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THURSDAY. MARCH 20. 1941.
HOME DEMONSTRATION
NEWS
(Elsie Bowman)
COUNCIL MEETING
The County Home Demonstration
Council held their bi-monthly meet
ink at the REA building on Tuesday,
March 4th, at 2:45 p. in. Miss Myra
Purcell and Miss Pat Dozier favored
the Council with special vocal num
bers. Miss Louise Lavender told of
her trip to the National 4-H Con
gress in Chicago.
Miss Sheppard, Regional Nurse
of Gainesville, was the guest speak
er. She gave to the Council much
helpful information on the services
to be rendered in the County as a
result of the Ellis Health Law being
put into effect here, and how we
might make the most of the advan
tages we have in connection with
the county doctor, nurse, and en
gineers. The Home Demonstration
Club members and other rural wo
men will have an important part in
making the most of our County
Health Program. The Home Demon
stration women are' very much pleas
ed that Jackson County has adopted
the Ellis Health Law.
The ladies present at the Council
meeting were Mrs. H. C. Baird, Miss
Geraldine Cash, Mrs. Otis Gooch,
Mrs. J. W. Potter, Mrs. L. F. Sell,
Mrs. J. C. Head, Mrs. Aubrey High
field, Mrs. Brown Mathis, Mrs. Boyd
Langford, Mrs. F. B. Spencer, Mrs.
Jewell Williamson, Mrs. J. B. Wil
liamson, Mrs. Broadus Cash, Mrs.
Ben Martin. Mrs. Cora Bell McEver.
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RADIO PROGRAM
Jackson County will feature an
other radio program over Station
WGAU, Athens, Thursday, March
20th, at 1:15 p. m.
FOOD PRODUCTION
As is widely known, agricultural
officials throughout the nation are
stressing food and feed production
for farm families. This is also an
important phase of the Jackson
County farm program. Considerable
stress has already been given at
clubs and other farm meetings.
A district meeting concerning
food production is being held in
Athens on Thursday, March 20th, at
the courthouse, and especially food
production chairman from each
Home Demonstration club is asked
to attend with the Home Demonstra
tion Agent. We are expecting a
good representation from Jackson
County.
Mr. John L. Anderson, Mr. W. H.
Maley, Mr. Ralph Freeman, Mrs.
Mamie Foster, Miss Elsie Bowman
attended a meeting in Athens on
March 7th in connection with the
cotton stamp program and food pro
duction.
This should be a great year in
Home Demonstration food and nu
trition work. Home Demonstration
women are being asked to help lead
others in the nutrition program in
order to reach a greater number of
people than ever before. The State
Nutrition Council composed of rep
resentatives from various organiza
tions and agencies in the State have
already held two conferences in
Athens studying nutritional problems
in Georgia, what brought about
these problems and some suggestions
or remedies. Nutrition is playing a
big part in our national defense pro
gram as food is one of the first lines
of defense.
The objectives of this program is
that: (1) Every family have a gard
en adequate for present needs and a
surplus to conserve for future
needs. (2) That each family have a
food budget plan to meet present
and future needs. (3) That the en
tire family be taught the funda
mentals of adequate diet and learn
to plan for the food supply. (4)
That more varieties in the garden
and orchard and the use of vegeta
bles and fruits in new ways be en
couraged. (5) That all families be
urged to provide plenty of milk,
butter, poultry and meat for family
needs. (6) That a program on more
health education be carried on in all
communities. (7) That hot school
lunches be served wherever possible.
It has been found in this county al
ready that where the hot school
lunches are served, pupils in many
instances are scoring much better
grades. Many have gained in mental
alertness in their studies.
Buying Cotton Shirts
A good shirt is a joy to the man
who wears it and a satisfaction to
the woman who “does it up,”
To insure a comfortable fit and
long wear in a shirt—and to save
wash day and ironing headaches,
learn to recognize the marks of qual
ity before you buy. You get these
facts by examining the shirt closely,
by reading labels, by asking ques
tions, and insisting on clear-cut an
swers from the sales person or the
buyer.
