Recipes Of The Week Home Service Direclor Virginia Electric and Power Company I_ 1 Box Lundies 1 font The Food Freezer Is your: the daily task of pack ing a hox lunch foi a family! member who will b< jwav all day at work or school? Then lucky are i you if you have a food freezer to ; help simplify this problem. For instance, instead of preparing1 lunches on a day-to-day basis, j why not prepare foi a week or so j ahead all at one time'.’ It will be a little more work lor one day, but the lunch problem will be taken care of for days ahead. Soups, sandwiches, pastries, and cookies may be frozen ahead ol time Then, in no time to speak of, you can put together your dSily box lunch, just by opening the freezer and choosing what you want from the supply of naekneed ^a^^^abeled ....foods tnerem When lunchtime rolls ■ ic thawc d and ready for eating. Here are some Do's and Don'ts to remember when preparing the frozen box lunch. DO'S During the fresh-fruit season, freeze some fruit in nalfpint con tainers ti include in the lunch box at a later date Sandwiches, cupcakes, pieces ot cake, individual nies, a slice of pie, and just about all types of Guaranty Bank & Trust Company Member of Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation PRESENTS INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT NORTH CAROLINA r .> j STATE FLAG The first legislation on the subject of establishing and recog nizing a State Flag was in the year 1861. The present model of the Flag was adopted in 188D. It consists of a blue field with a white star in the center. The letter N, in gilt, is on the j left of f*.c star and the letter C on the right. The fly of the i 1 Flag consists of two equally proportioned bars, the upper red, and the lower white. The two dates symbolize the signing of Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence and the date North Carolina concurred with the other delegates in declar ing independence. cookies can be frozen individual ly and used as needed. Wrap all items to be frozen in moisture-vaporproof material, la bel. and freeze as complete box lunch or individual items which can be quickly assembled when you are ready to fix a box lunch. Pack foods from freezer to lunch box leaving wrappings m (itcf They will thaw m 3 to 3 1-2 hours just in time for lunch. DON’TS Do not freeze lettuce, celery, tomatoes, or carrots as they will Insi their ci lspnes.s when frozen. Add these lo the iurvh box after it ha: been taken from the free/, or if you wish to use them. Diced celery may be added to the fill ing; m the sandwiches to be fro zen provided you do not object to the fact that it loses its crisp ness when frozen. Hurd-cooked egg whites should be avoided in sandwiches as they develop off-flavors rapidly and become tough and rubbery in texture. Since mayonaise and salad dressings do not take favorably to freezing, it is better to spread bread for sandwiches with but ter or margarine before adding filling. Don’t plan sandwiches for more than two to three weeks storage. To add variety, if the luncher carries a vacuum bottle, you may add something hot lo his menus Frozen soups can be heat ed quickly and placed in a hot vacuum bottle when the lunch is being assembled. Feature Editor Of College Paper —0— A Martin County girl, Janice Hardison, junior at East Carolina Jo] lege, has been appointed fea ,ure editor of the “Teco Echo”, he college newspaper. Miss Hard son also writes a weekly column or the paper, “Who’s Who at Cast Carolina", in which a local ;irl Lucy Robertson was recent y featured. Janice is serving on the YWCA •abinct as publicity chairman, a wisition to which she was elected n late September. She is one of . went;, two women students se- j ected last year to live in Gotten | fall this year us student counse- [ ors to tin1 freshman girls. Miss Hardison is also an alto in the Womans’ Chorus at the college, j md a member of the Womens’ \thletic Association. Miss Hardison has made the lauioi roll every quarter since i The 1951 Tax Books Are Now Open [H] PM EAKLY AND i SAVE DISCOUNT [N] M. L. PEEL Martin County Tax Collector ESS&t . Survival Secrets In Atomic Blasts —«— A pamphlet issued by the De partment of the Army recently lists "six survival secret for a tomic attacks ” The first three j are under a Heading: Always pul first things first. The secrets are: 1. Try to get shielded. If you have time, gel down :n a base- . ment or subway. Should you un- : expectedly be caught out-of tiouiS, :>et 4 shelter vii'c.g-vide a building *r jump in any ditch or gutter. ,2. Drop > fat on the ground oi flooi