The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1936-06-12
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eaon, Wallingford; Mary Ann shiel,
9ss.sureihurst Genevieve Cochrane,
Brighton: ella Edwards, Green
Lake: Elma Fuhrmann, Queen
Anne; Elivne Frederickson, RAJ
VIENNA. The Garfield shuttle relay
team, composed Of Ina May Bel
lamy. Dorothy Israel, Katheyn
IIassen, and Amelia Alhadeff, nos
ed out the Broadway girls.
winners in the class "Bs free
for-ali races were Sarah Alkana,
Garfield; Beatrice Evard, Queen
Anne; Margaret Little, Ravenna;
Iris Bull. SunydaIe; Shirley Gree
ley, Rainier; Patricia Berry, Rain
Ter Beach; Irene Waite, Brighton;
Joyce Hughes, sunnydale, Ethel
Thabau, Georgetown: Patricia Per-
lard, Gilman; Esther Firse, Col
Inns; Gertrude Gerber, ballard;
June Arnold. Emerson.
Others receiving awards were
Maxine Erickson, Georgetown, FL
izabeth strelic, Rainier; Margaret
stuparick, Queen Anne; Esther
F1ss, Collins; Juanita Black,
Georgetown; Doreen Money, Balls
ard; and Charlotte Braillard, Rain
Ter.
The medal-winners received their
awards from Mrs Thomas Hugh
Jones. president of the Seattle
Council Of Parent Teacher Associa-
lions.
IT'S fine thing for Seattle
this encouragement of such whole
some, clean fun among all Of you
girls" she said. i've watched you
play today and know you deserve
all the praise you are given"
The final slam of school doors
Friday, releasing 10000 Seattle
children for the summer vacation,
viii signal the opening of the park
departments summer recreational
program.
Thirty playfields and ten bath
ing beaches will begin operating
on a full-time basis to insure the
children a summer of wholesome
fun, according to Ben Evans, di-
rector of Fairgrounds.
The program, more extensive
than ever before, win be supervis-
ed on the Fairgrounds by trained
University men and women, and
at the beaches by civil service life
guards.
Hours on the playfields viii be
from i p. m. until 9 p m. on week
days and from 8 a. m. until 6 p.
M on Saturdays. The beaches win
be open from II a. m until 8 p.
m. every day. Local playfields are:
Miller, 10th N. and e. Harrison,
Collins, 18th S. and Washington
St, and Garfield, oath Ave. and
East Cherry.
Playleaders will divide tn e
youngsters into age groups.
Younger children win participate
in special games, storytelling,
handcraft classes, singing. and
play in sand boxes and wading
pools. Older boys and girls win
take part in baseball, volleyball,
tennis, softball, and other games.
Adults have not been forgotten
in the park boards schedule. Vol
leyball and tennis tournaments for
men and women, and baseball and
softball leagues for men are in
cluded in each Fairgrounds pro-
gram.
Each weeks play reaches the
climax in the Fun Festival every
Friday afternoon. Events such as
Indian pow-wows, Pirate days, doll
shows, pet parades, and games and
contests comprise the Friday show.
The youngsters prepare for these
events in their semi-weekly classes,
making costumes, scenery, and
play instruments.
Children who wish to take a
short trip outside the city for an
overnight stay are welcomed at O..
o. Denny camp on Lake Washing
ton. At a small cost, they enjoy
two days of supervised outdoor
play, including swimming, Horse
back riding, hiking, and other such
sports. The campfire program each
evening is long remembered by ev-
cry child who makes the trip.
The park board furnishes swim
ming instructions at all of the city
beaches during the summer, teach
ing thousands of children how to