Evening journal., 1914-05-01
BOY Scouts WILL
AID IN cleanup
General Committee In Charge
OF Campaign Is Promised
Assistance
TRENTON SPEAKER
GIVES HER VIEWS

If Wilmington doesnot shine forth
as one of the cleanest and brightest
cities In the country after Cleanup
Week It will not be the fault of the
cleanup committee. In addition to
having secured the cooperation OF
all the city departments. public Or
ganizations and public spirited citi-
zens, the committee has now enlisted
the aid of the Wilmington Branch
Boy Scouts Of America, and as there
are about 10 scouts, comprising the
best and most energetic boys I'm the
city, each of whom will make II his
individual duty to see that not a
speck of dirt remains visible, It can
be Judged how valuable their aid will
be. The support OF the Boy Scouts
was obtained at big mass meeting
which was held In Eden Hall last
night under the auspices of the clean
up campaign committee.
While the attendance at the meet
Ing was not as large as the commit
tee had hoped, those present were
yer5 enthusiastic. and the final ar
fangements, for the campaign were
formulated with a spirit which speaks
well for the success of the move
ment.
During the meeting an address was
delivered by Mrs s. Norris Craven,
of Trenton N. j., who is chairman
of the sanitary committee of the
tuberculosis League of that city.
and who was very successful in con-
Quoting the clean5up campaign in
that city. iftttEtt tAlu
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spiration to all present TO work with
a vim in making the coming week IN
Wilmington which has been named
Cleanup Week a complete success.
Present at the meeting were repre-
sentatives OF the New Century Club,
Consumers League, Boy Scouts and
y. NJ. c. A. Mrs Craven was brought
to Wilmington through the efforts Of
Mrs. A. ID. Warner, Sr, who has
taken great interest in the move
ment The speaker left with the as
semblage a lot Of good ideas, many
OF which will be tried in the present
campaign. while the others which II
will not be possible to inaugurate
owing TO the lateness will be utilized
at some other date. One very good
point brought out by Mrs. Craven was
that of having the various moving
picture managers throughout the city
insert slides during their perform
ances with various notices upon
tnem and asking everyone to help
make the week a success by clean
ing up.
Carried, Mallory, Jr., scout master Of
the Boy Scouts of Old Swedes. indi-
Gated his support, which was gratefully
received. Scout Master J. II. Buckley,
of Union. was also present. Mr.. NAL
iorv, who represented the Scout Mas
ters' Association, also assured the sup
port of the other scout masters unable
to be present There are about 100
scouts in the city. The scouts will
make a report of all alleys. lots. yards,
ETC., which need cleaning and the scout
masters win report the same to the
Board of Health.
Walter s. Watson. of the boys de-
partment at the v NJ. c. A., gave the
support of the boys of the Y. NJ. G. A.,
who number about 800. Mr.. Watson
told of the campaign TO be started by
the association, which viii be open TO
all bows of the citv. The campaign is
to ''Swat the Fly" during the two weeks
beginning Nav 25 and ending June o.
Suitable prizes will be awarded 60 the
boy "swQtting' the most flies, which
will, be determined by weight.
Mrs. Craven made a decided hit
with the audience. when she spoke Of
the garbage collecting system of the
city of Trenton, which system the
local Board of Health together with
! the newspaper representatives in-
spected the past summer. Mrs. Cray-
en- said that the system is showing
more and more it's true worth as the
time passes since IL has been in
force
A vote of thanks was extended Mrs.
Craven for her address. A vote OF
/ thanks was also extended c. n.
| Meissner, physical director Of the Y
| NJ. c. A., through whose efforts the
scout masters were present at the
meeting. and who Is greatly inter
ested In the cleanup movement.
The meeting went on record as
asking the police commission to have
the law regarding expectorating on
the sidewalks strictly enforced.
The campaign committee now asks
that every citizen throughout the city
lend his cooperation In making the
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