The Humphrey swimming pool family and single season tickets from 1922. The family pass for five cost $5, and the single ticket was $10. The coupon ticket for 30 visits to the pool cost $5.00, and the single season ticket and coupon includes a war tax.
Swimming badges earned by Peggy Preister while she was a lifeguard at the Humphrey swimming pool.
Pool may be gone, but memories live on
It wasn’t just a pool, or a baby-sitter — although it certainly was that — it was a landmark and a place that became a second home to those who grew up with the Humphrey swimming pool.
Last week, the pool built in 1961, was demolished. A new fire station will eventually take its place, and a new pool is being proposed to built in Foltz Sports Complex.
Life moves on and things change.
For those who loved the pool most — and added their signature to the ceiling and walls of the bathhouse as shown on Page 1 — saying goodbye is understandable, but not easy.
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