The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-10-11
The Food Conservation Campaign

At a meeting Of local chairmen aud
vice-chairmen of the Food Conserya-
ton Campaign for Somerset County
held at the Municipal Court Room,
Wednesday morning, w. B. Moore,
secretary of the Portland Chamber of
Commerce. Campaign Director for
Maine stirred the generous number of
citizens present from different por-
tions of the county with an earnest
appeal for cooperation in the partic-
ular branch of the conservation
work which this organization has in
charge. viz the securing of pledges
from householders to participate to
the extent of carrying out, so far as
practicable, the methods of food-sav-
ing recommended by the Federal
Food Administration in charge of Mr.
Hoover.
Mr. Moore explained the need of
saving the particular classes of food
so sadly needed by our Allies in Eu-
rope, viz, wheat, meats, butter and
sugar and of adopting the plan of
substituting corn, fish, vegetables,
vegetable oils. etc. in every home. He
also explained the organization which
is being adopted in securing the CO.
operation of householders. In each
county. a county-chairma is appoint
ed. who is a man, and a vice-chair-
man. who Is a woman. They have
the responsibility of appointing a
finance and a publicity committee for
the county, and of selecting a local
chairman and vice-chairman for each
community. Upon the local chair
man and yice-chairman devolves the
work of organizing the various To-
calities of the community with view
to the active solicitation of every
householder during the week from
October 2128, which is to be known
as Campaign Week. In the interim
every possible agency for the inform
alton of the people is to be appealed
to. Every householder who signs
the pledge card will be given a win
dow card showing their willingness
to cooperate in patriotic service,
and home card" showing in detail
what the Food Administration recon-
mends, with statement of the rea-
sons In detail
The keenest interest was shown in
Mr. Moore's remarks, and many dele
gates expressed their enthusiasm and
anxiety to wake up their communities,
An enthusiast with a difficult terri
tory to cover among a scattered rural
population expressed his determine
ton to secure the signatures Of 100
per cent of the householders In his
section.
The County organization so far as
perfected is as follows
County Chairman-Fred F. Lew
renee, Skowhegan; County Vice
Chairman, DR. Jennie Fuller, Hart
land .G.l-s
Publicity Gommittee[Roland T.
Patten, John Lrg Fish, ReRa Taylor,
Skowhegan; Harry l.. Prince, Madi-
son; Editor of Pittsi1eld Advertiser,
Pittsfeld, Maine
Finance Committee-Edward F.
Merrill, Frank w Briggs, John W.
Fogler Skowhegan; Rev. T. B. HIATT,
Bingham; C. o, Small, Madison;
Harry r. Coolidge, Pittsfeld.
Local Chairmen-H6n.- Augustine
Simmons, North Arson; Rev. W. L.
Bradeen,. Athens; Rev, T,nrsB, HIATT,
Bingham J. B. LaBree, Cambridge;
Alpheus Mason, Canaan;. Roland Boy
ington,e Concord; L. L. Smith, Corn
Vile; Joseph II. C, Spencer, Detroit;
H. H. Brazzell, Fairfield; W. s. Bemis,
Harmony; Rev w. r. Patterson,
Hartland; C. o. Small, Madison
Clyde A. Dunton, Mercer; Elmer A.
Baker, Moscow; Warren B. Clark,
New Portland; r. L. Sheaff, Nor
ridgewock; L. w. Frost, Palmyra
Harry R Coolidge, Pittsfield; W. H.
Farrar, Ripley; e. F. Merrill, Show
hogan; w H. Soper, Scion; H. E
Groves. Smithfeld; Frank Vining, st.
Adams; w. H. Creation, Starks; Gil
bert Forbus. Brighton; e A. Piper,
Jackman; c. e. Ball, The Forks Ray
Viles, Flagstaff.
Communities represented at the
meeting of Wednesday were North
Arson, Bingham. Canaan, Harmony,
Hartland, Madison, Norridgewock
Skowhegan, Scion, Jackman and The
Forks.
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