Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1943-03-18
LOCKER PLANT
NEEDED HERE
Conservation of Food is Big
Help in War Effort and
Locker System Necessity
HOLD MEETING TONIGHT

A citizens meeting will be held
tonight in the Office of Supt. Miller
at the John Bassett Moore High
School at 8 eight o'clock to discuss
the possibility of getting a locker
service for Smyrna and vicinity.
This locker system provides a
way of keeping vegetables and
meats frozen until ready to eat
thus conserving all vitamins and
flavor of the fresh product. Farm
ers especially should welcome this
project and are urged to attend the
meeting. Mrs. c. E. Speakman,
chairman of Smyrna Unit A. w.
V. S., VINO will be in charge of the
meeting, has this to say: THE
Smyrna Unit of the American Wo-
mems Voluntary Services or the
A. w. V. S., has taken as its pro-
ject in work for food conservation
the task of trying to secure for
Smyrna locker plant for the
freezing of meats and vegetables.
There is a locker system in Town
send and one in Dover, both of
which have been very successful
and filled to capacity, and since
food is ammunition, it is felt that
we can make no better contribution
to the war effort than to promote
such project here. Every pound
of food that we can save will help
not only ourselves, but our allies.
These lockers rent for $12 and SIS
a year, and will hold from $50 to
300 pounds of meats and veget-
ables. Food preserved in this way
is not only higher in nutritional
value, but much more delicious than
food preserved in any other way.
Lockers may be shared by SUBJ
scribers thus reducing cost. To
people who live on farms and have
their own meat and vegetables and
for those who have Victory gar
dens, these lockers are almost a
necessity, but they are also a great
boon to the people living in town,
since they can buy their fruits,
chickens and vegetables when they
are in season and therefore mex
pensive and put enough away in
their lockers to last for the balance
of the year.
Government Approval
The first thing to do is to get $50
or 300 families in and around
Smyrna to agree to rent locker
for year and then get permission
from the government and a priority
rating before we can get the freez-
ers installed. Since we must act
quickly if we are to have system
installed here in time to preserve
the local fruits and vegetables when
they come on in the spring and
summer this citizens meeting in
Mr.. Miller's Office in the school
house on Thursday night, March
18th at eight O'Clock, has been call
ed to discuss plans for securing the
necessary number of subscribers,
and to explain to the people what
this freezing system can do and
how it works. There will be people
there to answer any questions that
those who are interested may want
to ask. Many people have already
signed up for lockers and it should
not be difficult to get the re-
mainder, since in normal times you
can save about 500 year, but in
times like these when food is not
only scarce but soaring in price,
the saving should be very much
higher. If you are at all interest
ed, come to the meeting tonight, or
if you cannot come and wish to
rent a locker, will you call Mrs.
Mildred Price and sign up for one,
providing, of course, that permits
sion from the government to have
one installed, can be obtained"