Extensive Organization Formed To Advance Bond Drive
County Due To Raise
824.500 During May
Name Committees to I
Carry Appeals Into
Every Countv Home
Campaign Already Well Ad
vanced in Several Com
munities in Countv
'*
Martin County's quota for the War
Suvings Program for the month of
May is $24,500. This is a quota for
you and me to buy War Savings
Bonds and Stamps to the limit of
our ability," Mr. C. D. Carstarpheti.
chairman of the drive in this coun
ty, said yesterday. "It is also a quo
ta in tanks and guns, planes and
ships, torpedoes and bombs,' he
said.
When the Treasury Department
sets a quota for any county in Am
erica, it tells us in effect that every
month we must buy a dozen planes,
or a hundred tanks, or, if we're large
enough, a destroyer, a cruiser, or
even a battleship. According to the
chairman, we must even buy more
bonds and stamps than the govern
ment has thus far called on us to
buy, if we are to win this war. We
must pledge to buy as many Bonds
and Stamps as we can afford . . . ten,
fifteen, or twenty per cent of our sal
aries or wages set aside each pay
day to invest in War Bonds and
Stamps. "Our quota may be increas
ed each month as the war goes on
and only by doubling and tripling
our purchases of these Bonds and
Stamps will we be able to meet our
quota," Mr. Carstarphen said
Elbert S. Peel heads the Speakers
committee, which was organized to
point out the urgent necessity of
buying U S. Defense Stamps and
Bonds at various civic meetings, and
various other groups throughout the
county.
Wheeler Martin is chairman of the
banking, building and loan, and fi
nancial institutions committee. This
committee is to represent the insti
tutions designated by the Govern
ment as agents to sell defense bonds
and stamps.
The Industrial Groups Committee,
headed by Mr. C. G Crockett, is or
ganized primarily to promote the
sale of defense Bonds and Stamps
in the industrial plants of the coun
ty
J. C Manning is serving as chair
man of the Schools, Churches and
Colleges Committee; D. N Hi*,
chairman of Civic Organizations
Committee: F. J. Margolis. chair
man of Merchandising Organizations
Committee; L B Wynne. Chairman
of General Citizens Committee and
C. L. Daniel, chairman of the Rural
Communities Committee
The entire personnel of each town
and community in the county haS
not been completed at the printing of
this section but~tlie County Chair
man, Mr Carstarphen, said appoint
ments would be made by Monday
or Tuesday, this week, and every
section of the county would be thor
oughly covered for pledges to buy
War Bonds and Stamps.
Although the committee appoint
ments are not complete, the town and
community organizations which have
been organized and now canvassing
AIR RAIDS
Much has been heard about
the London and Coventry bomb
ings. but reliable reports declare
that the rural communities In
England have suffered even
more than the cities. With the
cities blacked out. the enemy
planes often miss their targets
and when they do they start on
the return trip. Bomb loads are
not carried back because It is
too dangerous for the pilot to
make a landing with the death
dealing cargo. Spotting little dim
lights in the countryside, the en
emy releases his bomb load. But
in this war the destruction of a
country home seldom makes the
front pages.
Rural citizens should remain
alert at all times, and not be
caught napping should death
dealing machines start threaten
ing them from the air. There's
only a limited way to give an air
raid alarm for the rural citizen.
Officials Han Chance
Element In Defense
(Continued from page one)
to time in the interest of civilian de
fense, and their views will carry
weight right along with that of the
council members.
The Defense Council was organized
at the call of the chairman some
weeks ago, several of the towns fail
ing to send representatives at that
time to participate in the organiza
tional work. Since that time, defense
leaders have gone into every town
in the county and a well-balanced
and efficient county-wide organiza
tion has been perfected. The coun
cil is studying from the lessons learn
ed in England, and suggestions from
the folks at home will be welcomed.
AI'TO PETTING IS BANNED
Washington ? Undersecretary of
War Patterson says petting parties
in automobiles are "nonessential,"
He believes that valuable tire mile
age is used by couples getting to the
secluded spots where the petting
takes place.
So, Patterson told a press confer
ence recently, if people don't volun
tarily stop the practice, "measures
will be taken to see that those who
don't understand will understand."
their various sections, are listed as
follows:
Robersonville is being canvassed
by Messrs. Mayo Little and Alvin
Hasty. The residential section of the
town" Is being covered by the Junior
Woman's Club with Mrs. Paul D.
i Koberson.
