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Thursday. November 14, 1940
School Lunch Programs Play Vital
Part in Building Ga. Rural Youth
finmtPr county, under the super
S Miss Martha Cobb, home
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^ nitration agent Ser
Agricultural Extension
has eight school lunch
kief now operation In rural
Iprograms in
Lhools. these hot
I for two years now
• f been served through
Riches have they
the county. And are
, U ( important part in
laying an rural youth
elping to make the
3 strong—a most vita)
{ Georg' these times when
ioint during to bulla
Africans need so much
their national defense.
P that the school lunch
"The idea America
0 lved in making
1 is fascinating important when health you
top t0 think how
national defense,” Miss
,o our nutrition special
Susan Mathews, Agricultural
fet for thP Georgia
^tension Service, said recently,
talking about the school lunch
n jn Georgia. “We have
irogram face to face with
Mdenly come
(act that the preservation ol
je of life is the
at American way have
st giaantic task we ever
n0 that demands
iced. It is 3 task
[ear thinking and decisive action.”
There is clear thinking and de
ive action m the school lunch
s county. It
jfograms of Sumter is
jteresting to go into the rural
c b 0 ols around Americus and see
he effects of these lunches on the
oung folks who gather around
e tables and fairly feast on a
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real lunch—and all for the cost of
five cents per plate!
The school lunch program in
Sumter county is one that has
proven successful because there is
cooperation among the various
agencies that make it possible. The
home demonstration agent helps in
planning the meals. The WPA fur
nishes workers to take charge of
things. The Surplus Commodities
Corporation chips in with surplus
foods. And the school authorities
give their wholehearted support to
this movement that is doing much
in making the rural youths of
Georgia strong.
Yes, it is interesting to walk into
one of these lunch rooms and
watch the school children in ac
tion. The youngsters are well be
haved. The food is appetizing. The
whole lunch pr ogram is well or
ganized.
The home demonstration clubs
of Sumter county should get much
credit for their, part in making
the school lunch program a real
success. These good farm women
have worked night and day in
making money to finance the pro
ject. They have given barbecues
and entertainments to raise funds
to buy electric ranges, water heat
ers, dishes, etc. They have given
of their time to planning the
lunches. They have slaved in the
sun in their gardens to raise veg
etables to carry to the seven can
ning plants in the county to put up
food for the school pantries. So
far this year these women have
put up 4,000 cans of fruits and
vegetables to be stored away for
use in the school dining rooms.
In most of the schools the home
demonstration clubs have offered
their club rooms for the prepara
tion of serving the children their
lunches. All of the WTA workers
who help with the hot lunches
are also members of the HDA
clubs.
The teachers of Sumter coun
ty’s rural schools are high in their
praise of the work that is being
Chevrolet Sales
Gain 308 Percent
Immediate sales gains register
ed by the new 1941 Chevrolet,
introduced September 21, increas
ed during the second ten days of
the new model season, it was an
nounced here today by W. E, Hol
ler, general sales manager. Chev
rolet dealers reported a total of
30,056 new passenger and com
mercial car sales during the first
ten days of October, he said. This
represents an increase of 22.699
units over th esame period last
year for a gain of 308 per cent.
Used car sales likewise held to
the upward course that has char
acterized the Chevrolet sales pic
ture, with a total of 41,207 re
ported by dealers. This is an in
crease of 11,813 units over the first
ten days of October last year, and
is an increase of 40.2 per cent.
In the final days of Sep
tember the prec. ing period this
year, Mr. Holler said, dealers re
tailed 26,163 cars and trucks.
The greatest need for the soil is
to g>'t t in condition to produce
profitable crops.
done with the hot lunch program.
D. C. Burke, principal of the New
Era school, told the writer that he
had noticed a great improvement
in the attendance at the school
since the lunch program started.
He said that during the real cold
weather last winter there was a
little better than 90 percent at
tendance, He also declared that
the children were much more at
tentive in classes and that the
discipline problems had been
greatly reduced.
Though most of the children pay
five cents for their lunch, those
who are not able to pay get their
lunches free. They are encouraged,
however, to bring any surplus
commodities on their farms to the
I school whenever they are availa
ble.
