Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1917-08-23
Community Club Busy.

community NtuO busy
Mr.. Erants Luud, graduate of the
University OF Copenhagen, whose ex-
pected arrival in Jefferson County was
announced in last weeks Register, will
make an address in Shepherdstown on
Thursday evening of this week. at half
past seven, in the old College building.
Mr.. Lund is being sent through the coun-
try by the heads of our conservation
work in Washington, TO speak on the
methods used abroad. particularly in
Belgium and France, TO meet the food
crisis. He will demonstrate some OF
these foreign methods, and talk about
others.
Town and country people alike should
be interested in this meeting, which is
given under the auspices OF the National
Defense League, OF which Mrs. E. L.
GoldSborough is county chairman. On
Friday morning Mr.. Lune will address
meeting at Harper's Ferry.
II was hoped that Mr.. Lund would
address the Charles Town Chautauqua
audience on Friday afternoon. This ar
rangement was made possible through
the patriotic cooperation OF The Chautau-
qua management and OF Mr.. Henry Page,
of Charles Town, who has been in charge
OF the preliminary arrangements. These
gentlemen, realizing the importance OF
Mr.. Lund's work for food conservation,
and wishing TO give every possible sup
port to the efforts that our government
al Washington is now making, most gen.
erously set aside part OF their previous
" arranged programme, in order TO offer
Mr.. Lund whole evening for his talk, in
their spacious and comfortable assembly,
tent. II is such public spirited acts as
this that show how ready our people are
TO subordinate every other interest when
there is a chance TO help along the work
that the government wants done. Ger
tainly Mr.. Lund would have had a large
audience, not only for his own sake and
for the sake OF his subject, but also in
appreciation of the courtesy OF the Charles
Town Chautauqua. But an engagement
in Washington makes il necessary for
him 10 60 straight there, on Friday.
The State Department OF Home Eco
Monies has appealed TO Jefferson County
to take and fill a certain number of cans
with vegetables, which the Department
afterwards guarantees 10 sell at reason
able profit. The primary object, OF course,
is TO save vegetables that would other
wise be wasted and no one who has
seen the many thriving gardens in and
around Shepherdstown OVERLOOKING with
good things, can doubt that every one
must have some TO spare. Indeed, we
hear people lamenting that they can't
even give their vegetables away. If this
abundance OF perishable food can only be
saved, il will be real addition 10 West
Virginia's larder, and the money il brings
in after paying for the cans supplied)
would be most gratefully used by the Red
Cross for The comfort OF Our boys across
the seas. To accomplish this two things
are needed gifts of vegetables from
stocked gardens, and gifts Of time
and work by number OF women willing
10 meet together and have cannng-bee
in fact, several canning bees. Shep-
herI College offers its new dormtory
kitchen and excellent stove for the pur-
pose, and the Shepherdstown Commun-
ity Club is getting together a volunteer
corps Of Gamers and peelerS who will
arrange TO work for the morning or the
afternoon, or both, if possible, on the
stated day. Miss Alger, who has The
necessary outfit, will seal the cans. II
will be hard work, but the volunteers
think they will enjoy doing it, and they
urge other volunteers to join them. Not
ices OF the dates are being sent out by
the Community Club, and an appeal for
gifts Of vegetables these will be called
for, if the givers cannot conveniently
send them, but if the givers could actually
bring them and then help TO work on
them, that would be The best OF all.
The Shepher stown Community Club
will hold meeting at half-paSt two
O'Clock on Friday afternoon in the old
College building, TO lay out plans for this
work and see what supplies can be count
ed on. If everyone who has success
full garden will come in person or send
word 10 let the Gamers know what veg
etablcs they will be able TO spare, next
week and the week after, some idea can
be formed of how many cans this district
should be able TO fill, to "help West Viz