Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1926-11-04
MARY's CHAPEL HOLDS FIRST
MEETING ON COMMUNITY SPIRIT

with the Country Life Conference
work.
| Mary's Chapel Community is certain
ly to be commended 1tr the fire pro-
/ gram presented.
The adoption of their eom,nuniry
slogan, "Do it for others as wen as
for ourselves certainty blends in with
their spirit.
Program
/ Community Spirit Program Miss
4 Ada Mouser, chairman
I Song His Love Keeps us Smiling
{ Devotional Services Mr.. l.. A.
Payne
Song Help Somebody Todag'
! Essays by Berryburg High School
Students.
Community Spirit
Why are many rural districts salts
fed to go along just as they have gone
for years? Simply because they hav-
emit Community Spirit. Each citizen
thinks of himself Only. He doesn't
care what becomes Of other people or
places. Community Spirit is hard to
define. 1t is that attitude on the part
of the people which fixes their gen
eral standards of thoughts and life.
The right kind makes them want to
have their life in common, mean all
! that it is possible. 1t inspires ambi-
tion to bring success and happiness
not only to one person but to every
one in the community. Some ti1nes adj
vertising will do much toward get
ting the right state Of mind in COM
munity.
Advertisers tell us that no man can
expect to be successful in selling
goods unless he sells himself 80 it is
with the people in a community. 1t
they are always apologizing fol their
town, people will take them at their
wcrd and the town will never be any
better than it is But if they get
Community Spirit they will set to
work and make their town the best.
Community Spirit is possible only
when people cooperate or work to-
gether. Every person needs food. clo-
thing and shelter. But as industry is
carried on today, some men give all
| their time to raising foods. While
others give their attention to making
clothing, others building houses, drive
locomotives, paint pictures or write
stories When one man selects one of
the articles, he must have nearly all
The rest to make good living. Again
we must have community spirit.
/ Cooperation by all industries JOIN
action by all the armies aalted sup
port from all the allies, alone brought
! victory. Without community spirit
7 democracy itself would have perished.
So we must have community spirit.
LEONA FRTDLEY.
Community Spirit
Community Spirit is the spirit
/ which we have in making our Com
munity the very best.
4 If we the people of our community
have real community spirit VIC will
think Of our community as beng the
( best.
This spirit causes Us to have a more
determined desire to improve our
premises, get better schools, have
something going on at our churches
so that our people may learn 10 do
and say good things as well as the
bad which they learn around differ
ent places to which they may go. We
should do something to help them do
away with the bad and bring in the
! good. Community spirit like school
spirit, compels cooperation, one with
another
We must always boost for cur com
munity We should get slogan ano
then live up to it.
Although people might think of our
community as being very low, if we
get community spirit among our peo-
pie and uphold our town or commun-
ity they will have to say it is great.
Outsiders think and talk Of cur
community just as we think and talk
of it.
\ Communities never go higher than
its people 1t isn't our community 1t
is u.s. We must search and research
ourselves to see if we are doing any
thing against the upbuilding of Cur
community, and must do away with
such things.
We have made and are making our
community what it is and just what
it ever will be.
So why not get busy and boost for
our community. EVELYN SHAW.
Community Spirit
In order 10 have real community
spirit we must all work together and
not be all for ourselves.
We must try to bring cur commu-
nifty together and not let the yourg
people 90 to another community fer
pleasure In order to do this we must
all cooperate together in social and
religious associations as Leagues, Sur
day school and other activities.
What is community? A commit
| nifty is A group Of people living close
| together maintaining mutual interest
and subject to the same physical and
moral condition. These people know
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