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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-13
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THANNSoIVING'S IN TIE AIR
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prepared fer Your Newspaper by Betty creeksr Home Service Department

Thanksgvngs the days Our friends deep in preparations grand AAmercan Holiday What they'll whom they'll inyehow they'll set their tabewhethr to serve evening dinner All these matters being dscussed and they occupy the surface of minds But down deep inside us special the significance Of deeply than have for long, me We deeply and humbly thankful that live in bountiful country.
 An old New England Custom
 So whether using elegant flowers for table center pieces the traditional pumpkin bmming with fruit I'm sure we'll all enjoy following the old New England custom of placing nve kernels beside the table, having each guest the family tell five why he she is thankful Thanksgiving Perhaps the will be pasted cado merely laid cclCru pressed autumn leaf bit of birch bark. The Spirit of the Thanksgiving Feast
 These kernels of remind that it's have the traditional turkey and fxngs" to make Thanks giving feast In fact those of who it to conrve available the and who that first Thanksgiving feast Plymouth than three hundred After all they had such 'OCd they could obtain in the wilderness Or moved to the spirit of the day by adapting the feast mode of living
 For Every Taste and Poeketbook
 It's with all this in mind therefore that I'm offering this of Thanksgiving menus designed fit your varying needs and Perhaps not want to follow complete may find just the idea you're looking for in salad vegetable bncn appetizer complete dinner and give real Thanks interest <
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.Ii31&MEaH5$ST
Mariners Warned OF GunnerY Practice:
Ships. Corgoes Move Under Slow Bell

Increased activity of Puget
Sound defenses Tuesday caused
coast guard headquarters to issue
warnings to shipping in the Straits
OF Juan de Fuca as follows:
A naval vessel ia scheduled TO
hold target practice on April II,
IS and 10.
Firing area is bounded on the
north by Lat. AZ degrees 80 min
utes N; on the south by Lat. As
degrees 05 minutes N: on the east
by Long. 124 degrees 80 minutes
w; on the west by Long. 1928 de-
grees 40 minutes w. Shipping is
warned to stand clear"
Meanwhile. coastal defense guns
OF Fort Worden were slated for
firing practice Tuesday afternoon
from 230 until 4 o'clock. Danger
area embraces sector 10000
yards north and west from Point
Wilson.
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Green Stuff in
Demand Here
Tacoma wholesale markets were

Tacoma wholesale markets were
generally quiet Tuesday.
Green stuff moved actively
Some eastern Washington sspara-
gus was down to IN cents. Sunny
side at sae cents and kennewick
fancy 12-lbs. at s110. Celery was
plentiful at $3.50.
Lettuce ranged from So to 1913
depending ON quality with good
stocks of dry pack at $3.50 and
iced Delano at 1913.
California csuliflower was in ut
x1.7b. Fine quality carrots were
popular at IS.
Receipts included n fresh carload
Of lemons ut -.
Mexican tomatoes were quoted
"as is" at $500 S3.75 a crate.
A slight stiffening in pork put
shoulders at is cents. up lucent
from last weeks quotations: fancy
regular hams were quoted up /
cent To 2Tia cents.
Fresh halibut was added to the
fish list at l6 cents pound.
Butter, butterfat and eggs held
unchanged. All prices quoted above
are wholesale to dealers.
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Defense Causes
Shortage Of
Milk Bottles

SAN FRANCISCO a shortage
of milk bottles. presumably caused
by the diversion Of glass 10 defense
Industries. forced milk distributors
here to run the following sdver-
tisement in newspapers:
We are faced with a real
emergency. There Ia . short
age Of milk containers and we
urgently appeal 10 house
wives 10 return empt, bottles
Immediately. Piease comb the
basement. the garage, the
garden, the hack porch. and
every other conceivable cor
ner where . forgotten milk
bottle may be hiding.
I'VE have plenty of milk, but
you have the bottles
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SHIPPING SLOW HERE

As result Of three departures
and no arrivals overnight. Tuesday
only the American Mail line steam
er Collinsworth was on berth
locally for cargo work.
Continuing loading commenced
earlier in the week. the Ceilings
worth remains here until Thursday
p. M, and returns again next Mon
day for two days additional load
ing and departure direct for the
Orient
Meanwhile. the same lines new
est and stellar unit, the Cape
Alava, completed her sizeable lad
ings at her port of construction
and registry here and sailed Mon
day night ON her maiden voyage
to the Orient. which includes out.
bound stops at Seattle and Van.
couver, b. c.
Slated for arrival ON the
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Put AwoY Books
On Blitzkriegs
To Learn Spanish

