The Springfield News-Leader from Springfield, Missouri • Page 12

1 SPRINGFiaiAfl5S0UIli IlEPCBLICAN, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 17, 1925. PAG3 FOUR. nm flTIfMrft'RF I WEI. mmw 11 nT1TTT7T7i mm MM i dllNIAlTIRE CITY WILL KtMl ink I' BE GOVERNED BY LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Community Buildings and Homes Will Be Features at Grant Beach Park From May 25 to June 6 Idea Originated By W. H.

Johnson, Local Realtor hunt to the scale I ol one inch to the foot, by the pupila of the public schools of Springfield, Missouri. It will have all kinds of dwell inn, Irame, diick, concrete nciuoiuuc, uuiiano reshapes and sizes; stately colonial houses, palatial residences and scores of ordinary square built houses such as are to be seen on the residence streets of any city. There will be community buildings, and city hall, public schools, library ana many cnurcnes an ukiucu Thsre will be axtenalva park landscaped fcy expert and where lakea of water glUten anJ glow. Garden surrounded by hedges, and ston wall and containing wonderful garden with tr llnes, pergola and arbors, carefuly planned. That nay be poultry houses with poultry pen, and gardene galore, but there will be no stablea In Tiny Town.

Praotloally every home, hewever, will faave Ma garage and 'miniature automobile! will be eeen 'at every prosperous residence. All kind ot foliage to represent ahade trees and wall placed shrub bery WlU edge the avenues and tba lawns. Playgrounds niiinnsA with lataet aDDaratus for 14Ulputlan children who may en themselves to the utmost Thar la to be a full complement i fof city officials Including an em tclent police force and a fire de Apartment, well equipped and well manned. Why la Tiny TownT i Tiny Town grew In response to an 8. O.

8. aent out by the Chara her of Commerce In the spring of i 1919. This organization had ap pointed a committee with full power and authority to put on a "Build Now" campaign. Tne com ij mlttee haa met. naa appomisa Hvarloue subcommittees, had raised jjsome money had met again and atlU again but little enthusiasm liiseemed forthcomlnr.

Nobody seem Med Inclined to duiio. now." very Hbooy wait time seemed to have till aoma more deed decided to propitious I Then the committees came to Lb. Mnl win, auDuion, ib itou iuiuhii reauir, wno nu aone mucn to uo velop Bprtngfleld'e beautiful rest Tidenea anburba and ha evolved an Llildeat "It we can get soma tuua done," he said, "even on a small scale, the force of example HwlU make Itself felt. If achool boys be induced to build somamlnla sv attack the parenta ot those boya" The superintendent of schools was consulted, be consulted the teachers In the manual training and art departments and the principals of the various schools. This particular school ay stem had been strong In Its support of all community obligations.

Every, principal, and every supervisor, and every teacher, and all of the ten thousand pupila became Interested lu some phase Of city building or city government. The boys built the houses and garages and churches and power plants and the streets and landscaped the parka and sowed the grass, una girls drew plana lor ail ainas 01 residences, planned Interiors, made tfnlnp vhtmii. nanered the walla. fitted and hung the draperies, made ruga lor tne noors ana lumnure for the rooms, using the same scale as the boya used In their construc tion work, it was a comprenn slve project in which everybody naa soma imDonaj'i utui, win wnt forward ranidlr under the guidance of Mr. Johnson, aa direc tor.

And Tiny Town waa reaay on the day scheduled and spread i nnn the SDadous floor ot Spring field's Convention Hall, waa a sur mising exhibition of Juvenile sk.ui and initiative. What Haa Tiny Town DonaT Tlnv Town has attracted mora attention than any other achool pro attention uuwnuy ing than any other scheme ever aevisea in our cuimuuuii, inspired Springfield's cltlsens to l.iilMlnv and reDalrlnsr In spite) of high prices ot material and scar city ol workmen. Tnis waa toe oo. Ject which the Chamber of Commerce had In mind when the Tiny Town idea waa first promulgated. But something haa been done which no man thought of beginning.

