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Show E. S. Groesbeck Makes 1937 Recreation Report At City Council Meeting I WPA, stated that "I have received re-ceived word from your locality stating never before has such a well rounded program been conducted. con-ducted. They all express their appreciation to us and in turn I would like to extend appreciation to you." This and many other comments by citizens and others, in a measure mea-sure indicated the success of a A summary of .the recreational activities sponsored by the city, Nebo school district and the WPA state recreational project, was given by E. S. Groesbeck, director, at the city council meeting meet-ing Monday night. Among other items, the report stated that the number of people peo-ple who participated in the various vari-ous activities during the summer program which offered a variety var-iety of activities appealing to all ages; one having the elements of physical, mental, artistic, social so-cial and manual development. Those who were responsible for the fine manner in which the program was carried out, 'are: Earl S. Groesbeck, Geraldine Eg-gertsen, Eg-gertsen, Wilford Mower, Mrs. Stella Nielson, Mrs. Edith Blan-chard, Blan-chard, Lee Miner, Howard McKen-zie, McKen-zie, Mildred Parry, Dama Grant, Sara Marie Binks, Venice Whiting, Whit-ing, Marjorie Childs, Phylis Smart, the latter nine people being volunteer workers. ous activities during the summer totaled 782, with the total participations par-ticipations numbering 20,224. The total expenditures for the recreation recrea-tion program was $902.58, including includ-ing salaries and equipment. Of this amount, the city contributed $412.58, the WPA $310, and Nebo school district, $150. An average cost of 3 and one-half cents per child was figured for the twelve weeks' program. T'he program began about June 10. and included playground activities, ac-tivities, dramatic art classes, women's wo-men's physical education classes, dancing classes, men's and boys' Softball, tennis, swimming. a community service bureau, and 'horseshoe. The ball games and some other events attracted lai'ge crowds, as many as 800 people being estimated in attendance at some of the games. Mr. Groesbeck in his report, expressed appreciation of the city officials, the Springville Herald and to the general public for their splendid cooperation in putting put-ting over the summer program. H. T. Reynolds Jr., and several other individuals assisted with the projects, the former by turning turn-ing over their private tennis court to the public during the summer. An interesting phase of the report stated that during the program of activities an outstanding outstand-ing record of safety was maintained main-tained with no major accidents among the 5,500 children and adults participating on the playgrounds. play-grounds. All minor accidents were treated by the directors. In commenting on the fine success suc-cess of the program. Garland Puzey, assistant state supervisor of recreational projects of the |
