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Show Recreation Program, I Youth Council i Activities Outlined REPORT.", RrNnnnED ; AT SPECIAL MEETING The Central Committee of the Coordinating Council, met in special session Tuesday, according accord-ing to Hazen Cooky, Chairman. The chief purpo..e c' the meeting was to hear from the chairmen of two working committees, Mr. Cooley stated. Therol McArthur, chairman of the Recreation Committee, Com-mittee, and Jay Casier, chairman of the Youth Council, were asked ask-ed to rcxrt their past achievements achieve-ments and plans for the future. Mr. McArthur stated that activity ac-tivity of the Recreation Committee Commit-tee is devoted more especially to the summertime because of the more urgent need for leisure time recreation when school is not in session. The Recreation Commitfee, according to Mr. McArthur, Mc-Arthur, also served as official advisory ad-visory committee to the Mayor and the City Council. Supervised Activity He stated that during the summer months daily instruction instruc-tion and supervision was provided pro-vided by a well qualified staff in many types of activity. Cleo Petty was the supervisor of the boys' program with Richard Dot-son Dot-son and Sam Chamberlain as instructors. Wallace Osborne was superv isor of the swimming pool. Ann Sherratt Frehncr and Phy-lis Phy-lis Chatterley were in charge of the girls' recreation program. Mr. McArthur stated that a very fine program was provided for boys in all types of activity, a larger percentage of boys participated par-ticipated in baseball than any other activity, about 100 boys in all. He stated that the committee was especially happy wiih their girls' program this year. Under the leadership of Mrs. Frehner and Miss Chatterley, a wide variety var-iety of activities including all types of dancing, marching and baton twirling were provided and more girls participated than ever before in the recreation program. A very fine culmination revue was presented at the close of summer program. Committee Recommendation Mr. McArthur's recommendations recommenda-tions were: more organized recreation re-creation for boys 15 to 19 years (Continued on Pcge Eight) I RECREATION REPORT (Continued From Front Page) of age and more effort toward craft and skill classes. Jay Casper, chairman, assisted by Father E. R. Harmon, member of the Youth Council, gave a summary of their activities for the past season. He stated that activity at the present time, is cenered in four areas; youth employment, em-ployment, no cigarettes or beer to minors, restricted sale of obscene ob-scene literature and organization organiza-tion of a teen council. On youth employment, Mr. Casper reported that 19 boys were provided supervised work In cooperation co-operation with four government agencies, through the efforts of the Youth Council. Obscene literature has been practically removed from the news stands. Mr. Casper reported that the merchants have been very cooperative with this project pro-ject and expressed appreciation for this. Sample Public Opinion The no cigarettes and beer to minors groups is, at the present time, working actively to sample public oppinion in Cedar in an effort to uetermine if the com-munity com-munity will cooperate with the Youth Council in demanding that this law be enforced. The Teen Council sub-committee !s In the process of organizing organi-zing the youth leaders of the community into an active organization organ-ization of teen-agers. This group to be known as the Community Teen Council will work with the Youth Council in an effort to determine de-termine some of their problems. It is hoped that this will be a positive step toward dealing with the problem of vandalism in our community. Mr. Casper feels that this is one of our urgent needs and more serious youth problems. |