The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-07-22
WHEELS WELFARE
ACTIVITY BEGIN
SHOW ACTIVITY
Boy Scout, Red Cross and Play
ground Work Receiving At
tention Director Bennett

/ The Community Welfare League OF
| Lakeland which was organized some
time ago for the purpose OF uniting
the forces of the city in doing Wei
fare work has proved to be a success.
All of the plans of the League has
not been accomplished yet owing to
the fact that the organization has
been without director for several
months, but since the arrival of G.
E. Bennett from Rome, Ga, who has
taken charge of the work as director
of the League the plans for the diff
| ferent lines of work are fast develop
ing and in the near future all of the
activities of welfare work will be
carried out to the letter.
The executive board of the Welfare
| League is composed of one represen-
tative from each of 26 organizations
of the city which directs the activi
ties of the league
Boy Scouts
/ During the past ten months the
Boy Scout work in this city has been
on the decline on account of being
without proper council organization,
while the Boy Scouts work is under
the Welfare League, yet they have
their own council organization which
is responsible for the carrying OUT
of the scout program.
The Welfare League director is also
the Boy Scout executive and since
his arrival in the city the council
has been re-organized and registered
at the National Boy Scout headquar-
ters which will pace a scouts and
troops that are registered in good
standing with the national council
At the first meeting of the Welfare
| League board it was decided that the
! first wor kof the new director was
! to begin the reorganization of the
| Boy Scouts in the city. Upon inves-
tigation it was found that only two
of the six troops that had been organ
ized here were properly registered
at national headquarters. There has
been several meetings of the scout
leaders held recently and there is at
the present tiDe eight troops un\2r
way of organization. The Elks lCfge
and Rotary club have both offered to
sponsor troops of scouts the other
troops will be cnnected with the diff
ferent churches of the city.
Red Cross.
One of the established works of
the Welfare League is that of the
Red Cross department. Through the
home service secretary of the Red
Cross excellent work is being accom-
! plished among the poor of the city as
we'll as the service that is given to
| the eX-service men of the late war.
Every day a number of cases are be
ing taken care of through this depart
ment of the league work.
! One case that deserves special men
ton is that of an old couple that has
been under the care of the Red Cross
for nearly three years, recently the
wife was adjudged insane and ar
rangements were made through the
united efforts of the Red Cross work
er and the Salvation Army officer to
have them both sent to Chattahoochee
complete outfit of clothing yas furh-
ished by the Welfare League and a
nurse will come in few days to
accompany them to Chattahoochee.
A number of cases of sickness are
also under the care of the Red Cross
which are receiving medical atten-
| ton as well as medicine. ?
Another important department OF
the Welfare League is the water car
nivals that are held here every month
where medals are given boys and
girls who meet certain life-saving re-
duirements. These events were to
have been held last Thursday for
this month but OH account OF the
Rotary -Kiwanis ball game it WIZ post
poned until next Thursday afternoon
at 4 o'clock c. 0. Pinch will have
charge of the events and the public
/ is invited to attend.
The carival will be held on Lake
Morton.
Playground Work.
The playground work has not yet
been fully developed although plans
are being made to open at least two
different Fairgrounds in the city as
soon as suitable locations can be OBJ
/ tanned.
One will be on the north side of
city and one on the south side.
Already there is a bathing pier
erected on Lake Morton which is
now being used by scores of boys and
girls every day, another is to be
built on Lake Wire as soon as FUNDS
are available to complete the plans
for playground work.
Another one of the activities of the
league will be to install a Volley
| Ball court near the center of the
city to be used by the business men
after office hours and during the af
ternoons.