Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-01-26
NAME WORKERS
FOR PLAYGROUND
FUND CAMP AlCN
One-Day Canvass To Be
Staged On Thursday
Committees To Meet

The committees which will put on
the playground drive Thursday to
raise funds for maintenance of the
grounds for 1921 will meet with the
general chairman, j. Ralston Cargill,
at the Chamber of Commerce at
$50 O'Clock Thursday morning for
organization and instructions, fol-
lowing which the canvass of the resi-
Dental and business sections of the
city will begin. The personnel of
these committees was announced to-
day by Chairman Cargill, after sew
eral conferences, and the names are
printed herewith.
The drive will be for one day only.
The goal sought is a minimum of
$4,000, the figure set by the play
ground directors as necessary to
maintain the grounds this year. An
nual memberships of 81 each will be
selected, all the committee work
ers being supplied with membership
blanks. AS many plural member
ships as possible for sums ranging
from IS to $50 or $100 will be ask
ed because, as it is regarded as inn
possible to secure the needed
amount Of money if many persons to
do not give amounts exceeding ST..
All Welcome to Use It,
However, the solicitors will be i'm
pressed to make clear to all citizens
that the playground is as much
theirs to use If they are unable to
share in its upkeep as if they were
the largest givers, and that parents
will be urged to have their children
make use of this public institution
even though they are unable finan-
cially to take even one membership.
/ Beginning yesterday evening,
talks on the playground have been
made at each performance at the
Alcazar theater, and will continue
until the last show tonight Talking
yesterday was Chairman Cargill
alone, Today the takers will be J.
E. Mathis, p. m.; Mrs. Frank Shelf,
field, 7 p. M; 8 r. M, Lovelace
Eve.
The appeal of the playground was
| carried this morning to the school
children, Chairman Cargill visiting
the high school and II grammar
school rooms and making talks III
each of them.
Ladies' Committee.
The womans committees named by
Chairman Cargill follow:
Lee Street from Lamar to Bran
/ men Avenue-Mrs. Carl Minor,
chairman; Mrs. c. NJ Council, Mrs.
Cliff Williams, Mrs. Hollis Fort.
Lee Street from College Street
South-Mrs. James A. Walker,
chairman; Mrs. Frank Cato, Mrs. Lee
Hansford, Mrs C. A. CnYpepper,
Mrs. H. B. Mashburn, Mrs. Tom
Lane, Mrs. George Marshall, Mrs.
Steve Pace, Mrs. E. j. Shehan.
Furlow, Hill, Bell and Dodson
Streets-Mrs. T. C. Tillman, chair
man; Mrs. E. L. Carswell, Mrs. En-
ory Rylander, Mrs. Charles Gam
mage.
Lee Street from Brannen Avenue
to College and Brannen Avenue
Mrs. J. Ralston Cargill, chairman
Mrs. J. T. Stukes, Mrs. J. E. Mathis
Church Street from jackson to
Brown-Mrs. Joe Poole, chairman
Mrs. Lawson Stapleton, Sr., Mrs
! George Oliver, Mrs. H. M. Sellers.
Church Street From Brown To
Horne.-Mrs. William Castleberry
chairman; Mrs K. C. Beavers, Mrs
Max Cawood
Jackson Street and Jackson Ave
nue.-Mrs. H. c. Davis, chairman,
Mrs. C. P. Davis, Mrs. R. C. Fetner
Mrs. Stella C. Thurman, Mrs. Will
liam Bowers.
Brown street.--Mrs. L. G. Coun
ell, chairman; Mrs. Cobb Miner.
| College Street.-Mrs. C. O. Niles
chairman; Mrs. Wyatt Ivey, Mrs
| W. S. Kirkpatrick, Mrs. Sam Cohen
Hancock and Harold Avenues
Mrs. L. L. McCleskey, Miss Caroline
! Worthy, Mrs. Joseph Perkins, Miss
| Elizabeth Harris.
Forrest Street.--Mrs. C. E. Duna
way, chairman.
Rees Park and Fielder Street, -
Mrs. S. H. Mckee, chairman; Mrs
P. L. Holt, Mrs. T. G. Hudson, Mrs
Joe Sutton.
Hancock Avenue - Mrs. George
/ VanRiner chairman. Mrs. r. p
Stackhouse, Sr., Miss Louise Will
ford, Mrs Arthur Mize.
Tavlor Street-Afrs. Frank Shpf.