pervisor of swimming and instructor.
He will be assisted by Miss Martha F.
j. Kelley.
Tennis courts at Central will be
| opened July l and will be available
Mondays. Tuesdays, Wednesdays
Thursdays and Fridays from 5 pm
until dark. and Saturdays from 1 pm.
until dark. Permission for the use of
the courts may be obtained from Paul
| f.. Blocher. 30S w. Clifton Terrace
| phone Columbia 7744, in charge of the
! courts for the Community Center De
| partment.
| The track will be used during the
! Summer months by various athletic
groups. and Friday evenings from 6
! O'Clock until dark the use of the track
will be open to boys of the community
under the supervision of John Pau
! Collins.
The rifle range will be used this
| Summer also. The National Capita
Rifle Team is arranging to use it once
or twice each week during July ant
August. Among other activities al
ready scheduled for the Summer are
two community dances, July 20 anc
August II. Mrs. Edith H. Hunter
community secretary at Central cen
ter Is In charge, assisted by Mrs Ida
II. kebler; community secretary a
Columbia Heights; Mrs. Alice G.. Dris
COIL community secretary at Thomson
ana Mrs. NJ. w. Davis community sec
rotary at Southeast center. Mrs
Louise Fl. Wynne is in charge of the
shower rooms.
An additional feature Tuesday eve
nlngs at Central will he a class flo,
reduction and prevention of over
weight. open TO men and women. witt
Dr. Lyman f. kebler as medical hi
| rector, and o. Is. Porter as phvsica
| instructor. The fee will be % cents =
lesson Tor term of nine lessons.
East Washington Center. Nth anc
East Capltol streets, will be open dur
ing July on Tuesday evenings. with =
band concert each evening, Bow Scout
meetings and a community dance al
$3.50 pm. On July 5, the Washington
Boys Independent Band will NAV thf
concert at pm
| In Mount Pleasant, community mr.
chestra and band classes under the n;
rectlon of George E. Hurt will be hell
.hree mornings each week at Powell
junior High under the auspices of the
community Center Department.
Dunbar Center will present thi,
Summer a full schedule of purposefu
activities. with athletics and indus.
trlal work as the leading features
The pool will be open every after.
noon except Thursday and Saturday
and Thursday from to pm. Mrs
Carrie Knox is community secretar,
III charge and Miss Eta Johnson i.