Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-05-12
BETTER HOMES
AND BETTER
HOME TOWNS
The Slogan For The Clean
UP And PaintUp Cam
e.,,, paign That Opens
4" May list.

man heart stronger than the love of
home; closely associated with it is
love of our home town, or city, and
our country.
There is not a man, woman or
child that does not, down deep In
his heart, have this love of home.
We all swallow bit hard, many of
us even wipe away tear, when we
listen to the music of that immortal
song Home Sweet Home" Especial
ly is this true when we have wan
dered away from home.
This love of home should be fos-
tered and encouraged in everybody,
especially in our children, as it will do
much to increase their love of coun-
try and respect for it's institutions
and those in authority.
How can we do this in any better
way than by improving our homes
and making them cleaner and more
attractive inside and outside, thus
engendering in ourselves and our
children greater pride in our home
and a greater love for it.
The Cleanup and Paint-Up Cam
paign that opens May LIST is designed
to make beautiful towns and cities
by starting first with the unit, the
home. It's purpose is to educate the
careless and Indifferent ones to show
their love for their homes by making
same as attractive as possible. Beau
tiful homes make beautiful towns,
but of course all must do their part,
else the effect, as whole, is marred
and rendered of little avail.
No great outlay Of cash is needed;
all we need is the disposition to do
the best we can with what we have
to do with. Soap, Scrubbing Brush
es, Rakes and other Cleanup sup
plies we most Of us have on hand or
can obtain at small outlay. Some
Garden Seeds a can or two of Paint
and a Paint Brush will cost no more
than a small percentage of what the
average New England family pays
for amusements While amusements
and outdoor sports are enjoyable, it
is fact that there is a whole lot
of fun in puttering around the home
we love SO we'll and seeing the place
improve in cleanliness, comfort and
attractiveness.
It is remarkable what interest the
children take in the Cleanup and
Paint-Up Campaign, and best of all,
thyp,,ObN1,t
One little girl who had worked with
a group of girls picking up papers
in vacant lots in her neigh
borhood during the Cleanup Week,
noticed her Father a month after
the Campaign was over, carelessly
throw his newspaper into a vacant
lot. She shook her finger at him,
saying, "Clean-Up and Paint-Up
Papa" Father laughingly took the
hint and fastened to recover the
newspaper and look for a Civic Pride
Can in which to put it.
This years Campaign is the third
annual event and there are so many
good things that just naturally have
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paigns that we want to refer to some
we have noticed.
The home interest engendered by
this Community effort draws man
and wife together, Father and the
boys seem to stay around the house
more than they used to, is often re-
marked by Mother. The reason IS
that clean, bright, cheerful surround
ings attract them and they prefer to
gather round the reading light even
ings at home rather than seek amuse-
ment elsewhere.
In communities in which the people
have worked together in a Clean-U Up
and Paint-Up Campaign, splendid
spirit of cooperation has been en-
gendered. Neighbors have become
better acquainted and respect for
each other has taken place of preju-
dice and criticism.
This Community spirit is shown in
a report Of the Cleaning Up of a
schoolhouse by citizens of East Ten
nessee, which we reprint from the
Federation of Women's Clubs Maya
zine:
"A band of teachers, school patrons
normal school students and boys and
girls Cleaned Up and Renovated the
Mcneil School house in one day OF
eight hours.
THE building, when they com
menced at 500 a. m, was in as dis
reputable condition as it could be
and still be used for school purposes
The workers were armed witt
shovels, hoes, axes, carpenters tools
paint, whitewash, and soap. They
nailed on new boards where they
were needed, painted the building
built a chimney, cleaned up the rub
bish scrubbed the floor, renovated
the entire interior, constructed book
case for the teacher, tinted the walls
a pearl gray color, and hung pictures
The old desks were removed ant
new desks, supplied by the school dis
trict, were placed in the building.
THE outlay aggregated, in cash
$4,000. 1t included mixed paint, lin
seed oil, paint brushes, IL bushe
of whitewash, $500 worth Of weathe
boarding and lathing, 2 pounds o
a.