The Oregon state employee., March 01, 1946, Page 16, Image 16

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A New YWCA Building
for Salem
Forward-looking plans are now be­
ing made for a new YW CA building in
Salem. Committees are studying build­
ing plans, exchanging ideas and inves­
tigating local needs to insure the best
possible arrangements.
Mrs. Esther Little, Executive Direc­
tor, considers service to working women
(a large number are state employees)
one of the chief responsibilities of the
YW CA. She always welcomes new
ideas and wishes to know what young
women in Salem want provided in their
new building. Is it a swimming pool?
a lunch room? club rooms? dormatory
rooms? a gym? a stage?
Throughout May, members will con­
duct a campaign to raise money for
the proposed building, which provides
a G RA D E A SO LU TIO N for a N U M ­
BE R O N E N EED . Women are urged
to contribute' as generously as possible
with time, ideas and money.
Young women do not need to wait
for the new building, however, to find
activities at the YW CA. Members of
the Salore Club (Salem, Oregon), busi­
ness and professional girls between 21
and 3 5 years of age, are anxious to have
state employees know about their or­
ganization. Suppers together, social ac­
tivities and stimulating discussions of
wage and employment problems are part
of the varied plans made for their
Monday evening meetings. The YW CA
is the largest international women’s
organization in the world and as a part
of it, one feels a kinship with women
of all nations. Miss Marjorie Wells,
Program Director, (phone 8878) will
be happy to answer questions about the
Salore Club.
The YW is also sponsoring, in part,
the new Community Social and Recre­
ational Club which is designed especially
for veterans and newcomers and those
wishing to make new friends. A dance
once a month, outdoor activities and
discussion groups are being planned for
community-wide participation.
D O N ’T W ASTE FOOD
It has been estimated that 20 per cent
of all the food produced in this country
goes into the garbage pail, or is other­
wise wasted.
During normal times when the world
is fairly well fed this waste is bad
enough, but in these days when the
peoples of many countries are suffering
acutely from hunger it is deplorable.
The very ease with which we can get
food tends to make us less understand­
ing of the food situation in other coun­
tries.
America has a remarkably fine food
production system which is now turning
out record crops.
But, in order to make the most of this
advantage and avoid wasting our abun­
dance,, greater care and economy in the
kitchen should be exercised. We can
all be well fed and still provide more
food for the underfed in other lands
if we prevent food spoilage in our
homes and correct the bad habit of leav­
ing food on our plates.
When we realize that the amount of
food wasted in America is enough to
feed the combined populations of N or­
way, Belgium, Greece and Czechoslo­
vakia, we can better grasp the magni­
tude of waste.
It is a very easy thing to devise good
laws; the difficulty is to make them
effective. The great mistake is that of
looking on all men as virtuous, or think­
ing that they can be made so by laws;
and consequently the greatest art o f a
politician is to, render vices serviceable
to the cause of virtue.
— Lord Bolingbroke