The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-02-04
MAKING CITY BEAUTIFUL
is EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS

There is always something
magnificent to me in the struggle OF
men and women to do good things
for their community, especially
when they have so many obstacles
to overcome.
I was thinking just now of the
East Lake Boulevard association.
This group of tirelessly working
citizens, which deserves the earn
est assistance of everybody, has
for its object four things for busy
Birmingham.
First-The widening of First
avenue, which will benefit the
whole citizenship.
Second-To make the eastern
section-East Lake, Woodlawn,
Avondale and environs-a beau
tiful part Of the city to look upon,
since not only do so many thou
sands of persons pass through or
live in that district. but strangers
by the hundreds enter the town
yearly from this direction from
the whole United States.
Third-To get the paving done
along the East Lake street car
tracks.
Fourth-To have the board of
revenue pave out to the cutters
along the streets.
Interested Workers
Mrs. J. M. Hankins is president
of the association, and Donald
Conner, Richard Randolph, and
many others have taken deep in
terest in the project, among them
Mrs. George Ellis, Rev. Roy G..
Hershey, J. B. Gibson, John Frye,
DR.. ]. M. Hawkins, Mr.. and Mrs.
R. A. Clayton, J. C. Arthur; Pres
ident D. f. McLendon of the city
commission, and Mrs. McLendon,
J. D. Truss, Mrs. Ernest LaPointe,
Mrs. John Vincent. Mrs. Scudder
Ryall, Mrs. c. B, Yandle, Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas Huey, Mrs. ]. N.
Griffin, 0. B. Sparks and many
more.
The workers, laboring every
day to get legal matters straight;
seeing landowners in Avondale
about how much property they are
willing to relinquish that the sec
ton beyond the viaduct be made
into beauty spot instead of be-
ing allowed to remain a veritable
eyesore; trying to have the city
commission widen First avenue
from Spring street to Forty-first
street, have their hands full.
There is no reason why the gem
eral citizenry can't lend its
moral influence to speeding up the
project since. according to state
ment of Webb Crawford, not long
ago, more than 100000 persons
pass over the East Lake boulevard
every month. 1t is said to be the
most travelled high road in Bir-
mingham. In addition, three great
highways feed into it, the Mount
Pinson, the Springville and the
Huntsville roads. Again, part of
this boulevard forms the great
Bankhead highway, bringing in
tourists from every section Of
America.
Deeds in Hand
Mr.. Randolph has already hand
ed in the deeds to strips of land
he will relinquish in Avondale
that the pretty widening work may
go on, and that crepe myrtles,
lovely shade trees and shrubbery
of one sort and another may be
planted. much in Fairfield style.
The improvements will be benefit
cial, as well, to the general health
of that section and will give pleas
ure to all.
Last season, the women of the
various organizations in the east
ern communities-these including
social, literary, fraternal, school,
religious and patriotic groups
were instrumental in setting out
between 500 and 1000 trees all
the way from Woodlawn to Roe
buck Springs. These included
elms and different varieties that