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State Nutritionist Speaks at PTA Meet _ a) At a recent meeting of the F. T. A. of Clara Hearne School, Miss French Boyd, State Nutritionist, gave a very instructive talk on foods. Following are some ex cerpts taken from Miss Boyd s talk: "Good nutrition is nutrition that; provides all the things that our< bodies need for growth and to keep them in good condition. "If we don't supply our bodies with foods that provide our needs, things go wrong. The thing that goes wrong is what we call mal nutrition. When we say a person has malnutrition, we say his food does not provide his body with all the things that keep his body in good physical condition. We might take a long time arid talk about all phases of nutrition and all the things that might happen to us if we run short of all the things that we need. “The thing I would like for us to do is to talk about foods we can use to keep our bodies in good condition. If we see to it that we get certain simple foods each day, the Vitamins and Minerals are taken care of by those foods. One food we are likely to run short of in North Carolina, one of the best insurances of good nutrition, is miiK. muk is so im portant because it has some of almost everything we need in it. Calcium that our bodies need to build bones is provided in large quantities by milk. It is almost impossible to get enough Calcium in our diet if we don’t use some milk. The thing that is impor tant particularly with children is that they get the amount of Cal cium we have to have to make our bones hard. Some bones in a child’s body are soft. It is the soft bones that grow. After they become hard, they don’t grow any larger; they just grow longer. If we don’t drink some milk, it is almost impossible to get e nough Calcium to make these bones grow normally. Calcium and Phospherous are things we use to build strong bones. We are more likely to get more Phos pherous than Calcium. That is just one example of how one food element works. The reason we are worried about the milk situa- j tion is that we don’t produce e nough milk in the state of North Carolina. If all the milk were di vided equally among the people of North Carolina, it would be a little less than a glass for each person. We must think of some thing we can use in place of fresh milk. “Another thing that is particu larly important in all diets is Iron which we get from green and yel low fruits and vegetables. We should have two glasses of milk and one serving of green or yellow vegetables each day. "In addition to that, we need some food which will give us Vit amin C. Orange and grape-fruit juices, tomatoes, raw cabbage, and turnip greens provide Vitamin C. One of the simplest ways that any of us can observe that we are running short of Vitamin C is that j our gum3 have a tendency to bleed. About ninety-nine out of one hundred cases of bleeding gums come from not getting e nough Vitamin C. This is not the only thing that happens but is what we can see. "Another thing that we need in order to be sure that we are get ting ail these food elements is some sort of Protein food. Meat, eggs, cheese, and fish are Protein foods. A food new to us but used in other parts of the world is soy beans. A very large serving of soy beans has as much food value as one-fourth pound of lean meat. One serving of soy beans costa one-fourth cent. The price of lean meat is six to ten cents a portion. They were used at our demonstra tion last summer. The children and teachers liked them. We are not sure that we will be able to get soy beans, but the government has asl.^-1 that huge numbers of them , be planted. If we can get them, remember that it is an excellent i source of Protein and a way of - saving on the food budget. “Another thing that we some times forget about and lack in the diet is foods rich in Vitamin B, partivularly Vitamin B-l. From ninety to ninety-five per cent of the people in this country probab ly are so short in this particular Vitamin that they are showing some symptons of Vitamin B defic iency. We know that our foods are short of this Vitamin because most of the foods that have a thorough amount in them, we just don’t eat. White bread cannot do anything but give a little energy; while whole wheat bread is the really healthy food. If we don’t use what doctors call “Protective Foods’’, no matter how much of the energy food we use, we can not get in good condition. These are the things we need: milk, eggs, meat, fish, soy beans, dark green or yellow vegetables, and raw fruits or vegetables. We should have at least one serving of whole wheat bread a day and whole wheat cereal occasionally. “How much does it cost to have a diet of this sort? We used a group of children from a poor neighborhood—children who were hungry—for one of our demon strations this summer. We want ed to see what the least money we could spend for the right diet would be. We made use of sever al low-cost foods. That diet was higher in food value than the search Bureau. It cost about e leven and one-half cents per child per day for three meals to get a standard set by the National Re diet which was adequate for their 11CCUS. "How much would it cost to make the diet less monotonous? In the demonstration school in Greensboro some variety was used. It cost fifteen and seven-tenths cents per child per day. The cheap meats have more food val ue than the more expensive cuts where our bodies are concerned. “We don’t think about how we eat. We have to eat the tilings our bodies need. Our bodies tell us when and how much to eat. It is very important for us to learn to like a great variety of foods. A person who is under nourished craves the foods which are not good for him. So we must learn to like a variety of foods and teach our children to learn to like a variety of foods, also. A person who dislikes a great num ber of foods is undernourished. A person who is undernourished eats foods which are not good for him. "These are important things: to provide foods, to find our what you need, to learn how to get it, and then learn to