The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 126, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 25, 1919 Page: 13 of 48
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IMedina Lake to Be Made Recreation Center for San Antonio
Playground Features Planned
L for the Famous Fishing Resort
nprovements to Be Under-
taken at Once Indicate
Lake Will Become More
Popular in Future Years.
■Medina Lake famous as a fishing re-
ft and equally noted for the beauty of
I surrounding country is to be made
Ir al playground for San Antonio; a
Lt where pleasure-seekers will he a —
Led of sport and recreation and which
Ehc same time will offer comforts and
'itences to the person who is desir-
enjoying an outing without hav-
| “rough it.”
I Phas HTe well under way for estab*
I jgent of a recreation center at. Red
Iw. an ideal site located about half
Kjile above the big dam whieh will
■race a large dancing pavilion a
a Jng beach and numerous cottages
L latter to be erected on free sites by
K>s and individuals for use ns sum-
Jr homes and headquarters. Although
L plan of capitalizing the advantages
L-rcd by the lake for the benefit of
F Antonio was only announced a
I ago it has met. with a reception
Lthe public which insures its sue-
I Expect Project to Grow.
Recording to the prediction of W. H.
f* long secretary of the Medina 'Toll
|*d Company who conceived the idea
[.forming a pleasure colony nt the
[/ the improvements to be made nt
L time will be but the beginning of
« "lopment of the resort. He believes
r L be only a question of a short time
Style* for
All Men
SUNDAY.
| until a commodious tourist hotel i
I erected ami other stops taken to pine
' Medina Lake in the front rank of sum
mer resorts. The playground will be ex
| pa tided to include all of Texas am
many other parts of the country.
“Ever since the dam was first built
providing a great artificial lake in i
picturesque setting there has been tai
among the people of San Antonio Iha
advantage should be taken of the oppoi
tunity to create a recreation center
-aid Mr. Furlong. At least the wheel
are in motion and 1 am confident tha
continued growth will be the result.
“For years Medina Lake has bee
advertised as affording the best bine
bass fishing to be had in the country
Thousands of fishermen have enjoye
the sport ami so long as fishing wa
good they didn't particularly care abou
anything else. They could worry n!oi»
without the conveniences of a resort.
“But for one enthusiastic fishermai
willing to forego comforts for sake <j
the game there are scores of person
who want to take their recreation ur
der other conditions. For them the lak
has not held much inducement becans
there was no place for them to loung
or facilities for the enjoyment of form
of amusement other than fishing. I h
spite these handicaps more than S<UHI
people visited the lake last year whic
indicates what may be expected in th
way of patronage once the place is in
proved along recreational lines.”
Plan a Pavillion.
The first step in the program will I
the erection of a huge pavillion. Thi
pavillion as planned will be a sem
open air affair— a widespreading root
but. with no sides to interfere with th
sweep of the breeze. Under it will b
1 built a dancing floor of commodiom
I proportions. There will also be easy
' seats for the use of those who seek tin
i >hade but do not care to dance ami a
one end of tlw pavillion tables will b
I installed for operation of an open ai
j restaurant. The kitchen will be buil
apart from the pavillion. These table:
will be available for the use of picnic
• ers who bring their lunches.
| Efforts will be made to have the pa
villion completed by .Inly’ -1 the date o
I ' the annual Medina Lake regatta. Las
I year the affair was attended by thou
sands of people ami indications arc fo
i b.i even larger crowd this season.
* It is estimated that $5OOO will b<
t i needed to defray cost of the structun
J and a petition is now being cireulatet
I among business men to secure subscrip
tions for the fund. The Medina Tol
• Road Company headed the subscriptioi
list with a donatoin of $l5OO and otho
i firms and individuals have responded ii
i a manner which indicates that th'
. amount will be completed within tie
I • next few days. Construction will l>
s i commenced as soon as the balance ha
t; been subscribed according to Mr. Fur
; long.
Cottages to Be Built.
• I Plans for the pavillion. cottages am
1 beach have been prepared by Schoepp
* । A. Hardie architects'. As shown in th
' design submitted by the firm the pavil
n lion and cottages w ill be located witbii
' .easy reach of the beach.
r | The cottage idea is considered one o
s : the best features of the plan to trans
' form Medina Lake into a communit:
^(recreation center. It is proposed tha
1 ; civic organizations ami individual
p । build inexpensive little houses on site
I" in the neighborhood of the pavillion
which will be given free of charge
'There will be a small colony made in
<• of those <1 wellings; houses whieh wil
s be the summer homes of their owners
When a man goes to the dam on a fish
. * ing trip he will have a comfortable plac
e in which to sleep and lounge; nr 1
r* he takes bis family for an outing. I
Having the Goods
—On Alamo
THE SAN ANTONIO LIGHT.
• j w eek-end trip perhaps the wife and
i kiddies will be provided with cozy quar-
* | tors during their stay.
t (hie of the greatest drawbacks to
* ithe lake up to now as a place for fam-
r ily outings has been the absence of a
I ' place in which women and children
s could make their headquarters. It is
-‘believed this need will be filled under
the cottage plan.
