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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1946
Page
5
Tor Lavada Curtis, API extension food preservation specialist, tells Alabama farm women how chicken pie can boost home economy and food preservation knowledge as hens face an uncertain future.
Miss Curtis explains practical hen preservation by cutting into pieces, boiling briefly, and canning. Pack pieces with salt and broth, then process pint jars for 65 minutes and quart jars for 75 minutes at 10 pounds pressure.
Alabama 4-H Club boys and adult farmers recruit in Ohio to detassel hybrid seed cornfields. Room and board provided, wages 45 cents an hour. Last summer 147 Ohio youths were praised by employers. this year 350 are needed. County agents oversee recruitment of youths sixteen years old or older.
Shanghai wakes after World War II to a flood of nylon and plastic goods labeled as glass products. Consumers pay inflated prices for items like hosiery, handbags, belts, cigarette cases, lighters, and raincoats, with many items smuggled or repriced due to imports and local tailoring. Prices range from $15 to $75, reflecting scarcity and demand.
Montrose, Col. inland yacht club claims unique status in the nation. The Uncompaghre Yacht and Navigation Club, built by fishermen and their wives known as Waves, paddles rubber boats on local lakes and streams. They obtained rubber life rafts from government surplus for inland yachting.
Arkansas ranks first among states in strawberry production. The 1944 crop totaled 329000 crates, underscoring the state’s leading role in fruit output.
Auburn based wildlife specialist Alien M Pearson reports most fish die of old age in lakes and streams. He urges pond managers to stock with best fish, fertilize monthly from March to October, control weeds, and fish when biting is best to promote rapid growth.
Wethersfield Conn claims the first English settlement in the state and notes it was the only of the three river towns Hartford Windsor and Wethersfield founded as a permanent settlement rather than a trading post.
In Columbus C. UP reports that the old time school janitor is fading. The modern successor, the school maintenance engineer, attends college during summer to study color schemes and beautification of school buildings. One hundred maintenance engineers recently completed a week-long course at Ohio State University to improve upkeep of Ohio schools.
A brief note from Omaha reports two robins drawn to a light, as residents observe their unusual behavior and seek explanation for the birds’ attraction to illumination.
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