The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-08-25

" llte1 gl8 attt1te q N ~ 1ie
year jumped right 81 With q i,fo.
gram Tor ciYic Improvement, Il q
back o. . public improvement bond
issue which viii DO voted upon this
fsll, Most Of the money will be
deYoted 10 an extension Of the sew,
erage system. The club = also
back Of a movement 10 ,Iblish
park In the residential ION and
another in the foreign set ion.
To fully put the Boy stbut move.
mont on ~ feet In Warren, penna.
II required $16,6o0. This procured
q scout executive, headquarterG
equipment, an automobile. The
fund was sold in the form Of hun
dred dollar shares. Each Rotarlat
took one and sold two others. ThIt
finances the movement for threl
years. But In addition 70 that the
members Of the club are taking a
personal interest 10 tho movement
and q Boy Scout field dag probably
will b. held IN September.
Brownsville, Pennn,, raised 3d.
900 for boy work by organizing thu
membership into teams and golns
to II. The money was contributed
! by the business people and an eI
perieneed man viii be employed
to work With the various boy or
gsnlsatlons.
/ IN Beaver Fails the RotariGns n
addition 10 supporting the Boy
Scout movement Is active in fur
Lhering physical recreatton for the
boys and girls Of the community. L
has established several Playground
and built and partially equipped
bathing beach on the river. II IL
expected that tho club will take VI
the construction OF a municipal out
door swimming pool Al an early
date, The club shows It's interest
In educational matters BY support
ing the back TO the schools move
mont.
The Sharon club maintains two
beds for crippled children In the
hospital where they are treated by
Rotary surgeons and physicians.
The club has public service com.
mIttee which is active In every
worthy cause and the record o.
boy work is very good one.
spencsr's Rotary club which
was affiliated since the first Of the
year has been doing the work Of
chamber OF commerce, but 1t
also has found time 10 make quite
fine record in regular Rotary in.
terests and activities It has or.
gantzed and helped to finance the
Bog Scouts and provided a four
weeks summer camp for them. It
has also organized Rotary hand
made up Of scouts and school
children. Plans for a community
building are under way.
Parkersburs's club now on the
second year Of its service, is con.
tinuing to wipe out factional and
other difference and make Parkers.
burg a better place to live In. The
clubs weekly meetings are very
Interesting and the Rotary spirit
is spreading not only among the
members but among the business
men OF the town generally,
Buckhannon Rotary club has
been doing some good work Of a
very practical character. Before
the Buckhannon club was organ;
lied tho public utilities Of the town
got. into a deplorahle condition and
it would have been necessary to
close down the lighting plant leav-
/ ing the town In darkness, but for
a financial reorganization which
the Rotary undertook. The utili.
ties we're organized as stock
company and 100000 worth OF
luew stock was disposed Of. Ever?
member OF the club Is stock
holder.
| AT Bluefield. Rotary takes boy
work every seriously. Beginning
with a free playground which was
equipped by the Boy Work com.
mittee. The club this year added
three more Fairgrounds which
have swimming pools and all kinds
of apparatus. Before their present
plans are completed there will be
a permanent building specially for
the boys.
Butler. Pa, is concentrating on
the big brother movement. Some
time ago the Judge Of the juvenile
court dismissed the probation Of
ticer and turned all OF that work
over to the Rotary club. They are
making a most thorough job of 1t
with excellent results.
| Elkins Rotary club organized q
Chamber OF Commerce for the
town and 1t Is still hard at work
developing Its possibilities for
service along that line.
1t is probable that Rotary got
it's first taste OF committee OF
safety work at Erie, Pa. A com.
mittee OF safety vas organized in
Eris during the war. It consisted
OF fifteen men, nicely distributed
among manufacturers, merchants
and professional men etc, but It
was pot conspicuously successful,
When hootlegGlng and the other
KINDS OF after the war lawlessness