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Show Swim Campaign to Open Monday at Six Pools The local Red Cross first aid water safety and accident preven¬tion department, under the super¬vision of Kent S. Bramwell, after "accident-proofing" well over 20,000 people in this community with first aid classes will now concentrate activities on "waterproofing" every¬one who desires to learn to swim or learn to swim better. Starting Monday, the largest and most concerted "Learn to swim— better" campaign ever held in We-ber county will get underway. The campaign is scheduled for two weeks. All the swimming pools in Weber county are cooperating, and 19 vol¬unteer instructors, trained by the Red Cross, will carry out the pro¬gram. Classes will be held during the day for young and old, for men and women, and for beginners as well as competitive swimmers. A special attraction will be a class for all pre-inductees or pre-service men. This course will be conducted along with senior life saving classes. Pools cooperating in this cam¬paign include the Weber gymna¬sium, municipal pool, South Wash¬ington pool, Riverside Gardens, Patio Springs and Utah Hot Springs. Schedule Announced Classes are scheduled as follows: Weber gymnasium: Boys: Tues¬day, Thursday and Saturday at one, two and three p. m.; girls, same hours on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Junior life saving classes will be held each day at four p. m. At five-fifteen p. m. a special class for adult instruction is planned, and at five forty-five p. m. wartime swimming and senior life saving. Municipal pool: Boys, daily from nine a.m. to eleven a.m.; girls, daily from eleven-thirty a.m. to two p.m. Junior life saving will be taught on request during these hours. At six p.m. wartime swimming and senior life saving will be taught. South Washington pool: Boys, daily from ten a.m. to twelve a.m.; girls, daily from one to three p.m. Junior life saving on request. Mixed swimming from three to six p.m. Riverside Gardens: Six p.m. daily for instruction. Patio Springs and Utah Hot Springs: Classes on request. Instructors include Ross Eskelson, Kent S. Bramwell, J. Smith Jacobs, Virginia Nelson Rich, Reed K. Swenson, Floyd Taylor, Helen Ward, Mae Welling, Ariel Frederick, Carl Taylor, Ernest Wall, J. Ed. McGregor, Verl Soelberg, Jim Hamblin, Gene Stoker, Elwyn Hall, Erol Benson, Maxine Whittaker, Gayle White, Wanye Schmalz, Avis Wood, and Martin C. Ririe. A class of new instructors has been taught by Mr. Bramwell during the past week. Many of them will be assigned to assist with the campaign. Call Sounded “We hope every man, woman and child in Weber county will take advantage of the opportunities to learn how to swim and better. Volunteer instructors have spent many house in learning the techniques and skills. They are all primed for two weeks of real activity. Red Cross certificates will be issued to all those completing the courses,” Mr. Bramwell reported. Mr. Bramwell was employed by the local Red Cross on December 7, 1941, the day of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Considerable national recognition has been obtained by the Red Cross in first aid and water safety during Mr. Bramwell’s activities with the Red Cross. Prior to the time of his employment, he was engaged in business for 15 years as a merchant. He spends each morning as an employe of the local civilian defense corps, as executive officer. Young Woman Loses Life In Accident at Pool A swimming party at Como Springs, Morgan, came to a tragic end when, unnoticed in a large crowd, Arlene Hanson, 21, of 2433 Monroe, Ogden, drowned Saturday about eight p. m. in the Como swimming pool. When discovered, the body was lying approximately four feet from the side in 7 1/2 feet of water, the deepest part of the pool. Artificial respiration and a pul motor failed to revive the victim. A physician, called from nearby Morgan, announced she had been dead 20 minutes when he arrived. Miss Hanson was a member of a party of office workers from Ogden air service command, Hill field, where she was employed as a stenographer. Besides the usual group of Saturay evening visitors to the pool, there was a party from Ogden arsenal. Miss Hansen did not know how to swim, members of her party said. She» was born April 6, 1923, in Webster, S. D., a daughter of Arnt and Johanna Haagenson Hanson. She came to Ogden and took em¬ployment at Hill field 19 months ago. Survivors include her parents of Webster. Funeral services and burial will be conducted in Webster, where the body will be sent Tuesday un¬der direction of the mortuary at 3408 Washington. IN TRAGEDY…Miss Arlene Hanson, 21, Ogden, was drowned in a pool accident in Morgan county. WATER CLASS STARTS MONDAY Ferron Losee to Teach Life Saving Course For Red Cross Ferron Losee, Weber college instructor of swimming, will start the first of a series of life saving courses under Red Cross sponsorship Monday at five-thirty p.m. in Weber gymnasium pool. Students must be at least 17 years old and good swimmers. A small fee is charged for use of the swimming pool, the textbook and the lifesaving emblem. Those interested in taking the class should dial 7961, the Red Cross office, Monday, or be on hand for the start of the class. Mr. Losee is a former student at Panguitch, at Brigham Young university of Provo, and at University of Southern California. While performing on the swimming team at B. Y. U., he established a new record for the Rocky Mountain area in the 500-yard freestyle. The record still stands. The instructor has just completed the swimming season as coach of the finest tank team Weber college has ever produced. During the past two summers he has been on the national Red Cross staff as a first aid and water safety field representative. Monday night at seven-thirty o’clock in room 204-M at the college, Mr. Losee will start an advanced first aid class. All who have completed the standard course are eligible to attend. The course will be in preparation for an instructors’’ course to be conducted here May 11-16 by a national field representative. |