The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1921-05-25
resident's
Report
OF Community League For
1o2O-1o2l
To Mrs r. 4. Irvine.
President of Associated Leagues,
Big Stone Gap, Virginia


Il report of the work attempted
and accomplished by the Com
munity League of Big Stone
Gap during the nine months
just past, during which time
was acting ms President, hnv-
ing been elected TO fill the place
after Mrs. Prescott, who was
elected at the regular May,
1920, meeting and declined TO
act.
EARLY in the fall We sent as
our representative to Churlotts.
vile, Virginia, Mira. a d. Ow-
ems, our treasurer. Mrs. Owens
spent two or three days there
and gathered much information
for us which she has embodied
in "A report which wr have wait.
ed to have her read until some
time when we could have full
meeting, III order that as many
of our monitors as possible
could hear the results of her ob
servauonS and be benefited
thereby.
Our next undertaking was to
furnish To the school here pa-
per towels and liquid soap for
the free use of the children.
In November we agreed to
pay half of the expense incurrcd
IN putting into the school build.
ing the nGw ana most up -tu.dntu
shades. These Shades were ab
sulutely necessary and tho
School Board, having been at
such heavy expense. felt they
could not afford the cost there
of, SO The League agreed to pay
half. We also put, or rather
have ordered, for the school
grounds, two pieces OF equip
ment, VIZ: "A Slide aud Ocean
Wave, to be used as start on
our play ground equipment,
which we hope TO add To from
time 10 time until we have
play ground which viii be a 10Y
to the children and an honor TO
our school aud league.
Unhrr the able supervision of
Mrs. Otis Mouser, and hearty
cooperation of Mr.. Sulfrllge
and The Boys, our school
yard is rapidly changing from
an eye sore to IA Thing Of real
beauty. 10 this work the
League has contributed ten dol
lars aud members theresa
plants, bulus, etc.
In addition to the above wt.
last week, paid the expenses in
Cured in taking IA young girl
from here to lvakotn farm
The last Wednesday in April
was Clean W Day. IL was
such II rainy day Tie wagons
did not get around until the
next day. | regret to say the
town is not nearly 80 neat as il
has been heretofore, but we
have made several calls, both
personal aud on the telephone,
10 our mayor and have called
his attention To places and peo-
pie who are violating the town
laws with reference 10 dumping
trash on the river banks. in the
streets, the unclean condition
of the CUTTERS IN the main
streets of the town, tin cans,
etc. etc, aud he assures us he
Will heartily cooperate with us
in having the town kept clean.
In order To finance the above
Undertakings we did the fol-
lowing things to RAISE the nee
essory funds, viz:
Had II fcw Saturday sales of
things To eat.
Gave Colonial Bazaar,
which was the most successful
thing, both from standpoint
of community spirit, dor indeed
every one did all ne or she
could do to help III every way
the women worked and the men
kept the interest stirred up aud
spent their money most freely)
and from Il financial standpoint,
we having cleared over five
hundred dollars on the one
affair
Advertised and shared in prof
its Of recital
lam very sorry the meetings
have not been more largely at
tended, but there are many rea-