J It is estimated that a cottage guita-
I ble to the colony can be built at n cost
t ranging from to SIHMi. The ac-
- coptod design is for n “shack” with a
r largo living nwim and a fireplace therc-
!in and screened-ifi sleeping porch on
j three sides. Such a cottage capable of
accommodating sixteen or eighteen cots
j would represent an outlay of less than
S|(NM». according to figures prepared by
I I architects ami builders.
i Mr. Furlong made a careful inspec-
r tion before deciding on a site for the
i colony* Red Cove was selected for sev-
b oral reasons. For one thing a number
' of improvements have already been
• made at the location including a well
s and large tank capable of furnishing
- the water supply. It is planned to
pipe water to the cottages as they are
built. There is also a lighting plant on
the ground which will be enlarged to
। meet demands of the colony.
e A Bathing Beach.
Fred Christilles with whom arrange-
i meats were made by Mr. Furlong for
use of the land on which the recreation
f center w ill be located has a large num-
- her of boats in the cove which are let
r out for fishing purposes. These will be
t available for the use of San Antonians
s who make Red Cove their headquarters
s Plans are being considered for opera-
. tion of a daily excursion boat on which
pleasure seekers will be taken for trips
• up the lake nt a nominal charge.
I Mr. Furlong discovered that a shelf
in the lake at this locution forms a
- natural beach. In arranging to satis-
e fy those who enjoy aequatic sports it
f is planned to install chutes and spring
i | boards and diving platforms. Ropes w ill
“Edwin Clapp Shoe*”
that’s one of the assets of this business. It’s the thing that
makes satisfaction in clothes buying a certainty for you and
insures your good will for us. We have
Stein-Bloch Society Brand
and Kuppenheimer Clothes
and that means a whole lot. By these names you know
we've got the goods—what you want when you want it.
Plaza
be strung to indicate varying depths of
water as safeguard for beginners.
Included in the general scheme of ।
improvement is the idea of beautifying I
the grounds around the pavillion and
cottages by planting grass and shade
tree*.
Work of repairing the toll road lead-
ing to the dam is scheduled to bo com-
menced in the near future according to
officals of the operating company- Al-
though the highway is in comparatively
good condition it has been worn iu spots
by the heavy automobile traffic and
by action of the weather. All of these
rough places will be “smoothed out.”
to foundTaboratory
International Bed Cross to Conduct Re-
search at Geneva.
| Geneva Switzerland (by Mail.)—
Establishment here of a “super-labora-
tory” where world disease experts will
keep in touch with the latest medical
discoveries is the plan of the Interna-
tional Rod Cross which has issued a
• •all for a World Red Cross Congress to
be held hero thirty days afVr the dec-
laration of peace.
In addition to the disease experts
there would also be experts in public
health hygiene sanitation child wel-
fare and also efficiency exports who
would work for continual better distri-
bution of relief supplies.
The experts would according to the
plans of the International organization
foster the study of human diseases pro-
mote sound measures for public health
and sanitation the welfare of children
etc.
lieplacing knocked-Out Teeth.
Teeth that are knocked out in boxing
football or by falling against something
need not be thrown away. A good sur-
geon or dentist wUI clean them and the
cavity replace them. perhaps put a stitch
in the sum perhaps put a pad to bite on
f«>r about 18 hours during which you wJII
have to live on a fluid diet and then
gradually restore solid food. Before many
weeks 'ou ••.111 be able to bite apples
HYGIENE IN GREECE
Kcd Cross to Spread Doctrine of Grech
Goddess of Health.
Athens. (By Mail) Course* in child
welfare have been instituted in Greece i
by the American Red Cross Mission to I
the Balkans. These are under the direc-1
tion of Dr. Samm i 1. Walker superin-
tendent of St. Luke’s Hospital. Chica-;
go and Major Clifford W. Barnes of
New York. The courses include a series
of lectures in Greek on infant care by
Dr. Doxiades of Athens.
These lectures arc nt tended by Greek
Here’s the oxford you’ll see on brisk
young men who want the newest things.
This model has a 7-8 heel a fair width
at ball and the long receding vamp pos-
sible only with a stylish tapering toe.
You won’t find any model dressier. In
the great number of Walk-Over lasts one
will fit you as if made to order.
school teachers from nil parts of the
country. These young women are now
beginning to instruct others in their dis
tricts in infant hygiene and welfare.
By a systematic campaign it is hoped
to counteract the tremendous loss of life
dm* to the war bi conserving the lives
of the babie-. the future breadwinners ol
the nation.
The American Rod Cross has also es
tablished a number of infant welfare
clinics. The course requires about threi
weeks and those w ho undertake it are ex
pected to begin work upon its completion
among the poor of Athens and elsewhen
in GrriMT and tn instruct mothers how
to care properly for their children.
The MAYFIELD
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MAY 25 1919
I Infantry Officers to Shoot.
Following the designation of certain
I cavalry officers from the Southern Dc-
; partment to take part iu the National
Shoot later in the year a War Depart-
ment order received at Fort Sam Hous-
ton Saturday gave tne commander of
the infantry regiments in the depart-
ment authority to select infantry offi-
cers to attend the “shoots.’’ Six offi-
cers arc to be selected from each infan-
try regiment and will Im* ordered tv
i Camp Dodge for the preliminary prac-
tice. They are to report at Camp Dodge
by June 15 ami will later go to Camp
Ferry where the national shooting
matches are to be held.
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Diehl, Charles S. & Beach, Harrison L. The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 126, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 25, 1919, newspaper, May 25, 1919; San Antonio, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1615131/m1/13/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .