The Robesonian., 1918-02-25

FOOD CONSERVATION
AND WAR SAVINGS

Patriotic Program at Meeting of
Teachers Association Saturday.
No County Commencement This
Year.
Practically all the white teachers in
Robeson attended meeting of the
Robson Teachers association in the $
court house here Saturday. The meet ]
ing was of patriotic nature and the !
teachers listened with interest to the ,
discussions of food conservation and |
War Savings and Thrift stamps.
The meeting was called to order at
II a. M. by Supt. J. R. Poole and
prayer was offered by Rev. DR.. R. G..
Beaman, pastor of Chestnut Street
l Methodist church.
d Food and its Relation to the War.
/ Mr.. H. E. Stacy, county food ad-
ministrator, was the first speaker on
the program and he made most in
. teresting talk on "Food and Its Re-
, lation to the War" Mr.. Stacy urged
! the teachers to talk food conservation
IL
teaching, telling them that the gov
ernment must reach the people and
y the best way to reach them is through
the schools. In appealing to the lady
$ teachers, Mr.. Stacy declared that as
n was the case in the Civil war, the
II deeds of heroism of the women in this
war would stand out in history as a
d shining light.
: : The speaker said that all the heroism
Il blood and money in the world could
not win this war unless the soldiers
,e at the front are provided with food
n and that America must provide the
IS food. He continued: "The government
n, has as much right to say to the peo-
as it has to say to the soldiers, you
+ shall obey the command Of the Off
~ cers.' Beginning March the Govern
ment will begin a campaign to place
in every home in America literature
on how to conserve food and telling
what foods to conserve. This must
be done by the aid of the school teach
ers Throughout the country. If the
IL people refuse to follow the instruc-
tions sent out then the next step Of
the Government will be to ration the
,s people like they are rationed in Eng
- land, France, Italy and Germany"
The teachers as whole expressed
willingness to distribute the htera
lat ture to the patrons Of their schools.
a War Savings and Thrift Stamps.
lie Mr.. L. R. Varser, chairman of tn
nd War Savings committee in Robesor
'gs explained in a most interesting man
to ner the War Savings and Thrift
ere stamps. He urged the teachers to or
las ganize in each school in the count
ler War Savings societies and declare
is that this is not only a money -savi1i
to proposition, but that purchasers c
las the stamps are aiding the governmer
on in carrying on the war. 1t will teac
and the children to save. The teacher
were given literature explaining tt
manner of organizing stamp socletle
etc.
Popularize Habit of Saving.
Prof R. E. Sentelle, superintende1
of the Lumberton schools, told Of tt
:. ;.o1 work done by the Lumberton scho
Wv Wv in purchasing and selling War Sa
way y ings and Thrift stamps. He said th
- ~, ~, every pupil in the graded and hle
!. on school above the first grade own'
20 a either War Savings or Thrift SIAN
'ii" and that thousands Of dollars worth
80, stamps had been sold to citizens
o,a. .ass the town by the school children, WI
,I;0 ,I;r9 are taking great interest n the wo1
siitp ~ Prof. Sentelle appealed to the teac
s,,S " ers to organize their schools ana {
fiHo gin campaign to sell stamps'ln !!
iiss W. various COMMUNITIES. The speak
,by said that the significance of the w
tns Savings and Thrift stamps was
ai9a aDa popularize the habit Of saving,
lane lass, claring that the people OF Amer!
Iney need to be taught the lesson OF thru
only >1il pCaIis1,ea G1; ;r,o nolu ner cent of t
ooA0 people save part Of what they ma
and that only 3 out Of every hundl
have anything saved when they res
the age of so years. If we teach !
an+s children to save during the war u
trict will save after the war is over, Wh
local will mean more substantial citlz
five ship. I believe Robson IS gong
:. rs buy the amount OF stamps allot
week to it and will be placed upon the
were of honor"
ma Muae Prof. Sentelle's talk was very
class structive. ~.
, are Cl4Ds VI ,,s+,, far,,o dom
sent Dr. "A. II. heri, e9ooS shnrt talk
' which he urged the Importance
= the teachers aiding his department
assisting organizing clubs, the
panizing Of pig, corn ana pou
n ar Clubs. and have the children to be ]
II re- ducers in order that tney niisi' u
r the something to save.
y de- Members OF the executve M NJ aea )
ir in licity committees OF tne wa Iaa
Ind in and. Thrift stamp orgail1a;..oii
court Robson attended tne lnee'.e -
n for for st structive and no doubt the fruits
few be telling.
The teachers voted not TO. no
county commencement tnls yea,
-, ing to the war and other-coiloi'ie
f civil ------
ing at Not the Right Men.
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