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Hazelwood s New, Large Playground Already Center Of Much Activity
A ONE HANDER?Roes into the basketball hoop on the Haielwood
playground. This is one of the projects just completed through
the Parent and Teacher Association, as part of a Finer Carolina
project.
A Project
Of Finer
Carolina
Recreation center of Hazelwood
for youngsters is the spacious,
well-equipped playground, which
has been adopted as a Finer Caro
lina project by the Hazelwood
School PTA.
Total size of the playground is
3Va acres. On one end is a ball
field used by Mountaineer Little
League baseball teams in the
summer and by the Mountaineer
Midget football team in the fall.
On the other end of the play
ground, behind Hazelwood school,
is a new slick-finished concrete
area, measuring 110 by 120 feet.
Because of its finish, the con
crete is ideally adapted to roller
skating and attracts skaters each
afternoon and during the week
ends. It is believed to be the
only arena of its kind in Western
North Carolina.
Eight basketball goals have
been erected on the concrete
court, and backstops are to be
put up soon for tennis. Shuffle
board and volley ball facilities
will be added later.
Counting other school play
ground equipment ? such as
climbing bars and a merry-go
round?more than $4,000 has been
spent by the Hazelwood PTA on
the new play area.
Already the fame of the play
ground has spread, and recently
u delegation from an elementary
school at Brevard visited Hazel
wood to inspect the modern fa
cilities.
Scout Program
Is Active In
Hazelwood Area
Outstanding Boy Scout work is
being accomplished by boys and
their leaders in two Hazelwood
troops.
The Explorer Troop, organized
in 1954 has Rudolph Cars well as
Scoutmaster and has already pro
duced two Eagle Scouts?Johnny
Carswcll and Johnny Mac Farmer.
Boyce (Rockl Powers is Scout
master of the regular Boy Scout
Troop. These boys meet regu
larly at The Hut and once each
month take an overnight hike
in the mountains. There are six
Life Scouts among the members.
The boys and their leaders
have a special project under way
at the present. They plan to
take the old paint off The Hut
and put on a fresh eoat. The
Hut, located on the school
grounds, is also used by Girl
Scouts and Brownies.
The Scouts have been spon
sored by the Boosters Club since
the first troop was organized
in 1937.
Milburn Ballance serves as ex
plorer advisor.
The Boy Scouts under the lead
ership of Scoutmaster Powers,
take at least one overnight trip
a month. They usually go to
Wolf Pen camping area. Eagles
Nest or to Camp Daniel Boone in
Pisgah. The boys study their
nature projects on the trips, as
well as camping and outdoor life.
ONE, TWO, TIIKKE AND YOU'RE OUT at the old ball samo as the
llazelwood Junior Industrial tram soes into action. The tram it
sponsored by thr 11 aw I wood I,ions Club. The I,ions won thr West
ern North Carolina pennant this year.
SKATING Is a popular pastime for seores of Har
dwood children on the newly constructed play
ground, which is a "Finer Carolina" project, and
just completed this year.
WORK STARTS on the plavRround. Much of the
time, was donated by interested citizens, This
shows dirt bring hauled into the area.
Girl Scouts, And Brownies Have Active
Program All Year In Hazel wood Area
LITTLE LEAGUE
One of the most successful pro
grams carried on annually at Haz
elwood is the Mountaineer Little
League baseball program, which
was supervised by a full-time
director. Bock Powers, last year.
The program includes three
league the Pony, Little, and
Midget divisions?-with four teams
in each league
New stands have been erected
recently at the Little League ball
park, and new lights arc to be
put up?possibly bv next season
The Little League program is
made possible by sponsoring mer
chants and industries.
Students of the Hazolwood
school ai .' fast movers when they
hear the fire alarm. This past
week they cleared the building
In 55 seconds flat, as firemen
brought the truck along to make
a periodic fire drill check. The
students are constantly taught the
importance of being careful with
fire, and the dangers of playing
with matches,
Five active troops with a mem
bership of between seventy-five
and one hundred girls make up
the Girl Scout organization of
Hazelwood. Three troops are
Brownie Scouts and two are In
termediate Girl Scouts. All are
active throughout the year.
Brownie Troop I is led by Mr
Edward Boss with Mrs. Richard
Blake as assistant leader and Mr
Herb Singletary as head of the
mothers' committee.
Mrs. Charles Beck is leader of
Brownie Troop 2 with Miss Merita
Plott as assistant leader.
Troop 3 is led by Mrs. Tom
Davis with the following mothers'
committee: Mrs. William Ray.
Mrs. Baile Hicks, Mrs. .foe Tate,
and Mrs. Charles McCall.
Mrs. Dwight Beaty is leader of
Intermediate Troop No. 59 and
Mrs. Richard Inman is leader of
Troop No. 65. The mothers' com
mittee of No. 65 is composed of
Mrs. Paul Bryson. Mrs. E. W.
McCracken, and Mrs. Riggins.
Volunteers are needed to fill
the vacancies of assistant leaders
and committee members.
Mrs'. Clyde Fisher is Hazel
wood Neighborhood chairman of
the Girl Scout organization.
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Wonderful
Town
. . . hut we can make it a bet
ter place in which to live if
we will all work together to
accomplish the program that
has been set up by the Finer
Carolina Committee.
We came close last year . . .
and now we have another op
portunity to w in the $1,(100.00
that is being offered by Caro
lina Power & Light Company
in the Finer Carolina Pro
gram. We can do it this time
if we will all do our part.
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