In Oak City, J C. lloss, Nut John
I son, the Mayor; J. H. Ayers and
Wheeler Daniels/compose the com
mittee soliciting pledges to purchase
I bonds and stamps.
Miss Effie Waldo, I>*Roy Everett
and Henry Johnson. Jr., are work
ing as a committee to secure War
Bond and Stamp pledges in that sec*
tion of the county.
FQgJ/ICTORY
BUY
UNITED
STATES
DEFENSE
^BONDS
AND
v STAMPS
WAR NEEDS MONEYI
It will coet money to de/eat our enemy aggreatora.
Your Government cell* on you to help now.
Fledge todey to buy Defenee Bonde regularly. Mmke
rrery pay day Bond Day by participating in the Pay
roll Saving* Plan.
Bonde ooet $11.75 and up. Stampe are 10i, 2&i, and up.
The help oi every Individual ie needed.
Do your part by pledging to buy your abate every
Martin County Building
And Loan Association
Home Agent Points
Out Places To Save
In and Around Home
Poor Nutritional Condition**
Are Can?e for Many Re
jection** in the Army
By LORA E. SLEEPER
Martin County Home Demon
stration Agent
This year Home Demonstration
women are carrying the same pro
gram throughout the State. The
program follows: January? The
Farm Fam)Iy Plans for 1942; Febru
ary?Living above the Safety Line,
The Nutritional Situation: March?
My Clothing Needs, Clothing Inven
tory, The Minimum Essentials of the
Family Wardrobe; April? Future
Security through Conservation; May
?The Staff of Life, Whole Grain
Products and Their Use; June ?
Hbme Care of the Sick; July?Food
Preservation, Canning and Drying
of Fruits and Vegetables, August?
Planned Recreation for the Family;
September?The Wise Use of Time
and Money, Investments for Future
Security; October? The Clothing
Clinic, Care and repair, making ov
er, cleaning, spto and stain remov
al; November? Building Strong
Bodies, Preparation of Protein
Dishes; December?Housing Repairs
and Improvements for Happier Liv
ing. Fire hazards, painting, storage.
Many draftees are rejected for
service because of poor nutritional
condition. What the farm home mak
er can do to correct this condition
was brought out at all February club
meetings. A study, "Are We Well
Fed ", made by Hazel Stiebling,
Senior Food Economist, gives these
figures: In the United States only 27
per cent of the population are receiv
ing good diets and 50 per cent of
them come from the country, 20 per
cent from villages and cities; 38 per
ceint have diets of fair quality with
25 per cent of them in the country
and 45 per cent in the cities and
villages; 35 are of poor quality with
25 per cent in the country and 35 per
cent in the cities and villages. This
can be corrected by using the Daily
Food Essentials as worked out by
the Bureau of Home Economics at
Washington, I). C., as a guide for
better planned meals. Copies may be
secured from your home agent's of
fice. \
At the Williamston Home Demon
stration club meeting held in April
at Mrs. Annie Burroughs, the dem
onstration on the care of utensils in
creased in interest when Mrs. An
nie Burroughs upon the request of
the home agent secured an old alum
inum cup from the poultry yard. The
cup had been given up because of its
jammed condition. The trademark
still legible denoted quality and with
the use of a block of wood and a
wood mallet the cup took shape
again. After cleaning with fine steel
wool and Spanish whiting and vine
gar,. Mis Burroughs remarked "My
oldest boy drank out of that when he
was a baby and now my grandchil
dren can drink out of it." Blankets
and wool clothes were treated with
moth repellents this some month.
Did you know that one moth pro
duces enough larvae to eat 100
pounds of wool or what it takes 13
sheep to produce. Wools are increas
ing in value, every day, take care of
them. The estimated damage from
moths in the United States in one
year is $100,000,000.
"That is the cheapest breakfast
cereal I've heard of yet," remark
ed Mrs. C. H. Ange, of the Ange
Town club at the last meeting. Whole
wheat was purchased from the flour
mill at Washington, N. C., for three
cents per pound. One pound has 2
1-2 cups of the whole grain and from
one cup?2 1 -2 cups of cooked cereal
can be prepared. With the amount
of surplus wheat on hand in the Un
ited States it is one of our cheapest
sources of Thiamine (Vitamin Bl),
Riboflavin (Vitamin B2), Nicotinic
or Niacin Acid (another of the B
vitamins), Pyridoxine (Vitamin B6),
and Pantothenic Acid (still another
of the B vitamins).
