The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, September 21, 1961, Image 5
THURSDAY, SEPT. 21, 1961
THE NEWBERRY t UN, NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA
PAGE FI iTE
Director Of
Recreation
Gives Report
(By P. K. FULLER)
May 1: The Newberry Little
Boys Baseball Tryouts were held
for five days for boys 8-12 years
old. A total of 62 boys took part
in^ the tryouts.
^ May 5-6: I attended a swimming
pool clinic and workshop in North
Charleston. Every phase of swim
ming pool construction, mainten
ance, operation, personnel and pro
grams was covered. It was the
most informative workshop, as a
whole that I have ever attended.
May 8: Little Boys Baseball
practice began. Also Little Boys
Training League started their sea
son.
The Little Boys League had a
very fine season. Each team, of the
six team league, played a total
of 15 regular season games. Mar
ket-Coke won the regular season
championship. A play-off was held
were given caps and shirts for
their official uniforms. The league
at the end of the regular season was composed of three teams with
between the first four teams. Mar-! 12 boys on each team. They play-
ket-Coke also won the play-off ed two games each every week,
championship. Our annual ALL-j yi ay iq. Started the adult
STAR game was held at the endj Mens’ Softball League. This was
of the play-offs. A total of 301 a new program and started with
boys was selected by the coaches, f f our teams. Before the season was
one team the American League and
the other the National League.
Kenneth Cook and the other offi-
over, we had added two more
teams to mane a total of six.
About 95 men took part in this
cers and coaches are to be con- program. Each team played two
gratulated on a fine season. j games each week, double headers
All teams had new type shirts: on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday
and caps this year. They added nights.
much to the entire program. May 20: Swimming pool opened.
Both the Little Boys League and. May 22: During the clean up
the Little Boys Training League) month of May, the Recreation De-
sold decals for the purpose of J partment held a name-the-can
raising money for the Training contest in the five elementary
League program. At the same schools. A face had been painted
time, we were in a contest with all on the cans and the children were
Leagues from seven states to win asked to give the character a
and electric scoreboard for pur-1 name. Over 2,500 names were sub
chasing the largest number of de-jmitted by the students. First place
cals. We were very fortunate in: winner received a season ticket to
grounds. The instructor spent two
days eacn week in each play
ground. The arts and crafts added
greatly to our total playground
programs.
June 19: The first swimming
classes began. These classes in-,
eluded beginners, intermediates,
swimmers, advanced swimmers,
junior life saving, senior life sav
ing and adult classes.
June 21: The Prep Baseball
League began practice. We had 36
boys in this league between the
ages of 13 and 16. They played at
the college field on Tuesday and
Thursday mornings.
June 26: Jr. Life Saving Classes.
These classes were held between
12:00 noon and 2:00 p.m.
July 12: Each Wednesday night
was set aside for family night at
the pool. The entire family was ad
mitted for 50c. The purpose was to
get families to swim and take
part in other recreation activities
as a group. Some families did
winning the scoreboard valued at the swimming pool; second place, take advantage of the opportuni-
$950. In addition, we “cleared over
$200 on the sale on the decals.
The Littie Boys Training League
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a free pass for 2 months; and,
third place, a free pass for one
month.
May 24: The adult woman soft-
ball program got under way. This
was a new program. We had four
teams with a total of 63 women
taking part. Each team played 2
ties.
July 17: Second swimming
classes began, ateo senior life
saving.
July 19: Little Boys Training
League was treated to a free
swim.
July 29: Members of the Little
TRANSFERS
OF REALTY
Newberry No. 1
Claude G. Hester, et al to El-
berta M. Hester, one lot and one
building, 512 W T right St., $5.00
love and affection.
O. F. Armfield Sr., and W. F.
Wells to Mark Dudley, one lot and
one building, 824 Taylor St., $5
and the premises.
Newberry No. 1 Outside
i John M. Slice, et al to Carrie
! L. Sligh, two lots and one build-
| ing, $5.00 love and affection.
Walter Brown to Fred R. Har
man, 5 acres, $750.
E. H. Busby to Bobby R. Tay
lor, three and three-fourths acres,
$300 and assumption of a mort
gage.
Mrs. Bertha Waites Morris to
Willie Belle McFall, one acre,
$5.00.
