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J U L Y 14 , 1963 TH E L I M A N E W S . L IM A , O H I OSummer Recreation ProgramPlayground Olympics Highlight Week's Events

Playground Olympics Wednes-city's recreation

Th e past week featured talentat many parks. Space Week

of space guns, flying sau-and pictures of satellitesspace men.Sport events, including kickball ,Softball an d Fourto be popular.A round-up of the week's ac-The Show wagon visited Hope

ednesday, th eShow. Approx-20 acts were performndm a n y p a r en t s a n d t o t s .Joyce Henson and Laura Bruinfirst for their duet; Col-places second; Lauraplaced third in theTal-Show. First and second placeperformed in the Tot LotShow at Schoonover ParkTot Lot Fun Day.. Aft e r thethe tots danced 'twist" was by far the mostdaance.Friday afternoon there was a

fol-by a peanut hunt at HopeNova. Steve Treadway tookplace for finding the mostFreytag tooksec-and Tracey Treadway tookOn our f irst day of space week,had bike races. There were25 entries. In the 4-6 age group,

and S teve Carr won therace. In the 7-9 a g eMike Bre\ ver \ \ on , and ind over age group, Roywon.Six teen entered the Four SquareWith in the 4-6, 7-and over age groups. SteveRierce and Dave Pier-won respectively. Craf t s complimen t the theme,inners in the space

were' nea tness Colleenand unusua lness , Peg-Brewer. The tots are b e ingto furnish par t of the ma-used in craf t s , when nec -Co-operation of thepar-in helping our c r a f t pro-in th i s w a y , is apprec ia ted .Westicood

The ' ta len t show was a highl ightweek. The winners a replace in the midge t division,w i th a j a z zce, also mid-

get division, Randy M arkko, c ar-inet; f irst place junior divisionColleen Steele Patty M etfley, andSusan Bales, who did a panto-mme and a dance The mostoriginal act was a demonstrationor judo by Carhlie Weidel andKevin Bel). A good crowd attend-ed the event.

Last week the junior boys' soft-ball team defeated Horace M a n n ,11 to 4 . The Westwood junior girlswon their softball game by a for-feit . But Monday the midgetgirls' kickball team went down indefeat to Northside The midgetboys won over Northside.Wednesday was a dance from7:30 to 10:30.Westwood's Four Square tour-namen t was Thursday afternoon.Hover

The youngsters at Hover Parkcelebrated Space Week as t h ecrafts program was devoted en-tirely to this theme. As the weekprogressed, flying suacers, r a yguns and pictures of rockets, planets, and satellites were s e e nabout the grounds. Some w e r ehung on the park bulletin board.Dewey Nicholson's picture of aspace man and Greg M i 11 e r'sspace booklet received special ac-c la im .In league play this week, HoverPark me t South Playground. OnTuesday, the two playgrounds me tto play a midget league scftballgame. Hover was defeated in thelast inning by a 10-8 score. OnWednesday, the junior girls me tto play softball and on Thursday,the j unior boys played so f tb a l l .On Wednesday the Four Squaretournamen t was he ld . On Fr idaythe Sou th Divis ion tournamen t inFour Square wa s played at Hov-er.Tuesday night found the boysand girls at Hover scrambling for

i Candy as the supervisors hid it.Jerry McComas and Ben Donleyemerged a s winners .On Wednesday n ight a ve ry suc -cessful dance wa s held.SchoonoverSoftball has hit the p laygroundsand Schoonover is no exception.The senior girls team was victor-ious over Grandview, 6-2,a n dBlue Lick. 24-14. It was defea t-ed by G ar f ie ld , 12-18, Grea t assetstc the senior girls' team are pitch-er, Barb Kilgore and third base-man , Jan ie Hu tchins . The sen io rboys' team will meet HoraceMann , and the jun io r girls an d'boys will vie with t?arfie1c7Twenty-five dolls and' stuffed

animas were on hand as entriesin the annual Animal and D o 11Show. Awards presented were:largest animal, Geprgiana Young;sleepiest dog, Kevin Young; pep-piest poodle Cindy Hutchins.(bestdressed dols, Cathy Kilgore: pret-tiest doll , Emily Jo Killian; cut-est rag dolt, Judy Sroufe; odestdoll, Jeanella Killian.

