The Tupelo journal., 1909-09-10
CIVIC IMPROVEMENT CLUB
PERFECTS ORGANIZATION.
Many People in Attendance at the Court
House Tuesday Evening. Good and
Timely Spec cl1es Made by Some
Prominent TupeIo Men

The Civic Improvement League
was perfected Tuesday evening
at the court house and the or
ganization becomes real. A large
crowd was present at the az.
pointed hour, and each and every
one seemed to be interested in
the proceedings throughout.
Professor d. G.. Langston was
chosen as temporary chairman
with L. M. Boyle as secretary.
By request of the chairman Mr..
J. A. Finlay was asked to state
the ideas and meaning of the
Civic Improvement League, and
replied as follows, in substance:
The first work to be done in
Tupelo Will be to beautify the
streets AMI property in general.
Plant borders of flowers around
around the now vacant spot.
The monument, erected in honor
Of our southern blood, has been
sadly neglected, and one of the
first steps taken should be to get
that in neat shape. Next we
will take up the school and the
school campus. Flowers and
grassy plots on which the chill
dren may spend their recess
hours tend much in framing
their tender minds for the battle
of life te follow. Nothing does
more in forming character than
environment. When | was a boy
Invent to school in an old frame
building, the walls were void of
pictures and the campus was
void of grass and flowers, and to
me it was one long prison. Clean
and healthy surroundings are
what we need. Education with
oIt them is very incomplete.
Our ideas and our aims will be
for the betterment and upbuild-
ing of Tupelo and her citizens in
genera. We are the equal of
any Of our neighbor towns and
in much better state than some
of them, but we need concerted
action to make our city perfect
along sanitary lines. Beautify
the town. 1t means much, for
tle impression of a stranger who
enters the place is more than
likely to be the most lasting. We
must all work together to sue
ceed. We must keep our town
in a sanitary condition, and with
the aid Of the loyal and true cit
liens Of Tupelo we can in few
years have 9 town that will be
pointed to by the outside world
as ore Of the neatest in the state.
Let US work for the upbuilding
cf Turelo.
Mr.. j. II. LEDYARD.
Il regret very much to say
and know that | am living in a
place where there is no Civic
Improvement League. The Civic
Improvement League, like most
good things, was created in the
minds of our great and good
women Of this country. | have
lived in places where the League
was controlled almost wholly
by the women, and their efforts
have been rewarded until the
towns are clean and sanitary
7 hope in the near future may
see a park right in the middle Of
Tupelo. Meridian has park ir
the center of town where the
children go and play during the
hot hours of the day. 1t has
charms and draws them there
when otherwise they might b.
in a worse place. Create public
sentiment, thot's what we need
Go at the work in the home ane
branch cut. Clean out the alley
ways and places where old til
cars ard rubbish are thrown
known TO be the hatchery 0
fijes. the most deadly germ
epreaders known today Cieal
up. Ger the. movement starte'
ard keep it going. ! am glad 7
see this movement started, and
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