Democrat and Chronicle from Rochester, New York • Page 17

17 Stamp Plan Hailed as Success by Officials on Opening Day Here FREE ADVICE on iy WATER PROBLEM 2.000 RECEIVE NEW TOKENS TO BUY FOOD $18,000 Value Set On First Day's Trade Reliefers Put Stamp of Approval on Food Stamp Plan in Initial Experiment f-4rtL III Oini ictr lii.e rrrtt- ten ROCHESTER DEMOCRAT AND CHRONICLE. WEDNESDAY. MAY 17. II y- I I Se the Ked Jacket Deev well "Jef Pump It need not it ortr tt well. F.

BEERS 8 N. Wter Min 344 That New Deal experiment in supply and demand, the food stamp plan, made a grand $18,000 national debut in Rochester yesterday, to the joy of reliefers, grocers and government officials. Approximately home reliof recipients moved through the Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation offices in the old Postoffice Euilding yesterday to exchange money jus-t gained from the city Welfare Department for orange ftamps, and to receive in addition a supply cf blue stamps free. wwvf i V7T -v, Then they flocked to the corners of the city to trade the new stamps for foodstuffs, the orange for anything they wanted, and the blue for the nine products the government said is in surplus. They poured into tne corner grocery cash register some portion of the $18,000 they received si KEEPS FOOD FRESHER! Fre Trial In Your 0i Kitchen Easy Term.

TRUCKER GETS Flag Pledge Ruled Bellamy's in stamps at the. Postoffice Building. For that they paid, Latham White, local FSCC representative, announced last night a total of J12.358 in cash for the orange stamps. The blue stamps are given at the ratio of 50 cents worth for each $1 paid for orange stamps. Officials Gratified Settling a longstanding eontro- A A A Tl versy over uthorshiP of th- Mter Divinity School.

He cnplrted Ulir Hi 1 I XJ, 11 iXlXU "Pledge to the American Flag," a his course in 1879 and then was I committee of historian in Rome, pastor of churches in Little Fall Seven consecutive ycai as driver ycsUrday thP pledge and fWon. before preventable "traffic' accide'nt was was composed by the late Fr.ncU Joining The Youth Companion TTTi CD White said the FSCC sold 2,253 mlfrrf "iWi fij' in iAiim i furtin inn ft a high honor award to Charles fatner of Dayid 61 Bar-I if" w-Viito Hi vor fnr th Sun Oil Com- ana was Djrjeu in iwo.iit. i i.at; nanv. 'at a safe driving dinner A Am Pledge is inscribed on h. tomb- stamp books of denominations of $2, $4.

$6, and $10. The average sale approximated slightly more than the minimum of $1 a person in the family a week. High government officials watched the experiment and openly said they were gratified with results. "The plan is a success," enthu sored by the concern at the Home con aftr a tud of avai. i one.

hpsiaurin. cvidence. Authorship of the More than 2,000 persons receiving home relief contributed -to the opening day's success of the federal food stamp plan experiment in Rochester yesterday. Here are pictures taken at the old Postoffice Building during the height of the "rush." Christopher Fonti (left) of 176 Fifth St, gets his stamps. Crowd (center) jams the FSCC's offices.

At the right, Charles O. Bryant, assistant, and Guy F. Allen, chief disbursement officer of the U. S. Treasury Department, observe operations.

33(1) she? N.w tNh rlLUteyjrmeibp manager for Sun Oil. said that to Bellamy and the late Jame, P. White non-accident record ac- Upham. Ma.den Mass. The com- 11 nr 12 vpari.

mittee rendered its decsion at the siastically declared James S. Allen, national head of the stamp plan er. ftK'a ft 333 AVON. BATTLES division oZ FSCC. "This sight is gratifying to grocers," said J.

Franklin Brewster, prominent wholesaler, as he viewed the crowds. Other grocers joined the seven-year award representing reqursi ui ir i only the period since the company Daughter, a Virginia Masonic or- began its ward system. Two driv-'ganization. which plana to erect ers, Milbert Hoiland and Victor national memorial to the writer. Ryan Renamed to His Post On State Liquor Authority (lovernor Lehman yt'sterday reappointed Joseph M.

Ryan of Batavia to the State Liquor Authority as James P. DufTy, reputed candidate of Monroe County Democratic leaders, BUSLINE PLAN Hall, received awards for five non- The announcement wan made byj accident years. Four years of driv- Col. Jame A. ltoss.

president gen-i ing without accl'icnt brought oral of the U. S. Flag to (Sb Gtiifi awards 10 lslie Thompson and whJ previously had attributed! The Town and Village of Avoni i Raymond P.rewer, while Delbt rt authorship to alone yesterday in a rtgnt I 'rmiin Conner received' lullgmv mnA ham failed of designation. to block plans for a new busline: one-year awards. 'submitted evidence to the com- with him in that sentiment.

