—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 27, 1976
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Birth certificate guide published
HARRISBURG - State
Health Secretary Dr.
Leonard Bachman recently
released a new consumer
guide, “Applying for a Birth
Certificate,” an easy-to
understand set of in
structions on how to apply
for a Pennsylvania birth
certificate.
“This handy free guide
contains Vital Statistics
addresses and telephone
numbers for Penn
sylvanians,” Bachman said.
“I urge citizens to keep
this card with their personal
papers so they have the
appropriate information
when they need it.”
The Pennsylvania
Department of Health, the
guide notes, issues ap
proximately 600,000 birth
certificates a year. If you
want to get one, here is what
to do:
1. Furnish your names,
your father’s name and your
mother’s maiden name, and
where and when you weife
born.
2. Mail this information
along with two dollars for
each copy you want to any
one of the Vital Statistic
offices:
Central Office: Division of
Vital Statistics, 101 S.
Mercer St., P.O. Box 1528,
New Castle, Pennsylvania,
16103, Telephone: (412) 658-
2601.
Erie Branch- Office: 521-
522 G. Baldwin Building, 1005
State St., Erie,' Penn
sylvania, 16501, Telephone
(814) 453-5661.
Harrisburg Public Office:
Room 610, Health & Welfare
Building, P.O. Box 90,
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania,
17120. Telephone: (717) 787-
8552.
Philadelphia Branch
Office: 402 City Hall Annex,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
19107. Telephone: (215) 686-
6240.
Pittsburgh Branch Office:
Room 512, State Office
Building, 300 Liberty Ave.,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
15222, Telephone: (412) 565-
5113.
Scranton Branch Office:
804 Scranton National Bank
Building, Scranton Penn
sylvania, 18503, Telephone:
(717) 961-4595.
By mail, the guide notes, it
will take about two weeks to
receive a certificate.
Remember, a return address
is necessary. If you’re in a
hurry, though, you can go in
person to any of the offices
for over-the-counter service
and get your certificate in a
day or so.
If you are a veteran or
veteran’s dependent, there is -
no charge for certificates, as
long as you supply the
veteran’s name, rank, serial
number, and what branch of
the service along with your
request.
K you were bom in Penn
sylvania before 1906, it gets a
little more complicated,
since the Department’s
records only go back to 1906.
But you might get a copy of
your birth certificate by
writing to the Register of
Wills, Orphan’s Court, in the
county seat of the county
where you were bom. Also,
some cities in Pennsylvania
Egg board
elects officers;
adopts
WASHINGTON The
recently appointed Egg
Board, which will administer
the Egg Research and
Promotion Order, held its
first meeting here March 16
and 17.
After opening remarks by
' Assistant Secretary of
Agriculture Richard L.
Feltner and Agricultural
Marketing Service (AMS)
Administrator Donald E.
Wilkinson, John P. Wallace
of St. Petersburg, Fla. was
elected temporary chairman
and presided over the group
while the bylaws were
adopted. Following this,
officers were elected as
follows: John P. Wallace,
chairman; Gerald C.
Bookey, San Leandro, Calif.,
vice chairman; Norman J.
Hecht, Walden, NY,
recording secretary; and
Clyde I. Springer, Lansing,
Mich., treasurer.
An executive committee,
composed of the board’s
officers and an additional
two members, was elected to
represent the six geographic
areas under the order. The
other committee members
are Fred R. Adams, Jr.,
Jackson, Miss, and Herbert
L. Steinbrueck, Troy, Mo.
Five standing committees
were established as follows:
promotion and advertising -
Donald J. Long, Burbank,
Calif., chairman; research -
Ernest E. Brown, Forest,
111., chairman; finance -
Roland H. Coles, Bent
Mountain, VA, chairman;
producer relations - Edward
L. Houston, Lumber City,
GA, chairman; and planning
- Maurice J. Pickier, New
London, NC, chairman.
The board reviewed rules
and regulations which
establish the procedure for
collecting checkoff funds and
which define responsibilities
of producers and handlers.
The board recommended
that the rules be published
maintain records back
before 1906.
If a record of your birth
was not filed, you can file a
delayed certificate of birth
by supplying some sort of
recorded evidence to support
your name, date of birth, and
place of birth. You should
know, though, that some
Federal agencies will not
accept a certified copy of a
delayed birth certificate
unless it had been filed
shortly after you were bom.
Bachman said “Applying
for a Birth Certificate” is the
third in a series of consumer
guides issued by the Penn
sylvania Department of
Health. This new guide, and
“What To Ask Your Doctor”
and “Scabies” are available
free by writing the Penn
sylvania Department of
Health, Bureau of Health
Communications, P.O. Box
90, ’ Harrisburg, Penn
sylvania, 17120.
bylaws
by the Secretary of
Agriculture as proposed
rulemaking so that in
terested persons can submit
comments. After receipt and
review of comments, the
regulations will be published
in final form and the
program implemented.
Target date for im
plementation is midsummer
or early fall.
The board authorized its
executive committee to
begin an immediate search
for a general manager and
approved a resolution ac
cepting a loan of up to
$lOO,OOO from United Egg
Producers to defray
organizational expenses
until the nationwide checkoff
begins. Applications for
general manager may be
mailed directly to John
Wallace, P.O. Box 7690, St.
Petersburg, Fla. 33734.
The board directed that a
temporary office be
established in the Chicago
area, and that Doug
O’Banion of Sacramento,
Calif, and James Fleming of
Atlanta Ga. be retained as
special consultants to the
board to aid in operations
until a permanent manager
is hired.
The egg research and
promotion program is
designed to expand and
improve markets for eggs,
egg products, spent fowl
(nonproductive laying hens)
and products of spent fowl.
