Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-12-02
CHEST WILL HELP
RECREATION WORK
Mrs. Austin Describes Ac-
complishments Of Pro-
gram Now Under Way

One of the projects to share in the
Henderson Community Chest fund,
now being raised, is the Vance county
recreational program. What has been
done and is being done in that ac-.
tivity is described by Mrs E. r. Aus
tin, welfare superintendent for the
county, in the following article:
The Vance county recreational pro-
gram is a WPA project sponsored by
the Vance County Welfare Depart
ment. The main features Of the pro-
gram are:
/. Supervision and training for the
pre-school child in order to provide
adequate training, and in order to
relieve the mothers of these children
so that they might have an oppoT-
tunity for leisure and recreation.
2. To provide supervision of leisure
time activities and recreational OPP
portunities and facilities for both
young people and adults.
8. To secure as much volunteer as
sistance as possible in the community
in order to broaden the program and
in order to provide adequate leader
ship.
Since the program is supported by
Federal funds as well as by local
funds in a limited manner the pro-
gram reaches both the white and ne
gro population.
In summarizing the work done by
the white workers the first year of
the program we find the following
accomplishments:
l. Four pre-school groups now being
conducted: North Henderson Parish
House, South Henderson Community
House, Central school, and a new one
recently opened at West End school
2. A dramatic club of teen" age
.oys and girls meeting each Tues
lay night at North Henderson.
8. A girls club with membership
Of Is and a boys club with member
ship of Is at South Henderson.
4. At South Henderson we are busy
promoting the use of the reading
room that has been opened there thro-
ugh efforts of the Harriet mill social
workers and is being supervised by
recreational leaders. Some books are
loaned by the Perry library together
with the Harriet cotton mill collec-
ton and hundreds of current maya
zines which are donated by interest
ed citizens of Henderson, The read
ing room is located in the South Hen
derson Community House.
s. During the summer of 1897 our
leaders supervised three Fairgrounds:
City park with a daily attendance OF
100000 children; North Henderson
with a daily attendance of $3.50; and
Horner's grove with an attendance Of
$1,000 children. The games enjoyed at
these centers were: swimming meets
horseshoe tournaments, relay games,
volley ball. picnics, hikes, clay model
ing and many others.
6. At the present time Central school
West End school and South Hen
derson are having afternoon play SUI
.oervision.
T. Special seasonal programs:
(a) Fair exhibits, 1886 and 1887.
(b) Club parties and picnics.
(c) Open house for adults and chill
dren at Parish House.
(d) Fre-school group programs.
(e) Repairing Christmas toys 1886.
Last Christmas over 1000 toys
were repaired and made by WPA re-
irrational workers and were tagged
by the welfare department and dis
tributed by the Salvation Army.
The Negro program is as follows ::
1. Two prs-school clubs Meeting
five days each week caring for chill
dren between and 6. GA in the two
clubs).
2. One supervised playground at the
colored graded school, and a game
room at the high school.
3. Two teen-age girls clubs, book
club, a sewing, art and handicraft
club, an athletic club, a mems glee
CLUB and three adult community clubs
to take care of the leisure time.
4. During summer months a cook