The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-05-10
School Boys Have
Cleanup Day In
Redwood Park
Forty Boys Rake Rubbish, Clear
Out Underground And
Plant Shrubs
MAKE WONDERFULCHAN

Girls to Plant Seeds And Vines
Saturday; Fireplaces And
Swings Put up by Boys
The much mistreated city park
was invaded by band Of ener-
getic and enthusiastic boys, for
ty strong, last Friday and the
landscape received such a clean
ing up as it has never been Civ
len before. The 'sins of the faith
ers shall be visited upon their
children" is undoubtedly true
but Redwood Falls has new
version; "the sons shall correct
the sins of the fathers" After
the neglect and abuse of the
beautiful bit of city property for
the last few years, the changes
made by the boys by their day
of hard work with shovel and
rake, are a revelation of the
power of organized work, and
one of the best lessons in citi-
zenship that the community
could possibly have.
Under the direction of Glenn
Lukens the boys were organized
into squads, each with a COM
mander to direct the work. The
forty laborers were volunteers,
who gathered at the Armory at
nine o'clock, and worked until
late in the afternoon. Dinner
was served on the lawn of the
julius Melges home by the City,
several of the ladies of the city
assisting in the preparation and
serving of the luncheon.
The work done by the boys
consisted of raking and burning
rubbish, planting shrubbery. cut
ting out underbrush, arranging
fireplaces and swings for the
convenience of picknickers, and
and trimming or cutting out
of trees. A picturesque path was
made from the top of the hill
to the mill road, and next Sat-
urday school girls will plant
vines, seeds, etc., to cover the
bare places and soften the rub
bish filled spots. A list of shrubs
planted Friday includes thirty
eight lilacs, twelve sumac, nine
Virginia creepers, forty-three
wild roses, seven bitter sweet
and seven dogwood. Wild GU
cumibers, morning glory vines
and moon vines were also
rlanted. The roses and other
shrubs were planted around the
big boulders and in places where
the natural elevations or hooks
would be accented.
Much of the big success of
the day was due to the ability
of the leaders and their tact in
handling their squads. The boys
were grouped as follows:
John Mason, Robert PRYOR,
John Allan, Fred Siefert, Stan
ley Breckenridge, VIM. Alexan-
der, Mervin Mason, Clyde Som
son, John Winter. Jim Thomson,
Tony Lauterbach, Geo. Mans
feldt, Henry Jensen and Ray
Kuenzli.
Chauncey WEIGH, Gus Eng
land, Erwin Siefert. Ralph Ieav-
ems, Ted Pease, Wilbur Lamber-
ton, Erwin Engeman, Ray Zehet-
ner. Frances Ruder and Wallace
Mckay.
William Glassco, Ralph WEIGH,
Fred Melges, Alvin Anderson,
John Ziemer, Nealis Smith, Ar
thur Garland, Clare Hauck,
Leonard Somsen and Donovan
Daskam.
Melvin Daskam, Francis Por-
ter, Vern Pryor, Louis Jnene-
man, John lima, Erwin Yackel,
Ward Baldwin, John Murset,
Earl Lewis, Augustus Hallum,
Elmer Anderson, Clair Wise and
Donald Wier.
It now remains for the Park
Board to remedy the ugliness Of
the entrance to the park
and to make travelable
the drive to the bridge. Also
some arrangement should be
made for periodic cleanup of the
weeds or the improvements made
by the boys will be lost in nox-
lious growth.