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rhursday, November 20, 1941
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WAR AGAINST WASTE
Conservation In The Last War
A series of articles on the Government’s efforts in Conservation, simplifi
cation, substitution, and salvage to make more of our vital raw materials avail
able for defense production.
Conservation is not new to
America. There has been an or
ganized campaign to conserve
our natural resources almost since
the turn of the century. But the
only precedent f6r conservation
of finished goods consumer
goods—is found in the experience
of the World War.
There were two units handling
the job of conservation in 1917—
18: The Commercial Economy
Board set up in March 1917; and
its sucqpssor, the Conservation
Division of the War Industries
Board, created in May 1918.
These units w"irked for ea-uiomies
and simplification, but salvage
campaigns also were organized.
Every large store in the country
maintained receptacles for collec
tion of peach pits valuable for
use in chemical warfare. Old pa
per was saved and collected for
reprocessing. People were urged
to carry their owi. packages home
from the store, and substitution of
paper wrappers for pasteboard
cartons and wooden packing cases
resulted in a large savings of
materials and in conservation of
transportation space.
The Commercial Economy
Board was concerned primarily
with these kinds of savings. A
mong other things, it saved
enough bread to teed 200,00 peo
ple by eliminating the practice of
returning unsold bread for dis
posal a- waste; succeeded in get
ting merchants in 315 large cities
to restrict deliveries to one a day;
got merchants in 189 cities to es
tablish cooperative delivery sy
stems; and carried on a wide
spread campaign for consumers to
carry packages home instead of
having them delivered.
In May 1918, the Conservation
Division was set up, with the spe
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statutory action. Usually they
were put into effect through co
operation with industries organiz
ed in units. However, failure by
an individual manufacturer to ob
serve the recommendation could
result in the Priorities Commis
sioner withholding materials and
transportation facilities to recal
oitrants
All told, at the time of the
Armistice, the Conservation Di
vision had prepared conservation
programs for 269 industries, esti
mated to be yielding an annual
savings of 15 percent in the quan
ity o. materials used ir. the coun
try.
As a follow-up to this, a nation
s' campaign for elimination of
waste developed after the war
which has continued through the
Division of Simplified Pratice in
the Bureau of Standards. This Di
vision attempts, through research,
consultation, nnd voluntary co
operation, to get reduction of siz
es, varieties, types, or grades of
products. To date, 181 simplified
practice recommendations cover
ing everything from blackboards
to blankets have been developed
through the mechanism of manu
facturer-distributor-ccnsumer ad
visory committees working in co- ;
operation with the Bureau. These
recommended practices are gen
erally adopted by industry in the
interests of efficiency and econo
my—mostly on the assumption
that in general 80 percent of the
demand for a given product is
confined tc 20 percent of the siz
es or varieties manufactured.
GUM
CREEK
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Byrd, Mr.
and Mrs. Dock Middlebrook, Mr.
Terrell Byrd, Mr. and Mrs. Allen
Middlebrooks were the guest of
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Middlebrooks
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Buck Algood were
the week-end guest of Mr. Walter
Ellington and Mrs. Sallie Elling
ton. *
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Byrd, Mr. and
Mrs. Floyd, Mr. and Mrs. Aubry
Williams, Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Townle> were the guestof Mr. and
Mrs. Rob Mote Sunday.
Little Donald and David Byrd
spent Sunday with Daniel and
Carlton Middlebrooks.
Mrs. Thomas guest spent Sun
day with her mother Mrs. Barton
at Walnut Grove.
Miss Robbie Lee Bostwick visit
ed Mrs. Sallie Ellington a while
Friday.
Mrs. Autha Johnson, Mrs. Ches
ter Johnson spent Thursday after
noon with Mrs. Walter Middle
brooks.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Whitley, Mr.
and Mrs. Jess Brand and Miss
Nell Brand visited Mr. and Mrs.
Rob Mote a while Sunday after
noon.
Mr. Walter Ellington, Mrs. Sal
lie Ellington, Mr. and Mrs. Albert
Ellingto and daughter Hilda Ann
visited Mr. and Mrs. Walter Mid
dlebrooks Friday night a while.
Mr. Marion Middlebrooks was
supper guest Friday night of Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Middlebrooks.
LAST WEEK NEWS
Everybody come to church and
Sunday School now we have a
warm church, was so glad to have
the Sardust people with us Sun
day morning.
Mrs. Starkey Ellington and Miss
Gertrude Ellington were the din
ner guest of Mrs. Johnie Reagan
Tuesday.
