Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1915-04-22
Five thousand Communities VIII
This Year Join Clean Up and
Paint Up" Movement.

Vli05 NJ buo puICdu OAkASSos "hASn
indicate that the organization has in
reality become q national clearing
house for the dissemination Of com.
munity betterment ideas, show that
isst year more than 1000 cities and
towns made an effort to clean up and
paint up" "This year." commented
Chairman Clark. ut looks as though
we would cooperate with more than
5000 communities, In each Of which
some live civic leader is trying to i'm.
prove living conditions. Though 9
majority Of these campaigns will start
with an opening, week. q definite
program Of activity, we know that the
bursau's success has been chiefly due
TO the TACT that We try to get away
from the old-fashioned annual clean
up. ides that has become odious to
many civic leaders and an annual Joke
IN many cities. The plans Of the
bureau call for continuous campaigns
that bring permanent results and help
form worth while civic habits"
The Work to Be Done.
Z, The work Of the bureau this year is
more comprehensive than ever before.
Everything that will beautify. pre-.
serve, improve sanitation, reduce fire
risks, and better health conditions has
been carefully provided for. Among
the things which local "Clean Up and
Paint Up campaigners are doing this
year are: Cleaning the streets and
alleys, front yards. back yards, cellars,
Stables, atticks; the removal Of ashes
and rubbish; cleaning up vacant lots
Of rubbish and weeds; eliminating
breeding places Of flies and mosqui.
tnas;, planting and care OF trees,
hedges EHd .10wefss ana me liberal
use Of paint on everything that
needs It.
1t is this constructive, permanent
nature Of the improvements effected
hat has won the endorsement OF
national leaders In every branch Of
civic uplift work. Among those serv.
Ing this year on the National Bureaus
advisory committee are:
! Mrs. Clarence Baxter, Kirksville,
Mo-. chairman Of the Women's Com
mittee Of the National Bureau, is
also vice chairman Of the civics
department Of the General Fed.
GRAFTON of Women's Clubs, and chair
man Of the civic and health depart.
ment OF the Missouri Federation of
;Women's Clubs. Dn 8. ]. Crumbine,
Topeka, Kan. president Of the Asso-
citation Of State and Province Health
Ofiieers Of North America. H. 8. But
tenheim. New York, editor Of 1.-THE
American City" Clinton R. Wood.
run. Philadelphia, secretary National
Municipal League and editor Of the
National Municipal Review" Mrs.
Philip North Moore, st. Louis. ex-presi-
dent National Federation Of Women's
Clubs. William Woodhead, San Fran
cisco, president Of the Associated
Advertising Clubs Of the World. p. s.
Ridsdale, Washington, D. c., executive
secretary American Forestry Associa.
ton. Richard B. Watrous, Washing
ten. ID. c., secretary American Civic
Association. Mrs. Geo. Zimmerman,
Fremont, O., chairman of the civics
department, General Federation Of
Women's Clubs.
Paint and Self-Respect.
The one most important factor In
spreading the gospel Of cleanliness,
thrift and civic pride, which the
Bureau is trying to do, is the work
Of newspaper editors throughout the
country, asserts Chairman Clark. For
instance, here is what Paul Brown,
editor Of The st. Louis Republic, has
to say Of the movement:
Thousands Of American cities and
towns have taken up the National
Clean Up and Paint Up campaign
that originated in st. Louis three sea-
sons ago. It has been indorsed by
thousands Of civic, commercial and
.women's organizations all over the
nation. The cities that have made
themselves a part Of the movement
are cleaner and better cities because
Of II. The Republic aided In launch
Ing the initial campaign and is glad
to know that the Federation Oh
women's Clubs is planning general
st. Louis campaign for this spring
This will aid in making st. Louis the
Healthiest City, for paint is the great
preservative and powerful aid IN
sanitation. Add to beauty and economy
the fact that paint has a sanitary
value, and the arguments apply with
added force to the big cities. Nat
urally the paint dealer profits by such
campaigns. None but the pessimist
will object to this. He gives value
received and more. The house that
Is painted Is the better for 1t. A
neishborhood that has cleaned up and
painted up Is better one in which
to live. Paint makes for self-respec'