| Show SCHOOL LUNCH PLAYS IMPORTANT PART IN CHILD WELFARE 0 checking with mrs rodney pehrson who is in charge of serving the noonday lunch in the monticello schools we learned that there was increase in october over any other month sines since this service was begun mrs pehrson stated that a total of 1886 lunches were served during the past month an interesting report received from the state department of home economics indicates that the increase is noticeable throughout the state excerpts from this report follow and may be interesting to parents whose children are being served in the monticello or blanding schools hot lunches have long been recognized as desirable because of the benefits to childrens health but teachers and parents testify to other good results they report that better school attendance better attitudes of work even ietter better scholarship show up as soon as hot lunches are served regularly although accurate figures en cn all school lunches served throughout the country are not available one thing is certain the trend is is upward not down and since ml millions lyions of undernourished cra dren have been added to those receiving school lunches thanks to surplus farm commodities made available for that use A school lunch is made up of one nourishing main dish a glass class or two of milk fruit or vegetable in some form bread and butter or a sandwich and a simple dessert on this theme there may be a thousand variations for the menu mena varies according to the food value of the main dish and cooking equipment and other facilities on hand |