Miss Mathews is high in her
praise of the school lunch program
in Sumter county. “The children
in all of the schools get a well bal
anced meal,” she says. “They us
ually get a meat dish or a meat
substitute, two vegetabes, a bev
erage (preferably milk), a simple
dessert and bread.
And that’s a real meal for any
kody!
America needs strong citizens to
day. More than likely we will need
ti -m rr e than ever in the futile.
The hot lunch program in Sumter
county, as well as numerous other
counties in Georgia, is doing its
part in making these rural young
stars fit for stronger and better
citizens. It’s a great work, and the
people of Georgia should be proud
of it.
Rev. and Mrs. C. S. Forester,
spent Saturday in Atlanta.
Mr. Ed Stone spent the week
end with his mother Mis. Bonnell
Stone.
Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Brown, spent
Tuesday in Atlanta visiting their
daughter Miss Hazel Brown.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Arnold, and
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Garner, from
Atlanta visited Mr. and Mrs. Rob
ert Budd Saturday.
Mrs. Joe Wilson, of Oxford, Mrs.
G. W. - Hooten, and Mrs. Fred
Kitchens, of Covington spent Fri
day in - Atlanta. •»
Miss Francis Carroll, from Cali
fornia is visiting her parents Rev.
and Mrs. W. W. Carroll.
Mr. Harold Stephens has return
ed home from St. Joseph Infirm
ary.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Woodward,
of Atlanta visited with friends
here Tuesday.
Mrs. Clarence Meador, Mrs.
Perino Derring, and little son !
John, Mrs. A. A. Webb, of Cov
ington, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Floyd j
of Oxford visited relatives at Lo
ganville Thursday. .
Mr. H. M. Mallory, has return
ed home from Emory University,
Hospital, and is convalescing nice
ly to the delight of his many
triends.
Mr. and Mis. Robert Budd, and
little son Bobby, were dinner
guest Mrs. Joe Saturday Dealing night in Covington. of Mr. and j
Mr. and Mrs. Holland Sears,!
from Porte'-dale and Mrs. Guy Wil- j
son from Florida, visited Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Wilson, Saturday.
Georgia cotton growers will
vote Saturday, December 7 to de
termine whether there will be a
maiketing quota to apply to their
1941 cotton crop.
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In her first radio broadcast, 14-year-old Princess Elizabeth (right),
•peaking from London, reports that England’s children are “full of
cheerfulness and courage. And when peace comes,” the heir to Britain’s I
throne pointed out, “remember it will he for us children of today to make
the world of tomorrow a better and happier place.” Shown with Eliza
beth is her younger sister, Pr.ingess Margaret Rose.
HIGH POINT
KNOCKOUTS
‘Did to’ ever”—High Point
girls had better ask for aid. All
their boys are being caught in
draft—A large crowd was re
ported at League Sunday night
(especially camp boys). Minerva
and Ann were real happy Sunday
night. Wade and Charles came
down and certain camp boys were
disappointed.
Watch out Corine or you’ll loose
that large ring—Betty and James
are still getting along nicely. We
bet’eha’ Helen had her pilture tak
en Saturday. They were cute for
look who had their’s made with
her. Dance at camp put off. Jack
son Lake boys are very disap
poirfted. Violet was talking to a
cute boy the other Sunday night.
Watch out—another romance will
spring up.
We understand how Dorothy
feels since Lanier was one of the
first draftees—Leonard J. seems
to rate also. We want to know who
the boy was that wanted to date
Belle—Look, out—Ann you won’t
have a Charles. Mildred and
Clifford didn’t get mad Sunday
night or did they? Probably they
don’t like ice cream—Wade can
tell them who can make use of It.
Myrtle what's wrong? You haven’t
been to the League recently—Or
maybe we cP t know. Lost—A
long-bill cap. Owner please call
at the home of—they know where
they left it. All the girls that were
hurt over not going to dance can
be ready Thursday. We’ll be wait
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—NEWS FROM—
OXFORD
BY MRS. W. L. FLOYD
Ga. FSA Family
Increases Worth
Over $1,000
In 1935, wordly possessions of
the Earnest Norwood family total
ed onlv $35. Today it exceeds $1
400, an increase of more than 40
I times in five years. In fact, their
1939 farm income amounted to a
! bout $600.
