The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-09-08

WHEN the Old Orange Avenue
W gang decided to turn respect
able and join the Hiram House,
they had many new things to worry
about One of these was choosing
a name for the club; Orange Ave-
nue. Gang" was unfit for the Hiram
House. Miss Tracy, the head lead
er, said, and she ought to know.
None Of us had ever been fur
ther away from the flats around
Kinney Steel, where we lived, than
Nine Mile Greek or Bedford Glens.
SO when Charlie Stormhall, who
was Swede, said we ought to call
all over the world in small boats,
ourselves the Vikings, who travelled
long time ago, we all thought
it was a good name. 1t was pretty
lucky for us that we took that name
because right after we got our
chance to do a little rowing, and
to find out lot of new things.
This is how it happened.
"ONE GOOD DEED
A WEEK"
We were having our regular
meeting at Hiram House. Mr..
Schultz. our club leader, had just
finished telling us that one of the
duties Of every club member was
to do one good deed uring the
week, and to tell about it at the
next club meeting. For instance,
earning a nickel or a dime, and
giving it to the Community Fund;
or taking a blind man across the
street or something like that. Us
fellows didn't think much of that
kind of stuff; we were thinking of
the good old days when we were a
gang and went skating up Wood
land Avenue on the backs of trucks.
just then we heard knock on the
door. Joey opposite, who was pres
ident, said, Come in"
A FELLOW and a CIR walked in.
IA They we're about 20 years old
and seemed pretty nice, especially
the girl. The fellow was o. K. also,
not good looking, but he, smiled
nice. They came up to the table
around which we were sitting.
"If you fellows will give us a
few minutes Of your time, we think
we have something to tell you in
which you will be interested" the
fellow said. joey told him to go
ahead. Mr.. Schultz looked as if
he didn't like it, but we didn't care.
So the fellow started again.
There's a lot Of clubs from all
around Cleveland and Pittsburgh
and Detroit and Buffalo who are
getting together and arranging
wEat we call National Youth Day.
In that day we will protest
against bosses war in which mill
lions of young fellows are killed,
ployment insurance, for free food
against wage cuts and for unem-
for children of unemployed work
ers. Do you think all these things
are worth fighting for?"
Well, Toothless's father had lost
an arm in the last war, and Jerry's
big brother had been killed there,
and almost all our fathers had
just been laid off from Kenney
Steel. Most of us would have to
look for jubs when school closed
and we knew we wouldn't be able
to find any. So we all said they
were all right to fight for.
"DOES A FISH LIKE
WATER"
Then how would you like to go
to Youngstown with us? There's
going to be a parade and a big
msas meeting, baseball games, track
meet, and movies. Will you Vikings
be there?"
Would we be there? Does fish
like water?
The day came around, fine day,
and we all piled on a truck. There
were lots of trucks ahead Of us.
Some excitement 1t was SO miles
from Cleveland to Youngstown, and
it looked like two years before we
got there. But it really took us
only two hours.
Youngstown! Full of smoke and