1964–65 Volume 89 No 1–5 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive

52 THE SCROLL of Phi Delta Theta for SEPTEMBER, 1964NOVA SCOTIA ALPHA entertained twenty children from Halifax Orphanage.time to help the Phis. For the younger children, tractortires were made into sand boxes. A few logs weremade into stationary jungle climbing equipment. Thework which the school has not been able to finance,and has been started by * A 6, will now provide thechildren with a recreation area and a potential LittleLeague park.—Bob Tookey, Vice-President.OHIO ZETA: Our project was to sponsor an AutomobileSafety Check, in cooperation with Ohio Departmentof Highways, MAPS (Motorist and PedestrianSafety), and the Franklin County Sheriff Department,which provided us with the necessary material andtechnical assistance. Members of K K F Sorority participatedin the project, thus enabling us to improve ourrelations with that sorority. We received permission toconduct the Safety Check from 9 A.M. to 4 P.M. on oneof the main thoroughfares of the Ohio State Universitycampus, thus making it a university, as well as acommunity service. The officials of MAPS were extremelypleased that we were interested in such a public service,and greatly aided us in publicity. Announcements ofthe event, were carried by alinost all local news media.Pictures were taken by local newspapers, and a filmfootage appeared on a local television news report thatevening. Members of the Columbus Chamber of Commerce,who came out to witness the project, were verypleased with its success. Almost every person who hadhis car checked was aware that it was a community serviceproject of * A 9. The members, over one hundredstrong, enjoyed the opportunity to demonstrate ourconcern in public service. We checked an estimated 1000cars during the day—more, in a single day, than anyother safety check had done so far in this area.—BryantD. Denk, Chairman.OHIO ETA: Year around Community Service Dayevents, with entertainment of underprivileged childrena highlight of the winter formal weekend. Also organizedchopping of Christmas Trees for sale by theGirl Scouts of Cleveland. The formal CSD project waswith the Cleveland Society of the Blind, for which wespent many hours at the High Brook Lodge to prepareit for the summer season. The project took place overtwo days, with half of the chapter working Saturdaymorning and the other half Saturday afternoon and thena group of about ten finishing the job on Sunday. Trailsand walking paths were cleared. Outdoor furniture wasbrought out of storage and a chapel, outdoor bowling,'and cooking areas were cleaned up.OHIO THETA began to plan early for their CommunityService Day. The Chairman corresponded withthe Mayor of Cincinnati and the City Director ofPublic Works to discuss possible worthy projects. Wedecided on "Spring Cleaning" at Children's Hospital.The hospital is under-staffed and has two hundred andfifty-odd patients but beds for only two hundred. Becauseof the over-crowded situation and lack of personnel,much of the general cleaning cannot be routinelydone. The brothers were divided into two groups. Onegroup of 35 worked outside, raking the yard, trimminghedges, sweeping walks and parking areas. The secondgroup of 30 Worked inside, washing windows, cleaningfloors, and scruibbing walls. A third group of five mencleaned out the garage areas behind the hospital. Thework helped to brighten-up the Hospital, inside and out.It contributed to the Urban Renei^al Program of theCity of Cincinnati.—Michael H. Jones, Chairman.OHIO IOTA: On Saturday, May 16, sixty brothersof the chapter traveled to the Newark Children's Homein Newark, Ohio, to entertain the children with a carnival.The men, under the direction of Bob Huestis,arrived at the Home early the same day, starting activitiesby washing all the floors and halls of the building.The brothers then rounded up the children and broughtthem to the downstairs playroom where the carnival hadbeen set up. Every child was a winner as he tried hisluck at throwing balls into a bottle, hitting the clownwith a wet sponge, and firing darts at balloons. Followingthe carnival there was a Softball game in whichmore prizes were given away to the children. Mr. SammuelGoddard, superintendent of the Children's Home,was very appreciative of the brothers' work. On handat the carnival were photographers from two local newspapersand releases were sent to eight radio stations.^;Tim Blake, Vice-President.rfiOKLAHOMA BETA: Five-thirty came early, April 25,when the men of Oklahoma Beta launched their annualCSD project. Traveling in caravan to the Turley Children'sHome in Tulsa, work began at 8, with 40 memihersand pledges divided into three working crews. Thefirst was assigned to the cleaning up and painting of abarn. The second was in charge of wrecking and clean,ing out the inside of an old frame house. The third hadthe job of tearing down the remains of an old fence,digging post-holes, and building a new fence. Buffetlunch on the patio offered the brothers a welcome relieffrom the morning's labor. They responded to the hos-