Miss Robbie Lee Bostwick re
turned home Tuesday after a de
lightful visit with Miss Sarah
Francies Wiley of Gadsden Alaba
ma.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Middle
brooks spent Sunday with Mrs.
Sussie Watson of Lawrenceville.
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Bostwick
spent Sunday afternoon with Mr.
and Mrs. Grady Dial.
Mr, and Mrs. Fred Dial were j
the guest of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. |
Bostwick Thursday night.
Mrs. Curtis Rowe, Mr. and Mrs.
Hillman Jackson visited Mr. and
Mrs. Groner Ellington a few days
week.
Mr. and Mrs. King of Atlanta
supper guest of Mr. and Mrs.
Reagan Monday night.
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Bostwick
Miss Mr. Robbie Lee Bostwick j (
and Mrs. Jesse Ell'ng
a while Monday night
•Mr. and Mrs. All–i Middle- I
were the guts' of Mr. and
Walter Middlebrooks a while
afternoon.
Mr. R. A. Bostwick was dinner
of Mr. and Mrs. C. A Cason
Miss Hazel Moon was the guest I
cial job of effecting economies
through reduction in number of
style.-, and types of articles. Its
accomplishments could fill sev
eral pages. Here are a few of the
things it marked up to its credit:
Shoe colors were reduced from
upwards of a hundred to three
shades—black, white, and a single i
shade of tan. Likewise styles were , j
simplified. The result was a sav
ing in leather, dyes, boxes, ship- j
ping space, labor, and transpor
tation.
Simplification of styles and co
lors of sweaters and other gar
ments reduced the quantity of
wooi used in these textiles by
one-third, enough to provide cloth
for 900,000 uniforms.
Substitution of paper wrappers
for pasteboard cartons and wood
en packing cases in the hosiery
and underwear trade alone was
estimated to have saved 17,312
freight cars of space. And it had
the added result of releasing
pasteboard for the manufacture
of containers previously using tin
plate.
In 6 months the Division saved
j 50,000,000 yards of wool, 260,000
tons of tin plate, cut styles of
stoves and heaters 75 percent,
eliminated 5,560 styles of rubber
footwear, cut tire varieties from
287 to 32 reducer' washing ma
cnine styks from 446 to 18. plows
from 312 to 76, harrows from 538
to 38. It did suet. U i >.4> "S in
creasing the amount of tnreari on
spools, eliminating colors for
men’s, women’s, and children’s
hats, limiting bathing cap manu
facturers to one style and one
color, and cutting the styles in
buggy axles from ov 20 to 1.
Fens were cut from 130 to 30
styles, only 4 types of alarm
clocks were permitted, and colors
of typewriter ribbons were re
duced from 150 to 5. Reduction in
colors of house paints, enamels,
and varnishes, and elimination of
intermediate sizes of containers,
enabled these manufacturers to
operate with 25 percent less ma
terials. Brass, bronze, and cop
per caskets were forbidden, the
variety of steel caskets limited,
ar.d styles in wooden coffins re
duced by 85 percent. This pro
gram alone accounted for sav
ings of 6,000 tons of steel, 285
tons of tin plate, 275,000 pounds
of copper, 90,000 pounds of brass,
74,000 pounds of bronze, 70,000
pounds of pig tin, 17,000 pounds
of nickel, 2,200 tons of coal, and
212,000 yards of wool fabrics.
Recommendations of the Con
servator Division for limitation
of styles and types of articles
could not be enforced by direct
THE COVINGTON NEWS (Largest Coverage Any Weekly In the State)
TOP 4-H CANNER
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rtTENONA DRAKE, 19, of Vidal!*,
Zj named by Assistant State Lead
er Emmie Nelson as Georgia's 1941
4-H canning champion, will be
awarded an all-expanse trip to the
20th National 4-H Club Congress
in Chicago, Nov. 28-Dec. 6. The
honor climaxes an eight-year rec
ord. ... The girl put up 3,709
quarts of foods, sold 2,164 and gave
500 to her pastor; raised an acre
garden, and handled 3,380 fowls
and 22 meat animals. She won
many placings and $12.50 on her
exhibits, and gives the value of all
her projects as $8,866. The girl won
the county canning award annually
for eight years. ... She will com
pete for one of five $200 scholar
ships provided by the Kerr Glass
Corporation, donor also of her trip.
This is the 13th year of the contest,
which is conducted in cooperation
with the extension service.
of”her "aunt Mrs. C. L. Bostwick
Thursday night.
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Bostwick
vi ted Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Price
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Saturday night.
Mrs. Clemmie Jordan is spend
ing this week with Mr. and Mrs.
Sebie Jordan.