With the ordinary food mill which
is to be found in most well equipped
kitchens the fine grader may be
used and cracked wheat produced
for cereal through whole wheat may
be cooked and even canned.
To Clean: Place wheat in a shal
low vessel, add water to cover and
stir. Most of the chaff and other im
purities will come to the top. Skim
off. Pour this water off and wash
again until clean. Look over the
grain and remove undesirable ones.
If grain is to be cracked for cereal
place the wet grain in shallow pans
or on paper in the sun or warm oven
and be sure grain is thoroughly dry.
To cook whole wheat?For each cup
of whole wheat add 1 1-2 cups of cold
water and soak over night. If you
use a pressure cooker this will short
en the cooking time. Use 1 1-2 cups
of water and 1 -2 teaspoon of salt for
each cup of soaked wheat and cook
at 15-pound pressure for 1 1-2 hours.
Ordinary cooking would take 3 1-2
hours with 3 cups of water to each
cup of wheat.
Cracked wheat cereal ? To save
time and fuel crack or crush wheat
in your food mill, using the fine
grinder. Stir one cup of cracked
whole wheat cereal into 2 1-2 cups
of boiling water and mix thoroughly.
Add 1 teaspoon salt. {Took in double
boiler for U minute*. The cooked
whole grains may be dried and
ground with the food mill and used
as a dry cereal. For further recipes
for the use of whole wheat grain or
flour, consult, your home agent In
sure the health of yoivr family by
better planned meals.
RED CROSS MAN
B. L. Stokes, as chairman of
the Robersonville Red Cross
Chapter, is cooperating in every
wa.v possible with the Civilian
Defense Council in this coun
ty.
Two And One-Third
Million Pounds Of
Sera}) Sold For War
*
Martin Im Banner County in
Support of All-Out
War Program
*
By JOHN EAGLES
Assistant County Agent
Martin County farmers are doing
their part for the defense of this
great country of ours. Farmers all
over the country have been asked to
do everything possible to help the
war need. Response has been good
in some places and slow in others,
but Martin County farmers will do
their part, at least everything points
that way at this time.
Farmers were asked to grow more
and better food and feed crops, to
produce more and better livestock
and livestock products, more poultry
and poultry products. Particularly
were they asked to produce more
I oil crops, namely peanuts and .soy
beans for oil. Gardens have always
jbeen important, but this year more
I emphasis has been put on gardens
I than in the past, due to the large
number of foreign people that are
to be fed by America.
The AAA records show that gar
| dens have increased very rapidly |
during the past few years, but be
cause of the "Victory Garden Cam
paign," we hope to have the "big
gest and best" garden ever this year.
All classes of people have shown
more interest in gardens this year
than usual. Because of this, we feel
that, if weather conditions permit,
there will be more good gardens in
Martin County than usual. Realiz -
ing that every farm family should
have a year round garden, with 1 -10- -
acre in vegetables for each person
in the family, we worl^ for this.
4-11 club boys and girls, about 350
of them, have pledged themselves,
to help produce a bigger and better
garden this year.
The oil situation is very bad in
the county and Martin County farm
ers were asked to produce 1,000 acres
of peanuts for oil, or 11,000 acres in
addition to the regular 19,000 acre
peanut allotment that goes into the
Are Doing Splendid
Airplane Observers
Job In This County
???
(Continued from page one)
top of buildings and asking for large
numbers of volunteers to handle the
work.
Spotting a plane, the observer on
the ground rushes to his telephone
and says, "Army, Flash." He is con
nected with the district nerve cen
ter, and he describes the type of
plane the best he can and gives di
rection and other details. The move
ment of planes can be checked in
that way very easily, giving the in
tercepto^command an opportunity
to check on any enemy planes that
would dare enter the country.
The names of the ground observ
ers in this county are, as follows:
The Post number is first, location
(next, and the name and address of
the chief observer is last:
17-A?2 miles south of Robertson's
Store, M H. Leggett, Jamesville;
17-B?Jamesville, C Davenport,
Jamesville;
17-C?Dardens, J. F. Jordan, Dar
dens;
17-D?Oak City, J. H. Ayers, Oak
City;
17-E?Hamilton, Hilton Everett,
Hamilton;
17-F?Northwest of Wllliamston,
Mrs. C. E. Jenkins, RFD 3, Williams
ton;
17-G?South of Robersonviile, C.
