St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1961-03-24

looked down over the bannister we
also looked down and right in the
front yard which was a sight that
made you sorry you had looked.
The grass needed cutting, there
were remnants Of papers and cans
strewn around and the walks
hadn't been swept for a long time.
Looking farther down the street
you noticed no other place on the
block looked like this one did. Ev-
eryone's yard was well kept, their
homes in repair and there was
every sign Of a well kept neighbor-
hood.
You decided right then to see
If you couldn't do something about
this situation When you reached
home you called your block clean
up chairman and told him what
you had seen. He promised to get
in touch with the families in the
block and see what could be done
to beautify the yards, etc.
Within a few months had you
gone down that block you would
not have recognized the apart
ment building. The neighborhood
block chairman had had several
meetings with the men in this par
ticular block. They had chosen
their captain, he had chosen his
men who were to call on every
family in the block and ask them
to cooperate in a general clean
up-paint up week" until every
house and yard, front and back
was ready for the monthly inspec-
ton. Each man of the house was
asked to be responsible for beauti-
flying his yard and house, inside
and out. The women helped too
and all of the families co-operated
except one. They decided to move
out rather than do a little work
that would improve their living
conditions.
The city chairman of the neigh
borhood Improvement program
went to inspect the block and the
block chairman received a plaque
to give to the man in the block
who encouraged the other property
owners" to paint up and clean up"
their property.
Another day while cruising
around looking to see people we
can get along without" you saw
woman sitting on the front porch
combing a child's hair. On the
corner there was a group of boys
and girls who tried to see which
one could talk the loudest, or so
it seemed to be that way.
Style is one thing II the style
is becoming to you! Next you saw
several women who had on knee
length dresses. The first one look
ed nice. One Of her friends was
very short, very fat and had on a
very short dress. On her left was
very thin woman with long thin
legs and a short short dress. The
fourth woman was very smartly
dressed. She could have worn a
short dress but she said she knew
she looked better in a little longer
dress and so, stylish or not, she
was wearing what she felt looked
best on her.
Smart Alec Boys and girls:
Sometime ago was walking down
the street and someone threw a
stone that hit me on the back of
the head. Looking across the street
1 saw about six boys and girls
laughing and as I looked at them
they started to run toward War
rington school. A little IL year old
girl told me they were Junior High
school kids and she said she
would tell the teacher about them.
We can get along without boys
and girls who think they are do
ing cute things" A few inches
either way and they would have
broken my glasses
Some boys, with a gun had been
playing out in the street with it.
They had been shooting at squir-
rels that had been eating the
leaves off OF flowers and veget-
ables. One shot went wild" and
broke a large window across the
street In a neighbours house. The
boy was caught and his parents
had to pay for a new window. The
parents did not know the boy
owned a gun!
Don't worry about what others
think. Have confidence In your
own REORGANIZATION.
Until next week "30'.
The Judge Threw
The Book A. Him"
Miami, Fla CAMP - When
police arrested Leonard Huskey