Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-20
CLEANUP WEEK
FOR WHOLESTATE
Governor Brumbaugh Issues
Proclamation Which Calls
For General Work

The week beginning May is to
be cleanup week" in Pennsylvania
according to a proclamation issued
here to-day by Governor Martin G..
Brum baugh, who also suggests that
one day of the week be set apart as
"children's day when thought is to
be given to the welfare of the boys
and girls.
In his proclamation the Governor
refers to action by the President and
says:
PROCLAM NATION
WHEREAS, AS our men in
answer to national need are giving
themselves freely to the lofty service
of humanity and righteousness, it is
incumbent upon all of us to do our
utmost to conserve the health and
the lives of our people and thus
maintain at home virile citizenry
capable of maximum efficiency in
every line of endeavor, and
WHEREAS, The season is now
approaching when the death rate
mounts to it's apex and causes the
greatest degree of impairment to
our efficiency due to illness, much of
which arises through neglect from
preventable diseases, and inasmuch
as this is particularly true of our
children it is imperative to con-
serve the health and safety of those,
our loved ones, at the time when
dread disease most readily invades
our homes, and
WHEREAS, The President of the
United States by proclamation has
urger a country wide effort to main
tain the health and save the lives
of our children, thus giving sane
ton to the necessary acts for the
attainment of health and safety. in
cluding the important movement
known as Cleanup Week. and
WHEREAS, The opening season
shows our houses and environment
Uttered with disease bearing waste
of many kinds which chould at once
be collected and destroyed to save
human life and to conserve human
health:
NOW, THEREFORE,, I, Martin
G. Brumbaugh, Governor of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, do
hereby urge and direct that the
week beginning May 9Th, 1918, be
observed everywher in this Common
wealth as
CLEANUP WEEK,
Upon which week 1 call upon all
citizens to take action in conjunction
Will lOCdl health buI0OflIl6S,
councilmanic bodies, Boards of
Trade, Chambers of Commerce.
committees of Public Safety, chari-
table and philanthropic organiza-
tions and kindred bodies of worthy
and concerned citizens to the end
that all waste and useless materials
in and about our homes may be
effectually disposed of, and
L especially urge that one day of
this week shall be known and
observed universally as
CHILDREN'S, DAY,
upon which day special thought be
given to the counsels of the State
Department of Health and every
effort be made to help make the
Commonwealth safe for children.
Surely no holier duty rests upon us
than to guard these little ones so
fresh from the hands of God.
The importance of this service is
so paramount that l cordially COM
mend to our entire citizenry the vital
value of making this war year a
children'S year in which we shall de-
vote constantly large portions of
our time and energy to making chill
dren safe and the entire population
freee from disease. If we are really
in this war of democracy and justice
the duty is manifest-we must care
for the children and see that they
grow into strong, healthy members
of the great society that shall per-
petuate the fair name and fame of
Pennsylvania.