The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-08-29
TRIBUTE TO INCOMING AND OUT
GOING SECRETARIES.

IL,
the new secretary of the Y. M. C. A,
! comes most highly recommended, and
there is every indication that he will
be most acceptable to the public, yet
there is in the whole county a gen.
eral feeling or regret at the leaving
Of Mr.. Wilcox, who has endeared
himself to both old and young. His
many friends throughout the commu-
nifty will be glad to learn that the
change has been made through the
request of Mr.. Wilcox himself, and
not from any dissatisfaction of the
officials with his work.
His whole training has been for
general organization through an ex-
perience of seventeen or eighteen
years in office work, boys work,
mems work, the religious program,
and, in fact, in all phases of Y. NJ.
c. A. work, except the technical
physical. On account of this varied
experience Mr.. Wilcox became very
valuable to the Association for gen.
eral organization duties. He was one
of the few men in all the Y. M. G.. A.
who had any experience in county
Y. M. c. A. plans. He was induced
to come to Kentucky to give county
work the benefit of this training, and
| was assigned for particular service
principally in Bourbon county. All
are more or less familiar with the
misfortunes and uncomfortable OBJ
stacles which the war and other COM
plications brought to the Y. M. c. A.
work here. ,-,-l -.---
| Through the Christian consecra-
tion of time and energy by G. o.
Hinton, at the sacrifice of his own
business interest and personal pref
erence, the financial difficulties that
existed had been Strengthened and
the way cleared for Mr.. Wilcox with
his experience and ability. All who
have been in touch with the Y. M. c.
A. know how conscientiously he has
devoted himself to the task at the
sacrifice of better salary in other
fields, in order that he might get
this association on basis fitted for
permanent work, and he has done
this by building the foundations OF q
well-rounded religious, social and
physical program for this county.
Mr.. Wilcox, with his excellent re-
ligious leadership and ability to
adapt himself to every situation,
will be missed, and all connected
with the work regret that he has felt
that his work of organization has
been completed and that his duty
calls him to the wider field, and it
has been with the greatest reluct-
ance that the Board has accepted his
resignation, and only after he had
convinced them that the interest of
the local work could really best be
served by the selection of a secre-
! tary who had the technical training
that will enable him to add stand
ard physical program (the feature
now lacking for the accomplishment
of complete and permanent Y. M.
c. A. program in this county,
If only the new secretaries may
have the earnest support of the COM
munity they will be able to carry
forward the splendid work that has
been accomplished by Mr.. Wilcox in
the short time he has been in Bour-
bon, and Mr. Wilcox may be released
for greater usefulness in other fields
where the organization experience
may be utilized to better advantage
than could be accomplished by hold
ing him to local task. He has
builded a work that is thoroughly
appreciated by all who have had any
contact with the Y. M. c. A, and we
predict that it will grow in its infiu-
ence for the upbuilding of character
and efficient citizenship in our COM
munity. .
We bespeak for Mr.. Harrison, and
Mr.. NJ M. Sheffield, who comes as
the Assistant Secretary September l.,