New Britain herald., 1923-02-12
BOYS CLUB TEAM
 WINS HIGH HONOR
Three Members Selected as Best in County to Attend Chautauqua

Selected as tho best Junior
 Achievement team In Hartford
 county which exhibited at the mid-
 winter Junior Achievement exposl-
 ton at Hartford. recently. three
 boys, members of the Boys club of | New Britain will go to Chautauqua. N. r., next Saturday to exhibit be- fore the National Junior Chautauqua | Association.
 The boys who will go arc Benny
 Richman, Howard Sandquist and
 companied by c. E. Cleveland. su-
 perintendent of the club. They will
 leave here sometimes Saturday and
 return Sunday afternoon.
 In celebration of the National Boy
 Scout Anniversary week. 14 Boy
 Scouts. of Troop 5. of Middletown.
 which troop MT. Cleveland had charge of before coming to New Britain, hiked to this city over the weekend and paid visit to their former scoutmaster. The boys left in different groups in charge of as- sistant scoutmasters or patrol lead CTS between and 6 o'clock Friday afternoon. each group making the trip in about four hours. and ar- rived in this city at intervals from 8 until 9:3o o'clock.
 The Scouts had royal time while they were here. The members of the Boys club proved themselves capable hosts. The visitors were tal Sof t,,~ rI shown around the city, then taken on the gym floor and trimmed real properly in basket ball, volley ball, etc, by their hosts. However, when the gym contests extended to relay races the visitors walked off with all the victories and the honors were even.
 The Middletown boys were housed | and fed at the local club, securing | their meals at the club cafeteria They returned homo yesterday. As a special courtesy to the visitors the club was opened yesterday forenoon for their entertainment.
 Considerable improvement has been made at the club within the past month or two. MT. Cleveland reports l15 new boys having become mem- oers recently. Separate reading rooms have been opened for seniors and juniors and special programs have been arranged for each.
 There are nine Junior Achievement clubs now actively functioning under capable leadership. An elaborate ath- etic department has been developed inder the supervision of Harry Bon- ,ey of Plainvile. There are 10 bas- setball teams, five senior and five uniors. Then there are both senior ind juniors teams in other athletics. including general games, groups and calisthenics. Baseball cams for next summer are being or ,anized.
 A feature of the physical depart nent of the club is that every boy 'oes under thorough physical ex- , imitation at regular intervals and heir athletic activities are planned or them according to their individual constitutions. Boys in need of medi- al attention in this way are taken are of, contagious diseases are kept g Ut of the club and there is no dan } CT of boys with weak hearts or ( Ings suffering from overeXertion.
 Another popular feature of the { lubs, opened since MT. Cleveland ,ok charge is the, cafeteria. Boys s -ho play strenuous games on the c ym floor, become tired and hungry. a IF. Cleveland noticed that many of C lem went outside to restaurants and | len hung around the streets for an a our or two before coming back. He c