TOWN and FARM
in WARTIME <
Prepared by OFFICE OF WAR INFORMATION
Rationing Reminders
MEATS, FATS—Spare stamp
No. 3 in Book Four is good for
five points worth of pork (ex
cept lard) and all types of sau
sages through February 26.
Brown stamps V, W and X in
Book Three are good through
February 26. Brown stamps Y
and Z are good through March
20. Red 10-point stamps A8, B8
and C8 in Book Four are good
February 27 through May 20.
Waste kitchen fats are redeemed
at two rations plus four cents
a pound.
PROCESSED FOODS—Green
stamps K, L and M are good
through March 20. Blue 10-point
stamps A8, B8, C8, D8 and E8
in Book Four are good February
27 through May 20.
SUGAR — Stamp No. 30 in
Book Four is good for five
pounds of canning sugar through
February 28, next year.
GASOLINE—In 17 East Coast
states A-9 coupons are good
through May 8. In states outside
the East Coast area, A-10 cou
pons are good through March 21.
TIRE INSPECTION DEAD
LINES—For A-coupon holders,
March 31, and for B and C cou
pon holders, February 28.
FUEL OIL—Period 3 coupons
are good through March 13 in all
areas except the South. Period
4 coupons are good in all areas
through September 30. Period 5
coupons are good in the Middle
West and South and remain good
through September 30.
SHOES — Stamps No. 18 in
Book One and No. 1 on the air
plane sheet in Book Three are
each good for one pair.
INCOME TAX —March 15 is
deadline for filing returns. Ear
lier filing is desirable.
RATION TOKENS IN USE
SUNDAY
During the three-week period,
February 27 through March 20, in
changing from the old-rationing
program to the simplified token
plan, two sets of stamps, green
and blue, will be used for pro
cessed foods, and two, brown and
red, for meats and fats. The old
stamps, brown and green, will be
used exactly as in the past at their
regular value through March 20.
The token plan will be fully in
effect on March 21. Beginning |
then, processed foods can be pur
chased only with blue stamps and
blue tokens, and meats, fats and
oils only with red stamps and red
tokens. The blue and red stamps,
effective February 27, are valued
at 10 points each. All tokens are
valued at one point each and will
be given for change only when a
purchase is made. No more than
nine tokens need be given as
“change” in one transaction.
TO REVIEW FARMER
DEFERMENTS
Local Selective Service Boards
have been ordered to review
promptly deferments of agricul
tural workers because of the sharp
curtailment of available manpower
for the armed forces, Selective
Service announced. “It is not ex
pected that local boards will defer
or continue to defer a registrant
as necessary to and regularly en
gaged in agriculture unless by his
own personal and direct efforts he
produces 16 or more war units
each year,” Selective Service as
serted. About 1,700,000 men in
agriculture were defered in Class
II-c and Class III-c as of January
1, 1944. Of this total, 400,000 are
single men below 22 years of age
and more than one million are
non-fathers. In all other war pro
duction and war supporting activi
ties less than 125,000 non-fathers
below the age of 22 were deferred
as of January 1.
ROUND-UP
WPB has authorized production
during 1944 of 1,400 motorcycles
for essential domestic civilian use,
80 for Canada, 650 for export, and
50,000 for military use . . . Use
more potatoes in 1944 is the rec
ommendation of WFA following
the harvesting of the largest po
tato crop in history last year . . .
WPB expects a limited number of
domestic electric ranges to be
available for essential civilian
needs during the last half of this
year . . . U. S. war expenditures
in January amounted to $7,410,
000,000, almost 7 per cent over
December and an average daily
rate of $285,200,000 . . . Because
of problems in getting feed, U. S.
production of hatchery chicks in
January was 20 per cent under
January last year . . . Total retail
sales for 1943 were $63,269,000, an
increase of 10 per cent over 1942,
according to the Department of
Commerce . . . Boys and girls
under 20 who leave home seeking
war jobs should carry with them
proof of their age, advises the
U. S. Department of Labor.
CONNESTEE NEWS
BY JEANETTIE CISON
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Capps and
daughter, Patsy, of Cleveland, S.
C., and Dewey Hefner, of States
ville, and H. H. Rogers, of Carr’s
Hill, were guests last week of Mr.
and Mrs. H. V. Cison.
Pvt. Charles McCall of the U. S.
army, visited at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. H. B. Glazener last week.
Mr. James Brown, who has been
employed in Baltimore, Md., has
returned to his home here.
Miss Bonnie Glazener is spend
ing some time visiting her brother,
Edgar Glazener, and Mrs. Glazener
in St. Petersburg, Fla.
Johnny Cison is reported to be
ill at the home of his son near
Cleveland, S. C.
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NORTH CAROLIN
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ioday, North Carolina’s doctors and
nurses by the hundreds are serving with
our Army and Navy from Alaska to
Iran, from Australia to Italy — bringing
back to health the men who are helping
win Victory for the United Nations. But
on the home front, other thousands of
doctors and nurses are fighting doubly
hard to keep their fellow-citizens of
North Carolina in good health — doing
everything in their power to prevent or
minimize interruptions in our State’s
war effort.
In a very real sense the well-being of
North Carolinians is in the capable
hands of approximately 2,500 physicians
and surgeons and about 6,500 nurses.
At their disposal are the facilities of 166
hospitals which have beds for nearly
25,000 patients at one time. In an aver
age year more than 270,000 patients
are admitted to these institutions. To
the North Carolina State Board of
GREYHOUND TERMINAL
MACFIE DRUG STORE — Phone Number 5
Health goes well-deserved credit for the
high standards of medical care prevail
ing in our State.
