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Experimental Plan Sets Five Towns On Road to Community Improvement
A Rotarian article recounts how five central Illinois towns Stan ford Minonk Roanoke Lexington Colfax Stanford with populations from 482 to 1897 tested a five step community betterment plan. Led by H Clay Tate and Alvin T Anderson the plan centers on local leadership public meetings a formal council and working committees to guide industrial social and civic reforms.
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Illinois
Robert Stein
E. Jerry Walker
Bloomington
Roa
Noke
Minoak
Lexington
Colfax
Stanford
H. Clay Tate
Daily Pantograph
Tate
Alvin T. Anderson
University of Illinois
Minonk
Mr. Tate
Anderson