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Bellefonte, Pa., September 13, 1918.
How the Pennsylvania Council of Na-
tional Defense and Committee of
Public Safety Has Helped
Centre County Farmers.
Working quietly, yet efficiently, the
Centre County Branch of the Penn-
sylvania Council of National Defense
and Committee of Public Safety has
played a very important part in plant-
ing and harvesting the bumper crops
that Centre county farms have pro-
duced this year.
Through the splendid work of John
L. Holmes, of State College, farm la-
bor manager for Centre county, a
complete survey of the farm labor sit-
uation was made early in the spring
and upon it was built an organization
designed to supply all the calls that
might be made for farm labor.
First came the enrollment and
training of boys for the Boys Work-
ing Reserve. Of the number enroll-
ed twenty-one were sent to State Col-
lege for intensive preliminary train-
ing and then assigned to farms in the
county as follows:
Howard Moore, Philipsburg, placed
with William Way, Halfmoon town-
ship, turned out to be a disappoint-
ment.
James Johnson, Philipsburg, placed
with Milton Walker, of Marengo,
turned out to be a disappointment.
Richard Hoffman, Howard, placed
with Ives L. Harvey, in Howard town-
ship, splendid boy and earned the
bronze medal.
Harry Crain, Philipsburg, placed
with Darlington Way, Halfmoon
township, was not satisfactory to Mr.
Way but showed that he was a good
boy by accepting a transfer to Mr.
Wilson in the same township and
earning the bronze medal.
Donald Pendleton, colored, Belle-
fonte, placed with George Thompson,
at Alto, stayed one week. Didn’t like
work.
Mahlen Everhart, Bellefonte, plac-
ed with Elmer Lowder, at Oak Hall.
Fine boy, pleased Mr. Lowder, but
quit after ten days because a season-
ed man’s work was expected from a
boy just out of school.
Malcolm Haupt, Bellefonte, placed
with Paul Vonada, at Zion, well liked
by Mr. Vonada but was too small for
farm work.
Malcolm Love, Bellefonte, placed
with Clyde Fishburn, in Ferguson
township, and later with J. F. Hoy,
Rockview, worked fine and awarded
the bronze medal.
William Reed, Philipsburg, took the
course but never reported for work.
Albert Smith, Bellefonte, placed
with Samuel Homan, Rock Springs,
good boy, liked by his employer, but
left after ten days claiming the work
was too hard.
E. D. Leitzell, Bellefonte, placed
with E. D. Merritt, back of Julian,
stayed one week and left, claiming
the place was too lonely.
Randall Graham, State College,
placed on the College farms. Did
good work, was awarded the bronze
medal.
Rufus Cole, State College, placed
with E. D. Worthern, College town-
ship, good boy and awarded the
bronze medal.
C. Dale Slagle, State College,
placed with David Slagle, Ferguson
township, good boy, awarded bronze
medal.
Geo. E. McClelland, Bellefonte,
placed with William Mothersbaugh,
in Harris township, good worker and
well liked by employer but wouldn’t
stay.
Harold Zimmerman, Bellefonte,
placed with Charles E, Mothersbaugh,
Harris township, was too light for
farm work.
Ralph Kern, Lemont, placed with
C. E. Meyer, State College, awarded
bronze medal. !
Guy Williams, Oak Hall, placed
with C. E. Meyer, State College, was
awarded bronze medal.
Harry Detweiler, Miles township,
placed with Frank Homan, Ferguson
township, splendid boy but got an in-
fected hand and had to quit.
Irving Boerlin, Sewickley, Pa.,
placed first with I. F. Shoemaker,
Harris township, then transferred to
D. A. Grove, of College township. A
city boy who made good in the coun-
try and was awarded bronze medal.
Geo. R. Rice, Sewickley, Pa., placed
with Stine Walker, in Ferguson town-
ship, another city boy who made good
in the country and was awarded
bronze medal.
Of the above twenty-one the ten
awarded the bronze medal worked
their full six weeks on the farms and
in every case proved to their employ-
ers that a high school boy, however
inexperienced, can make himself very
useful on a farm where he is encour-
aged and not worked too hard until
he gets a little seasoned.
