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Snow Cleanup Through South Park Improvement Association
The South Park Improvement Association, a private nonprofit, has cleaned streets and alleys for years using equipment from horse powered plows 40 years ago to a tractor bought last fall. Alfred Miller drives it on 57th near Ray School as the association operates five days weekly May through October and maintains lots, sewers, and crosswalks while gathering leaves and salting intersections. Founded in 1901 to improve inadequate city services, the group lists Dr Stanton Friedburg as president and Albert Cotton as treasurer.
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