SPOkANE - Commissioned
officers OF the second air force
put away their books ON blitz-
kriess and dive bombing Tues
day in favor of Spanish gram
mars.
The war department has is
sued orders that all sir corps
officers learn the Spanish Ian
guags
Three classes in Spanish are
being held at TT. George Wright
here and 40 officers are attend
ing them.
The Army and Navy journal
reports that Spanish is being
required as part of the "hemi-
sphere defense" program.
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GENERAL hanoyman. carpenter.
pairs, mowing lawns. ooo d
BROADWAY 4TIS
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MEDNEsDAY's TIDEs

Washintgon's forecast - Fair
Tuesday night and Wednesday.
cooler in the east portion Tuesday
night; light frosts in some loeali-
ties Moderate northwest winds
off the coasts and over inland wa
tiers OF the state.
Rainfall in Tacoma for the p
hours ending at S n m. Tuesday.
.03 inch; since April /. so inches.
normal; since Jan. l. e2e inches. a
shortage Of s 50 inches
Wind at 8 4. m. Tuesday. south
west % m. p. h. barometer al
301s and rising OF.
sun rises 1T $40 q. m. Wednes-
day and sets at : ?. m.
Tscoma's weather on April Is,
1910 - Partly cloudy. no rain.
maximum temperature SIS degrees
and minimum A. Highest wind
velocity 10 m. p. h from the west.
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PAINTING, peperhanging. kslsom
ING estimates free. Call GArls
1902
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so TACOMA UNDERTAKING co
Storlie 5o36 SO. Tao Way GA ia.
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g ) &c
NeN F#Faf Pull Last
Moon Quarter Noon Quarter
Apr 2e MAJ Nav 10 Apf 70
Data supplied bR T. 5 Weather
bureau. Depart menf 81 Commerce.
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Seek Body of Mon

SEATTLE " waters of Lake
Sawyer. south of here, were
dragged Tuesday tor the body of
Zengis A. Severson. 90. A boat he
had rented WAS found empty excep,
for his hat and coat. fishing tackle
and glasses. II was anchored off
shore and officers feared he had
fallen overheard.
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N. Y. CURB STOCKS
Texas Governor
Planning Change

AUSTIN, Tex.-Gov. W. Lee
o'Daniel indicated in special
message to the Texas legislature
that he will run for the L. S.
senate seat vacated by the death
Of Morris w. Sheppard. A special
election will be held between June
9 and July 3.
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Start on Elevator

Work on installing the new eie-
vator in the courthouse started
Monday afternoon with the cree
ton OF bsrricades around one OF
the old shafts which will be en-
larsed TO take care of the new and
larger lift.
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PIPER'S South Tacoma Funeral Par
lors. $3.50 So Puget Sound GA hA2f
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local range Wednesday are
three steamers, all familiar
visitors TO this port.
A return call here subsequent to
visit for discharge last week, the
intercoastal carrier W. x. keever
goes on berth at that time to lift
local lumber for east coast de
livery; the Mccormick charter
Diamond Cement Is expected at
the same time to 90 on berth for
exchange of miscellaneous freights.
and the coasting tanker Associated
pays a routine visit for discharge
of California petroleum products
PORT CALENDAR
Vessels In Port: Collinssworth.
Centennial
Vessels Due Wednesday: w. r.
Keever. Dickman mill; Diamond
Cement, Mccormick; Associated
Assoc. Oil.
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Situations Wanted, Male

PAINTING - PAPERHANGING
J L Newman. MA 1888
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Instruction
Male Help Wanted

FOR BARBER JOBS learn with pay
at Moler's College 1918 Pacific
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DRIVER FINED

John NJ. Ross AZ. was fined $50
and costs in police court Monday
on charge of negligent driving
He was arrested Sunday on So.
Tacoma way for drunken driving.
but IL developed in court that his
automobile. said 10 be in bad con-
dition. was responsible for his
erratic driving.
II you're not using II. sell 1t with
Fast-Action Times Want Al.
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PLASTERING. patching: sstims
gladly GA 1854
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SUES FOR DAMAGES

Claiming S275 damages to his
car. Harold Olson filed suit in SUI
perior court Tuesday to recover
that amount from Victor r. Rob
bins and wife as a result of col
lision on Dec. %. 1910, on Pacific
ave. between 74th and 18th SITS.
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II Apply
M;rfhlaY
TUESDAY, April. Is

