City Pool
Ron Schubert, Edgar Obie and Robert Dolan
Wednesday, May 7th 1975 edition of the Chinook Opinion
The Chinook Municipal Swimming Pool had its grand opening in 1976 and was built with a Fish Wildlife and Parks Grant and matching funds from a bond issue. The Chinook Lion’s Club furnished the money for the wading pool.
*Source – Chinook Book, the First 100 Years
The City of Chinook’s drawings are dated in 1981, and according to the City, that is what year the pool was fully finished with the wading pool.
According to other individuals involved, the pool was dedicated on July 4th, 1976 and the wading pool was added in 1981. The pool was a project of the Chinook Lions Club where Bob Dolan and Ted Westin were leaders of the project. It was financed by a $150,000 Bond issue and a matching grant from the Federal Bureau of Reclamation, formerly the Federal Bureau of Outdoors as well as the Montana Fish and Game Department.
Ensign Sweet Memorial Park
A “Sweet Gift”
The Sweet family gifts to Chinook started in 1925, when Lloyd’s mother gave eight lots to the community which were developed into the Ensign Sweet Memorial Park, for the site of a Girl Scout Little House. In 1964-65, Lloyd Sweet donated funds for the addition to the Girl Scout Little House at the Park. Later, moneys were given by him to the Chinook Lions Club for improvements and annual maintenance of the park.
Lloyd Sweet was born in Ubet, Montana a small town near Lewistown on October 16, 1889, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ensign Sweet. When he was a boy, the family moved to Chinook where Ensign had banking and ranching interests. Lloyd graduated from Chinook High School in 1909 and in 1913, he graduated from Stanford University with a major in economics. He then returned to Chinook, where he worked his father’s land and built a flour mill. Lloyd joined the Navy in 1918 and never returned to Chinook to live. Following his Navy discharge, Lloyd settled in Watsonville, California where he went into the auto parts business. In succeeding years, Lloyd built up a fortune from his dealings in the stock market, which provided him the means to become the benefactor to Chinook.
*Source – Chinook Book, the First 100 Years