eat it because it won’t do you any good to leave it on the table." Miss Boyd’s services were se cured through the efforts of Dr. Robert Young. Present at the meeting were members Of Clara Heame School P. T. A., County nurses, members of the Current ropics Club, members of the As sociation for Childhood Education, and a few members of other school P. T. O.’s and civic organi sations. Other than a short business meeting, and Miss Boyd’s talk, :he group enjoyed a play by Miss Kimbrough’s fourth grade. The slay was very timely, in that it centered about the activities of some refugee children. Local Girl To Sing In Choir Miss Margaret Hines of Roanoke Rapids is a member of the Mere Jith College Choir of seventy voices which will present the an nual Meredith College Christmas 3arol Service Sunday evening, De :ember 14, at 7:30 o'clock in the :ollege auditorium at Raleigh. The choir is being conducted this (rear by Dr. Harry E. Cooper, di rector of the music department. Elizabeth Howell of Greenville, or fanist, and Peggy Royster Jonei, pianist, and Robert Kohl, bass, >oth of Raleigh, will assist with hb carol sing. __ _ I : Enfield : ?++■j±±±±*+±±±±±±± HOSTESS Miss Mary Shaw was hostess to the Twelve and One Bridge Club on Thursday evening with an en joyable party in her home. Four tables were in play with Miss Cath erine Parker winning high score prize and Miss Annie Pope second high. A dessert course was served with hot coffee to the following: Mrs. Henry Hilliard, Miss Grace Per son, Miss Ernestine Bellamy, Miss Eloise Hardison, Miss Elsie Kim ball, Mrs. Evelyn Barns, Miss Anne Boyd Whitaker, Miss Catherine Parker, Miss Corrinne Hofler, Miss Annie Pope, Miss Eunice Cuthrell, Miss Frances Hofler, Miss Mary Mac Clark, Mrs. R. C. Whitehead, Miss Kiki Andleton, and Mrs. El mer Cuthrell. ENTERTAIN CLASS Mrs. Robert Kimball, Mrs. T. T. Hales, Mrs. Howard Twisdale and Mrs. C. N. Strickland were host esses to the Baptist Philathea Class in the home of,Mrs. Kimball Monday evening at a business meeting and Christmas party. Mrs. William Pope presided. Mrs. U. H. Hardison led the devotion. After words of prayer she read a beau tiful Christmas story. Officers elected for next year were: President, Mrs. Ira D. Wood 1st vice president, Mrs. William Pope, 2nd vice-president Miss Ka tie W. Riddick; secretary, Mrs. L. W. Ransone; assistant secretary, Mrs. Stella Broach; treasurer Mrs. Robert Kimball; assistant treasur er Mrs. T. W. Gray; personal ser vice chairman, Mrs. C. J. Leonard; reporter, Mrs. A. C. Nichols, Jr. At the conclusion of the business a contest was conducted by Mrs. Broach in which Mrs. L. W. Ran sone won the prize, a Christmas bouquet. Christmas gifts were ex changed among the members. The hostesses served Russian tea, cookies, and salted nuts to the eighteen guests presnt. ANNOUNCEMENT PARTY Mrs. Harold Burrows, and Mrs. R. P. Blackwll, of Scotland Neck, were hostesses at a lovely party in Mrs. Burrows’ home here Thurs day evening honoring their sister, Miss Mary Mac Clark, to announce her engagement to Lt. Harry La mar Matthews, of the U. S. Army Air Corps. A color scheme of green and white was used, white chrysanthe mums and winter fern decorating the home throughout. Seven tables were in play at progressive contract. High score prize was won by Miss Eunice Cuthrell and second high by Miss Sarah Pope. Mrs. John Parker, a recent bride, was remembered with a lovely gift of crystal. The honoree, Miss Clark, was presented silver in her chosen pattern. Refreshments served carried out the green and white colors and on each plate a miniature bag of rice was found, a card inside saying “Mary - Harry - Late December 1941.” Guests were Misses Mary Mac Clerk, Frances Hofler, Corrinne Hofler, Eloise Hardison, Ernestine Bellamy, Eunice Cuthrell, Cather ine Parker, Marjorie Dickens, Elsie Kimball, Mildred Gray, Elizabeth Gray, Sarah Pope, Annie Pope, Al ice McCutchin, Ruth McCutchin, Ruth Clark, Mrs. John Parker, Mrs. Evelyn Barnes, Mrs. Elmer Cuthrell, Mrs. Ralph Cuthrell, Mrs. R. C. Whitehead, Mrs. Burwood Anderson, Mrs. Henry Hilliard, Mrs. Ruby Bell, Mrs. J. Q. Hofler, Mrs. W. F. Clark, Mrs. C. N. Bru ton, and Mrs. Paul Brown, Jr., and Mrs Fred Hoyle, of Rocky Mount, Mrs. John Walton, of Hillsboro, Mrs. J. E. Perry, Miss Frances Phillips and Miss Murelle Howard, of Scotland Neck. PATIENTS Among the out-of-town patients, at the local hospital this week are the following: E. J. Beale, Branchville, Va.; O. F. Dickerson, Weldon; Ramsey Harris, Seaboard; Joseph Lucy, Jr., Gaston; Mrs. Cora Lee Tucker, Weldon; Mrs. J. H. Todd, Weldon; Miss Mildred Gregory, Waverly, Va.; and Mrs. George Joyner, Wel don. m&s ikh & tip from the Old-Timers J Traveling around town here, you’ll find Buicks that are still in service after six, eight, ten or even more years. It’s worth noting that these sturdy old Buicks are still serving faithfully and well, for several reasons. They have the same basic type of engine as the sleek 1942 Buick — a rugged, long lived, extra-efficient valve-in-head, though it is now made better by Fireball combustion. They have the same dependable drive — a stout torque tube encasing a sturdy steel shaft stretching its unbroken length from transmission to rear axle. Frames are fundamentally the same now as then; brakes, though hydraulic now, use the same, efficient, self-en ergizing action. > All the factors that make for strength and long life are still present -plus such further advances as all-coil springs, Domite pistons that squeeze more good from gasoline, Compound Carburetionf that spells peak economy with un matched reserve power. There’s more comfort, more conven ience, more beauty, more value in these ’42 models. But what counts is that they’re still Buicks — tough, rugged and dependable. Take a look at what your next car is likely to be up against and ask yourself if that isn’t the kind of car it’s smart to buy right now. NASH MOTOR CO. INC. Roanoke Ave. at First Roanoke Rapids, N. C. ■IHMMMnniWMKN BITTIR AUTOMOBILES AM MILT MICK WILL MILD THEM
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