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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 1, 1957)
Salem, Oregon, Friday, February 1, 1957 Liuich Time Anticipti 5EBSS Jl - . a. t -,t tarn I iA n sy::-i..u'M f a . ' - -P t ' " C -..- .... - ... . -- -.. it j V I . WwoMvl ""7tffSM t ..41 A THE CAPITAL JOURNAL" . Section I V: PSALMS 6:9 The Lord hath heard my supplication; the Lord will re ceive my prayer. Morningslde clcmrnlary school pupils line up fur their mid-day meal while a classmate r rangrs'lhe attractively arransed plates (or their convenience. The school lunch program, directed by Emma Waason, Is responsible (or serving ap proximately a million noon-lime meals each school year. Pupils assist with the serving, (rapltal Journal Photo) jFOR 23 OR 30 CENTS Healthful Lunches Given In Salem School Cafeterias By FRED ZIMMERMAN ; Capital Journal Writer How would you like to be able to purchase a meal that consists of a breaded pork cutlet with tomato sauce, mashed potatoes, celery sticks, bread and butter, wange-grapefruit cup and milk for 25 or 30 cents? Can't be done? U is being done five days a week and the oper ators are not losing money in the process. Million Meals Served Naturally, there are a tew cir cumstances and conditions existing that downtown restaurant oper ators do not enjoy. For the organ ization that will serve a million j meals in 9 months similar to the one listed above, is the Salem tchool district. Nevertheless, it should be con sidered quite an achievement to plan, produce and serve the mil lion meals, all during the noon lunch period and not come up with deficit at the end of the school year. ' Emma Wasson, supervisor for the the school lunch program for the last eight years, finds the job of purchasing thousands of dollars worth of food stuffs, preparing the menus and, in general, keeping the machinery working smoothly "in teresting and satisfying." "We could not possibly provide nourishing meals at such a low cost if large amounts of govern ment surplus commodities were not made available to us at nomi nal cost," Mrs. Wasson explained Kven so, it takes careful buying and planning to make a financial success of the program. Health Comes First Watching the commodity market day by day, the supervisor selecls those articles that she deems to be the best buys at the time. How ever, the "health of the child comes first". The commodities provided by the government change from time to time and since it is these com modities which provide the basis for each meal, the supervisor must purchase accordingly. Every school in the system has Its hot lunch program with the ex ception of Baker, Lincoln and Zena. Baker is a "neighborhood" elementary school and the pupils are able to go to their homes for lunch. Lincoln and Zena in Polk county are small schools where pupils carry their lunches. However, nqt all of the elemen tary schools have their own kit chens. A few of them are provided with hot meals by transporting them from schools which arc equipped to handle large quanti ties. Roberts and Halls -Kerry are supplied from Cand.ilarin; Garfield from Grant and Brush College from West Salem. Containers I'sed The food intended for transpor tation is placed, in large containers which keep it hot until it reaches its destination. Pupils served in this manner do not suffer a time lac in the lunch program for the transportation schedule is so ar ranged that all schools get their meals at approximately the same time. " In addition to keeping Ihe cost cWn. through transportation, the smaller schools are able to enjoy certain foods that could not be pro vided by a small operation. For Instance yeast breads which lake considerable time to produce. Not all of the schools are able to break even on their school lunch programs. Nevertheless, since the program is an all-district affair, the profit realized from the larger schools is used to write off the deficits of others. By way of illustrating the sav ings the district enjoys by being above to secure government sur plus commodities. Mrs. Wasson said that $45,493 worth of cheese, huttcr, dried milk, shortening, rice, peanut butter, canned grape fruit and similar commodities were purchased for a mere J.1.011 last ear. For Instance a 32-pound case of butter was bought for $1.00. Only One lnrreard These commodities are mainly the reason why there has beer )it one increase in meal pr.ces in the past eight years This in ipite of an upward tendency in charges for labor and materials. Of course the system could not pay out financially if there was a charge for rent and utilities. How- ever, once the program is set up with all the necessary mechanical equipment, dishes and cutlery, it is self-sustaining. That means re placements must be purchased from receipts. By purchasing meal tickets chil dren are able to secure 10 lunches for $2.25. It costs adults $2.75. Milk Cost Low How about the youngster who prefers to bring his own lunch? The lunch management does not ! frown on this practice and wel comes the boy or