Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-08
|SEAL SALE IS
SAID ENORMOUS
Big Aid to Little Cities Calling
For More Christmas
Stamps

Urgent calls for additional seals
indicate an enormous sale during
the first week and the State Seals
Sale Committee is confident Penn
sylvanla's full quota will be bought
and used. Health Bonds are also
proving big sellers and will help
provide money needed to carry out
the enlarged program for combat
ing tuberculosis next year.
Public officials and the most
prominent men of the state are
buyers of Health Bonds. Besides
Governor Sproul, who bought the
first one, among the early buyers
have been E. J. Stackpole, state
chairman, Harrisburg; ID. L. Hart,
mayor-elect of Wilkes-Barre, ana
Mayor NJ. b. Kits, of Erie. Seven
500 bonds have been sold at Titus
Vile. the list being headed by j. c..
Mckinney. Altogether 80 bonds
have been sold at Titusville. Thir-
teen have been disposed of at Erie.
Monongahela has sold 80 and
Williamsport IA bonds. Big bond
sales are reported from Kittanning,
Luzerne County. Blairsville, Char
leroi. Greensburg, Warren, YORK
and Doylestown.
One of the most vigorous cam
paigns is being conducted in FRANK
lin county by Assemblyman f. f.
Magill. A special effort is being
made there to sell Health Bonds'
Penn Hall, a school with 125 girls
is making a contribution or sZeo'
The response in the seal sale Is
as broad as the cause and call are
universal. All classes of individuals
and organizations are active in sell,
ing and buying. Ministers OF all
denominations spoke to-day from
their pulpits on the tuberculosis
work. The Mems Bible Class of the
Failing Springs Presbyterian church
at Chambersburg bought $40
Health Bond.
Governor William c. Sproul, hon
orary chairman OF the State Seal
Committee, said to-day: Reports
that Pennsylvania, during the first
week of the Christmas Seal Sale,
purchased more seals than were
sold during the whole OF the last
sale in this state while gratifying
are not surprising. The Christmas
Seal has a universal appeal. II
speaks the language OF the CHRIST
mas season and it pleads for those
who suffer. 1t is to be hoped the
sale will continue until every stamp
allotted to this state has been sold.
Such u sale will make it certain
that the private agencies doing
tuberculosis work are adequately
financed. Every unsold stamp
means neglected opportunity to
help do q necessary work,
The seal sale Is very gratifying
to all those in touch with our state
government 1t shows an eagerness
upon the part of the general public
to Join with the State Department
of Health in the fight 1t Is making
against tuberculosis. 1t has been
well said the purchase of Il Health
Bond or of a Christmas Seal rep
resents a gift to the public health" !"
Reports received at State head
quarters from the Christmas Seal
sale indicate the rising interest or
the people in what Is bound to
prove the most effective alignment
of meu. women and children against
the most insidious disease that now
threatens Pennsylvania" said State
Seal Chairman e. j. Stackpole to-
day.
THE intensive fight against the
white plague being started with
vigor in every part of the state is
of vital importance beyond the i'm
mediate results. While the sale of
seals will supply the funds for eff
cient prosecution OF the anti-tuber-
culosis work 1t will do more.
Everywhere the people are begin
ming to understand that all must
join in this movement for suppress
sion of an awful menace othe
health and happiness and pros
perity of every class in every COM
munity.
81 am especially glad of the sup
port and cooperation that the
success of this seal sale means for
the widespread program projected
by the State Department of Health
under Col. Edward Martin"