This Negro farmer, his wife and
nine children were living in pov
erty back in 1933. Their mule had
died, and without workstock, fur
ther farming was out of the ques
i tion. There was no possibility of
securing another mule. Starvation
was staring them in the face.
They were temporarily rescued
by the Houston county relief rolls.
But not for long. The Farm Ad
ministration proved their second
salvation. From relief rolls, they
were placed on the rural rehabili
tation program in March, 1935. At
that time, their poverty was al
most - unbelievable. The family of
n was crowded in a tumble
down two-room shack, eating only
two meager meals a day and
sleeping on two double beds and
one baby bed.
of which three are brood sows,
two jim-dandy mules, 30 chickens,
a good garden, 296 quarts of can
ned food, $380 worth of food on
hand and $290 in the bank. Tlfleir
smokehouse contains 1,800 pounds
of meat and 300 pounds of lard.
Working under the guidance of
Harley W. Jones and Mrs. Inez
The year 1935, however, proved
to be the turning point in their
lives, after being accepted on FSA
rolls. From worldly possessions of
three chickens .one cow and one
pig back in 1935. the Nomoods
have prospered and today they
have two good milk cows, 27 hogs
Fagan, farm and home supervisors
in Peach and Houston counties,
Norwood has repaid $1,314 on a
total loan over a five-year period
of $1,624. During the latter part
of 1939 the Norwood family was
taken on the Tenant Purchase pro
gram and is now living in a re-
VALUE OF LIMESTONE
So far Atkinson county has dis
tributed 479 tons of limestone un
der the AAA grant-of-aid pro
gram. Over 900 tons have also
been ordered. “Our farm lands are
pretty acid,” says Chester Ben
nett, county Extension agent. “The
average is between three and one
haif and four, and Chat shows that
it needs the lime on the soil. Our
farmers report that they receive
25 to 40 pounds increased lint
cotton on larms that have been
limed and a 25 per cent increase
in tobacco in some cases.” E. C.
Fancher, one of the county Ex
tension agent’s cooperating farm
ers, declares that he harvested
three bushels of sweet potatoes on
land he had limed, in comparison
with one-half bushel in the same
patch that had not been treated |
with the limestone. )
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Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie Banks and
baby, Mrs. Daisy Banks of Monroe,
visited Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Row
land over the week end.
Mr. Fired and Miss Dorothy
Jones, Miss Allene Thomas, Mrs.
Curtis Yarn, Mr. James Day, all
motored to Macon, Saturday, to
visit Mrs. Lola Jones in Macon
Hospital.
Mr. J. D. Rowland motored to
Lawreneeville, Saturday.
Miss Allene Harper of Porter
dale, visited home folks over the
week end.
Me. and Mrs. Wilbur Jones and
children of Eastman, visited Mr.
and Mrs. Stair Jones over the
week end.
Mr. Charlie Frank Jones oif Ft.
Benning, visited his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. A. F. Jones last week end.
Sunday School begins each Sun
day P. M. at 3.00 o’clock and every
one has a cordial invitation.
ctntly constructed home on a 138
acre farm in the King Chapel com
munity five miles east of Perry,
Soil Conservation technicians
are cooperating in Norwood’s re
habilitation by suggesting improv
ed land practices which he is fol
lowing with the aim of “getting
on top some of these days”.
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As in the past programs, (fre
jeetives of the 1941 AAAr f;
program are: First, to heip la
ers get and maintain a fair
of the national income; seeond
protect the interests of consuw,
by providing for ample suppfie , ,
food, feed, fiber, and other 1
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cultural products at prices 1
are fair to both consumers M
poduoers; thud, to guarantee/
nearly as possible, continued f
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llets by conserving and rebuild'
national soil resources through
adjustment of soil-depleting c'
acreages and widespread use I
soil-building practices; and lour
to improve the living conditi
of farm people by increasing ^
production of food and feed «m (
for home use.
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Late harvesting and poor si
age methods aye major causes
damage to the corn crop.
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