To keep from being tossed | about and to lessen the chances of bt mg struck by falling and fly ing objects, flatten out at the base of a wall, or at the bottom of a bank 3. Bury your face in your arms When you drop flat, hide your eyes in the crook of vour elbow That will protect your face from flash burns, prevent temporary blindness and keep flying objects out of your eyes. The second three items or se crets are listed under the head ing: Never lose your head and 4 Don’t rush outside right, after | a bombing. After an air burst, I wait a few minutes, then go help I fight fires. After other kinds of ! bursts wait at least 1 hour to givej lingering radiation some chance i ’ she enrolled at East Carolina in 1 June, 19*0. She is the daughter of i Mr and Mrs. Ben Ira Hardison j of Route 1, Jamesville, and ale graduate of the Farm Life School. | . to die down. 5. Don't take chances with food or water in open containers. To prevent radioactive poisoning or disease, select your food and wat er with care. When there is rea son to believe they may be con taminated, stick to canned and bottled things if possible. ti. Don’t start rumors. In the confusion that follows a bombing, a single rumor might touch ofi a panic that could cost your life. The department urges all eiti zi ns to memorize these secrets of -,urvi, .•. fi.r atomic attacks. Grain Insects Cause Big Loss Don t vs ait until your horse .is stolen to lock the stables. And don’t wait until your garden or bin is full to do something about protecting it lrom insects That’s tin- advice i f George D. Jones, insect control specialist for tlie State College Extension Serv ice, who says insects attacking stored grain cause huge losses on Morth Carolina farms each year. If grain is stored in a place .vhere fumigation cannot be car-., ■led out satisfactorih , says Jones, here's little the farmer can do ?xcept sell it The fumigation will be wasted unless all four sides and the floor of the storage irea are gas-tight. It isn’t too early, says the spec a list, for farmers to begin think ng about corn storage. All stor age bins should be cleaned of old orn and the walls sprayed with DDT. The old corn may be shell ed and stored in a tight place. If j it is infested it can be treated j with a fumigant. “After the crib is filled, it's too late to do much about killing in sects," Jones cautions. “Most of the work has to be done in ad vance.” A thorough farm clean up, he adds, is one of the most effective weapons to use in fight ing insects of any kind. A commercial dust form of in s'cUciue mixed with the grain, i known as “grain protectant,” is j being studied by insect control | racialists at Stat. College T< •' have been undo way for two sea- ! sons but thus far corn heavily in fested and placed in storage has ' not been fully protected by the material. Further tests are being conducted. The work thus far in dicates the material has some value in reducing insect buildup if the initial infestation is not too I high, but the length of period of ! Farmer Produces Good Crop Of Hay —®.—— Most Alamance County farmers made a short hay crop this year. But Sherman Cohn, Negro farm er of the Pleasant Grove com munity, Route 3, Burlington, lr an exception to the rule. According to Plese Corbett, Ne gro county agent in Alamance for the State College Extension Serv ice, Cohn has about three acres of niSfriiia', ne seeded two years j ago. He has followed recommend-1 ed practices and top-dressed with I 0 9 29 fertilizer with borax. Cohn had his barn full of alfal- j fa hay and is wondering where he j is going to pu1 his lespedeza hay. He must either use his tobacco effective control must still be j worked out. barn sheds ur else stack it on the outside in the weather. The Alamance farmer aHo has 3 1-2 acres of Ladino clover seed ed two years ago and has prepar ed the seedbed to sow three acres or more this fall. Cohn sells $48 worth of milk per month on a local milk route. NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION North Carolina, Martin County. Having this day qualified as the Administrator of the estate of Mrs. H H. Cower,, deceased of Martin County, this is to notify all persons having claims against said estate 10 exhibit them to me on 01 befuie the 21111 day of Sep tember, 1952, or this notice v, ,11 be pleaded in bar of any recovery thereon. All persons indebted to said es tate wil please make immediate settlement. This the 27th day of September, 1951. Robert H. Cowen, Administrator of the estate of Mrs. H H. Cowen. se 27 oc 4-11-18-25 no 1 1 HCME5T FOLKS I REFERIMO TO THE