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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 22, 1942)
For Defense on the Kitchen Front, Marion Homemakers Study Nutrition MEivr and wGMm xmmsWo'i - By ISABEL CHILDS ; Ready and able to replace men in vital industry to help win the war, the vast majority of Marion county's 30,000 women will by the end of this week have registered voluntarily with the Ore gon Board for Mobilization of Women. - , " They are proud of the already apparent success of the experi ment conducted by their state, which is probably to serve as basis for a nationwide survey, but they are convinced that merely being able and willing is not .sufficient, and so on the home frontt they are waging a battle of their own. War against malnutrition is not new; it is not startling, for from the time Eve ate the apple wom ankind has been conscious that gome food is more nourishing than other. But modern Amazons In the field of nutrition have combined forces, utilizing wea pons as finely-balanced as anti aircraft guns, and taking as their slogan "Make America strong by building stronger Americans!" Marion county the past week has seen the actual massing of forces in a program so complete and well received that already It has become the "guinea pig" for Oregon. Since last fall that program has been in the mak ing but it has gone into effect largely since the arrival here in January of Miss Frances Clin ton, the county's first home demonstration agent Miss Clinton, a full-time paid employe of the state college's ex tension service, is charged with presenting to women of Marion county the latest and most use ful discoveries in the field of home science just as the county agricultural agent serves as a go- between for farmers and the i ii : ,v,,- SCnOOlS CII1U WUUiaiUI I "licit agricultural experiments are con- ducted. She shares an office with the county 4H club leader, who frr the vouth of the county some of the things the agricul- tural agent and the home dem- onstrator accomplish for the adults. Mnnv Cmun 1 itpd iuny ,ruupa Serving with her in an attempt to place a working knowledge of elements of nutrition in every Marion county home is Mrs. H. F. Mitchell county nutrition chairman, who holds her office by dual authority. Appointed to the post by the civilian defense council, she was also elected by the Marion County Nutrition Council for Defense. What is this nign-sounaing organization Comprised by representatives of a variety of agencies, official and semi-official, which are particularly in terested in the physical well being of the people they serve, the council is comparatively small. Mrs. Mitchell is Red Cross rep resentative, while Dr. Vernon A. Douglas and Miss Ruth Skinner l ,'' f - i : W m mmMt mmtimmmimmmmimiSktttShatml a. .. i - n-"fr"""1"" unmriiTimMii 'urn inn limn i One corner of the classroom in Collins hall on the Willamette university campus where college home sfeting with the planning "of suit economics trained women of Marion county gathered Thursday night for a class In their "refresher' able menus, and each group will course In nutrition. Business and professional workers as well as homemakers are included in the know its own source of supply, group preparing to teach other women modern knowledge of foods. Still needed are volunteers. TOE . . . or By ETHAN By ETHAN GRANT Golf is called a game. It is not a game. Golf is exercise. It is nothing to laugh about. Bill Baillie said the only thing funny about golf is the bozos who play it. I have played a round of golf and, therefore, I'm an authority on the subject. Like a man who has been to Tibet is an authority -r-r rr on Tibet. So I will explain and f e dinners where they sup describe golf, for the layman. ply ach uest with enough sd nolf ia niovH th o verware for a battalion. Watching ment of clubs, a small white ball fillpH with n cnMsnn) urKiV. . .SK1 V- said to give it "distance" and, by some, a smattering of profanity, Seasoned players sometimes use a doien or. more clubs, but per- sonally. I doubt that more than two are necessary. It's like one; IN EVERY AUTO ACCIDENT These points must be considered: 1 tvTIOSE FAULT? ' 2--IS THERE ANT INSURANCE? - 7 3 WHO HAS TO PAY? Let us relieve you oi the responsibility of answering these questions, , ' ' f CHUCK- , U -tfr-'INSURANCE "Oregon's Largest. r " - Ccdea end 123 If. Coznnerdal r f 1 Miss Frances Clinton, Marlon county's first home demonstra tion agent, is devoting a large portion of her time to organiz ing and training for the spread of modern nutritionary knowl edge, the establishment of healthful eating habits. (Ken-nell-Ellis). cm-ni-o TTooitK rionart. aic mai irjti v-uuuij ...u.i... - - ment delegates. Miss Marion Bow- erf, county public welfare admin- istrator, is a member, as are also Wavne G. Harding, county 4H club leader, Robert Rieder, act- ing county agent, and Miss Clin- ton. Miss Jane Knapp and Owen K. Lemmon of the Farm Security office; Mrs. Veva