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Lincoln Park 
Much work of improvement was carried out in this park 
during the spring months. The lawns were fertilized and mulched 
with clean, fresh, loamy soil and bone meal, with resultant benefit. 
The scattered shrubbery which had been planted singly and at 
random all over the lawns was gathered up and planted in groups 
on the outer edges of the park, thus opening up the area of the 
lawms and giving them a much larger appearance. The outer 
edges of the lake w^ere repaired and made more presentable by 
the laying of nearly 400 yards of sod. Two large groups of 
shrubbery were also placed at the main entrance on Freeman 
Avenue. 
There were added to the shrubbery above mentioned some 
1,300 other shrubs in various varieties, which made a continuous 
border on Hopkins Street from Freeman Avenue to President 
Place on the western boundary. The Kenner Street side was also 
accorded the same treatment for two-thirds of the distance. 
Some seventy trees were also planted, partly during the spring 
planting and at the Arbor Day celebration on April 8, on which 
occasion seven of our public schools, the House of Refuge and 
several of our civic organizations participated in the patriotic 
exercises and the planting of trees. Judging by the large and 
enthusiastic crowd of people in attendance, the event was a com- 
plete success. 
Approximately 1 ,400 yards of soil were hauled into this park, 
and the northwestern corner was graded, preparatory to installing 
playground paraphernalia. 
The benches, candy and bandstands were repaired and painted, 
and a greatly improved system of lighting was installed through 
the whole park. The general maintenance and summer bedding 
features were kept up to their usual standard. 
Rochelle and Falke 
Apart from general maintenance in this small triangular place, 
a trench 2^^ feet deep, 3 feet wide and 175 feet long was exca- 
vated out of solid rock, and all the material was hauled away 
