Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-04-18

use the chairmen of the various COM
mittees and their members in working
out many problems of streets, side
walks, sewers, trees and kindred mat
ters affecting the welfare of the viii
lage. 1t is asking too much of Council
to devote an unreasonable amount of
time to this.
The Association. has no desire to
force or influence legislation, but
merely to make a preliminary study
of conditions needing improvement,
suggest remedies and present their
opinions to the Council in proper form,
thus enabling Council to act effective
ly, to do its work more quickly and
easily and save each Councilman and
{ committee of Council much labor. The
Council will have all the legislation to
make and approve in connection with
! improvements.
By the cooperation of the Associa-
tion and it's committees, the Council
will be able to learn public sentiment
much more accurately. Had the Civic
Association existed when the Main
street improvement was under con-
sideration the Association would have
been of great help to the Council. The
proposition would have been studied,
| figures and facts collected in favor or
against the various plans proposed,
and the decision reached by the mem
bers of the Association would have
been presented to Council with the en-
dorsement of the entire membership of
the Association, thus enabling Council
to proceed quickly and with the GER
tainty of meeting with approval in
their action, because of the substantial
backing of 125 of our most active, pro-
gressive and responsible citizens. So
would it have been with any other
public movement for the betterment of
the town. Instead of listening to a
handful of citizens on one side of a
proposition and then handful on the
other side, all this preliminary skir-
mishing can be threshed out in Asso-
citation meetings and the Council will
not be annoyed with scraps.
The Association and its committees
are non-partisan and non-prejudiced.
They have no personal favors to seek
and no cliques to push into power. The
chairmen were selected because of
their natural fitness for and interest in
the line of work under the scope of
their committee.
AS one of the boosters of the Asso-
citation has said: "After weeks of
preliminary organization work, the
Association is now firmly on its feet,
its officers and committees appointed
and ready to do business. The results
of its efforts may seem slight at first
But this can be year of study and
preparation, so that when the oppor-
tunity comes, as it will, we may be
equipped with men and committees
ready to do what is necessary to push
the proposition or improvement to
success"
Perhaps you will pardon me if 1 say
that l have great hopes that this AS.
sociation will be as a new light shin.
ing on Perrysburg, leading its citizens
to greater love of their home town anc
greater effort toward its advancement
That we may drive out of the village
any relic of that old time feeling Of
jealousy and, ill will that has done SC
much to keep our village down, anc
that the result of our efforts will be
the means of uniting and harmonizing
our citizens in the grand and noble
purpose of Boosting Perrysburg.
By unanimous vote the foregoing
report was ordered printed in the
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