The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-05-24
OFFICIAL OPENING
OF the Sanitary Survey Of MasoT
County Made Yesterday Afternoon
Before q Large Audience in
the Washington Opera
House.

Yesterday marked one of the great
est days ever known in Mason coun-
ty, the opening Of the greatest drive
against the enemies of health and well
fare, the Sanitary Survey. Although
greatly disappointed over the failure
OF the governor of the State, His Ex-
cellency A. o. Stanley, to arrive in
Maysville in order to speak, neverthe-
less large crowd was present to hear
the other speakers Of the afternoon,
and without doubt, all well pleased the
audience.
The audience was a representative
one, people coming from all parts OF
the county to learn of the Sanitary
Survey and its workings. Their minds
were satisfied as to this respect for
clear explanations were given by the
various speakers.
Immediately preceding the exer-
cises at the Opera House, the Red
Cross Workers gave a demonstration
on the streets. The big parade, which
had been planned, was called off or
account of the uncertainty of the gov.
ernor's visit Nevertheless, smaller
demonstration was made than at first
planned The following was the or.
der of the line of march:
Old Glory carried by Chief of Police
Mackey.
Police.
Twenty-four Red Cross Workers.
Automobiles containing members Of
the Mason County Health League, Wo
mans Club, Fiscal Court, City Offic
ials, etc.
The young ladies dressed as Ret
Cross Nurses attracted much atten
tion by their appearance and man!
favorable remarks were heard con
cerning them.
The meeting at the Opera Hous,
was preceded by several musical Sc
lections by Mr.. and Mrs. Clarenc,
Boyer. Promptly at 2:20 o'clock thu
program was opened with an invoca
tion by the Rev. DR.. John Barbour.
The meeting was presided over b!
the Hon. ]. W. Lee, Mayor of thu
city, who held the chairmanshiI
with an ease and grace that is char
actertistic of him.
DR.. J. N. Mccormack, State Sanitar!
Inspector, addressed the audience tell
ing 1t that he had just been talkin,
to Governor Stanley, who said that hi
plans to be in Maysvills were frus
trated by being compelled to work OF
plans for Registration Day but that h
sent his love and affection and regre
to all present and that he hoped to b.
present in Maysville some time durin
the Sanitary Survey to see for him
self what was being done.
DR.. L. L. Lumsden, Surgeon Genera
of the United States Public Healtl
Service, was the first speaker of tn
afternoon. He said that he felt high
ly honored to be present at the open
ing of the Sanitary Survey of Maso
county. He said that Mason count
was one Of nineteen out of the 300
in the United States to engage wit
the Public Health Service and tn
State Board of Health in carrying ou
an intensive plan of sanitation worl
but being the first county in the Unit
ed States to show with substantif
evidence of their appreciation of tn
Health work in the hard coin of tn
realm" He said that the main pul
pose Of the campaign was to max
good health contagious and urged ths
this be the slogan Of the survey, "Mak
Good Health Contagious"
The speaker then gave a history {
the sanitation movement in this cour
try, particularly in the rural district
where, he said, little progress was b.
, ing made. He asked What inves
ment could be better than a plan
Increase our healthfulness? H
stated that there we're only thrt
things to live for, three meals a da
a bed to sleep in and thrills. "Tf
latter" he said, raise us above ii
beasts Of the field and draw US CLOSE
to the throne of God, being the onl
thing to live for"
He then talked of the prospects
success Of the work in Mason count