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Toastmaster
ATTENTION OF BOYS of St. Leo’s school, Columbus, is divided
between their tasty meal and the funny story Father Robert Schmidt is
telling them.
A well established program of
four years standing has made lunch
time at St. Leo's school, Columbus,
a pleasure to the teachers and pu-
From the beginning of the pro
gram, all the help in the cafeter
ia was volunteered, that is, mothers
of the school children and other
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ladies of the parish freely gave
their time and talents in preparing
and serving lunches for the chil
dren. The
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system of general chair
daily chairmen worked
and the regular helpers
about forty.
Last fall the present plan came
into operation. A salaried director
is in charge of all ordering, prepar
ing and serving the food. A com
mittee of about five or six ladies
for each day of the week voluntari
ly assist the director. These com
mittees are organized by the PTA
whose sponsorship made the lunch
program possible.
Participation in the program has
increased steadily during the first
three years and maintained the lev­
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el of the third year. In 1949. a to
tal of 13,144 meals were served for
a period of 155 days with a daily
average of 84 meals. In 1950 a total
of 16,679 meals were served for a
period of 142 days with a daily av
erage of 117 meals. In 1951,
2,625 meals were served for
a period of 141 days with a daily
average of 167 meals. This year’s
participation runs a close parallel
to last year’s average. This
that out of the enrollment
children, 167 are getting
lunch in the cafeteria. Free
meals served without charge, with
out distinction on the basis of need
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and
means
of 366
their
meals,
for the three years,
price rate for the first year
twenty-five cents, the second
third twenty cents, with spe
arrangements for free meals
reduced family rates.
The Health Classes are stressing
the neccssitv of foods for good
health, and particularly the meals
provided in the cafeteria. No spe
cial foods are prepared, thus dim
inating the possibility of breaking
down the very purpose of the cafe
tena—well-balanced diets.
The Sisters comment: We find
that the lunch program assists the
children physically and mentally.
They are alert, energetic and co
operative.
One Sister supervises merely for
the sake of general order and as
sistance when necessary.
The cafeteria is under the direc
tion of the Rev. Robert Schmidt.
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lunch operation, constitute a set of
obstacles that will be difficult to
surmount. But is the situation
hopeless? Another look into the
mail bag and I can answer “no”, a
firm, confident "no.”
From all over the Midwest, in
urban, small town, and rural areas,
from large schools and small
schools, parochial, private, and
public schools, there come a wealth
of experience stories that demon
strate how rising costs can be
overcome, how costs to the chil
dren can be held down, and how
participation can be increased.
Grocery Men Interested
From a parochial school in Ne
braska: "The grocery men are as
much interested in our program as
the PTA they give us big rich
soup bones for our soups and
gravies. Our locker man keeps our
food during the summer: he do
nates a locker box for the frozen
foods.”
A parochial school in Iowa re
ports: “As a result of our canning
drive, we put in our locker storage
room 510 pounds of corn cut from
Hot Meals Replace
Cold Sandwiches At
Delaware St. Marys
It was a cold day in February
1947 when the lunch-carrying chil
dren of St. Mary’s Delaware turned
from their equally cold sandwiches
to the grand hof meals that have
since been an essential part of
each school day.
Many difficulties had to be over
come at St. Mary’s Equipment, was
needed and parents had to be train
ed to the sacrifice of time and
effort for the benefit of all the
children. But five years of hard
work have solved many problems.
Each year improvements have been
made. This year a three-partition
sink and garbage disposal were in
stalled.
All help is volunteer. Each lady
works one day out of every three
weeks. The Sisters are good super
visors and the children good con
sumers. We serve 160 children out
of a possible 192. The wonderful
ladies of St. Mary’s served 21,526
meals last year and expect to top
that record this year. What do we
in Delaware thinji of the Lunch
Program'’ Well, we think it is the
best federal legislation that has hit
Delaware in a long, long while.
A good many of the Catholic
schools in the Diocese of Columbus
have had luncheon programs for
many years. New schools like
Christ the King parish, above, are
now getting under way.
However, it was not until June
4, 1946. when President Harry S.
Truman signed the National School
Lunch Act. that other schools were
able to afford the wonderful school
luncheon program.
The act provided for variable
aid, depending on conditions, for
schools uho provided adequate
lunches for the students
mu roi ram
the cob, 120 pounds of corn on
the cob, 30 pounds of carrots, 30
pounds of beets, 60 pounds of
beans 120 pounds of ground beef,
and 27 chickens. We made about
58 quarts of applesauce, and 27
gallons of cucumber pickles.”
In another Nebraska school:
"Our school lunch cook and pupils’
mothers voluntarily canned 649
quarts of beans, tomatoes, beets,
cherries, and jelly. A school gar
den also supplied largg quantities
of fresh vegetables. Food preser
vation is a must if you want to hold
your lunch price down.”
