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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1945
Page
14
The Home Economists of the U S Department of Agriculture advise using sugar sparingly for canning this year. Five pounds per person limits sweets and pickles. use syrup or honey to stretch sugar in pickles jams preserves and fruit butter. Jelly needs most sugar and should be reduced.
The guidance notes starting victory gardens with existing plants and then sowing seeds in open ground for tomato, cabbage, and collards to yield early crops and longer harvests into mid summer and early fall. It also recommends a second planting of beans and butter beans to extend production.
Practical instructions to transplant vegetables and start seeds in dry conditions. Use trench watering and careful mulching with straw to preserve moisture, then bury roots properly and remove mulch as plants break ground. More labor but better yields if you persist.
Mrs O E Cox visits Greensboro. James Rodwell of Raleigh spends weekend with Powells. Gordon Draper on leave with family. Pfc and Mrs Tommy Boone depart to Seattle. Elliott Clark of Norfolk visits Weldon. Norfleet Clark family in Fayetteville. Poole family weekend in Fayetteville. Mrs Rudolph Northington visits Roanoke Rapids. L C Draper visiting Greensboro. Elizabeth Harvell visits from Greensboro. Mrs John Ondon and son from Dayton stay with Crouch family. H A Hardison returns from Roanoke Rapids Hospital after operation. W L Alston returns from visit to daughter in Lillington. W M Bruce and sons weekend in Luray. George Melvin spends leave from Bainbridge. Ernest Rabil spends weekend at home. Mrs P W Wellman from Moultrie accompanies Holmes.
Mr. and Mrs. Luther Clifton Draper of Weldon announce the engagement of their daughter Lula Hart to Lt. Cornelious Anthony Sebacher Army Air Force son of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Sebacher of St Louis Mo The wedding is planned for June.
A promotional note touts thrilling adventures and long laughs in the Big Comic Weekly supplement distributed Sundays with the Baltimore American. It invites readers to order from their newsdealer for the full color edition.
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