Imperial Valley press., 1923-01-06
new Y. M. {. A.
LEADER ARRIVES
FOR VALLEY WORK
Big Get-Together Meeting
at Brawley Monday
Night
Y. M. c.. A. to Cooperate
With Boy Scout
Leaders

v. {. WEBSTER, OF BraWleV, char
man of the Imperial County Y. NJ.
c. A. committee, has issued notice
of a meeting to be held in the
Brawlev Presbyterian Church next
Monday evening, January 8, al
! 7:30 p. m, it was announced at the
county Y. NJ. C. A. office this morn
ing.
Not only is every Y. NJ. c. \.
county committeeman urged to be
present, but pastors of all churches
in the valley, school principals, Hi
~ club leaders, Y. NJ. c. A. Boy
Scout troop leaders and others in.
terested in the " are also urged 10
attend
Matters of utmost Importance re-
garding the future policy and pro.
gram of the Imperial County Y. NJ.
6. A. will be considered and at the
same time the meeting will be the
occasion for the formal introduc-
tion of Roy S. Melvin, the new
county Y. NJ. G. A. secretary.
Comes From Eureka
Melvin comes to Imperial County
we'll fitted for his work. For the
past IA months he has been assistant
secretary of the Eureka Chamber of
Commerce which, in proportion to
the population and wealth of the
| community, is the largest civiccom.
mercial body in the United States
having a membership of 900 mem
bers. Previous to his connection
with the Eureka chamber, Melvin
was organizer and secretary of the
| Humboldt County and Eureka Com
munity Y. NJ. C. A s. and prior to
the late World War was secretary
at the Long Beach Y. NJ. G. A.
boys department He is an eXser-
vice man and member of the Fort
Humboldt Post of the American
Legion.
Since arriving in the Valley last
Tuesday, Melvin has been making
rapid preliminary survey of the
field, having already visited Cali
patria, Brawley and FL Centre. To
day he is making a trip to Calex-
leo and Holtville.
said Melvinj this morning, "that
last year the Y. NJ. c. A. had or
ganized in the Valley four Hi 'Y'
clubs with an enrolment of over
$50 older boys and also 10 younger
boys groups, with total enroll
ment of over 600, practically all
of these latter being given the re-
gular Boy Scout program, you may
get some idea of the magnitude of
Al, NJ ~ ,,-nrl- hama
Boy Scout Work Great
"The Boy Scout program alone, .
continued Melvin, (Which was
started in this county four years
ago by the Y. NJ. G. A. under the di-
rection of w. f. Stevenson, the for
better than that in most other coun-
ties of this state where there was
II fully organized Boy Scout coun-
ell. -
When asked what attitude the Y
NJ. C. A. would take toward the
movement here to organize regular
Boy Scout council and secure Il paid
Scout Executive, Melvin replied that
he was satisfied the Imperial Coun-
ty Y. NJ. C. A. Committee would fol
low the general policy of the asso-
citation throughout the country.
which is that of cooperation with
all worthwhile movements.
Y. M. G. A. to Co. Operate
"'The Y. NJ. c. A. will continue to
function in this county, in the future
us it has in the past eight years,
Melvin said, and we will work il
the closest cooperation and harmony
with the new Boy Scout Executive
| and his council for the best inter
ests of all boys. c. j. Carlson, de.
putty regional scout executive, has
! assured us that the Y. M. C. A.
county secretary will be made a
Boy Scout Commissioner for all Y
NJ. C. A. Boy Scout troops.
Certainly, there is plenty OF
work iir this Valley to keep both tho
Y. NJ. c. A. secretary and a paid
Boy Scout Executive busy Mel
! vim concluded. cit is not ques-
ton of whether there is work
enough to do, but rather that of
finances. This enlarged program
will cost the people of the county
about $4,000 or $4,000 a year in
stead of $4,000 or $1,000 year as
in the past. However, we are con-
| fident the people of the valley will
heartily respond to the challenge
| their desires has created. -