1940 Extension Work Summary for Scott County
The 1940 Extension program report details farm families using home products and time to save money and improve homes in Scott County. Highlights include 574 families canning 118 160 quarts valued at 29 540 dollars, 123 storage cells built, 477 families making cotton mattresses, and a School of Sewing producing thousands of dresses and slips. 4-H members across 17 communities participated in foods clothing and crafts, with large turnout at County Achievement Day and District Camp. The Benton Neighbor Day drew about 10 000 attendees, and local clubs staged community plays and child development studies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott County
Pleasant Hill
Federal Surplus Commodity Corporation
Scott Cowry Farm Bureau
Scott County Agricultural Conservation Association
W. P. A. Sewing Rooms
Extension Service
Arcadia
Columbia
Scott County Farm Bureau
Southeast Missouri Farm Bureau Service Company
Home Econonics Extension Clubs
Benton
Scott
Counles
Enrichment Through Experience in Extension Clubs
A child’s perception of what he sees hears or feels becomes a growing experience that enlarges his world and shapes development through extension club activities.
Rural Communities Understand the Picture
Ella Fikuart, Home Demonstration Agent for Scott County, urges women from diverse community clubs to organize and study homemaking. She names club presidents and invites other communities to contact extension agents to arrange an interest meeting and organizing date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Fikuart
Scott County
Miner Merry Home Makers
H. A. Lewis
Dunaver Community Club
Noah Myers
South Rockview Friendship Club
F. D. Harmon
Lusk Industrious
Fred Showmaker
Perkins Community Club
W. G. Irvin
Commerce Riverside Club
Tillie Pobst
White Oak
Fred Forbis
Chaffee Jolly Homemakers
Vern Ramsey
Lennox Goodwill
Omer Hubble
Rockview Cooperatives
E Crumbaugh
Pleasant Hill and
Macedonia Homemakers
Thelma Miller
Owensby
Henry Ervin
Wm. G. Sanders
Pleasant Valley Fidelity Club
Raymond Dame
McMullin Friendly Neighbors
W. B. Simpson
Porter Switch Sunshine Group
J. A. Schneider
Diehlstart Home Circle
W F. Dennis
Salcedo
Christmas Shopping Spurs National Retail Trade
National Christmas gift buying rose to its best levels in years with sales 7 to 10 percent above last year. The Commerce Department predictions point to the largest Christmas gift season on record, as broad merchandise purchases show robust gains nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Department of Commerce
Suggestions for economy in lighting
A home demonstration agent explains that small bulbs offer little overall economy except where light is sparingly needed. A 100-watt bulb costs about 15 cents, while a 60-watt is 13 cents and a 25-watt is 10 cents. Per hour at 4 cents per kilowatt hour, 100-watt light costs about four-tenths of a cent, two 60-watt bulbs five-tenths, and six 25-watt bulbs six-tenths. A 200-watt bulb uses less cost per light than two 100-watt bulbs, though distribution matters for brightness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Fikuart
Scott County
Japanese To Have Only One Towel A Year Ration
An AP report says Japan will limit to one towel per person each year starting in January under a Ministry of Commerce rationing system. Tokyo papers note rationing already applies to bleached cotton and infants underwear with stricter limits on gauze absorbent cotton and condensed and powdered milk forthcoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Ministry of Commerce
Tokyo
Farm Security announces eight group labor homes in Missouri
The Farm Security Administration sets eligibility for eight groups of labor homes totaling 500 houses across southeast Missouri. Locations include East Prairie, Wyatt, Gray Ridge, Morehouse, Wardell, Lilbourn, and Kennett with white and Negro worker units on hundreds of acres. Roy V. Huise will manage one group under Hans Baasch, opening first in February.
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Farm Security Administration
Missouri
East Prairie
Wyatt
Gray Ridge
Morehouse
Wardell
Lilbourn
North
Kennett
Roy V. Huise
Sikeston Public Schools
Hans B. Baasch
Poinsettia Display Opens at St Louis Jewel Box Forest Park
The annual Christmas poinsettia show at the Jewel Box in Forest Park, St. Louis, features over 4000 blooms plus stevia, cyclamen, and camellias with spruce background. It runs until January 1 or a few days later, open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily, with a band concert 1:30 to 5 p.m. on Sundays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest Park
St. Louis
Christmas Seal Funds Fight Tuberculosis Losses
Tuberculosis kills more people aged 15 to 45 than any other disease. Christmas Seal money is used to prevent this waste of productive years by funding public health efforts and awareness campaigns.
Early colonists mixed fruits with potatoes for variety
Early American colonists combined fruits with potatoes and cooked the mixture with sugar to create a sweeter dish, reflecting experimentation with flavors in colonial kitchens.
Timely Tips for Safe Driving
Heads warn drivers about winter road hazards and car control. Practical rules cover gear choice on ice, smooth steering, braking, and mechanical upkeep to prevent skids. Emphasis on anticipation, low speeds, mirror use, sober driving, and staying in lane with proper lights and vision.
Missouri man offers home for Robi Robi Robin
William H. Sapp of Columbia offers to take Robi the pet robin to provide a home after the bird, freed near New Orleans, refused to fly away and rested on a holly branch in a sanctuary. Sapp will cover $50 travel costs and says Robi’s tameness suits life with his two dogs.
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Robi
New Orleans
William H. Sapp
Columbia
Gilbert Black
St. Louis
Marie Rosato
Louisiana State Society For Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Sapp
Ann
Robi Robin
Louisiana
Pendergast pays $50,000 toward tax debt raised by case
Tom Pendergast through an attorney delivered a $50,000 cashier's check to Dan M. Nee, Collector of Internal Revenue, bringing the total paid on his $125,000 income tax liability to $75,000 with settlement due by April 15, 1941. The former Kansas City political boss served a federal prison term for income tax evasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Pendergast
Dan M. Nee
Internal Revenue
Pendergast
Kansas City
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Conoco
Conoco Coupon Books
Missouri Association of Public Utilities
West Thigh Street
Jefferson City
Robie Robin
Welton & Williams Motor Co
Malone Avenue
Sikeston, Missouri
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