Most shirts are made of cotton—
the finer shirtings for dress or busi
ness wear, heavier shirtings for-work
shirts. Best cottons for shirts are
those with a firm, smooth weave.
Long floats or loose or fuzzy threads
indicate a weak cloth.
Look on the label for shrinkage
facts. Good quality shirts are pre
shrunk in all parts. According to
Federal Trade Commission regula
tions any cotton material marked
“preshrunk” and which will shrink
further should carry the statement
“will not shrink more than per
cent.” To keep their fit, shirts
should be guaranteed not to shrink
more than 2 per cent.
When you buy a colored shirt,
read labels for facts about colorfast
ness. Shirt should be fast to light,
washing, and perspiration. A shirt
labeled “vat dyed” usually is fast
color.
Check the strategic parts of the
shirt. Take out pins if you have to
look at each part.
The Collar: Get the right height
to suit the wearer. Collars are made
for long, average, and short necks.
See that collar points are sharp,
evenly stitched, and lie flat as pos
sible. A good feature you’ll find on
some shirts is “quilting” along the
neck band. This is several rows of
machine stitching to keep the neck
band from crumpling down on the
neck. Interlining of the collar
should be fully shrunk as the outer
material.
The Front Pleat: Here again, the
shirt can be ironed flat and look
neat only if the interlining is pre
shrunk to the same extent as the
outer cloth. Firm and securely
stitched buttonholes, large enough to
slip over buttons easily should be in
the center of ( this pleat. If
there is a design or' pattern in the
material, this should be matched up
along the edge of the pleat.
Best buttons for business shirts
are of pearl, four-holed, and sewed
on securely. Pearl or composition
buttons are suitable for work shirts.
Avoid metal buttons, because they
will rush; as soon as the paint wears
off. Also steer clear of compressed
paper buttons, or unevenly shaped
pearl buttons.
The Sleeve: Make sure the sleeve
is cut straight—that is, the length
wise thread of the material runs
parrallel to the top creases of the
sleeve. Any sleeve fullness should
be worked in neatly at the back of
the cuff—either in pleats or gathers.
The placket in the sleeve needs to
be long enough so the cuff can be
laid out flat to iron. •
Back: Make sure there is plenty
of room in the back to allow free
arm action. Backs of most work
shirts are cut in one piece. Good
business shirts have a generous
yoke, with <a fullccut lower back.
Lower back fullness may be eased on
to the yoke so it is hardly notice
able. Or it may be set in as pleats
or gathers. These need to be loca
ted over the shoulder blades—not in
the exact center back. The yoke of
most well cut shirts is rounded high
er at the center back, which makes
the lower back a little longer in the
center to accommodate the natural
ruonding of shoulder muscles.
Seams and Stitching. Look close
ly at all the seams, for poor stitch
ing is one of the easiest ways to de
tect poor workmanship. The stitch
ing should be close and even, with no
knots either on the right or wrong
side. Work shirts should be triple
stitched at the seams with from 12
to 16 stitches to the inch. There
should be about 18 .to 20 stitches
per inch on business shirts.
Getting a Good Fit
Full-cut shirts fit better. To
cheek this, look first at the shirt
tails. If these are skimpy, the
whole shirt probably is cut small.
Shirt tails should be well-rounded
with back and front the same length.
On work shirts, tails are not cut so
long as they are on business shirts.
Nor should skimpily cut shirts be
confused with brands of shirts that
are cut smaller in some places es
pecially for slender men.
To be sure of getting the right
shirt size for a man, measure an old
shirt that fits well. For the neck
measurement, lay the collar flat and
measure the inside of the neck band
from center of the button to the far
end of the button hole. For sleeve
length, measure from the center of
the back yoke to the lower edge of
the cuff.
Since boys are growing, it is best
to measure them each time for size.
Get the sleeve length by having
the boy hold his arm out straight at
the side, measuring from the large
bone in the back of the neck to the
wrist bone. Get neck size by put
ting the tape measure snugly where
the collar usually rests. Sometimes
it’s a good idea to measure chest
size, too.
