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Chief of Police<br />

JOHN R. PRESTON<br />

South Orange<br />

By<br />

Edgar Lum Cook<br />

"There is no crime<br />

among the youth of<br />

South Orange,"<br />

Chief John R. Preston<br />

of the Village<br />

police said in a statement<br />

to this paper<br />

today, explaining a<br />

unique system of cooperation<br />

between<br />

the Police and the<br />

South Orange Community<br />

House, in<br />

curbing such cases<br />

of minor vandalism<br />

as do get into the<br />

toils of the law.<br />

"It works like this," he said. "A short<br />

while back we picked up a group of high<br />

school-age boys for breaking several street<br />

lamps. Instead of turning the boys over to<br />

the juvenile court, or merely letting them go<br />

•with a reprimand, we took them over to<br />

Chauneey Owens at the Community House,<br />

. "Mr. Owens has a way with youngsters<br />

and knows practically all of them in South<br />

Orange. Xt turned out that these boys were<br />

members of one of the Community House<br />

affiliated clubs and the money in the club<br />

treasury to be used for a holiday dance was<br />

used to pay for broken lamps.<br />

"That way the boys learned one of the<br />

first facts of living in organized society; if<br />

people are responsible for their acts and pay<br />

for them, they'll be better citizens for it<br />

"We've turned over fourteen juvenile<br />

eases to the juvenile court in the past four<br />

years and not one of them has been a South<br />

Orange boy," Preston stated.<br />

"In '44 we had three cases of juvenile<br />

purse snatchers and one armed holdup. The<br />

ages of the boys ranged from one 12 through<br />

"Hhree 14 to two who were 15. In '43 we picked<br />

up six juvenile auto thieves, two for stealing<br />

bicycles, and one other petty larcenist.<br />

"There was no juvenile crime whatsoever.<br />

in '40 and '41," Preston concluded.<br />

"Our Community House Club system<br />

operates effectively to provide South Orange<br />

youth with instruction and entertainment<br />

and to curb potential juvenile delinquency.<br />

L C RAYMOND ATKIN<br />

ALEXANDER S ARONSON<br />

DR. ELVIN F AXX<br />

EVERETT P. BALCS<br />

CHESTER L BARNARD<br />

ALAN H. BECUS<br />

DR ELIZABETH F- BIGtfLOVJ<br />

WTiJJAM G. BLUM<br />

n>. Blum Ufj. Co.<br />

an vm c BLEICK<br />

WM. C. BORNHUETTER<br />

DR. HEKHS BBIGUS<br />

WU L. BROWW. JR.<br />

EUGENE .N. 0URCJESS<br />

— RGE H. BLAKE<br />

before it gets started," Chauncey Owens,<br />

Managing 1 Director of the South Orange<br />

Community House said today.<br />

"The elected presidents of each club comprise<br />

a Community House Council/' Owen<br />

said. "When any club member does something<br />

of an anti-social nature it is brought<br />

before the Council and the President of the<br />

individual club deals with the matter in Club<br />

meeting."<br />

. •• 'a<br />

SOUTH ORANGE COMMUNITY HOUSE<br />

"Membership or the holding of an office<br />

of any of the clubs relies on honor, selfrespect<br />

and the respect for the rights of<br />

others. They are seldom infringed.<br />

"In addition, the welfare of the very<br />

young infants of the Community is provided<br />

for in a "Well Baby" Clinic with a doctor and<br />

nurse in attendance from two to five o'clock<br />

Thursday afternoons.<br />

With a membership of over a thousand<br />

youths at the beginning of World War II,<br />

the South Orange Community House first<br />

came into being in 1930 with the purchase of<br />

the old South Orange Field House and the<br />

addition of a 14-ropm wing in 1930.<br />

For approximately 20 club groups, there<br />

are 14 club rooms, a veterans' recreation<br />

room, pool tables, four howling alleys, a craft<br />

shop and three kitchens.<br />

THIS IS NUMBER TWENTY-SIX IN A SERIES OF 52 FULL PAGE PRESENTATIONS CONCERNING<br />

OUR CHILDREN. AND THE AGENCIES WHICH GUIDE THEM TO BETTER CITIZENSHIP<br />

"Our Craft Club<br />

produces some truly<br />

amazing results/'<br />

Owens said. "A number<br />

of years ago a<br />

lad named Ernest<br />

Arnera came in and<br />

wanted to make<br />

model airplanes. He<br />

was good at it and<br />

in a year or so was<br />

head of a club group<br />

teaching model<br />

plane construction,"<br />

he went on.<br />

CHAUNCEY OWEN<br />

