Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-12-19
PERMENANT He

A PERMENANT HOME7 BY
working in cooperative way the
lodges can make possible the erect
ion of this building. 1t is this point
that desire to call the attention of
every Eastern Star, Rebecca, Odd
Fellow, Modern Woodman Of the
World and Modern Woodman Of A.
merica.
The social and material benefits
Of lodges are well known. Every
lodge woman and man is proud Of
her or his organization. Would you
not be still prouder Of your order IL
you help carry the erection Of Mem-
orial Hall to completion. The lodges
will have done service there that
affects the life Of every man, woman
and child in this city And by serv-
ing in the lodge could the sacrifice
in money and time will have been
comparatively small. The great
question is will we all work jointly3
Let no one say the scheme is impos
sible but on the contrary boost the
idea.
Fourth, The city Of Belington has
no suitable Mayors Office, no satis-
factory Council Chamber Should
not the city have an attractive Of
fee for the Mayor and a satisfactory
Chamber for the Council? The con-
dition Of these are better known 10
the townspeople than TO me ~ /
have never been in either Of then.
We are agreed, however, that the
city's chief officers should have at
tractive offices and rooms in which
to disburse the busiess Of the city.
Since the above are needed the city
could well contribute toward the o.
rection Of our new building.
Fifth and Last, The Board Of Edu-
cation has no fixed room in which to
meet. Men who have served on
Boards Of Eucation can fully appre-
ciate this point. The secretary by
all means must. have an office. Our
present secretary has rented
room. Therefore, since the Board
Of Education has no place to meet
and the secretary only rented room
this body should contribute some
thing toward the construction of our
City Hall. In this way the school
will be contributing to gymnasium.
] trust | have succeeded In at least
outlining a plan whereby we can get
much needed building The work
will be yours but as public servant
Of your community | am willing to
make some sacrifice towards this
end Inquiring minds will naturally
ask what will this building COST
What is it to be built of? AL
low me to say the people of Beling-
ton will determine the cost and ma
terial
As q suggestion, however, NIGH
say it should contain basement and
three stories. The basement should
contain a swimming pool, bowling
alleys, pool tables and shower baths.
On the first floor should be the gym
nasium and movable stage. This
room could be used for lectures, po-
litical and social meetings of what
ever nature might arise 1t should
be long, so as to accommodate the
largest audience that the city turns
out. The second floor should con-
tain the offices and lodge rooms The
third floor should contain lodge
rooms only
know the task is large one buJ
have we not been helping during the
last eighteen months in a much
larger task? Have we not contribu-
ted our bit towards the successful
termination of the Great War? In
conclusion let me say all that is need
ed will be willingness to work to-
gether on this problem as we have
willingly cooperated in the work of
the Red Cross, The War Savings
Stamps and Liberty Bond Cam
paigns and we shall see in the next
eighteen months Memorial Hall, built
and dedicated to the ver1asting
DRY of the boys who have fought
and died for you and me.