Evening star., 1923-01-09
WORK FOR CHILDREN
|. THEME OF SPEAKER
Mrs. Bushee Explains in Ad-
dress Aim of Juvenile Pro-
tective Society.
PLEA FOR COOPERATION
Tells Takoma Park Citizens of De.
fectives Needing Care--Associa-
ton Committees Announced.
PLEA FOR COOPERATION

Urging the members of the Takoma
Park Citizens Association TO give
their cooperation and support TO the
Juvenile Protective Association. Mrs.
Edna K. Bushee. executive secretary
of that organization. last night de-,
llvered an address on the work of the
association and its accomplishments.
Mrs. Bushee, who has been engaged in
welfare work of this character for the
past nineteen years. told of the pro-
cedure when cases are referred to the
association by the Juvenile Court and
children are put on probation.
In many instances. the speaker said.
children often come to the associa-
tion for protection and of TIT cases
during the past year less than per
cent came into court. She spoke OF
the necessity Of proper home and COM
munity environment and of treatment
of mentally and physically defective
children. Occasionally II Is necessary
10 refer cases of small children to St
Elizabeth's. due to the fact that there
is no institution at the present time
for feeble-minded children in the Dis
trict.
Many Lack Recreation.
Numerous children. Mrs. Bushee
said. are without the proper recrea-
tion and also without church connec-
tion. Last year she said the associa-
ton secured three times as many con-
nectiohs with various churches than
in the previous year. In this connec-
tton the churches had rendered Valu-
able aid. similar cooperation being
given by the various schools, thus
keeping children out of the Juvenile
Court and preventing their delinquency
in attending school. She. concluded
by saying that the association was
supported entirely by contributions.
as no appropriation was made by Con-
greSs for this work. The budget for
the present year, she said, was 81 900,
but that this amount had not been
reached as yet. She urged members
of the Takoma Park association to
become members of the Juvenile Pro-
tective Association.
A demonstration in operation of
switchboard of the Chesapeake and
Potomac Telephone Company was
presented
Committees Announced.
President D. n. Shoemaker an
Streets and lights-Charles V. john
son. chairman; Walter Trey. vice
chairman; Eugene L. Culver, George
w. Chase. F. II. Grimes. Fl. c: Henner,
Jones r. D Lille. z. Paravano, r. w.
Pearce. S. c. Redman. NJ. {. Belts.
c. d. Blochly, c. C. Carroll, J. W.
Dudley. r. o. Ferner, II. Finn. W. f.
Fischer. w. P. Gibson. A. r. Gibson,
c. Gosorn. c. Hun. III. X. Hobart.
w. A. KrolI, F.. II Lancaster, r. c.
Lyddane, DR.. Daniel Mattingly. S. A.
McCrory. Richard Mayo. l. NJ. Simp-
son. jr.: Fl, C. Skeels, William Stuart.
II. F. Taff, ]. W. Wellington and ]. j..
Skinner.
Horticultural and community gar
den comnittee-W. T. Simmons. chair
man: w A. kroil. c. c. Carroll, Ho-
mer SkeelS
Membership-waIte Trey, chair
man; r. NJ. Shank. William Stuart, w.
b. Emerson. DR.. Guy Clinton. Mrs. r.
D. Austin, Mrs. G. D. Miller. Russel
Krout, H c. Heffner. Z. V. Crittenden.
F. l.. Lewton. w. T. Simmons. A. a.
Reed.
Fred L. Harries of the fire and po-
lice committee presented a brief re-
port on the reassignment of police
officers in the Takoma Park section.
President Shoemaker urged activity
on the part of members to take steps
toward securing a police station in
that section of the District.
Maj. D. S. Fletcher reported that
additional cars had been added TO the
Takoma Park division of both the
Washington Railway and Electric
and Capital Traction companies, for
which thanks will be extended by the
association.