Wheeler county eagle. (Alamo, Ga.) 1913-current, June 04, 1943, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextDEVOTED. TO THE HEALTH, HAPPINESS AND PROSPERITY OF THE HOMES, SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES OF ALAMO AND WHEELER COUNTY.. Volume 30' CANNING WESTONS fOR HOMtAND WAN By: Esther Godbee County Home Demonstration Agent It is mors important this year than ever before that we save food. Every bit of food we save releases more food for the boys on the fighting front and for the workers in defense plants and in the cities. Food may be preserved or saved by six methods. 1. Toma toes and fruits can be canned with ordinary cooking utensils, 2 Nearly all vegetables can be canned with a pressure cooker. 3. Pumpkins, squash, appes. pears and root vegetables can be stored in the cellar or under* g.uuud. 4. Fruits, corn, beans, peas and okra can be dried. 5. Pickles and sauei can be made at home. 6, Almost every vegetable and fruit can be preserved in a freezer locker. When canning food by the boiling v a uebhod tie water should be one to two inches over the >ops of the jars. A good fit* ting cover will tend to prevent too much water evaporating or boiling away. Add more boiling water to keep the required h right if nec-ssary. This will prevent loss of liquid from the j*r if top is properly adjusted. Snap Beans Wash, string and cut into lengths desl-ed. Add boiling water to cover and simmer un covered for about 5 minutes, or until the beans will bend without breaking. Pack hot into contain*, era, cover with the hot water, add 1 teaspoon of salt to each quart. Adjust cap. Proeess in steam pressuxe cooker at 10 pounds pressure: Quart jars 35 minutes, No. 3 tin cans 30 minutes, pi it jars 10 minutes; Mo. 2 tin cans 25 minutes. For home u.e, when a pressure cooker is not available, Clinch beans 3to 8 miautes, pack in quart jars, add 1 teaspoon of vinegar or lemon juice and 1 lea.poon of salt and cover with hut water. Process pints 1 hour and qugrts 1 I*2 hours in boiling water bath. Wash, peel and cut into 1 to 1 1-2 inch cubes. Add a small quantirty ot water and simmer until heated through, stirring occasionally. Pack hot into con ainers, add 1 teaspoon of salt to each quart and cever with the water in which cooked. Process mmediateiy. Precess by steam pressure method at 10 pounds pressure: Ponts 60 minutes; Quarts 65 minutes. Or by boiling wateo method, 3 hours cue day or one hour for three days. If you own a pressure cooker and your neighbor does not, why not try working together in this emergency, Use all canning facilities and all methods available to you to enable you in having an adequate f od sspply. For canning bulletin zs or other assistance please feel free to cab 0 i me, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Coney and daughter, Frances, left last Thuriday night, lor Vicksburg, Mississippi, where they will visit their d mghter, Mrs. Roy Me- Alum. Before returning home they will visit their son, Private J. T. Cou^y, who is stationed in the Army at Nashville, Tenn. The Finnsj«re said to have dwelled on #ie Volga in the 17th century. TOWN AND FARM 1 [IN WARTIME NOW Ration Reminder Sugar—Coupon No. 13 became valid June 1, and will be good for 5 lbs. through August 15. Cou । pons No. 15 and 16 are good for । 5 lbs. each for home canning purposes. Housewives may ap ply to their local boards for ad diticnil rations if necessary. Coffee—Stamp No. 24(1 pound) “became valid May 31 and is good through June, Shoes —No. 17 strmp in war ration book one good for one pair through June 15. Stamp No. 18 (1 pair) will become valid June 16. Meats, etc. —Red stamp “L” becomes valid June 6. Foods —Blue stamps G, H, J remain valid through June 7. K, L, M, will continue good through July 7. More Canned Food For Civilians Civilians will gain 30 million cases of canned fruits and vege tables as a result of reduced guv jrnment requirements. Reduc tions are mainly for corn, peas, spinach, tomatoes, snap beans, fruit cocktail, sweet cherries, peaches, pineapple, and pine tppie juice. Pay Off Farm Debt Increased revenue from crops md livestock should be used to pay off farm debts, says the Secretary of Agriculture. Food For Furloughs A serviceman on a leave or furlough of at least 3 days Le e aster will be provided with a complete application form for obtaining rationed food before he leaves camp. He will give the applies ion to the person who provides his meals. James E. Clark Promoted to Corporal at Gulfport Gulfport Field, Miss. P. 1. c James E. Clark, son ot Mr. and Mrs. P. T. Clark, Glenwood Route 1, has