Springfield Leader and Press from Springfield, Missouri • Page 7

ere Plane ara rpldlr being completed for the Tiny Town Exposition. which Is attracting natlon wHs Interest, and school children at flprlr.gMeld will begin tha con.lru tlon of homea, buaineaa houeea and public buildings for tha Ulllputlan city within tha next raw days. Tha exposition will ba stsged In Oram Beech perk May iS June a. Tha above eketcn ehnwa how a mall eectlon of Tiny Town will ap par when completed In llrant llearh pnrK. Tha aketch drawn by Wllllnm IL.

Johnaon, prominent locnl iltor. Who originated tha Tiny Town Ilea. To the right la ihoan the Community Center with model of some of tha public bulla Inge, tnclna by two thoroughfaree upon which fronta Tiny Town'a "ouetttrsa d.atrlct." On either aide extenda tha residential eectlona, fnly a portion of which In ahnwn In the aketch. In the middle distance la ahown ona. of the several, en trance, and a few of th rnany hnct'' of varloua dralgna that will Inrlnee Tiny Town and dlsplny household equipment, furnlehlnaa.

huildtnic material and other auppliea Tha entire pl.it cover, mtiny tln ea tbn area ahow In tha ekrtch. Tha Tiny Town executive hoard of which W. A. McAtee ii chairman, M. V.

Carroll la secretary and W. II." Johnson la direct. I has heen working for month on Ihe prolect. and ilMtuane of msnufncturrr of building supplies have lie. inter etd In tha ejtpio ltlnn, which proroleee to be the feature rf its kind ever held In Hprlngfleld, and which will become an en nunl event hra.

The school children of the cllr will manufacture the lo ildlnga of Tiny Town, which will be laid out on a tract of grrojrd 2.ri0 feet by 1,000 feet In Grant Poach park, on a ersle of one Inch to font. Residence, itlafrlcts with palatial homea. modern office and retail trueturi a will he conitructed on th 1.100 building lots In tha modal "rwaata M.ktal la, A large nuantltv of hulldlnar ma tertal has bean received. Including ee.ooe feet of Upeon a oara turalaa 4 tha Upeon eompeny, pAt. N.

thnueanae tarl.ala from rMea III Muhlte library. the oiairni heen laid dtWn and other community enernundad by neaa district featuring duplicates of I ocH nf feet of roofing material furnlahed 'ba i enmnany. Kin aaa niv. and other eilppllee. Theee material, will ba will be laaued to the echool children Saturday.

April al the "I achool building. Heed achool: jarreit Junior lllh achool, and the Henlir nlh achnol. 1 rlnt req.il.Ulon blank. to tha children by the teach and the. pitpua cn bv the e.ecutlva board of tha Ttnv Town governl.nt the laeuan.e of l.ulHlna: materlala.

and no aui pile, will be given without a re qulaltl.m by a fore a P'ipll ba tnGat dallv.r to the te.che deflulta Plan for tha building raaidenra. Includlna: dlmen.lotia and to b. Kro" tlm to time puplla will be expected to exhibit their hullfllntra uiidercon atrucllon to the Inatruclora who i a tha materlala. who will glv. whenever It la needed.

Tha building materlala will be upervlaed by the following deSlgnat.d: Frank Hunt.r Rrtd aehonl; Harlam Johnaon. JJ' building, and George. Tlf'any tha Senior High achool building. Exealv rrk yafeaa. In Tiny Town, which will be a miniature city, will ba community balld.nga.

city hall, public library and many churchea al Hht id by alactrlclty It will hav. all klnda of dw.lllnga. frama. brick. Joncrete.

and fl.ld.tona: bungalow, of all ahape. and aliaa. atly colonial houa.a. palatial and acoraa of ordinary aquar. built bouaaa auc.h aa can ba seen on tne raaldanca atr.ata of any will ba by Prof.

