Ecorse Recreation Department - 1948
Recreation Program Featured in Ecorse
December 1, 1948
Ecorse believes in recreation and proves it by sponsoring an all-year round program that puts it in the first rank of Michigan cities in this regard. The program contacts practically every boy and girl, and many adults, in at least one activity and a good many of them in several. Juvenile delinquency is at a minimum in this virile industrial community where it might be expected to be high. Credit carefully planned and expertly s supervised recreation for and important assist here.
The program gives plenty of attention to adults and many of them take advantage of it.
The Ecorse City Council and the Board of Education back this program jointly. It is under the direction of William Weeber, who handles both school and city programs and dovetails them systematically.
Much attention is given to the colored children, who make the West Side Community center one of the busiest and most useful places in the City.
In addition to athletics of all kinds the program includes arts and crafts, dancing, manual training, of which a hobby shop is a feature, work in plastics, and much more. Special events include handicraft exhibits, trips to ball games, the Detroit zoo, Art Center, and other places of interest.
Picnics, golf outings and tournaments are arranged. A 4th of July program is featured, as are hard and soft ball leagues, wading pools, doll and pet shows, pageants and banquets.
The chairman of the Ecorse Recreation Commission is Ormal Goodell, a member of the Chamber of Commerce. Members are Mrs. Frances Petross, Earl Hebert, Clarence Mead, and Mrs. Fern Underill.
December 1, 1948
Ecorse believes in recreation and proves it by sponsoring an all-year round program that puts it in the first rank of Michigan cities in this regard. The program contacts practically every boy and girl, and many adults, in at least one activity and a good many of them in several. Juvenile delinquency is at a minimum in this virile industrial community where it might be expected to be high. Credit carefully planned and expertly s supervised recreation for and important assist here.
The program gives plenty of attention to adults and many of them take advantage of it.
The Ecorse City Council and the Board of Education back this program jointly. It is under the direction of William Weeber, who handles both school and city programs and dovetails them systematically.
Much attention is given to the colored children, who make the West Side Community center one of the busiest and most useful places in the City.
In addition to athletics of all kinds the program includes arts and crafts, dancing, manual training, of which a hobby shop is a feature, work in plastics, and much more. Special events include handicraft exhibits, trips to ball games, the Detroit zoo, Art Center, and other places of interest.
Picnics, golf outings and tournaments are arranged. A 4th of July program is featured, as are hard and soft ball leagues, wading pools, doll and pet shows, pageants and banquets.
The chairman of the Ecorse Recreation Commission is Ormal Goodell, a member of the Chamber of Commerce. Members are Mrs. Frances Petross, Earl Hebert, Clarence Mead, and Mrs. Fern Underill.