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Doctor in the Kitchen by Laurence M. Hursh, M.D. Consultant, National Dairy Council * Remember your first ice cream ■cone — your first dish of corn flakes? I remember, the twenties when I had my first Eskimo Pie :and when men trucked fruits and vegetables to our neighborhood ■and sold them door to door. But the good old days didn’t allow us to have fresh or frozen fruits and vegetables all year ‘round. How we cut enjoy better nutri tion, with fruits and vegetables -available every day, , -• Legend has it a sausage vender -at the Chicago World’s Fair in 1883 provided his customers with -a white glove to hold their siz zling frankfurters while they ate them. When customers didn’t re turn the gloves, he lost money and hit on the idea of wrapping the franks in a bun. The hot dog was bom, * How did mem first discover gutter? It’s believed that nomad ic tribes carried cream or milk In bags of skin on the backs of. horses or camels and the move ments of the animal churned the cream until butter was formed. This probably first happened by accident. Today’s modern stain less steel churns turn out 5,000 pounds of butter in an hour. * Anemia is a frequent problem among women of childbearing age. It is caused by inadequate iron reserves in the body and not enough iron in the diet. Teen age girls, too, frequently do not get enough iron in their diets. Good food sources of iron in clude whole grain and enriched cereal products, eggs, meat and poultry, apricots, prunes, raisins, green leafy vegetables, dried beans and peas.< • Because they are is their most rapid growth period, teen-age boys need more protect, calcium, and more of most nutrients, than at any other time in thefar lives. Their energy needs, too, are high. Thus, between-meal snacks are us ually needed and should he chosen from the four food groups — meat, milk, fruits and vege-;< tables, breads and cermda. • It’s true that ounce for mince, fats contain about twice the cal ories of protein or carbohydrates. But even if you are trying to lose weight you heed some fats in your metis. Essential fatty acids per form .certain specific tasks in keeping you healthy. Fats -also make our food taste; delicious. Just don’t overdo fats: • Two eight ounce glasses of milk furnish about three-fourths of the calcium an adult needs daily. Along with the calcium you get a favorable amount of phosphor ous, top quality protein, and ribo flavin (a most important vita min), as well as other vitamins: and minerals. It’s almost impos sible to get enough calcium in your diet without milk. • It is commonplace to say that water is essential in all animal and plant nutrition. Still, many people don’t think of water as a nutrient, along with such sub stances as proteins, carbohy drates, fats, vitamins, and miner als. Put them all together, how ever and add water and you have six -vital nutrients that we must have to be healthy and to survive. Veterans Corner Q — How can I check to de termine whether my wife is the designated beneficiary of my Na tional Service Life Insurance? This may be a strange question. However, my mother, who was my beneficiary when I went in to service, died recently, and I cannot remember for certain that I filled out any form change ing the beneficiary designation to my wife. .. A — Write to the Veterans Administration office to which you send your N5LI premium payment and request that you be advised as to the beneficiary you have designated to receive the proceeds of that policy. In the event that your wife is not the designated beneficiary, ask the VA to send you form 29-336. It would also be a good idea to check the method of payment you may have prev iously selected to insure that the proceeds of your policy will be paid to your wife in the man ner you desire. Q — My brother has been in a VA hospital for some three months, his last pension check was reduced to $30. Why was it reduced? Can it be increased to the amount he' received be fore going into the hospital? A W Your brother’s pension check from .the Veterans Ad ministration was reduced to $30 a month because of a law limiting pensions to this amount for veterans without dependents after two, full calendar months of hospitalization. Your bro ther’s full pension will be re stored after he is released from the VA hospital. Q — When. I was discharged i a coupla of mofMis $10,000 Ser Insurance > policy. I the Veterans Administration that I cart apply for up to $10, 000 government life insurance since I have a service-connected disability. Can I obtain this in surance and keep my converted SGLI policy also? A — Yes. SGLI is not issued by YA but by private insurance companies. National Service Life insurance is issue^ and admin istered by the VA' and is also available to veterans with a ser vice-connected disability who were separated from service on or after April 25, 1951. You must apply within one year from the date VA determines your disability to be service connected. $10,000 is the maxi mum amount of