TUESDAY, APRIL Is
Charles Howell, Route l, Puy-
aliup.
Mrs. Frank o. I>eese, Route |.
Puyallup.
Maxine shaughnessy, 1417 So.
l. st.
Beatrice Clark, Alps so. h st.
Mrs. Morris Myers, 41O2 No.
3lst ri.
Alfred Drahold, 1851 So.
kprague ave.
Ruth Virginia Reed, saith and
Waller Road.
Frances swanberg, allS So.
Ainsworth ave.
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SEEKS DIVORCE

Charging abandonment and de
sertion. Roy Hooley. Jr.. filed suit
for divorce against Maxine Hooley
Tuesday.
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Situations Wanted. fema

LOST? Don't Despair
Try Lost" I'd
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Stock sales Tuesday approx.
mated 10000 shares. against $50.
600 Monday. Curb sales were rs.
600 shares against 1000.
NEW yoRk-stocks turned ir.
regular Tuesday after early firm
hess.
Steel shares were first 10
weaken. Early. they were firmer
on indications labor troubles had
been sverted by granting 10-cent-
sn-hour wage increases. However,
traders later concluded steel
price rise might be frowned upon
by the government and they sold
leading steel shares. Bethlehem
declined more than a point from
its early high and was off a frac-
ton. U. s. Steel fell more than a
point from its best price OF the
session.
National Steel made a new low
for the year. Copper shares were
about steady.
Ghrysler lost about a point and
General Motors had a smaller de-
cline, both equaling their lows for
the year.
international Harvester held
one-point rise until just before the
close, when II lost nearly all of IL.
Santa Fe weakened to lead a
decline in railroad shares. Most
Of the rails sagged following a rise
earlier on favorable carlosdings
reports.
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Fearing Government frowns,
Traders Halt Steel Climb
M0rkets of q
Glance


stocks: Irregular IN quiet trade.
Bonds: Irregular. u. s. gov
ernments steady.
Curb Stocks: Mixed.
Cotton: OFF as much as so cents
bale
Wheat: = to - cents lower.
Corn: OF 4 to up y cent.
Rubber: Up about !. cent q
pound.
Silver: Unchanged in New York.
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TUESDAYS oucrAruoNs

Quotations courtesy Dean witter n
CO.. Washington Bldg. members
New York Stock ExchanseD
High Low Close
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BANK REPORTS

BANK REPORTS
Tuesday
Sesttle-clesrings se.252. s2s 65;
balances $500. se2.1e: transactions
Sic. 1sa. 10000.
Portiand-clearings sT,fsa 1885,
Is; balances 3, 362, 76o.42.
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Hell .: Male and Female

STRAWBERRY weeders wanted. Rte
No. g Box es7. Riverside district
Puvsllup
WANTED Married couple 10 work
on dairy farm. Write RS. Tacoma
Times
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WANT middle-aged man 10 do odd
Jobs around home Should live
near Lakewood Center, references
Lakewood S4Q3 after q m
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WANTED-Man 10 work on dairy
farm. Prima machine is COWS $50
per month and board Box 30
South Prairie Wash.
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Day and Contract Work

YOUNG WOMAN TO 90 housewoi
help with children. Proctor 80
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HOUSE moving, raising: foundatid
renewed D. Kohler. $500 SOU
ID" Garland i20s
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FLOWING. discing and harrowir
general tractor work Il02 y
saith. Garland 1851
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NANTED-EXperlen electric APP
plance salesman. capable OF taking
charge OF department. salary and
commission. Apply Montgomery
Ward store OLYMPIA.
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GIRL wanted for housework. p3
time. slO month. Garland l4l4.
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WANTED 49, Competent nurse a
housekeeper for care OF oedfi
Invalid. Write R-2. Tacoma Tim
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CARPENTERING ALTERATIONS
REPAIRS by REAL MECHAN
Main 6437 week DAYS.
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HONEST dependable girl or voms
References required. Live home. J
South Gee.
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CASSIDY & ALLEN
1924 South / street Main 1901
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operator to lease new
modern Service Station III Lincoln
High District. Only inventory in
Vestment required. Write Re- Ia
coma Times
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c. o LYNN CO~Distinctive Service
7l7-1q Tacoma Ave Main 7745
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BUCKLEY KING co
Tacoma Ave at So LIST BR 2l6e
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BuLLDOZER, shovel and truck Gle
Ing, grading. excsv Free est Dicks
Bros. 30l5 Pine. GA 400 or GA AZ
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Trusts

