St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1920-09-11

Crowds Of Young Folks En-
joy the Dancing Until
After Midnight.
MASTER ADDRESS
BY REV. VAUGHAN
Ceremonies Opened by Mr.
Huckaby in Warm We'll
come to All.

On the night of September 9Th,
the Community House was formally
opened to the public
There was a short program, as
follows:
Talk by Mr. M. C. Huckaby on
rules and regulations governing the
Community House.
Vocal Solo, by Mrs. A. R. McCor
mack, accompanied by Miss Levy.
Address by Mr.. A F. Vaughan,
who explained the purpose and value
Of a Community House.
Vocal Solo, by Mrs. Unglesby, ac-
companied by Miss Levy.
This ended the program, after
which dancing and games of various
kinds were enjoyed by large crowd.
Sandwiches and punch were served
in abundance.
The Community House viii con-
tinue to be open every day and until
10:3o every night. All are well
come to come and enjoy the priv
leges of the House and such enter
tainmcnt as may be provided by the
hostess in charge.
Mr.. Vaughan's Address
Mr.. Chairman, Ladies and Gentle
men:
Some time ago a prominent busi-
mes sman died in New York City.
His death was shock to the entire
country. He was porminent in COM
mercial life and during the war rem
dered a very patriotic and helpful
service to the nation. Commenting
on his death one of the newspapers
made this statement: HE died at
the age of 5S-he didn't play" No
man has a right to die at that age.
He is too young. He has just reach
ed the prime of lime in his career.
But, here he was, ploddtng slave
to just one thing in life-business.
OF course, he made success of that,
but what Of it? He lived in a clos
ed house-the windows were down,
the doors were shut, locked and
barred against intrusion. His as
sociates played golf and tenn Sic
stuck to his desk. Other men sought
pleasure and physical rebuilding by
going forth into Gods great sani-
torium-in the mountains, upon the
,akes, and into the country-he
couldn't spare the time from his
bus ness. His friends had their
social. gatherings-he shut himself
I'D in a room with clOse-fsted and
shrewd business men. Then, at the
very time in life when he should
have been at his best-he diad.
Everybody agreed that he made q.
mistake and his life could have been
prolonged to good old age, # he had
given part Of his time to something
else beside business.
Now the point in the story is
Simply this: every one of us should
remember that play is as essential
to life as work. The biggest asset
to anyone's life is the ability to play
the game of life with a joyous hear
and happy spirit. An eminent ply
stefan, DR.. Cabot, has written a Won
derful book entitled "What Men L, 1a
By" He says it is work, play, love
and worship. To neglect any one OF
these four elements Of life is to I'M
pair cne's usefulness and shorta.l
life ITSELF Therefore, we owe it %
the community in which we I've; we
owe ii to our families; we owe II
to ourselves, to cultivate the hab
Of play in our own lives and encol"-
age II as a community necessity.
That means to I've on the sunny
side of life-to laugh, play, t3ll
funny anecdotes and to imagine that
no matter how many years we have
spent in this world we are still boys
and girls.
The Community House is an Or
ganization which has come into ex-
stence after many years of careftl
study by soical experts. 1t Is re-
garded by leaders in every realm CT
life to be an absolute necessity, lot
only for the training of children olt
for the benefit of people OF
It's underlying principle is that 1t is
worth while to live and to live wet.
The name itself is suggestive-Com-
munity House. A house, or centec,
owned, controlled and used by the
people of the community for pur-,
poses of~social, moral, recreatio1ai,
intellectual and physical develop
ment and diversion. 1t really sup
plements the school room and IS
post graduate course in the art OF
living.
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yided for by existing laws, and,
Whereas, said Mayor and Board
Of Aldermen desire to irreVocao'y
pledge and dedicate the said sur
plus, or as much thereof as may &c
necessary, for the payment OF sail
bonds in accordance with Act So OF
1915. q
Mayor and Beard of aAldermen of
the Town of Covingtonn legal ses-
sion convened, j that the Mayor OF
said Town issue and is hereby d.
rected, empoWere& and authorized to
issue, under Act 96 of the General
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