The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-05-29
House Demonstration Department 10 Main
lain Kitchen al Junior High; First
Class Be June 7
LEARN CANNING AND
DRYING OF FOODSTUFFS
Pupils 10 Become Instructors; Each to
Teach Group Of Women; Two
Agents On Job

A home demonstration kitchen for
the housewives of Grady county will
be open at the Junior high school Fri
day, June Z, and remain open during
the summer months. Volunteers who
neighbors are asked to take class
work in the methods Of canning, dry
ing and conserving food, and then
give one-half day each week to teach
ing others.
Mrs. Nettie' Coryell and her assist
ant Miss Alma Jones, who will be in
charge of the kitchen, met yesterday
afternoon with an advisory board
consisting of County Food Admins
TRAITOR C. NJ Hollingsworth, L. c. Hut
son, Mrs. L. D. Major and Mrs Orin
Ashton, to plan the food campaign
for the summer in this county It
was decided to have a class OF Chick
asha volunteers Friday, June {, and
Monday, June 10, and after that the
women from the rural precincts VIII
be enrolled Twenty can take the in
struction at one time and the course
Of six lessons can be completed in two
days, or may be taken at different
intervals.
Mrs Coryell and Miss Jones will
attend a school Of instruction in Ho-
bart June 3 to ), and during their
absence Mrs. H. D. Major will take
applications from the Chickasha wo-
men for enrolment in the food class
es These classes are not exclusive
and volunteers from all parts of the
city are wanted, so when they in
turn act as instructors all neighbor.
hoods will be reached. Children
above twelve years of age who have
gardens and want to learn to dry veg
etables, are invited to come to the
home demonstration kitchen. Mrs.
Coryell also suggests that girls who
have had domestic science training
might take this course and help in
struct others.
Although the women from the
country near Chickasha will be In
vited to come here for instruction,
Mrs Coryell viii later hold classes in
| or near Bradley. Tuttle. Rush Springs
and Dutton
Mrs. Coryell is sending out copies
OF the following letter to the women
precinct chairmen of the Council OF
Defense:
"The government states that the
food problem is the biggest problem
OF the war In order to help solve
this problem for Grady county, Miss
Alma Jones has been appointed assist
ant home demonstration agent. We
are carrying on our work in co-opera
ito with the county Council of De
fense and the food administration
I'VE need not expect to be able tc
buy canned food much longer as the
government has already taken over
the entire output Of number Of can
neries and is likely to take others OF
all Of them as it needs them to feed
our growing armies.
I'VE cannot afford to be withou
food nor to waste materials expert
menting with new substitutes. Hence
J we are calling for volunteers whit
4 will agree to come to the kitchen TO
a certain number of times and take I
course of six of ten lessons in foo,
conservation. When this course
finished the A. & NJ. college will is
sue a certificate to each woman VIII
2 completes the course and she become
) a teacher
2 This campaign will be carried o
l during June. July and August Ou
4 object is to reach every home in tn
S county with food Conservation ideai
y The plan is to call for one woma
volunteer for every ten families