West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1909-04-22
GOOD WORK FOR BOYS
How They Can Help In Keeping
the Streets Clean.
URGE OTHERS TO DO LIKEWISE

Campaign OF Education Carried on by
Civic League Of Sehoolboys--call
Attention OF Offenders TO Gravity OF
Their oHense.
Clean streets add greatly TO the ut.
tractlvcncss of towns. In small com.
munitlcs especially. II every one. young
and old, did what he could TO keep
Tho streets clean, many an unkempt
town would be wonderfully improved.
Boys can band together and help Go do
such good work as the schoolboys OF
tho Crowcll Civic league In New York
nrc doing. They are not only aiding
the city TO keep the streets clean. but
they are training themselves and cdu-
eating their parents In civic righteous
moss. While tho league was organized
under tho auspices OF tho street clean
Ing department and II supervised by
an employee OF the department, Mr..
Rueben 8. simon, the boys themselves
are doing the work. So far as possible
they are keeping the streets OF the
lower east side clean.
The boys don't get into white duck
and go about the streets with broom.
OF course. They attack trouble at Its
source When they see man or wo.
man violating one OF the city ordI.
nances by throwing refuse Into the
streets, they call the attention OF the
offender To the gravity OF the offcnse.
lf thnt does not serve they hand out
one OF the circulars given below. Ev-
cry boy carries n supply. neatly folded,
In his inside pocket. IL Is as follows;
AN APPEAL TO OUR FATHERS AND
MOTHERS
lly the Crowcll Civic League OF Public
School No. 2
We your sons, have organized 60 help
Keep the streets OF our district nB clean
as possible. Wo ask you for your holm.
We and you, too, do not like to hear
people from other sections OF tho city
romart on the dirty condition OF our
streets. Won't you aid us In showing
these people that we arc Just an good cit
lions as thoy2 Wo will distribute among
you from timo 90 tlmo copies OF tho law.
liut thore are two things we want 90 mem
ton here:
We feel very much ashamed OF tho
alarming habit among somo OF ug OF
throwing garbage and slops into the
streets through windows and call upon
you TO help us stop Il.
Garbage and ash cans are nlled TO over
Rowing and scattered over the Bidewalks.
We recognize that the landlords are also
at fault I'm not providing enough cans.
We welcome all complaints
Take heed OF our appeal Help uH be-
como good citizens OF our great city that
we may Justly say, ''wo arc proud OF our
clean city OF Now York"
CROWELL CIVIC LEAGUE
Public School No. 2
ilG Henry Street ". Y.
These circulars arc printed in Eng.
lish and Yiddish. and as tho funds OF
the Crowell Civic league increase 9th.
or languages may he added. Branches
OF tho league have been established In
number of schools, teacher being
plnced In charge OF each.
AT regular intervals meeting Is
held, when the boys make n report OF
what they have done. These reports
are In regular form. addressed 10 the
commissioner OF street cleaning. Tho
name and address OF the offender are
given when the name is known, ana
each boy tells the measures he took ~
prevent recurrence OF the offense.
The boys OF the Crowell Civic League
or Public School No. are the only
ones as yet TO circulaTzie the residents
In the district I'm which they live. They
have little money, but they have man
aged to have few circulars printed.
which they distribute as needed. They
realize that Ignorance Hes at fhe root
Of the fault and that few would offend
again II they realized that they were
violating laws OF health as well MS OF
the municipality
The officers OF the Crowell Civic
League OF Public School No. 2 consist
OF president, vice president, record.
Ing secretary, corresponding secretary
and foreman.
Tho chief purpose for which the
league was organized, that OF keeping
streets clean and urging others TO do
the same, can be applied TO any town
and VIII be found beneficial