Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1940-04-11
Our Town: Recreation
BY Anne Hull

Running Greenbelt's Recreation Department is the
full time job of Vincent Holocmost and his assis-
tants, Doris DUNCAN and Ben Goldfaden. The three
hold BIS. degrees in education, Gr. Holochuos from
Columbia Mss DUNCAN and Mr.. Go1dfaden from George
washington University and all currently working
for their masters degrees from George Washington.
According to Town Manager Braden, recreation de-
partnent is the largest for town Of this size in
the country. Its scope is tremendous, it coordi
mates almost form OF sport you could mention
offhand.
Baseball, both the hard and soft variety, is the
leading spring SPORT and will be played by repre-
sentative mems, Womens, and boys' teams. There
also tentative plans for girls' softball team
made of sixth and seventh graders well high
school girls interested in the sport. The mems
Sunday school class will make up four softbal
from among its members. Then of there is the
official town team, which last year the county
pennant. The Athletic Club sponsors, in ton,
block teams made up of representatives from each
block in town. So BEWARE ladies'! If your husbands
have the slightest interest in baseball, they'll be
drawn into it Wi1ly-nilly.
Tennis enthusiasts have four compost ton and four
clay courts upon which to exercise their talents
there Will be morning tennis lessons three times
week this for boys girls, and Greenbelt
get their chance at the courts in the afternoons
and evenings, as last summers tennis widows may
member. Mss DUNCAN plans to begin tennis instruc-
ton early, this year, In the regular nen's gym
classes Thursday evenings.
Two of the clay courts in the recreation
will reserved for paddle tennis, badminton, and
volleybal1. There will also be archery for
adults and for children IL.
Are you goung to be in the swim this sumner? At
the pool there Will be morning classes in swimming,
diving, and lifesaving, under the supervision of
trained Red Cross tors, namely, Mss DUNCAN
and two full time life guards, and evening instruc
ton in 1ifesaving for adults. Mss DUNCAN also
plans couple of water pageants and two swimming
meets.
Speaking of the watery sports, there may be
fishing for the first time o the Greenbelt Lake
this year we'll boating in the flat bottoned
rowboats which we're popular last The
rowboats aluminium and especially designed
for safety.
Just to pile sport upon sport, the elementary
school and the hi IN school are preparing the
county track meet Nay IS. Last year 90 Greenbelt
children entered the cometi ton, taking two rsts
two seconds, and two fourths. The 5oyard dash was
the evening in which Greenbe1t shone, the girls
winning first and second place in this event,
while the boys captured second and a fourth. The
boys also placed first in target pitch, and boys
relay team made fourth showing.
The state we'll the county is interested in
fostering athletic proWess its school children.
On certain days the CHILDREN may take tests in
tous skills such Ginning, work on the balance
bean, trunk raising, and SO forth, and awarded
badges for successful completion. On the lest test
ing day, March IS go Greer belt fourth, fifth, sixth
and seventh graders awards. The next test day
is Lay IS.
From September to June the elementary school
children keep the Recreation Department occupied in
eight classes twice week, besides the supervised
periods and the recreation Saturday morning.
Hiss Dngan's group Of twb1ers from the fourth
through the seventh grade meets week through
out the year. Besides all this, the Junior Recrea
tion Hall is superintended three nights week, by
the Department, and the gym at the school is also
open under it's direction three nj yhts week, one
for the wonen's class, for the mems and the
other for the Athletic Club Since the high school
has gymnasium, it practises basketball in the
elementary school certain afternoons week trou Oh
out the winter
Eouldn't you suppose the Department personnel
would be ready to drop? the contrary, the report
them in their office at the school looking
hale and hearty, and living every indication of