girl into t h c j aining room wun me oincrs wncrc they may purchase a glass of milk. Milk may be purchased at the rate of two glasses for seven cents or 40 for $1.35. This is below the cost to the district, but a government subsidy takes .up the slack. The district pays &i cents for a glass of milk while the - government provides a four cent subsidy. This means the i lunch program must operate on a' potential profit of three fourths of! a cent a glass. Out of this pit tance must come tiie cost of re frigeration, straws and overhead. About 60 full and part time peo ple arc engaged in the lunch pro gram. In addition there is student help, all of whom work for the experience and for merit points except on the high school level. High school students arc usually paid a wage because they arc as signed more difficult tasks. With 47 per cent of the entire enrollment of 12,798 receiving their noon lunches from the school cafe terias it cannot be said that the dinner bucket has disappeared, but it may well be on its way to a place on the shelves of the an tique shops. BUSINESS MIRROR Corpo rations 4th Quarter Profits By SAM DAWSON NEW YORK Ml The bounce back in profits after the summer slump is gving a healthier glow today to many corporate re ports. The first 90 corporations to pub lish their net incomes after taxes for the fourth quarter of 1056 auto and farm machinery industries. The bounce back in the final three months of the year was most apparent in these same categories. Little Productivity Gain For business as a whole there is still evident the squeeze show a comhined nain of B.S ner i prollls traced 10 rising costs ot cent over the October, November I lalor a"d materials, and to little and December period o. 1933. Two if any gain in productivity out of three increased earnings i lhP amount of goods produced pel over a year ago. And only three :man ll0llr of labor. operated at a loss, home companies with rising Earlier Decline Otlset sales volume and higher prices For manv of the firms the j 'or lhf,ir own products have been fourth quarter prosperity offset arable to offset the increased costs third ouarter decline and allowed and keep their profit charts still them to report a net gain for the Pointed toward the ceiling. But entire year 'many others have seen the curve The nerrnnlaee of increase ' !fvcl 0,1 " not dP toward the ii. i i lloor. usually was considerably smaller than 1955 s jump over 1934. And the average The first 90 corporations to re port had combined net incomes 1936 fourth 310'4!)n-432' which was 6.5 per cent higher than the $478,921.60! the same 90 reported for the final months of 1955. Utilities, as a class, showed better gains than the average Best gains among the industrials are reported by the booming steel and oil industries. Banks, which Russian Subs Said Equipped quarter spread over the similar 195.1 period was noticeably small or than the percentage of increase chalked up in the first three months of last year. The summer slump in profits mostly hit firms affected directly ini..nli. Kip II,. and the production cuts in the ! "ot Zut ?, ,hC M,u rep.1rt ' , , considerably belter gains than the average lor the 90. i ne average increase lor cor porate earnings oer year ago fie ures was 12 per cent in the first three months of 1956. Then creased costs began to put a bite trn.i - w on proms, earnings in Ihe Adh Willi it 1 1 SSI I Oft i May and Junc l"'riod Ml " and i a sharper drop was reported WASHINGTON (UP) The chief the July, August and September ol naval operations warned today period of Ihe "great" danger of guided i If the first 90 to report prove missiles from Russian submarines, to he a trustworthy sample. Ihe Adm. Arleigh Burke told the marked gain over the summer House Armed Services Committee. 1 months nnrl the fair increase over in a discussion of Russian naval the similar 1955 period should power, that I m sure they have cheer some of the nervous col the capability of putting guided porate managements. It might missiles on submarines. even give the stork market some- ine danger ot submarine guia- thing to think. about, cd missiles is great." he said. - - Navy Secretary Charles S. Thokas, in reply to questions, as sured the committee, however, "We have a weapon, that will rev olutionize antisubmarine warfare." Thomas, who made a similar statement last fall, declined to dis cuss the new weapon in public. He promised to give Ihe committee more details in secret session. Car Skid Fatal to Portland Woman i OREGON CITY HI -Mrs. Laura Enloe, 61, Portland, was injured, fatally Wednesday night when her car skidded on icy pavement and crashed on the Pudding River Bridce near Aurora, south of here. She wa thrown from the car and was dead en arrival at an i Oregon City hospital. ' Schaefer's Liniment This vliuiblt timt tried lini ment in use 60 years, has proved effective in Ihe treat, ment of rheumatic and neu ralgic paint, tore mutclet, backache, sunburn, insect bites, itching or burning feel. 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