Hlland Kallaw, of Taachar. eoll.ga. with lake, of lar.lgardena aarroundad by and aton. walla, and containing wonderful a arden. with tr.ll..e.

pergolas and arbora carafully plan BAM kind, of folia ga to represent trees and well plac.d shrub bary will adga tha adorn tha lawns. Playground aulppad with lateat apparatua will b. provided, in abort thlng to b. aaan In a modal city will ba saan In Tiny Town Tiny Town will ba built In three a Part of which I. In tha Illustration.

In tha center if th. town will ba a community e. nt.r facing on f. rea 110 Inches wlda, and Ineloalng Inches oy which will ba aractaa ma senior wnn ty atructurrea, modern busl mlnlatura tha lateat aaaignao modern offlca buildings and atore buildings. Planking tha community center, will ba Tiny Town two raaldanca latrlcts.

wherein will radlata from canter R.ed elrclea. after tha two Junior hUh achoola bar. Thar, ara to b. T.aOO lineal feat of avenue, and "1vi In Tiny Town, bollt to a aeal. of one to a foot, will miles.

Tiny Town blocks ar. large, th. lot tlar. Ineloalng apa cloua commons that raprea.nt play groonds. but ar.

really nacaaaary for working spae. so that th. r. nalr and ear. of abutlng propartlaa k.

rerrlad an from th. r.ar. varloua tools and Implamaot, may ha screened by foltag. plant ed along th. rear of avery lot SCreeta Ta II Graded.

All atreeta and thoroughfares In Tiny Town will be graded by th. Hprlngfleld Special road daltrlct un der tha direction of tha commltte. on sidewalks and atraeta, of which C. O. Kperry la chairman.

Tha road dlatrlct will begin tha work of laying out Ihe streets of tha "city" next Tueeday morning. After tha atreet. and avenuea ara laid out and graded, they will ba rolled out and chata will ba put on ao that Ihe little city will not be muddy In tha event the weather ahould ba Inclement during tha expoaltlon, M. V. Carroll, aecretary of tha Tiny Town board, atated yesterday that manufactured road and atreet materlala will ba Invited to concrete a portion or all of tha atreeta and rldewatks If they ahould care to do ao.

Many manufactur er of building supplies are donat ing material, to be uaed In the con struction of the model city. All of the houeea will be painted and a large quantity of pnlnta are being donated for Tiny Town through tha palnta committee, of which Lea Ravage la chairman. Klectrlclly will play a big part throughout Tiny Town, and elab orate plana for tha lighting of the miniature city ara being made by the light and power committee of the executive board, of which A. K. Hevnoida, vice president and general manager of tha Hprlngfleld (las and Klectrlc company, la chalrjnan.

The Oaa A Kle. trlc company will provide the electricity, and tha little city will b. lighted, In the bus Iness dlatrlcts by miniature modela of tha latest typ. of ornamental atreet lighting apparatua A asm pie poet haa been received from th. Weetlnghouea Manufacturing company, of Kaat Plttahurgh, which type will adopted.

In a city lamp poata are 11 feat blah, while In Tiny Town th. eleotrlo lamp poata will ba but If tncbe tall. All wiring will k. underground, and everything about th. lighting ay at em will be wetinl aa ea4rai tlajhttasr, areapt In ah.

anlnlatvrev Mr. Rey aolda aald yeetarday. Tha entire city will be lighted avery night during th. aa light aa day by flood light, to b. eltuated on polea about tha "city." Thla feature will be provided by th.

Hprlngfleld Oaa ft Klectrlc company. Tiny Town will also hav. a mod ern city water system, and plans for thla feature ar. being made by tha water aervlc. committee of 'the board, of which K.

I manager of the Hprlngfleld City Water company, la chairman. A committee headed by J. it. lc Cany will arrange for the Installation of water fountains, and the luteal type of plumbing l'l Tiny Town. The planing mill committee, headed by It.

K. Everett and tha lumber commltt'. of which U. V. Ran dull l.i chairman, will have In charge detalla In connection with th.

distribution of materials; lumber snd planing mill supplies. The houee furnlehlngs committee, of which X. Ilerr, la chairman, will asalit the school children In making plana for Ihe decoration of homea and bulldliiga, while the parka committee, of which A. R. Baldwin la chairman, will cooperate with tha city park board.