Reliefers, picked at random among the crowd, showed a favorable reaction. All pointed out the plan meant 50 per cent more food for their families, and further it enabled them to receive it at their own grocery stores. More Expected Today White said last night the special crew of workers would be kept on duty today and tomorrow fitv a momKor rf fr Vi Pivil a vxr ion Speakers at the dinner included) ittec (m Ryan, despite Albany reports, had! r-m-rvission to succeed John C. the full backing of Albert Klepa. Clark.

Cfciis Rixmann. Sun Oil rieet su-( Benarny was born in ML Morris; pcrvisor for New York and New May 1S35 and spent most ofj England; Wesley Sawyer, district hu nfe Uome where his father idson, at present counsel for between Rochester and Mt. Morris at a Public Service Commission hearing in the Courthouse on application of the Red Wing Transit Corporation to operate the proposed line. the Consumers' Public Power Con manager; i-oiice iramc apiain the First Baptist! Genesee County Democratic leader, Kleps "asserted yestei day. It was not denied however that certain Erie County politicians strongly op ferencc, has been active in various Georce V.

Hcisel: Chief Investi-I rhurch. He was graduated from New York City and federal power in anticipation of another rush. r.v eator Joseph G. Baalin of the Ac I tt. fc In and cemmissions and committees.

Jones, ilanv clients who cashed their cident Prevention Ilureau; Denutv UCpUiy 1TnSv.r.lv nf Twrt nther tiwni tlonritta anil TYinn.ln, Tlo men wrni vn i A ft. hi. Vi then executive director of the National Municipal League since 1932. is a semi-monthly checks yesterday visited the old Postoffice Building Uochoster. Ann "to ava av.

I T7 1 I .1 rt nrrl posed Ryan's reappointment although Assemblyman Anthony Can-ney, an Erie Democrat, "went to bat" for the Batavian. Bilgnton. were said to be opposed ma rtnrh.ter Theolocical Republican. He will get an annual but did not wait to pass through I tn 1 1 ihn 1 1 1 nil 1 OM1- to the busline but were not repre rr ii naiiirU Seminary, now the Colgate-Koch- salary of $7,000. Jones, whose ap the line, saying they would return sented at the hearing which was pointment still ia subject to con adjourned by PSC Examiner M.

C. Parshall to May 26. Opponents sought to prevent ap firmation by the Senate has been active in civil service reform moves and is a lecturer at Columbia University. WINS $2,000 IN SUIT The possibility was foreseen at Albany that Ryan would resign long before his five-year term has expired, so that the door will be open for the appointment of the Monroe County man. Members of the State Liquor Authority get $7,500 a year.

Duffy was a member of the authority prior to Ryan's appointment. Other important appointments by the Governor yesterday included: proval of the permit on the ground it would lead to abandonment of today. City officials climated that about 20 per cent of the total frl'gible load took advantage of the pian yesttrday. Welfare Commissioner Eir.mctt R. Gauhn said approximately 8,600 welfare' checks were sent out yesterday.

Gaiihn tpoke over Station WHEC yesterday afternoon explaining -the plan and urging relit families to use it. Skillfully steered by FSCC at ORANGE BLUE FOOD Stamps Will be be redeemed at all Hart store Atk the manager about the details. tne r.rie rtanroaa Drancn line, a petition for which is pending before the commission. While rot opposed to bus service, Geneseo filed objection to the proposed route which would take the Lawrence Paulitano, 124 Ontario was awarded $2,000 in his $5,000 negligence action against Rochester Taxicab Company and Curtis Moser, 100 Scio by a Supreme Court jury yesterday. Paulitano was struck tendants, the crowds yesterday Maurice P.

Davidson, New York City attorney, as member of the State Power Authority to succeed buses" into Avon via the East River Fma Grun4 mm4 Roatr4 COBBS HILL COFFEE moved through the routine neces- by one of the defendant's cabs last cary to oMain without trou the late Frank P. Walsh. Aug. 19 and suffered a fractured Road. Geneseoans expressed preference for a West Henrietta Road route.

ble. Many, apparently mindful of Howard C. Jones of New York left leg. the old FJ-CC food commissary in 8C I Paul Folger, busline counsel. NATIONAL CELLOPHANE BAG FAIRMOUNTS TIN FOIL PKG.

Welfare Homes Get New Diet called witnesses to show that all other towns and villages approve granting of the application and said it would not interfere with city buses or the line now operating EGG NOODLES CREAM CHEESE POPPED WHEAT This is a Plan to Help AMERICAN FARMERS MOVE SURPLUS FOODS With Surplus Foods Stamps into Hornell. The proposed route would give BREAKFAST CEREAL service to Mt. Morris via Brighton, Henrietta, Rush, Avon, Geneseo, Leicester and Hampton's Corners. II Sti'lson Street that was closed Friday, brought market baskets with them. Only difficulty among storekeepers was reported One client said his grocer, in an outlying section, would not accept the stamps.

