FCDA ASKS 7-DAY EMERGENCY “PANTRY”
Federal Civil De
fense Administration to raise to
seven days the recommended
home emergency food supply.
Families in the fallout zone
might be forced to stay under
cover for as much as a week. Life
in a shelter or basement could
"be an isolation almost as com
plete as that of the lonely pion
eer clearing, with no power, con
taminated water systems, crip
pled communications, and radia
tion danger beyond the doorstep.
TO TEST THE “shopability” of
its emergency food list, FCDA
went along with Mrs. Henry Lee,
wife of a railroad switchman in
Battle Creek, Mich., when she
shopped for a seven-day emer
gency “pantry” for her family of
three.
Mrs. Lee ruled out those items
on the list which she knew her
husband and 10-month-old
ine modem homemaker of the
atom age is returning to the pro
vident ways of her grandmother,
v?ho laid aside ample stores to
tide her family over times of
blizzards, bad roads or crop
failure.
The danger today is the threat
of attack and the silent and in
visible peril of radioactive dust
in rural districts downwind from
cities blasted by the H-bomb. It
daughter Deborah Ann wouldn’t
eat, and marked dowm quantities
based on her weekly shopping
experience.
In planning her shopping list,
she weighed the following sug
gestions by FDCA dietitians:
DOUBLE-CHECKING her seven
day emergency food supply for
use by her famly of three is
Mrs. Henry Lee, of Battle Creek.
1. Ability to keep emergency
foods for a long time and in a
small space is more important
than a balanced diet. While a
family would only need to de
pend on the emergency food for
a week, the canned foods should
be good for a year’s storage at all
temperatures above freezing. All
other foods should require rota
tion no oftener than every three
months.
2. Small containers, such as
No. 2 cans, for all except very
large families are preferred so
that opened food would be eaten
in no more than two meals. High
calorie foods are desirable.
3. One gallon of water should
be the minimum for each adult
or child over two years for the
seven-day period. This allotment
should be doubled for infants
still on formulas or using evapo
rated milk. Water is preferred to
fruit juices because it also can
be used for baby formulas and
cooking, as well as drinking.
IN SHOPPING, Mrs. Lee ruled
out. pickles, tomato catsup and
similar condiments with the ex
ception of sugar, salt and pepper
as being space wasters and un
necessary.
She did buy mayonnaise as a
less perishable butter substitute.
The mayonnaise and cans of food
once opened need the added pro
tection of aluminum foil or ad
hesive cellophane wrap to pre
THURSDAY. JUNE 23
NORTHLAND PIONEER GRAN
GE, Grange Hall, 8 p.m.
FRIDAY. JUNE 24
MAT. VALLEY NURSES’ ASSN.,
Health Center, 8 p.m.
ARCTIC VALLEY RIDING
CLUB, 8 p.m.
SATURDAY. JUNE 25
LEGION OF MOOSE CERE
MONIAL, Moose Hall, 8:30
p.m.
CO-OP PICNIC. Barry’s Lake, 4
p.m.
SUNDAY, JUNE 26
LEGION OF MOOSE PICNIC,
Wertinen’s Camp, Wasilla
Lake, 12:00 noon.
MONDAY. JUNE 27
KIWANIS CLUB, Co-Op club
room, 12:05 p:m.
EXPLORER SCOUTS, U. P.
Church basement, 7 p.m.
TUESDAY. JUNE 28
CITY COUNCIL, Clerk’s office,
7:30 p.m.
MOOSE & WOMEN OF THE
MOOSE, Moose Hall, 8 p.m.
FIRE FIGHTERS, City fire hall,
7 p.m.
vent spoilage or contamination,
she felt. Aluminum foil was fin
ally chosen because it could also
serve as an emergency cooking
surface.
Mrs. Lee also departed from
the FCDA list by buying two
small cans each of orange and
tomato juice.
THE BABY'S milk problem
was solved by planning a can of
evaporated milk for each day,
plus a reserve can.
Canned cookies and canned
crackers were unavailable at her
supermarket.
