The farmer and mechanic., 1915-06-01
Mill Life In Guilford
DOROTHY MITCHELL

ed. The mills bought 5000 fly swat
ters and gave to the people this year.
and screens are furnished at cost and
put in free to all those who want
them. This movement has increased
the number Of screens. as house after
house throughout the villages is
screened.
The Baby Saving Club.
Miss Pearl Wyche. the director Of
the welfare work of the three mills,
is now working on a plan to be known
as the baby saving club. A meeting
will be held sometime soon when all
the mothers of the villages will be in
vited to come and hear an address
by the county physician on the care
OF the infant. Miss Wyche will dis
play a complete wardrobe and a baby
basket, all of the most simple designs
and although they are economical
and within the means of any woman
in the village, they are tasty. Litera-
ture from the State Board of Health
will be distributed among the mothers
laying stress upon taking care Of the
children.
Beautifying Premises.
That thing Of beauty is joy for
ever has not been forgotten, and
working towards this end every effort
is made to exhibit pretty things. Pict-
ures from the old masters are hung
on the walls Of the school and public
halls and gathering places. Prizes
have been offered for the past several
years for the best yards and gardens.
This year the amount of the prizes
have been doubled, as the villages
have been divided into eastern and
western divisions, and the same
amount offered to each division as
has heretofore been given for the
entire village. Landscape work has
been started on one Of the streets, and
| i'll addition to the trees planted on the
| sidewalks, throughout the village, this
| street has a large plot of grass grow
| ing between the sidewalk and the
| street and on which is planted several
varieties of shrubbery; 5000 packages
| OF flower seed were distributed among
| the employees as well as 5000 bulbs,
| and 5000 shrubs were planted last
| fall. Looking towards more improve
n,ent, the mill has started a small
nursery and shrubs and plants will be
distributed among the employees The
| prizes which have always been given
| on the event of the Fourth Of July
| picnic will be given this year in Oc-
| tober.
Recreation and Amusements.
Thought has also been turned to-
| wards recreation and amusement
| The chief out of door sport possibly
| is baseball. Each mill has it's team
AT each mill also are tennis courts
and basket ball grounds and a park
| has been started at the Proximity anc
| White Oak villages. Rooms are
| equipped at these two mills as cluk
rooms for the boys and men and be-
| sides games for an evenings recre.
| alton, teachers meet with the club:
every now and then and give then
| instruction. An up-to-date movins
| picture show is one of the newes
| features at White Oak
But it is Christmas when the china,
for merry making comes, and it il
then when the fellow feeling rises t,
its height. The mills until last yea
presented each family every Christ
mas with a turkey, but hams wer,
substituted and 1860 hams wer,
bought and distributed among tn,
employees. The children in the school,
are not neglected, but each child i
presented with a toy suitable to hi
OR her age, and at the Christmas tre
every child in the village is given
bag of candy, fruits and nuts No
: the least of the diversions is tn