The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1946-07-04
Summer Playground
Program Started
Globe Independent Reporter
Visits Opening Of Playground
At City Park.

VISITS opening vi Playground
At City Park.
Summer Fairgrounds, one of the
communities most important con-
tributions to the welfare of its
youngsters, opened with a flourish
on Monday. A Independent
reporter, dropping over to City Park
to see the fun, found that its play
ground was off to a splendid start
amid the clamoring and yelling of
38 excited summer school students.
The first day began with a soft
ball game and relays, with singing
games for the smaller children. The
afternoon was spent mostly in get
ting settled in the classroom in the
band shell, where crafts of many
kinds will be taught to enthusiastic
children during the summer.
According to Miss Agnes DeLau-
ney, one of the staff personnel at
the City Park playground, the chill
dren are getting along nicely with
each other. 1--WE hope" said Miss
Delaney, Ito round up two soft
ball teams among the children; to
hold tournaments in all kinds of
sports, and also to build up more
enthusiasm toward relays and in
dividual games.
"All the equipment we need for
games has arrived, but the materials
that we need to carry on craft
classes have not arrived as yet, but
we expect them within the next
few weeks"
ITO become staff personnel regu-
lar staff training was required"
stated Miss Doris Foltz, another
member of the staff at City Park
For a week we attended a training
institute, where we were coached in
games and crafts.
"The park is a lovely place for
the children to play" she went on.
mot only is it safe, but it also has
every facility for a good time. There
is a ball diamond where the boys
spend most of their time, swings,
seesaWs, sliding boards and lots of
green grass where the children play
and all the shade in the world for
them to rest in. A delightfully."- cool
breeze is always blowing to refresh
both children and teachers"
Paul H. DeHart, new director of
the city's ten Fairgrounds, is de-
voting full time this summer to the
organization and management of the
Fairgrounds. While this is his first
summer as director, he was a men,
Der of the staff last year and has
learned a great deal about the likes
and dislikes of the community chill
dren.
Last year Mr.. DeHart was princi-
pal of the Chewsville School, but
plans to teach Mathematics at the
Boonsboro High School this coming
year.
With nine Fairgrounds in full
swing, Mr. DeHart has announced
that residents of Ridge Avenue and
vicinity will have a playground in
their own neighborhood, where
recently purchased lot is being
readied. Now being cleaned off, and
with shelter under construction,
the new playground is expected to
be ready for the children within the
next two weeks.
Personnel for the eight play
grounds, in addition to City Park,
which opened Monday, include: Ha-
ger Park, Mrs. Thelma Shockley
and Oneida Bell; Harrystown, Mary
Roney and Peggy Lease; Kemp's,
Christine Huddle and Mildred Dell
niger; Reservoir, Ellen Whitnore and
Bette Fearnow; Wheaton, Mrs.
Dorothy Goodloe and Mrs. Harriet
Dyson; Winter Street, Ralph Mills
and Betty Jones; Broadway School,
Rita Stump and Hilda Sullivan;
Woodland Way Junior High, Fay
JaVneS and Rarbara Sewers