The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-06-19
MAKE 1T SOMETHING DEFINITE.

The directors Of the new Kenosha CIVIC
Council viii meet on Wednesday evening Tor
their first meeting and at this time 1t IS the
intention of these leaders Of more than dozen
of the civic organizations in Kenosha to out
line plans for work and to get to work.
The important thing is that this organiza-
ton should do definite things rather than to
deal in the well-knoWn "glittering general
tiles" Kenosha has been dealing in glltterlng
generalities along lines of civic advancement
for long time and what it wants now is some
definite action.
The people of the city should by this time
have pretty good idea of the generalities of
town advancement. What they want now is to
put this education along general lines to work
with view of getting exact and definite re-
suits. We should be through shooting at the
moon and be ready to settle down and shoot at
some target which has a chance of being hit.
Scattered shot never rung a bell in target
practice or did any great amount of damage
on hunting expedition. It's the rifle shot
aimed truly and fired with precision that gets
the result desired. -
The civic council can not accomplish in
month, year or cycle of years all the things
that it will be expected to do but if this coun-
ell picks out definite lines of work and sees de-
finite terminals ahead it should be able to &C
are certain to kill the fire but one iron given
the blaze that comes from heated public
interest is pretty certain to get hot enough to
accomplish something
It's hard to say just what need Of Kenosha
should be the first attacked. We might say the
hotel proposition It's certainly something
that Kenosha needs and something that Ke-
nosha may have if there is intelligent action to
get it. A lot, of people and organizations have
tried and failed 1t should be sporting propo-
stion for the civic council to test out it's ability
to do things by doing something that others
have failed to do. .s,
The civic council should be no weakling
when it comes to civic advancement 1t has
back of it more men and women than were
ever enrolled in any chamber of commerce,
commercial club or any other home boosting
organization. If the power which this organ
ization has behind it can be properly directed,
it should be able to accomplish pretty nearly
anything and everything that Kenosha needs.
Leadership in this council involves vast
responsibility to the rest of the city. These
men have been picked because it was believed
that they had enthusiasm and vision, fore
thought and ability to do things, willingness
to give some of their time for the betterment
of the city, and these things are going to be
expected
These men who have accepted the leader
ship of this organization cannot work single
handed. They are supposed to be generals
and corporals and lieutenants in the big adj
vancement, but they will have to have real
army behind them if they get away to flying
start maintain a fighting present and give as
surance of victorious future. Every member
of everyone of the organizations represented
must get into the game and be willing to do
some of the work. >
A lot of Kenosha people are willing to work,
they will go out and pass tracts solicit money
and stir up public interest, but all of this work
must have efficient and intelligent direction to
get anywhere
Kenosha has always lacked this intelligent
and enthusiastic direction of big public move
ments. True there has been spasms of public
interest, but the spasm is not very valuable
for every day work and it is to be hoped that
in forming this civic council the city has done
something which will fill in the gap between
starting things and finishing them.
1t is to be hoped that every member of this
organization is a f'finsher" and that he will
work at his trade at every meeting of the coun-
ell and between meetings.