This work of placing boys on farms
supplied every call that was made. It
was later supplemented by the farm
emergency corps organized by Chair-
man Kapp and Mr. Holmes largely
through the co-operation of Belle-
fonte and State College merchants.
Through this organization ninety-two
farm hands were sent out for one and
two days at a time, from stores in
which they are regularly employed,
and in each instance the results were
satisfactory. Every demand was sup-
plied. And in addition to this Mr.
Holmes supplied eight farmers skilled !
help for the entire season.
The general committee, through the
courtesy of J. Thomas Mitchell Esq.
and one of the local printing estab-
lishments, was able to furnish to the
| visiting the picnic grounds should
farmers of the county, a legal appli- |
cation placing boys who were work-
ing on the farms and subject to an
early draft call, in a deferred call
class and in this way saved boys for
the farmers until the harvests were
in. i
The chairman of the Food Supply |
committee has also made possible the |
financing of two pig clubs which!
County Farm Agent Olmstead has!
organized in the county and which!
are already creating considerable in- |
terest among the young owners of
these thoroughbred pigs that have |
been given to them for raising.
This rather lengthy report is pub-
lished at this time not only to show |
what the County Branch of the Penn- |
sylvania Council of National Defense |
and Committee of Public Safety has |
been doing but to call the attention |
of farmers and others to the matter |
of boy labor. It is highly probable |
that next season farm labor will be |
scarcer than it has been this. It is |
also reasonably certain that the draft |
is going to make further drains on |
the skilled farm labor in the county. |
To meet this depletion all of our far- |
mers should use the coming winter
months to try to adjust themselves to
new conditions that will confront us
all next spring.
The first thing is to count out of
consideration for next season any
farm hand who is within the draft |
call, who is physically fit and has no
dependents. While all such may not
be taken plans should be made, if pos- |
sible ,to man the farms next spring
with others, so that if they are taken
serious interruptions of working plans
will not be suffered.
To meet such a contingency only |
two sources of labor are available: |
Men over forty-five and boys under |
18. It therefor seems urgent that in |
considering labor needs for next year | @
only these two classes can be fully
relied upon and because such will | §
probably be the case the wise and pa- | §
triotic farmer will make plans during | ig
the winter that will fit in with the
changing conditions that war has §
brought upon all of us alike. 8
GEO. R. MEEK, |
Executive Secretary.
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Report of Sales of War Savings and ' f§
Thrift Stamps as Credited to the
Various Postoffices in Centre
County.
Column 1, number of W. S. 8. sold dur-
ing August. | %
Column 2, number of T. 8. sold during |
August. i
Column 3, number of W. 8. S. sold since |
December 1, 1917, to September 1, !
1918. |
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securities. Let us all do our best.
Let us do our patriotic duty. Let us
go “over the top.” Make the week of
September 16th a banner week in the
W. S. S. campaign for Centre county.
Very truly yaurs,
W. HARRISON WALKER,
Chairman War Savings Committee
: for Centre County.
Bellefonte, Pa., Sept. 9th, 1918.
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Merchants Hear New Food Rulings
Explained.
About thirty merchants attended a
meeting in the court house on Friday
evening, in response to a call of Col.
W. Fred Reynolds, food administra-
tor for Centre county, who explained
to them the new ruling on flour and
substitutes as well as the sugar stat-
. The meeting was called because
of the fact that many of the grocers
and merchants in the county were
somewhat in doubt as to the new rul-
ing on flour.
In his talk to the merchants Col.
Reynolds told them to watch the
newspapers of the county and to be
governed strictly by any ruling pub-
lished therein over his name, and not
to follow any other ruling. Col.
Reynolds told them that until further
notice they are permitted to sell four
pounds of flour and one pound of sub-
stitute, but the substitute must in all
all the substitutes in stock, they must
keep three, namely: Barley flour,
corn flour and cornmeal. If they have
any of the other substitutes on hand
and a customer wants it, they can sell
it, but can give with flour only the
| substitutes named in the new ruling.
The Colonel also told the merchants
to endeavor to have the eustomer take
a flour substitute instead of cornmeal,
as the purpose of the food administra-
tion is to conserve wheat flour by mix-
ing with it a substitute, and that
cornmeal is not really a substitute for
flour in baking bread.
