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Show j PIONEER PARK PLAYGROUND PROVES ATTRACTIVE RESORT j O. tJS t5S vii tiS . '4T v5S SWIMMING, GAMES AND MUSIC ENJOYED BY MANY CHILDREN TOP: Mary Miles, five-year-old diver. Eight: Some of the water nymphs. Center: Some of the champions in the recent city playground summing and ' diving contests. Standing, left to right, Titty Engolhart, 9; lone Griffin, 9; Alice Wilson, 12, and Lavern McClellan, 12. Midgets, sitting, Olive Wilson, : Ivy Canning and Camille Woodbury, 15; Juniors, bottom left, little Misses Dorothy Taggart, Dorothy Seymore and Mildred Taggart in the Butterfly dance. ; Right: The Pioneer park playgrounds orchestra. '. , r" N t '- W y S f '? fx (' 1 " z fountains. The playground house m the center of the park is the Mecca of amusement for the west side each day, and on Sunday, when band concerts are i tfiven, large crowds of peoplo visit the I park. Orchestra Becomes Efficient Organization of Ambitious Ambi-tious Young Players. PIONEER Tark playground, like other playgrounds of the city, has played its part during the summer as a rendezvous for Salt Lake 's children. An average of 300 children e.ich day lake .advantage of the manv playground activities 'offered there, and' witli the ending of the season show remarkable re-markable progress. Many of the kiddies kid-dies have become expert swimmers and divers, under the direction of Miss Lola Vnrrell. swimming instructor. Two large swimming pools are located at the park, one for boys and one for girls. Recently in "the city playgrounds! pwimming and diving contests the chil-1 dren of Pioneer park captured all the laurels. One little miss, Alice AValton, though only 12 years of age, shows prospects pros-pects of becoming a champion swimmer. swim-mer. Another activity, which forms an interesting in-teresting part of the playground movement, move-ment, especially for girls, is dancing. Under the direction of Miss Marjorie Gowans, several dancing exhibitions have been, staged. Even some of the youngest are fast becoming proficient in dancing. The Pinneer park playground orchestra. orches-tra. Miss "Kosella Mantle, director, is an efficient organization of children. E. V. Howell is director of the playground, play-ground, and with his efficient corps of assistants, has made friends, not only with the children, but with the parents as well. The park itself, which first formed the old fort of the pioneer settlers of Great Salt Lake valley, lias been turned into a paradise of loveliness, with large flower beds, spacious lawns, and unique |