The Dillon herald. (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, July 15, 1920, Image 12
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RECREATION FOR THE BOYS.
How a Western Town Solved the
"Bad Boy" Problem In its
Community.
Boys are full of energy and they
have amusement. The boy, like the
steam engine, must have a pop-off
valve. If there is no way of letting off
the surplus energy the boy is in danger.
Many petty crimes are committed
by boys because they have no form of
amusement, ltjs better not to close
the pool rooms and loafing places if
some other form of amusement is not
provided. The following story from
"The Farmer's Wife" tells how a Missouri
town solved the bad boy problem:
"Any hot summer afternoon within
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could run upon a group of old men
sitting in the shade of the court house
in Chillicothe. Missouri, talking longingly
of the old ''swimmin' hole" of
their youth.
But the merry days of youth is beyond
out control;
And it's hard to part forever with the
swimmin' hole. t
Down in Butt's pasture, a mile'
southwest of town it lay, bounded by.
| groves of maple, elm and beech; here!
also grew hickory and sycamore, dog-;
wood and hazel brush. Long before
his death, old man Butts, peace to his
ashes, filled the hole with hedgebrush
and placarded his pasture with
warnings to trespassers. And since
that day, Chillicothe, with a population
of 10,000, has been without a
swimming hole, country club or any
other outdoors recreation place.
While the old men dreamed of other
times, the boys of today loafed about
the streets. Daily, arrests were made
for petty crimes and in almost every
instance the offenders were young
boys who bad nothing to do and no
? Piste to go.
bout a year ago the citizens of
town raided and closed two whiskey
joints masquerading as drug stores
but after this negative attempt toward
making the boys good, all interest in
the subject seemed to vanish until
June, a year ago, when Howard Warner,
a Chillicothe citizen and business
man, looking over his 19-acre suburban
' tract, which compromised old
Buttes' pasture, remembered that in
the hollow at the foot of the hill there
once was a natural "ole swimmin'
hole."
Howard Warner went on thinking;
If he could sdll 250 season tickets at
SlO.OO each, good for 50 swims this
year or next, he could build a modern
wimming pool and give the hoys of
town something to do, the people of
town a place to play. In two days he
had sold 150 tickets and two months
later, a big. tile-walled pool 100x150
feet was opened to the public.
The natural topography of the pasture
reduced the amount of excavating
required for a pool two feet deep
ne end, for the kiddles, and nine feet
deep at the other. It has a sand-coveted
cement floor and its sides are
lines with hollow building tiles made
at a local plant. There is a diving
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tower twelve feet high and a spring
board secured by a cement block
which weighs a ton. A diving raft?
a platform ten feet square supported
by four empty barrels tightly corked
?floats in the water. Electric lights 1
are strung around the banks. The
pool capacity is 800,000 gallons.
Fresh water, which the city helped
pipe from its 1,400,000 gallon reservoir,
built three years ago, runs in
continually. A paid life-guard is always
on duty. There is a bath house
equipped with Bhowers and with 74
lockers for men and 22 for women.
THo r?nnl was about S5.
000. One half of this has already been
raised by season tickets. The management
charges 25 cents a swim for
adults, 15 cents for children and 10
cents apiece for sterilized bathing
suits. As Mr. Warner sees it, there
is no, reason why such a pool should
not be a paying proposition in this
or in any other trwr. of similar size
and location.
Only one who has lived in the small
inland town'of the middle west can
realize what such a pool means to the
people. It has already become a community
center for wholesome rec-rea- '
tion. From 300 to 1,000 persons daily
have enjoyed the pool since its opening.
Farm women drive in for a swim
between chores. Tourists welcome any
delay that permits a dip in the tempting
water. And best* of all the boys
are being kept out of mischief by this
return of the "ole swimmin' hole."
Resolutions of Respect.
The Wesley Bible Class of the
Latta Methodist Sunday School lost
in the death of Brother D. McL. Bethea
one of its truest and most consecrated
members. He has always
taken a deep spiritual and material
interest in the class and all its affairs.
Such exemplification of Christian
living is worthy of the highest commendation.
Therefore, in paying a
tribute to our deceased classmate let
us Resolve, I
That we commend his consecrated
christian life to the other members
of the class and that we may ever
keep in mind that, while he has
been taken from us, his Influence
and prayers are still with us.
That we inscribe a page of our minute
book to his memory.
That a copy of these resolutions be
sent to the bereaved family and to
The Southern Christian Advocate and
to the Dillon Herald for publication.
P. C. Henry,
E. C. Bethea,
W. H. Smith,
Committee.
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NOTICE OF FINAL DISCHARGE.
Notice is hereby given that D. W.
Bethea, administrator of the estate
of A. LeRoy Bethea, deceased, has
made application unto me for final
discharge as administrator and that
Monday, August 9th, at 10 o'clock in
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the forenoon has been appointed tor
the hearing of the said petition.
All persons holding claims against
the said estate are requested to file
them with the administrator, on or
before Monday, August 9th, or this
notice will be plead in bar of their
recovery.
JOE CABELL DAVIS,
Judge of Probate.
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some of tbe finest land for g:
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duction of cotton and all grain
price wbi cb ougbt to make it i
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and tobacco grower.
1. 850 acres, more or less,
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vation. Known as tbe Rev.
Tbis land is located in Scotlan
state of Nortb Carolina, about
miles from Jobns, 8 miles fron
olina, and about 5 miles from
Smyrna Presbyterian cburcb i
Tbere is a large amount of firn
land. Tbis is fine farming lan
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tbey will be subdivided into si
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investigation.
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