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Show Wed/Thurs/Fri, May 9-11, 2018 The Park Record W Green Tips AY WE WERE Rakes and trowels led to VE and VJ Days MAHALA RUDDELL Research Coordinator Park City Museum Victory gardens first became popular during World War I, when wartime propaganda conceived of by the United States Food Administration began to promote voluntary food conservation. Herbert Hoover, head of the agency, President Woodrow Wilson, and others in the American government coined the slogan, “Food will win the war,” and encouraged those on the home front to cultivate their own gardens. By war’s end, there were five million victory gardens across the country. The movement became even more popular, however, during World War II. Used in addition to ration stamps, gardens helped relieve pressure on the public food supply. They also served as morale boosters, giving the homefront tangible evidence of their contribution to the war effort. “Our food is fighting,” propaganda posters proclaimed to the populace. A third to a half of all vegetables produced came from private and community gardens each year during the war, providing food for the armed forces became cheaper, thus allowing money to be spent elsewhere in the military. Though gardening can be challenging at our altitude and in our cold mountain climate, Park City contributed to the victory garden campaign. Even the mining companies got on PARK CITY HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MUSEUM, ROBERT SAWYER COLLECTION Parkites from all walks of life took part in the victory garden campaign, some purchasing plots on company land like that offered by the Silver King, and others using their own front and back yards. Pictured is Robert Sawyer holding home-grown lettuce in 1943. board. In the early years of the war, the Silver King Coalition Mines Company began to distribute plots of land to any of its employees desiring to grow and maintain gardens. “The company will plow and prepare the ground for planting, furnish the water and put in the necessary irrigation ditches,” the Park Record reported in April 1943. “The employees [will] ‘take over’ from there – furnish the seed, plant, irrigate, pull weeds and harvest the crop.” A-11 The land provided was near the Spiro Tunnel and what was referred to as “the Ferry ranch,” by or on what is now the Park City Golf Course. Silver King employees submitted requests for plots which were distributed in early May. The Record, falling in line with the literature released by the US War Department and Food Administration Department, urged everyone to get on board, “not only for their own welfare but also as a patriotic service.” Gardens, the government further urged, built up individual health, provided tastier and more easily acquired produce, saved people money, and helped the community. They “promote neighborliness, sociability, cooperation…They develop the kind of civic pride which spurs on the best in local enterprise.” Even after the war’s end, victory gardens were encouraged. Food shortages and rationing continued into the post-war years. In May 1946, the Silver King announced that it would once again be offering plots for gardens. “A map showing each plot and person to whom currently assigned is posted at the Mine Office, Consolidated Tunnel portal, and Alliance Tunnel portal,” the company told its workers. The victory garden campaign across the country was enormously successful. World War II saw the cultivation of over 18 million gardens in private and communal spaces, both urban and rural. Communities work to protect their resources SARA JO DICKENS Ecology Bridge This year some areas of the Weber River will offer opportunities to watch rural landowners increase water quality and wildlife habitat while preserving the agricultural heritage of the region. Cars and concrete are common along the Weber River. While, this may seem like thoughtless dumping of trash, in the 1960s this tactic was used as an effort to save land. In the sixties our nation didn’t understand water pollution impacts and was dealing with overflowing scrap metal yards. Disposal of cars, appliances and building materials became a real issue. During this same time rural landowners were searching for methods to prevent erosion along rivers. Recognizing the waste as a possible resource, they used the cars and concrete to strengthen miles of eroding riverbanks. Fifty years later, the same families are partnering with government agencies and non-profits to remove the cars and concrete and install ecological riverbank stabilizing structures. One such landowner, Kent Fawcett, is removing 60 cars and 200 tons of concrete along his one-half mile of the Weber River. And, because our landfills are reaching capacity, landowners like Kent plan to recycle the cars through scrap yards and grind the cement for road construction. These efforts to recycle cars and concrete conserves resources, reduces landfill expansion and protects water. To learn more about these rural landowner restoration efforts and how to recycle your old cars, go to Recycle Utah’s Blog at recycleutah.org. FOR YOUR INFORMATION Meetings ALATEEN (801)205-2130 AL-ANON Theresa (435)640-3421 | (435)659-9667 Saddleview Office Bldg. B, 2200 Park Ave. St. Lukes Episcopal Church, 4595 N. Silver Springs Dr. Creekside Christian Fellowship, 1314 Bitner Rd. THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSOR! 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