Buniiar, September 22, 1963
The Junior Service League
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They Lend Many Helping Hands
By PAQUITA FINE
“They’ve poured the asphalt!"
These excited words came
from a youngster last week on
Oakwood Drive as he grabbed
his skates and took off for the
Oakwood playground. Reaching
the playground, he discovered
several young women surveying
the grounds with uncommon in
terest. While he adjusted his
skates, he overheard snatches
of their conversation: “ put
the tennis net here." " play :
ground equipment could go
there.” Exciting words for young
ears. The speakers were mem
bers of the Jr. Service League.
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In the pediatric ward at Me
morial Hospital, a young woman
played "London Bridge" with
small convalescent patients
while another jotted down notes
as she talked to the play ther
apist. In still another ward, el
derly patients were having a
party and thoroughly enjoying
the attention and light conver
sation of the young women who
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PROVISIONALS At Tuesday’s
provisional meeting of the Junior Serv
ice League, Mrs. William Long (right)
met new members and talked about the
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CHRISTMAS HOUSE Mrs. S. S.
Hill (left) and Mrs. J. W Maultsby, toy
chairman of the Junior Service
League’s Christmas House charity proj
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COOKBOOK Mrs. Milton Corn
well (left), artist for the Junior Serv
ice League's 1963 “Chapel Hill Cook
'|x)ok,” and Mrs. George Taylor, editor
were entertaining them. Join
ing hands with the Hospital Aux
iliary, these women were mem
bers of the Jr. Service League.
* * *
Typewriters clattered as a
teacher strolled between the
aisles. Occasionally she stopped
to offer a bit of advice. In an
other row, adults were learn
ing English. These were evening
classes for domestic help and
they were being taught by Jr.
Service League worker si
* * * *
In a shop, gaily decorated for
Christmas, a mother examined
a child’s dress on a hanger. As
the sales clerk had pointed out,
by purchasing the used dress,
the mother would still have
enough points to buy a sweater.
She also had coupons to use for
toys and food in other parts of
the store. This was Christmas
House last year —a very special
store where parents who could
not otherwise provide their chil
dren with Christmas presents,
did their shopping. The store
purposes and projects of the League.
Two provisionals asking questions are
Mrs. Douglas Powell (left) and Mrs.
Charles Shaffer.
ect, are beginning work early on the
League’s annual project. Mrs. Robert
Seymour is chairman of the Christmas
House project this year.
-of the Cookbook, check final proofs be
fore sending the book to press. The
Cookbook will go on sale at the end of
this month.
is sponsored by the Jr. Service
League and the clerks are mem
bers of the organization.
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The Chapel Hill Junior Service
League was formed in 1939 "to
render community service jn
the fields of health and welfare,
community recreation, and com :
munity education.” The Junior
Service League emphasizes the
word "service." One of the cur
rent requirements for member
ship is -50 hours per year in
League work: a minimum of 24
hours for League projects; 18
hours in League-approved proj
ects; and feight hours in attend
ance at scheduled meetings. The
League's three major projects
are the Country Store, the Caro
lina Cookbook, both fund-rais
ing projects which help finance
their other activities; and Christ
mas House, which has taken the
place of Empty Stocking.
During the League’s 24 years
of service, the members have
sought to bring to the commun
ity’s attention those areas in
THE CHAPEL HILL WEEKLY
which need existed. Once the
community became aware of
what the League was doing in
its projects, related agencies
subsequently assumed the proj
ects. The League’s projects are
not static; one has replaced an
other as the community has
adopted them. The League is
a fartigjited service organiza
tion which lays the groundwork
for benevolent and charitable ag
encies. Among the organizations
with which the League bias work
ed are Girl Scouts. Y-Teens,
Red Cross, Community Chest,
Tuberculosis Seal Sale, and the
Recreation Commission.
Some of the League’s activi
ties over the years show the di
versity of its activities: well
baby clinic (1939>; maternity
clinic < 1944>; orthopedic clinic
(1947); contributions to school
lunch funds <19481; Camp Tiny
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Kenneth C. Royall, Jr., President
Tar Heel and the Empty Stock
ing Fund <1950<; training pro
gram for Cub Scout Den Moth
ers <:4955-i; and aid for reme
dial reading program in the
schools <19571. The League also
set up craft classes for those
who were' contributing hand
made articles to the Country
Store and who wanted to know
how to make their articles sale
able. <For example, an item
which took skill and hours to
make might not sell because the s
craftsman used inferior or un
attractive material.)
Perhaps the most publicized
League project is Christmas
House, an exclusive shop for
indigent parents who receiv
shopping coupons for food, cloth
ing, and toys. This unique shop
ping system eliminates the char
ity-b&sket-left-on - the - porch, a
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COUNTRY STORE Looking over
displays of new items for sale at the
Junior Service League’s Country Store
on West Franklin Street are Mrs. T. L.
Tolbert (left), the League’s Country
Store .chairman; and Store manager
Mrs. William J. Crabtree.
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