Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-22
FOOD CONSERVATION
 WORK IN NORWICH
Reports Made at Joint Meeting of sWoman's committee and Home
 Economies Committee.

| Woman's Committee and Home Economies Committee. A joint meeting Of the local, com niittee on wornan's activities of the Connecticut State Council of Defense and the home economics committee of the farm bureau was held in this city on Thursday afternoon, with Mrs. Chase, chairman of the woman's com mittee,A presiding. The meeting was held in the interests of the farm bu- Ireau membership campaign which will soon be launched.
 Mrs. Chase read a letter which she has received from Miss Caroline Runtz Rees, state chairman of the womans committee of the state and national councils of defense. The letter in part Isays:
 At our last executive meeting was instructed to write and urge upon our town chairmen that any meeting held under their auspices should open with the salute to the flag. The usual words of salute, which might be said | in unison, are: 1T pledge allegiance which 1t stands-one country indivisi- ble with liberty and justice for all" We urge, also, that before beginning meeting, an announcement be made that, during the singing of The Star Spangled Banner the audience is re- quested not to talk or put on wraps. We hope, too. that our. town chair linen will make every effort to impress
 upon the women of the town the matter of respectful bearing when tthe flag is passing on parade.
 These and other suggestions in the
 letter were. adopted
 1 The meeting was then turned over
 to Miss Louise Howe; chairman of the
 socal home economies committee. Food Conservation h Norwich. Mrs. John McWiIlialns read the fol-
 lowing report on the Boys and Girls Food Conservation work in Norwich. < There are still many homes in Nor
 wich, as well as other places, where the. need of food conservation is rot l realiezd, asacireumstances do not per init the carrying out of the recon- lmendationS of the United States Food Administration. These homes are I hard to reach with the message. Prac- I tically none of the housewives of this class attend public demonstrations given in the interests of food aconser- vation. In many instances, Aneri-
 cans as well as foreigners are not fa- miliar with the cooking of simple I tensiveIy used in times of peace. such
 as corn meal dishes. The enlisting of these people in the work of the U s. Food Administration is the prob lem.
 Miss Bertha HeIlock, Boys and Girls Club leader of the Farm Bureau
 is solving this problem through her
 Junior Home Economics club. She | is reaching the homes through the children. Girls between the ages of ii 10 and IS. who are unable to take ad
 vantage of the Home Economics
 courses offered by the public schools are enrolled in clubs and taught sim
 pie cooking and housekeeping prac. |, tices. They, are also taught parli- i, mentary procedure, each club be- l ing properly organized with con: , stitution and the; necessary officers . who conduct the affairs of the clut at each meeting. Each club is under the guidance of the local leader, whf II is "a sort of foster parent, giving the encouragement and assistance needed to make the work a success. Three < of these clubs have been organized 1T , Norwich and are producing results , Uncle Sam's Busy Workers 0. |; the West Side, under the leadership : of Mrs. Harry E. Higgins, has
 
 ish parertage and 60 girls in Greene, I vile. under Mrs. John McWilliams and Miss Ina Ufford are organized il
 two groups. one meeting at St. Mary
 Convent and the other at the Pubii School. Each of these cluts lav
 held four meetings, organization bein; I accomplished at the. first, and at eacl . of the others. Miss Hallock has givel
 demonstrations. These cover tn V Preparation of Cereals. Cream of Pc e tato Soup, Vegetables in the Diet
 Mullins, Bread Pudding, Libert a Bread, etc.
 Each club members is furnished in c structions and recipes are tried out b the club nernber< in their homes
 record is kept of the dishes made an F if the members of the home like tn q l dish, the club member recives m ex $ tra credit. This work is continue . for F weeks, when each membe = writes her experience in the form C q a story, a club exhibit is held, an a gold, silver and bronze medals ar n awarded as prizes.
 Already, reports of the good result $ of this work are coming in. Severs . families have purchased double boil n CTS for the cooking of cereals, thu d making better use of these nourish l. ling products. One boy club membe a has become interested in preparin n stuffed, baked potatoes, relieving hi
 mother of the work and wishing tn
 dish on the family as often as the :. will stand for it. This is the sort ( z work that counts.
 'sst A report on the food conservatio u work with adults in Norwich was req by Mrs. Willis Austin It follows: e Food conc rvation along many line c z especially in canning fruits. shoul = not be credited to the war. For year v many housewives in Norwich hay
 canned fruit and some vegetables an practiced many of the economies be s ing recommended by the United State y Food Administration as war measure
 These housewives realizing the valu II of such measures in times of peac
 continue to practice them more tha ever before taking advantage of tk demonstrations, recipes, and othe !. material to be had. These, and thos .se carrying out the accommodations g 'a war measures, are the workers of th ie food administration. The work is 1 awake every home to the necessity 7. each shouldering his share so that tf eec burden of the war may be borne | .. all and not by few. All of the wor of the Federal Food Administratio
 except it's control of foods. falls on Il res Farm Burea1 to carry out. This r, 'i port shows the work already accon ..s plished by the Farm Bureau commi 2, oi tees and it's agents. While much Il; 1T been accomplished the work has ju or begun.
 Soon after war was declared tl
 Farm Bureau organized Hon
 Economics department, and emplo,
 ed 8. home demonstration agent wi
 the assistance of the Equal Franchi of League During the summer Mi o- Campbell with the assistance of Ga to uen SuperVlsors A. '; oneioon ana