Lyons High School - Lions Den Yearbook (Lyons, IN)

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School Lunch Program ln the summer of T947 the Women s Socnal and Benevolent Club undertook as a club prolect the sponsormg of the School Lunch Program for the Lyons Public School The purpose of the lunch program was to nmprove the health ofthe chnldren through a program of servung essential, warm, palatable food nn the form ofa balanced duet The program as operated on a self supportlng non profit basus to help all chlldren andparents who wlsh to avail themselves of the opportunity of securing a well-balanced meal at a reduced cost The pupils pand twenty cents each day for their lunch, and the teachers pand thnrty cents A half-pmt of mnlk was served with each lunch, and because of thus, a seven cent government relmbursement on the mllk was received from the state for each student plate served Thus 1-s called a Type A lunch No other type of lunch has been served to our students In l95l the Newberry pupils were sent to Swltz Cnty Central School and the enrollment of our school was decreased by that number For the school year of l953 54 the staff has been Mrs Mildred Patterson, Mrs Ella Wrnght and Mrs Nina Horn ind Large quantltles of surplus food commodntles are recelvecl from the Department of Publnc Welfare of the Federal Government The only cost of these commodmes as usually freught charge and sometimes a small storage charge Practlcally the same routme, with sllght varnatnons, has been followed throught the seven year program Each day a prayer of thanks and gratitude ns offered by a student, and speclal menus planned and small treats glven on holudays Due to the higher cost of food and the lowermg of the renmbursement rate, the pruce of the lunch has been ransed to twenty Eve cents Wlth the present enrollment, the dolly average as about one hundred and fnfty pupuls and teachers eating The puplls and teachers of the lower grades eat first at tables which are completely set for them The tables are then cleared and the remalmng grades and hugh school pass by the wmdow which opens from the kltchen Into the drnlng hall and get theur own table servlce, plate lunch and dessert They go to the tables where thenr mllk has been placed for them The last group stack thenr own dishes, thus clearmg thear own tables 62 I . . I . ll n . . . . i ' ' I l-' , sf S ff x . . : I. T ll A ll A . 1- f. T A V . P' . :IJ xl , ., . l ff..x,X', xi .V t Q 1 - It .. A .V . . .

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