The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-04-24
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"CLEANING WEEK."

May l, 1908 was the date of Rich
mond's first Cleaning Day. She saw
the advantage and has continued for
FIVE years. The Aftermath Inaugural
ted the movement, but had depended
upon the cooperation Of other or
CARNATIONS, especially has the Com
mercial Club assisted. This year the
whole conduct of the campaign has
been committed to this important
body. Twelve men constitute their
committee, chosen with view to
efficiency out of their six or seven
hundred membership. April 18th was
noteworthy day, when these stall
warts met to plan for Cleaning
Week" They came prepared ito do
and dare" There was not a hint of
weak-knee in the determination with
which they took over the responsible
ity of Richmond's renovation. They
came understanding that the regener-
alton of any city must come from
the efforts and willis of an educated,
enlightened and interested citizenship.
They possess high community spirit;
"invincible" defines their attitude.
To man they have their shoulders
to the wheel of Progress and Pros
perity, the wheel the Commercial Club
knows must move if our Richmond
is to be the Panic Proof City.
They propose a week for cleaning
purposes, this in order to afford all
classes full opportunity to accomplish
the work. They set apart May LIST
to 7th as Cleaning Week"
They named small committees I to
: care for different departments and
these were urged to devote their ut
most to make the whole affair a sue
cess. A second call Of the committee
and subcommittee occurred Monday,
been formulated and every division
supplied with typewriter instructions
In general the last years scheme is
to be tried again this.
City officials and organizations are
to have their support and approval
published in the papers. The dalies
are generously pledging to push the
movement. Valuable these organs,
but for their speaking how could any
cause prospect. Especial attention
is to be placed upon the re-organiza-
ton of Junior Civic Leagues in the
schools. To the children of Rich
mond belongs the credit of whatever
success the cleaning movement has
attained in the past. They have
largely done the work, have taken the
lead, in fact, in interesting the citi-
zens in the subject. The promoters
have seen that "along educational
lines is the way to win out. The
supreme aim has been ito train a
generation to know and love beauty
to regard cleanliness and order as es-
sentials. So the schools have been
appealed to every year and will be
asked again to fall in line with this
means to develop good citizenship.
The Commercial Club has deliberately
considered and with profound respect
herein request the people of Rich
mond to take up this matter of get
ting clean and keeping clean.
They wish all business firms would
count the value of such a cause. They
desire that the premises of every resi-
dent present an appealing example OF
/ cleanliness and order. They want the
children ito play fair" learning that
prizes are, respectable, only when
honorably won. They are priding
themselves on an every citizen
movement.
Seriously hear and heed their call
to "Cleaning Week"
MRS. F. w. STEPHENS.