Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-08-06
TAX READY FOR SIGNATURE
POOL
BOND CANVASS
OPENS MONDAY
Four Civic Organizations
To Wind Campaign
Up By uesday

The campaign for disposing of $3,-
500 in "baby" bonds for the build
ing of municipal swimming pool at
the Playground will open at 10
o'clock Monday morning with meet
ing at the Community house of rep
resentatives of the Lions club, Rotary
Club, American Legion and Kiwanis
club, who will constitute the actual
canvassers. Although only commit
tees were asked by the Playground
association, the entire membership of
the Rotary and Kiwan;s clubs have
been pledged as workers and will be
on hand at the appointed hour. The
entire community will be solicited for
subscriptions to these bonds, of S5
par value each and bearing per cent
interest, running five years. On Tues
day evening at O'Clock all partici-
pating in the campaign will will be
guests of the four leading women's
clubs of the community at the Com
munity house when buffet supper
viii be served. At that time reports
will be received, expected to show a.
successful wind-up of the campaign.
j. Ralston Cargill, president of the
Playground association, appeared be-
fore the Kiwanis club at its Friday
luncheon in the interest of the swim
ming pool movement, he having al
ready lined-up successfully the 9th
CT organizations named. He found
the KiWanians enthusiastically re-
sponsive, endorsing the project
heartily and pledging their services
not only in disposing of the bonds
but in doing the actual construc-
ton work as well.
Offers Work, Too.
Kiwanian Jack Hoist suggested
that the club, pledge it's members to
get on the job with hammers, saws,
nails and other equipment when con-
struction begins and donate their la
Dor. John Shiver objected to per-
sonal labor, but offered to send
three or four men to work free. He \
made an appeal for putting this
thing over" declaring that in the
past movement after movement had
failed because of lack of c0-opera-i !
ton, and urging that "just once let's
put something over, now that we
seem to have the cooperation of the
various interests of the community.
Let's see to it that we make this a
bulls eye, 100 per cent"
MIR. Shiver, who was heartily ap-
plauded, declared he would donate
one or two or more teams, trucks,
wheel barrows or anything else to
assist in accomplishing the project
Others voiced similar sentiments, and
the club by vote sassured Mr.. Car
gill that every member was heartily
behind the movement and could be
depended upon to help put it over
Cargill Gives Details.
Today Mr.. CafGill gave out the
following statement:
Committees from the Rotary, XII
wants, Lions clubs and American Lee
gion will meet at the Community
club house at 10 o'clock Monday
morning Monday and Tuesday will
be devoted to the baby bond cam
paign and all committees will report
to a mass meeting which Will be
held at Community club house at 6
o'clock Tuesday afternoon A buf-
fet supper under the auspices of the
Playground association but which is
being rendered to the four mems
clubs mentions by the members of
the Woman's club, the Music Study
club, the U. D. c., and the ID. A. X.
as hostesses, will be
served at 6 o'clock and it is conf
IDENTIFY expected that announcement |
can be made at that time after re-
ceiving the reports of committees that
the bond issue has been oversubscrib-
ed.
in the event of over-subscription,
the Board of Directors of the Play
ground association may in legal
manner and with the concurrence of
subscribers to the bonds hold the sur
plus subscriptions to take care of any
possible increase in costs above the
engineers estimate.
''It should be clearly understood
that these baby bonds will be ex-
changeable for season swimming
tickets, though the Board of Direc-
tors will make provision for the or
derly retirement of the bonds in this
manner or, by cash repayment so
that there will at all times be suffi-
cient funds for the proper operation
of the swimming pool
There will be certain hours in
each day set aside for the children
under careful chaperonage and su-
pervision and the remainder of the
day and at night for grown folks.
At least that is the general plan,
subject to such changes as might be
suggested and found to be wise"