Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-24
TOWER CITY HAS
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in this region and borough officials
are doing all in their power to further
the interests of the town.
The industrial welfare of the COM
munity is not all that is taken into
consideration here. Residents of the
borough are greatly interested in the
children and are doing all they can
to make them the future greats" of
the district. A system of discipline,
entirely new around here, is helping
in many ways to put the children on
their honor and the teachers in the
borough schools are having an easier
life by far than those in some other
territories.
Self Government
Some time ago the instructors in
The schools suggested to the children
that government system be es-
tablished among them. rhe idea was
taken up with the result that an
executive board, made up of two mem
bers from each of the classes was
formed. \ disobedient pupil is inn
mediately sent before this body and
if found guilty a just punishment
ordered. The teachers do not order
the kind of punishment, but occasion
ally they make suggestions. And the
decision of the board is sometimes
more severe than that of the teacher
ago, hoy who would not do what
the teacher had told him to do. was
ordered to write a 2.0O0-word assay
on What l can do for Self-GoVern-
ment'; another was compelled to go
before teacher and explain some
geometric theorems another for his
punishment had TO work out a num-
Der of algebra problems and another
had to write a great long list of words.
These are only a few of the punish
mcnts meted out by the student board
but the teachers say the plan is haV-
ing the desired effect. When Miss
Margaret \. Boyer, the principal,
stepped out of her room to talk with
a Telegraph reporter, she explained
that she had no fears of her pupils
becoming unruly. Il can so any place
in the building" said Miss Boyer, and
no matter how unexpectedly | return
l will always find my students in their
places. The self-government system
is great help in training children to
stand on their honor
Modern Fairgrounds
The school board and friends of
education are also planning modern
Fairgrounds with the necessary APP
parGtus for the children and in the
near future a home talent play will
be given TO help secure the necessary
funds TO defray the expenses. The
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the Fairgrounds at a recent meeting
and the school board offered TO CO.
operate. AT a meeting held few
days ago a committee made up of
members of the school board, the
borough teachers, T. +. Berney, III.
p. Gable, Mrs. George SeasholtZ, Mrs.
W. Snyder and Mrs. James O'Neill,
was appointed TO arrange for the
home talent production. Following
this entertainment the pupils of the
various schools will arrange for
benefit performance to assist in
the raising of sufficient funds. The
plan. according to present arrange
ments, is to have the children use the
playground apparatus during the re-
cess period and after school hours.
There are some persons however, who
are anxious to have the grounds open
ed in the summer months ana a conf
petent playground instructor en-
ployed. In the industrial line, Tower
City is as busy as any town its size
in the country. Hundreds of men
and bows in the towns are employed
in the mines while the women and
girls work in the four mills in the
town, three of which are operated by
Powell & Henry. The former mem
Der of the firm, by the way, is the
burgess of the town. The partners
conduct the Tower City Knitting Mills
ana TWO Enterprise ClllIl ldClOIlSS.
Thriving Industry
Ladies' ribbed underwear is manu-
factured at the knitting mills which
was opened about two years ago.
Fifteen girls are employed at the
plant and plans are being made at
the present time to enlarge the
capacity and increase the force.
Seventy-fve dozen sets of underwear
are made daily and the product is
shipped to many parts of the country.
Jobbers in Harrisburg handle some
of the goods.
At the plant OF the Enterprise
Shirt Factory No. /, 800 dozen shirts
are finished weekly. Powell * Henry
entered the shirt business fifteen years
ago and at present are doing contract
work for big iobbing houses in New
York. The shirts are already cut
out when they reach here so that
they are ready to be sewed together
by the eighty-five employees when
they are shipped to the factory. The
plants capacity is 500 dozens weekly.
Enterprise Shirt Factory No. is
a smaller concern and the output
there is about 500 dozens per week.
Between forty and fifty persons are
employed and the management of
the concern wants additional help.
Labor is scarce Just now due to the
boom times and unless more girls
can pe Sotteh lIoui ouI-oi-to"h tle
present force at this time cannot be
increased.
The Best Stock Underwear Com
pany. of which j. b. Lesher is super
intendent, is the towns fourth in
dustry. Ladies' lightweight union
suits are produced and the daily out
put is usually about 200 dozens per
day This plant has been in Tower
C\' for about two years. having been
remNsed here from Williamstown
There are forty-five persons on the
payroll just now and the majority of
these are girls. On the floors of the
factory are about sixty machines
which are being used in manufac-
turing the suits.