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September 



Beets 540 bunches (6 per bu.) @ $.10 $54.00 



Beans 133 qts. @ $.07 9.3 1 



20 doz. Kohlrabi @ $.10 2.00 



Parsley 97 baskets @ $.50 48.50 



Celery 16 baskets @ $1.00 16.00 



Corn 93 ears 3.00 



Carrots 300 bu. (6 per bu.) @ $.10 30.00 



Total crop value $560.64. $162.81 



CHILDREN'S CIVIC CLUBS 



Washington, D. C, March 30, 1920. 

 To the People of Anacostia : 



We, the children of the Ketcham School, have formed a club. 

 Its name is the "Green Grass Club." 



We have a president, secretary, treasurer, and a reporter, also 

 we have different committees and each committee has the name 

 and color of a bird or flower. 



We also have badges. On our badge you will find these letters 

 G. G. C. which stand for "Green Grass Club." 



If you see any one of us we will help you in any way we can. The 

 object of this club is to keep the school lawn clean and your lawn 

 clean and our home lawns clean so as to beautify Anacostia. 



Our method of working is to work ourselves and to get the other 

 children interested and to get you interested. 



Soon we will come and talk the matter over with you. 



Yours truly, The Children of the Ketcham School, 



March, 30, 1920 George Ha skins. Reporter, 6B. 



Clubs similar to the above were formed in every sixth grade in the 

 Washington schools last spring. "The Green Crusaders." "Watch 

 Your Steps." "Give The Grass a Chance," were some of the apt 

 names selected by the children. These clubs learned how to pre- 

 pare the ground for a lawn and how to take care of it. In assem- 

 bly instructions were given to all the members of the school and 

 their co-operation asked not only in the care and protection of the 

 school lawn but the respect for the lawns in the neighborhood of the 

 various schools. Wilful offenders were dealt with by committees 

 from the sixth grades. A stubborn case in one building wlicre a 1 )oy 

 repeatedly crossed a neighbor's lawn was cured b\' a committee 

 escorting the boy home from school every da\' for two weeks. 