been promoted to the grade of Corporal at this big airplane mechanics school us the Army Air Foices Tec n cal Training Command. As a member of Permanent Party personnel, Corporal Clark is attached to the 27th academic squadron. Befoie entering army service, he was employed as a carpenter, by Artly Construction Co., us Savannah. FISHING SEASON 1 OPENED TUESDAY The Nimrods who engage in the spert made famous by Sir Isaac Walton have been busy for the past week polishing poles, getting the kinks out of lines and otherwise making ready to let some of those big ones get away. Experienced fishermen know that much of the pleasure derived from this sport is in getting ready to go and antici pating the catch they hope to make. Some concern is apparent concern ing the dimensions of fish that may be taken under the new regulations adopted by the Game and Fish Com mission and it is being predicted that several local fishermen, who have regaled the public with ac counts of the number caught, on different occasions, may be entirely । eliminated from future competition. > However, it is to be hoped, that ■ through the universally allowed > flexibility pf reports made by fish , ermen, that some way may be found to overcome this handicap. I Seventy-three nations were rep resented among the students of Boston University one term. ALAMO, GEORGIA. FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 1943 GAS FOR FARM USE I GIVENPREFERENCE In order to forestall any slacken ing of the food production pace in * a time of critical gasoline shortage, ' farmers have been given preferred . status in obtaining gasoline for non . highway farm use, J. M. Phillips, highway farm use, W. R. McDaniel, chairman of the ’Wheeler county Farm Transportation Committee announced this week. Chairman McDaniel made public a statement made by Petroleum Ad ministrator for War Harold L. Ickes, issued in order to clear up or “avoid any misunderstanding on the part of farmers as to their pre ferred status. The statement fol lows: “Farmers are entitled to and deal ers (whether retail or wholesale) must accord them preference for non-highway farm uses described in Petroleum Administrative Order No. 1 as recently amended. This means that the dealer cannot deliver any gasoline for non-agricultural or non-military use until these pre ferred demands have been complete ly satisfied. “The dealer in turn has the same right to demand from his supplier, preferred replacement of the petro leum products which he has de livered to the farmers. This right of preferred replacement carries r'ght back through the distribution chain of petroleum supplies to th< primary supplier who brings petro leum products into the East Coast Area. There is no inconsistency in this order with Directive 59, which ope rates as a general control over the distribution of petroleum products in the East Coast Area. The effect of this preference to farmers may mean that primary suppliers will have to curtail deliveries for non pref,e^red uses to their secondary suppliers, service stations, and deal ers. Under Directive 59, this will mean a proportion’atg durtailment all the way down the distribution chain for such non-preferred uses, but this will not affect the farmers’ requirements. “There is a steady, though lessen ed, supply of gasoline and other petroleum products coming into the East Coast district. This supply is ample to take care of all military and non-highway farm use in full and still leave a substantial supply for other absoutely essential pur poses. There may not be enough suppy to meet all the non-preferred uses to the full extent that many people desire, but there is no reason why the farmer’s non-highway re quirements cannot be met in full.” US PEOPLE ( By G. C. Barnhill One very interesting thing you can do sometime when you have a chance, is to get some fellow that has never had any experience in farming, to outline just how to ope rate a farm successfully. It is a sight just how easy it can be done these days with all this increased in come for the farmers. The thing that is giving the farmers fits now, is all the debts that were piled up during the days of low prices. If they were all out of debt there would be a great jubilee. One good thing tho, it is a known fact, that the good old sunshine when you have to stay in it all the time, will pour the vitamins into your body, and you will not have to take pills like if you had to stay in the shade. So guess this is the way the farmer gets the best end of the game. LABOR SHORTAGE Women’s clubs, civic organiza tions, schools and colleges are or