Whitmire No. 4
William J. Senn to Carolyn Y.
Lake one lot, on Sinclair Ave., $10
: and other valuable considerations.
Katie A. Senn and Lewis Ray
Capt. Langford
Dies In Texas
News has been received of the
passing of Capt. W. Smith Lang-|
ford of Wichita Falls, Texas af
ter a lingering illness.
Capt. Langford is a former j
prominent Newberrian who has
lived in Wichita Falls for a num
ber of years.
He leaves a host of relatives
here.
Funeral services were held Wed
nesday afternoon.
S
Mother Passes
Mrs. Frank Whitesides, mother
of Mrs. J. N. Beard of Newberry,
passed away Sunday at Gastonia,
N. C.
Funeral services were held Mon
day afternoon at 4 p.m. in Gas
tonia. In addition to Mrs. Beard,
she is survived by a daughter.
Miss Wilmont W'hitesides of Gas
tonia, and one son, T. M. White-
sides of Alabama.
games each week with double-1 Boys League and the Littie Boys
headers on each Monday and 1 Training League journeyed to
Thursday nights. Capitol City Park as guest of the
May 29: Little Boys Baseball Columbia Reds to see a double
League opened their regular sea-' header with Knoxville. A total of
n 100 boys, 12 coaches and 25 par-
May 30: The Jr. High School ents were present for the game.
son.
Girls Softball program got under
way. This was a new program.
Part of the summer, we had four
teams playing their games in the
morning, part of the time in the
afternoons.
May 31: The Sr. High School
Girls Softball program started. W T e
had 2 teams in this program. They
July 27: The members of the
Adult Womens Softball League
had an ice cream and swimming
party at the swimming pool. Dif
ferent people made homemade ice
cream and cakes. Everyone had a
very nice time.
July 31. Our annual Tennis
Clinic. "We had the largest number
played on Monday and Thursday of boys and girls on this clinic that
l before the adult women.
June 3: Formal opening of the
I
(AHTNC)—Army Sgt. Delmas
C. Richardson of Newberry, re
ceives a certificate and congrat
ulations from Martin B. Under
wood, Commissioner of Public
Safety, Alaska, after graduating
from the Alaska. State Police
School in Ankorage as a guest
student. SergeantyRichardson is
assigned to the Military Police
Company at Fort Richardson.
During the four-week course
Richardson underwent intensive
we have ever had. A total of 55
boys and girls between the ages
swimming pool. Even though we of 8 and 16 took part. This pro-
had bad weather, the pool still
had a very fine year. All our swim
ming classes were started on
schedule. We had two new pro
study of criminal law, civil law, j grams at the pool this year. They
interrogation, judo, vehicle ac- | "’Bl be covered later in the repoit.
June 5: All playgrounds opened
with supervisors on duty in the
mornings from 9-12 noon and in
the afternoon from 3-6 p.m. Mol-
lohon Playground averaged 553
children each week for a period of
cident investigation and defen
sive tactics. The 30-year-old
sergeant entered the ^Arnjy in
1955 and arrived in "Alaska, in
May 1959. He attended Newberry
High School. His wife, Betty, is
with him in Alaska abd his par
ents, Mr, apd Mrs. W111% \0.
Richardson, live at 509 M?Uri*St.,
Newberry. (U. S. Army Photo)
gram lasted for two weeks.
August 7: Third swimming clas
ses started.
August 12: First annual swim
meet. A total of 19 ribbons were
awarded.
City-wide Recreation Day—The
largest number of people ever to
participate. About 1,000 persons
w r ere actual participants during the
days’ activities. Over 700 free
snowballs were consumed by the
10 weeks; West End averaged 355 field day participants at Mollo-
and Marion Davis, 238 for thejhon Park. Over 400 entered the
same period. ‘ swimming pool free. More than
June 12: Our arts and craftsi 200 attended the dance at the
program began in all the play-, Youth Center. Little Boys Train-
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ing League had their Half-Star
Game; Jr. High Girls, Adult Wo
men and Adult Men all played
softball games during the day and
night.
August 18: Closed Adult Mens’
Softball League. All members of
the Little Boys Training League,
and their families held a hot dog
supper at the Youth Center.