Two other necessities are not
normally available at grocery
stores. Ordinary candles can be
bought at the dime store. And
canned heat or simple camp
stoves costing about $10 can be
purchased at any sporting goods
store.
SHRINE CIRCUS
COMING SOON
The Shrine circus will blossom
out in full-tented glory in Anch
orage next week. Scheduled for
a 10-day run, the world-famous
Ward-Bell will begin its twice
daily routine on Monday, June
27.
The circus is now threading
its way up the length of the Al
aska highway. Elephants, chimps,
horses, dogs, thrained pigs and
other animals, along with truck
loads of pharaphernalia comprize
the caravan.
Most anxiously awaited of all
the circus animals is the name
’ess four-ton hippotamus which
some lucky Alaskan child will
christen and thereby win an all
expense paid trip tp Hollywood.
The child will be royaly enter
tained by Walt Disney himself;
will tour Disneyland, and the
movie studios; will meet many of
the stars, and will appear on na
tionwide televisions and in mov
ies.
The hippo came to the circus
when Gus Bell, managing direc
tor of the circus, heard that a
monstrous blood-sweating hippo
potamus had been sighted in the
headwaters of the upper Nile riv
er in Africa. Bell arranged for
an* expedition to travel up the
Nile to trap the huge beast and
send it to him in America. Now
Comforably esoonced in its spe
cially built all steel cage, the
hippo is expected to arrive in
Anchorage about June 24.
The “Name the Hippo” contest
is being jointly conducted by the
circus promotional staff and by
KTVA’S “Friends of the Family”
television program. Entries
should be sent to Gail and Fred,
wslessiuciveshould
Friends of the Family, KTVA,
Anchorage. The Anchorage con
test ends June 30 and the awards
will be made at a special matinee
at 4:30 p.m., Saturday, July 2.
COMMERCIAL • PERSONAL
VALLEY NURSES INVITED
All nurses in the Matanuska
Valley area are invited to attend
a special meeting of the Matan
uska Valley Nurses Association
which will be held Thursday eve
TO SPECIAL MEETING
ning, June 23 at 8 p.m. in the
craft room at the Extension Ser
vice office in the Legion build
ing, according to an announce
ment made this week by associa
tion members.
LOOKING FOG
J Good Transportation
j or Farm Equipment!
PRICED TO SELL!
Ij 1952 DODGE PICK-UP TRUCK
i 1940 FORD SEDAN
USED POTATO DIGGER
jj 1955 INTERNATIONAL PICK-UP
Lots of FARM MACHINERY: HAY BALERS
! f ENSILAGE CUT TER - CULT! PACKER
FARMAL SUPER-C TRACTOR
SEE the new 300 FARMAL
Jobbers for Camel Repair Supplies
Lincoln ARC Welders and Supplies
TIRES - TUBES AND BATTERIES
Co-Op Garage
Matcmuska Valley Farmers Cooperating
Association
HOOD RIVER
Applesauce
2 r°« 45c
NO. 303
SEASIDE
Buffer Beans 2 T 41c
PILLSBURY. GOLDEN RICH
Cookie Mix
SUNSHINE CRACKERS
PKG.
34c
Honey Graham-- 69c
- LIBBY'S UNSWEETENED
Orange Juice — 51c
pedals
* POLAR. FRESH FROZEN
Squash
26c
for
JUNE 24, 25, 27
pkg.
JACK-AND-THE-BEANSTOCK. SMALL
Whole Carrots L - 46c
SHURFINE, UNPEELED
Whole Apricots^ 29c
2-PLY "FASHION'
Toilet Tissue 4- 49c
STEINFELT, WHOLE
Dill Pickles
31c
NO. 2V2
mm
FRESH FROZEN
Pork Chops
Bacon
lb.
ENDS & PIECES lb.
69c
44c
HOLIDAY
Margarine 3 *. 79c
WISCONSIN
Cheddar Cheese - 57c
DON’T FORGET THE TRADING POST IS OPEN FRIDAY EVENINGS UNTIL 9 P.M.
CO-OP TRADING POST
Everyone is Welcome to
Zrade at the Co-Op ”