Vermilion’s Sun Fun Swim Club Ad – May 27, 1964

May 27, 1964 Ad

The late 1950s and 1960s was an era in which many private swim clubs were launched in our area. The trend reflected the general economic prosperity enjoyed at that time.

Membership in these clubs also included access to other sports, as well as variety of exclusive social activities.

The Aqua Marine Swimming Club was one of the first to open its doors, in mid-June 1958. At the time, an article in the Chronicle-Telegram noted, “The swimming club is the first of its kind to operate in Lorain County."

In Lorain, there was the Riviera Swim Club on Oberlin Avenue; out on Lake Breeze in Sheffield Lake there was Club Carousel (which opened in June 1961).

In Vermilion, there was Sun Fun Swim Club, which opened in June 1960. At the top of this post is an ad that ran in the Vermilion Photojournal on May 27, 1964.

I posted the June 1960 Sun Fun Swim Club ad shown below (promoting first season memberships) here. As noted in that post, Sun Fun was later purchased by the Vermilion branch of the YMCA in early 1968.

June 9, 1960 Ad

In a comment on that same 2014 blog post, our friend Bill Nahm noted that the former swim club facility is still there out on Vermilion Road as the home of Lagoon Marine, which you can see in this Google Maps view.

Bill noted, "Notice the backwards Z shape in white, with a couple of boats by it. That is the outline of the pool. The small building with the black roof was the entrance to the pool. The large white roof was the Y's Gym.