One of the merchants asked Col.
Reynolds what a merchant should do
in case he knew consumers who,
while purchasing substitutes failed to
use them in the way it was intended
they should be used, and in answer
Col. Reynolds said it is the merch-
ant’s duty to report the matter to him
at once, and the merchant has then
discharged his responsibility. That
he will look after the consumer.
The sugar status in the county was
also discussed, Col Reynolds telling
the merchants that if they adhere
strictly to the card system and sell to
their regular customers they will have
no trouble in handling the sugar
question.
Negro Sergeant—When I say “Bout
cases be a flour, with the single ex- | 50617 you place the toe of yo’ right
ception of cornmeal. That while deal- | foot six inches to de reah of de heel
ers in flour are not required to carry | of yo’ left foot and jus’ ooze aroun’.
ATTENTION, MR. FORD PROSPECT !
For a limited time we will be in a position
to made immediate delivery of a
Ford One-Ton Worm Drive Truck
This Truck is undoubtedly the best and most economical
to keep on the road of any One-Ton Truck on the market.
Bodies especially designed to suit your needs caried in stock.
Prices :---One-Ton Truck Chassis,
F. O. B. DETROIT.
$550.00
Bodies $90.00 and Up.
BEATTY MOTOR CO.
AUTHORIZED FORD AGENTS.
63-34-tf.
BELLEFONTE, PA.
Potato Diggers
The late crop of Potatoes promises to be good and
with the labor question very unsettled, there will
be a demand for efficient Potato Diggers.
Aaronsburg ........ 224 86 2,376 |
AXemann .......... 40 1 208 | @
Bemore ....0 0... 58 21 245 |
Bellefonte 5,162 3,148 32,869 |
Blanchard ....... 50 1,887
Boalsburg . 33 81 1214:
Centre Hall ad 519 335 6,963
OIareliCe ...vv..0... 45 31 210 §
Coburn ...,........ 134 28 951
Curtin... cs 28 37 209
¥Flemin . 134 53 1,267
Howard '.... ie 271 165 3,678 !
Hublersbuhg ...... 53 4 1,195!
Julian J... 0... 0... 175 55 763 |
Kato .............. i
Lemont ............ 162 01 672 |
Linden Hall ., 165 17 445
JAvonias: vai vii vos 0 0 28
Madisonburg ...... 66 4 1371: g
Martha Furnace ... 85 39 1,155!
Milesburg ......... 156 177 719 |
Millhelin 5... nh 331 431 3,506 |
Mingoville ......... 17 0 37
Monument ......... 121 8 745
Meoshannon ........ 2 2 262
Nittany Gu... ....o0 164 14 2,021
Oak Hall S8ta....... rAd 12 57
Orviston ...... eh 272 16 2714
Pine Glen .......... 8 24 71
Philipsburg ..,..... 2579 2,311 29.464
Pine Grove Mills .. 160 3 436
Pleasant Gap ...... 101 165 1,204
Port Matilda ...... 325 21 2309
Powelton .......... 159 96 1116
Rebersburg ........ 69 2 2,232
Bunville ......:.... 20 0 145
Sandy Ridge ...... 84 176 784
Smullton ........... 3 0 , 154.
Snow Shoe ......... 20 4 2°11
Spring Mills ....... 925 94 5129
State College ...... 1,073 974 11,050
Tusseyville . 80 22 1025
Waddle .... 20 8 7
Wingate ... 63 30 271
Wolfs Store 6 0 398
Yoodward ......... 85 33 1,731;
Yarnell ............. 19 0 166 '
Zion iii, vies 94 2 1543
During the special drive, the week
of August 26th, satisfactory gains!
were made in a few districts, while
in others where your Chairman had JB
every reason to expect large sales !
practically nothing at all was done.’
It is absolutely necessary in certain
localities where the District Chair-
men know they have not secured suf-
ficient sales and pledges to go “over
the top” that a personal canvass be
made at once, and that sufficient W. S.
S. be sold and delivered that will net
that particular district its full quota.
Instead of having a per capita of
$5.00 during the week of August 26th
we only had 79 cents. We still re-
tain fourth place in the Eastern dis-
trict and have a total per capita of
$14.36.
