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Show Municipal Swimming Pool to Be Built At Modesto SAN FRANCISCO, April 21. Tho growing importanco attached to a knowledge of how to swim is furthor evidenced by a movement on foot at Modesto, Cay., for a municipal swimming swim-ming pool. In this Modesto is following follow-ing in the footsteps of a half ecoro of smaller California cltios which al-leady al-leady have plants for tho Instruction of boys and girls as to methods both of Belf-preservatlon and tho roscuo of others in tho water. Records of attendance at-tendance at these various pools show that tho oldora, both men and women, aro taking advantage of the oxerciso and recreation which thoy afford Rlv-erbank, Rlv-erbank, another California town, also has made plans for a pool. The majority ma-jority of these pools aro open-air plunges. |