Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1915-04-22
Club Women Work to
Clean Up and Paint Up !,
Five Thousand Cide|
cIVIcLEADERS PUT BAN ON
PINK TEAS,
"ciean Yards, Q Few Shrubs and
Flowers, and a Little Paint 4
for q Better Honstown"-
Mrs. Clarence Baxter.

THAT the club women Of America
are not waiting for full suffrage
before taking an active part ih
civic betterment work Is proven bt
the earnest efforts Of thousands q
women in local "Clean Up and Paint
Up" campaigns in practically eyerf
state in the Union. "The men are to4
busy, or too chesty," said one OF thesb
,women, ito see the need OF or to dP
simple Identification and sanitatio4
work. And yet that work 10 vital p
the health of thousands and to th&
progress Of the community In betta
living conditions to keep pace with
increasing population"
There was g. time," she continued,
when pink teas and gossip character
lied our local club meetings. But that
time Is past. There are q ntilfop
things for the betterment OF the toWn
that we are able to do, and we arp
trying to do them as fast as we ca}1
get to them. The Clean Up and
Paint Up campaign, IN which We a1e
working shoulder to shoulder with the;
men, embodies big batch OF fnA,
provements we have had In mini
This campaign seems 70 be sfoEs
tunate combination Of ideals, CleaH
Up and Paint Up. It gives us Work
to do now, with Q definite program ~
start things Oh; and with absolutely,
no end of possibilities IN permanent
constructive effort. And the best AZ
It is that this campaign simply forcq3
the men to work with Us. "A success
full campaign means an Increased d.;
mand for many kinds OF merchandise,
means conservation Of property, mea1fs
increased realty values--it means la
better business town and q bett1r
home town. Why shouldn't the men
lend hand?" Z
And this woman Is not alone In htr
enthusiasm. Mrs. Clarence Baxte
chairman Of the Women's Committ4e
Of the National "Clean UD and Pai4ti
Up" Campaign Bureau. st. Louis, h(s
seen her home town, Kirksyilie, ma
refurbished from the city hall to COR
poration limits entirely through tNe
earnest work Of q group Of women. A.
chairman Of the civic and health ~.
partment Of the Missouri Federat p
OF Women's Clubs, and as vice CHI 3.
man Of the civics department Ct nc
General Federation Of Women's Ctu
Mrs. Baxter Is inspiring an9 adv
thousands Of club wo1 y .st
work. Shhs viii be gI
and advise others
Mrs. George zimmeffE
mont, O., chairman Of the Cf.Yy
partment Of the General Federal ~
Of Women's Clubs, heartily endo1 ee
the national "Clean Up and. Paint p.
movement, and Is member OF be
advisory committee Of the Nattd ai
Bureau.
The civics departments Of sersstsl
state federations OF women's Gibbs
have already arranged for statewide
"Ciean Up and Paint Up" campaigns
this year, with definite weeks pfo-
gram to start the ball rolling.
One man who always was harp1ng
on the old saw, "Woman's place islin
the home" has not been heard frfm
since a year ago when his wife led
in a "Clean. Up and Paint Upe cam.
paign which practically regenerated
the town. The good woman repaifed
and painted piece Of vacant piIDp-
erty belonging to her husband, pfop-
erty that had been drain ON his purse
for ten years. She had to fx the
place up, she said, because she vas
preaching "aClean Up, Paint Up Re
pair" to others, and she believe In
practicing what she preached. tsr
criticising his wife for her public }ac.
tivity, and especially for spending 3eRl
money on that old shack" the Hus-
band was sorely chagrined one Aay
to receive an offer of $500 more tfor
the property than his former valua-
ton. He made the sale, and shut lup.
This year he is the heaviest contrib.
utor to that local "Clean Up and Paint
UP" campaign fund. @ sssss