The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-02-02
OVER THE TOP TO-DAY.

On Saturday the War Camp Community Service
automatically went out of existence and the Com
munity Service, Inc took its place. 1t is now up to
the people of Pensacola to show their loyalty to the
men of the service the soldiers and sailors whom
this nation relied in time of war; and upon whom the
people of Pensacola to show their faith in their town
by supporting movement which will mean better
social service for the town. it is time for the peo-
pie of Pensacola to resent the insult to the wives
and mothers of Pensacola who have so freely given
their services in their patronage of the social affairs
conducted under the patronage of the War Camp
Community Service by putting this drive over today
and getting through with 1t.
The editorial which appeared in Sunday morning s
Journal. advocating the uniting of all forces in put
ting this drive then the cessation of drives for
some time. and followed by second great united
drive has met with much favorable comment.
The best way to make this drive possible is to get
through with the present drive once, get the ma
with the assistance of these trained workers, it will
be the easier put over other three drives.
One thing is very certain. The men who are put
ting this drive deserve the backing of Pensacola
They deserve that if you negative that you get
out OF the road. And IL you are constructive, that
YOU prove it by putting this drive over, and putting
it before nghtfaIl. There is money enough in
Pensacola, and to spare for this investment. For it
is investment. One of the best that could pos
sibly make
The ten thousand dollars which will be raised for
community service work in Pensacola will be spent
in Pensacola 1t will turned right back again into
the channels of trade.
If there We're no other reason for keeping up the
Community Service work than that the Army and
Navy Club might be kept open, that alone would be
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money in Pensacola. We profit through this ex-
penditure thousands of dollars, not in year. but in
a month. Are we to get all, and give nothing?
naval officer who is a staunch advocate of the
Community Service work. in speaking of the oppor-
tunities for Pensacola naval base called atten-
ton to the fact that too prone to think of
what get out of the service, and not what we
can give. Now is time to show that we want to
give too. We want to show these men, and the
men of the American Legion that not en-
tirely oblivious of what they have done.
But putting aside the fact that we owe it to-
these to keep the Community Service function
ing in Pensacola, want to also realize that we
it to ourselves. The fact that the Community
Service in Pensacola is branch of a great national
organization means much for the development Of
this community. 1t means that Pensacola has the
advantage of trained workers who are sent to PEN
Albro community worker who has been in Pensa-
cola for few weeks, is of these. Mr.. Aber
nathy of the Community Service is another
These trained workers will be sent to Pensacola
from time to time to help us in working out our
community problems; to aid in the playground
work for the children; in the organization of any of
the other activities which may undertake
The Community Service campaign is going forward
with splendid success. Let us concentrate the
drive today and carry it through 1t is not fair
to the men who giving their time to this work,
to put off your subscription to fail to cooperate
with them in giving what time is possible. Let us
put it today. and show ourselves not unmind-
full of obligations.
AS for the subject OF the public dances, which has
created tempest in teapot. let remember that
it will not make iota of difference whether we
subscribe to the Community Service or not, these
dances will be continued. 1t will simply mean that
they will be continued without the supervision
which they have; a supervision which means
that they carried under the best of auspices
and that the young women and men who dance there
do so in the proper environment
II we were living in the days of the millennium
we should probably not have public dances. But
we are facing facts here in Pensacola today. We
know that young people of this community going
to have recreation just young people have had
since the beginning of time. We know that the
men of the army and the navy normal men,
that in their hours of relaxation they seek amuse-
ment. we give them innocent diversion we
shall help to make them better men, if we refuse
them innocent diversion, shall help neither them
nor the community.
very wise Pensacola who was much in
terested In prohibition and who worked for it and
wrote for it. during many years of her life used
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