Evening journal., 1919-06-21
WHAT COMMUNITY
SERVICE HAS Done
Executive Officer Tells OF
Many Activities Since.
Work Vas Begun
CITY CLUBS ARE
COOPERATING

Harold Keats. executive officer OF the
wilmington Community Service. sub
mitled The following report OF the ac-
tivlies OF The organization since com
ing 10 This city early In the new year
al meeting or the committee an the
Board Of Education room in The public
building yesterday afternoon.
-rhe office Of The Wilmington Com
muniiy Service opened February . 1919
at Room sos Ford Building, but ID was
NOT until March 3 that the active work
of the organization was begun, at which
lime ihe first assistant organizer was
assigned 90 Wilmington by the Nation
al Oflce OF the Recreation Association
OF America
After brief study had been made OF
the recreaiional facilities and needs of
The city a meeting was called of the
welfare workers OF The various indus
trial and business establishments Of the
,iiy with a-yiew 20 determining exact
IS what could De done 10 assist them
In their work.
vAfler recommendations had been
made by welfare workers concerning
the needs OF those employed in their
establishments a plan OF operation for
community service was presented at a
meeting OF the welfare workers Of the
sily on Friday. March p, 1919. This
plan was unanimously adopted and has
been The basis for work since that
date.
"Realizing that community service
could be successfully conducted only
with the cooperation and backing oi q
group OF representative citizens, George
Miller was asked 10 be chairman of such
q group and John =. Niclds, treasurer or
fund which has been assigned by the
accreation Association or America oul
or as share OF the National War Work
Fund. FOR the promotion Of community
work 30 the request Of The United
States department OF Labor.
Work accomplished 90 date may be
grouped under the following headings
Neighborhood organization. club organi-
zatiOn, community music, social rccrea-
ion and athletics.
"i Neighb0rhO0d organization
give neighborhOOd organizations
have been established through the ef-
forts of r. e.. Jackson and Charlotte
SloNe. organizers for colored people in
the vicinity OF public schools and the
Thomas Garrett settlement House.
Those ORGANIZATIONS have iheir'commit-
tees on recreation, housing and health
public forums. hospitality and finance.
They have held in aH some 80 business
and committee meetings and p special
entertainments.
IT, Club organization
Club organization for white people
vas not begun until the addition Of
Miss Passmore and Mrs. TreadNay 90
NE staff about April + Through their
Efforts there have been organized two
clubs for foreign speaking people and
numerous recreational clubs in cOnnec-
ion with industrial establishments and
department stores.
For colored people a great variety
OF club organization has been under
taken. among which are sewing clubs
and clubs Of a purely recreational char
acter. in number some tj I'm all.
The total number OF meetings held
by clubs both cologed and white IS
about 90
iii. Community music
Community music had an early STAT
for cOlored people with the assignment
Of 4. g.. Jackson 10 the stan OF com
munity service. Through his efforts
several glee clubs have been organized
and conducted; an orchestra has been
established: and community sings nave
been held in factories. churches, pub
lic schools, at club meetings and In
connection with various public meet
ngs. In an there have been 81 com
munily sings held through the efforts
OF Mr. Jackson
Among the interesting features
which have been developed IN connec-
tion with The singing has been The en-
terlainmenis given for The aged and
lnnrm at the Edgewood and Layton
Homes by quarlels and choruses which
Mr.. jackson has organized
Because OF the difficulty in obtaining
a community song leader and the eXis-
iencc in the city Of the Wilmington
Community Chorus but little has been
done in community music for white