Poorman of the WA ofice; Mrs Emma Wasson, NYA; Miss Gertrude Rosckie, state vocational education; Jens Svinth o Salem and Leonard Henderson of Silverton, both SmitnHughes instructors; 'Mrs. Agnes Booth( county school sup. erjntendent; Mrs. W. O. Widdows, county pta council chairman; Mrg Vernie Scott pomona Grange home economics ' chairman; Miss T.ni T.aiimpr and Mi Trena Jack of the Willamette university home economics department, com plete the council list. Serving in an advisory capa city, as a source of workers and as a contact agency, the council is behind the nutritional activ ity which in Marion county bids well to compete for popu larity with the first aid course. As the number of Red Cross Otherwise GRANT .. , . , 1 iu sec ii uie otner leuow Knows when and where and how to use to propf r dds 2est d Ph; especially, when some dope tnes to eat watercress with foup Epoon FifSt Tee Tried They said it was a fine day for it CHGT J Upstate Agency" Marshfield : - Salem Dial 4400' K-K-Ky". ..J' V'.-.'S'.;-'vj;. y y.- Vj Feat Sec 2 Page 8 Sunday Morning, February 22, 1942 . jjtJUi menu . , f i ' . ,. : ' ' ' 1 " S ' ! Y V " i ' ; :.r . : . : Mrs. H. E. Mitchell, Salem, home economics graduate and former home demonstration agent, is chairman of the Marion Coun- ty Nutrition Council for De fense. (Kennell-Ellis). first aid course graduates mounts v - - - into the thousands, 50 women from over Marion county this week commenced training to serve as instructors in nutrition under Red Cross sponsorship. Said to be far larger than any similar group in any Oregon county, Marion's half hundred are participating in the nationwide "refresher" course.de- signed for women who have had college home economics training, In 10 lessons it is slated to bring up-to-date their understanding of nutrition. Graduates to Teach Graduates to leacn Graduates of that course, taught ioinUy by Miss Latimer and Miss Clinton, will in turn be prepared to servre those groups of women who are already asking for home nutrition training. The Silverton Red Cross, for instance, has 60 women listed who are anxious to enroll in a nutrition class; Amer- ican Legion auxiliary members and Daughters of Legionnaires in Salem have asked for an in structor; a class is ready to com mence work in Stayton. Already in Salem one such class has completed a series of lessons. Their teacher, Mrs. Ar- golf. Privately I thought it was a swell day for eels, since it had rained all night. I was glad I'd worn my boots. There were Mill ard and Jimmy and I, and that was a "threesome." They called the two men just ahead of us a "twosome," but they turned out to be Jerry Owen and Harry Collins. You place ' the ball on a small wooden peg and smack it with a club. That's called "teeing off." We teed off. The ball I smacked didn't seem to have much of that substance called "distance." But Millard and Jim- my said it was a good drive, for a lefthander. The "hole," they said, was a "par four,' which meant you had to smack the ball from tee to cup, a distance of half a mile or so, in four strokes. I made it in eight. I didn't think I could do it, but it's amazing how fast you can learn when you watch others. There's a proper' dig nity and porportion to be ob served In the performance of every act of life," said Marcus Aurelius. And good golf eti quette doesn't permit yon . to - carry your club bag on your shoulder, like ; yon w o n 1 d a stick of cord wood. . ; The proper way to golf is with a McaJdy," they said. But a "sev ensome" had already gone out with all the caddies. A caddy is a youngster hired for the express purpose of carrying the clubs. ; Some are wise guys, who keep telling you what's ' wrong with your "stance" and how not to "hook" and "slice, and to "keep your head down." We caught up with the "sevensome". and its cad dies, which until then I'd thought was the 349th infani-y. on ma nioe thur Madsen, provided by the i state vocational education of fice, 10 women this past week were declared eligible for the ! Red Cross first certificate in ; nutrition. They are ready, and most of them have ' indicated that they will take the "canteen course," also under Red Cross auspices, training to serve in an emergency. The canteen lessons, by the way, are open only to those who have had the course in home nutrition problems. Such a training program can not cover the county thoroughly for another 10 weeks, because there will not be sufficient teach ers, Miss Clinton points out. Even then there will be mothers un able to attend regularly over any given period of time the classes designed for them. So she is tak ing to them in their home corn- munities at neighborhood all-day tings discussions of "Food to Keep You Fit," centering about adequate diet for the family and featuring foods readily available in the various rural where she speaks. districts The 'How9 of Foods ,To such groups as these she oL-n- 1, f j .. - "Ms also food preparation dem u"c.. ucaUI Wiin vegetaoies, another