Evening star., 1935-04-21
JUNIOR CITIZENS
GROUP ORGANIZED
FOR SUMMIT PARK
Cleanup, Care for Pets and
Bird-House Building Are
Planned.

Young people Of Summit Park are
going to have o word to say in the
future when their elders discuss prob
lens Affecting their neighborhood.
The youngsters have banded them
selves together In the Summit Park
Junior Citizens Association.
A few meetings ago the members
Of the Summit Park Citizens Asso-
citation conceived the idea that 1t
would be q good plan for the parents
to bring their children to the meetings
and designate some one to stay with
them and plan q program that would
be beneficial as well as educational.
At the last gathering, a group Of
the youngsters, whose ages range
from to IL, appeared to be looking
at picture book. Suddenly they
went up to Mrs. George H. Marshall,
who was entertaining them at that
time, and said they were having
good time playing, but would like to
have q meeting and do something to
help their folks on "all Of that i'm
portant talk they do at their meet
ings."
Of1cers Elected.
With this suggestion and the help
Of Mrs. Marshall, at whose home the
meetings are held, officers were elected
and q special program was arranged
for q Junior Summit Park Citizens
Association.
Mrs. Marshall, who gets as much
pleasure working with the children
as they do themselves, said the main
idea was to have the boys and girls
familiarize themselves with civic mat
ters as well as q general knowledge
Of nature study.
Their first step in doing "grown-up
peoples work" is to take up the study
Of birds according to Constance Rom
mel. chairman of the Bird House Com
mittee, at which time each member
will oe required to build a bird house.
1t was announced that at some time
later they would build bird sanctu-
ary for the neighborhood.
To start things OF with a clean
slate, the group said that next month
would be cleanup MONTH" where
| each member will be responsible for
the general appearance of the area
around his home
According to Henrietta Davis, IL,
who is president Of the younger set,
the group will entertain their parents
by giving amateur plays and song
recitals at the meetings.
At the last meeting Of the associa-
ton they presented an hour of enter
tainment consisting of reading and
acting many Of Henry Wadsworth
Longfellow's poems. In this presenta-
ton, however, they were assisted by
some Of the parents, but in the future
plan to do all of the entertainment
by themselves.
Mrs. Marshall said that during the
Summer they have a number of stray
cats and dogs around the neighbor-
hood. and in the past she has had
pan Of water along her driveway for
these animals.
Will Help Pets.
The president announced the first
order of new business at the next
meeting would be to appoint some
one to see that the thirsty dogs and
cats would have fresh water every day.
Arrangements will be made in the
near future for a very elaborate"
parade, to be given on the Fourth of
July. They expect to have q number
Of floats, which will consist of deco
rated express wagons with various
colors and designs as well as other
things OF interest.
Frances Jean Hall, IL, explained
that since she was elected treasurer
| of the group she would be Obliged to
make the membership dues l cent a
month in order to keep "out of the
red"