The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-12-11
ATTEND THIS CIVIC CLINIC.


Civic pride and civic interest are going t.
be tested in Kenosha this week. People ar
going to be given chance to show just hov
much interest they take in their home town
and it's DEVELOPMENT Civic experts are coming
to Kenosha to conduct clinic on Wednesday
Thursday and Friday. It is not going to be ;
mutual admiration society meeting, but it il
going to be clinic at which the experts ar
going to test out the blood pressure of Keno
sha, look down it's throat for disease, feel it,
pulse and make other tests common at clinic
Of course we all think that Kenosha is thu
best city in the world Of it's size. Of cours
we are convinced that Kenosha will win chi
Better Cities contest, but, it may be tina
some of us are just little ignorant Of wha
goes to make up a better city. Maybe we hav
been so self centered and so content IN ou
own growth that we have not had time to lool
about and see just how much better othe
cities may be.
Like the parents of new infant we hav
stood on the side lines and with desperate per
sonal interest we have said isn't it just tot
cute for anything" isn't this just the pref
test baby in the world"
Possibly we have failed to see that thi
municipal baby of ours is cross-eyed, bow-leg
ged and that it's nose is crooked. Maybe W.
have not been able to see any of it's defect
because of the fact that it is our town and on
home.
People interested in Kenosha should be in
terested in knowing the worst as we'll as tn
best about the city. 1t should be worthwhile
to have experts in city building, along man.
lines, measure up Kenosha along with certain
well-known standards of city building and pu
it right down in the record where Kenosh
L a. Foi
to see where Kenosha excells other cities, bu
it is probable that some of us have failed ant
will continue to fail to overlook the defects.
The city which grows best is the city tina
knows its short comings in order that it ma,
take steps to remedy them. This clinic TO
Better Cities is going to point out the shor
comings. A lot of us should be on hand Whel
this diagnosis of the condition of Kenosha i
made that we may be able to know just wha
is the matter with us. Of course these eX
perts WILL like others DOCTORS temper the wine
a little to the shorn lamb and they may insis
on calling few of the most interested partie
into side room and telling them in confdenc
just how bad some things are in Kenosha.
To know the best about city is encourag
ing, but to know the worst is more helpful
Kenosha has fine chance this week to tax
an inventory of her good and her bad TIL
Kenosha men with pardonable pride will shoy
the best Kenosha has to offer. These visitin,
experts with frankness will seek to point gu
the other side.
This conference will be of great value to tn
future of Kenosha if the people of Kenosh
show real interest in it and take to heart tn
things that these municipal doctors are goin
to find as ailments of Kenosha. There shout
be a thousand people present at every one o
these very interesting meetings. These pee
pie should go with pads and pencils with
view of putting down for future consideration
the things which these experts find. TIL
future of Kenosha is going to be advanced b.
the greatest number of people in Kenosha Jus
finding out what are the real needs of the cit
and then making some resolutions that the
will take these real needs to heart and see
to meet them.
The Better Cities conference is not som
theoretical suggestion for town building, bu
rather some practical discussions of how to ge
rid of errors of the past and guard agains
more fragrant errors in the future.
If you really have an interest in Kenoshs
if you want to see the surroundings of YOU
own home made more in keeping with RICH
standards, it is your duty to attend these meet
ings and take an active part in the matter
brought up for consideration and discussion.
You may not be responsible for being bin
to the needs of the city, but you will not re
main blameless if you refused to have tn
binders removed in order that you may Sc
your own city in its real light.
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