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Show WOMEN NEEDED AT LOCAL CANNING PLANT Schools To Close Next Week For Students To Assist With Crops Seventy women are needed at the local canning company plant to assist with the peeling of tomatoes, and an SOS call is being sent out by the local Chamber of Commerce to enlist the required number of workers so that no part of the much-needed crop will be wasted. According to J. A. Miller, secretary secre-tary of the Chamber, most of the crops being canned locally will be shipped to the armed forces and it is important that it be handled immediately. Secy. Miller has contacted the schools and explained the situation and it was decided that girls who desire to work at the cannery the remainder of the week, will be excused ex-cused from classes. Also, all Junior Jun-ior and Senior students will be excused throughout all next week to assist with the harvesting of fall crops in this locality. Students in the First to Sixth grades will continue school work as outlined. It is further pointed out that, inasmuch as food is one of the major weapons used in winning the war, it is the patriotic duty of everybody to assist wherever needed need-ed in the conserving, harvesting, and preserving of food crops. |