Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-12-26
ID BEAUT|FY A TOWN.
Slow Well Directed Efforts WiI'
 Produce Good Results.
WHAT ONE SOCIETY HAS DONE

Organize. an Improvement Associa.
 eion and Accomplish Wonders-Depot
 Grounds Transforned--Trses Saved.
 Only few months ago three com
 s@uters living in small Jersey town
 sMet on train homew ward bound from
 New York. The conversation soon furned to the subject Of improving their sQwn.
 What Cresskill needs is an improve
 anent society,"" one of them remarked.
 Nothing more was said on the subject. ,end they left the train for their homes.
 .A few days afterward another Cress. &sllite met the maker of the above re,
 aaark, and this conversation ensued:
 ~Did you say that Cresskill needed
 An improvement society" said he.
 "I did" was the reply.
 "Do you mean 1t and would you be
 willing to help in. forming 'one;"
 Certainly. I will do all I can"
 A meeting was called for the pur-
 nose of organizing an improvement s2
 cfety, and nine men responded to t-e
 call. After brief discussion a presi
 dent, vice president. secretary an1
 treasurer were elected and the society
 saunched on it's career of good work
 At first the membership was limited tc
 fifteen. The dues. are %. cents q
 month.
 For some years the citizeus of Cress-
 Kill had been trying to have all extra
 srain stopped in the morning bound
 for New York, but had failed. The Improvement society at once tackled the problem, arrang ged d meeting be
 tween their representatives and an Erie
 sailroad official and soon secured the promise of an extra train The meet Eng, at which the needs of the coz
 muters were thoroughly discussed, was
 very pleasant, and in few weeks tht as1tTa train stopped at Cresskill and has Deen well patronized. This show
 what little organized effort will do
 The Interest in the society greH Rlace, and soon the membership linl:' 'WaR raised 10 twenty-five. More of 'aeers Were elected and the good. worR pushed along.
 One Of the principal streets in til;, gown IS well shaded by an avenue of s1ne trees. forming a very attractive Geature. The electric light wires were 40 strung that they were slowly. bur surely running the trees. A commit zee from the Improvement society cali @o the town councils attention to ths &ondition of the trees and reouesfed anem to urge the electric light compan, 10 prevent their wires from touchino %ne trees throughout the whole hor ~agh The request was well recere6 'ano soon the electric light men cut ofY Al 'ne branches that were touched by
 e wires, and the trees have bee: 'ssved Tor the enjoyment of all.
 HIS action no doubt brought fbe so 'Sle'y prominently before the public one of 1he councilmen, who is also s Anemoer of the Improvement society !, agitated the observation of q c]eanin,. ,ap oay Tor the whole town. He urged. "l among his friends and fellow councY men. The mayor issued nroclama s,on s' urging all the residents on Ma. Al a last to clean up around their homes -n 'he morning and to assemble in t,,o afternoon to beautify the grounds around the depot Quite large mum. { Der responded. and great deal o, 1 good work was done. f. through the generosity and tha Q, ( -efprise or the councilman mentio,aG s aooNe over POO flowcrng sbruhs os O nahv Kinds were planted and beas ,,i,1 n ,ue III tue parklike grounds about in, o .epo': An expert landscape gardener a the work, while no ,it. f. -ens assisted in digging, planting. raj, O as up rubbish and trimming the ed~ns i1 ;, "A tue beds. In two days commro. n ''"ee plece or ground was changed in+, q, pretty ittle park, which is imnro,.in., m Al .he tlme The council has n,aoaa w ue improvement society In chsrpa of n, HIS park, and it will be kent ,re ,,|a oe improved as the opportunity ofrars n, eaiis everybody In town has talked of uout the change. Such remo,,,s ,S CT vel, the old town is waki.-. nm ,, ", '', quite an Improvement" ~ ool., lie N N.e ana Good days work fer ,rssr if Il were heard. Young and o,d man in, oiheh and children. turned out 1n o,a q, cnange. Commuters from rrfo, th, ring towns commented favora b,,. ~, if , change "''' ." I. What CresskiIl has done a,n. +ou.. sb, ! ,, uU 1T only few determined peo. tas "hi cana together and resolve to the what they can in the line of i'm. era renents' VI, The force of a r,oC ey. bes ,ie ana determination not ,c eoc i. discouraged will work " ,re car the socfety's members V, t,, t,,-, ras a, Aeeplng the own eley nds clean and impro~'. t.e, the setting an example .aaa wed by other reside! n. ,r,,1 see Pai'ef a. .s.tt pee. Wha VIII De plaeed in Gide"ea.t rarts os WI IL IS the intention of tie so. That v a,srest s1 the school childrea Neer