Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-11-09
MASS MEETING
MONDAY AT 4
TO PLAN FOR
PLAYGROUND
Clubs Behind Program
Representatives Re
port At Meeting

A mass meeting of all citizens in
terested in the movement to acquire
playground for Americas will be
held at 4 o'clock Monday afternoon
at the Carnegie library. At this
meeting permanent playground or
ganization is to be effected, and the
raising of funds for the project
started.
This announcement was made yes
terday following a playground con-
ference at the high school building
Friday night at which all of the vari-
Gus clubs and civic organizations of
the city were represented, both wom-
ems and mems.
The conference was an outgrowth
of preliminary meeting earlier in
the week at the Chamber of Com
merce, called at the instance of Mrs.
Frank Sheffield and her committee of
the Woman's Club. The Friday
night meeting, attended by two score
Va iALSAO NPI ICoCllSGtClFC Il4C4A anu
women, was called to order by Supt.
Mathis, whose suggestion that
George R. Ellis be elected chairman
of the meeting was quickly adopted
and Colonel Ellis put in charge of
the meeting. Joseph Perkins was
named secretary.
The objects of the gathering were
explained by J. Ralston Cargill, of
the Rotary Club and Chamber Of
Commerce, as test meeting, to dis
cover whether the membership of the
various organizations represented de-
sired playground and were willing
to stand behind the movement, and
second, what program to follow IN
acquiring it. He stated that it was
desired to obtain a piece of property
close in, where it could be properly
policed by the city and of large
enough acreage to provide ball
grounds, tennis courts, perhaps a
swimming pool ETC., with possibly a
club house for the use of the ladies
or any community organizations, and
possibly small annex for use as
an auditorium.
CITY Needs Club House.
"Americus needs a good CLUB
house for the ladies'" said Mr.. Car
gill. "Americus is a wealthy town.
and we'll able to have an institution
of this kind. In fact, most towns OF
the size of Americus do have them
Fairgrounds are absolutely neces-
sary to the growth of the town and
to the proper development of the
youth of the community.
=, At this juncture the representa-
tives Of the various clubs and or
ganizations were questioned specln-
cally on the attitude of .'1elr ihelii
bership on the playground fsFoposal'
Some of them reported that So
had been taken by their orgahA1"5
tions endorsing the movement amy
pledging support to it. Others sVa'-
ed that no opportunity had come for
action on the proposal, but all "el9
certain the movement was taVore"
by their memberships.
Mrs. Sheffield, one of the pioneers
in the movement, stated that she was
greatly encouraged by the assurances
of help from the men received at 'ne
previous conference. 'The hardesC
thing we have had to contend WIN
in Americus," she said, "is the lack
of community spirit. But if we can
get together we can accomplish any
thing we will. think the fact that
we haven't had an auditorium or any
place where we could mingle and geT
together often has had great deal :t
to do with the lack of communl'y
spirit. AS for the Woman's CLUB ana
this movement, we feel that we are are
pioneers in it, and of course we are
for it
City Waited Too Long
"Americus has waited too long oe5
fore it found it was a CITY, anu
couldn't live in the same old way a.
BEFORE" said Col. Ellis in a Dr!eh e
speech. 'It is a reflection for cl'y
as large as Americus not to nave