August 24: Closed Women’s
Softball program.
August 28-31: Annual City-wide
Tennis Tournament. This was the
best played tournament that the
recreation department has ever
had. A total of 23 persons took
part in this tournament. Trophies
were awarded winners and run
ners-up in each division.
August 25: Little Boys Baseball
League Banquet. Attended by over
225 persons. Awards given to
League Championships, Play-Off
Champions, Most Valuable Player
and Best Sportsmanship.
PERSONNEL
Billy Willingham has been em
ployed in the maintenance depart
ment to fill a vacancy there. Mick
ey Stephens was employed for 10
weeks this summer to help with
the added athletic programs.
NEW EQIUPMENT
Two National Park type drink
ing fountains were placed in two
of the playgrounds. Thfe other
playgrounds will be equipped the
same.
N Two new backstops have been
btailt at Speers Street - Tennis
Gourt. Two ' new backstops have
also been placed at Oakland prac
tice field.
Fourteen new Donald Duck
swings have been placed in the
various playgrounds.
Six saucer type swings were
placed at Marion Davis Play
ground. *
One new merry-go-round has
been placed at Mollohon Play
ground and one at the Marion
Davis Playground.
Three new double swings were
placed at Mollohon and one at:
West End Playgrounds. |
One program omitted from the
last report that I would like to
cover. The Newberry Recreation
Department was host to the entire
Western District Table Tennis
Tournament on March 11. Recrea
tion departments from Abbeville,
Aiken, Seneca, Anderson and
Newberry had teams entered in
the tournament. Newberry had
runners-up in both divisions we
entered. All tournament partici
pants were treated to a hamburg
er dinner by the Newberry De
partment. About 40 persons were
in attendance for this tournament.
COLORED PROGRAM
The Vincent Street Youth Cen
ter carried on the same type of
playground program that the oth
ers did. They averaged 140 chil
dren each week for a period of 10
weeks.
On May 14, the Vincent Street
Kindergarten graduated 16 mem
bers in a very nice program held
at Drayton Street School. The
program was very well attended.
The summer program had three
Little League Baseball teams. An
All-Star game closed out their
season on August 12. There was
also a Girls Softball program
with about 35 participants.
At the Vincent Street Youth
Center, a summer camp was held
for a period of two weeks. This
camp included instructions in arts
and crafts, singing and folk dan
ces. It was very well attended and
the results of the camp were put
on display for two days.
A tract of land containing 15.1
acres was purchased by the city
for the purpose of developing a
recreation area for the colored
population. W r ork has already be
gun on this program.
I would like to thank all the
people that made our program
such a big success this summer.
It takes a lot of people that do not
get paid to make a recreation pro
gram a success. These people are
interested ,in the recreation pro
gram and without their help, we
could not have had the fine pro
gram we did during the summer.
Gardner Infant
Service Monday
Glenn Anthony Gardner, infant
son of Louie Dargan and Jean
Wrenn Gardner, died Sunday at
the Newberry County Memorial
Hospital.
Besides his parents, he is sur-
j vived by one half-sister, Jeannie
! Timmerman of the home; his
'grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. L. D.)
Gardner Sr., and Mr. and Mrs. J |
B. Wrenn, all of Greenwood; three
uncles and one aunt.
Graveside services were con
ducted at 11 a.m. Monday in
Greenwood Memorial Gardtens by
Rev. Kenneth B. Wilson.
, Senn to Carolyn Y. Lake, one lot
and one building, 1101 Va Sinclair
St., $10 and assumption of a naort-
! gage.
Little Mountain No. 6
George A. Slice and Sadie K.
j Slice to George A. Slice, Eugene
j Merchant, Ray Dickert, Ed Bart
ley and Frank Bartley, one lot,
one-half acre, $200.
Prosperity No. 7
Violet Counts Nichols and Rich
ard E. -Counts to Guidon W.
Counts Jr., one lot and one build
ing, on Main St., $5.00 lo\e and
affection and other valuable con
siderations.
G. W. Hawkins to Thomas R.
Hawkins, 68.7 acres, $5.00 and
other valuable considerations.
Forrest Swittenberg to Esper G.
A. Benson, one acre, $200.
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