THE JACKSON HERALD, JEFFERSON, GEORGIA
FSA Families Can Over
4 Million Quarts In 1940
Georgia’s 19,787 active FSA fami
lies last year canned 4,594,224 quarts
of fruits, vegetables and meats, or
an average of 216 quarts per fum
ny..
The 1940 figure represents an in
crease of 1,335,376 quarts over the
1930 total of 3,258,848. The gain in
food preservation is attributed to
purchase of more pressure cookers by
FSA borrowers and increased gar
den and truck crop acreage.
In addition to canning, the FSA
families turned their attention to
the drying of fruits and vegetables
with 1,843,806 pounds of vegetables
and 134,892 pounds of fruits being
dried and stored away for future
use.
7,371 families reached the family
canning plan last year, and 8,275
families reached the standard can
ning plan of 85 quarts per person,
the number arbitrarily set by the
Agricultural Extension Service.
There were 8,082 pressure cookers
purchased by IFSA borrowers last
year which, together with the 6,136
families who already own one, brings
to 14,218 the number of cookers
among FSA families. During 1940 1
FSA borrowers purchased $100,443 |
worth of canning equipment such as |
jars, lids, pots, pans, and rubbers ’
that were used directly in their food i
preservation program.
Of the 1941 outlook farm and
home plans reveal additional canning
equipment is being purchased this
year and families are buying garden
seed cooperatively. FSA families
will qualiy for the AAA benefits in
the garden program. Encouraging
is the increased wheat acreage FSA
borrowers are planting.
Home management supervisors are
advocating the use of a handmill for
grinding whole-wheat flour, peanut
butter, and grits or cereals from
wheat and corn, which will contri
bute to better health for the fami
lies. Also, a greater quantity of
peanuts, peas and beans will be
harvested for family use, and if the
gardens are good this year food pre
servation should reach anew high
for FSA families in 1941.
Warm Springs Mayor
Expects President Soon
Warm Springs, Ga.—“lf the world
survives,” President Roosevelt will
probably arrive here about March
20 for his spring visit, according to
the Rev. W. G. Harry, Warm •Spring
mayor and friend of the President.
Mr. Harry based his prediction on
what he called a “pretty well authen
ticated” rumor. The President said,
“I’ll be back in March if the world
survives,” when he departed after
an eight-hour visit last December.
Mr. Harry also predicted that the
President’s two-engine special, train
will be held in the Atlanta yards
during his yisit to be available for
an emergency return to Washing
ton.
Customary arrangements made in
advance of the President’s visits are
already under way here.
“Everybody know? his heart turns
this way in the spring,” Mr. Harry
said.
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FORD COMPANY
PLANS TO BUILD
“FLIVVER PLANE”
Ways, Ga.—A "flivver plane" that
will take off from a small plot and
sell for the price of a light car is
the goal of the Ford Motor Company,
its founder, Henry Ford, announced.
“We’ve been experimenting with
a two-seater that we expect to put
on <he market ultimately,” Ford
said.
“It will probably combine featues
of the ordinary airplane and the
‘gyro’ type ship, permitting it to
land or take off in a small area.
“The ship will be powered with
a motor of 300 horsepower built
horizontally into the wing.
“Tho body will be made of plas
tics.”
Ford believes there is a great fu
ture in aviation and that defense
plans will give impetus to the in
dustry. The pioneer automobile
manufacturer, a leader in develop
ment of the present-day assembly
line, believes the same technique can
be applied to airplane production.
Associates of Ford ventured the
assertion that he would not put a
plane on the market for the Ameri
can public until it was as safe to
fly as it is possible to make it.
The manufacturer has always
taken a keen interest in aviation.
The Ford airport at Dearborn, Mich.,
has one of the few dirigible moor
ing towers in the nation. He is per
sonally acquainted with many lead
ers in aviation.
“Now we can look forward to a
light airplane that will take off
from or land on a small area and
that will be as easy to manipulate
as the family car,” he said.
CATTLE SHOW SALES
BRING $11,799
Macon, Ga.—Macon’s annual fat
cattle sale netted $11,799.03 for
Middle Georgia non-professional live
stock producers, 4-H club and FFA
members. The figure was the larg
est of any similar auction.
