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Show Sugar House Man Commended For Tournament Stephen J. Vranes, president of Hoppy Taw Corp. at 301 East 17th South, received signal commendation in Los Angeles, Calif., yesterday, for his co-sponsorship of a county wide hopscotch tournament, with the Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation. Mr. Vranes and his family reside at 369 Blaine Avenue. Norman S. Johnson, director of the Los Angeles recreation department, stated that he and his staff were interested in sporting games, such as hopscotch, hop-scotch, "which encourages skill, good sportsmanship and physical phy-sical fitness, while decreasing accident hazards." Mr. Johnson also disclosed that the California Calif-ornia State Committee on Physical Fitness, had declared hopscotch "to be safe and beneficial recreational outlet," in contrast to climbing and swinging games. |