Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-28

Methods of carrying the latest in
formation on home food preserva-
tion to every home in Imperial Val
ley have been pretty we'll worked
out as a result of the meeting
Thursday night in the court house
where Representatives of various
organizations adopted committee
recommendations, and as result
OF the count nutrition committee
meeting Friday in the court house.
In order that the information
might be relayed to every home in
the valley, the cities will have to
inaugurate a system of block or
sector chairmen, each chairman see
ing that every woman in her dis
trict has the proper information.
This was decided upon at the
county nutrition committee meeting,
with the decision that the rural
districts, through the schools and
other organizations, are we'll taken
care of now. In fact in all COM
munities, the schools will play an
important part, children bringing
home to their parents much of the
information as it is released
Among the recommendations made
at the meeting Thursday was one
that Miss Florence Glenn, home
demonstration agent, should meet
with residents using Imperial Irri-
cation district power explaining the
program to them and helping to
train local leaders, while Mrs. Mar
! ian Barr should meet with Califor-
mia Power Co. subscribers.
Community Heads
| 1t was also planned that COM
munit2, this committee being re-
sponsible for seeing that the pro-
gram is carried out in details, the
/ chairman of each committee
being appointed by the coun-
ty food preservation committee of
which Mrs. Frank Maynard is chair
man. Radio and newspaper publici-
ty vii lalso be requested to make
available news concerning food pre-
servation, and Womens clubs and
home nursing classes will be asked
to help in the program.
Householders will be asked to
conserve as much water as possible
during the Victory garden period
SO that sufficient water may be
had for the gardens and for ordi-
nary domestic purposes.
Home economics classes in high
schools and eighth grades will be
given much of the available infor-
nation also.
Problems of equipment include
the testing of pressure cookers now
on hand, and also of oven ther-
mometers although oven canning is
definitely not recommended, due to
the fact that sufficient heat is not
always attained with the result
that botulinis poisoning occurs, and
also due to the act that if sufficient
heat is attained to penetrate the
innermost parts of the jar the
hazard of breaking glass is always
present in removing the jars from
the oven to the cooler air outside.
Equipment
lIle COIllIillIlcc IcCOiiiIIlcilueQ OlldI
the problem of securing enough
pressure cookers be presented to
the USDA war board: that JAMIE
Reid, secretary to the committee
on equipment and supplies, make
survey of all supplies of pressure
cookers, lids, jars, rings, caps, econ
omy lids for coffee jars, parafine
now on hand in valley stores, and
that she be assisted by Mrs. L. v.
Upholt in Hcltville, Mrs. George
Merkel in Imperial, Mrs. A. A.
DreaSher in Westmorland, Mrs. Paul
Alvey in Calipatria and Mrs. Gene
Imler in BraWley.
Homemade dehydrators are an
other important form of food pre-
i SerVation and r. E. Chestnut of Cen
trails shop, will be asked to COM
municate with other instructors in
the valley in regard to adopting
as shop projects the making of
these dehydrators, working out a