The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-10-02
Miss Gertrude Creekmore,
Director of Ken0sha Girls
Community Service
League Hears Plans.
KENOSHANS SHOULD ATTEND
Leaders Here viii Obtain Much Bene-
fetal Information Of Work Done BY
Noted Recreational Worker Who
Will Be in Charge of Work.

Miss Gertrude Creekmore, director of
the Girls Community Service League
lin Kenosha, observed the work of the
Milwaukee league on Monday. She has
come back full of enthusiastic plans for
the work in Kenosha, especially along
recreational lines.
The social center leaders in Kenosha
have announced that they viii cooper
ate in every way possible with the
league and after October 18th courses
will be offered in gymnastics, archery,
baseball, hockey, folk dancing, social
dancing, aesthetic dancing, pool, billi-
ards, and volley ball. A class is now
being formed in French and Miss
Creekmore requests that all girls who
desire to study this subject send in
their names Immediately. 1t will be
necessary to have twenty girls before
g. teacher can be engaged.
Miss Creekmore was especially inter
ested in the proposed "play week" in
y Milwaukee during the week Of October
! 9th to 18th. The war has brought out
the great need for recreation and we
find everyone giving more. thought to
/ this side of their lives, from the young
lest child to the Oldest man or woman.
The most prominent social leaders of
New York and Washington are devot-
1 ing an incredible lot of time to "play-
time and we find rich and poor alike
following suit throughout the United
States.
Miss Elizabeth Buchenal Of Commu-
nifty Service, Inc, New York City, will
direct the work during "play week. !"
Miss Buchenal, who by the way, is well
known to many Kenosha people, is con
sidered the most expert woman recrea-
tional director in the country. Every
evening, from 7:3O to 10 O'Clock she
will work with the people of Milwau-
kee in the Riverside High School gym
nasium. Social center leaders, and, in
fact, anyone interested in this sort Of
work will receive much beneficial in
formation by attending one or all of
these classes.
Miss Creekmore hopes that enough
/ interest can be aroused in the people
of Kenosha to warrant the sending of
woman like Miss Buchena1 to conduct
a play-week' here. In the meantime
she expresses the desire that all Keno
shans interested in this work go to Mil
waukee during "play-week, Tickets
can be secured free Of charge by ap-
plying to Miss Irma L. Wallace, 1115
Majestic Bldg, Milwaukee.
The following letter has been sent
out to recreational leaders by Miss
Wallace, director of the Milwaukee
Girls Community Service League:
| 1T is now up-to-date, healthy and
public spirited, not only to know all
you can about recreation, but to fit
yourself to teach everybody else the
Invaluable effect of recreation upon
work. Everybody is doing it, old and
young. Some of New York g high So
ciety is playing games for entertain
ment.
Milwaukee will be favored with
EPlay-Week, each evening, 80 to 10,
October 9th to 18th, for old, young,
married, unmarried, men and women,
boys and girls, in fact for everybody
over Is and under 100, to be held in the
Riverside High School gymnasium.
Play Week will be under the direc-
tion Of Miss Elizabeth Burchenal Of
Community Service, Inc, New York
City. Miss Burchenal is the most ex-
pert woman recreational director in the
country. She win give you training
which you can use wherever people are
gathered together.
eff you already understand recrea-
ton and the teaching of games and
feel that you can give the fun starved
people of Milwaukee one night a week
of your time, we should be glad to place
you on our leaders list.
Tickets will be mailed free of
charge to all those wishing to attend
one or every night, by applying to Miss
Irma L. Wallace, 1115 Majestic Bldg.
You may be admitted without ticket
if you leave your name with us.
Win you please notify any organ
cation which you represent"