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Show CHILDREN WILL BE ABLE TO BUY PENNY MILK During the coming school year, "penny milk" will be available under un-der local sponsorship for distribution distribu-tion to more than 200 thousand school children living in rural and small urban areas throughout the western states, according to announcement an-nouncement made today by J. Worth Gutke, area supervisor of the Agricultural Marketing Administration, Ad-ministration, United States department depart-ment of agriculture. This is a part of a national school milk expansion program wherein children living in communities of 10,000 population, or less, may pur-fhase pur-fhase a half-pint of milk for a penny each school day. In explanation of the term "penny "pen-ny milk," Mr. Gutke stated: "It 'imply means that children may uy milk at school at a cost not jo exceed one penny per half -pint. In this plan, the Agricultural Mar-Mmg Mar-Mmg Administration agrees to Pay the program's sponsor an amount equal to the price paid the wry farmer for unprocessed milk. Wer costs the sponsor bears in-cMe in-cMe the distributor's charge for Processing, bottling, and delivering "lemilk to the schools, plus paying r the milk consumed by children a e to pay a penny a d for half-pint, Civic groups, such as the P.-T.A., Mierican Legion, Junior Chamber . Commerce, Community Chest, warns and other service clubs and ommimity organizations, . act as sponsors of a school "penny co Lp?gram-These grouPs may ""tribute supplementary funds to Program, thus assisting the n m the operation of the pro- iv ,eTU amount of suPPle" '"ry funds contributed by civic would i sponsoring agency sent m stances, repre-thev repre-thev . jailer expenditure than Porl'n0"""7 Pay f0F the Rram. , ther sch001 milk pro- aACJne"ly as many children. fram h S6rved under the P1"0" that alV0 at least equal to WlooK Ved for consumer use al health authorities. ren H2S reveal that many chlld- l4lTe,little' if a"y- in iso bee! , tS at home- Ithas the in ' learned that, prior to romf011 of the "pey H miu, ' many schools serv-nif-Blnu !re Unable t0 Provide Mft ttp u,,milk each day at a Pay ch'ldren could afford to I - |
