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Ora Mae Reeves did school lunch before there was school lunch. In the depths of the Great Depression, with four children in public school, Mrs. Reeves walked two miles in rural Vernon, AL, to volunteer to cook hot meals for the students, who brought a canned good from home as payment for their lunch. Update: Ora Mae Reeves, age 101, of Vernon, Alabama, died Jan. 31, 2012, at Aurora Australis Lodge in Columbus, Miss.
Publication Date
11-9-2007
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City
Columbus, Mississippi
Keywords
Child Nutrition, School Feeding
Disciplines
Food Science | Other Education | Teacher Education and Professional Development
Recommended Citation
Reeves, Ora Mae and Institute of Child Nutrition. Child Nutrition Archives., "Ora Mae Reeves" (2007). Oral History Project (all interviews). 200.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/icn_ohistories/200
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