News: Bakery At Quincy Home to Close Soon, 1970, Quincy, Franklin Co, PA

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BAKERY AT QUINCY HOME TO CLOSE SOON

QUINCY­  An  era  will  end in September when the ovens at Quincy United 
Methodist Home will cook down for the last time  after  61 years of  supplying  
the  needs  of  the  Home  and  commercial customers.

The Home, formerly known as Quincy Orphanage of the United Brethren in Christ 
Church, was established in 1903.  The growing number of children necessitated 
the need for a bakery, becoming a "must” in the fall of 1909 when a building 
was begun to house this department.

The  1910  Annual Report gives the following account, "during the year a new 
bakery, with a modern steel bake  oven,  dough  mixer, gasoline  engine  and  
other  fixtures  was  erected,  which adds greatly in supplying out daily 
bread, and opens up  an  important department  for industrial training; in 
addition to supplying our needs, we furnish bread for public trade.  The bakery 
was made possible largely through the generosity of John Thomas and Son, 
Johnstown, Pennsylvania."

The report also shows that in the first year 104,908 loaves of bread were 
baked, with the Home using 25,000 loaves.   Al Baker became the first baker, 
and the boys shared in the responsibility and also delivered bread locally, 
with baskets.  By the end of the year, a horse and wagon was added and driven 
by Carl Shannon, one of the first boys to be admitted to the Home, to cover the 
expanded calls for bread products.

In 1918, Budd Moore, an alumnus of 1916, started his duties of driving "the 
first bread truck,” which he personally continues today.   In 1921, the bakery 
was moved into the Industrial Building begun that year.  M.E. Shatzer, late of 
Quincy, then assumed duties as head baker and served in that capacity until 
1942.  Corban H. Tabler, an alumnus of 1927, succeeded him, having learned his 
trade in the Quincy Home.  He had worked for the Lincoln Way Bakery, 
Fayetteville for 15 years.

At that time, two trucks were used to deliver bread, but with the changes in 
the school districts, the boys were unable to serve as apprentices to the 
extent they had during earlier years, so the bakery sales had to be curtailed.

In 1960, the bakery route became a wholesale route only, and in the last few 
years, sales were by order only.  Mrs. Budd Moore, has served as bakery 
assistant for the past 18 years.

Annual  Day,  the  Home’s Visitor’s Day, held each June, has seen the baking of 
thousands of pies, cookies, buns and  bread,  which have  gone  into the many 
areas of support for the Home, from New York, Maryland, Virginia and West 
Virginia, as well as all  parts of Pennsylvania by friends in the numerous 
churches who visit the Home each year.

Mr. and Mrs. Budd Moore have lived in Quincy since their marriage.   They have 
two sons, Budd, a teacher in South Hagerstown High School, Hagerstown, Md., and 
David, of R.R. 1, Waynesboro.

Corban Tabler is married to the former Mary Treher, Fayetteville.  They have 
two daughters, Mrs. Margie Peters, Newville, and Mrs. Jeanette Embly of 
Norristown, and a son, Corban Jr., of Greenville, SC

With the closing of the bakery in September, Tabler plans to serve in another 
capacity in the Home until retirement.   He and the Moore’s have felt well 
rewarded for their years of service in the Home, when they see quite a number 
of "bakery boys” serving in shops throughout Pennsylvania and in other areas.


The Record Herald, Waynesboro, PA, 1970
Exact Date Unknown