Earl C. Hawkins la chairman of the architect committee. Lecf area Are Plaaaod. In connection with th. building of homea and building, fur Tiny Town, th.

builders committee of the executive board, headed by Fayette A. Leard. will Invite large manufacturer, of building auppliea to send to Springfield experts to deliver ad dressea to achool children on the varloua commodities used In construction. It Is expected that leo tures will be given on th. story of brlok, concrete, cement, stucco and other building materials to Interest the children la constructing th many buildings for Tiny Town.

It Is expected that the lectures will be atarted within the next few days. Mr. Leard waa authorised during a meeting of tti. Tiny Town board at th. Chamber of Commerce yeatar day to request many manufacturers to send rspreeentatlvea here.

Surrounding Tiny Town will be a la foot walkway upon which will face attractive bootha for the display of gooda, warea and building materials that will look upon gay colored homes and brilliant foliages of th. little city. Dooths will be conetructed to harmonise with Tiny Towns, and plana for the construction of ths booths will be provided by a committee headed by W. W. Johnson.

It waa atated by the con mite, that th. booths must conform with Tiny Town plans and th. construction of bootha of shoddy material will not b. allowed. Booklets Ara PrewareeL Five thousand booklets containing complete data regarding ths Tiny Town exposition and carrying numerous Illustrations hav.

b.en prepared by th. conc.elons committee, of which Forrest Fay la chairman, and tre being mailed to large manufacturers of th. country. Many requeeta for display booths surrounding Tiny Town hav. already been received, and th.

revenue from th. sal. of booth space In th. "city" la expected to net approximately 111,000. In conneotlon with th.

construction of dwellings and public build ings by school children of the city. wVtextlg ii4 titotii Imr t4m.w1U gi THE SPRINGFIELD LEADER. SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 29, 1925, Tiny Town Exposition Is Attracting Nation Wide Interest i i i allowed to participate In home decoration ennteate Hundreda of eala Igouea of furniture houeea. Interior decorating houeea, plumbing ttmnu facturrra and manufacturer of all aorta of material, for home decora tion will be provided fur th" younger school children by ths 'pupils will rut pictures from the house furnlahlnga cemmltt.e of magailnee and ratalnguee nf furnl Tiny Town executive board. Thla lure, decorating and equipment f.ir committee la headed by J.

JC. Cavln. living rooma, dlnlug rooms, kltrh. In this contest puplla nf the elxth ena, balhrooina, bedrnnma and grade In ward achoola and tinder boudolra. Instead nf placing Ihe are allowed to compete.

These I furniture In the houeea themaelvee. Cigars for the Men Beginning th. puplla entering Ihe toaleal will be provided large booka and a page In each book will be designated ae ome certain roam Ihe child Is "fur niching" Prises will ba given fur the beat aaeembled boeke, till another corneal la which echool children will participate will be a poster ronlesl. Large card, will ba provided and the poet ere III be exhibited la Ihe dlaplay wlndowa of Ilia local stores and public bulldlnaa leak Prtee. rf rod.

One thoueand dollars In caeh prises will be awarded la achool children af Hprlngfleld lo encourage them In their building of hou.es for Tiny Town, It waa announced by Ihe Tiny Town board yeetarday. Tha prises lll be give, as folio Iteed dl.lrlcl, Jarrelt dlatrlct. 1:50: I'lpkln dlatrlct, 1140; ram munlty renter. 1110. The.e prlsee will be distributed as follows: l'l ret prlaa, 40; second, lis; third.

Hi; ten prises of IS each. The following regulations will govern conteetant. for prises. pupil shove the algth grade In any piihllo or private school In rUirlngfleld Is Invited lo build a house for Tiny Town and compete fur a prise. Any boy or girl In "prlngfleld may compete for the community center prlaea Other prises ar.

dis tributed as follows! The Iteed prise, for pupils In Ih. Heed district. The Jarrelt prises for. pupils In the Jsrreti dleirl. t.

