The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1948-08-12
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1t looks to us as though Alice
Riebeth has been doing a good
job on the young fry at the
swimming pool, and it would
probably be easier to teach the
kids if it were possible to keep
the water a bit warmer.
For ourselves, we prefer it
pretty cold for swimming pur-
poses, but we observe that the
smaller children, especially
those who are on the slender
side, BERN turning a delicate
shade of mauve after about Is
minutes in the water. Since all
the articles we have read and
all the doctors we have talked
to say that it is wise to avoid
chilling when swimming, we
think this is a bad situation.
The boys seem to have eS-
pecially hard time staying in
for a class session. 1t seems to
us that we read somewhere that
the male of the species is more
susceptible to chilling anyway.
Many Of them repair to the front
of the bath house and sun
themselves after a short stay
in the water. You can't learn
to swim that way, but you Ger
tainly can't keep kids in the
pool when their lips start turn
ing blue.
It all adds up to one thing.
Some improvements at the
swimming pool are badly need
ed, but they viii cost a great
deal of money.
What we have in mind all
along is a filter and chlorinator
for the pool. The water does
not need to be changed more
than twice during the summer
with such Water-cleaning
system, and it is far more san
itary and far better to swim in.
"A few small towns have such
equipment. The water is con-
stantly pumped from the pool
and through the filter and
chlorinator. 1t could even be
heated a little. A great deal of
warming from becoming too
cold. We have been in pools
with such equipment, and we
think they are wonderful.
The swimming season is al
most over. We have the fall
and winter to try to do some
thing about this matter, if it
is possible to do anything at
all. We have urged city officials
to investigate the cost of a fill
ter, chlorinator and pump. We
would be perfectly willing to
use the pages of the Hardin
Tribune-Herald to appeal for
funds, and we'd be more than
glad to give to the project our
selves.
So far. we have been unable
to do a thing about it, because
we have to know how much
money we need before we can
start asking for it., and if the
cost is out of proportion to the
benefit received, we would fesl
that such a campaign would be
useless.
we think now is the time to
do something about it, and we
urgently request anyone who
has any information on this
subject or who could tell us
where to obtain such informa-
ton to let us know. We have
MT an idea as to who manu-
features the equipment we
would like to see installed here,
and we have also heard it Sug-
gested that there are some mil
itary surplus items that might
be used. We would also like to
know how much of the piping
for the pool would have to be
altered, and what that little
item would cost.
we further thirst for infor-
nation as to how many people
in Hardin feel that the right
kind of facilities for swimming
are IMPORTANT to our local boys
and girls. Unless the public in
general is behind this plan, we
can't possibly accomplish any,
thing. If you are behind US,
however. we feel that we could
accomplish anything necessary.
Probably we would have been
] shouting about the swimming
pool set-up earlier, or would
not have mentioned it at all, if
own young fry had been here
all summer. They just returned
home the other night, and we
got swimming pool conscious at
once. We also discovered that
they had the privilege of les
sons in a pool with the system
we are describing, which acted
as the inspiration for our out
burst. We still maintain that
swimming is not only a health
full sport, but a darned good
safety measure.
It's some kind of news when
a fellow bets that he'll quit
betting. A local man who took
such a wager tells us that al
ready he's saving money on the
deal. It seems he went to the
races the other day and figured
out just what he would have
done, if he hadn't sworn off.
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