Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-10-03
Mothers Told It's 10 Their Interest
To Get Behind School Lunch Program
Tutors Need
Watchful Eye
Of All Patrons
By PATSY GRAVES FOR AMP


SCHOOL DAYS AGAIN, and l
am reminded to remind you that 1t
is your solemn duty to get behind
the School Lunch Program. There
are many different methods of
handling the problem of noon
lunches for school children, but
there is hardly a set up anywhere
that would not profit by some
good old fashioned cooperation
from you and you and you.
SO YOUR SCHOOL has an Al
lunch room, the facilities are ade-
quaUe, the dietician is efficient, and
you are making enough dough to
give Johnny his lunch money and
forget it, Fine for you, fine for
Johnny, fine for the school. There
is something still for you to do.
Does Johnny know what he should
balanced meal from the steam ia
bleS without personal attention
eat for lunch? Can he choose a
from the dietician? Be sure that
he knows what to eat. He should
get one third of his days food sup
ply at noon time and you should
teach him to choose his lunch
properly. So much for you and
Johnny.
THE NEXT HOUSEWIFE, how
ever, does not live in the big i'm
personal and efficient city. Your
school Lunch Program is probably
crying for your help. The Federal
Government now spends about 166
million dollars per year on various
types of food programs. In some
areas, Negro children are not reap
ing adequate benefits from these
programs due to the indifference of
their parents. There are some
simple requirements each school is
asked to fulfill before a school can
enjoy the advantages of the School
Lunch Program. It simply is not
fair to let your children go with
out those benefits because you are
not cooperating. We do a lot of
squawking about what We don't
get, and I'm not saying we don't
have right to squawk. But 1 do
say that We are not willing to go
halfway sometimes.
DURING THE PEAK MONTHS
Of the 1912 school year, more than
6 million children in $4,000 of the
Nations schools ate school lunches
made partly from foods donated
directly by the u S. Department of
Agriculture as another part of the
Governments effort to get more
and better meals for people. Com
munitieS that sponsor these school
lunch programs often supplement
the free foods distributed by the
Government with food from COOP
eratlve gardens and from canning
projects. Even if you are not doing
anything SO noteworthy as that.
the lunch room has to be outfitted
with screens, dishes, towels, chairs.
tables, etc. Get in there and pitch,
Mrs. Housewife. If 20 uare wonder
ing how you can make a solid.
worthwhile contribution to your
community, here's your chance.
OFT TIMES the overworked
teacher scraps together all the
OAAAy w AlIO Oildb a.
cook cannot hecertified for some
reason or the other Here's anoth-
er chance. Can't you give an hour
or SO of your time on one day per
week to help ket the food cooked !"
L know dozens of women who do free
gratis, and they are all busy wom-
en- with houses and children. hus-
bands, and dogs, cats, gardens, etc.
to attend to.
LOW COST MILK reaches nee
dy families and school children
through the nickel and penny
milk programs. Last year, about
100000 low income city dwellers
got their daily milk Supply at. a
price of around sc per quart. and
some 100000 school children bought
milk at school for one cent a half
pint. This year, more cities have
peen added to the list of those
where penny milk is available for
school children. Is your city on that
ust? Do your children need these
benefits? You don't know. huhp
Wei, why don't you find out. IT'S
as much your business as anybodv
elseS. 'oA9