The Central prlaes for pupils In the hl I'lpkln dlatrlct. Pupils In private schools will be aaeigned lo one of theaa dlelrtcta. Any pupil or group of puplla may ba aaeigned ta any dlatrlct by Ihe director In charge of Ihe la.uing auppliea. Th material far buildings In Tiny 1 to b. furnished free lo puplla Ths materlala will he Issued eia ffa tarda ye, beginning April 4 at the following plarea: Al Iteed Junior High school by Frank Hunter, At Jarrett Junior High achool by Harlan Johnaon.

Al Mentor High achool by Oeorge Tiffany, In order ta secure Ihees materlala It will ba neceeeery lo preaenl reqblaltlnn for Ih. malarial signed by a teacher, In order la aeeur a requisition rrom a teacher It will be neceaaary lo ahow In Ihe teacher a definite plan for a building, Including dl menalona and materlala lo ba uaed rrom time to time puplla will tte expected to show their buildings under construction Ic lha Inatrucl on who will laeue Ih. material. Theaa Inatruclora will glv advice Whenever It la needed Tha committee which determine. th.

prise winners will f.e selected from Instructors of public schools and bualneaa men nf Hprlngfleld in addition to lha cs.h prises. many special prises will be donated by material companies, builders and business firms lo be announced later. II was announced by Fayette A. Lead, nf tha aoulhweetern Iniltdlng ftiipply company, that will give 110 III caeh for Ihe beat brick house, lo he constructed In Tiny Town, Ths Prises will be ss follows: first prise, t0 aerand. 110; third, 110, anil four prl.ea of 17.

a each. Tlov Town will be governed lv Bale Wednesday, April 1st When the destructive conflagration visited our store last August, completely destroying our furniture building, and the entire stocks, we faced the alternative of retiring from business or rebuilding on a larger scale. Our faith in Springfield and its trade territory, and the thought of our long association with, and the loyalty of our thousands of customers, urged us to rebuild and restock on a much larger scale, hence the magnificent new quarters stocks. and the much larger and varied We now invite our many friends and customers td visit our new store. Every department will be filled to overflowing with the season newest and choicest merchandise.

All are invited and expected whether you want to buy or not. Tuesday's Leader will carry detailed information about this great merchandising event. Flowers for the Ladies SEVEN efflelala I. ba sleeted from Ih Indents of lha local public evheiBls, lar and Sight patrolmen" will guard ih. and a IhomugK flre figktlng brigade trill walck for ronflaaratloaa C.

F. Nablnaun I. chairmen af lha olty government committee, and an election af "ell" offlrere" will b. held In th. publl schools within a short time During th.

Tiny Tw Kaposi llnna apeclal programs will be held. sad eenretts will be given by Ih. oy Kce ii Is hand and Ike High school nreheetra under Ihe direction nf Prof. It. Hllchle Hnherlaon director of muele.

'n Ihe public schools, who Is ehelrman of Ihe mu.lo com mittee of ike Tiny Town beard. tilher member, nf Ihe board In eon aertlon with ihe echool department nf Hlene ere Pre! II 1 Hlu.v. au.e erlntendenl nf Jocal public aebnola. who Is rhsinnsn nr lha city pupui chnol committee, and Hnhert Nunke, In charge nf manual train tne. who will he aeneral auoervl.

or In Ih coiial ruction nf home In Tlnv Town lierrv Cooper Is ehalrmen of IP Tiny Town finance committee, and Mr. Cbarlea II. luidwln la chairman of tha barge, and emblem committee. Mr. Alary A.

Innl la chairman of Ihe flower and de eoratlona committee, while Mra, Alma Irfihmefer la head nf lha bual neaa womene' committee or tn. Tiny Town board. Kach committee of Ihe Tiny Tawai board haa lis, own duly to perform In connection with the nf the eapoaltlnn. and further plana will lie announced later. TMKirr inm wu, An attractive street roeliime lis short straight hlnuae nf red kah cloth and a skirl of black with red lit too a Is hereby extended to the people of Springfield Greene County and surrounding Counties to attend our Openlfig.