A. Roberaon, Robersonviile;
17-H?Near Everett*, E. C. House,
Robersonviile;
17-1?Wllliamston, Hugh Spruill,
Wllliamston;
17-J?Near Bear Grass, W. M. Har
rison, Williamston;
17-K?South of Williamston, J.
Eason Lilley, Williamston;
17-L?North of Parmete, E R. Ed
mondaon, Jr., Bethel.
?
A man in Asheville has invented
a machine which he says will pull
up rtolley tracks as easily as a den
tist pulls a tooth. He wants to t
in the Salvage for Victory campaign.
Sugar Rationing Is
Key To Improved
Health Conditions!
Reduced Sugar in Die! Will j
Make Room for Better
Body Building
By MISS IRENE JAMES
V. E. and P. Home Economist
The sugar rationing program may
prove to be a blessing in disguise
for many of us have been eating far
too much sugar . . . oftentimes at
the expense of those daily "musts"
such as vegetables, milk, fruit, eggs,
meat, cheese and fish.
As a first help in keeping within
your sugar quota, try using less su
gar in milk puddings, gelatines, ice
cream, sauces, etc. You may find you
have been adding more sugar than
was really necessary or needed. Su
gar left unstirred in the bottom of
coffee or tea cups is a waste so let
us suggest that you enroll your fam
ily in the spoon-stirring club. Urge
them to use less sugar and stir it
well.
Make fewer desserts requiring su
gar, frequently serving fresh fruit
salad instead. Learn to sugar fruit
sparingly or not at all Use canned
fruit and fruit juices, quick frozen
strawberries and peaches, etc. These
have already been sweetened so save
drawing on your sugar supply. Don't
forget that dried fruits for dessert
or breakfast, cooked the modern
way, require little if any sugar. When
served on cereal, less sugar is need
ed.
Try using corn syrup, canned hon
ey, sweetened condensed milk, mo
lasses and maple syrup as substitute
sweeteners in desserts following test
ed recipes. Don't try to substitute
suck sweeteners in your favorite rec
ipes for cakes, cookies, or breads, as
adjustments in the other ingredients
usually have to be made. Therefore
use only tested recipes.
Try using honey in place of brown
sugar for that rich golden glaze on
baked ham.
Here are a couple of tested recipes
that you will enjoy. Watch for oth
ers in your- local paper.
Vanilla Ice Cream
2-3 c Eagle Brand condensed milk
1 -2 c water
1 1-2 tsp vanilla
1 c whipping cream
Mix Eagle Brand milk, water and
vanilla. Chill. Whip cream to custard
like consistency. Fold into chilled
mixture. Freeze in freezing unit of
refrigerator until half frozen. Scrape
mixture from freezing tray. Beat
until smooth, but not melted. Re
place in freezing unit until frozen.
Serves 8.
Victory Banana Cake
2 1-4 c cake flour
2 1-2 tsp baking powder
1-2 tsp soda
1-2 tsp salt
1-2 c shortening
1-3 c sugar
3-4 c svrup (blue label I
2 eggs
1 tap vanilla
1 c mashed bananas
1-4 c sour milk or buttermilk
Sift cake flour, measure, add ba
ing powder, soda and salt and si
together twice. Cream shortenii
until soft, add sugar and contim
creaming until light and fluffy. SI
in syrup slowly. Beat the eggs ai
add in about four portions, beatii
well after each. Stir in vanilla. Ai
the sifted dry ingredients alternai
ly with the mashed bananas and bi
termilk, beating well after each a
dition. Pour the batter in two 9-in
layer cake pans which have be
graesed and floured. Bake in a mo
erately hot oven 375* F. for abo
25 minutes ofuntil an inserted toot
pick comes out clean. Cool in pans
least 10 minutes before removing
cooling racks.
Semi-sweet chocolate which h
been melted over hot water may
used as filling between the laye
if desired. Top with honey-flavor
whipped cream and serve.
regular trade At first it looked as if
we would plant only about 40 per
cent of these 11,000 acres, but the
Martin County farmers, as they al
ways have, are doihg all they can
to produce as many oil peanuts as
possible. Present indications are
that we will plant between 8,000 and
9,000 acres. This will be from 2,000
to 3,000 acres short of the 11,000 goal,
but the soy beans that will be plant
ed for oil will over-fill this shortage.