The achool authorities were vrllllno to nem tne jnamoer 01 Commerce because they thought they eould do so without aacrl (Icing much In the way of manual training problems. At the begin ping it was not expected that any but the manual training student would have part in the building ot Tiny Town. Prises were offered for houses, and lota, garagea, poultry houses, etc, the mere outalda shell ot a town. And there It would have atopped had not the Springfield achool system encouraged Initiative and fostered the com munity eplrlt. When tha boya took up the construction work tha glrla said "Can wa not do aomethlnr to helo build Tlnv TownT" Than If wa the bulld a houee Idee, evolved Into the bullfl a home Idea.

And wa began to see the real vision. Thus on advertising scheme waa nl Mucatlonn! pro ject ThenoWorth Bpringfleld ill c(jiiciuuay took advantage nf lh Interest In Tlnv Town to motivate much ot the achool work. Arlthmetto had a real meaning for tiunlle when they were called upon to calculate the dlmenstona of structure which thsy wer then engaged In building. Geography became a vital subject to dlsoover the origin of tba materials used in home building, the localities where they are found, and tha processes necessary to pre pare them lor use. Drawing became a mora praotlcal subject when usea in preparing nin fop bulldlne? which were actually to be constructed, or for making poetere to advertise Tiny Town or to Illustrate varloua type of residence.

Home' decoration classes took on new Ufa, designing tha wallpaper, palnUng the walla in water color or in oil, and making furniture and even pictures to scale. Practically every subject received an added Interest because of Tiny Town, It remained for (Community civics to be most enriched. It waa self evident that an Ideal city like Tiny Town should have an Ideal government. Immediately coplea ot the city charter were In demand. Probably the government of Bpringfleld waa studied more by Its cltlssns, present and prospective, in four week than It bad aver been In the previous years.

When the students had mastered their chosen form of government primary election for nomination of officer waa In order. Any boy above the fifth grade or twelve years of age who waa not falling his studlea waa eligible to any office in the gift of the people. No ward achool pupil became a candl wt ever tried in Springfield. It Bite for mayor, hence thla office waa jcufc i Uf, th TnnlA anil Ranlnr tantiz.iv left in the Junior and Benlor hna aroused more Interest in build High school boys. Each candidate wrote his own piauorm ana raau his own announcements.

in thta a a In other matters con nected with Tiny Town tha dally press of tipringiieiQ was or inesti mnhie eeiaiance. una aauy press not onlv Dubllshed the names ot k. hut leant their nlat forms and annOuncementa before the votera till tha primary waa over, when they published In detail tha oai.H fh election. The candl dfttes for nomination were allowed YSTTEMMIC Removing pick OUT YOUR PLAN OFFICIAL RULERS OF "TINY TOWN" Top Row Left to Righti Floyd GUmore, Commissioner of Street. 'Norman Mace, School Superintendent.

Gordon Cummlngs, City Manager. Wayne Tarkington, Fire Chief. Leonard Eeddlck, of Water Supply. to conduct their own Individual campaigns going from achool and to school and addressing the voters with the permission of the principal asst. at a at aa mm aa Burton SVILL yOU START NOW? Second Row Left to Rlflhll Denzll Mitchell, Commissioner' of Finance.

Winfleld Little, Commissioner of Publlo Welfare. William Newberry, Police Chief. James Bodlne, City Clerk, Jesse Long, Commissioner ot Publlo Utilities, of tha achool visited. There were fifty candiates for nomination to aix elective offices. After the result of the primary was PAY YOURSELF JUST AS REGU LARLY AS THE "BOSS" PAYS YOU START WITH A PLAN WELL WITH IN YOUR SAVINGS ACCOUNT EVERY PAY DAY.

1 at. J. if there isn't a payment here to satisfy you, we can offer you one that will. 7 Of 5J0O per month 120 months pays $1,000 si Of 0 $10.00 per month 120 months pays $2,000 SIIYI rj mnnth mnntViQ nciva 0C0 $25.00 per month 120 months pays $5,000 rmvti: ON TIME CERTIFICATES 0 Loaa AJN easy payment plan puts tuture independence wiuun your reach can picK tne plan you want in a snort time ybuH have a nest egg that will serve as a down payment on your home. From theri on you can pay rent to yourself; your 1 11 I iL 1 4.U 1 til I 1 II 1 1 1 1 time WUl proLcci yuu, tuiu muiiui uy muiiut you mmm.

