Smyrna times., 1917-01-24

as you do with your own boy or girl.
/ have devoted more time to the
children than l shall to my latter
topics. because it is as the old saying
goea, GAS the twig is bent. so the
tree inclines," and also because, many
things having to do with town better
ment must have the cooperation OF
the children.
WEED Day. for Removing this Growth
One such movement as adopted by
many towns is ''Weed Day" This
takes place in the spring and is as the
name denotes day devoted to clear
ing the cutters, streets. sideways and
yards of weeds. If this anti-weed
crusade is properly planned and execu-
ted the transformation of the town by
evening is such that even the most
hardened cynic will admit that weeds
are scare this spring.
If you will recall, l mentioned the
cooperation of the children. The
easiest and most convenient way to
inaugurate such a movement is to
assign a street or number of blocks
to a adult supervisor, who is to super
intend the work of squad of boys
under his or her direction. Wonders
can be accomplished in a very few
hours, a grass grown path cleaned,
500 cut and trimmed and lined with the
edge Of the bricks, and odds and ends
of rubbish picked up.
But: to awake the town tn the real
beauty possible sharp contrast must
be presented, the work must go on all
over town, simultaneously. Not one
street cleaned to-day and another to-
morrow, but all cleaned between sun
rise and sunset. The contrast between
the neglect and ugliness of morning
and the order and beauty of evening
will be sharp enough, perhaps to prick
the sleeping pride of many we'll mean
ing citizens, and yards and grass plots
all over town, will put their best foot
toward.
Let Beautiful Flowers SuppIant Weeds
Closely allied with the war against
weeds is the war for flowers. Nothing
will beautify the town at a minimum
expenditure of time, money and energy
as will flowers, grass and trees.
The civic committee has already spent
quite little money on the circular
plot at the station, and on the trian-
gular plot at the gas works, in addition
to the shrubDery at the Club House.
This was done with double pur-
pose, first, the Club had obligated it.
self to keep these plots in condition
and considering their conspicuous loca-
tion on the avenues of travel to and
from town, the committee felt bound
to make them as attractive as possible,
and secondly, it was hoped that il
might encourage individuals to take
better care of their own property.
Blooming flowers were used and will
be used in greater abundance in these
places the coming spring and summer,
shrubs have been planted which will
serve to prevent the baroness, 50 com
mon to flower yards in winter. Ais
a privett hedge has been planted ,us
inside the concrete coping at the sta
ton. All these things, small as the!
undoubtedly are, must nevertheless
help to make up the grand total o
town beauty.
: Make the following resolutions fo
the spring and summer of 1917:
: (D l will have my lawn cut regul
t arly.
(2) will plant and care for brigh
s colored flowers.
(3) will war against weeds in m
n gutter and pavement.
t az 1 will encourage others to d
g the same.
Attractive Street Signs at Each Corne
4 My next topic is of little differer
d nature. 1t is concerned with thoroug
9 and attractive system of street signs
O 1t is very easy for this matter I
d escape our attention, we who kno
q the streets without concious effor
but in these days of widespread trav
and social intercourse, strangers fir
it next to impossible to find a stree
}. name from a sign. We will equip q
IF corners with neat, legible street sigl
TO and merely ask we be given permissiC
to to put them where they will best ser,
Of the purpose.
m In connection with street improv
Id ment the civic committee purchas
ct and placed in prominent places thr'
m (3) galvanized iron cans. to recei
scrap paper, fruit skins and other cd
Id and ends commonly thrown into t
1g gutter. Numerous efforts were ma
er to get some support from our tov
council in this matter but withol
ht avail. We merely asked that
ad ordinance he nassed and advertis