Grant Beach has some wonderful memories for me from 1948 to 1952 till we moved to S.C. My father who worked for Frisco would take us 3 girls every night to the park in the summer. He loved baseball. We sometime sat with him. Other times we would play in the park. We enjoyed the swimming pool during the day. 

We lived on E. Calhoun between Jefferson and Benton. We had a wonderful neighborhood. 1/2 block to Drury college. I did not realize the park was in bad shape. Do they still have a swimming pool? My son who is 50 enjoyed the park as a child. My parents moved back to Springfield in 1964. During the summer I would send David back to Springfield for the summer.

Elizabeth Dodson, Springfield