Executive Director<br />

South Orange<br />

Community Housa<br />

"Our boys always keep in touch and a few<br />

weeks ago I heard from him. He's now holding<br />

down an important technical position in<br />

Consolidated Vultee Aircraft in Hempstead,<br />

Long Island.<br />

"The gymnasium of the First Street<br />

School houses our-present 16-team basketball<br />

program," he continued.<br />

"The addition of the gymnasium wing to<br />

the community house will not only save us<br />

considerable inconvenience but would also<br />

enable us to expand our teams to a contemplated<br />

thirty as well as to provide for an expanding<br />

indoor athletic program for hundreds<br />

of returning local veterans, and a<br />

growing community," Owen said.<br />

"With teams divided into Light Junior,<br />

Junior and Senior Leagues, 135 youngsters<br />

get a chance to play once a week/' he said.<br />

"We could easily fill a gymnasium seven days<br />

a week and all of the young servicemen are<br />

not yet out of service."<br />

Owen first came to South. Orange 25 years<br />

ago to set up a Boys' Club under the sponsorship<br />

of the Community House in an old saloon<br />

at Sloane and First Streets.<br />

A membership of 125 swelled in a year's<br />

time to 300 and the'organization moved to<br />

new premises at 129 South Orange Avenue<br />

where it remained for eight years preceding<br />

'the acquisition of the Community House,<br />

1141, EJuc»llonil H&lorUt SATVIM.<br />

..This Educational Endeavor is Made Possible by Hi* Caoperatiea of rhe Fallowing PaUic-spWtcd Residents ef Millbum, Maplewood aid Sourh Orange aid by Often Who Have the Interest of Youth at Heart:.<br />

DR. J. C. BUTTON. JE.<br />

JOSEPH J. ETRKS<br />

WOITTHINQTOH CAMPBELL<br />

DR. FIERCE A. CASSEDY.<br />

WILSON R. CASSELL<br />

A COJTMUNZTY-MINDED<br />

CITIZEN<br />

DB. A. R. CHAMBERLAIN<br />

PAGE CHAPMAN<br />

ARTHUR M. CLARK, V.-P'w.<br />

NatioTiat Surety Corporation<br />

GEORGE El CLARK<br />

LEHOT H. CLARK<br />

ELLIOT 1 CI.EMMENCS<br />

GEOHSE R, COLEMAN .<br />

JOHN R. COONET<br />

DRURY W. COOPER, JR.<br />

ROBERT CRAIG<br />

DR. EL A. CURTT3<br />

JOSEPH DAVIS<br />

SALVATORE J. DESZDERIO<br />

FRED A. DIISTERICH<br />

ARTHUR W. DRAKE<br />

JOHN B. DRAKE<br />

GEORGE M. DUNN<br />

CARL EGNE1R<br />

ROBERT E. ELLIOTT<br />

WILLIAM a EWALD<br />

MRS. M. W. FA1TOUTE<br />

FRED FATZLER<br />

HOLLAND H. FRENCH<br />

BKNEOT FROEEOESE<br />

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.<br />

'South Or&nge<br />

MR. AND MRS. GUS GOETZB<br />

WILLIAM F. GOSTZB<br />

DR. CASTOR W. GRAY<br />

CAEL L. HARXRADER<br />

A FRIEND<br />

WILLIAM T. HOSFORD<br />

DR. WALLACE J. HURFF<br />

PR. FRANK B. JEWETT<br />

EHNEST O. JUNG<br />

J KAISER. Fu.G.<br />

Millbuni<br />

DR. GEORGE E. KALTEK<br />

DR. SIDNEY KBAT3<br />

FREDERICK T. KELSET<br />

HARRY KLAOSMANM<br />

HERMAN KLKEST<br />

JOHN VAN NOSTRAND KING<br />

HAROLD D. KNAPP .<br />

DR. ROBERT E. LEE<br />

CR. STEPHEM G LEE<br />

W. H. LOLLAR<br />

DR. JAMES H. LOWER"*<br />

DR. WILLIAM M. LUTZ<br />

DR. E. B. MicPHEESDN<br />

CR ROBHRT B. MABIN<br />

DANA M. MAETffl<br />

DR. THOMAS O. HAXFTELD<br />

JOSEPH O. UrCABS<br />

E. W. s&?bDJt St COL<br />

HENRt MUELLER, Pru,<br />

C. F. MlHlKr Co.<br />

JOSEPH J. MB3TL<br />

DR. VINCENT J. MELH, JR.<br />

WTLLIAM MINDER, JR. .<br />

ALBERT E. MSNKEE.<br />

FLOP.ENCE D. MITCHELL<br />

ARTHUR C. MUKDLE<br />

LOREN MIIRCHISON<br />

E, J. OKEKLAEAJTDER<br />

SHELDON R. ODELL<br />

DR. HEMRI TALliAFFI<br />

PWIGHT PALMER<br />

DR.. 8, U- HE<br />

H. C. RAHSBT<br />

PAUL E. EOEHHICH<br />

HENRY A. RUMMEL<br />

THOMAS N. BALZANO, Ph.G^<br />

Tom's Pharmacy<br />

PHILLIP SCHMIDT<br />

C B. SEL.LARS<br />

FRED'K D, SS7MOUR<br />

DANIEL. SHQ4AN<br />

ER. A. V_ HIMMOh'S<br />

HOWARD C SMIXtt<br />

G. 1 SPRQWt,<br />

STEPHEN U STETSON<br />

WAREi^I T. STEWAKT<br />

ER. GREGORY STRAtJNELX,<br />

FREDERICK H_ BTRTJBBE<br />

CEOR-GES E. SIVONQ<br />

Thomas A. Ediaon, Inc.<br />

DR. G. LANSING TAYLOR<br />

A FK1END OB 1 YOUTH<br />

E. J. TRIEBLE<br />

DR, L. TUSHTJET<br />

A. L. VAJS AMERTNGEN<br />

ARTHUR T. VANDERBILT<br />

DUPLEY A, V00RHIE3<br />

VALBNTINB WEBBK<br />

NORMAN E. WEIGEL<br />

JCAT ffURTZEl,<br />

The Mauiearest Hardware C<br />

BUFUS E. JUOiERMAK

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