Evening star., 1943-02-23

have to depend more on fresh vege-
tables. Well live on anything we
can get"
At the Thomson School, Twelfth
and L streets NV, where 80 persons
registered between 7 and $50 teach
ers on duty reported the applicants
were pleasant and docile' They
said that most of the early arrivals
displayed matter-of -factness about
the registration, gained through the
experience of earlier rationing reg
iStrations.
The registrars described the ap-
plicants as being "co-operatNe and
understanding" attitude shared
by the applicants, many of whom
said they believed there was more
system to the current registration
than there had been in previous pro-
grams.
Teachers estimated that it took
applicants about 20 minutes to get
their books from the time they
entered the school doors.
At the Crosby Moves School, Tenth
and Douglas streets NE, only 81
people had appeared by 8 am
Teachers here, like those at other
centers, reported that nearly all
applicants were bringing with them
the declaration forms clipped from
the newspapers as they had been
instructed to do, and that, with few
exceptions, they were listing no
excess canned goods on hand.
One teacher at the Noyes School
said she believed it would take
longer to handle each applicant than
it did during registration for book
No last May. More work was
| involved, she said, in filling out the
| book itself after the registrant had
presented her declaration.
At the Bell School. Second and D
streets S.W., "a persons had applied
by $50 o'clock. Many of them,
| teachers said, arrived without their
, forms and declaration blanks had to
be supplied
AT one school registrars got off to
bad start when the first applicant
of the day appeared. The teacher
handling her had to feel her way
through the process of registering
and the woman was irked
Il don't see why these teachers
don't know how to do this" she
sulked. "They are teachers, aren't
they. They ought to know
haven't got time to fool around with
| this"
An 85-year-old man and his 75-
year-old wife appeared arm-in- n-arm
at Central High School, Thirteenth
and Clifton streets NV, this morn
| ing. Several years ago they were
reasonably we'll off. But the firm to
which they had intrusted all their
money failed and the couple was
left pennilesS.
They are now on relief. During
the last year they have managed to
put aside 43 cans of fruits and veg
etables. Last night the elderly hus-
band was out in the blackout and
fell, injuring himself. Today he and
his wife came to the school and had
SO of their eight-point coupons re-
moved, the difference between the
10 they're allowed and the 43 they
had on hand.
When reporter asked him how
he felt about the new rationing pro-
| gram, the man looked about wonder
ingly and said quietly, This very
nice school you have here" Then
he and his wife walked out with
their shorn ration books.
One Applicant. Seven Families.
At the Truesdell School, Eighth anc
Ingraham streets NV, about so
persons appeared by 10 o'clock. Most
of them declared not more than the
| five cans per person they are allowed
to have on hand without deduction.
One man showed up with declara-
tions for his own family and for six
other families, from whom he had
received signed authorizations.
One volunteer registrar at the
Truesdell School discovered anew
that it is indeed q small world. An
applicant presented two No. l books
which the registrar had filed out
nearly a year ago and which she
had forgotten to sign. Hastily she
affixed her name. The applicant re-
| ported, though, that he hadn't expe-
rlenced any difficulty during the past
10 months getting sugar or coffee
even though the two books were
technically invalid.
The District OPA again reminded
applicants to clip out the declara-
ton form that has appeared in The
Star during the past several days
and that is reproduced again today.
This is the actual form to be used.
1t should be filled out at home and
taken TO the nearest registrat ton
| board by an adult member of the
family.
The declaration may be signed at
home, but in any event the declara-
ton, bearing the names of all the
members of the family, should be
signed by the person who brings
it in.
Must Present No. Books.
Applicants were also reminded
| that they must have with them
when they register the No. / ration
books OF. every member of their FAM
lies for whom they are applying
No No. 2 books will be issued for
any one whose No. l book is not
presented.
Persons who have recently lost
their No. l books and who will be
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