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CRISTOBAL Branch Library, 2nd floor, Administration 
Building, Old Cristobal. Flours: 7:30 a. m. to 8 p. m. 
MARGARITA Deposit Branch Library in Recreational 
Association Building. Hours: 3 to 5 and 6 to 8 p. m. 
GATUN Branch Library, in Gatlin School building. 
Hours: 11:45 to 12:45 and 3 to 5 p. m. 
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF PANAMA (Biblioteca 
Nacional). Panama City, corner of 6th Street and 
Avenue B. Hours: 8 to 12 and 2 to 5. 
PROFESSIONAL SCHOpL LIBRARY in Panama 
City on Avenue Peru. This Library is just starting a 
special section devoted to the literature of the Republic 
of Panama. 
LIBRARY OF NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, in the 
University building between 4th of July Avenue, I Street, 
and Calle des Estudiantes. 
ATHLETICS 
SWIMMING: The largest pool on the Pacific side is 
the Balboa Pool behind the Balboa Clubhouse. This 
pool is 50 meters long and 20 meters wide and is equipped 
with one- and three-meter Brandsten diving boards and a 
10-meter tower. The famed Red, White and Blue Troupe 
which has toured the United States and South America 
was organized at this pool, and members of the troupe still 
train there. The clubhouses at the towns of Gamboa and 
Pedro Miguel also have fine pools. These are civilian 
pools, charging a fee of 15c. each, and military personnel 
is welcome. Fort Clayton, Albrook, and Corozal all have 
good Army pools, but the diving facilities at the latter are 
only fair. On the Atlantic side, the only salt-water pool 
on the Isthmus is in the Hotel Washington grounds. The 
fee, except for hotel guests, is 25c. Excellent pools for 
service men are located at Fort Davis and at the Navy 
Base. Service men can swim free of charge at the Bolivar 
Avenue and Balboa-Amador Road U. S. O. Clubs. 
All the Panama beaches are on the Pacific side. The 
most popular one is the Amador Beach Club, open free 
to enlisted men in uniform. A small fee is charged officers. 
Farfan Beach, across the Canal, is about 3 miles from 
Panama City. A Panama Canal clubhouse serves sand¬ 
wiches and soft drinks and rents dressing rooms. Two 
excellent beaches for week-end trips are Gorgona, 52 miles 
from Panama, and La Venta, 75 miles from Panama. 
GYMNASIUMS: On the Pacific side, large, modern 
gymnasiums suitable for basketball and badminton games, 
and equipped with standard gymnasium paraphernalia 
are located in Balboa near the stadium track and baseball 
grounds on Roosevelt Road. The Diablo Heights gym is 
near the post office and commissary. Army gymnasiums 
are located at Fort Amador, Fort Clayton, Camp Paraiso, 
and Corozal; and a gymnasium at the Balboa-Amador 
Road U. S. O. Club. 
On the Atlantic side at the Navy Base is the newest and 
finest gymnasium on the Isthmus. Three basketball 
gamrs may be p'ayed here simultaneously and a crowd of 
2,500 accommodated around the floor. Other modern gyms 
are at France Field, Naval Air Station, Fort Sherman, 
Fort Davis, and Fort Randolph. There are civilian 
gymnasiums in Cristobal, Margarita, and Gatun, and 
U. S. O. gymnasium in Bolivar Avenue U. S. O. Club. 
ROLLER SKATING: At both Cristobal and Tivoli 
U. S .0. Clubs. 
GOLF: A sporty golf course of 5,300 yards at Fort 
Amador is known as the Amador Golf Club. Member¬ 
ship is $3 per month. Par is 67 and the course record is 65. 
On the Atlantic side there is an Army golf course at 
Fort Davis. Service men can play at Brazos Brook course 
by making prior arrangements—green fee, $1. 
TENNIS: Concrete all-weather courts are available on 
Army posts and in all the civilian towns. 
BASEBALL: The Isthmian League, composed of the 
four clubs of Cristobal, Colon, Balboa, and Diablo Heights, 
plays twice weekly throughout the dry-season months, 
roughly from December to April. The weekday game, 
beginning at 4:15, plays 7 innings. Sunday games are 
usually double-headers. 
BOXING: Boxing is a popular sport in Panama. For 
information consult the sport page in one of the two local 
newspapers. Amateur boxing programs are held periodi¬ 
cally in the Canal Zone. These are generally sponsored 
by Service organizations. 
MOVIE THEATERS 
CANAL ZONE: 
Regular program, 30c; special features, 40c; all mat¬ 
inees at reduced rate of 30c. All Zone movies 
are in clubhouses except Ancon, one block away. 
(There are also movie theaters on all Army posts.) 
