The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-05-07
To Wind Up Job
of Issuing War
.RatiOning Books
More than 1000 issued
here; everybody CO.
operates

More than four houSand-perhaps
as many as 4500-Sugar rationing
books will have been issued by the
time the first war rationing board
closes up the JOB late this evening,
according to County Administrator
c. c. williams, under whose direc-
ton thirty teachers and about that
number of volunteers have been
working the past four days.
Yesterday "wednesday was the
biggest day at the school house where
the registration took place. There
were 1886 registered and given
their war ration books, according to
figures compiled by c. E. Ridley.
who is StrawboSS at the school
house. Up to noon today there had
not been as many registered as yes
terday and they feel the peak has
been reached.
Everybody seems to he taking the
registration as a matter Of course
and there is very little grouSing, MIR.
Ridley reports. The largest stock OF
sugar reported has been 80 pounds,
he said. Two women refused utterly
to report their age and weight, even
when it was explained that the in
formation was merely for identifi-
cation purposes. Shrewd guesSeS on
the part of the registrar filled in the
necessary blanks.
At one time during the afternoon
there We're more than a hundred
people waiting to be registered.
Very few kicked at the delay, pos
sibly realizing that the board was
doing its best with volunteer help.
Chairman C. c. williams, Of the
county war ratiOning board wishes
10 express the thanks Of the fed
eral government, as well as his
own 60 the school teachers and
volunteers who worked So faith
fully and well on the rationing
boards. Some of the teachers,
whose terms had expired and ex-
pected TO go Immediately into de-
Tense work, made considerable
personal sacrifices TO stay over
this week TO assist the community
with the registration. These people
can feel they have made cOntri-
button TO the war effort, he stated.
The registration did not include
all residents in this community, in
the opinion of Mr.. williams. Those
who have a considerable supply OF
sugar on hand did not register at
this time, MIR. Williams thinks.
However, when other commodities
are also rationed and the books are
required, these people will have to
declare their sugar stocks as Of May
3, he said.
Registrars who had more than
six pounds of sugar per person on
hand were not issued ration books.
Those who had more than two
pounds per person had stamps re-
moved for the excess amounts. Those
who had but the two pounds per per-
son or less on hand got the fun
books. They will be permitted to
use stamp number one 30 buy one
pound Of sugar between May 5 and
16. If not used during that period It
looses its value.
Ration stamp number two may be
used for the purchase Of pound
during the period May IL to 80 only.
1t will not be valid before or after.
"A stamp is required with the pur-
chase Of each pound of sugar until
the first Of July when other regu-
lations may be put out.
The question most frequently ask
ed of the n.atinf1iTao hoard utae. Hour
about canning sugar? The board
could only answer that regulations
would soon be put out covering can
ming sugar. The amount would de-
pend upon the stocks on hand, ac-
cording to the summaries of the
registration blanks