Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 6 May 1927, p. 8

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============================================================ l Scouts' Clean-Up along the fences and hedges, back and alleys. "Give the Grass a Chance" is one of the slogans that the Scouts observe. Scouts urge the use of the sidewalks. Fa.i r play for shrubs, .EnrToR's Non: Someone has said- as well, is aske~. T~e Scouts witt be uboys arc more ·interested doing good careful of them m the!r play. Help atHl thm~ they are in being good." Wilmette's tell the young~r chtldren about our Bo)' Scouts, although kunly iuteut 11 pon 1 Clean-up campatgn.. So ,please help ma.intaiuing their reputation for most make a more heauttful \\· tlmettc. praiseuJorthy conduct, are just at this Charles Kremer- 8: WILMETTE LIFE May 6,1927 campaign Aims at ·J V·l age Beautt·tu l 1 yards "His" Laundry -let's have it! We mean those shirts you find so hard to get clean in the ordinary tub--his underwear, hosiery-yes, all his laundry! We'll wash and iron it all to a pleasing nicety. season de1. ·otiug special attention to their obligaion to udo a. yood tun1.' ' The y Wanta General Clean-Up I ha'Z!e, tlz cre[orc-, . fau',zclzc~l tt/'011, a camThe school boys and Scouts arc g-et J:'l"fl.n to dzsscuu.nalt,. th~; gospi I ~f tile ting together on a campaign of clean : U'_· tl!nctte Bcaut.zful . tlw.s .emulaflll.lJ tile I ing up our village, there are man,· acll7.J l/y of our 'i!tllayc:. offzcwls. . things that can be done. For instance , A feature of tillS progralll, wlrzch keeping the streets and all('ys clean, comes under the general headiug of "ap- l·<>eping the leaves off the la\\'11 and plied citi:;cus/zip." has bem the prepara- ;icking up papers, etc. 1 titm r tJf brief cssaj~s sct~ing for~h the ideas' Our village is one of the prdtiest ! of th~ Sc~!tts. rcgardmg ::ar!.ous essen-! villages 011 the north shore. One of our ttals tn. a Vzllagc Remtfztul program. mottoes should be Keep Off the Graaa. : Some nf these brief a11d illicr,·stinq com- In the springtime when the grass is he i mnt'fs ftrr /'rtsl'lrlcd i11 til,· follml'ill _q . ginning to grow and the ground is I I A phone call-Wilmette 606-brings our driver! HolDe · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · Laundry · · · · · · · · · · · · · A. F. DENZINt Prop. 525 Main Street Phone Wilmette 606 BUY NOW! Chicago Solvay Coke Pittston or Scranton Anthracite Pocahontas For those little · · · · · · · · · · · · spring jobs, A full line · of Lumber, Celotex and Plaster Board. · · · · · · · · · · · · · · muddy, that is the time to tr: v to keep off the grass. "Give Gran a Chance" : 'This '"':More Attracti\'e \Vilmette" . It is nec~ss ary to ~eep our stree~ s campaign is to give leadership to a 1 clean . . A chrty street ts. a very un sant , spring house-cleaning. Scouts are set- tary thmg. Although Wtlmette has men ting the example in their own back come around and ~le~n the streets, we yarch to ·e liminate rubbish that collects can also !1elp hy ptckmg up the paper ~ and keepmg the leaves out of the gut -v ········ .-.----- ters. I Our allevs should also he kept clean . Keep the tops of the garbage can s on tight so the dogs cannot nose them off. Keep the alley raked and free from glass and cans. Your ashe s should he put into a box or basket a s the a sh man will come around and get the ashes. The same with cans and hroken glass. · The .Yard should he kept fr ee of leave s and rubbish, also the bushe s should hr free from leave s and o th r r things. The h o ,·s of the schools and thl' Bo ,· Scout s arc trying to make this a suc·1 ce ss. If (with the help of the parent s) the boys will co-operate, we are sure we will make this a great success . Royal .M artin - R.\ There 'is no need for you to be among the many who do not disBegin at Home -criminate between good and poor Wilmette has always tried to keep it . ; tonsorial work. Be you man or lawns and yards dean and neat. woman you know when your hair Today there is an expedition under 'is cut or bobbed right. Don't climb way for cleaning . up empty lots. into a chair in the first shop you etc .. sponson.·d hy the Bov Scouts o f -enconnrer. Come to us and get America . tbat expert service we guarantee and There isn't atn· better tim e than no\\' you will be sure to look well to start cleaning- up Wilmette . barbertd. 1 "Clean up," that is the word that is on everybody's lips. Why don't you uSborty and Belrose~~ start cleaning up your own yard. C\·en thon~h you aren't a Boy Scout? Al so clean up empty lots, remove water or put oil on top of water so as to kill mosquitoe s or prevent a nesting place and the most important thing of all. clean up the alleys . Put lids on gar1128 Central Avenue hage and ash cans, put them away from Phone Wil. 3 786 the dog s' and cats' reach. Burn up all waste paper. Wilmette · · · · _. · t · · · · · · · !:.._+ · · · · · · · · (Continued on page 53) I 1 · .,; ········· ' · I · " I i fi pays lo look well I lanitar7' BarberShop ~ 1 1 Let Us Estimate Your Cement Driveway A Pool for Your Yard We .do all repair work on propertyincluding Brick, Stone, Cement, Plaster and Stucco Wash . We give each job our personal attention . HOFFMANN · · · · · 1208 Central Avenue BROS. · · Tel. Wilmette IJI Shortridge & Saxton 419 Richmond Road, Kenilworth Phone Ken. 2735

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