The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-11-24
HISTORY Of The
LEBANON PARK
STORY OF ACCOMPLISHMENT
AT ONE COUNTY SCHOOL
SCHOOL IMPROVED
Ladies Take Hold and Make Many
Changes for the Better IN
School.

IL WAS uurlnB tne administration OF
Prof. Abrams that the idea of .. gan
1zing a civic association was sug-
gested by him. The bare sug ggestion
was enough for that peerless and tire
less community worker, Mrs. J. G.
Duckworth. She talked and worked
and agitated until she got together
enough women to organize. This, how
ever as an organization, was q failure
In the me3atime. Mrs. Duckworth and
her co-worker Mrs. Breazeale, went to
work along civic lines, determined to
win prize, for the Lebanon school.
Accordingly, they decided to have a
school park. For this purpose Mrs.
Breazeale gave a plot Of ground mid
: way between the school house and the
spring. by dint of hard work, and
getting little work from the men and
persuading the school children to lend
a hand, the park began to develop.
Some kind OF. pavilion seemed to be
a necessary part tof q park. There was
no fund from which to draw, 30 Mrs.
Duckworth, at her own expense, had q
large and comfortable pavilion built.
The name Lebanon School Park"
in large black letters on o white
ground. was hung over the lower en-
trance. Some Of the boys contributed
rustic bird houses and bridges. A coll
lection was taken and enough money
raised to buy q good swing. Scattered
here and there were flower beds and
mounds.
This park secured q prize Of fifty
;. dollars in the school. About this
time Mrs, Buekworth became fllSand
Z had to give up public service. But
Mrs. Breapeale was faithful and kept
things going until the fall OF 1913. n,
AT this time Mrs Maggie Darlington,
supervisor OF -rurol schools; came up
to the opening of the school. She asked
the ladies to organize @ school im-,I
sprovement association. After explain
ing its purpse, the ladies became quite
enthusiastic and proceeded at once to
elect officers as follows: Mrs. A. ].
Smith, president; Mrs. J. =, Smith,
vice-president, and Mrs. D. NJ. Craig,
secretary and treasurer. A program
was arranged and the time OF meeting
wss to be each Friday afternoon be-
fore the first Sunday.
The first work the association did
was to secure a janitor and have the
school house thoroughly swept at
least once q day. For this purpose each
pupil paid ten cents per month. Il
The nsain purpose of the associa-
tion soon became apparent and that
was to make money. To this END IL
was not great success. However, ny
the help of our good friend, Capt. Tay-
lor, the auction netted something over
fifty dollars.
We asked the church to donate their
old organ to the school. This was
cheerfully done and Mr. Marsnaii
Smith put 1t in good repair at cost
of five dollars.
The old school house having no auo-
have seats built on cne side of the
pavilion. This was agreed to. and she
was appointed to have the work done.
Fortunately, the lay of the ground was
such that the seats could be arranged
in the form OF an anphitheateF. After
the carpenter had finished his work,
the laliea bought some creosote and
gave the seats q good coat
= anr, s1aIa-ial4 commencement ex-
ercisei, we're held IN the park: and Il |
y,aa da,irntfn1 sfo nave the pure fresh
ajr instead Of. the stale air, OF the
ovarcrewfed sctooI room. Our asso-
ciatinn- h,,ss several gas torches which |
furnish plenty OF light
The association furnished dinner
). for the Cdunty Teachers Association.
: it is wonderful how willingly the
members contribute refreshnents
when requested to do 30.
S Durinr file month OF August q uau-l
!, steal entertainment was planned. Sew
! a,,,, sI,s5Iara in te ne,ghborhood were
i esssad 80 80 asaist n f1rnishing music. |
8 iSsn,.fs,nata1y Mrs. a. u. ElRin was Wis.
itins her mother. ..1ld she consented |
To- iriii the nhiiasafi and young people |