ganizing in some sections of oGor gia to help farmers who arc in need of extra farm labor. These city workers will plan to go to farms for a day, a week, or until important crops are harvested and ready for market. Many of them have work ed on farms before and they may of fer a great deal of help to farmers who are unable to obtain enough regular farm labor. Georgians proved in 1942 that this plan will work during cotton picking season. City people helped farmers pick ap proximately 150,000 bales of cotton during the 1942 season. SEVEN MEN LEFT : FOR ARMY MONDAY There were seven white men left here Monday for induction in the army. There were three of them accepted and four were rejected. This county fell a wny short of her quota this time. Wade Perdue, Robert Tuten and ( Joe Swain Webster will report back to camp in 15 days, The following men left: Fred Arnold Williams, Alamo Willis Theron Browning, Glen wood. Robert Dewey Jones, Alamo. Robert Edward Tuten, Jr. Alamo. Joe Swain Webster, Glenwood Donald Wade Perdue, Alamo. Ovid Judson Keen, Glenwood, COOPERATIVE POULTRY SALE HERE TUESDAY A Cooperative Pou) r; Truck <ale will be held in Alamo next Tuesday, June 8, from 9:00 until 11:00 o’clock Easier.) War Time. The following prices will be paid: All inns 25 1-2 Fryers 28 Roosters 21 Young turkeys under 18 36 Turkeys 18 to 22 33 Ducks and Geese 20 Guineas (each) 50 R. P. Leckie County Agent. COUNTY QUOTA LID IS REMOVED FROM ALL FARM WEEDERS ■-> Following up its recent action, the State USDA War Board has added tooth weeders to the list of farm machinery and equipment from which county quotas have been removed, Chairman J. M. Phillips of the Montgomery County USDA War Board, announced this week. This leaves only wheel-type trac tors, combines, and stationary hay balers subject to county quotas, he said, since the State War Board re cently lifted quotas from all other rationed items of farm machinery and equipment. The decision makes it possible for the County War Board to issue pur chase certificates to farmers, pro vided they first have located the desired item of machinery, Mr. Phil- 1 lips said. HENRY FORD NAMED AS FIRM’S LEADER Detroit, June I.—Henry Ford, 79, 1 today was elected president and general manager of the Ford Motor ' Company, which he founded, re placing his son, Edsel, who died May 26. The announcement was made by a Ford spokesman following an emergency meeting of the board of directors. The statement follows: “Henry Ford today was elected president of the Ford Motor Com pany, replacing his son Edsel. “The action was taken at an ad journed annual meeting of the shareholders of the Ford Motor Company followed by a meeting of the board of directors. Fred Warnini’s Broadcast For Aircraft Warners 1. On June 9, Fred Waring^ Chesterfield program will be de dicated to the I Fighter Com* maud, Aircraft Warning Service. The program is to be broadcast at 7:00 P. M. EWT over the N. B. C.'cost to cost net work. 2 It is hoped that all observers will be able to listen to this tune ful program. This tribute to the Aircraft warning service as a whole is equally directed to the individual members whose con scientious effort has accomplish ed so much. POULIffIEN n J H COM Wheeler County poultrymen are asked by the government to produce approximately 178,000 dozen eggs this year, 3 per cent more than in 1942, as their share in the Food for Victory program, the National Poultry Defense Committee estimated. This county goal, which is based on the percentage increase suggested for Georgia by the U. S. Department of Agricultuie, can be reached if adequate sup plies of labor and feed are avail able, declared Committman Hobart Creighton. ''Poultry farmers are now working harder than ever in all out war production,” Creighton said, ‘ continuing the fine job they did in this county last year oy producing 173,000 dozen eggs to help supply civilian, military and lend-lease needs. Also, two developments during last year have resulted in larger laying Hocks on most farms today. "First, egg prices as shown by purchases ot the A & P Tea Company, one of the larger ouyers which paid $145,000 in Georgia last year for 432,510 dozen, were so favorable that farmers saved an unusually large proposition of potential layers. Second, conditions in 1942 were good for raising pullets, as Fall weather was generally mild and die average hatching date was early. "Those factors point to in creased egg production, ” Creighs tun explained, "if an improve ment can be madu in the farm skilled labor situation and if farmers can get enough protein .eeds. There are