Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-10-11
START CAMPAIGN TO
RAISE $4,000 PARK
FUND At EARLY date
Date for Canvas Will Be Select.
ed at That Time-COm-
mittees Chosen.

I0aC the memorial pdTk, W De eS-
tablished in Pine Bluff, shall be held
in trust for the public and funds
contributed therefor administered by
board of IL trustees, to be pro-
vided for in articles to be filed UNI
der the laws of Arkansas, and that
fund of $4,000 shall be raised
with which to purchase the ground
at Thirty-second and Cherry and
make initial improvements, were two
important matters relating to the
Memorial park project decided upon
last night by the executive commit
tee of members of the Rotary club
and Chamber Of Commerce, appoint
ed to proceed with plans for estab-
fishing the park. This committee
is composed of Chas. W. Holmes,
J. Harvey Means, II. I. Holderness,
Pinchback Taylor, T. H. Gadberry.
E. B. Bloom, j. Frank Franey, W. T.
Woodbridge, w. F. Coleman and H.
Kemp Toney, the last three named
being attorneys who are .contribut-
ing their services to arrange the
legal details of the Memorial park.
TO map out campaign for rails
ing required funds, the following
were appointed committee: J.
Harvey Means, w. w. Taylor, Thos.
H. Gadberry, John w. Reap, Thos.
J. Collier, J. I. Norris, Frank Bloom,
and Chas. W. Holmes. This COM
mittee will be assembled at the Hotel
Pines at noon today, and is to sub
NIT working plan, with assign
ments of canvassers, at the meeting
of the Rotary club Tuesday. The
date for the canvass will be selected
at that time.
Attorneys Woodbridge, Coleman
and Toney are to report in few
days on the draft of the legal instru-
ment they prepare, and when this is
accepted the IL men, who are to hold
the property in trust for the pub
lie and administer the funds con-
tributed for park purposes, will be
appointed.
Maj. w. J. Parkes. engineer, men,
Der of the Rotary club, will prepare
Immediately blue prints of the pro-
posed park site, with contemplated
improvements. These prints will
be printed in the Pine Bluff papers
and exhibited in store windows, that
all may become familiar with the
project, designed to be a memorial
of unitarian value, perpetually to
commemorate the gratitude and ap-
probation Of community for the
patriotism and courage of her peo-
pie who served with the colors in
the world war.
eve do not apprehend any great
difficulty in obtaining the necessary
funds to acquire the acreage and
make initial improvements" said
Mr.. Holmes last night. eve believe
the people appreciate fully the bene-
fits to accrue from a public park,
and will generously support the
movement to establish park as
memorial to the self-sacrificing men
and women of jefferson county who
served with the forces in the war;"
There is about $4,000 in the Me-
mortal park fund. Of this sum,
$4,000 was contributed by H. c..
Couch. The remainder came from
the "Womanless Wedding" per-
Torrance, staged by D. Stanley
Dreyfus and A. Frank Hays and
others, and several other contribu-
tors.
Tentative improvement plans, to
be worked out by Major Parkes,
contemplate the creation Of an ar
tificial lake, the building of drive
walys, planting of flowers and 9TH
er work to make the Memorial park
an attractive recreation ground for
Pine Bluff people.