A FSCC man immediately visited ttje scene and straightened out the difficulty, it was announced. Plan Draws Praise Among the visitors was Walter M. Costello, director of Public Assistance of Dayton, Ohio, where the stamp plan will be put in operation June second place in the nation for the experiment. He was accompanied by Ralph Head-le'- FSCC Dayton representative. "This plan will go over," said Costelio, a youthful social welfare xecutive, as he surveyed the "I am interested from the standpoint of public welfare and I realize it will bring in an additional food-allotment that is needed." Veterans to Hold These Are The Food i I i LEAN SLICED BACON 12' QDBQS I iXSMPS Supper, that' institution as old as family life, last night was a brand new story in 3,000 Rochester homes.

Excite metit and expectancy, wrought by Uncle Sam's new food for-stamps plan which was initiated with history making fanfare yesterday in the Federal Building, rippled through the chatter around the family board. Oranges for breakfast grapefruit HALF LB. PKG. FIRM GOLDEN RIPE BANANAS 5c Memorial Rites Veterans of Foreign Wars, county posts of the American Legion, Maple Leaf Post 8 of the Canadian Legion and their auxiliaries will join in annual memorial services in FAigerton Park Sunday after-; noon for American and Canadian soldiers who died in the World War. A parade, forming in Maplewood Park at 2:30 p.

will precede FRESH FROM HART'S OWN BAKERY Federal officials on the scene yesterday included Guy F. Allen, chief disbursement officer of the Treasury Charles O. Bryant, assistant disbursement officer; Del- Fresh Baked FIG BARS 2 -1 5C bert J. Harrill. rreneral auditor ICED FRUITED RAISIN BREAD Fresh Today the services.

Line of march will be through Driving Park Avenue, to Phelps Avenue, through Backus Street to the park. The services will begin at 3 p. m. with three World War chaplains, the Rev. Charles J.

Bruton, the Rev. Ernest E. Davis and the Charles E. Hall, participating. FSCC.

and Harold E. Heenan and eg ee, mind Francis R. Poore of the budget and yOU! butter you can finance division LOAF Department of Agriculture. take your pick. The house- ASSORTED BIG ROUND SBgfe- At---" 1 1 ARROW Sugar CLEANERS mm each :1 i wives, with their crisp new book-j lets of orange i and blue stamps.

had flooded grocery stores Cocoanu COOKIES "SORBETTE" Soft Absorbent Sterilized TISSUE Molasses 49 LADIES' SUITS Whites, velvet, ftlightly more MEN'S TOPCOATS The Federal Surplus Commodity Corp. Have Declared In Surplus. STRICTLY FRESH EGGS a e25 FINEST FRESH MADE CREAMERY BUTTER 26c BEST WHITE BAKING PEA BEANS it 3C COUNTRY LIFE All Purpoe FLOUR 53c 242 LB. SACK SUNSWEET PRUNES 21 3C YELLOW CORN MEAL 5-16 JUICY FLORIDA GRANGES io, 1 7e GRAPEFRUIT James S. Allen, who will leave Rochester tomorrow to work on further expansion of the stamp plan, interpreted the moving crowds of stamp purchasers as an army besieging market glutting American surpluses.

'It is in reality an attack on want in the midst of plenty," he said as he looked over the lines of people. "Millions of pounds of surplus food are piling up in the country and yet there are great numbers of persons going hungry." ROCHESTER PRIDE i i i I Call and Deliver PLANT AND STORE 461 NORTH ST. BREAD tg 3)c I 3 1 6 $4 00 WEEKLY Guest Laundry Free MILNER HOTEL 104 SOUTH AVENUE Free Parking Musical Clubs Plan Program at School West High School musical clubs will give their annual spring music festival program at p. m. Friday in the school auditorium.

Both and junior choirs, senior or the afternoon to trade the tiny paper squares for whatever they could find on the shelves. For orange stamps, which they purchased, they traded bread, milk, meat and vegetables, and for the blue stamps, "thrown in" by Uncle Sam, they received surpius food butter, eggs, dry beans, dried prunes, oranges, grapefruit, flour and corn meal. "Now we'll get the best in food," said one housewife confidently. "We can chestra and vocal soloists will con US QUALITY MEATS AT ALL HART'S MEAT MARKETS jj i Tender Juicy SHOULDER CUT BEEF i STEMS i YOUNG TENDER PRIME STEER ROUND SIRLOIN 11 23' STEAKS a 29 tribute to a varied program. The musicians will be under direction, of Ernest Ahern, Paul Peterson and Henry Osborne.

STYLE IN WALLPAPER At prict you can aflord. Your decorator can show yo our book. HUMPHREYS The Paint Man 38 SOUTH AVE. Bobby Thorpe, 5, of 246 Bronson is having quite a tussle with big- basket he volunteered to carry for his neighbor. GETS NEW SCHOOL POST Miss Lucille Schnurr, head of the mosi; department at Henrietta High School, will assume charge of vocal and instrumental music in both grade and high school departments at Churchvilie High School cad Heavy Juicy Florida 4 take our pick on these surplus commodities instead of taking wnat The cautious way of the housewife tempered the judgment of other.

Continued Page Kineter That's the way it year, it was announced yester-I they give us. dav- i looks to me.".