The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-03-30
COMMUNITY SERVICE
PROGRESS IS Shown
IN VARIOUS REPORTS


Activities of the Richmond Com
munity Service are progressing in a
satisfactory manner, according to the
report to the executive committee by
Secretary P. H Slocum, Wednesday
noon, at the Atlas Underwear company
Offices.
Following is the report submitted:
The Girls Community Joy club
seems to be an assured success; the
Girls Community Service basketball
league is full of enthusiasm.
The Fairyiew Community center is
conducting a popular program; the Get
Together club had the best meeting in
its history last Tuesday night; the
members of the Recreation club are re
spending to a steady demand for their
services as leaders; the Gong Leaders
club held its first meeting two weeks
ago with Prof. Dykema
The Famous Picture contest comes
to a conclusion next week and will be
mentioned later; the Cimmunity Serv-
ice basketball league closes its season
this week, as does also the Commu-
nifty Service bowling league
Famous Picture Contest.
The famous picture memory contest
has far outstripped our hopes. The
public, parochial and district schools
have thrown themselves heartily in; o
the spirit of the game. AS the result,
several thousand individuals will &C
lively participate in the final exar1i-
nation and thousands will have been
interested in following the newspaper
accounts and the various exhibitions
of prints and stereopticon slides.
Slides have been borrowed or rented
from the Art Institute, of Chicago;
the John Heron Art Institute of In.
dianapolis; Mrs. NJ F. Johnston, and
the University Prints company, of
Newton, Mass. The slides will have
been shown about 20 times to different
groups before the end Of the contest
/ The slides are booked to be shown at
the following places: The Sevastopol
school, public library, high school audi
forum, Starr school, Union mission,
Finley school, Earlham college, ST.
Andrews community house. Joseph
Moore school and st. Paul's Lutheran
| church.
Basketball League.
! The basketball league finished its
regular season March 81, having conf
pleted the schedule of 80 games, par
/ ticipated in by about $40 young men,
/ before nearly 10000 spectators. To
carry on the business of the league
! % meetings were held and attended
| by a total of $50 captains, managers
and players The season lasted 90
weeks. Games were played at TIE
1 Y. NJ. c. A. and Morton high school
| aymnasiums, through the courtesy OF
/ these organizations. The league cham
pionship was won by the Hills Lad
dies team. A tournament will be held
! in the Couiseum Friday and Saturday
of this week and | hope there will
be good attendance of spectators
This will be the climax of the basket
ball season in Richmond.
The bowling league finishes its sea
son this week with banquet and the
awarding of silver cups to the win
ners. The banquet will be held at the
Arlington hotel Thursday night a
4 $3.50 o'clock, after which the league
will adjourn to the bowling alleys fol
the final game of the season. TIL,
championship has been won by the
Pole Climbers of the Richmond Tele
phone company, with Hines Dairy j;
! close second.
Headquarters Help
On April I | am expecting Georg,
McFadden, a graduate of one of tn,
i Community Service schools, to arriv,
in Richmond for a short period o
service. Mr. McFadden will be o
4 considerable help in opening the pro
gram of spring activities. There will
be no expense attached to the loca
branch
The gnat fashions its eggs in tn
shape of lifeboat. You can not sinl
them without breaking them to pieces