The Crittenden record. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1904-1907, 1905-07-21
BEAUrTFYTsH TOWNS
MEASURE o. SUCCESS ATTAINED At
FRAMlNo+AM, MASS
Naiue of Lessons TO ne Learned
From an improvement Associations
work--rraetieai Fruit Of a Lecture.
what Can he Done with the Press.

What Can he Done with the Press
In any community striving toward
the town beautiful" and the general
heh OF civic betterment nothing is
more stimulating than TO hear OF the
Ideals that obtain elsewhere and the
measure OF success attained. For per
haps fifteen years past the fine old
town OF birmingham. Mass. has had
Its village Improvement association.
moving along with varying degrees
OF enthusiasm. but hardly strenuous
enough 10 make any serious impress ON
the village life. Less than year ago
some of the more jealous souls met
aud resolved 90 organize under the
laws Of the commonwealth and begin
really 10 do things. With legal au.
thorlty to hohi real estate aud with
distinctly avowcd purposes the Fran.
lngham Improvement association be-.
gan It's active career
one Of It's first acts was 10 engage
the services Of Henry Turner Bailey
TO deliver an illustrated lecture In the
town hall. aud for this lecture several
local slides were provided. picturing
scenes that were an oIensc 10 the
town and many that were as notice.
ably 60 lts credit II goes without say.
lng that Mr.. Balley's effort was . de.
cided success. Before \ O'Clock on
the morning following the lecture men
were at work removing the objection.
able features that the stereop,icun had
70 eloquentiy presented. and twice the
space given by this brief paper might
b. nlled with accounts Of the actual
practical fruit shaken from that one
lecture tree.
The birmingham association IL for.
tunate In having an admirable board
OF ofScers, beaded by an enthusiast OF
high deals Probably no other man In
that town could or would give more
earnest, intelligent care to the inter.
ests Of the association and it, objects
than does it, president. Dr Franz
Wallace Patch The committees ar.
A. follows
finance. public grounds and streets
editorial membership and railroads
These committe,~ arv carefully select.
Ell aud are actively at Work Natural
y the most noticeable work has been
That % the editorial COMMITTEES. hccaus.
That IL In evidence 10 the local pres
week after week Right here il a sus.
gestion ~ value TO every improvement
society In the land.
Publicity. "kecping everlastingiy at
w. no, ntfully. hut persls,ently. will
accomplish wonders. Put those with
a gln for prc-enting things forccfully
aud yet judlciously on the editorial
Committee those who will no, h. east.
iy swerved by other Interests into put,
uns aside the claim. % the village I'm.
proyem"nt work Let them win the
cooperation Of the local pr-s and then
make the mos, u a. NJ, harI but
I'M with tact Rememb~r Emersou,s
counsel
Mask thy wisdom With delight.
Toy With he boS. but hit the vhits
There are thrcc local paper. Al
birmingham ncre are thrcc mem
bcrs of the editorial committee Of the
improvement association. Each mem
her writes for one % thc-e paper.
The chairman Of the committee has
conducici a regular department In the
Fnmlugham Tribune. 60 which be- has
contributed about two columns week
y Nothing viii perhaps better show
what may h. done through the local
prvss. handled In this way. than 90
quote from the report ~ this com.
nAticc a. the annual meeting
Now. the editorial committee feel.
like claiming Just a small part u the
rr"ilt Tor several steps In N. march
NJ progress For example. We werr
aecu'cd n bciag eloquent IA petition.
.ng for N" restoration ~ the beautiful Z
WIN spltc' II the Baptist church .
lhjur~l by lightning. ani the work
vas done N. too. our plea f1r q nov
artistic treatment ~ the rhurrh int. .
r.or wns perhaps not cs-sntial. bu, the
work was done. We frankly criticised .
'he disconsolatc appearance ~ u.
'hcis NJ tho Unitarian church. aud the
transformation h alrrady In progress
We called attention with son.r PERSIST
'ncy 10 the coudltlon % tho grounds
by the elcctrlc car stables anil their
has hecn an enort toward reform. A
lev rather urgent illusions 10 the con
i'iiol u the space In front ~ our high
school, aud sircaly a pleasing prom.
- NJ lawn has supplauir,i the former
stretch u ravcl aud sand. And ~
We might ~ GA. but enough l. often
NOTE d'gcstiblc than a feast"
Tie fmm.rgiiam association has DIV
lar"ri leauet cunris@ly stating IT, pur
"'c' THIS hhs met with wide ap
prevail AMI vhorvof T. interested In
Iur'hsrins the cause can obtain a cupy
~ writing 10 the chairman Of the III.
'orial committee. Frederic A Whit
ns, Framingham. Mass.
What ra@sqsa wemss Are DsIas.
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