The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-04-22
LOCAL CLUBS TO LAUNCH EFFORT
MAKE VINCA PARK A PLAYGROUND
SUPERVISED FOR LOCAL CHILDREN

Tho necessity OF Immediately pro
yldIng some kind OF q playgroun,
for children who will soon turr
their attentions from the schoo
room to summer play and few o
tho plans OF the vinca park commit
tee are discussed In a written state
mont by Miss Jennie V. 0'NcIll
chairman OF the committee. The
statement follows;:
"Tho block upon which the carne
gle Library Is located has long been
regarded as one OF the logical park
locations for C.lckasha. Tho south
west quarter OF this block Is vacant
and. since the spring OF 1918. has
been kpown as vInca park. and an
effort has been made TO make II
the nucleus OF chIckasha's park
system. II has been used as a
play ground and was for some time
the location of Boy Scout headQuar.
ters.
Recently this property has been
put under barbed wire fence and
used as a horse pasture. lnvestIga-
tlon as to the fencing revealed the
fact that the property in question
was about to be leased to an indi-
vidual and that only immediate ac-
tion would prevent its loss to the
city as n public park. The Sans
Souci club which was interested In
the matter was advised by County
Judge Shelton that the lease on this
property could be secured by raising
the bid offered in the lease then
before the court of approval. Sans
Souci club offered $500. an in
crease OF $500 and County Judge
Shelton approved the clubs lease.
Be Assigned to City.
"The lease was taken for commun-
ity use and will be assigned by
Sans Souci club either to the City
Federation OF Clubs or to the city
itself.
"a park committee composed of
representatives from the different
city organizations has been appoint
ed by Mrs. L. E. Emanuel. president
OF the City Federation of Clubs. This
park committee has appointed fl
nance committee to raise funds II
making OF Vinca park park and
community center One-tho sand
has been set as the sum necessary
and the citizens of Chickasha will
be asked to contribute this amount.
This money will be used for the
following purposes. To beautify
vinca park; to purchase and install
playground equipment; to erect
band stand; to employ playground
supervisor who will have charge of
the organized play and the child
rens story hour; to provide band
music for the summer evenings.
"At the present time Chickasha Of
fers to children during the summer
months absolutely no amusement or
entertainment except the movies.
For many children the streets offer
the only playground.
"vinca park is Immediately avail
able and when equipped wItr offer
healthful recreaVpn under efficient
supervision.
Mayor elect Coffman has given
the Vinca park movement his hearty
support and has declared his inten-
tion Of making every effort to has
ten the citys purchase of the entire
Carnegie library block. However,
this purchase must necessarily wait
upon the sale of the park bonds.
Only through the generosity of the
citizens can Chickasha have child
ren's playground this summer
Finance Drive To Start.
At a recent meeting of the vinca
mark finance committee Tuesday
was the day selected to conduct the
drive for funds with which to carry
out the plans Of the committee.
Money will be- raised by popular
subscription.
If a sufficient amount Of money
is donated, Miss O'Neill said this
morning, vacant lots may be leased
and used as baseball diamonds for
the children If this hope Is real
lied, a city league may be organized
among the juveniles.