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icWILL31-OfontrHER FACEAPRILC6ite! Mrs. William I'rioc Hoadsfacts Co nearl;steelsell inwhicEtends the omitteman11ctee'simceiptCentury Club in the City lh(. a\ •• j || . • • /t • na1 ioBeautifying I ampaign.hodsheadm-n-lioirendatMEN. WOMEN AND KIDS Til HUPMayor Osborne Will Officially SetcampknowpartrID, 1Ththe ahas i i try.Aside a lay for Making War on wate Trash and Dirt. unitMorpgold of UassocICClisithridinferm-redprintAIf a stranger should happen to be elt arriving in Joplin April 6, lie may besurprised to see great clouds of blue j * h smoke arising from the city, and on j tailj ift entering he muy again be surprised to at j see many wagon loads of rubbish being carted to the city limits, for that is the day that has been unofficially chosen for the Joplin Cleaning Day.The selection has been made by the women of the Century Club, wh' have taken it upon themselves to make Joplin a spotless town. _____Mayor Osborne will officially set the UnitAt ; date a little later and the CenturyClub members have been appointed to head the campaign on y.i dirt andimpotion in itconclt;si d i a■I:wherillintheut-ne-,ndmesfridenlt;subsrubbish of Joplin. Mrs. William Price, o£ t)of 302 Ryers avenue, has been elected chairman of the campaign.Every home in Joplin will be solicited by a committee of the Centurythege t hous “IClub women and everyone will be £asked to participate in the cleaning. The committee will visit the public schools and the children and instructors will be interested in the work.Even the Men Must Help.Mrs. Price is to be assisted by chairmen from every neighborhood in Joplin. These women will be known as neighborhood chairmen. The school children will have their own committees, headed by children chairmen and ’they will have their work to do In beautifying the city.The men—ah, yes—the men will also come in for their share of the efforts. The Century Club women realize that they must interest the women and children first. They rely upon these valiant supporters to make the men heln In the cleaning, dy I Nearly every year previous to this to ; the mayors of Joplin have set aside a ne | dav for the annual clean-up, but there have been few of these days that have been successes. No one has seemed to take an interest in the wo,rk, but te this year the members of the Century it, Club are determined to interest every ve person In Joplin. All of the women's »m ' clubs of this city will te asked to as-is j sist, and the Commercial Club, the isti South Joplin Booster Club, the East I Joplin Improvement Association ander-;hene,je-|Sbstiveerstieieyretlarol-rht5 proficlrn1910sour Of i oeivt theintei colla a m oSteeits IthetereicentBHD. corn; 660.i stocaann”the Villa Heights Booster Organiza-tion will help them, ck j The undertaking of the campaign by the Centurv Club is the result of the recent study of civic improvement ’at! which the members have been pursu-a(j j ing. The women have become vitally interested in making Joplin one of the most beautiful cities In Missouri.It is understood they do not intend to stop at cleaning up Joplin streets and yards, but they will put forth efforts to park the small un-10-hein**e-1theyearamowhitamonetshovumolargthedentand$30fthecomstee utor inco corf on i of IcentportId-1sightly plots of ground which are gen- j monerally allowed to grow up in weeds. The war may extend to the sign-i boards which the y^men think vulgarize many portions of Joplin, which might be converted into delightful beauty spots. e‘ The citib will meet at the home of Mrs. Price next Friday and committees will be appointed to assume theit-;n.hehesitw v v m m m '*** ww j- p — — - — —^ ^ ' — — w-k, work of the campaign for the clean-shoiant$1.1tainchaii n te pani p ro tcatifum^ I Ing-up day. These committees will be j moi1 instrumental in the selecting of the riV j neighborhood chairmen and interesting the #chool children.It is probable that an effort will be made to bave Mayor Osborne attend the meeting, to offer suggestions which can be utilized in the work.atiWx-unaserligabe rand79,2ear*
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Joplin Morning Tribune
Joplin, Missouri, US
Thu, Feb 29, 1912
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