Thus, if seasons are favorable and
the critical labor situation permits,
Martin County farmers will be a
banner county in supporting the War
Needs.
In December, the U. S. Dept. of
Agriculture passed on to the states
the task of collecting and delivering
all scrap iron. This scrap to be used
in the manufacturing of war mater
ials. The Martin County Farm Bur
eau pushed this campaign, and with
the help of leading farmers and bus
iness men much scrap iron has been
sold since January 1. The two local
scrap iron dealers cooperated 100 per
cent with the extension agents in
conducting the "Scrap Iron Cam
paign."
To date there has been told in the
county 2,320,000 pounds since the
campaign started Iron has been
brought in from all parts of the
county, from small farms and large
farms, by tenants and by landown
ers. This campaign is not over and
will not be over until the war is fin
ished.
4-H Clubs have played an import
ant part in the scrap iron collection.
All 4-H boys and girls from all parts
of the county were asked to collect
and sell as much as possible. One
boy collected and sold over 8,000
pounds.
Large Collection Of
Old Rubber for War
Is Being Advanced
Unlawful To Burn or Other
wise Destroy Any Rubber
Needed For War Effort
*
According to the National Asso
ciation of Waste Material Dealers
the war has cut off more than 90 per
cent of the world's crude rubber as
a source of supply for the United
States. Crude rubber being one of
the most critical commodities, re
claimed rubber for the present is
our only immediate substitute that
can be used for most war orders.
Scrap rubber has become uf the
highest importance and must be re
claimed if Victory is to be attain
ed. It is now absolutely necessary
for all county citizens to sell all
available rubber items to their deal
ers. Messrs. Roy Ward and W. K.
Parker are dealers in this section.
A recent amendment to No. 8 WPB
Government Order M-15-B forbids
burning or destroying any kind of
ruber, new or old. This order also
forbids withholding scrap rubber,
and according to information re
leased by the Scrap Rubber Insti
tute, all rubber inventories must turn
}ver and be sold within sixty days,
rhe failure to observe this law makes
ill rubber items subject to requisi
tion orders.
To illustrate, a list of the items,
in addition to auto tires and tubes,
that are badly needed are as follows:
Rubber heels and soles, with or
without nails, boots and shoes, over
shoes, tennis shoes, drug sundries
such as hot water bottles, rubber
gloves, etc., rubberized clothing
consisting of raincoats, bathing caps
and shoes, tire beads, buffings, solid
truck tires, cotton covered and rub
ber covered hose, miscellaneous
items of various kinds such as jar
rings, baby carriage wheels, fly
swatters, rubber stamps free of wood,
plumber's suction nips and hun
dreds of other articles containing
rubber.
The importance of collecting and
selling the items listed is of great
importance and every patriotic citi
zen can render a great and vauable
service by putting as many as pos
sible of these items into circulation.
If it is not convenient to sell with
either the Roy Ward Coal and Wood
Company or the Williamston Parts
and Metal Company, then sell to any
dealer.
U S PATRIOTIC THESE
DAYS TO HOARD
COAL
The government is urging all citizens to buy
their winter supply of eoal now so that it can
he hauled during the summer. This will pre
vent tieup of transportation facilities next
winter when all railroads will be needed to
haul defense supplies.
BE PATRIOTIC ? BUY NEXT
WINTER S COAL NOW!
Order Now For Delivery Thit Summer!
Robersonville Ice
& Coal Company
HAP OLD TEEN by (ajzl Epw
LOOK! Ll'L LAM8PE-" l*M BLNW D6FENS
BONOS NOW-THROUGH THE FWiwBu
_ SAVWGS PLAN AT THE FACTOPY
AINT THAT SUPER ?
HOW
BARLING'
STAMP
BOOK'
Keep Your Army
Flying & Fighting
TO DO THIS YOU MUST BUY
LIBERALLY AND OFTEN
Defense Bonds
and Stamps
Make your pledge today to buy stamp*
and bonds. Cooperate with the Civil
ian Defense Committee in your respect
ive community.
Town of Everetts
C. B. RIDDICK, Mayor
PAUL BAILEY, A. P. BARNHILL and
BUCK AYERS, Commissioner*.