The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-20
CLEANUP DRIVE
/. TO Be INITIATED
BY AXT'WOMEN
May $40 Set Aside For
Complete Overhauling
Of Birmingham

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Looking to better and cleaner city,
+ the women of the Axis club have
initiated a campaign for cleanup and
a paint-up week in Birmingham May
$40. The movement was started by
the health committee of the Axis club
a short time ago, and the working out
!. of the plan was left to the members of
that committee, which is made up of
Mrs. DUPONT Thompson, chairman, and
Mrs. ]. H. Wallace, Mrs. Scale Harris,
Mrs. Mary Echols, Mrs. Priestly Toul-
min, Mrs. Elizabeth LaForge Mrs.
Wallace Johns and Mrs. w. H. Stock
ham.
1t is the purpose of the committee in
charge of the campaign to enlist the
aid and cooperation of every house.
holder in Birmingham in this move
ment s
Personnel Selected
Mrs. Thompson. and her co-workers
of the Axis clubs. health committee
selected a number of men to assist
them in the organization and perfection
of plans for the cleanup and paint-up
week and during the last few days an
organization has been partially effected.
:. The complete organization will be an
nounced within asfew days. The Of
ficers and division heads of the COM
mittee, SO far asselected, are as fol-
lows:
a General chairman Mrs. DUPONT
Thompson; vice chairman, Mrs. Scale
Harris financial secretary, w. A.
A Currie treasurer, u Sss De oll; execu-
& tive secretary, Wa. Boles; publicity
reau, Mrs. d. e. McLendon.
Division Chairmen--C Commercial: O..
L. Bum; industrial, w. G. Pearce !;
clubs, Mrs. Peyton Eubanks; junior
citizens, Miss Marie Riddle; school,
Mrs. R. l.. Russell; church, Mrs. w.
III, Stockham municipal, d. e. Nc
Tendon; parade, Hin Ferguson; color
ed, DIR. U. G. Mason, with Mrs. A. NJ.
Brown, as his assistant.
During the next tsyo weeks the at
tention of the househ6lders and others
interested in the welfare of the city
: will be called to the importance of col
, lecting and removing all the garbage,
papers, trash, filth and other rubbish,
both from the viewpoint of health and
beauty.
The various clubs-civic,. social,
luncheon, women's. commercial, indus
trial, labor, religious, school, in fact all
clubs and societies having to do with
the business, social, Industrial and
health affairs of the city-have been
invited to participate in the campaign
and so far not one of them has declined
to do so.
During the week of May 5 every
householder will be requested and urged
to collect all leaves, trash, tin cans,
bottles, boxes and rubbish of whatever
sort, and put it in their garbage can or
box where the street departments
wagons can get it.
The county board of revenue has Civ
. en- its approval to the elean-up-paint-u up
movement in a substantial way by
agreeing, through a resolution adopted
last Friday, to donate the use of all
their available wagons and teams, prop
erly manned, during cleanup and
pafnt-up week. These teams will be
placed under the supervision of the city
street department during that period
and will help materially in the huge
task of removing the vast accumulation
of trash and rubbish in all parts of the
city. = -.
The committee plans to give num-
Der of prizes, the nature and amount
OF these to be announced later.
The campaign committee has opened
headquarters in the council chamhar of
the city hall, the city commissioners