j.ui uhcuu uiim yuu uiiu yuurscu xuu picugeu wuuic uwucr viut loving problem, the rent problem and many other bothersome expenses removed. WOODRUFF BUILDING Harold Sampson, City Attorney. Alfred Keast (Billy Lincoln substituting.) Eldon Cole, Commissioner of Health and Sanitation. Bottom Row Left to Righti DalBe Eaton. Commissioner of Hecreatlon.

announced there were three, contests, two resulting in favor of the contestants. Bv i the time the results of the i i it Mary Owen, Assistant City Man ager, Margaret Bradshaw, Commission cr of City Planning. Hatel Wllholt, Mayoress. Naomi Sherwood, Municipal Judge. Billy Llnooln, Postmaster.

contests in he primary election were announced Interest In the final election was Intense, poll books anoT election went off without a hitch ImmedUttely following the younl officials assembled and the city council wa organized. Regulaf col ice and fire departments wer established giving each achool proper representation. These omcera tooa charge of Tiny Town, and no real city officials In charge of a real clt, could have been more punctilious In the discharge of duty than were thev, Ther handled the thousand who thronged the streets of tnei little city with consummate tact and unfailing courtesy. Thsy felt tha responsibility which rests upon tha host and promota him to consider tha comfort and welfare ot hi guest as of prima Importance. No other exhibit ever held the at.

tentlon of Bprlngdeld'a people for so long a i una ana. with auch. interna. Interest. And now Tiny Town la to' ba re peated In a bigger and broader man.

ner and many additional feature added which were not possible In 1919. The 1926 Tiny Town, built to a ecale of one men to tne loot, win occupy a site 260 feet wide and 1.000 feet long. Ita avenues will measure 120 Inches wide the equivalent oc liO feet. Its lota 10 Inohe by 120 inches. (60 br 120 feet.) It Will have a community center facing on' parauei morougniaree lev mine wide and Inclosing blocks 160x80(1 inches, upon which will be erected the City Hall, Pjibllo Library, senior High School and other community structures and surrounded by a modern business district featuring miniature duplicates of tha latest designed modern office structures.

Flanking the community center, will be Tiny Town' two residence districts, wherein all avenues radiate from centera, named Reed and Jar rett Clrclee. after tha two Junior High schools ot Bpringfleld. Ther are to be 7.600 lineal feet of avenues and drive In the 1926 Tiny Town, which on tha scale of ona Inch to the foot represents eighteen, miles. Tiny Town block are large, the lot tlera Inclosing spacious com mons that represent playgrounds, but are really necessary for working space so that the repair ana care oi abutting properties may ba carried on from tba rear and varloua toola and Implement, watering and elec trlo paraphernalia may be acreened by foliage piantea aiong we rtr every lot. Tiny Town la not a facsimile of a modern city.

It 1 TINY TOWN copied from no other clt 5 and unlike all other, being tha first of lta kind In all the world. Surrounding Tiny Town piai is i fifteen foot walkway upon which facea attractive bootha (for dlaplay of goods, warea and building mater lala) that will look upon gay colored, home and brilliant follagea of tha Lilliputian City, lighted by night with thousands ot twinkling alec trio bulbs. Mt iai. from tha student VtllVi.i. hodv will govern Tiny Town.

Day Wit 1 4 1 jwa aw ViraWTC DON'T DREAM A LONE REALIZE! YOUR WIFE HAS BUILT DREAM HOMES, PERHAPS YOU HAVE TALKED AND DREAMED WITH HER. REALIZE THESE DREAMS TALK IT OVER WITH HER TODAY, LAY YOUR PLANS START GETTING AHEAD ON YOUR PLANS FOR FUTURE INDEPEN DENUli. Cr a 1 ir SSOCiatlOti '3209 v. and nlghf faithful patrolmen will it and a thorough flra flght tig brigade will watch for conflagra I TJiiy Town Exhibit will last far: 1 contlnuoua day a. Each afternoon and night apeclal program and j.

concert will feature the excellent High School orcheatra and tamoue Soy Scout band ot 100 plecee (tha largest band ot Its kind in tha Preparatlan Will ba mad" for en (Continued en rage I The Little Folks Are Building Houses I WHY NOT WILD YOURSELF i HSTTt A4.