with milk, css ."ecs A nutrition bookshelf in the Salem public library, contain ing some material which may be taken out and some which must be used only in the library reading rooms; a KSLM radio broadcast from 3 to 3:15 each Friday afternoon under direc tion of Miss Jack, and a speak ers' bureau with Miss Knapp as chairman, are other features of the program. Serving with Miss Knapp are Miss Dorathea Steusloff and Mrs. C. C. Hig gins. Not only women's but men's organizations of the coun ty are to be asked to under stand the importance of nutri tional knowledge in feeding a nation without waste. The hot school luncheon pro- gram, which now includes 22 schools in Marion county under WPA direction and another 14 also working as part of the fed eral nutrition program, has been made part of the county nutri tion organization. Coming up is the matter of victory gardens, to be presented by Acting County Agent Rieder in a series of a dozen district meetings over the county, its pur pose encouraging the family to raise food for itself. Follow-up will be training in preservation of those foods through the home demonstration agent's office. All this, and more, has been done to make Marion county Americans stronger. Should war strike through sabotage or nuis ance attack any valley commun ity, Salem at least will be or ganized to serve evacuees from other areas or other sections of the city. Divided into four areas, the capital city's organization for emergency feeding has four sup ervisors, Mrs. Arthur Madsen, Mrs. Preston Doughton, Mrs. Ed gar Pierce and Mrs. W. H. Wood burn. Centers have been selected in each area, and help is enroll ing. A staff of cooks, food pre parers, dishwashers, servers, one sanitary inspector will man each center and be capable of serving 300-600 persons. Miss Jack is as- neuver. What's the Score? We'd forgotten to bring a score card and pencil. We borrowed a card from another threesome, but they didn't have a spare pencil, so Jimmy kept score with the sharp end of a tee. You had to hold the card so the light would strike it just right, or you couldn't see the figures. I'd have been very happy if we couldn't have seen them at all, but Millard and Jim my are good golfers, and the score was important. I wasn't doing very well. I tried different grips and differ ent strokes and different stances. I used to hoe corn. I tried the hoeing stroke. Once I worked In s lumber camp. I tried the axe stroke. I left the weight on first the right and then the left foot I tried the flat-foot 'stance. Then the toes, and next -the heels. Bat none . of these experiments lent im provement The beets were slick and there was 'slippage." I wound up with a score that was truly enormous. But 111 bet yon if I could have played bare footed . . . I wonder if anyone has ever thought of that? I won der If Salem's golfing fraternity would mind if I came out and tried A rtamS tisrvfnAiMl? Both Millard and Jixnmv had done welL Back at the clubhouse I felt a deep appreciation for the manner in which thev'd count. nanced my presence: Neither had said a word. No criticism, no ad vice.- no nothing. ' " , . "I could write a book on what I don't known about golf," I said. "Yes," ' Millard agreed,' "you might at least write about iV 6 , -W A group of FBI agents learn the mechanics of firearms. In these critical and dangerous times, one of the most im portant of our government departments is the federal bureau of investigation known to Americans for its colorful G-Men, its legend of efficient service and its energetic and capable direc tor, John Edgar Hoover. What is a G-Man? Well, he's not only a tracker dovbi of spies and kidnappers, but a man who is an expert on every aspect sonaiiY. The standards of the FBI of federal law from robbery of . . , . , , national banks to crimes on In- are mgh but 016 man who dian reservations, espionage and makes the grade as special agent bankruptcy frauds. He is capable will have the satisfaction of work 61 talking during the course of ing in a position where his best one afternoon with a bank presi- talents may be put to full use dent, the nation's Public Enemy and where he will be performing Number One and a society debu- active public service, tante. He is an expert shot with After passing all his tests, the pistol and rifle, and his home is new G-Man doesn't yet start af any where in the USA. ter his first bank robber. He still Here's how an ambitious has a lot to learn and that's young man becomes a special agent He must be, first, be tween 23 and 35 years of age and either a graduate lawyer, a graduate accountant with three years' experience, or a college graduate with special investigative experience or lin guistic ability. Starting salary is $3200 a year. After the applicant has passed an oral, written and physical ex amination, the bureau makes a careful investigation of his back ground and interviews him per- Pruning, Borders, War Get Gardener's Attention By LILLIE L. MADSEN