Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1926-03-18
KIWANIS RENDERS SPECIAL
PUBLICITY PROGRAM

The kiwanis held their second
luncheon and regular meeting last
Friday evening in the Luzsrene Hotel
where nearly all the members met.
Immediately after the dinner, the
POSTMASTER Hugh Shinn called upon
Tom hardwood to say something on
my Own Business" Mr.. hardwood
remarked that to call him by his first
! name was to address him as TON"
or "Dick" he said half of his
brothers and sisters called him TON"
and the other thirteen called him
"Dickn, and about his business he
! said he had none, but that he
promised to tell something about
my Own Business" when got it.
He followed this up with other clever
remarks. Howard Price then was
called on to state what Belington
Needs Most, after reiterating the
many needs of the town he hit upon
! the keynote of the situation, and
that was Cooperation"
know Your City" was a special
program in charge of the Publicity
Committee. Kiwanis songs, and
special music featured part Of the
program, after which Fred. f.
Thompson, delivered the address,
responses followed by Mayor Bennett
and Mayor-elect Rohrbough.
Mr. Thompson's address follows:
MIR. President-Fe Fellow Kiwanians,
| 1t has been my lot for several years
to be selling something, and now it
becomes nay supreme task to sell you
town-a city. | have in mind a
and live contentedly. 1t is not in
Fairyland, neither it is wholly with
in the spiritual realm of creation,
but somehow | cannot help but think
that the Creator had something to do
with its present location, and some
times | think that Croesus of old,
in his desire for gold would envy the
place if he were living today. ! am
not going to put this town on the
auction block, or publicly offer it thru
hands Of a selling syndicate, for /
am convinced that when once you
know about it, the sale, then and
there, will be made and completed.
| am sure that you who are here
this evening are good enough bust
ness men to know bargain when you
see it, and will do as Jefferson did,
when he purchased the Louisiana
| Territory, that is, almost crack"
your credit to possess it and to hold
! it.
This town which / am selling is
young in years, full Of hidden trea-
lures and latent powers, heretofore
ul-measrred, and inexhaustible.
II am Offering only "gilt edge"
investment to bona-fide investors.
This town is not on the stock mar
ket and never will be; it is only bf
chance and good fortune that the OPP
! portunity came to me to make the
offer.
"This town owns and controls it
own water system, and by gravity
the pure sparkling water is carried
from nearby mountain springs into
the reservoirs and pipe lines leading
to all the business houses and prin-
cipal residences within its large do
main Of over 1900 acres. It's prin-
cipal streets are paved and remain in
good condition; it's sewerage systems
cover the main portions of the town
all built from bond issue now near
ly paid off. Bond issues, one of only
$38,000.00 on its water plant, and
the other of only 100000 on its
schools, represent the outstanding
indebtedness, thus having the So y
est Indebtedness of any town of its
size within radius of 100 miles, and
tax levies reasonably low.
1.-THE State Highway runs north
and south in and out of this town,
and besides it has four other hard
surfaced roads leading into it. 1t.
has two trunk line railroads, and
three other tributary railroads, all
Of which give the best freight and
passenger service. What more could
you ask from traffic standpoint?
This town Of which | speak has
FIVE live. churches, with five pastors
who are wide awake and are blazing
the way for a better town and a high
er civilization, and who are not a.
fraid to preach sound doctrine and
the pure Gospel.
This town has no colleges, church
or charity schools, asking for dona-
tions from time to time as a drain
upon the business men, but it does
boast of it's attractive and efficient
first-class High School which has