critical short ages of protein ingredients be cause imports have been ent so drastically. Even soybean oil meal is not being precessed fast slough to meet demands. These are major problems facing the industry.” Georgia poultrymen, who pro duced a total of 51,750,000 dozen eggs in 1942, are asked for 53,410,000 dozen this year as their share us the uatiunal egg goal of 4,7^0,000,000 dozen. LET’S CAN IT We are promised facilities for canning the surplus of almost any thing that we have to eat and it is the hope of farseeing leaders that our people will avail themselves ot che opportunity. One of the major assets of any people is physical fit ness for the tasks that must be done and the right sort of food is manda tory if this state of health is to be reached and maintained. Meats, vegetables and fruits may be canned with comparative ease and there is a strong probability that unless one does can such that we may have to struggle along without it in the next few months. Much of these foods has been pro duced and wasted in past years, but if we are to have all that we need it will not only be necessary to save the waste of normal production but also to, produce more. That is more people who have formerly eaten out of Un must now grow their own fruit, vegetables and meat. In ‘order that we may not suffer for these and maybe become a bur den on our neighbors it behooves us to encourage each other to plant u Victory Garden and build a brooder. Lt iq estimated that American housewives during 1943 will can । more than five million jars of foods or enough to supply every man, woman and child in the country with about 40 jars of food. I . * Just arrived car load land , plaster for peanuts. See J. A. Pope. Sample Copy 5c Number 1 Mm SCHOOLS COUPLET RRM i Tbe Wheeler County High ) school of which P. M. Shaltz is ) Superintendent closed May 24 1 with 22 seniors getting their i diplomas. Mr. E. D. Whisenant, , superintendent ot the Baxley ) schools, delivered the address of the evening— " America’s Merit* । age.” Glenwood High school headed by C. M. Carter closed Friday uight, May 21, which time 26 graduates received diplomas. ■ The literary address was de* । iiveres by former Superintendent M. L. Purvis, of Griffin, He spoke on “Tbe Four Freedoms.” Shiloh High school of which W. H. Green is principal had their closing exercises Monday night, May 24. The literary address was delivered by Mr. Mosteller, of Brewton-Parker Junior college. Union Junior High school of which J. C. Eubanks is principal closed Friday, May 21. Anap* propriate operetta was put on by the school Thursday night. I’be other five white schools of the county closed May 21. They were: Cross Roads, Hazel Stew* art, principal; Graham, Audrey Martin, principal; Hope, Lassie Palmer, principal; Marie, Mrs. A. J. Grimes, principal; ar t Springhille, Mrs. J. B. Clemet », principal. All of the schools in the com , both white and colored, w 3 offered nire months. Most of 1- colored schools closed May 2b Even with the changes broug t about due to war conditions, v a are all proud of the success • t each of the schools through, u a the county during this past h m and again look forwasd U 4 successful term next year. STUCKEY B. T. U. MET SUNDAY NIGHT Tbe B. T. U. members of the Stuckey Baptist church - held their regular business meeting Sunday night. Miss Leah Gowan, president presided, and tbe following officers were elected: Vice president— Mary Oma Wilcher. Sec.-Treas.—Mrs. J. M. Worn* mack. Corresponding sec. — A nn i • Mae Bridges. Quiz leader—Hilery Sightier Pianist— Mrs. Wallace Ryals Chorister— Greet Gowan. Instructors— Mrs. Hilery Sigbtler, Mr. Loisette Anderson and Mr. O. S. Bridges. SERVICE MEN MAY NOW GET RATION CERTIFICATES —IO Atlanta, Ga.—United State* Ser vicemen and all Allied soldier* and sailors on furlough for even such a short period as three days can now get food ration certificates aa the result of a new OPA ruling. The ' • new system, according to word re ceived at the Atlanta Army Service ■ Forces Depot, will be in operation after June 2 and will benefit men on leave 72 hours or longer where formerly a week was the minimum period for which extra ration cer- ’ tificates could be obtained. Based on the Amount of feed that would be eaten in nine meals, a 1 “furlough ration ^nit” has been ’ established. Processed foods call ’ for eight points, and eight points are allowed for meats and fats, one quarter pound of coffee and one quarter pound of sugar. j A soldier on leave for four daya will apply for a 12 meal allowance and will receive two units or enough for 18 meals.