TUESDAY
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Funeral Directors

Funeral Directors
81 Years in Tacoma
NEIIINGER FUNERAL SERVICE
$40 Tacoma Avenue Broadway 326s
TuELL FUNERAL HOME
The Chapel Of the Chimes
Sixth Ave at Trafton MAin O5sO
BUCKLEY-kING co
Tacoma Ave. at SO. LIST BR 2i6e
CASSIDY & ALLEN
1924 South l street Main 1901
c. o LYNN CO~Dpstinctive Service
7l7-1e Tacoma Ave MAin 7745
PIPER'S South Tacoma Funeral Par
Tors. 5436 So. Puget Sound GA 543e
SO TACOMA UNDERTAKING co
Storlie. 5o36 SO. Tao. Way GA 1929
THEODORE GAFFNEY MoRTuARY.
So. 10th and Yakima MAin GAIA
TRADE BUY SILL with Times Want
AIS RICHARD STECKER. 52il No
Highland call Al The Tacoma
Times office for two free tickets to
The Temple tneater 4-l5-4I
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TuELL FUNERAL HOME
The Chapel OF the Chimes
Sixth Ave At Irafton Main 05So
Evening star., 1941-08-24
Defense Program
Of ZOnta Club
Stresses Nutrition

A program Stressing nutrition
and including a class in first aid
and a knitting group has been
adopted by the Zonta Club of
Washington as its defense prof.
ect for the coming season.
October luncheon meetings will
feature talks on nutrition by
members of the club who are spe-
cialists In the field Of nutrition
and home economics. The
speakers will include Miss Ruth
Atwater, Miss Ruth Sheldon. Mrs.
Harriet Howe, Miss Miriam
Birdseye and Miss Emma T.
Hahn.
With Miss Sheldon heading a
committee on defense, the club
also is planning to organize a
class for the first aid course Of
fered by the Red Cross. A num-
ber of the members also have
signified their interest in form
ing a knitting group to work for
the Red Cross.
Miss Sheldon is being assisted
by Miss Edith Hayden. Mrs.
Marguerite Morris, Miss Eta
Mai Russell and Miss Irene Nei-
kirk, as we'll as the president,
Mrs. Ethel j. Hess.
The club will have Commis-
sioner Guy Mason as its guest
speaker at the luncheon meeting
next Wednesday.
Evening star., 1941-08-24
Topic Variety
Scheduled
By p. E. O.
Yearbooks Being
Worked Out by
Several Units

Although local chapters Of the
P. E. o. Sisterhood are in recess dur
ing the summer. unit presidents and
program chairmen have been busy
working on yearbooks for the coming
season.
In addition to such must" pro-
grams as the exemplication Of the
ritual and founders day. variety
of subjects will be covered in other
meetings, according to the yearbooks
already issued by several of the
groups.
Chapter A has chosen Native
States" as its special topic for the
year and will present programs on
Alabama, Nebraska, Illinois, Ohio,
Minnesota. Pennsylvania. Tennessee
and the District of Columbia Miss
Clara B. Hitler is president and DR..
Ella R. Fales the program chair
man.
Enrichment" through travel,
books, reading. music, nature, hob
bies, the sisterhood and whatever
talent We possess" will be the theme
of Chapter BIS program. The6sub-
jects will be developed by prominent
speakers from congressional, civic
and music circles. Mrs. Edgar B.
Merritt is the president and Mrs.
Inez Sheldon Tyler is program
chairman.
A study of Latin American coun-
tries has been planned by Mrs. F. w.
Reynolds, president Of Chapter I,
and the program chairman, Mrs.
E. c. Higbie.
In a diversified program arranged
by Mrs. L. A. Townsend, the presi-
dent, and Mrs. L. H. Mitchell, pro-
gram chairman, Chapter N will
present garden and household hints,
study mispronounced and mis-
spelled words, traditions and super
stitutions, and hear book reviews
and anecdotes of people in public
life.
One of the new units. Chapter P,
will cover a variety of subjects un-
der the general topic of books in
the program arranged by Miss
Gladys Gunderson. president, and
Miss Louise Metcalf, chairman.
Chapter S, known as the Mis-
souri, Chapter" because its members
are all from that State, will hear
speakers from a number of the
Government agencies and will de-
vote one Of its sessions to the topic,
Were From Missouri" Mrs. Ten
ME S. Burk is president and Mrs.
Roy H. Dimmitt is program chair
man.
Evening star., 1941-08-24
University Women
Will See Movies