An overwhelming impulse to do a big cleaningup job in spring seems to overtake a number of gardeners with the result that they fare forth armed with shears and knives to do much more damage than good. Why people insist upon pruning their forsythias, lilacs, spring-flowering spireas, and Ja- panese quince, to say nothing of taDie grower you are you may their snowballs and weigelia in iearn something new at a meet- February and March has al w a y s been a puzzle to me. It would seem hat such folk could learn by their wide spring pruning they simply sacrifice their spring bloom. Shr u b s such as these mentioned chmilH ho nmn. ed after flower ing; not just before. Yet almost t mi. &r . .i . every mail brings questions ask ing if it is still too early to prune these spring flowering shrubs. Primroses are just coming into bloom in most of our gardens. If a little balanced fertilizer is dug down around the plants, the results will be much better. The soil in which they are growing should be well drained. Watch for slugs. They will cut off the early blooms if not stopped. Prim- roses may be divided almost any time, and can even be moved successfully while in bloom. How- ever, the correct time to move primroses is immediately after the blooming season. They like a rich, cool soil. Humus such as leafmold is a eood addition to primrose soil. But again, remem- ber they must have good drain- age. Veeetahlr Border V egeiaoie UOraer Mrs. P.R.M. wants to add a few carrots and some parsley to her garden, but writes she will have to add them to a flower border. She writes that she has a mce oea or annuals each year and would be willing to sacrifice a portion of this but wants the center free for flowers. Will these two vegetables, she wants to know, work as a border? Yes, either or "twth may be . used, if the bed is quite large, plant the parsley about four Inches from -the edge and use it as an edging plant Then the carrots may be planted In about 15 Inches from the parsley. The soil will have to be pretty good and drainage must be excellent to have success with this. How ever, if she has grown annuals successfully as she indicates, she should be able to grow veg etables snccessf ally also. Both parsley " and carrots"' make a rather nice border until they are pulled up. If the carrots are used during their early season, something should be substitut ed for fall growth. At the Pacific Northwest Spring Flower and Garden show to be held at Seattle's Civic auditorium March 15 to 22, a well-planned Victory vegetable garden is to be featured. Those of you who get to the show should not fail to make" a study of this. - Learn Neic Things 1 I Our county agent, Robert Ried er, . and, our new hojae demon stration agent Miss Frances Clin ton, are planning garden meet ings in the near' future. These will - be evening meetings and win be i open to - everyone.: No matter how experienced a yege - I I" where the FBI academy comes in. At this school for super-detectives the new special agent takes a three months' course of intensive training before he's ready to go out into the field. The FBI academy is a unique institution of learning, and its methods of teaching are some times unusual. One of the fa vorite props is a wax dummy, fondly called Oscar, which to the new G-Man always repre sents the murdered man. Work ing on Oscar, the special agent ing of this kind, and those of you who have had little or no exper ience but are serious about your -vegetable gardening this year, should watch for the dates and by all means attend. Don't forget the early feeding of your lawns is very essential to give the grass a head start on the weeds. An application of four pounds per 100 square feet of lawn constitutes a square meal .for the grass. Speaking of lawns: Mrs. W.C. writes that she has quite a good sized lawn and that the boy she had mow her lawn for the past three years is now working for Uncle Sam. She says she knows where she can get two good sheep at $3 a piece and wonderr if they wouldn't help keep the lawn in trim. It is a good bargain in sheep this year, but as lawn mowers sheep would most certainly pre sent complications. For instance, they like other things besides grass. From personal experience, I have found they are very fond of violets and the fragrance and flowers are not the attrac tion. They also like hyacinths and they are very fond of the tender youne leaves of spireas. Then, too,- one must consider the neigh' bors. Mrs. W.C. fails to state whether she lives in town or in the country- Her questions might SnHiratp hor Prience with rural livestock is limited, and having sneep in town would present even more difficulties, I should imag ine. I think I would still try to eet a two-leeeed lawn mower engineer if I couldn't do it my- self. Three Novels For Spring Reviewed By, JOHN SELBY Some early spring novels That most urbane of French gentlemen, Andre Maurois, has been In this country more than a year and quite probably will