At the Grocery Store Supplied by the West Central Genealogical Society Transcribed for the WWW by M. Antal(c) 1999 This is a transcribed add from a Kroger Advertisement, December 13, 1942 4 pounds of apples 25 cents Celery 10 cents a stalk 3 tall cans of evaporated milk 25 cents 24 pound bag of flour 89 cents 10 pounds of navy beans 63 cents 2 large packages of corn flakes 15 cents Ham 35 cents a pound Standing Rib Roast 30 cents a pound 4 bars of Lava soap 25 cents Small package of Ivory Snow 9 cents 1 roll of Northern Tissue 5 cents 2 1 lb. packages Eight O'Clock Coffee 41 cents 2 dozen oranges 49 cents 10 pound bag of potatoes 34 cents Pork Roast 27 cents a pound Chickens 48 cents a pound 3 cans Campbells Tomato Soup 25 cents 3 loaves of Bread 29 cents Transcription of an A & P advertisement, November 22, 1942. Coffee Restrictions December 1, 1942. 1 pound per person every five weeks or about 1 cup of coffee per day per person. Twenty Things You've Been Asked To Do From a scrap book of WW II prepared by Victor Vinson of Hazard Ky. Supplied by the Johnson County, Missouri Genealogy Society. Transcribed for the WWW by M. Antal(c)1999 Check yourself and see if all points are being taken care of in your own home. They may seem small but are part of the plan. 1. Drive with one eye on the speedometer until the 35 mile speed limit becomes an extra sense. 2. Temper your clothing in the house to keep yourself comfortable at 65 degrees temperature. This may take extra underwear, jackets, warm house robes and shoes. Don't hunch and go about huddled up, but learn how to manage. 3. Keep the family's meat purchases under two and one-half pounds per person each week. Supplement your meals with the non-restricted meats. Play fair with your own conscience. 4. Mail Christmas packages early and cards, too. 5. Pool rides and try to make plans to shop when neighbors are shopping so precious rubber will serve many duties. 6. Take all old silk and nylon stocking into collection centers at retail stores. These will be reclaimed and woven into powder bags. 7. Fat should be saved when possible. Strain it and store in large mouthed containers. Keep in refrigerator until as much as a pound is collected. Take to a grocery or meat store and sell. 8. Coffee has become a luxury. But before rationing becomes effective, remember that one cup per day is each person's rightful allowance. 9. Tin cans should be saved, washed, labels taken off, bottoms and tops removed, and the cans flattened. 10. Old furs are wanted to make seamen's jackets. Turn in any old fur coat you can not use to your local furriers and they will pass it along to the right place for you. 11. Paint brushes, with bristles two inches wide and two and one-half inches long and or longer, can be sold. 12. Keys are still being collected. Most any school child will handle them for you. 13. Scrap metal and rubber are still wanted. There are containers for these materials about town. 14. Magazines new, up-to-minute magazines, are wanted for the lounges for the U.S.O. and other places set up for soldiers. 15. Books are wanted for the soldiers, here and overseas. Don't make it a way just to clean out your bookshelves, but send the ones you like, too. 16. The Boy Scouts are having their drive for musical instruments for the soldiers in camp. If you have any about the house, let them know and they will do the rest. 17. Save everything, and if you do not know what do to with your findings, call the Boy Scouts or some of school children in your neighborhood. They will advise you. 18. The Boy Scouts are still cutting down the tops of iron beds. If you have one in your home, they will come and do this for you too. 19. Go easy on your cooking gas. Don't leave burners lighted when not in actual use. 20. Buy Stamps and Bonds regularly!