Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1958-07-23
With Farm
Women
By Virginia NJ. Nance

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Mark Coombs family. Dover
Re. 2, will need this year t
supply enough to feed the fam
lily. neighbors. and have som
left to can. Home Agent Fayti
Cox. JONES County, says tina
the Coombs have a tomato tire,
about five feet tall, loaded
with Is or 80 large tomatoes
lots Of small ones-and more I,
come....Low calorie desserts hav,
caused as much change in tn,
habits of COLUMBUS Count,
home demonstration women a.
any other one thing. says report.
agent. Mrs. Lee Soles. Old Docl
Home Demonstration club, i'm
mediately put what she Learned
about low calorie desserts, non
calorie SweetnerS, and the Basic
Seven foods. into practice--anc
in three weeks she lost II
poundS....Jan Moore and Mary
Lou Howe, daughters of p. G.
Howe. Gastonia, Rt. 8. are realI,
spreading the word about frozen
foods in CASTOR County. Ac.
cording to Assistant Home
Agents Mira Sledge and Rebeccs
Hovis. the girls. in addition tc
giving demonstrations on freez
ing. have in their years in Al
Club work frozen over 10000
packages of vegetables, meats
fruits baked goods. butter. eggs
and a wide variety of other
things.....A wiring demonstration
given at recent home demons.
tration club meeting has been
known to save at least one home
from burning--all because il
prompted the club member to
have the wiring checked since
her home was being remodeled.
ALLAMANCE County Home
Agent Katherine Millsaps re-
ports that when an electrician
friend came and inspected what
a liscensed company had done in
wiring two new rooms added to
their home. he told them. IF
you had used the wiring in these
two rooms. you would most like
~ have had a fire. Martha
Blaine, a MACON Alters has
recently proved her ability in
carrying out her room improve
nent project. Mrs. Jessie ID
Cabe. assistant home agent. says
Martha began with real deter
to do a good job quick
~. In less than three month.
she made and completed her
plans.
TOMATO TREE
The Mark CoombS family.
Dover. Ri. 2. won't be lacking
or tomatoes this year. But tine
InSual thing is that they'll an
'ome from a single tomato plant.
According to Home Agent
Fayetie Cox. Jones County. the
CoombS expect to get enough
tomatoes from their tomato tree
10 feed the family. their neigh
Dors. and still leave some to can
for the winter months.
The tree is about five feet
all and is loaded with about IS
)r 80 extra large tomatoes, and
quite a few small ones.
And there's promise Of many
more.
LOW GALORE DESSERTS
Learning about low calorie
desserts das caused IS much
,lange in the health and eating
habits in recent weeks of Co
County home demchs-
ration clue women as any other
me thing.
According TO Eariine Gibson.
home agent, overweight Is one
If tie county's nuSritioual pro-
,lenrs. so interest liz low ealorie
GODS is keen.
Mrs. Lee Soles. Old Dock
Home Demonstration Club. i'm
nedistely pat into practice the
Kings she learned-and she lost
20 pounds IN three weeks. Il
lidn't really expect to lose it
hat fast" sle' said, but I know
hat the steps I'm taking are
iafe.''
How is Mss. Soles managing
o lose those pounds Wei. she's
Ising non-calorie' sweetener.
electng low. caloris. fools. and
'ating a balanced diet from the
,asic seven food grou2s each
lay. She commenced to Miss
Gibson, II feel SO mucA better
low. because / have lots of
Energy and ny nerves arc better
really needed to lose weight
Mrs. Solcs has carried he;
new ideas over iDso entertaining
her friends too. A diabctte
friend who loves whipped cream
was delighted with the low
calOrie topping which she pre-,
pared for her using non-fat Dry
milk.
SPREADING THE WORD
There are two CASTOR Count!
All Club girls who are reall!
the word about frozcr
foods cav ronnr-tS frnrn Aceicfap