The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-30
570,690 Persons Recorded
at Five Pools and
Two Beaches.
IL BOYS EARN MEDALS
Junior Life Guard System
for Boys and Girls
Proved Popular.

All previous attendance RECORDS
we're broken at city park swimming
pools this summer. according to a
report of Bruce Hunter, recreation
department swimming director. The
report shows total of $3.50 per-
sons have attended the five pools
and two beaches this season.
A record total of 3,545 have been
taught to swim. The pools have
been supervised by Hunter and Fred
Grossart Of the recreation depart
ment, in cooperation with Francis
Hodges, swimming director of the
Indianapolis chapter of American
Red Cross.
Ellenberger, the city's newest pool,
has had a successful year. It's pad
oilers won the city championship
meet, and others at Warfleigh beach
and Rhodius pool. Helen Lee Smith,
Marjorie Fowler, Cecil Merkel,
Frank Schmelz, Ned Tillman, En-
gene Bisenger and Frank Hudson
are some of the Ellenberger stars.
Leaders are Marion White, Rachel
Robbins and Samuel Ferrer. Total
attendance there reached 141, BAT
and 525 were taught to swim.
Outstanding at Rhodius
Meets also have been held at Nc
Clure and Willard pools. Clara
West, Ruth West, John Kennedy
and Samuel Klezmer are outstand-
ing Rhodius swimmers.
The pageant held at Mcclure
beach was one of the finest attrac-
tons Of the season. Large crowds
attended the presentation of "Hia-
watha" the week of Aug. 18, in
which all the life guards at the
beach took part.
A junior life guard system was
tnaugurated this year for boys and
girls who had passed the American
Red Cross live saving test. These
boys and girls received medals for
125 hours free service at pools
Twelve boys who earned the awards,
given by the Indianapolis Safety
Council, were: Sam KleZmer, John
Kennedy, Edwin Hines, Robert
buddy, Harry Vinestein, William
Arbuckle, Joseph Rich, Arnold
Wright, James Motsinger, Robert ]
Moffatt. Dale Mitchell and Theo-
dore Hirsch.
Throughout the summer ele-
mentary swimming lessons have
been given three times daily. Mrs.
Euna Burns had charge of Rhodius
swimming lessons, assisted by
George Kustad, life guard. Out of
the 1929 who attended the
Rhodius pool, 1850 were taught to
swim.
Taught 22O to Swim
Charles Jones and Alexander
Sabo, instructors, taught 900 to
swim at Mcclure beach and 270
learned to swim at Willard, where
the attendance totaled 31,770. Miss
Alma Teifert directed swimming
classes at Ringgold pool, which had
an attendance of 28,318. Warf1eigh
beach, in charge of Louis Schetter
and Drew Ross, registered 1924
persons for the summer and taught
$40 to swim.
Douglas, Negro pool, had a sea-
sons attendance of 1890 and $50
learned to swim. Howard Clark di-
rected the lessons.
Life saving methods we're given
to junior and senior swimmers at
various municipal pools during the
year. During learn to swim week"
more than 1,400 learned funda-
mental swimming strokes.
At the annual life saving contest
held at Rhodius pool Norman HAM
mer took first place and Fred Gros-
sart second in the senior division.
Alma Teifert won the senior girls
division; Same Klezmer the junior
boys and Jean Showalter the jul
nior girls contest.
Demonstrate Use of Tanks
Demonstrations of the use of oxy-
gen tanks in reSuScitation methods
was demonstrated at the different
pools by j. J. Steurwald of the In
dianapolis Power and Light Com
pany. Use of these tanks is per-
United the recreation department IN
case Of emergency.
Altogether Hodges passed thirty
two juniors and nine seniors in the
life saving tests. The following from
Rrodius pool passed: Juniors, Don
aid Darland, Arnold Wright, John
Kennedy, Elvin GroSsecroSe, Robert
buddy, Cecil Griffin, Edwin Hine,
Clara West, William Arbuckle,
George Warfleld, Joseph Rich, Paul
Lowe and Nancy Baumhofer; SEN
Tors. Ruth West, Catherine Brewer
and George T. Curry. Eleven jun
Tors from Ringgold passed the test,
Patrick O'Neill. Charles Carpenter,
Mildred Covert. Dorothy Wallick,
Ruth Teifert. Virginia Pardick, Will
liam Doyle, Ernest Oils. Robert
Norris. Kenneth Shafer and Virgil
Helm. Ellenberger juniors. Jack
Woerner. Joseph Ozbell. Jack Graf
ton. Jerome Cohn. Dale Mitchell,
Kenneth Bailey. Robert Moffett and
Raymond Wellman; seniors. Paul
Bechtold. Paul laval, Waite GrlS-
void. James Crawford. Dick Tom
linson and Philip Dewiert. Several