Show outdoor playground movement popular PR INGFIELD ILL the rhe outdoor S recreation movement to la active all 11 along the line national state and community parks parka and municipal playgrounds cities of illinois for example have more than tripled the number of 0 playgrounds and recreation centers during the last ion years bettering the record for or the entire united states by 14 per cent according to questionnaire returns compiled by the playground and recreation Asso association clation of america from a total of 70 79 playgrounds lu in 1913 private and municipal effort hns has increased these facilities to sate safe health and character building havens tor or young people children and adults in 1013 2918 only 14 cities reported playground systems tho the report sold said today I 1 23 cities have progressive recreational reat ional lonal programs and three others springfield river forest and alton voted to create playground systems B stems at the ithe elections april 1 A large number I 1 of other cities tire are voting on similar measures me agures at coming elections much credit for the development la 13 given by these there recreation systems to the assistance of the playground and Ile Asso association clatton of america since 1006 has been helping united states communities secure these civic advantages that there Is still much work of this nature to be done in illinois however Is pointed out by the association for walla the state record to date has baa been good there tre rire still 05 cities vt of population or over in the state which do not knot have playground and rec facilities tile the total expenditure for recreation by cities inthis in this state was 2113 almost double the anuw york state expenditure which was in addition illinois cities subscribed in bonds for or recreation purposes thirteen times flints the bond issues for the same purpose in new york Tork state the illinois cities reporting community recreation leadership and those which recently have voted to establish recreation systems are chicago springfield river forest Deards town Cw east Il errin jollet joliet maywood aywood ai murphysboro Murphy oak park pearls hockford noc Rock kford forit urbana alton aurora kerwyn eat east st louis jackson ville lake forest moline north cht chi ngo anna robinson ruck hock island and Winno tica |