The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-06-06
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BY Chuck Rattle

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BY Chuck Rattle
Sank Centres Pied Piper
Keep Incidents Out Of
Water Accident Column
Hamlet Is Class A City
Rotary-Cat Duel
Sank Centres Pied Piper is not
q funny man with a testers cap
nor does he play pipes to lure away
the rats. It's rather not man
at all, nor Is the Piper interested
in rats. It's young people. Sank
Centres recreation program for the
summer swing opens next week
with a schedule Of events most will
like. +. The program has cared
for some over 200 of the city's
youths in the past three years.
Basically the idea is sound. The
games given them are the kind
ordinarily you can take right into
your home or your own backyard
and have whale of time with,
That's all important in recreation.
That you give them something with
a carryover value. -.
Important phase, with a lake
shore trucking right up to the
main stem Of the town, is sup
ervisiOn of the bathing beach.
It's a safety measure that has
shown delightful promise over
the past few years. Be
sides the actual supervision and
guarding against loss of human
life, Mr.. and Mrs. Gene Har-
vey teach beginners, intermed-
late, swimming, Junior and
Senior life saving. Those
swimming courses are import
ant for If Junior learns to swim
when he's young he'll have a
healthier respect for the water.
It's interesting comment that in
the last three years, during the life
of the program, not life has been
lost through drowning at that
point. !. It's the more interesting
when you know that in each year
Of the program a number of re-
ported incidents that might have
been accidents and dangerous ones
were nipped in the bud. It's
singular too that many Of these
"rescues," though actually because
they were caught so early did not
amount quite to that, were achiev-
ed by some of the pupils rather
than by Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey. f.
They're learning. -.
The life boat is at the beach,
life savers are there. Rotary
Club has installed the telephone
in which accidents may be re-
ported. It's q valuable safety
feature when you realize that
the nearest phone to the Park
is nearly two blocks. Those
who know something of res
cusitati0n after drowning will
tell you the first few minutes
may mean a great deal. :.
But one field remains to be
developed more fully. Obser-
vance of the supervised hours
at the beach. Parents should
watch very carefully that
youngsters swim during the ap-
pointed hours from 2 to 5 each
day. That's plenty long enough
for any of them. -.
But if Of necessity youngsters
must swim at other hours, then
see to it they are accompanied by
some competent adult. Let's
keep our swimming incidents" out
of the accident" column!
Following in the line of
thought is the report of an in
cident Sunday. The oldest son
of Bob LATERAL stepped in a
hole while swimming. He
floundered and went down, and
Dad Bob went right in clothes
and all. The boy took in
no water, but 1t serves to show
that vigilance is the constant
companion Of supervision. 1t
marked the first reported in
cident Of the year. 1t had an
happy ending.
Flash item-Ray Schwartz, the
coach man at the school, is forget
finO all about football naxt week