The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-11-22
BOYS PLAYING POLITICS IN
SCHOOL CLEAN UP CANPA|C!I!
ACTIVE INTEREST BEING TAKEN IN
ELECTION OF CAPTAINS POR
EACH DISTRICT
Meeting Planned For Saturday at Which
the School Leaders and City Onl-
cinls Will Meet

| Wheeling has some youthful politI-
clans trral ones tool as ihoS" al the
head OF the school "rran-up' campaign
arc AndnS ont. As mentioned before.
! in th"s" columns. the choosing Of tn.
!-nptAiES 1T each school is done by s"'-
| TIT lrtlln;. and II is fnunI that at nearly
every school III" pupils will vutc accord
ling To whether iic ''ai'iidat" is Democrat
or Republican.
| Thr"r schools w.rr ~ Sanl;rd Y"Strr-
! day, by Probation Officer l>rnZi"r and
the interest shown 10y both tca"h"rs and
children WIS MOST encouraging TIL" boy
of ST. AlphonSuS ar" Il dandy bunch. and
llt"rr they hav' "urpS Of - ho:'S. with
! Charles j. Strauss HS thar captain. They
Immediately got busy and rs one little
| chap put it--"Wr'r" 50. ny right AZ It,"
Talk on Cleanliness
! 81. iIadislaus school. F0rty-ffth and
| F>oir streets. organized with corps or
| twenty-eicht boys who ar, very cnthllS-
!nstIc. Thu "an,rin. Edward RnGowski.
received twrntY-Onn out Of twenty eight
votes. 1t was a pNraSur: To watch all
these bright Young faces grow serious,
MS Mr.. Frazier talked to them on Clean
illness"
| "ClranliH"SS is G~Xt 20 ',nhllncEs. SAID
J tn" probation officer. This does not
innly mean, rlranlir. If bu,iy and cloth
ing bat also al hear; AMI mind and
! character Md ii "" wait cleanliness
! ;rr "ur*'l.rS. "" must certainly want
| = Tor o. city. W" ar" citizens OF
! W .,.riinp and "" ~" very r:uud Of that
, fa,'' Then w. must do everything in
our I.,w,r {" MAX" "u" city on" OF the
first II thu United states.
These hny$ Will hay" for their hrrl-
ltory f"rly-:"mrth /" F"rty-"iGhth
streets. ,I"lus:y. Eatn"r Mu;ial is do
ing all IN his power 10 forward the work
OF the hnyS III his Scl.""I.
And h"r" II must b. remarked. that
n" girls of rhI> 81. l.a,lisiaus are very
anxious /" h"ln tu". They ar" progress
-iv" children. ;tud are preparing To do
som" effective work IN connection with
Ia" Red ,'rnsS.
At Richie School
TSr l"V1 &rnumi visited WAS III"
EI',hi" and her" IN" bays have Hhsn-
lu;"ly mad" ur rh",r minds /" win that
pciz" if IL j. n Ihr,r power. II SOUNDS
like an army approaching when TN"
crowd NJ 1--we. w:d"-Hw"kr boys stampede
w the steps. They are = husky bunch
, uf kids aud "Nnry last one III item lS
th"r"uEhly in earnest.
When asked how many w"r" willing
tn .n'rr ili, work with u will and deter
mlnnil"n. thor" WAS an asserting clam
Tor %nt I dissenting !"ir" and nero
- on. lot II boys VII" viii work unanI-
n"uSly.
Two boys w"r" it'd FOR captain, ana
on tn, second ballot Nile la"r"r earned
! thu vut" hy a Iui j"rity 80 SIX. TilS an
lnnunCcm"n, met with grrat applause.
The Youngsters arr :" tEil of lii" ahhi
they car hardly '"u'niu themselves. H'nri
ilntlr rurly-h"adrd fellow wh" asked 4
| h,. could vntr far himself. showed that
h.. has the markings OF - r''lt':"lah in
him. MIR. Frazier told the boys that
! iIr.v did not u".,i ~, lr '':"urhm'ckS" in
or,lrr tr do effective work. that they
could b" grntl,fnrII. Ard thus obtain far
greater results Il love You hi?t' said
I thu rrulrIti ion officer and | want YOU /"
LEARN /" love your f"ll"w-mcn. In order
! that You may help MAX" liner and
cleaner world"
! Meeting Saturday
! There will ~. Il big meet lnG ~ In" rs
Snriatrd Charities rooms III I'm o'clock
IN Saturday afternoon. m whI'h all In"
CAPTAINS and their Iicut"nautS ar" re-
uucstrd IN IL" prrScn'- Mayor NrStcr.
city Manager Goo. q. Maggie. FRANCIS
HYDE and numerous others Of III" city
officials will l." present 10 map out TN"
future proceedings and ais" (" dcrid"
what sort Of a prize the boys desire. TIL"
prinripals Of the various schools ar" al
So invited tn attend this meeting.