The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-08-06
Swimming Was
Most Popular Phase
OF Summer Program

N Dui ait OuiIIIieT TeCTed-
ton program was concluded with
the announcing of the winners
the Who's Who Contest and the
awarding of certificates for va
rious phases of activities at the
playground Friday night.
Winners are: Mr.. Durant
Playground, Jimmy Mature; Miss
Durant Playground, Betty Sue
Worrell; Best Sportsman girl,
Betty Sue Worrell; Best sports
man boy, James Ferguson and
James Hodges; Best Athlete girl,
Betty Sue Worrell and Best Athe-
lete boy, Harold Bunch; Friend
lest playgrounder girl, Betty
Majors; Friendliest Fairgrounds
boy, William "Stumpy" Daniels:
Wittiest playgrounder girl, Nam
cy Worrell and Patsy McNair;
Wlttiest play grounder boy, La.
mar Purvis; Cutiest Girl, Sue
Beth Collins; Cutiest boy, Jimmy
Ferguson; Best All Around play
grounder girl Nancy Worrell;
Best All round playgrounder boy
Floyd Phillips;
Outstanding assistants during
the summer program were James
Carr, Jimmy Ferguson, James
kealhofer, Mary Catherine Sims.
Wesley Lepord, Patsy McNair.
Doris Jean McDaniels, Margaret
McGehee, Charles Parkerson
Jackie Jenkins, Floyd Phillips,
Peggy Ellington, Becky Phillips.
The following boys and girls
were given certificates for hitting
the bulls eye in archery at least
once this summer. Freddie Niue
hlmann, Charley Myers, Dale
Lewis. Jackie Jenkins, Billy
Waller, Gerald Carr, Sidney
White, Floyd Phillips, Larry Ellis,
Paul Aldy, Bobby Harrell, Benny
Jenkins, Jimmy Mature, James
Hodges. Bill Thornton. JIMMY
Mitchell, Jerry Pilgrim, Jerry
Streetman, Dale Mcbride. roy
Dunn. Wesley Lepord, CHARLES
Parkerson, Buddy Atwood, Da.
vid Jennings, Robin Anthony,
James Ferguson, and Mike Keal-
hofer, Lamar Purvis Bobby vii
| son, Lynn Cox, Barbara Vowel.
A certificate was awarded to
James Hodges for winning the
ping pong tournament.
The Who's Who contest for the
little folks was held Friday after
noon at the Gamma playground
They were as follows: Little Miss
playgrounder, Donna Ellington.
Little Mr.. Playgrounder, Allan
Clements; Best all round boz.
Ray Dacus and best all round
girl, Claudia Dodd.
! Several of the mothers enter
tanned with Cokes and cookies
following the contest.
| Durant's first organized pro-
gram was made possible by do
nations from the various civic
and service clubs in the city of
Durant 2l5 children registered
for the summer activities which
took place on the high school
campus and the Gamma play
ground.
| In order to give the children
the type of recreation. they de-
sire survey was made at the
beginning of the summer n d
the program was plann d
accordingly. The highlight of the
program was the morning swim
classes held at Castalian Springs
each day.
Red Cross swimming certifi-
Gates were awarded to 76 child
rem, many of whom could not
swim at all at the beginning of
the summer. Each Tuesday the
children were entertained with
movie at the High School au-
ditorium. These programs con-
sisted of Educational films,
comedies and main features
such as the Babe Ruth Story,
Spirit Of Stanford, Son of Rusty
etc.
| Many other special activities
including the fishing rodeo, hikes
and picnics, trip to the park, the
pet show. play night, tacky party
and the spelling bee.
| Probably the most enjoyed
activity at the Fairgrounds was
crafts The children learned to
handle tools and to make many
things with their hands. Some
of the articles made were bill
folds, key holders, coin purses,
belts, lanyards, bracelets, neck
laceS, ear rings, pins, bird houses,
book ends, boats, air planes, cars
plaster molds, and pot holders.
Other activities provided by the
! playground was volley ball, pad
die tennis, badminton, tether
ball. croquet, washers, horse
shoes, quoits, box hockey, baske