Fun and color characterized the Lithuanian Day festival sponsored by the Lithuanian Society on the evening of Saturday, January 9, at LaFollette Park, Hirsch and Laramie Streets.

National dances, ballroom dancing, barn dances, a two-hour swim and a supper of Lithuanian nutriments comprised the entertainments of the colorful evening - a wide range of activities that afforded those who attended plenty of lively enjoyment.

Among the guests were members of the Chicago Outings and Hiker Club, who, with their leader, John Sheridan, came for a few hours of relaxation among the Lithuanian youth. Ernest Story, barn dance instructor for the Chicago Park District, also came to give a helping hand in adding fun to the evening. Great enthusiasm was shown by all participants, who eagerly tried to learn the barn dances. The two-hour swim in the "pool" of sky blue waters' was very refreshing. After the swim it was just the proper procedure for the merry-makers to satisfy their ravenous hunger with a good and wholesome Lithuanian luncheon.

Now a few words about the society: The organization has been most active in the preservation of the national dances of Lithuania. Its costumed national dance group is widely known through its many appearances. With a group of seventy-six dances, it participated in the first Chicagoland Folk Dance Festival at Soldier's Field on Labor Day. Besides its numerous local performances, the group left the city almost every week during the fall and early winter for appearances in widely scattered cities throughout the adjoining states, Indiana, Wisconsin and Michigan.

The Society has for its purposes, the fostering of an interest in the culture of the native country among the descendants of Lithuania in America and the dissemination of information concerning the little-known Lithuanians among the descendants of other nationalities. In keeping with those purposes, the group has been active in the exhibiting of Lithuanian art, in providing Lithuanian-American youth with an outlet for literary expression through its publication, the Farrow, and in conducting an English page in the Lithuanian Daily News, Naujienos.

The officers of the organization are: V. Beliajus, president; A. Azukas, vice-president; Birute Kromialis, secretary; N. Munarin, treasurer; J. Munarin, sergeant-at-arms; Helen Dambas-Yushka, officer pro-tem.