Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1907-01-26
VALUE OF PUBLIC SPIRIT.
How Massachusetts Town Has
prOtited by It,

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''''' an "'''Ne PupI'' spirit ana an
energetic campaign Tor rlNIc improve
meht can do Is shown by what the vii
laCc Improvement association of Fran
inGham. Mass. has accomplished
Then there was the cXpcricnce with
the hcncoop ON the common. suys tha
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AWAY tba cnnus rho i,,n.,,.n,,o,,t
sociotiou smiled and did NOT ,h,rra
anybody with HAVING stnIou IT,. FINN,
der
Then again There is the case of tho
old town hall n CENTER of activity whom
the business was i'm Framiu-ham Con-
ter as il is i'm South Framinrhnm ot
present. The building WAS going tn
pieces. The IMPROVEMENT association
set ont to get if. II took time hut
finally by an almost M. ..ninouS vote
the association was given charge of the
old white building at n nominal rental
II Is going TO be an cynruSiyr ninrc of
business too. The members of the AS
sociation have pledged Sl,50o already
for improyinl, the exterior and the in
terror arrangcmcnts of the buildinr
and there will be an ultimate expeuse
of about 81 600 The RETURN Simplv
the belief that rood has been done and
the certainty that there will he a CON
vcnicnt place for dramatic and other
entertainments. lectures. social gather
ings clbrooms dining rooms Kitchen
in fact. rs one member nuts il .o
couuIntn cnutor for tha imnroviuc, and
STRENGTHENING of tho social and adu.
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l"N' even announcer '''N'"'i'' vi "'co''-
pIlSIllleIi'' HooH "''eF l'le ""So''"''ol
WIS loriileu llSh'iiihS not Only S'ruCh
ana damaged Il Sir christopher wren
Spire OF one OF the most peautliul
churches III framlngham. but d"h"d
precedent by striking it again. There
were signs that the modcrnizing spirit
would "improvc" the damaged Spire.
The editorial committee of the aSSoCia-
ton became active at once. and today
the Spire is on the church in all its
original grace.
There is y urrttv hin in Framluphom
I WDUiru
timn ago , rumor was snrnod around
tho town that thero was rlon to buv
the land and emf off MI fine trees Near
thc knou lives u momEor of the ossocio.
tion not wco thv uorson os wealth
pooa ovnn In rr,m .nah,m The nI,ce
nppooIcd ia her ON account of it's nat
urol he,utv ana r,thar than 500 thn
trno. cut dawn sho hou,ht thn ul,t
Near the house of this member is a
uttIn tiionrla where roods meet and
cros. Thora was an old woodan sipu-
most thrre If was said that somebodv
n.,nnsal +, Inv nm that IittIa tract and
nut soma huiIiiu,, or othor on If Tho
mamhor hought that nlocn Tho old
woodop cirn wont down = substantial
column win , nrettv signho,rd won't
nm and ,limh;nr vines war, nI,ntod
Inv thc mnmho,. nt tha foot of tbe COL
tLo oi,,r :, notI,i,c, 10 NOT M, ,robi+,o
turol r,mo,