The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1942-05-07

sailors, doctors and all people
in any connected with the army
or navy. Evidently I did not
hear the first announcements
as all of us who listened to the
radio thought the army was
having an all out" practice
of manuevers. At noon a neigh
Dor came over and set me right.
I know that I was terrified all
afternoon; that night and for
many days afterwards. I slept
very little and felt as if any
thing might happen at any
time.
Monday morning, Dec. 8, l
went down to the office. Kaun-
akakai Was a changed village.
There were guards everywhere.
A few people seemed to have
lots to Go but most of us Won
dered what to do next. I knew
I was short of groceries so I
went to the store and bought
several things that I needed and
I have been thankful ever since.
Martial law was declared and
by noon all stores we're closed
for inventories. Since that time
foods have been rationed so as
to regulate the sales Most
things in the stores are frozen"
as to price AMI for use only rs
directed by authorities.
The next day I began my
work "a the foods committee OF
the Defense Council and I have
never stopped being useful. The
first thing l did was to use
government food classificationS
and figure how much food was
needed for the people of Mol
okai sor one week. BY that time
the inventories were in and
from those figures I determined
how long the food would last:
These figures were sent to the
governor by the head of the
Defense Council. Next I made
out ar order for foods for a
weeks supply. Then the ration
sheets were figured for the
stores. Almost every day there
was some new problem that
kept me busy. For instance al
ter a few weeks of baking, Mr.:
Kawano, the baker, discovered
he had less than a pound OF
| yeast. He had never heard of
such a thing as potato yeast.
I helped him figure out how
to use the yeast that was left
in making potato yeast and
this was multiplied until he
had enough to make 500 loaves
of bread a day. He also needed
help in changing a family-size
recipe of bread to bakery pro-
portions. It is amazing how
many old practices in home
making are being used and the
| resourcefulneSS of the Molokai
people is remarkable.
My extension program was
suspended for the rest of De-
cember. During the month the
people concentrated on plant
ing home gardens. Never has
Molokai planted so many acres
of home gardens. In January
I began to gather together my
people and am gradually getting
back to the regular program of
meetings. The program has
changed greatly. The women
are doing all sorts of food pres
ervation. We are lucky to have
fifteen pressure cookers on Mo-
lokai that have been bought
during the past year. These
cookers are being put to good
use in canning vegetables and
meats. The women need help
with their buying but they all
admit that they have never
had more to eat and all of them
say that they have good food.
Many have had to make adjust
ments in their diets but from a
nutrition viewpoint they are
getting better food. The am
cunts in some classes of foods
were closely limited at first but
now most people are buying as
much as they are permitted to
and they are storing for future