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'J'he A'lassachusctts Civic League, 
which is a growing power for good citi- 
zenship and the betterment of conditions 
in tiiat state, is taking steps to organize 
the Massachusetts Civic Conference, 
which is to develop a forum and ex- 
change for ideas, metliods and results 
in community activities, and a meeting 
of a committee to arrange for the meet- 
ing of the conference was held at the 
league’s headquarters, 3 Joy street, 
Boston. The arranging of the program 
was put 'in the hands of special com- 
mittees, as follows ; Methods and work 
of improvements societies, Harlan P. 
Kelsey, chairman, Mrs. Charles S. Ham- 
lin, Edward T. Hartman, Frederic A. 
Whiting : technical education as a social 
force, Robert A. Woods, chairman, 
Mrs. E. M. Overholser, Kenyon L. But- 
terfield, Philip Emerson, Carlton D. 
Richardson, Edward T. Hartman; pro- 
vincialism. or local patriotism. Dr. Jef- 
frey R. Brackett, chairman: young 
men’s organizations for recreation, Jo- 
seph Lee, chairman, Francis Bardwell, 
Thomas Curley. The members of the 
publicity committee are Edward T. 
Hartman, Miss M. Anna Tarbell and 
Frederic A. Whiting. 
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Plans for uniting the 75 individual 
improvement associations of Minneap- 
olis are being formulated by Frank W. 
Bigelow, secretary of the joint com- 
mittee of the Minneapolis Improvement 
.\ssociations, and as soon as a complete 
list of all organizations can be secured 
and their officers communicated with, a 
special meeting will be called in which 
the initial steps will be taken. 
The plans of the joint committee will 
be to unite all the improvement leagues 
under one general head, to be known as 
the Minneapolis General Improvement 
.Association. The work of the indi- 
vidual leagues wdll be continued as 
formerly, but delegates from each will 
be appointed to a central assembly 
wdiich will act in a body for the good 
of all the leagues. As it is planned, 
this general council will be composed 
of about 100 members and will act in 
the place of the individual leagues in 
conferences with the city council and 
park board. 
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At a recent meeting of the Civic 
League of San Francisco, Ivusiness offi- 
cers and specially appointed delegates 
from thirty-eight improvement clubs 
were present. George R. Fletcher, ap- 
pointed by the executive committee of 
the league as a special representative on 
organization of sanitary affairs in his 
report, said that notices had been sent 
to all the improvement clubs in the city, 
requesting them to appoint special com- 
mittees on sanitation to w'Ork in co- 
operation through the central office of 
the Citizens’ Health Committee. The 
clubs had responded wdth alacrity and 
much show of enthusiasm. He also 
told of the organizing of the sanitary 
committee of the Women’s Clubs. 
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Cleanin.g-np days are becoming in- 
creasingly popular. The Town Improve- 
ment Society of Jackson, Mich., held 
one May 1. 
The Commercial Club, Civic Im- 
provement Club, Young People’s Civic 
League and the Clean City Club of 
Huntingdon, Tenn., set apart April 27 
as ‘‘cleanup dav',” and everyone wxis 
Inisy beautifying and cleaning their S. 
premises. The result show's in the re- 
port that traveling men say Huntingdon 
is the prettiest town in West Tennessee. 
April 17 was cleanup day in Flor- 
ence, Cal., and the city was given the 
first general cleaning in its history. The 
work was supervised by the Civic Im- 
provement League. Merchants, school 
teachers, pupils, clerks and others 
w'aged w'ar on filth, and hundreds 
of w’agonloads of trash were hauled 
away. The next work to be under- 
taken is the establishment of parks 
throughout the city, ground for which 
has been secured, and trees will be 
planted along the streets. The league 
has been permanently organized and 
cleaning will be done everv year. 
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The Civic Improvement Committee 
of Milwaukee, members of the Citizens' 
Business League and other public bod- 
ies accompanied by O. C. Simonds, 
landscape architect of Chicago, recently 
made a voyage over the Mihvaukee 
river to view the possibilities for im- 
proving the river front. They saw only- 
one “bright spot’’ on the trip. Mr. Si- 
monds, the same evening in his lecture 
before the civic improvement organiza- 
tions, said that the Milwaukee river, 
by reason of its course through the cen- 
ter of the city, would lend itself hap- 
pily to simple but effective decoration. 
He traced the course of the river from 
the outer harbor to the dam and 
pointed out spots where special w'ork in 
a decorative way could be done. Mr. 
Simonds also suggested a series of min- 
iature gardens in spots along the river 
front, all of w'hich could be arranged 
easily' and cheaply. 
The Ci\ic Association of Anderson, 
C., has been giving particular atten- 
tion to Silver Brook Cemetery and 
the local paper is authority for the 
statement that the cemetery is the pret- 
tiest place in Anderson. That it is not 
the only pretty place the accompanying 
picture will show', and will also show 
another field in which the association’s 
work has produced good results. It is 
doubly interesting as a view on the 
home grounds of Mrs. Rufus Fant, 
president of the Civic Association. 
{Contmued on page 332) 
HOME GROUNDS OF MRS. RUFUS FANT, ANDERSON. S. C. 
