Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-05-01

fleets the standards. or the lack Of
any standards, among those respons-
ible for those conditions; among
those who should or who could re-
move these conditions.
The women of Augusta are sol1dly
| behind the Clean Up Campaign and
they know that they can get really
satisfying, permanent results IN all
the various phases of community
sanitation and Identification through
the successful fulfillment of the
campaign plans.
Mayor Mclean
Mayor Mclean through his procla-
| nation and cooperation is doing
everything in his power to make the
Clean Up Campaign a thorough sue
| cess. He, especially is the one who
feels proud--or ashamed-in the
physical appearance and condition OF
| the city of which he is the head.
When he welcomes conventions and
| distinguished visitors and extends
! them the hospitality. perhaps the
"key" of the city of Augusta, he
! feels all the confident pride of the
capable and worthy host-if he
knows that the city's guests will sec
only clean streets and alleys. vacant
lets without rubbish or wecdRside-
|
| k.rt lawns and gardens; long. I'm h,
| broken avenues of shade trees: resi-
| dcnce. store, factory and public
buildings glistening with cleanliness,
| orderliness and paintliness; window
| boxes of flowers and vines giving
| color and cheer: and happy. healthy
| children at work in thrift gardens on
vacant lots. or at play in well-kept
parks or Fairgrounds. All these
mean more than huge niles of public
buildings-they are the accepted
physical standards of civic life; they
reflect the spiritual character. the
soul of the city. Naturally, there
| fore, Mayor Mclean is taking an
| conduct of this work and is en-
! deavoring to do his part in making it
a real campaign. He is encouraging
the active participation of every
| city department and is one of the
| key men whose interest and in
,,fluence and leadership will insure the
success of the campaign.
| The Fire Department
| Each year now the fire marshals
| in various states conduct state and
=, local Clean Up and Paint Up
Campaigns. primarily to reduce fire
risks. Chief Engineer Small recog-
nizes the value of clean up in fire
| prevention and knows that paint
up is the effective incentive to-
| ward keeping premises clean and
| orderly and safe. He earnestly urges
| that every cellar, every attic, every
shed and storehouse and basement be
thoroughly cleaned of rubbish and
inf1ammable material. He asks for
| the sincere cooperation of every
! citizen of Augusta.
The Schools
| Better citizenship should start with
! the boys and girls. When today's
! Junior citizens become responsible,
| 4 few years hence. for the welfare
! Of their communities. will they
i realize their responsibilities? If SO.
| they must have actual training in
! practical community needs and
! efforts. All the children should be
F: given definite things to do during the
! Clean Up Campaign. They deserve
. more than slight and trivial recog-
milton and responsibility IN cam
! paign such as this T'hich teaches
athem-and many of their elders
! the primary lessons in making and
| keeping homes and reighborhoods
! clean and sanitary and attractive
! and in bringing to tile children liv-
| ing and growing conditions that
, enable the schools to deliver to the
! community worthwhile human
; product
! The maintenance of a clean city
is problem of education pure and
! simple. The Clean Up and Paint Up
! Campaign deserves the earnest CO.
i operation of everyone, not CO.
! operation by interest alone but CO.
| operation by active effort
The Business Men
Very naturally, all of the busin-
! ess men of Augusta are strongly
behind The Clean Up Campaign. The
| bankers, because it increases and
preserves property values, teaches
thrift and promotes prosperity and
| stability and growth. The Real
Estate men for the same reasons:
and because they often add $40 or
S2H a front foot to the value of a
rur down neiehborhood simply by
CLEANING and painting up. All other
| business men for similar reasons,
ard the merchants especially, for
tic campaign greatly increases the
sale of all lines of goods that help
to make town and its homes spick
! and span, clean and comfortable and
| beautiful and safe against the raw
| ages of fire and the weather. The
! hardware or paint store sells a GUS
toner paint or varnsh and it makes
good business for the merchant The
customer paints his property and it
| is good bust ness for hirl because it
has SO often been truthfully stated
Save the surface and YOU save ALL"
| The Health Department
The. Board of Health of the City
of Augusta have given the Clean Up
Campaign their hearty endorsement
and earnestly urge every citizen of
possible.
The most stubborn problems of