The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-04-17
.JR. CIVIC LEAGUE
PROVES SUCCESS
School Children Enrolled In
Cleanup Contest.
Street Department Kept Busy Haul
ing Away Trash From City
Premises.
CONTESTS ARE WAKING WARM.

Paducah will be a cleaner city. and
the work began this morning in the
homes of 500 children. who were en-
listed in the "Junior Civic League for
a Cleaner Padueah" yesterday after
noon at the rally of school children
at the Auditorium rink. The meeting
was an enthusiastic one, and was at
tended by zoo children, all Of the
buildings being represented. The
plan OF Mayor James Smith to clean
lup Paducah was explained thorough
ly to the children, and every youngs-
ter went away with the intention OF
making his back yard the first to re-
ceive attention.
The children beard an address by
Hal s Corbett, who took up each
prize and described in plain language
what II meant, and how II could be
lsecured He was given perfect at
ltention by the children. Besides ex-
planning the contest. Mr.. Corbett
spoke to the children Of the neces-
sity Of cleanliness and its Import
ance.
After the address the call on the
Ichildren was made to pass two resolu-
tons, which was done unanimously.
The resolutions were: "Resolved that
all girls and boys who are willing to
work for better and cleaner city
by cleaning up their own premises on
Saturday morning stand up and vote
FAYE"
The second resolution was: RE
solved that all girls and boys who are
willing to work for the mayors
prizes during the balance of the
month of April viii give in their
names to the secretary and take cards
for record OF their work and enroll
themselves as members OF the Jun
Tor Civic League for a Cleaner Padu-.
cah," and get their badges and prom
Use to do all in their power to en-
courage others in this work"
Children Enroll.
After the address the children
crowded to the platform, where each
child wrote his name In book, and
was given badge OF red ribbon and
appropriately worded. About 500
children enrolled, received their
badges and promised to start work
bright and early this morning on
their own back yards. and then to
convince their neighbors to clean up
Particular emphasis was placed on
the advantage Of cleaning up the
yards OF each public school. and the
large American flag, which will be
given to the school with the eleanest
yard. was shown TO the children. All
the adjournment of the meeting Miss
Elizabeth Sinnott, Miss Adine Nor
ton and Mrs. Charles Kiger visited
each school building and inspected
the grounds SO that the Improvements
could be noted when the contest is
closed, and the prize given to the
school children, who have made tlte
greatest improvement in the yard.
One encouraging feature Of thel
meeting was that. nearly all OF the
school teachers we're present. The
teachers will do much to keep thel
contest before the children constantly
and encourage the children IN the
identifying of the school yard.
Wagons Are Busy.
Mr.. Ernest Bell, the street inspee-
tor, is able to inform anyone that the
contest is a success, for three wagons
are kept busy every day hauling away
the trash which has been collected
because of the children who have be
gun work already.
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