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Show 7 Society - Church - School Feature Section I PHOVO. UTAH COUNTS UTAH ' ifl SUNDAY, APRIL 26, . Arts - Comics1 1953 Vrfr mm IV. V" , ., VA V - I'LL GIVE YOU A PUSH Mra. Ann Soles, right, helps Mrs. Eleanor Ashton get her golf clubs up the bunker near the No. 9 green at the Provo golf course. They are two of a growing number of women who, find time to house-hol- d spend on the fairways besides taking care of their duties. Women the nation over are turning to golf as one of their top forms of recreation these days. 0 . HOME RUN SLUGGERS Geniel Thornton, left, and Mrs. Marge Hinckley (photo at right) are two of Central Utah's better women softball players and were two of the brightest sars on last year's J :,. . ll THE LADY AND HER HORSE Mrs. Schow, a leading Provo woman equestrian, looks admiringly at a Arabian stallion named, Mounri, which she and her husband own. The horse is just one of many that can be seen prancing around on the Schow farm near Edgemont. Rus-Be- two-year-o- ld ' ; 1 ;- - , Hiland Maids team. A housewife, Mrs. Hinckley is a real aoftball veteran and a few years ago was a member of the Kolob Lumber Co. team of Springville which played National Women's Softball in Detroit. Miss Thorn-,- .' natite of American Fork, ton? teaches school in Provo, . jv odevn Version: Woman s Place Is in the Home And in Sports! By RAT SCHWARTZ .i . f - I T It used to be said that a woman's place was in the . , home, but each year more and more of the nation's fair sex are shooting that theory full of holes by spending more and more time in recreational and athletic fields. Modern home conveniences have given the American home-makmore spare time than her grandmother had and she has been quick to grab at the opportunity and exploit It to the fullest extent. And, one f the ways the has exploited this advantage Is to go hunting and fishing with her husband or to spend a warm, lazy afternoon playing a round of golf or perhaps a few sets of tennis. Or she may Join a softball team, and like her husband, clout a homer and come up with that spectacular play or Impossible catch. Then, again, she may take to archery, both the field and target variety or the may take a cool plunge into some nearby lake or swimming pool. Of course," everybody knows how the women have taken over the bowling alleys. It wasn't too many years ago that bowling used to be considered almost exclusively a man's game. What can be said of women In sports for the country In general also can be said of the Provo and the Central Utah area, where the women and girls are turning to sports in greater numbers each year. Take archery for instance. There are probably a' hundred or more women In Central Utah who participate to a greater or lesser extent In this sport There are those women who are going Into field archery as well as the target vaer - ..-..'- ",. - l j pr- ) . -J-,- .-M - riding, and one of Provo's top is Mrs. women equestrians Russell Schow who, with her husband owns a string of Arabian horses. Other women equestrians of Provo include Lorraine Linda and Laura Jo Dunkley. The nod for being the top girl softball team in this area would have to go to the Hiland Maids, who combine the powerful hitting and flashy play of y Geniel Thornton and Mirgt Hinckley and the great fireball hurling of Bev Twelves. The Maids captured both the Central Utah Girls Softball League championship and the Provo Girls' Invitational tourney softball title in 1952. On the golf course, Mrs. Pura Richards reigns supreme among the women llnkstert in this area. She currently holds (Continued on Page "V 1 A V . v. riety. One of the oustanding of the younger gal Robin Hoods is Danielle Christiansen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Christiansen, who is a deadeye shooter on the target range. Last week, Miss Christiansen won top honors In the women's division of first invitational spring target shoot sponsored by the Timpanogos Archery Club. Other wotnen outstanding archers in this area include Marie Warren, Alberta Muir, Florence Holford, Elaine Miller and CreeUe Kerr. Women the world over have always had a great love for horses and have always the' sport of horseback two-wa- ' GAL ROBIN HOOD Danielle Christiansen is' one of ProvoY leading young women archers and Is especially expert on the target ranges of the state,, She currently is the junior target champion of the Timpan-oso- s student at Dixon Junior High. Miss Archery Club. A Christiansen is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Christiansen of Provo. Mr. Christiansen also Is an excellent archer and bow and arrow hu-- '- ed Phelps, Betty Ennist and AQUATIC CAPER CUTTERS-M- at Nelda Moon. (left to right) do plenty of splashing around in the water as they cut capers during a swimming party at otie of Central Utahs swimming resorts. As is the case in other sections of the country, girla And young women of Central Utah like to spend a lot of their spare time in swimming. Swimming i3 generally considered to be one of the most health ful of all sports for persons of all ages. Provo, the biggest Central Utah city, has no swimming pool and everyonemen, women and children is hoping the plans of the Veterans for a new pool g Memorial Board for early will materialize. , ground-breakin- |