More of the peanuts produced
ir the United States are usecf for
making peanut butter than for any
other single purpose. Next largest
us< is as salted peanuts, and pea
nut candy is the third largest out
let. Less than 10 percent of the
commercial crop reaches the pub
lic as peanuts roasted in the shell.
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Mr. Rnd Mrs. J. D. Roland of
Hayston spent Saturday night
with Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hitch
cock.
Mrs. Hoke Allen and family of
Winder spent the week-end with
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Roberts.
Mrs. Eva Garland of Columbus
spent Tuesday with Mrs. O. D.
Leverette and Miss Jewel Leve
rette.
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Johnson spent
Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. Eu
gene Parr near Smyrna Camp
Ground.
Mr. and Mrs. G. D. McCart of
Stewart visited Mr. and Mrs. L.
D. Dobbs Thursday a. m.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Aaron were
spend the day guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Willie Pickerell of Social Cir
cle Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Penn and
family spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. J. D. Johnson.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hitchcock
spent Sunday with Mrs. Margie
Williams of Logansville.
Mr. and Mrs. Ollie Mask and
Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Patrick all of
Covington spent Saturday with
Mr. an Q Mrs. Paul Roberts.
Mrs. John Curtis and children,
Alice and Thearen, grandson, Ge
rald, and Mrs. Hershel Johnson all
of Porterdale visited Mr. and Mrs.
L. D. Dobbs awhile Saturday
evening.
Mrs. O. D. Leverette and Miss
Jewell Leverette spent Saturday
with Mrs. W. C. Jeffers of Porter
dale.
Miss Dorothy Dobbs spent
Thursday morning with her uneje
who is ill, Mr. J. L. McCart of
Rutledge.
Mr. and Mrs. Felton Allen of
Social Circle visited Mr. and Mrs.
J. P. Darby awhil. Sunday even
ing.
Mr. and Mrs. O. D. Leverette
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
W. A. Norton of Covington.
Mrs. Paul Roberts spent Friday
with Mrs. O. D. Leverette and
Miss Jewel Leverette.
Mr. Harold Lawson of Fort
Knox, Ky. is visiting relatives this
week.
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brought a covtted reward to Cath*
ren Mitchell, 16, of Lumber City,
She la named Georgia's 1941 win
ner In the national 4-H home
grounds beautification conteat con
ducted by the etate extension aer
vice, for which she will receive a
17-Jewel gold watch given by Mrs.
Charles R. Walgreen, Chicago hor
ticultural enthusiast. » * * Follow
Ing a plan, the girl had stumps,
brinks and lumber taken from her
yard and fences moved. Next she
made a lawn, placed shrubs and
bulbs and put out over 1000 of her
own cuttings, transplanted native
shrubs from nearby woods, and
built two bird houses. » » . She will
compete for the Southern sectional
award of a trip to the 20th National
4-H Club Congress to be held In
Chicago Nov. 28-Dec. 6.
Man Repents
After Ten Years
Someone who has been doing
some really leisurely repenting
contributed 30 cents to charity
here recently.
Store Owner H. Lipsitz of Glen
ville, Ga., received A letter stat
ing that the writer had stolen an
article worth 29 cents some ten
or twelve years ago. The letter
contained 30 cents* Mr. Lipsitz
couldn’t recall the instance—a de
serving charity received the dona
tion.
Unshelled Pecans
To Be Purchased
Purchases of up to 7,500,000
pounds of unshelled pecans in
Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mis
sissippi, and the Carolinas will be
made by representatives of the
Surplus Marketing Administration
at 10 stations ir. the major pro
ducing areas readily accessible to
growers in other areas
Purchase stations will be estab
lished ir. Georgia at Macon, Al
bany, Cairo, Waycross, Savannah,
and Augusta. The pecans will be
shelled and diverter from normal
trade channels through the school
lunch program,
Purchases are being made at an
established schedule of prices,
ranging, according to size, from 8
cents to 12.5 cents a pound for
No. 1 orchard run pecans, 7.4 to
11.5 cents for No. 2, and 6.7 to
10 .3 ccn t s a pound for No. 3. None
averaging smaller than Lt S. me
dium size will be bought.
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CARD OF THANKS
We wish to take this oppor
tunity to express our heartfelt ap
preciation to our many friends foi
their many expressions of sympa
thy in our recent bereavement.
Mrs. W. F. McCar
Mr, and Mrs. J. Walter McCar
Mr. and Mrs. Troy H. McCar
Mr. and Mrs. Roy F. McCar
Mr. and Mrs. Sultan Wiggim
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Moblej
Mr. and Mrs. Irby C. Edwardi
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