Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-05-18
ELLISP0RT RESIDENTS
STAGE BIG CLEAN UP
(By Frances Scott Cliff).

day" and "rcpair week" must be
evenly divided between the Ellis
! port Womcnn S and the Mems I'M
provement clubs and the boys and
girls of the community.
Mrs. Furbush, president Of the
Women's club, set the ball roll
ing by appointing committee to
iplan the work, that proved itself
the most efficient possible for that
task. Efficient not only in plan
ming the work for the day, but in
interesting every able bodied man,
woman aud child in doing his lev
el best to help the work along.
First of, big dinner was plan
ncd-and when Ellisport women
plan dinner, every man and boy
who is big enough to pick up tin
cans or pile brush for a bon fire
shifts the air, and if the fee calls
for work, every other considera-
ton is forgotten until the ticket
is paid in full.
The committee, Mesdames Walt
er Cliff, Chas. Woods, and Rich
ard Fuller, planned a good full
days work for a small army of
workers, and every body worked
excepting few who were incapa-
citated by illness, and they looked
on with envious eyes because they
could not help.
The sumptuous dinner was serv-
ed in Mrs. Newman s dining room,
as the weather seemed too uncer-
tain to insure a comfortable out
of-doors dinner. Nearly all Ellis
port appeared at the well laden
table, happy in the knowledge
that good work was being well
and cheerfully done. But there
were so many good "eats" left
over that the toilers were invited
to work on and come book for sup
per, which they joyfully did.
Between ninety and one hund-
red meals were servd. Not all to
workers, however, as lunches were
sent out to those who for any reas-
on were not able to enjoy the pic
mic. For instance, Frank Fuller
had to keep the green house grow
ing and Mr. Starr could not shut
up shop, and all shut-ins were re-
membered. Mrs. Woods filled her
car with load of the lame and the
halt who could be moved, and
took them to the dinner, so all
were provided for, and a genial
spirit of harmony and good fel-
lowship prevailed everywhere,
which was, perhaps, worth as
much to the well being of the com
Immity as any of the work that
was done.
Saturday night found a tired
but happy community at Ellis
port, for the cleanup day idea
had resolved itself into a general
repair week in which as many of
the citizens as could, joined in.
One day Messrs. Walter Cliff
land CUNNINGHAM built brick and
mortar picnic stove which large
number of picnickers will be glad
to find on the grounds. Mrs. Ev-
ans donated the brick and neigh
boring ladies carried a substantial
lunch to the workers.
One day a Merry" clatter on
the highway called everybody to
the windows in time TO see the
county road scraper smoothing off
the rough places in the streets.
Thanks are due to the Improve
ment club and Mr.. Merry, the road
supervisor, and also for having
a heavy fallen tree removed from
the water front board walk.
OF course Ellisport is not in per-
feet condition yet, but a fine be-
ginning has been made and the
good work will continue as sum-
mer progresses and time permits.
Walter Cliff has made a great
Improvement in the appearance of
his property by painting his
house.
Miss Caughey has had her
grounds handicapped most artist
ically, and new fence painted a
woodsy brown which encoses but
does ont hide its beauty from
passers by.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Woods en-
tertained a party Of fourteen
young friends of their son and
daughter from the University
over the week end, and Judging
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