Films giving hints on gas and oil
conservation and q musical pro-
gram will be featured at the weekly
tea Of the Washington Branch,
American Association OF University
Women, tomorrow at the club
house.
Miss HARLAN Meyer, concert
pianist and a graduate of Peabody
School of Music, will open the pro-
gram with several piano selections.
The film, entitled Uncle Jim
Tells Them How" will be accom-
panied by brief talks on economy
and safety in automobile operation
by Maj. Beverly Snow, chairman OF
the District Petroleum Conserva-
ton Committee, and Harold N.
Marsh of the committees speakers
unit.
Miss Mary Agnes Brown, the
hostess, will be assisted by Mrs
Lucy s. Howorth and Miss AIMS
Bambery.
Evening star., 1941-08-24
Personal Items
Of Staunton Area
Residents

STAUNTON. Va. Aug. 23.-Mrs.
E. Walton Opie. wife of Col. Opie,
commanding officer of the ll6th
Infantry at Fort Meade. Md, and
her two children, Sally and Evarts,
have left for Washington where
they will occupy the home of Mr..
and Mrs. r. B. Warden, at 1920
Idaho avenue NV.
Mai. A. Lacy Tynes, Mrs. Tynes
and their two small daughters mo-
tored here from Washington early
this week and joined Dr. and Mrs.
A. Lacy Tynes at their country
home, Beverley Manor Orchards.
After brief stay Maj. Tynes re-
turned to Washington and in =
fortnight will rejoin his family ana
parents for more extended stay.
Mr.. and Mrs. John McAllister. tr.,
have returned from a several days
visit in Washington.
Mrs. William Allnutt and her two
children, Harriet and Billy, of Bal
timore are guests of Mrs. Allnutt's
mother, Mrs. Hugh B. Sproul at the
Sproul home, Braeburn.
Mr. Wilson Searles of Washington
is visiting at his former home here,
the guest Of his mother, Mrs. M.
Wilson Searles.
Miss Doris Louise Twynham of
Washington is the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. Herbert D. Twynham at their
home on Lancaster avenue.
Miss Ann Wilson has returned
to Staunton after spending several
weeks visiting in Washington and
at Virginia Beach.
Evening star., 1941-08-24
Miss Mabel Brisley
Wed to Mr.. J. r. Britten.

A small group of friends and men,
bers of the immediate family wit
messed the wedding here yesterday
of Miss Mabel Brisley and Mr.. John
Russell Britten, both from Great
Falls, Mont. The ceremony was per-
formed in the rectory of st. Gabriel S
Church, with the Rev. John B.
Roeder officiating.
Miss Katherine Cannell and Mr.
George Milne, jr, were the only
attendants.
The bride is the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. L. w. Brisley of Great
Falls, and Mr.. Britten is the son
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Russell
Britten of Great Falls. Mr.. Britten
is with the Reconstruction Finance
Corp.
The bride wore an outfit of
dubonnet, with accessories to match
and carried q corsage Of orchids.
After a u.e 70 the Great Smokes,
Mr.. and Mrs. Britten will be at home
after September Is. at 1441 Somerset
place NV.
Evening star., 1941-08-24
Farm Women
Busy With
Canning
Program Under
Way in Most
Nearby Counties

Now in the midst Of the canning
season, women in nearby rural areas
are doing their bit to help meet the
needs of welfare agencies and school
lunch projects by putting up extra
jars OF fruits and vegetables.
As q part of its program for pro-
noting food conservation and better
nutrition, the Agriculture Commit
tee of the American Women's Vol
untary Services worked out the plan
last spring in cooperation with
home demonstration agents in Fair
fax, Montgomery and Arlington
Counties.
Members OF the home makers
clubs in the various counties were
encouraged to grow extra vegetables
to contribute to the program, and
the A. w. v. 8. has been supplying
the jars.
Mrs. L. Corrin Strong. who heads
the Agriculture Committee, has been
greatly pleased with the sympathetic
response with which women have
greeted the project.
The A. W. v. S. representative in
Fairfax County, Mrs. Douglas Muir
ray, will set date soon for COL
lecting the canned produce in her
area-probably around the middle
of September, she said yesterday. A
member from each of the county
home makers clubs has been work
ing with Mrs. Murray to carry out
the program.
Fresh fruits and vegetables also
have been turned over for distri-
button by welfare agencies through
out the summer. Mrs. Murray said
The women were encouraged to
grow extra produce for this purpose,
as well as for canning.
The Madeira School has CO.