The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-06-13
LIFE SAVING
INSTITUTE IS
OPENED TODAY
Annual Red Cross Camp
Near Brevard Exceeds
All N y y. s. In Size

t-ss T. - 800 - -" 80
BREvARD. June IS. qSpecial)
The 10th annual First Aid and
Life. Saving Institute of the
American Red Gross opened thi:
morning at Camp Carolina, near
Brevard, with the enrolment Of
/ 141, exceeding that Of any pre-,
vious institute held in the United
States, according to Ramona 9,
Eaton, director. a.
! Purpose, of the school is to
equip potential camp waterfront
directors, swimming pool manag-
ers, and community leaders in
aquatic sports to carry on a pro
gram in swimming and water
safety in their respective cities.
Pupils are enrolled from all Is
southern states and several md
/ Western and northern.
The school is one of II similar
schools conducted in various sec
tons of the country. Others in
the East being located at Brln-
field. Mass, Narrowsburg, N. y,
Chautauqua, N. Y, and Annapo-
lis, Nd.
In connection with the regular
! school at Camp Carolina there is
being conducted this year a spe-
cial course in first aid and its re-
/ lations to industrial safety. Rep
resented in this student group arc
Florida Light and Power Co..
Georgia Light and Power CO.
Alabama Power Co.. the Enka
Corporation of Asheville, and
other industrial concerns of the
South. E. G. Padgett of the
North Carolina industrial commits.
sion is assisting DR.. Otis Marshall
of Washington, ID. c., in instruc'
ton of the group.
Regular courses of study fol
the To-day period include first
aid, life-saving, swimming, diving,
boating, canoeing, recreationd.
swimming and pageantry.
Each year as feature of the
school a water pageant IS pro.
duced. In 1888 it was estimated
that crowd of around five thou.
sand people witnessed this pro.
duction. This event will be staged
on Thursday evening, June p
this year.
The following students are reg
istered from Asheville: Miss Eve
Ign Schaffle, Johnny Nichols, wei
known diver, and Robert R. Will
liams, Jr. Majority of the sum
mer camps in this section alst
have representatives at the insti
tute.
Faculty of the school is com
posed of outstanding individual:
in their respective subjects who
are volunteering their services
They are:
Ramona S. Eaton, director, ma
tional representative American
Red Cross, Washington, D. c.
Harry A. Kenning, also field rep
resentative of the national organ
ization; James Macmillan, nation
aHv known small boat expert ant
chairman of the Red Cross chap
ter at Cocoa, Fla; Henry Cheat
ham, of st. Augustine, Fla, ca
noe expert and authority on arch
cry and riflery.
i Marshall Wayne, Miami, Fla.
national A.A.U. diving champion
and holder of numerous Florida
: state and sectional diving titles
st. Clair Buist, physical educa
ton director of Ashley Hall col
lege, Charleston, S. c.; Reds Ru,
sell of Fort Myers, Fla, nationa
authority of canoeing and canoe
sailing, also known for his feat.
of hunting in the Florida Ever
glades with bow and arrow; Mis-!
Mary Caution, Washington, D
c., headquarters nurse for Ameri
can Red Cross.
Mrs. ]. B. Davis, Huntsville, S
CO executive secretary of the
camp; DR.. Otis Marshall, Wash
ington, D. c., an attache of tho
national staff of the Red Cross
E. G. Padgett, of Raleigh, secre
tary OF the North Carolina indus
trial commission; Frank Culvern
Charlotte, first aid and safety in,
structor for the Southern Bel
Telephone Co.; DR.. M. D. Hegge
county health officer of Forsyth
county and member of the state
board of health; Dan McCarty, OF
Fl. Pierce, Fla, canoeing anc
swimming expert from the Uni
/, versity of Florida; Thomas Cos
tello, Winter Haven, Fla; canoe
ing and boating expert; Charles
! Nike, Daytona Beach, Fla, cap
tain of the Daytona Beach Rec
Gross life saving corps, and au
thority on surf rescue work. "