O ld McDonald and his f a r mhave entered th e talent sh ow.Georgiana Young plays O l d M a c -Donald; her farm consists of twochicks, two ducks, (two turkeys,two pigs, and three cows.This week was Space Week.Ray-guns, telescopes, and flying

saucers were made during crafthours.Playground Olympics will re-ceive prime attention next week.The big day is Wednesday. Prac-

tice for the event will be Mon-day afternoon and evening a n dTuesday evening.A pet parade will take placeTuesday at 1 p.m.The p a r kboasts of all kinds of an ima ls and13 brand new puppies, two brandnew birds and a singing toy er-rier. Several awards will be giv-en. One will be for the best-dressed an ima l and one will befor the animal riding in the "beststyle."A movie will be shown Thurs-day at 7:30 p.m.Robb

Leather work has been the fea-ture of crafts this past week. Theactivity will continue for anotherweek. Also in keeping with t h eSpace Week theme the childrendrew pictures and ma de object;depicting space ac t ivi t ie s .. Robb Field was host this weekfor the North Division F o u r-Square tournamen t .Robb is selecting contestants forthe coming Jun io r Olympics .Th e f ea tu re for t he c o m i n gveek will be a bubble blowingcontest Thursday at 7 p.m. Prizeswill be given for the largest andthe smallest bubble.Jun io r gir ls won over Northside,23-18, in the ir f i rs t kickbal! gameof the season. Team memb erswere Linda and Dianne Rega li ,K a t h y McGrieng, Jane Tracer,Pam Hawley, Pa t Roher and Con-nie DeVita .Grandview

Once again the girls scorecmore vic to r ie s . Monday the midget league girls played Jeffersonan d defeated them, 38-2. G i r l splay ing were Mary Ann UpshawA d r e m a Ca llahan , Bernad ine

Simpson, Jeanie Douglas, M ari-yn Little, Carlis Key, M ay Bow-ers, Shirley Key and Vida Allen.[n the evening the senior girlsplayed Jefferson and defeated:hem, 34-10. Girls who played inhis game were De oror Peters,Jessie D, Wanda Coleman,Hat-tie Hienes, Barbara Napier, JudyCasey, Betty H, Erma Shurelds,Christine Phill ips and Hilda In-gram.Grandview suffered its first de-feat when the junior boys playedSouth. The score was 22-26. Tues-day the midget league boys were

defeated by Jefferson.The theme of the arts programfor the week was "Space" Spacehelmets, ray guns, telescopes, fly-ing saucers and rockets weresome of the things made by thechildren.Highlighting the week's activi-ties were a dance Wednesday;a talent show Thursday, a peanuthunt Friday, a Four Square tour-namen t and Olympic tryouts.The highlights of next week'sactivities will be the Olympicsfield at Horace Mann Wedesdayand a pet show Friday.Faurot To t .LotW i t h the "Jelly Apple Twist"Vickye Hile captured first placein the Talent Show Wednesday.Debbie Makris' jazz dance, "Birth

of the Blues" took second prize,while a vocal quartet composedof Becky, Kathy, and Greg Sack-inge r and Malan ie Dil lmger re-ceived third place honors. Fifteenacts participated.In a b ean bag contest ThursdayJason Brat ton took f irst place inthe 4-6 division, while Joyce Coop-er came in second. The 7-9 win -ners were Larry Holycross andGreg Sackinger :n f i r s t and sec-ond place respectively. In t h eolder division, Do n Furr an dCheryl I^assey bagged first andsecond place, and they also re-ceived the same honors in t h eSoftball Throw Contest (10-12 division) on Friday.Don had a throwof 125 feet to win his division,while Ross Cheney received firstplace honors in the 7-9 divisionwith a throw of 98 feet. P h i lBroyles was second in tha t d ivi-sion. W i t h a 60 foot throwTom-m y N eunendor f f captured f i r s tplace in the 4-6 division, a n dRickey Furr came in second.Youngsters guessed each oth-er's handcraf t items' identitieslast week.. Thanks to all the kidsespecially Bob and Dan Furr, wehad a f lag for Patriotic Week; it isnow on the w al l above our craft

box. W i t h 'Joey Klass as narra-tor, we acted out "Clancy to theRescue"