Government life insurance any veteran may have, but this is in addition to the SGLI. ; Ti Q — My son received his col lege degree under the War.Of* phans Educational Assistance Act. He used his full 36 months entitlement. I am now eligible for up to 36 months of Veterans Administration educational as sistance as the widow of a vet eran hilled during the Korean War. If I don't use my entitle ment, may my son u*e part of. it to obtain a graduate- degree when he gets out of, the Army after two years service? A — No, your entitlement is not transferable. The purpose l~. ■■ 1 "■■■ . I ii Generally txempT W. R. Phillips, Manager of Mi NorthCarolina Veterans Ad Regional Office, re rans today tfiat VA are generally ta* ex l need not be reported _ —come on federal or state federal income tax returns. Except for interest earned on G1 insurance dividend left, on deposit with VA (which is a reportable item), ' all proceeds from GI insurance policies are tax exempt. Phillips said other major items of income that need not be re ported include educational as sistance allowances, pension and cdfeipensation payments, subsis tence payments to vocational re habilitation trainees and grants for special automobiles and “wheelchair homes” for the se verely disabled. ' Also tax einexpt are all bene fits to surviving dependents, of deceased veterans and compen sation allowances for-, depend ents , of deceased' veterans and compensation allowances for de pendents of disabled veterans. matter. SAFETY MAKES A HAPPY SHIP of this education and assistance program for widows of veterans who died as the result of mili tary service and the wives of permanently and totally service disabled veterans is to enable them to advance their own skills and improve their own educa tion so that they can reenter or remain in the mainstream of American academic, social and economic life. However, as a veteran himself, your son will be entitled to an additional 12 month? of VA educational assist ance, as they result of a recent law permitting an aggregate of 48 months of educational assis tance under two or more VA program?. _ No Mess — No Watting — Our Ready-Mixed Concrete is on the job when you need it Alao Sand, Grata! and Cnuh By M. E. GARDNER, N. C. State University When I want to convince my self that it is possible for ev ery family, with a Suitable loca tion, to have a good vegetable garden I drive out TJS 1 By pass South of Raleigh. I cut off at Ipnes Franklin Road and then on toward Furquay-Varina and Holly Springs. Along this route I have seen some real good ones. Of first importance is the selection,of site. Avoid low, flat locations where drainage is like ly to he poor arid.* frost a haa ard. For convenience, the gar-, den should be located as near the house as possible. However, you may wish to sacrifice here for better soil elsewhere. This is espedally true on the farm. Water for irrigation is a must if you are to have tender and tasty vegetables during hot, dry weather. The Water may come from the home system, or from a pond or stream if you havtf an irrigation system. Practically all of our com mon vegetable crops thrive best in'full sun. Since this is true," trees should be avoided for two reasons, in the first place they shade the plants; and secondly, they have extensive root systems which will rob the plants of moisture and nutrients. ■ ijafe - t The soil should be the best you have available. Don’t ex pect much from fill soil until you have had a chance to buildi up the organic- content and cor rect the pH and nutrient bal ance. , ■ ? Ideally, you should have a top layer of soil two or three inches deep and well supplied with or ganic matter. The next three or four inches of and should be rich and friable in order to serve as a moisture reserve. The hot tom four or five inches should serve the purpose of good drain age. You may not reach thi' deal but you can strive for it: It is estimated that a vegeta ble garden, for a fanuly of five, will save the family budget about $450 if well planned and attended. Aside from the money prefer “to pick their own,” fra* and tasty, and have enough for freezing and canning. Some home gardeners promote space for a perennial garden in addition to the area set aside for vegetables.^ Such crops as strawberries, raspberries, hunch grapes and asparagus can be set there. Since-the care and manage ment of perennial crojw are dif ferent from the annuals, space should be provided along dee side of the garden so that man agement problems can be itated. SOT. WATERS IN SIAM Sergeant Glenwood W. Waters, son of Mrs. Julian O.. Waters, 307 E. Venion Ave., Kinston, is on duty at Udorn Royal Thai AFB, Thailand. Bright future on the Aerospace Team AIR FORCE g Y008 m FORCE jggUtg Smokey Bear needs you 'I A I ON| HI0H STANDARD The. same thoughtful consideration and complete dignified service is accorded all regardless of the cost of the funeral selected. Gamer's Funeral Home Dial JA 3-2124 or JA 3-2125 . Kinston, N. C. --
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