Paragould soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1918-1950, 1922-08-18
BOY scout HUT IS TO BEBUlLT
ONPLOT or GROUND JUST NORTH
OF PARACOULD HIGH SCHOOL


be the red flag bearers, the Bolshe-
visits and other disgruntled ele-
ments whose efforts and energies
will be devoted to the destruction
of our society.
| DIR. C. A. Hardesty, who has oeen
conducting weekly lectures to local
members of the Scouts, addressed
| the assemblage in which he related
how quickly the young men were to
acquaint themselves with the in
structions OF first aid" and that
very often at the second session,
| following a lecture upon a given
topic, they would clearly demon
strate their knowledge of the sub
ject presented. The first aid lee
lures included subjects upon drown
/ ing and methods to be pursued in
I.resuscitating victims, as well as in
| what should be done in all other
forms of physical distress or acct
dents. 1T was pointed out that upon
Ethe occasion Of the railway wreck
horror at Sulphur Springs, near st.
Louis, several days ago, a Boy Scout
trOllp was aboard one of the i'll
fated trains. The news reports
stated that the young men did more
to relieve suffering OF the hundred
or more injured in the catastrophe
than all the citizens of that town
combined. Thirtyfive persons were
killed outright in that horror. The
Boy Scouts aboard one of the wreck
/ ed trains Immediately organized
themselves into a rescue party and
worked like trojans and vastly re-
4 lieved those in distress.
1t is one of the fundamental prin-
ciples of the organization that mem
bers shall be trained in first aid
methods. There are many other
useful ideas inculcated, in addition
to the moral influences that are
thrown about the youngsters as set
out in the famous pledge the mem
beers take, the equivalent of an oath
to the effect that they shah lead
/ the lives of men of the highest con-
ception Of patriotic, Christian citi-
zenship.
] The Daily Press regrets its in
ability TO publish Mr.. Jones COM
plete address, or give a more COM
prehensive report of the talk, but
the matter was inaccessible. A
very brief outline of the talk is all
we are in position to publish today.
The address by Mr.. Jones was
followed by very interesting and
enthusiastic addresses by r. w. Meri-
wether, Guy Adams, DR.. II. j. Green,
IL. l.. Vandervoort, J. H. Mcpherson,
| Frank Scovill and others. The talk
delivered by Mr.. Scovill was char
acterized by an Outburst OF en-
thusiastic expression and he said
he didn't want the citizens to con-
slider how cheaply they may con-
struct a hut for the boys, but how
good He said he would be proud to
see one built that would provide for
every comfort and pleasure OF the
youngsters, If it required several
thousand I GLARS. He pointed out
that the men of today owed more to
the rising generation of the young
men of the community IMAM they
| did to their efforts to escape paying
out a little money. Their characters,
he said. are not to be counted in
dollars, but it takes dollars TO make
proper provisions.
1t was proposed that the Ro-
ltarv and Lions clubs assume the
financial responsibility for erecting
the structure, that the work of con-
struction may begin Immediately. This
proposal was supported by a UNI
aninio1s' fvote. D.. NJ. Lowe, cashier
CT the First National Bank, who
had become thoroughly saturated
with the enthusiastic spirit of the
session announced that his institu-
ton would advance 100000 with
out interest to start the movement
off immediately-to begin building
the hut at once. Frank ScovilPs
enthusiastic register DopDeu up w
hundred -and-ten" and he said the
Arkansas Light & Power Company
would supply all the current the
hut would require without penny
of cost A vertitable "camp meet
ing" spirit had seized the assem-
blage and everybody indicated a
jubilant attitude in realization that
properly organized and equipped
Boy Scout movement and hut were
soon to be realization. 1t is esti-
mated that there are. approximately
800 boys in Paragould eligible as
members of the Boy Scouts, and an
energetic effort will be made to en-
list the total number. Each unit
of 80 members will be provided
with matured man Scout Leader.
The chair designated building
committee composed of T. l.. Hud-
dleston. #. RI. Lloyd, r. e. Spill
man, Frank Lane. Guy Adams and
Robert Meriwether. That committee
wa instructed to get into imme-
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