We of the Greyhound Lines pay tribute
to these fellow-citizens of ours who are
doing so much to make our State a finer
place to live in. They’re doing a big job
—a vital one. Greyhound’s job is quite
different-—but vital, too! Providing safe,
convenient transportation service is
particularly important now. By making
near neighbors and good neighbors of
all the communities we serve in North
Carolina, we are helping unify the war
efforts of this State — keeping them
rolling toward Victory!
GREYHO
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Modern New “Laying House” On Brevard College Farm
Brevard college s modernistic chicken house (above)" provides a clean and sanitary laying house,
feeding room and recreational hall for the 800 white leghorn hens it houses. Designed by G. H. Farley,
director of agriculture at the college, the house has been termed a big success.
LAYING HOUSE AT
COLLEGE SUCCESS
Eight Hundred White Leg
horn Layers Furnish
Eggs And Meat
The Brevard college chicken
house, which was launched as an
experiment last summer, has been
termed a decided success by G. H.
Farley, designer of the house and
director of agriculture at the col
lege.
Measuring twenty-four feet by
ninety-two feet, the two story
frame structure is accommodating
at the present time 800 laying white
leghorn hens. Production records
show that the hens are laying
about 68 per cent and Mr. Farley
stated that over 50 per cent of the
eggs were sold locally, the remain
der being used in the college din
ing hall.
Each floor is divided into four
sections providing for feeding room,
laying facilities and recreation. A
unique feature of this modernistic
chicken house is the basement
which furnishes facilities for grad
ing and packing the eggs.
In his chicken experiments Mr.
Farley has used outdoor brooders
which accommodate 400 each. He
said this plan is proving extremely
successful.
Brevard’s “model farm” also has
two smaller chicken houses which
had been used at the college be
fore the new building was erected.
These are still in use with a ca
pacity of 150 each.
Combating the current meat
scarcity, the college farm director,
by culling the layers that prove to
be below par, furnishes the dieti
tian with meat for occasional
chicken dinners in the Brevard
college dining hall.
Late News From
Quebec Community
By T. C. HENDERSON
Pvt. Edmond Owen, who has
been stationed in California for
quite a while, has spent a 15-day
furlough here with his mother,
Mrs. Lula Ov/en, and his brother,
Thomas Owen. He leaves on his re
turn trip to California on Thurs
day of this week.
Mrs. W. D. Montgomery and son,
Charles, are spending some time
near Columbia, S. C., with Pfc.
W. D. Montgomery’s people.
Mrs. Mary Ann Miller, the well
known octogenarian of the Quebec
community who has a large num
ber of children, dozens of grand
children, scores of great-grandchil
dren and a number of great-great
grandchildren, is spending some
time in Brevard with one of her
daughters, Mrs. Elbert Whitmire.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Porter and
baby, Freeda Porter, of Tryon,
spent Sunday with Mrs. Lula
Owen.
Gerald Whitmire, little son of
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Whitmire, has
for some days been seriously ill
with membranous croup.
Mr. and Mrs. Larsey Patterson,
of Jonesville, S. C., are spending
several days in this community
with relatives.
Charles Whitmire, of the U. S.
marines now stationed at New Ri
ver, spent last week-end here with
his parents and wife and baby.
Pvt. R. T. Fisher and Pfc. Meade
Fisher were dinner guests Sunday
of Mr. and Mrs. George O’Dell
Cad Whitmire has returned to
Detroit, Mich., where he was se
riously hurt some time ago. He is
now recovered so he can enter
again upon the defense work at
which he has been employed.
Mrs. Lesa Loving, of Brevard,
viited Mrs. Medford Chapman on
Sunday.
Garland Whitmire, who spent
about two months this winter in
Florida, has returned home.
Clarence Owen and his little
daughter, Betty, of Brevard, were
Sunday visitors of Mr. and Mrs.
R. A. Owen.
Miss Ruth Thomas, of Easley, S.
Students Help Raise Chickens At College
The big job of feeding 800 laying hens at the Brevard college
farm is accomplished by the help of students. Shown above is Miss
Louise Beatty, of Sherrill’s Ford, N. C., as she smilingly goes about
her task of feeding a portion of the large flock of hens. Students
also help with gathering the eggs, grading and packing them.
C., spent a few days last week with
her brother, WSymon Thomas, and
her sisters. She returned to Eas
ley Sunday.
Rev. N. H. Chapman filled his
regular appointment at Oak Grove
Baptist church Sunday. The fold
ing doors for the Sunday school
rooms of the church are now in
place. It is expected that the con
crete steps will be laid soon. The
house well then be completed and
the pastor expects to have the ded-;
ication services sometime in May. |
When your doctor asks where you
prefer to have your prescription
filled, say: VARNER’S, because:
Filled only by registered pharma
cist, as written and at reasonable
prices. (Advt.) tfe
! Buy U. S. Government Bondi
and Stamps regularly.
BABY
CHICKS
Hatched from eggs laid by
our own high production
strain of purebred, blood
tested N. H. Reds
PEN NO. 1
Headed by ROP males,
per 100
$ROO
PEN NO. 2
Headed by high production
selected males, per 100
$12.50
Chicks available every
Tuesday and Friday,
beginning Feb. 29.
Whitmire Hatchery
AND
Poultry Farm
“Chicks That Live,
Grow and Lay.”
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