The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-30
civic League Holds its Annual Meet
ing Saturday and Chooses
Miss Eleanor Brown
President.
ENCOURAGE GARDENING
Announcement Made as to Grading
Gardens-co Committees Named
For Cleanup Day
Inspection.

meeting Oh SATURDAY alIeTuOou ant
elected officers. The list of directors
remained practically unchanged. TIL,
officers elected were:
President-Miss Eleanor Brown.
vice president-Mrs Hugh J. Rob
ertson.
Recording secretary-Miss Caro-
line Baldwin.
Corresponding secretary Miss
May Wescott.
Treasurer Nettie Younker.
The directors are Mrs. w. G.
Blood, Mrs. George D. Rand, Mrs
james Cameron, ST., Mrs. James B.
Diver, Mrs. Joseph J. Ayres, Mrs
Leonard Matless, Mrs. Harry j.
Reeves, Mrs. d. A. Collier, Mrs. w.
]. Roberts. Mrs. Eugene S. Baker.
Mrs. ]. F. Elder. Mrs. John Rovane,
Miss Ida G. Howell, Miss Anne B.
Davis, Mrs. Alice Read Craig, Mrs.
william Logan. Mrs. j. w. Town
send, Mrs. George Merriam, Mrs. H.
o. Whitney, Mrs. j. B. We'll.
Mrs. Leonard Matless read a letter
from A. j. Litton, sanitary engineer
of the U. S. public health service,
saying that he will be in Keokuk
Cdisy Ill Ahdy W Al4S CStASdIC l1c
ter of the location of the intake
pipe of the water company. At Mr.
Littons suggestion. Mrs. Matless
wrote also to the surgeon general of
the U. S. health service. These let
ters were made part of the min,
utes of the league and the commit
Tee continued.
Mrs. J. J. Ayres reported that she
and Mrs. w. G. Blood, acting presi-
dent of the league had been called
in conference with VIM Aldrich,
superintendent of the city schools
regarding the school gardens. Mr..
Aldrich had reported fund of 500
available for a supervisor for the
school gardens, half of this amount
came from the extension department
Of the Iowa state college 1t was
decided that the paid supervisor
should be an ex officio member of
the committees of judges in all the
wards and that 1t shall also be a !
part of the supervisors duties to
aid and encourage the children so |
that the gardens shall be properly I
cared for until the produce comes to /,
maturity. In many cases the chill |
dren's enthusiasm wanes with the !
summer and many gardens are
neglected.
The Garden Score. i
Mrs. Ayres reported that the gar
dens are to be judged on the follow
ing ten points:
Neatness, one point.
Scarcity of weeds, one point
surroundings, one point
Amount Of labor expended by the
child himself, one point.
Difficulties Of poor soil, ETC., over
come, one point.
Skill and judgment displayed, one
point
Amount of produce, two points.
Quality of produce, two points.
The committees who were named
70 present the matter of the school
gardens at the various school build
ngs will serve as judges, together I
WIN the garden supervisor. Mrs.
ayres announced also that in addi- {
ION to the cash prizes to be given I
or the best gardens others who
heretofore have had only honorable S
MENTION are to be given ribbons. fr
MISS Caroline Baldwin reported c
nat the committees whose names (
ppeared In The Gate City are to 6
lsit the merchants on Tuesday re- b
arding the maintenance of the a
oWn-town flower boxes. She report p
that there are fifty-one boxes on t
ne great white way and that filling D
1em and caring for them during u
le summer will cost about one hun
red dollars. Rose pink and white "
etunias with vines are to be used, u y,
ach box requiring three dozen u
ants to fill 1t. ;,
Cleanup Week. =,
Inc Civic league. and the Indus II
iai association have co-operated
cry year since the organization of d
= league in promoting cleanup t,
eek. This week has been set for cl
ean-up week and should the is
sather be favorable it is hoped et