Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1941-06-26


odist Church instituted full
six day per week recreation
schedule. With school dismiss
ing for the summer, and a drop
expected in Sunday School at
tendance, the recreation COM
mittee started up with a pro-
gram twice as big as the winter
one, and according to Gene
Thomas, director, it is the great
est work that has ever been done
at First Church along youth
lines.
Thomas says: The church is
not trying TO build up complete
physical education department or
is it trying to produce winning
teams. 1t is merely using it's fa-
cilities to the benefit of the
Church and the community"
1--WE are trying to teach our
boys to throw baseballs instead
of bombs," Thomas said. First
Church is endeavoring to give to
the young people of the COM
munity supervised recreational
life that will possibly some day
lead toward a more wholesome
and Christian way Of living"
The boys softball team has
16-game softball schedule as we'll
as having a team in the YMCA
Junior church softball league,
and a track team with three
meets scheduled. They have
representative swimming team
with three meets scheduled at
the city pool.
The girls have gym classes for
all ages, social clubs, and other
activities. They will also have
representative teams later in the
year; are also eligible to partic-
ipate in the swimming instruc-
tion and swim period each Fri
day morning at the municipal
pool.
The merry-makers social club
is a group of girls 9-12 that meet
in the church social room every
Thursday afternoon before their
gym class. The girls have lit
tie tea party and gossip session
before they engage in a game of
softball or volleyball.
The Varsity Lettermen's club
is an honorary organization
founded by Thomas to promote
Christian living ideals through
clean sportsmanship and clean
habits. To be a member of this
club boy must be active in the
recreation work at First church,
must give promise of showing
future usefulness to society and
cooperate with parents, school,
and church officials. Among the
men that have been contacted
for speaking before the boys are
Games Slayter of Owens-Corn-
ing Co., Tom Rogers, coach at
Denison university, H. G. Olsen,
Ohio State, Judge Ashcraft, and
A. B. Long. Chas. Kuhn and
Gene Thomas are the advisors
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The model airplane club will
meet in the club rooms every
other Wednesday evening, start
ing July 2 at z p. m. to con-
struct model airplanes. William
Heckleman, a gas model enthu-
siast and son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Heckleman, will lead this group.
The Dramatic club will meet
every other Monday evening at
Z p. M, starting July Z, and will
be in charge of Miss Betty Mer-
Ger, winner of the Florence M.
King dramatic award at Newark
high school and the star of sew
eral high school plays. Miss
Mercer is the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. w. D. Mercer, Mt. Ver-
non road.
The Little Nurses of Newark
club will meet every other Thurs
day afternoon at 3 p. M, starting
July 8, in the girls club rooms.
The department will supervise
a First Aid course meeting every
other Wednesday, starting July
9. This course is open to the en-
tire community.
The Motion Picture club will
conduct the free motion pictures
in the club rooms every other
Monday evening, starting July
IA at 1880 p. m. There is no
charge and the public is invited.
Rather than having a schedul-
ed time for personal hygiene
courses, the program has the hy-
giene emphasized in their gym
programs. This will be under
the direction of the health di-
rector who is a student at John
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