Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1927-03-03
RELIGION AND LIFE
BY Rev. A. H. Rapking

sion on VISION IN our class IN OOm-
munity Leadership here at Jackson's
Mill the other day. We asked this
some magic power enabling us to do
fully as we liked, how would we pro-
coed to make over our communities;
what sort of places would we have
them be as far as homes, schools,
churches, farms, recreation, people
were concerned, etc. ?"
We decided that real progress in
cluded a number of factors; for in
stance, man might progress in car
ing for his sheep and fail in helping
his children as he ought; or a man
might have lots of monev and still
be a failure because he neglected the
spiritual and cultural sides of his life.
The Craigsville, Nicholas County,
community plan of work which came
to my desk the other day is typical
of the many progressive commune
rs program "a ou1ae1t We
mia. Thje ca~7r,anraifv IS 'n'arn'ar
to do certain definite things to raise
the community's score under the var
icus phrases of the score card.
Community Spirit: (1) Complete a
community history. (2) Everybody
along the Glass A road lime fence
posts. (3) The dahlia was adopted as
the community flower. The Council
will try to get dahlias planted in
every yard. az The community will
support the county fair and win as
many premiums as possible.
"Citizenship: ~ Get complete
ailing list of all the farmers in the
immunity. ~ Hold at least one
Getting at which state institutions
/ nd duties of the county, state, and
,ational officials are taken up. g,
7ncoarage the All Club members of
his community with their work as
nuch as possible.
"Recreat;on. az Organize local
asket-ball team and a horseshoe
itching team. (2) Hold community
I 7icnic. (3) Help in every way pos
ible with the public school dav which
svill be held at this point in the
! rring. az Get one farmer to at
md the Farmers Camp at Jackson's
, Mill and one farm woman to attend
he Farm Womens' Camp. 60 Take
ID the matter of using the lower
floor of the Odd Fellows Hall for
cmmunity meeting. Electric lights
ran be furnished by the Blakenship
home.
Health: a. Try to get well dsill-
Health (1) Try to get a well drill
I'd for the Craigsville school. ~
Zee that every home gets the quarter
ly bulletin of the West Virginia State
Department of Health. (3) Get a.
hot lunch outfit for the school. az
Cooperate in the selling of antitu-
berculosis seals.
Homes: a. Make home grounds
of the community more attrartive.
(2) Subscribe for more newspapers
and magazines.
Schools: "a Plant some trees or
shrubbery on Arbor Day. (2) Get
the seats in the primary room rear
ranged so as to let light come in
from the left (3) Have jacketed
ventilating stove. (4) The teacher
will act as Fourth Club Leader.
"Churches: ID Have both churches
in the community painted and repair
ed. ~ Try to increase membership
and get the folks whose names are
on the church books as members to
attend
"Business: ~ Buy fertilizer coop
eratively. (2) Cooperate in keeping
up rural telephone lines.
Farms: ~ Take up the impor-
lance of well-planed rotation Of
crops with farmers. (2) Campaign
for treating all sheep in the commu-
nifty for stomach worms. (3) Have
poultry culling "drive" at culling
season and try to get flocks in the
community culled. (b) Try to estab-
lish a "sprac ring" for those who
are interested in growing potatoes
for market"
This program is efidence that some
of the felix's in the Craigsville Com
munity have been thinking about how
they can help their community. This
looks like mighty big program, but
there is nothing included that can
not be accomplished if the folks work
together. Then, too, this kind of a
program affords everybody an OPP
portunity to help. Some can help best
with the church and Sunday School
work while others can help much
better with the recreational program.
| Some men can star in pitching horse