be here a good deal longer, since he is most unwelcome in France to day. He has been writing, and he has been lecturing. And wherever he has gone on his lecture tours, he has found that one of his books most mentioned by the good la dies of his audience .has been "L'lnstinct du Bonheur." And this short novel never had been published in America. Now it has been translated, and very nicely, by Edith Johannsen. The original sold more than 100, 000 copies in France, and "A Time for Silence" should do well over here. This is because it Is an . excellent presentation of French country life as it really Is lived-but only partly. It is also because It is the perfect expres sion, of something many Ameri cans still do not know about the French. Which is that they are a very shrewd and hard-headed 1 race, with an ability; to use , as v 'jiff 'fa 1 Special agents of the FBI attend classes (top) for three months of intensive training before being assigned to field duty. Roof gym nasium (bottom) of the FBI in Washington, DC, where special agents keep fit by calisthenics and outdoor exercise. learns at first hand what to do when coming on the scene of a crime. The FBI academy also boasts of a magnetic blackboard which can show the outline of a city street or country road, complete with miniature houses, trees, hedges, automobiles and men. The new special agent spends a good part of his time on the pistol and rifle range. Nothing less than complete mastery is re quired in the use of firearms. He well as withstand the "blows" of life. (Appleton-Century; $2) Ludwig Lewisohn's "Rene gade" is founded quite as solid ly on knowledge as Mr. Mau- fois' book. But Mr. Lewisohn is writing of France in the late 18th century, and of a Jew who wanted to transcend the limita tions of the ghetto, and who did transcend them for a time. But while Mr. Lewisohn's Vidal was rising in the wider world, a wave of anti-Semitism was also rising, and in the end Vidal finds he must pay a price for having tried to eliminate his in born loyalties. The novel is written against a generously proportioned background, his torically sound. Bnt it is not more a period piece than it is a romance. (Dial; $2.50) And Isabella Holt's "Aunt Jes sie" is frankly a period piece, only the period is the three decades immediately preceding our un holy present. In many ways it seems more remote than pre Revolutionary France. Mrs. Holt's story is on the surface quite sim ple. Aunt Jessie comes into a Chi cago family whose life has run on the rocks. She takes over the three children, each of whom ac cepts her in his own way. One she resists as he resists her, and she makes a man of him. So it goes. Mrs. Holt's story of Aunt Jessie and her projection of her self into three young lives .ends oddly enough with a funeral. Still more oddly, with a happy funeral (Bobbs-Merrill; $2.50) The HIGH UUO I of The "LOW DOWN Take tips on the stock market or the race track if you must but don't let anybody give you the-low-down" on Health! If you aren't feeling physically fit, consult a reputable Physician. And then heed his experienced counsel. In the long run, you'll sa?e yourself a lot of trouble a lot of money. And what's even more important, yoa avoid the dangers and needless suffer ing of hit-or-rniss medication.' And, if your Physician gives you a prescription, well corn pound it expertly, at a fair prices WillettV Capital Drug Sf ore ' ; Cor. Slate & Liberty Phone 3118 I !& . must learn to fire from a prone position, from the hip, sitting or standing. To trail spies and public ene mies also requires good muscles and skill in using them. The FBI roof gym, as well as the one in doors, is a busy place from morn ing until evening. After three months of rigor ous mental and physical train ing, the special agent is ready for duty in bringing to Justice the nation's criminals. Anyway, It Was Good While It Lasted TACOMA, Wash. (P)- Police Commissioner Holmes Eastwood hired a man to revamp and bring up to date Tacoma's official traf fic code. Officers' said they seemed to remember something familiar about the new employe's face and called the Better Business Bureau about it. The bureau wir ed Montana authorities, got a prompt reply to hold the would be traffic expert and police obliged. The man was wanted for ex tradition to Red Lodge, Mont., on larceny charges. How to Get Rid of Static 'n' All CLINTON, Okla. Bill Teasley, 20-year-old farm youth, thought an electric dynamite cap he found was a radio condenser and tried to connect it to his automobile set to cut down static. Hospital attendants said he would recover from burns and cuts about the face and hands. Tilings to Come BOULDER, Colo. (-Mindful of tire rationing, and automobile curtailment Councilman William T. Hollen solemnly took the floor on meeting night after someone had proposed a street should be widened. "Isn't that street wide enough for bicycles?" inquired Hollen. D Don't Miss Lion's Benefit Dog Show Feb. SES - Mar. 1
