Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-05-12

"One of the most delightful features
of the day was the social enjoyment
that resulted from the gathering to-
gether of such large group of work
ers. At nooa a picnic dinner was
served by people in the neighborhood
of the school 1t is planned to repeat
the demonstration in many other
parts of the State"
Other good things that have re-
suited from last years campaign are
the following:
A city reports having been able
to have torn down over 1900 Dilapi-
dated Buildings without serious OBJ
jections from the owners.
Another city reports that, as re-
suits of their campaign, they have
secured the adoption of an improved
system of Sanitary Inspection.
A Vermont town reports that, as
general result of the 1915 Campaign,
the amount of money invested in new
buildings and improvements exceeds
by ten-fold the amount expended
during the preceding year.
A Massachusetts town, after the
1915 Campaign, received a gift of q
tract of land for a Children's Play
ground and the town Immediately
voted an appropriation of $500 to
equip same.
A Maine town was enabled to in
re ri n
ter of town, comprising the Village
Green triangle, and adjacent streets
cleaned up regularly twice a week
throughout the year.
Space prevents referring to many
similar reports from the 1900 cities
and towns throughout the country
that held Campaigns last year.
You can help make your town bet
ter home town by starting Clean-Up
and Paint-Up Campaign this Spring.
All that is needed is for someone to
take the initiative Send postal card
to the New England Cleanup and
Paint-Up Campaign Committee, T. u
Box 1854, Boston, Mass, asking for
literature. You will receive complete
data that will tell you just how to
proceed In general the plan is to
organize a Committee to have charge
of the Campaign. Decide on def
mite date or week for opening your
Campaign. Arrange some plan for
removal of house and yard rubbish
either by having the town teams re-
move it free, or else by having some
private contractor agree to take IT
at a low price per barrel In some
towns the Coal Dealers have helped
the local Committee by giving use Of
their teams for this work.
You will need some money, perhaps
$500 for expenses. Ask the Hard
ware Paint, House Furnishing Goods,
Grocers and other local dealers and
tradesmen for small sum each.
These Campaigns help nearly every
kind of business in the average town
and you will find the merchants will
be glad to contribute.
With a part of the money raised,
purchase House Circulars, Poster
Cards, Program Cards and distribute
carefully throughout the town. The
distributing work is usually done by
school children or the Boy Scouts.
Lantern slides for use in the Nov
ing Picture theatre the week before
the Campaign should also be provided.
If possible you should have the
Chairman of the Board of Selectmen,
the Publisher of your local paper and
the President Of the Woman's Club
on your Committee.
The success of these Campaigns is
to make them cooperative in every
sense Of the word. The publisher Of
the local paper can do more to help
your Campaign than anyone else. You
will find him ready to help because
he will see that the movement Will
be a great benefit to the community,
and also he will entertain the hope
that it will help his business. Pass
the word around among your local
Merchants to see to it that it does
help his business and they will recog-
help his business.
The Citizens should make it a point
to patronize the local stores as much
as possible during the Clean Up
period and mention the fact that they
are interested in the Cleanup and
are giving things an extra polish on
account of same, thus encouraging
the Merchants who have contributed
to the Campaign.
Citizens are learning that these
Campaigns help real estate values
because the selling price of any piece
of property is very largely affected
by the condition of the Neighborhood
in which it is located. A dirty, lit
tered up yard and implanted house,
located next to a fine residence, has
often taken one-third off of the sale
price Of the latter.
The same applies to dirty dilapi-
dated Railroad Station and Uttered
I'D yards along the railroad tracks
approaching a town; they hurt the
Real Estate values and the business
Of any town. In this connection
would say that the Presidents of all
THE New England Railroad Com
panies have agreed to cooperate in
this wears Clean-UD Campaign Nav