JAIL PROPERTY IS TRANSFERRED

At yesterday’s session of the Board of Supervisors of Leflore County, transfer of the old county jail property on Cotton Street beside the city schools, was officially made to the City of Greenwood. The county of Leflore has agreed to salvage the building within six months, but it was announced that this would be accomplished within a short time. After the old jail is razed and the site leveled, it is planned to put in a municipal swimming pool. If this is done, the pool will be one of the largest in the State, as plans now suggested call for a huge layout. This advancement is just another step in the fast growing progress of Greenwood. The beauty of the school property with its three large and handsome buildings will be greatly enhanced by the removal of the jail, which has been an eyesore for some time. The jail is around 36 years old, and recently all of the prisoners were transferred to the large and handsome new three-story structure in the county courthouse annex. Leaders in schoolwork in Greenwood were jubilant today when informed of the action of the Board and its intention of salvaging the building right away.

From The Greenwood Commonwealth, September 6, 1927

GOOD SWIMMING AT RIVERSIDE

The Riverside Park Swimming Pool is doing a wonderful business these long, hot summer days and nights. Men, women, and children flock to this Mecca seven days a week from the time it opens in the afternoon at 2 o’clock until the closing hour at night, which is 10 o’clock.

The pool, as most swimming enthusiasts of Greenwood know, is located about three-quarters of a mile north of the Planters Oil Mill on the road to Whaley, and is far enough away from town to be secluded and quiet and is yet close enough to be convenient.

The reason so many women and men, varying in ages from the kiddies to grandfathers, patronize this pool is because they know it is absolutely sanitary at all times. A continuous stream of artesian water from the Riverside well flows through the pool day and night. At intervals, it is thoroughly cleaned, drained and purified. People of all ages have a good time in safety. The bottom is absolutely even, without cracks, step offs and holes, sloping from a depth of 2 feet in the shallow end to a depth of 12 feet at the other end.

In the center of the pool is a huge concrete table for swimmers to rest on and dive from. For those more venturesome, there is a tower and diving boards at various heights. Many of Greenwood’s best divers take delight in showing the many spectators and other swimmers how to make fancy and other dives.

Speaking of sightseers and spectators, they are welcome and seats at points of advantage are scattered around the pool for their benefit. There are also plenty of parking spaces so that they may sit in their cars and get a good view of the pool. Adequate facilities for bathers who prefer to dress at the pool are provided, bathhouses for women and men being of ample capacity to take care of large crowds. Both the bathhouses and the pool are well lighted at night, power being furnished by the pool’s own dynamo. Clifford Carroll, the proprietor and manager, is on hand most of the time to see that all patrons get service and enjoy themselves.

From The Greenwood Commonwealth, July 11, 1927

Swimming Pool Ground Broken

Brief Ceremonies Mark Opening of Construction Work on Municipal Pool

Mayor W.K. Clements and Commissioners Dr. Frank H. Smith and W.S. Vardaman, use their shovels this morning and the first dirt was turned on the construction of a municipal swimming pool for Greenwood.

The city officials used their shovels after a brief cermony, marking the successful conclusion of a long effort to secure the construction of the pool.

Following music by the Boys Band, speakers from civic clubs and official bodies who have been interested in the pool were presented by Littleton Upshur, President of the Greenwood Chamber of Commerce. Interest and support of the movement for the pool were expressed by Dr. R.B. Yates, representing the American Legion; Prof. W.C. Williams, representing the Rotary Club; Congressman W.M. Whittington, representing the Kiwanis Club; Judge W.H. Montjoy, representing the Junior Chamber of Commerce; Mrs. C.G. Hull, representing the Woman's Club; Miss Nell Tyson, representing the Welfare League; Mrs. Sam Clark, representing the American Legion Auxiliary; H.L. DeLoach, representing the School Board; R.C. King, representing the Light and Water Commision; Mayor Clements, Commisioner Vardamen and Commissioner Smith.

The breaking of ground was done by each of the city officials simultaneously "digging" in with shovels, and a construction crew immediately took up the work of going forward with excavation.

The pool will be 75 feet wide by 200 feet long, located on the school grounds on Cotton Street, and will use part of the ground now occupied by the tennis courts.

From the Greenwood Commonwealth, July 23, 1934.

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