The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-10-19
HAS UNDERTAKEN A
VERY GOOD WORK


this community in the better things
of life and he certainly is entitled to
the cooperation of everyone in the
community and especially the parents
of the young people of this commune
ty. He has organized a troop of boy
scouts, one Of the best organizations
we know Of for young boys, and this
scout organization will undertake to
whip into shape our much neglected
tourist park and camp ground, and he
has the troop pretty well interested
in the undertaking. This week under
his leadership the boys began the
building of dam in Butte creek, and
this should next season provide
swimming pool right in the park, and
ii the work is continued eventually
should give Us some good fishing right
near town.
1t is very worthy enterprise, and
we cannot help but commend the Rev
erend and the boy scoutss in this
laudablc undertaking, but in order to
keep up interest and to make a real
success of this enterprise they need
the hearty cooperation of their par
ents and all grown-uns who would like
to see such camp and recreation
ground kept up III condition Let S
all take little more pride in our pub
lie parks and buildings and we will all
feel better. The Memorial Tourist
Park and Camp Ground can, with
very little efofrt, be made one of the
real beauty spots in this part of the
state, and then with little judicious
advertising among the tourists who
travel over the Memorial Highway
next season, will soon spread the good
news Of our park far and wide' and
the park will attract more and more
people to take advantage of the camp
ing facilities offered.
The Reverend also informs Us that
he hopes to have the young folks of
the community interested during the
coming winter to reiuvenate and re,
pair and put IN condition the Legion
Hall that has been allowed to 90 to
rack and ruin during the past year
through sheer shiftlessness. This isl
also very commendable undertaking,
and every good citizen should lend
helping hand The Legion hall in its
present condition is certainly a shame
and disgrace to the town. Two
years ago this building was in very
good repair, had a good stage and a
nice set Of scenery, and also had been
seated with chairs, was nicely plaster
ed and had good piano. Today the
stage has been almost wrecked, the
piano has been completely demolished
beyond any thought of ever repairing,
the pastering has been knocked off in
great chunks, and the scenery has
been badly used and in some instances
utterly ruined, the doors and windows
of the building have been demolished.
and all III all that which a couple of
years ago was public gathering place
that could be pointed to with pride
is today monument that should make
every citizen of Wood blush with
shame at the wanton destruction that
has been wrought there.
The natural bent of most young
boys and girls is to destroy, and tn"
youth of Wood is no exception to the
general rule. There has been no de-
terring hand, and the result is that
the building has been almost COM
pletely wrecked. Such work cannot
help but have bad influence on the
growing generation, and we certainly
are mighty glad to see Rev. kussman
undertake the herculean task of try
ing to engender little pride into the
minds of the young people of this
community, to encourage them in
building up instead of continually
tearing down what others have built.
If he receives the proper encourage
ment from the parents and the people
generally you will be surprised what
these destroying angels will accOmp-
ish in year, once they bend their
efforts in building up and beautifying.
Let s al of us turn over new leaf,
get behind the movement started by
Rev. Kussman and the boy scouts,
help them in every way we can to ad-
vance their program of building up,
encourage more of the boys to be-
come active members of the scout
troop, and endeavor to organize the
girls in like organization. There
isn't much danger of Wood getting
an overdose of this sort of work.