Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-08-06
SWIMMING POOL
BOND CANVASS
OPENS MONDAY
Four Civic ORGANIZATIONS
To Wind Campaign
Up Bv Tuesday

The campaign for disposing of $3,-
500 in baby" bonds for the build
ing of a municipal swimming pool at
the Playground will open at 10
fo'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
Ic canvassers. Although only commit
/ tees were asked by the Playground
| association, the entire membership Of
! the Rotary and kiwanis 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 SIS
| par value each and bearing 8 per cent
interest, running five years. On Tues
/ day evening at 6 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 a buffet supper
viii be served. At that time reports
will be received, expected to show a
successful wind-up of the campaign
}. 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
cr organizations named. He found
the KiWanians enthusiastically re
spOnSiye, endorsing the project
heartily and pledging their services
not only in dispos.ng Of the bonds
but in doing the actual construc-
tion work as we'll
Offers Work, Too.
Kiwanian Jack Hoist suggested
that the club pledge its 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 co-opera-
ton, and urging that "just once le5,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"
Mr. 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 assured Mr.. Car
gill that every member was heartily
behind the movement and could be
depended upon to helo put it over
CargilI Gives Details.
Today Mr.. CargiIi gave out the
following statements
Committees from the Rotary, Ki-
wants, Lions clubs and American Le- /
gion will meet at the Community f.
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 buff /
fet supper under the auspices of the |
Playground association but which is |
being rendered to the four mems |
clubs mentioned by the members of |
the Womans club, the Music Study |
club, the u. d. c., and the d. A. K. |
organizations as hostesses, will be |
served at 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 oyersubscrib- !
ed.
''In the event of r-subscription,
the Board of Directors of the Play
ground association may in a 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.
1T should be clearly understood |
that these baby bonds will be ex-I
changeable for season swimming
tickets, though the Board of Direc-
tors will make provision for the or
derby 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"