New Britain herald., 1928-02-18
AIM ID DECREASE DROWNING DEATHS
Y. \. C. X, Y. ". C. \. lnd
 Rod Gross Tolch Life SlYin9

Ine TWO ana tne Re0 CF0&2 have united in . campaign to teach boys and girls. young men and young women how to decrease drowning accidents. Pictured here are the lads and laasies who have been trained by Joseph Hergstrom of the Y. M. c. A. and Gertrude Fossett of the Y. w. c. A Both of these physical directors are expert swim mers and competent teachers of life saving.
 One evening each week the giria and the boys meet in their respec- tive pools for practical instruction. The theory of life savingalready has been taught them before they don their bathing suits. When they are judged proficient enough to take the official Red Cross tests, they are sent before the board of examiners which passes upon their qualifica- tiona
 Once a year an officer from the Red Gross headquarters in Washing tOh v90ANo euS SAtJ " AONAO" eA0 boards work and award the life saving emblems to the successful candidates. The awards are cla ssified as Junior and Senior life saving. In the first group are the boys and girls under seventeen years of age. The senior, corps takes in the older youths. The insignia is the same for both the feminine and masculine life savers. It b made of felt ana designed to be worn on bathing suits. An appropriate pin may also be worn on street clothes.
 That this training has more than academic value is attested by the fact that both boys and girls from the corps have saved persons from drowning.
 Fred Feldman of the Y. M. c. A corps saved a man at Lake Com, bounce last season. Julius Neumanr rescued a boy from drowning al Camp Woodstock, and he also saved a girls life at Lake Pocotopaug He. dove, and brought her, uncon- scibus. from the bottom of the lake and revived her after applying the Schaefer method of resuscitatfon Henry Urban has two rescues to his credit, both being boys who had got beyond their depth. William Tan. cred, formerly assistant physical di. rector in the local Y. M. c. A. has saved the lives of thirteen people from drowning. Wilfred Mucke ol the Junior Life Saving Corps has g double rescue to his credit. He took two boys out of the Willow Brook pool at the same time. Two young women from the Y. w credit. Melvina Eichstaedt saved 8 man from drowning. Olive Keller while canoeing at Lake Congamond dove into the water clothed in street dress. and lowed to shore a boy wht 1 had fallen out of a roWboat. In addition to these rescues. sev' eral other boys and girls have beer saved from accidents in the water when the life savers have been or duty at beaches or in swimming pools. That is expected as part O the routine duty and recognition Il not given for such rescues. Last season the chief of the lif' saving staff at Hammonnaset beacl was Oscar Freeman, who was a for mer member of the Y. NJ. c. A ] corps. One of bis assistants. Joh, Ericsson. also was trained by Jo, Hergstrom.
 To pass as a Senior. Life Saver 1 is necessary to meet the following re quirements:
 1. In deep water. disrobe ant swim 100 yards.
 ?. Surface dive, recovering ob jects times and a 10-pound weigh once in s to 10 feet of water. 3. Front, rear. and underwate approaches, each with proper turl and carry.
 4. Head carry, 60 feet, preceded b, G0-foot swim, proper approach an. turn.
 5. Cross Chest Carry, 60 feet, pre- ceded by 60-foot swim, proper ap proach and turn.
 6. Arm-lock or Hair Carry, 6
 feet. preceded by s0-foot swim proper approach and turn.
 [. Tired Swimmers Carry. 60 feet preceded by 6O-foot swim.
 8. Front strangle hold. 4 times,