Carolnyn Wilkerson; runner-up,Linda Payne; midget league boys,Lenon Collins, runner-up. K e nNext week Faurot shall be hav- Jordon; junior girls , Hilda M os-ing a checker tournament, a kick- *y. runner-up Betty_ Ann Y a r -

ball game against Hope and Novaand a pet show.Washington-McKinleyIn contests last week, the sen-

ior boys basketball team downedGarfield, 100-58, as junior boysTim Brown and Dave Cheney tal-ied points to bring about the vic-tory. The midget league b o y swere victorious over Lincoln Park,14-0. Our jun io r boys lost their:irst game to Garfield, while themidget league girls lost a closeone to Lincoln Park, 17-12. Themidget league team includes Su-san Hobler, Anita Tussing, LindaVhitmore , Terri Delph, K a r e nBolender, Jeanne Bechtel, JamieGordon, Barbie Bowers, Lisa Swy-gart and Ginger Roberts.

The talent show was viewed bynearly 50 children and adults asJanie and Becky Gordon panto-mimed "The Good Ship Lolli-pop" to wn f irs t place in midge tdivision. Lisa Swygart and Tra-cey Campbell, who won f irs t placein junior division, sang "M yN a m e is Queen Mary" to the ac-companiment of Pam Swygart onher viola. First place senior win-ners, Debby Perrin and DianeUhl, sang and danced t o "MyGal's A Corker."

Activities on the agenda thisweek inc lude league g a m e sagainst Schoonover Park, play-ground Olympics and a dance onWednesday and a pet s h o w onThursday.

The dance a week ago Wednes-day attracted 15 0 teen-agers toGarfield Playground. Then on Fri-day there was a dance for t h eTiny Tots.The junior Girls won their soft-ball game by forfeit from W a s hington-McKinley while the midgetleague girls won their kickballgame by forfeit from SchoonoverPark. The senior girls came out ontop in a softball game played atSchoonover Park with a score of18-12.The jun io r boys defeated Wash'ington McKirJey, 10-1. The midget league boys won by forfeitFrom Schoonover Park.In a basketball game played atWashington McKinley , the Gar-field five was defeated 100-58.This week youngsters preparaf o r the P layground Olympicsscheduled for Wednesday. In theFour - Square tournamen t , win

brough; j unior boys, Ronnie Ray,runner-up, Bob Baker; senior boysfcoy Led singer, runner-up, ButchW h i t e .

Calvin Jones was disc jockeyat the dance Tuesday evening.W e e k l y dance will be Tuesdaysfrom 8 to 10 p . m .Highlight ing next week will bedie Talent Snow Thursday and theBubble Blowing Contest Fridayevening.Horace Mann

The children at Horace Mannpracticed all week for the Four-Square tou rnamen t .Two Horace Mann g a m e swere won by forfeit th is week midget league girls kickball andmidget league boys softball.Many hours have been s p e n tpreparing for the playgroundOlympics next week.The Thursday night dance waswell attended.LincolnThis week the children partici-pated in Space Week. Space hel-mets, ray-guns, flying saucers andtelescopes were made in crafts tocarry out the theme.The midget league girls kickballteam brought back a 17-12 victoryover Washington M cKin ley Mon-day giving them two wins so f a rthis season.Tuesday was highlighted b y anintra-playground track and f ieldmeet. The winners from this willthen be sent to the inter-play-ground Olympics W ednesday.Wednesday was an especiallyexciting day for the younger chil-

dren. All the girls brought theirfavorite dolls, which were judgedfor the biggest, smallest, prettiestand o the r categories. Late r tha tafternoon there was a Limbo con-test.Friday, the park was the sitefor a Four Square tournamen t .The free throw contest whichwas last week had the three fol-lowing winners: Mike Bassitt juniors, Rick Carter senior, andEverett Mille r adu lt .Nest week's schedule includes aBean Ba g Throw contest, Bubblegum W o w i n g contest, , and a pingpong tournamen t . Monday a sma lld rama tic p lay will be cast. Persons interested should be at theshelter house at 3:30 p.m.Next week ' s sports schedule isas follows; Monday girls mi d

ield. Tuesday boys midget soft-> a l l play Garfield here at LincolnJ ark. Thursday girls juniorsoftball host Garfield here.Fri-day boys junior softball playGarfield there.Northside

