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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1931
Page
8
Readers learn how Clean Up Days were observed in Pella Iowa through first person accounts from fourth to sixth graders at Webster Lincoln schools. Pupils describe gathering cans raking leaves and hauling rubbish to the dump while praising Pella as the cleanest city in Iowa and urging continued community effort.
Local youths and families across Pella townsfolk promote cleanup day to keep streets yards and alleys free of rubbish. Volunteers rake mow pick up cans and haul debris to dumps creating a healthful city image and reinforcing the claim that Pella is Iowa’s cleanest city.
A collection of student reflections on clean up week praising yard maintenance and tin can collection in Pella Iowa. Beams of civic pride appear as children describe raking yards, gathering rubbish, placing cans at the curb, and urging neighbors to keep their town neat and green.
A collection of first person notes from Pella children describe efforts to tidy yards during clean up week. They detail raking, picking up cans and bones, placing rubbish for the rubbish truck, planting flowers, and general yard maintenance to keep the city neat.
Readers across a town recount efforts during Clean-Up Week to collect rubbish, tin cans, and old debris. Children and families rake lawns, mow grass, gather trash, and curb items for removal, aiming for neater yards and a tidier community.
Local accounts describe cleaning week activities many residents undertake. They gather tin cans glass rubbish from basements yards and garages and place items on the curb or parking for the junk man or dump. Residents include Cornelius Messamaker Arthur Messamaker Melvin Hartley Betty Ries Nettie Messamaker George Sherlock Alice Breuklander Willard Hosack Leona Schippers Artie Cummings Hazel Carder Edward Good and others.
Virginia Van Gorp and others describe cleaning yards curbside trash hauling mowing raking and tidying flower gardens and playhouses during clean up week. Entries include Sawing twigs mowing lawns carrying clippings to dumps and airing rugs with several noting improved appearances.
Fourth graders at Webster School and residents urge cleaning up homes lawns and gardens to keep Pella Iowa healthy and attractive. Families collect cans and papers plant flowers mow lawns and tidy indoors and out. The push aims to make Pella the cleanest city in town and safer for everyone.
A series of notes from residents describe a coordinated cleaning drive this week. Families report clearing rubbish such as tin cans and leaves, mowing lawns, raking and burning debris, and planting seeds to prevent germs and improve the city’s appearance.
Jimmie Koopman and Katie Van et report a joint effort to beautify Pella by collecting tin cans rubbish and weeds. They mow lawns plant flowers and clean the yard and coal house to make the city cleaner and defend against dirt this week. Continuous note indicates continuation on next page.
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