Operational funds will come
from an assessment of five
cents per case (30-dozen)
eggs marketed and will be
paid by every producer who
owns more than 3,000 laying
hens. Rules proposed by the
board will establish a
uniform system of remitting
assessments to the board.
Produers who do not wish to
support the nationwide
checkoff program may
receive a refund by applying
directly to the board.
Potato stocks
way down
HARRISBURG - Potatoes
in Pennsylvania storages on
March 1, 1976, totaled
1,035,000 hundredweight
(cwt.), down 533,000 cwt. or
34 percent from a year ago,
according to the Penn
sylvania Crop Reporting
Service.
This is next to the record
low March 1 stocks of March
1, 1972 on the records
beginning February 1, 1950.
Disappearance since
harvest of 1975 crop potatoes
totals 5,780,000 cwt., and
compared with 5,792,000 cwt.
for that period a year ago.
Stocks of potatoes for all
uses' held in storage by
growers, local dealers and
processors in the nation’s
fall production areas totaled
PUBLIC AUCTION
AT FRANK C. SPARKS, CO.
1710 Lovering Avenue
Wilmington, Delaware
WED., APRIL 7TH, AT 11 A.M.
General Concrete Contractors Equipment: 1974 Ford
F 350 Dump, 1970 Chev. C-40 Stake Body w-hyd. Gate,
Morgan-Patent Pin Scaffolding 1000 pc., Planks, 4
Mortar Mixers, 10 Hod Buggies, (4) Power Buggies,
Pumps, Tamp, Concrete Jacks, Metal Curb Forms,
Masonry PaUatts, Vibrators, Jaeger Hoist, High Lift,
Portable Pumps, Concrete Saw, 115 hp. Air Com
pressor on Truck, Air Drills and Bits, Lumber, Con
veyors, “LULL FORK LIFT”, Power Drills and
Hammers, Flagstone, Tile, Glazed Brick ...
OFFICE EQUIPMENT: 10 Desks, Chairs, Files,
Calculators, Copier, Adders, Checkwriter, Typewriter,
Files, Transit and Levels, etc.
INSPECTION: Morning of Sale from 9:00 A.M.
Flyers and Information from
RUDNICK & MATAS, Auctioneers
v 212 W. Bth St., Wilm., Del.
(302)658-7264
ABSOLUTE AUCTION
COMPLETE LIQUIDATION OF
COLLEGEVILLE EQUIPMENT CO.
By order of Girard Bank & American Bank &
Trust Co., Mortgagees in possession;
TRUCKS, CONSTR. EQUIP., SHOP. TOOLS,
OFFICE EQUIP., COMPLETE PARTS INVENTORY
APRIL 12,13 & 14,
9;30 A.M. each day
Location: 30 mi. W. of Phila., 30 mi. E. of
Reading, off Rt. 422, on Rt. 29, Collegeville, PA.
TRUCKS: 3 -1970 Int. DCF-400 TT; 2 -1970 Int. 2150
TT; 1970 Int. DCF-400 dump; 1970 Int. DCF-400 TT;
1970 Int. 2110 TT, V-8 478 gas eng.; 3 -1969 Ford N-950
tractors, V-8 477 gas eng.; 4 -1969 Int. 2110 TT, V-8 gas
eng.; 1969 Int. DCF-400 TT; 1965 Int. R-195 dump; 1972
Int. 1600 chassis, 304 V-8 gas eng.; 1971 Int. 1010
Travelall, 392 V-8 eng., auto trans., p.s. & p.b.
CONSTR. EQUIP.: Int. TD-15 Dozer; Int. 3960 Ex
cavator (back hoe % yd.); Int. 3500 A Backhoe-loader
w-Wain-Roy jaw bucket; hit. 3616 Backhoe-loader; Int.
3514 Backhoe-loader; 1971 Int. 3444 Backhoe-loader;
New General 6 ton trailer; General 10 ton loading
ramp.
SHOP EQUIP: Welders & tools; Lo-Hi & other jacks;
chain hoists, cranes, acetylene units, sanders & equip,
drill presses, bench vises & grinders, air compressors,
steam jenny, 4 Meyers snow plows complete, heaters,
time clocks, hyd. cylinders, lot small tools, steel work
benches & parts bins, complete inventory of parts dept,
to fit Int. equip., Bell & Howell microfilm parts
patalniniP pfp
OFFICE EQUIP.: Sentinel 16 Int. Harvester
system; Intercom system; 12 adding machines, 4
Olympic typewriters, 2 cash registers, 200 copier, 30
filing cabs., Addressograph, desks, chairs, etc. Send
for brochure.
Apr. 12; shop tools & equip.; Apr. 13: Parts in
ventory; Apr. 14: office fum., trucks & .constr. equip-
Insp. Apr. 3 & 5, or call 215-489-7250 for appt.
Conditions: Cash, trav. checks, cert, check or letter
of credit for corporations. 25 percent down at knock
down, checkout immediately after close of sale.
Clay C. Hess, Auct. Richard Moyer, Auct
Collegeville, RD2, PA. Spring City, PA
215-489-7127 215-948-8050
99.1 million cwt. on March i
1976,4.9 million cwt. or five
percent less than the
previous record of 104.1
million on hand March 1
1975. This is 22 percent above
the March 1 stocks of 1974,
By regions, March 1 stocks
in the eight eastern states
were down 29 percent from a
year ago; eight central
states, down 23 percent; and
in the eight western states,
stocks were up eight percent’
largely due to greater stocks
in Oregon and Washington.
National disappearance of
the fall 1975 crop totaled
168.7 million cwt., down
seven percent from the 181.4
million cwt. moved during
the same period a year
earlier.