Grand champion steer of the show
Monday netted $234.90 for Jack
Weatherly, Bleckley county 4-H club
boy. The animal sold for highest
price in the auction, 27 cents per
pound and weighed 870 pounds.
About 160 head of cattle were,
auctioned off during the sale. Prices
ranged from the 27-cent high to a
low of about 6.5 cents per pound.
Second highest price was 20 cents
per pound for a steer owned by Jack
Eason, Houston county 4-H club
member. The animal weighed 805
pounds, won third place in the FFA
heavy classification and netted sl6l.
Third highest price was 19.5 cents
a pound for the 750-pound steer en
tered by Lewis Parker, 4-H club boy
from Laurens county.
The reserve champion of the show
brought the fourth highest price,
15.75 cents per pound for an 835
pounder owned by Jack Eason.
Hall county is making a record in
chicken production. 159,435 baby
chicks were received by Hall coun
ty poultry raisers by express alone
during February.
Judge Won’t Stop
Dry County Sale of
Car With Whisky
In the first case of its kind since
enactment of Georgia’s local option
liquor laws, Judge Frank Guess of
the Decatur City Court Friday over
ruled a demurrer against condemna
tion proceedings with Solicitor D.
P. Phillips instituted ngainat an au
tomobile recently seized in DeKalb.
a dry county, containing 34 pints of
state-tax-paid whisky.
Attorney M. F. Stinehcomb filed
a demurrer against the proposed
public sale of the automobile, con
tending that, even if the facts as
charged were true, the Georgia li
quor repeal law of 1937-38 provided
no legal justification for the sale by
dry counties of cars containing tax
paid liquor.
Judge Guess handed down the
opinion that since the facts as charg
ed failed to provide legal protection
for the seized automobile, the older
law applied. The attorney indica
ted that he would appeal the decis
ion.
For'the pedestrian the question is
not whether the automobile is here
to stay but whether he can stay here
with it.—Memphis Commercial Ap
peal.
The strength to "tcJea it"
prevents costly highway failures!
CONCRETE ROADS
Normal traffic growth as well
as national defense operations
are putting many highways to
a severe test. Can they take it
without disastrous roadway
failure? You, as a citizen and
a taxpayer, have a stake in the
answer. You want your roads
to stand up—keep emergency
traffic rolling—without costly
repairs or construction bills.
The answer is Concrete.
STRONG, DURABLE— Concrete
pavement has great load-carry
ing capacity under all weather
The gap on State Route 11, Jefferson to
Gainesville, needs to be paved with concrete
©PORTLAND CEMENT ASSOCIATION
Hurt Bldg., Atlanta, Ga.
A nationcl organization to improve and extend the uses of con
crete . . . through scientific research and engineering field work
PAGE THREE.
School Problem Grows
Out of Defense Program
More than a quarter million chil
dren will have to change schools
because of population movements
resulting from the defense program,
Army and Navy authorities said Sat
urday in asking Congress for $116,-
000,000 to help local school boards
meet the problem.
A survey made by the Federal
Commissioner of Education and ac
cepted by the War and Navy De
partments found that schooling
must he provided for 120,000 chil
dren who now live or will reside
soon at Army posts, naval bases and
other nontuxable federal reserva
tions.
Jackson county received the last
fijical year $09,574.96 in gasoline
taxes for the county road fund and
the school equalization fund. In
addition to this the county also re
ceived its share of $2,176,513.62
paid to the school stabilization fund;
its share of $2,662,646.47 for coun
ty refunding certificates and its
share of $3,838,429.30 on road con
tracts. A total of $15,738,684.79
was paid to Georgia counties from
gasoline taxes. The oil business in
Georgia pays about one-half of all
state taxes.
conditions, enabling it to stand
the gaff under extraordinary
service. As proof, hundreds of
miles of concrete roads today
are successfully carrying a vol
ume of traffic far in excess of
that for which they were built.
SAFE, SAVING— This strength
and durability of concrete
make it the most economical
pavement for your commu
nity’s roads. For safe, satisfac
tory highway service at lowest
annual cost, demand Concrete
pavement.