Northside's teen dances have>een successful. Sandy R a d oleads the decorating committee ,which provided circus and spacedecorations.Tuesday, Northside's t a l e n tshow attracted close to 300 peo-)le. First place winners in " themidget division were Debby W a l s hand Lynn Cast with the ir dance ;n second place were Ki m Down-ng a n d S he r ry B r a d f or d w i t hthe ir acrobat act.First place win-ners in the junior division wasDoug Ferguson with his magicact; in second place were W e n -dy Gerdeman and Dorothy Pend-ergast with the ir surprise act.Before the ta len t show, an out-side wiener roast along w i t hmarshmallows and potato chipswa s the big attraction.The midge t gir ls won the irsec-ond stra ight kickb a l l game , Mon-day, over W estwood, 33-65. Alsoac t ive in sports are the midget,j unior and senior boys softballteams. Junior and senior girls'softball, senior - adult basketballand volleyball are also active.Tuesday n ight the sand bo xwas the site of a sand bui ldingcontest. Winners fo r the most a t-tractive creation were Doug Haz-ell and John Cogley, f i r s t ; C h r i sJohnston , second, and Betty Zumker, th ird . Winners fo r the mostunusual were Jessica a n d D i c kStu the rs , f irst; Cindy Weston andMargie Zum pker, second, and Ma-ry Ellen Noonan, third. J u d g e swere Lynette Lynn and J a c k i ePohlabel.Wednesday afternoon Northsid-ers tried their skill in a peanuthun t .Coming up next week as mainfea tu res are a bike decoratingcontest, a parade and a movie.Faurot

The senior boys basketball teamlost its second game to Northsideplayground, 50-80. Dave Mooneywas high man w ith 32 points.This week the c ra f ts p rogramcarried through a space t h e m e inw hich space helmets, telescopesand ray-^uns were made.Wednesday will be the j u n i o rOlympics at 1 p.m. at HoraceMann .Next W ednesday a t 2 p.m.there will be ,a .^ checker |ourna-ment. There will also be an"Adi"

tournament. A di is the' new mar-ble game tha t has been introduc-ed to the p laygrounds th i s year.Jerry Green seems to be t h echampion of the park so far inhis game. SouthAmong the many ac t ivi t ie s th isweek at South were the softballeague games. The j unior gir lsrom Grandview beat South's soft->all team with a score of 13-4.Sou th 's ou ts tand ing p laye r- wereBarb ara Smith , Teresa Helmigand Diane Burge.South's j unior boys' softballteam won the ir first g a m e fromGrandview, 26-22. George Smithlit one home run w hi le Ji m Jack-son and Denny H elmig each hittwo home runs.Sou th ' s midge t league b o y swere also successful as they beatHover Park 10-8. The only homerun was hit by Greg Brow n. Tw oother outstanding players w e r eShelby Benj amin an d D a v i dbriggs. Next week games arew ith Je f fe rson .This week in craf t s the project smade were all per ta in ing to SpaceWeek. I n add it ion to th is p rogram,hot plates, bird houses andoth-er articles were designed out ofpopsicle st icks .Othe r ac t ivi t ie s at South thisweek included eliminations f o rthe P layground Olympics to bealso for the Four-Square tourna-men t at Hover Park. A dancewa s Tuesday night.A pe t show is p lanned n e x tweek for Tuesday at 7 p.m. Cer-t i f icates will be awarded for thesma lle st , la rgest and most un iquepet. Jefferson

Monday the children b roughttheir pennies and bought varioustoys and doll clothes at thePen-ny Auc tion . The money was usedfor prizes at t he Talen t S h o w .Wednesday, Je f fe rson sponsoreca Talent Show with contestants inMidget, junior and senior divi-sions. The judges were Ron Don-dero and John Provost. Prizeswere awarded for the best acts meach division.Th e midget league beat Grand-view, 38-2. The senior game waswon 34-10. Th e only two runs hitto the midge ts were by DebbieHooker and Barb ara Page. Ne xweek Jef f er son is planning a balloon breaking contest fo" Tuesday at 3 p.m.and a dance fothe following Friday.Softball and k ickbal l games wilbe played in all divisions nexweek.

Lincoln Tot LotLast week Lincoln presentehecker Tournamen t . Champ'ere Ronnie Brown and Suziaree. R unner s -up were R a ndrown and Mike Burkholder.Tw o craf t s contests took past week. N eal Seabert and