The Sauk Centre herald., 1939-06-22
Sport
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BY Chuck Rattle

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BY Chuck Rattle
Recreation To Hit Peak
Harvey's Third Anniversary
SOS. For Volunteers
Learn How Not To Drown
P.O. Boys Don't Play P.O.-
Tennis Is Rolling
Sauk Centres City Park is a bee
hive of activity. Kids all over
the place playing games you and
I never heard of. And having a
whale of a time. From five on
up those youngsters Of yours are
being taken care of in a variety OF
activities in which lies the success
of any program. This year marks
the third for Sauk Centres COM
munity program under the direc-
ton Of Mr.. and Mrs. Gene Harvey
Into this program dovetails
the WPA recreational project with
Ray Steir, Clarence Dickinson, Eli
zabeth Brown as supervisors. :.
just what the success will be
this year Is still largely conjec-
ture with the program still
warm from planning, and less
than q week old. But first
few days turnout indicate some
thing cOlossal-if may borrow
that from Hollywood studios.
Monday with q cold wind whip
ping the lake into q lather too
cold to swim In there was q
underestimate on IS there
throughout the day. Horse
shoe courts go full blast all af-
tern0On. "a, actual count,
play box hockey Monday after
noon up to 3:45. Croquet drags
them in like q house afire. -.
Other phases of the program
fare equally well. Into Mrs.
Harvey's pet project this year
swarmed 73 girls into five hob
by clubs, headed by Ia volunteer
leaders. .. This thing Is grow
ing into proportions that you
and you may not know about.
And there were Mr.. and Mrs. Har-
vey. The third year of their pro-
gram-the third day of the new
summer series. And guess what
else. Their third wedding anniver-
sary. And both working for
fair; and happy about the whole
tnlng.
Whether you realize it or not
Sauk Centre has much to be
proud of in it's recreational pro-
gram. The lake nearby, and
all the other activity grouped
in the park 1t has what Is term
ed as a near-ideal setup. :.
With only two exceptions. There
are no tennis courts In the
Park; the Switchboard courts
are down at the Fair Grounds.
Detroit Lakes, whose program
has been called tops, has ten
mis- as its big drawing card.
But its Lake isn't close at hand
to the scene. -.
While we're still on this Mrs.
Harvey asked that we send out
an SOS. for volunteer work
ers. Girls and boys of teen
age or older are needed to sup
ervise activities In the park.
"An hour or two q week from
each of q dozen or more would
help immensely" she pointed
out. If you're interested call
the Harveys. -. They'll see you
don't get fiat feet standing
around for want Of something
to do. -.
I got a couple new slants on this
recreational business from Gene
MCGEE, supervisor of WPA recrea-
ton for three counties including
Stearns, who was looking over the
local layout Monday. He liked
the local setup, though just how
much he wouldn't say. >. But
MCGEE says the thing about recrea-
ton is-how much are you giving
them they can take nome to their
own backyards? And that's a
thought. With that he produced a
badminton shuttlecock fashioned
from a little rubber ball (retail
price of which is for a nickeL)
It was wrapped and tied with a
piece Of cloth. Worked excellent
ly. Paddles are made cheaply from
ply-wood. Now any kid can go
home and make that. He can make
bean bag, or equipment for box
hockey. The trend is toward
these lesser activities. Darts, shut
fleboard, and all the rest. :. It's
not that they're opposed, in their
philosophy of recreation, to higher
organized forms Of sports such as
baseball, but that the higher point
of organization is often harder to
maintain. The philosophy now
follows a balance. Give them some
midget baseball, some kittenball,
where more highly organized sup
ervision is necessary. :. But pre-
serve the balance with the badmin-