Evening star., 1938-04-24
BOY, a, IS FIRST
NCtEAN-UP DRIVE
Norman Brody Submits His
Coupon in Contest for
Baseball Tickets.

Norman Brody, l4-year-old Mac
tarland Junior High School student.
Is the first Washington boy to submit
TO his neighborhood playground direc-
tor . cleanup campaign baseball
coupon clipped from The Star.
To become q contestant for one of
the 1000 free admissions to an Amer
lean League baseball game at Grifhth
Stadium, offered by the Washington
Baseball Club, Norman had to roll up
his sleeves and 60 to work in the
Junior Board of Commerce city-wide
cleanup campaign.
Norman had planned for several
days to clean up the back yard Of his
home at 758 Princeton place NV He
went into action when he read the
first announcement of the chance to
work for q free baseball ticket. car
ried In The Star on Friday.
Friday afternoon and early yester-
day, Norman. the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Brody and . student in grade
SB at Mcfarland, did thorough Job
OF shoveling and sweeping away the
ant hills that had grown up in the
yard, Then he removed all the trash
he could find, putting it in cans in
the alley for the District Refuse De-
bartnent to collect. .
Submitted 70 Director.
After filling out his coupon and
having his mother sign it, Norman
submitted it to the director of Park
View Playground, Warder and Otis
streets NV. When his work has been
inspected and approved by q Junior
Board member, the coupon can be Ger
tified as outlined below. Ill.
School boys and girls Of IL years or
older are eligible for the contest to
win baseball tickets by cleaning up or
improving the home premises, neigh
borhood lots or the neighborhood play
ground.
The coupon tickets, which are re-
stricted to one child in family, will
be good for admission to Grinith Sta
dium on cleanup day." the date for
which will be set later by Secretary
Edward Eynon of the Nationals. The
Junior Board, The Star, various
agencies participating in the cleanup
drive and the District Playground De-
partment are collaborating to make
the plan . success. The coupon will
be printed in The Star every day this
week.
With every dirty lot In Washing-
ton scheduled for q face-lifting this
week, Miss Mary Edith Coulson issued
an appeal for citizens to contribute
discarded garden tools, including hoes,
garden rakes, for this weeks opera
tions.
= Location of Steyes.
The tools should be sent to the
nearest Goodwill Industries Store, 10
Gated at 2ol1 Georgia avenue NV,
e3l Fifth street NV, 1866 Il street
NE. or to the store and headquarters
at 1914 New Hampshire avenue NV.
w. Harold Shape. manager Of the
Goodwill Industries Stores, announced
his workers will repair the tools to
make them As good as possible" The
repaired tools then will be distributed
to junior cleanup teams throughout
the city, facilitating the work and
helping solve = tool slaoktaee that
threatens to impede the coanpaign,
'Mi1 Cculson Is secretISy of&le ree-
reation department Of the Council cf
Social Agencies and chairman Of the
Community Cleanup Committee assist
ing the Junior Board.
The following instructions will make
clear the procedure for approval of
Cleanup Campaign Baseball Coupons:
FIJI in your name and age and state
the location and nature of the cleanup
work you have done.
Werk 10 BE Checked.
II the work was 1T your own home,
have your father or mother sign the
center line designated Signature of
Overseer." A Junior Board member
viii call later to check your work.
r II you were on a neighborhood clean
up squad, your team captain should
sign on that line. II you helped clean
up public playground, the playground
director should sign as your overseer.
All coupons are being cleared
through the Fairgrounds. Therefore.
al Boy and Girl Scouts, members
Of the Metropolitan Police Boys Club.
the Boys' Club Of Washington, Set
t!emsnt Houses, the Twelfth Street