The herald., 1897-04-11
LONG BEACH

LONG BEACH. April 10.-Regular
Correspondence) Progressive Long
Beach was out in force last Wednesday.
That was the day decided upon by the
Improvement society for the citizens
to turn out and put the city park in order,
and great was the response by the peo-
pie. The onslaught on weeds by the
workers was only equalled in fervor by
that. which they made on the entic-
ing and substantial lunch which the pub
lie spirited ladies of Long Beach had pro-
vided.
Mrs. Hattie Burnell was the head of
the committee appointed by the president
of the society to look after this depart
ment and to her and her efficient aids
must the credit be given. The following
is partial list of the ladies who gave
their services in waiting on the tables
Arbor day: Mines. s. c. Kendall, H. L.
Lunt, D. Powell, w. Caller. j. w. Wood,
r. j. Craig. w. M. Craig, George E. Os-
born, H. Burnell. G. w. Covert, Daven-
port, j. c. Twbmbly, S. e. Terry, Down
ing, George McComas, G. S. Clifford. Col
lingwood, S. Bush, o. c. Welbourn. Roth
rock, II. M. Lill, Goodwin, G. c. Brown,
NJ. Nudge, d. J. Mccarthy. w. H. Aus
tin, L. H. Jaques, P. Griffith and the
Misses Feathers. Anna Woodbridge, Bes-
sic Bailey and number of others.
In the ranks of the men workers were
doctors, lawyers, newspaper men.
preachers, merchants, capitalists and
other up-to-date and representative cit
izens. reinforced by pupils from the high
school, Supervising Principal H. L.
Lunt and Professors Hall and Chaplin.
Dinner was preceded by prayer, Rev.
s. c. Kendall, the chaplain of the day,
officiating, and who also addressed the
company after lunch on the necessity of
continuing in the gooS work thus aus
piciously inaugurated, and requested all
who possibly could to be at the meeting
of the Improvement society which was
to be held at the city hall Friday after
noon at 2:30 o'clock.
Friday was ladies' day, the following
ladies turning out with hoes and rakes
and working several hours in the flower
beds: Mines. L. M. john, J. c. Twom-
bly,. d. J. Mccarthy, VIM. M. Craig, r.
c. Truax, G. E. Osborn. George Nc
Comas and Miss Lydia Dildman. They
made a wonderful improvement in the
looks of the flowers.
vi liiC al ltGi hoOil VI hHC same udy lHeIe
was a meeting of the Improvement soci-
ETY. at the city hall. D. P. Thayer, ap-
pointed by the president to canvass the
town for subscribers to q fund to be
applied to hiring a competent man as
park overseer, reported as having Sc
cured $51 per month, to be given in
monthly installments for the coming six
months. A park committee composed
OF Messrs. Johnson. Rogers, Kendall
Collingswood and Lowe were elected and
given full power to act in respect TO
hiring help to care for the park Messrs.
Bacon Craig and Thayer were appointed
a committee on finance.
The hardware store of w. L. Stevens,
corner of Pine and Second streets, was
entered some time during Friday night
by burglars and a small amount of
money and some cutlery, consisting
mainly of pocketknives, taken.
Miss Rose Coulthard of Garden Grove
Is. guest a the home of A. f. Curtis.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. L. Glaze of Fort Scott,
Kans., are visiting DR.. and Mrs. George
c. Brown at their home here, Mrs. Glaze
being sister Of Mrs. Brown. They will
remain here all summer.