Evening star., 1960-10-16
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gressmen to support or get elected, are the most
active. But even in the voteless District, high
school Republicans are forming their own groups.
During the campaign, the teens will aid locaI
COP. headquarters by distributing campaign
material and performing numerous chores in the
many party offices.
On election day, they win become baby sit
ters, chauffeurs and tally clerks while their elders
choose q new President.
"It's hard work, but they're more enthuSed
about it than many adults" says supervisor.
Another party worker claims the teens "are get
ting experience many people wait years for"
Like their standard-bearer, Vice President
Nixon, Republican teens plan their heaviest poll
ticking during the campaigns last weeks, when
several rallies car caravans and dances are
scheduled.
Social functions, always popular with teens,
are expected to be the main attraction after the
election Tor those clubs planning to continue In
business ggtsgs
Most clubs formed under the local branches
OF the Young Republican National Federation are
permanent with elected officers dues Of about
81 year and loose ties with other clubs around
the Nation.
!. Other clubs formed specifically for the cleo
ton and now working with the Nixon-Lodge
Volunteers, probably win dissolve after the hoped
for Republican victory.
Many Of our members are Democrats or
independents, says spokesman for the latter
clubs. They're set against any permanent ties"
Two Woodward Prep students are national
officers Of the "NiX0n Teen Clubs". Cross r.
Rogers, is, is national chairman, while George A.
Sobin, 10, is assistant chairman.
Northern Virginia teens out to re-elect Rep
reSentative Broyhill got off to flying start last
month. "Nixon Hi-TR" clubs have been formed in
20 high schools and now have more than 900
members.
The organization, which plans to become the
.Teen-Age Republicans" after the election, is
headed by chairman Ken Howard, a senior at
WaShington-Lee High 4
Another active area is Montgomery County,
Md, where the COP. stunning Charles Matthias
for Congress. The Matthias Headquarters in Beth
esda has its own Teens for Nixon-MathiaS Club"
Chevy Chase has "Nixon Teen Club" while
another group called the Montgomery County
Teen Republicans" operates out of the county
COP. headquarters in Silver Spring.
Republican teens are just beginning to orr,
ganize in Prince Georges County, Md, where Car
lyle Lancaster is running for Congress. So far,
the Teen Republicans of Prince Georges County
have been formed in HyattSville, and Francis
Scott Key Junior High in District Heights has its
own "Nixon Teen Club"
Farther away from Washington, there is the
"Nixon-Lodge Teen Club" of Severna Park, Md,
with 100 members, and new Nixon Teen Club
organizing in Mannboro, Va.
In the District itself, teens report an un-
cooperative attitude on the part of public school
officials. Wilson High students, however, have
formed their own "Nixon Teen Club" with 40
members, while Brad Woolwine is organizing
"Teen Republican Clubs. in several private
schools for the District Young Republicans
All this activity seems to be of great assist
ance to COP. professionals throughout the area,
and is proving to be both enjoyable and educa-
tional to the teens involved
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