SUPPER WILL ASSIST JUNIOR OPTIMISTS

The Junior Optimist Club of Cape Girardeau will be holding its 12th annual chili supper and talent show Saturday night at the Washington School cafeteria.

Entertainment will be provided by members of the club and Division of Youth Services staff, as well as by various artists from the surrounding area.

The chili supper and talent show is the club's major fundraising event of the year.

Funds raised by this event will go to the club's activity fund and to support its Adopt-A-Family Christmas program, and a donation to Watkins Mill Park Camp, which was recently destroyed by fire.

Hours for the supper and talent show will be from 4-8 p.m. Tickets can be purchased at the door or by calling Steve Motton at 290-5866 or Shelia Pigmon at 290-5860.

Tickets are $3.50 for adults, $2.50 for children 6-12, and children 5-under free.

The Junior Optimist Club is made up of males from the ages of 13 to 17 and is sponsored by the Evening Optimist Club and Missouri Division of Youth Services. For the last five years, Bob Hafford has served as sponsor of the club.

In recent years the club has received several special recognition including the International Blue Ribbon Award of Optimist International; the Southwestern Bell Volunteer Group of the Year Award; and the George Washington Honor Medal from the Freedom Foundation of Valley Forge.

The club was founded by Thomas M. Meyer, past president of the Evening Optimist Club, and the Missouri Division of Youth Services.