It’s too hot to be outside pulling weeds this week! While doing research for a family, I often find obituaries in the newspapers. I usually scan the whole page and find interesting articles. This caught my eye because of the leaders were Mary (Fry) Liebich and Nancy (Bardole) Hanaman. I didn’t have time to check if they had daily or weekly events. Were the mothers in charge of refreshments?Maybe they got treats at the grocery store or cafes in town. There were a lot of participants.
The Globe Free Press; Pg. 5; Rippey News; Thursday, June 28, 1962 Winnie States, Managing Editor
RIPPEY PLAYGROUND HAS GET ACQUAINTED WEEK
Rippey Summer Playground started the week of June 16 with the theme, “Let’s Get Acquainted Week.” The main features were a checker tournament, a rope jumping contest and a rained out bicycle rodeo. The winners of the checker tourney were as follows: Blue ribbon winners for their age bracket were Barbara Norgren, Linda Young and Jim Walzer. Winners of red ribbons for their age group were Lynn Fredrickson, Ronnie Fredrickson, and Kristine Anderson. The yellow ribbon winners for their age bracket were Teri Fry, Cynthia Anderson, Angela Dillivan, Jeff Tiffany, and Kathy Lansman. The rope jumping contest held Thursday, June 21 was well attended. Blue ribbon winners in the two rope jump events were Angela Dillivan, Cynthia Anderson, Kristine Anderson, Barbara Gilroy, Donna Coon, and Diane Coon. Yellow ribbon winners were Francis Carpenter, Joyce Woods, Teri Fry and Cheryl McDowell. There were no winners of red ribbons in this event. The Jump and Bounce event had several winners with Cynthia Anderson, Barbara Norgren, Cheryl McDowell, Angela Dillivan, Barbara Gilroy, Donna Coon, Kristine Anderson and Francis Carpenter taking the blues. Joyce Woods won the only red ribbon given. Yellow ribbons were taken by Ted Johnson, David Coon, Teri Fry and Lynn Young. Obstacle jump winners were as follows. blues, Lynn Young, Angela Dillivan, Linda Young, Barbara Norgren, Ruth Huber, Cynthia Anderson and Francis Carpenter; reds, Teri Fry, Diane Coon, Dick Bardole, Barbara Gilroy, Cheryl McDowell, Donna Coon, David Coon, and Kristine Anderson. Joyce Woods won the only yellow ribbon given. The two remaining events were distance races. The frontwards race for the ages of 5 through 7 was won by Lynn Young. Diane Coon placed second, with Denise McCall, Lynn Fredrickson and Teri Fry all tying for third. In the 8 through 10 age group there were several ties. Linda Young and Ruth Huber tied for first, Angela Dillivan and Cynthia Anderson tied for second and Joyce Woods and Cheryl McDowell tied for third. Francis Carpenter won the frontwards race in his age division of 11 years and over. Kristine Anderson placed second with Donna Coon and Kathy Lansman tying for third. The remaining race was a distance race with the contestants rope jumping backward. In the age 8 through 10, Linda Young placed first, Cynthia Anderson second, and Andrea Dillivan and Barbara Norgren tied for third in the age bracket of 11 years and over, Kristine Anderson was first, Francis Carpenter was second with Donna Coon and Kathy Lansman tying for third. The age bracket of 5 through 7 did not participate in this event. The bicycle rodeo was scheduled for Friday of the first week, June 22. There was an excellent turnout. However, before things were well underway, there were complications of rain and hail, This forced the participants from the skating rink and into the stand. As a result, the bicycle rodeo will be held Wednesday, June 27. All ribbons and awards won by the participants will be given to them at an awards night, held during the concluding week of Summer Playground. The date for this has not yet been set. As of Friday of the first week, there are 86 youngsters registered, but there is room for many more. Mary Fry is director of the Summer Playground and Nancy Bardole is her assistant. Red Cross Swimming for the Rippey area will commence the week of July 16. Doctor’s permits must be obtained for the child to be eligible. He must be between the ages of 7 and 17.