The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1920-08-14
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their communities for recrona gymnasfc'
athletic. social and welfare V, ana often ~
political cooperative businessd religious MoiA'
Among the specific economic of the buildings.
for instance are canning dsnstrations, hoss
and girls club work. domes science. az
tural society meetings fairsates' eale' 70
farmers Institutes. and cotatlve rurchaS's
and marketing activities Ang the eduea'iol."'
and recreationaI uses are lires, moving plc-
lures, night schools, enterlnents' w.
pool, bowling, table games adlng ROOM anu
library ~
The Matinecock neighbord house, Locust
Valley, Long Island. New Vols an exceiieht eA-
ample Of the way in which immunity ouiloihss
come into existence and araanased.
About eight years ago lScame to the sec
rotary Of the Matnecock lghborhood assocl-
alton and asked him to star boys club. saying
there was no place for the IS to 60 for good
time except to the saloons TO the nelghDorihe
town with its questionable asements. Ihe sec
retary who had but recef arrived mace d
survey Of the situation Hound that through
economic changes, farmingas graduaiiy peils
given up and the section becoming ie>'
Dental one. The populate was shlltihs' anu
neighborhood spirit and immunity recfea'ioh
was at low ebb.
He found also that thelwas in the village
a private unsupervised you mems atnie'ic eiuo
which met in a blacksmithshop. BENG man
Of vision he determined make TINS ciup
nucleus of a general systeof supervised recre-
alton for the village with community mousse as
a center.
He persuaded the athletiIub to sign petltioh
for the Neighborhood asSAtlon 10 take theh
in as members on paymerof the regular uues'
81 per year. and then to nmissioh 'heii' DIS
racreation denartment tn lrnish recreation for
tho whoa community TT association complied
and annointad an ayacu+i1 committee, composed
of two Of IFS directors a. five young men, to
have charge of the arrae ments. 1"ei,s hiile
boys were appointed on mmittees III oruei y
give them share in theOnstructNe WIN.
Temnorarv nuartars we secured in an old
barn. which was fitted u5through general con-
trbutions, including a grsophohe' piano' poo'
table, stoves, dishes, anndoor Daseoai ou'h''
S137 in cash and suhscttions for many maya
zines Rov scents and amnd were soon organ
lied. and other organizafns were formed.
As result, it was sOts IOuhd tiat no souiiS
men were povarnino +baselves, financing their
own enterprise through 'arlouS hteF'aiiiiheht@'
and providing social opTtunitles ana a'iiieA's
for their fathers. mothes brothers ana sisters.
At the same time they We members OF the Neigh
borhOod association wit votes on an questions
The barn soon becanptoo small Tor theSe va
riOus activities This braght to the front a ques-
ton which had been md consideration for some
tirne-the erection Of acommunity building. 1t
was finally decided thu building shodid ne
erected which would bfthe headquarters of the
Neighborhood associatio. with its membership OF
300 men and women, spresenting 30 families.
together with its boys screation department, ana
also be general socn center
The completed buildig, together with the land,
represents an outlay 81 $50 900. The community
nature of the work nIthe raising OF FUNDS and
the method of constrction is indicated by the
fact that the land, thelabor OF ITO members, ana
from 9Oper cent Of the families in
he village were all Onated.
The building is STATED on a rise OF ground
n grove eff trees ad comprises one story and
basement The sudtorium can be made TO seat
100 people, and was especially designed for mo-
ion picture exhibitions for dances. and for Das-