Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1921-10-13
LAFAYETTE COUNTY
CHAPTER RED CROSS
Gillian Alexander, Red Cross Public
Health Nurse.)
A Clean Town is Healthy Town.

| "A clean IUWn Is Il fISdttuy AoWhs
While it is always pleasant to live
/ in a clean town and beautiful town
/ it is most important to have our town
first of all a HEALTHY. town. $780,
900 deaths fro mpreventable diseases
each year mean that we have allowed
disease germs to accumulate some
place in our neiehborhood for such
Germs Iurk and hide in filth and trash
heaps, in waste from the kitchen OF
table and in unsecured sinks and I'M
clean garbage pals. These germs
wait quietly for a cool breeze to come
along an dhelp them travel until they
find resting place on our food, In
our threats and noses and even on our
tongues.
Protection. therefore, from these
enemies to man would be natural and
we have taken Ion gstep in the right
direction when we keep our sourround-
| ing so clean that that eager germ will
| find no place to live and grow.
| This sounds very well. of course,
but the thing to do is not to Just talk
about the subject or to think about
lit but to get busy RIGHT NOW and
| plan for "Clean UP Week"
The first step to take is to talk the
whole subject over with our neighbors
and plan what we shall do together
for unless we al lclean UP at the same
time we cannot hope for much inn
provement in the general condition for
germs do not choose any Special gar
bage pals to live in and those of our
neighbors may be quite as dangerous
as our own.
Now for actual plans. First, let us
try to reach everybody in the commun-
lty and we may do this in one good
way throuoi1 the churches; ministers
usually will be clad to make announce
ments for the "Clean Up Committee"
once the need is evnlained and what
the ministers say will be remember
ed.
Second. we should reach our local
newspaper: editors will be glad to
write 9 notice about the work and will
even call the people together for
Mass Meeting to discuss WAYS and
means for an effective Clean Up Cam
paign.
These first steps taken we may con-
slider the work at least begun and now
it is the duty of the Committee to an
nounce the work for each day of the
"Clean Up Week."
.SIndav we may call CHURCH AN
NOJNCEMENT DAY.
Monday, may be FIRE PREVEN-
TON DAY for beginning with TIE At
IL, We should clean up all trash ard
4,easy rags and things W.
don't need. This should be done in
the basement also and when the trash
is disposed of we have performed
double work in making the town SAT-
er from fires and freezer from germs. I
Tuesday is a good day to clean up
The FROM TYARD; cut the grass, /
.lean the walk. weed the flower beds /
and dry off any pools of standing /
water.
Wednesday we may continue the
rood work begun on Tuesday and call /
t WEED DAY for weeds are insight
v and dangerous lurking places for
,erms. The lawn, back and front
vard should be freed from weeds and
ledges and bushes trimmed neatly.
Thursday is good day to paint up;
,orches, wood work, fences and as
much of whole house inside and out,
pecially the kitchen, it's floor, shelves
md all unsightly spots should be
tainted. Paint is a fine way to keep
lown germs.
Friday may be devoted to cleaning
llleys, securing and screening gar
age cans, and repairing house screens
shereyer needed. This may be called
SCREEN DAY.
Saturday, we will call VACANT
OF DAY for now the Boy Scouts
re at home and may help in clean
1g vacant lots, putting the trash in
caps, for burning and piling unburn-
bic trash for wagons to haul away.
If it takes two weeks to do the work
hen let it run over, but once il is
one well our town will be a safer
lace to live in and we will have done
ur part to lessen the alarming num-
er of n1nvnrfahIa lfieoacoc