Students Help
A school superintendent of Mich
igan writes: ‘‘We are fortunate in
being near a rich celery growing
area outer stalks or irregularly
shaped bunches are set aside. Some
of our staff or agriculture students
bring them in. a small truckload
at a time. Our homemaking teach
er uses the material as part of her
regular canning project. When
there is heavy lifting, the agricul
ture boys may be used, and they
seem to take as much interest as
the girls do. We have often heard
the question. “Is this some of what
we made? When can we help
again?”
Those schools whose reports I
have quoted held down their costs
in the face of rising prices. Maybe
you can do it too. Let us take their
activities apart and see .what con
tributed to their success:
1. Most of them made the school
lunch program a year ’round ac
tivity.
2. Almost without exception,
food preservation was made an in
tegral part of the program hy can
ning, freezing, storing, and pre
serving.
3. Someone did some wise, ag
gressive procurement, either thru
encouragement of donations, share
canning, or buying at the season
when supplies were most abundant
and prices lowest.
4 Someone carried on some ef
fective work in community rela
tions, enlisting the co-operation
and understanding of many dif
ferent people in the community—
the locker plant operator, the local
grocers, the vegetable shipper,
other pupils in the school, and.
above all. the parents.
A few lines ago. I wrote. “May
be you can do it too.” Let me
change that. If you will follow the
four points revealed in these ex
periences of other Midwest schools
I know you can do it ton.
Surplus commodities weir made
available and this, along with care
ful planning, enabled many more
schools tn eye the progiam and in
vestigate the probabilities of add
ing luncheons to their school pro
grams.
Managers and cooks began to get
notices and advice in the form of
monthly bulletins in connection
with the federal program.
Mothers and PTA groups hacked
the program solidly and this vol
unteer (actor is one of the out
standing contributions to the suc
cess of the venture.
This volunteer plan enables the
schools to keep labor costs low and
permits the schools to spend great
er amounts of their total budgets
for food.
As the school lunch program is
not just a feeding program, but an
eductional nutrition program, a bet
ter understanding of the part food
plays in the total educational de
velopment of the child has been
gained by all.
Statistics from the Columbus
Diocesan School superintendent’s
office include these pertintent
facts:
Approximate number of
meals (1950-1951) 490.042
There is a new member on
school staff of St. Dominic’s
year. She doesn't teach, yet
finds her way into every class,
works away all morning making
ready to invade the classroom in
the afternoon. This new member
of the staff, however, is not inter
ested in the intellect, her interest
is in many little stomachs. She is
the Lunch Program cook.
this
She
Our cook’s name is Mrs. Avery
Gilthrist. Mrs. Gilchrist wants the
whole parish to know that she is
just part of the picture She relies
on the efforts and willing help of
many mothers to keep the program
in good order.
Thr.. of th. excellent cook*
who *t.ff St. Dominic'* Cafeteria
are Mr*. Joseph Fuller, Mr*. Av
ery Gilchrist and Mr*. John Cha
vis.
AND THESE THY GIFTS ... is the prayer said before every meal which these young
sters enjoy under the school lunch program in Diocesan schools. Prayer, proper eating,
table manners and sanitation are an every day part of the program. This picture was
snapped at Christ the King Parish, Columbus.
Seventy Percent
Jinl Luncheon
At Holy Cross
Four years ago, the School
Lunch Program was initiated at
Holy Cross School. Prior to that
time, very few children had the
benefit of a hot dinner at noon, as
many of their parents worked and
were not al home during the lunch
period.
How different is the picture to
day! About seventy per cent of the
enrollment of one hundred thirty
five children remain at school for
their mid-day meal. It is not sur
prising that so many take advan
tage of the School Lunch Program,
for the news soon spread that Holy
Cross School has cooks of no small
ability.
Mrs. Roese, and her assistant.
Mrs. Zalispki, are tireless in their
efforts to put well prepared and
appetizing dishes before the chil
dren. These ladies are greatly help
ed by volunteer members of the
PTA who come each day.
It is, therefore, small wonder
that a marked improvement in the
appearance of some of the chil
dren is noted.
It was not easy to inaugurate
this program. Always there was a
lack of funds to be considered, but
the careful management of those
who had the courage and foresight
to go ahead, has made possible the
success we are enjoying today.
Besides providing nourishment
to the pupils, the Lunch Program
has been instrumental in teaching
many valuable lessons. Hygiene is
stressed by the fact that no child
goes to the table without first
washing his hands: courtesy plays
an important part in their attitude
towards those who prepare their
lunch, towards their equals, and to
wards younger children: and- fin
ally they learn the relationship
that good food has to health and to
the enjoyment of life.
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