Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-08-08
SWIMMINCPOOL
WORKERS TAKE
THIRD OF BONDS
Eight Committees Out
10 Put Playground
Project Over


The bond selling campaign to fl
nance the building of swimming
pool at the Playground got under way
at l O'Clock this forenoon when com
mlttees went to work down town talk
ing subscriptions, following a meet
ing at the club house at which the
! workers themselves subscribed for
$1,000 worth of bonds, or slightly
more than one-third of the entire pro-
posed inssue. Eight teams took the
field, two of them assigned to the
two railroads, and the other six to the
business section and factories. The
captains of the two railroad teams
are h. M. Sellers, local agent for
the Seaboard, and W. W. Dykes, To-
cal railroad attorney. The other
captains are H. E. Allen, John w.
ShiTer, Joseph Perkins, DIR. B. C.
KeiSSer, Lewis Ellis, Nathan Murray
and Bradley Hogg. The teams will
gather at the court house at go p.
m, to report on the first days re-
suits. -
The meeting of workers was pre-.
sided over by J. Ralston Cargill, pres
ident of the Playground association.
The men present represented the
American Legion and the three civic
clubs of the city, the Lions, the Ro-
tarians and the Kiwanians.
Every Man Buys.
The meeting was full of enthus-
asm. It started with every man
present subscribing for bonds of SIS
each, it being considered that each
man demonstrate that he personally
was "sold" on the proposition before
going before the public. The total
checked up 240 bonds sold before
the solicitation began.
In the course of the voluntary sub
scriptions by the workers, Evan Ma
this, representing Walter Rylander
who is absent from the city, stated
that the Rylander interests would be
glad to donate the use of concrete
mixer for building the pool, and that
free sand would be furnished from
the Rylander sand pit west of the
CITY. Sam R. Heys stated that he
believed many men would donate Ia
bor and teams, and that he would
give the work of two teams two or
three days for hauling sand or for
other work needed.
N. A. Ray. chairman of the coun-
tv board. was asked if it were not
POSSIBLE that the county forces might
do the excavation work. He stated
he did not know, as he could not
speak for all the board, but would
present the matter to the board.
For All County's Use.
For his and others benefit Chair
man Cargill stated that the pool is to
he for the use of the people of the
county as we'll as the city, that peo-
pie of Leslie. Plains and other com
munlties will have equal rights to pur-
chase tickets at the same price as
others and to use the pool at all
times subject only to the same reg
nlations as persons living in the city.
1t was suggested, therefore, that 1T
would not be improper to employ the
county forces for this small task
Chairman Cargill informed the
workers that thew might tell the pub
lie that ground would be broken on
the pool at the earliest possible mo-
ment after the bonds were sold, it
heing his hope to begin the work this
week and have it completed for use
this season. He stated that it would
reouire two or three weeks before
the bonds could be printed and pre-
! pared for delivery, and as The mon
cv would not all be needed at once
the call for it would be delayed as
long as possible.
John Shiver acted as secretary of
the meeting.
The Committees
The personnel of the various COM
mitfees follows:
H. f. Allen-Business Section
Lovelace Eve, Evan Mathis, Frank
Lanier. L. w Brown.
H. M. Sellers-Railroads-W. l.
English, D. F. Davenport, Frank
Harold. Euoene Bailey
w. w. Dykes-Railroads-N. A
Ray. J.Y. Lott, Frank Sheffield, V
M. Holloway.
| H. B. Mashburn, w T. Lane, H. &
Williams, Edgar Ship, Jr
Jos, Perkins-Business Section
R. P. Ewing, S. F. Howell, j. q
Dr.. B. C. Business Sec
| tion-J. E. Cutler, Brownie Thinner
man, Emory Rylander, G. G, WEBB
Lewis Ellis = Business Section
e Stenhen Pace, DR. L. F. Grubbs, {
D II Rorgers, S r. Heys.
: Nathan Murray--BuSiness Section
s Dr.. r. P. Glenn, W. S. Kirkpatrick
;. T. D. Jennings.
' Bradley Hogg-Business section
Arthur Mize, Carr Glover, Grlff ElC
+ ridge, Jack Hoist.
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