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Pick up your ration book at the schoolhouse
June Lloyd YorkDailyRecord
Remembering York County schools during World War Two An October 16, 1943 Gazette and Daily article entitled “Registration Places Listed to Receive Ration Books No. 4” told local citizens where they should report on October 27, 28 and 29 with their No. 3 ration books to obtain new books for themselves and family members. Officials would be at the sites from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. each of the three days. Some of you remember World War II rationing to save commodities needed for the war effort, and also to cut down on fuel used to transport food. Items rationed included gasoline as well as some food items, including sugar, coffee, meat, canned goods and cooking oil.
This particular article, taking up nearly a whole newspaper page, caught my eye because it seems to list a majority of the schools, mostly one-room, in the county as it directs the residents to which school they should go for the ration books. The original newspaper article showed a list of all one-room schoolhouses in York County, but this website will list only the one-room schoolhouses in Newberry township in 1943.
Newberry Township: Drawbaugh’s, Plainfield, Yocumtown, Newberry, Beshore’s, Redland, Diehl’s, Rocksbury, Pleasant Grove, Hay Run, Cassel’s, River Hill, and Cly. (Click here to see the entire article)