Parks and Recreation

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  Lynchburg Recreation Department sponsors football clinic; August 19, 1958

  Jimmie Bryan shows youngsters how to pass a football
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  Lynchburg Recreation Department to offer Children's Crafts class; December 20, 1976

  Pat Lester to teach class in macrame and ceramics
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  Lynchburg Recreation Department to offer multiple classes; December 31, 1976

  Patti Young to teach a fabric printing class
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  Lynchburg Recreation Department to offer multiple classes; March 28, 1977

  Susan Houston to teach class in copper enameling
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  Map of proposed park area; January 12, 1970

  City Council to be asked to purchase property along Blackwater Creek for new park
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  Men's tennis tournament; August 4, 1959

  Rec department officials examine tennis trophy
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  Miller Park bandstand gets new roof; April 10, 1958

  Workers put shingles on Miller Park bandstand roof
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  Miller Park Community Center gets new gates; March 9, 1972

  Calvin Rogers paints new gates at Miller Park
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  Miller Park concession stand under construction; May 12, 1960

  Concession stand at Miller Park erected
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  Miller Park greenhouse is dismantled; September 10, 1953

  Greenhouse at Miller Park is torn down
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  Miller Park Library refurbished; January 8, 1953

  Worker smooths concrete at Miller Park Library
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  Miller Park Library refurbished; January 8, 1953

  Miller Park Library is re-modeled
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  Miller Park parking; May 5, 1967

  Miller Park parking lot enforces 2-hour parking
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  Miller Park Playground watermelon carving contest; August 23, 1972

  Mrs. Alma Reynolds and Mrs. Douglas S. Wiggins show winners of watermelon carving contest
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  Miller Park pool "swim-in"; July 5, 1961

  Attempt to integrate city pool results in closing of public pools
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  Miller Park pool closed to public; July 5, 1961

  Attempt to integrate city pool results in closing of public pools
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  Miller Park pool, site of wade-in demonstration; October 28, 1964

  City to build two new integrated pools
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  Miller Park pool; January 26, 1961

  Photo of children using Miller Park pool in August 1960
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  Miller Park Recreation Center; August 16, 1965

  Miller Park Recreation Center needs renovation
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  Money appropriated for Little League fields; April 29, 1959

  Workers cut trees at Miller Park for new baseball field
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  Mother's Club sponsors doll contest; August 19, 1953

  Guggenheimer Milliken Playground director judges doll contest
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  Nation-wide doll contest; September 16, 1958

  Doll contest winners are recognized
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  National Horseshoe Pitching Tournament; September 1, 1961

  Royall Williams and Robert Toney leave for tournament in Winston-Salem
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  National Recreation Association officials meet with Lynchburg officials; June 26, 1958

  Committees to assess city recreational facilities
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  National Recreation Official meets with city official; December 5, 1962

  Myrtle Patterson meets with Temple R. Jarrell