Water Carnival Set at Pyne Poynt Pool
Camden Courier-Post, August 5, 1935

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WATER CARNIVAL SET AT PYNE POYNT POOL
An aquatic carnival will be staged Friday at 2 p. m. at the Pyne Poynt swimming pool under the direction of James Hagans, WPA supervisor of recreation, it was announced today through the office of City Commissioner Frank J. Hartmann, Jr.
The Pyne Poynt pool is operated as a WPA project, with life guards and other employes paid by the WPA and materials including chlorinated water and suits furnished by the city.
Events will include the 20-yard free style for boys and girls in two classes, under and over the age of 16; the 40-yard breast stroke for boys and girls over 16, and the 20-yard breast stroke for boys and girls under 16; and diving events for boys and girls, also in two classes, over and under 16.
Other features will be stunt swimming by Tom Pooley and Walter Krown and buoy and torpedo rescues by J. S. Shields and Henry Pohl, life guards.
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