Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-05-05
WAR ON MOSQUITOES
STARTED At FURL.0W
SCHOOL LAST WEEK
All Glasses Organized Into Clubs
With President Who Makes
Weekly Report
WORK IS WELL ORGANIZED
Mosquitolcss Americus Is Slogan
OF Students Enrolled In
Clubs

Furlow Grammar school children
are playing an important part in
the mosquito determination cam
paign which was inaugurated here
last week by DR.. J. A. LePrince,
federal mosquito expert, who visit
ed this city in the interest of ma
laria and dengue.
DR.. LePrine visited the schools
here, giving lectures and illustrat-
ed talgs on the danger which threat
ems this city if mosquitoes are per-
mitted TO remain within its limits.
So earnest were the appeals made
by DR.. LePrince to the children, 50
urgent was the necessity of MAX
ing Americus safe for residence,
that the children pledged them
selves TO take an active part in the
work.
Scholars Clubs Organized.
Last week clubs were formed in
the t'urloW Grammar school by
Miss Sarah P. Cobb, principal, who
divided the classes into clubs, each
club electing its own president who
will receive the report each Mon
day of the mo5quito squads.
Saturday the larger boys went to
the abandoned swimming pool IN
Prospect park, cleaning and drain
ing it thoroughly, finding millions
and millions of tadpoles and larvae,
which Dr.. LePrince had taught
them to recognize on sight. They
also went about their own homes,
destroying all tin cans and recepta-
cles which might contain water as Il
breeding place for the mosquito,
and gave their own yards general
overhauling for old rubbish.
Saturdays report showed that
about half of the Grammar school
children entered into the work, ana
indications are that Saturday
will find the mosquito squads busy
in every part Of the city, seeking
tin cal{s and breeding places for
the mosquito. These will be taken
up and placed in containers to be
carried to the crematory.
Teachers Assist Work.
"The teachers of the schools
realize the importance of the cam
paign." said Miss Cobb, "and the
service of every child is needed to
destroy all breeding places. We
have taught. the children, according
to DR.. LePrince's advice, that the
sooner this work is begun before
warm weather sets in, the better 1t
will be for all concerned. The way
they have heriocally entered into
the determination program is
very encouraging, and we feel that
interested children can and will do
as much or more for the campaign
than older people, for children love
to do this kind Of work, and they
should be greatly encouaged by old
er residents to put their whole Ell
forts in it.
at is hoped that the children will
become so interested in aXtermina-
ton work that they will continue it
through the summer months, for
with the early beginning of the de-
struction of all breeding places,
Americus should be a mosqJitoless
place by The end Of the summer,
and the danger of malaria and
dengue greatly lessened, said Miss
Cobb.
Full Report of Clubs.
A full report of the work done
by the children last Saturday fol
lows, and each week the report will
be published for encouragement to
the workers.
First Weeks Report.
All children looked in their yards
Saturday morning. Is tin cans were
collected and few cans of water
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