During that same week Cameron
county had a per capita of $4.31; Pike
of $1.03; Lancaster of $1.02; Fulton
of 95c.; Clinton of 85c. and Blair of
83c. We need $5.64 per capita to go
“over the top.” Centre county leads
Snyder with $1.25, and Clinton with
$1.68.
Arrangements have been completed
whereby W. S. S. headquarters will
be maintained at Grangers picnic, be-
ginning Saturday, September 14th.
Your chairman will be present every
day. The Picnic association will pay
all premiums, prizes, etc., in W. S. S.
Stamps will also be sold during the
entire week. Every person visiting
the picnic is cordially invited to the
W. S. S. headquarters; make that
place your headquarters; meet your!
friends there.
Centre county has eighty-eight lim-
it holders of W. S. S. There may be
additional names that I do not have,
but when the list reaches one hun-
dred, the publication of those I do
have will be made. All limit holders
call at headquarters and register. I
also desire the personal registration
of every district chairman, postmas-
ter and authorized agent. |
Let me appeal to the good people of
Centre county to enlist their very
best efforts and lend their influence
in selling W. S. S. Purchase for
yourself and family these government
The
‘Success Jr. Potato Digger
is efficient. It not only lays potatoes on the ground
but every potato on top of the ground and in plain
view of the pickers.
The price is right.
is small so let us have your order early.
Supply
They are
extensively used in this vicinity and have given
WIARD PLOWS
satisfaction to every user.
If you are in need of an
elevator machine, we can fix you up.
PERRY HARROWS
NEW IDEA MANURE SPREADERS
BROOKVILLE WAGONS FERTILIZERS
MISSOURI GRAIN DRILLS.
Dubbs’ Implement and Seed Store,
DUNLOP STREET
62-47
BELLEFONTE, PA.
ESTABLISHED IN 1853.
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LEGGETT’S)
GUTHS
JANSON'S )
Chocolates
PERFUMES
FINE LINE TOILET ARTICLES
AND SUNDRIES
Green’s Pharmacy Co.
e235 Lhe largest and oldest Drug Store in Centre County
Fall Clothing
sormm——) FOR
arriving daily. You will find
an excellent assortment ready
Now.
RES REES
The New Fall
Stetson Hats
Emery Shirts
are here and ready for your in-
“spection.
LET US SHOW YOU.
RERERERERERERSRE,
FAUBLE’S,
Allegheny St. sx. BELLEFONTE, PA.
ES ERE SE EES Te aa
Men & Young Men!
son. Prices are somewhat, but not strongly above the lev-
el at this time last season. It is not safe to predict, but it
does seem that prices are just now “passing over the top” and may
be somewhat more reasonable in the near future.
We Have Received
New Evaporated Apricots at 25c and 30c a lb. Fancy Peaches 20c
and 22c Ib. Very Fancy Evaporated Corn at 35¢ a 1b. or 3 cans for
$1.00. Fancy Selected Sweet Potatoes 5c a lb.—some grades at 3c
to 4c a lb. Very Fancy Cranberries at 18c per quart or pound.
Almerin White Grapes, Celery, New Paper-shell Almonds, California
Walnuts, Finest Quality Cheese.
INCLUDE OYSTERS IN YOUR ORDERS
We will deliver fresh opened, solid measure at cost with other
goods.
WE MAKE OUR OWN MINCE MEAT.
No item is cut our or cut short on account of cost—it is just THE
BEST WE CAN MAKE and is highly recommended by all those
who have tried it. If you have used it you already know—or try it
just now.
A LL GOODS in our line are thirty to sixty days late this sea-
SECHLER & COMPANY,
Bush House Block, - 57-1 - - - Bellefonte, Pa.
Protect Yourself
Against Illness!
You may be enjoying the best of health today. There may come &
siege of illness. ARE YOU PREPARED FOR IT?
Doctor’s bills and enforced idleness are expensive. When you have a
bank account you are prepared to combat illness.
. §Can you conceive of anything more tragic than a long period of illnesa
without any funds?
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Therefore, if You Haven't a Bank
Account, Start One Today
THE CENTRE COUNTY BANK,
60-4 BELLEFONTE
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