Where to Find Helpful Booklets and Budget Guides
A compilation by Brand Names Foundation Inc in partnership with Better Business Bureaus and manufacturers offers authoritative booklets on buying, using, preserving, and getting help. Topics include winter driving, stretching the clothing dollar, feeding teens, and wardrobe planning with size guides. Costs vary, some booklets free while others 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brand Names Foundation Inc
Better Businesss Bureaus
General Mills Inc
Dept
Second Ave
South
Minneapolis
Minn
Usehold Finance Corp
Money Management Institute
Dept. Bnf
Prudential Plaza
Chicago
Scarborough Woman Is Honored Insurance Woman of the Year
Mrs Lida Choate of Scarborough was chosen Insurance Woman of the Year by the Insurance Women of Southern Maine at their monthly dinner. Born in Biddeford and educated in Saco, she began in Saco with Mutual Fire Insurance Co. before a long career at Dennett Agency in Kittery and Benton Insurance in Saco. Active since 1970, she has held multiple committee roles and belongs to several heritage and fraternal organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lida Choate
Scarborough
Insurance Women
Southern Maine
William E. Dennett Agency
Kittery
Benton Insurance Agency
Saco
Tobie Nathanson
State Board of Education
Mary Manduca
Old Orchard Beach
Nathanson
Open Meeting By Auxiliary At Webber Hospital
The Webber Hospital Notre Dame Auxiliary schedules an open meeting for Wednesday November 28 at 8 p.m. in the nurses' home on Elm Street Biddeford. Guest speaker is Maria Selim a Bursa Turkey native and Estee Lauder trained beauty expert now with Jordan Marsh Co South Portland. Mrs Harry Garland will introduce her and Mrs E J Rowell will conduct the business session with Mrs Laurence Staples as hostess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webber Hospital- Notre Dame _ Auxiliary
Elm Street
Biddeford
Maria Selim
Bursa
Turkey
Life School
Estee Lauder Cosmetic Training School
Boston
Estee Lauder C
New York
Selim
Jordan Marsh Co
South Portland
Harry Garland
E.J. Rowell
Laurence Staples
Household hints for snacks and simple treats
A collection of kitchen tips includes adding caraway to cottage cheese as a spread for cucumber, oiling a grater to prevent sticking, stuffing dates with peanut butter as an after school snack, and serving potatoes with butter lemon juice and minced parsley. Also suggests banana milk shakes, scallion sautéed spinach mix, cucumber and sour cream, salmon with greens for lunch, and heating French bread crusty without foil.
Rent a Mean Looking Man promotes a shady service
A satirical piece portrays a con artist business Ramlm offering "mean looking" men Bruno Wolfgang and No. 6 to coerce repairs. The interviewer learns the men are rented for intimidating effect to expedite repair work from garages and TV repair shops. The scene highlights deception and comic streetwise manipulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ramlm
Rosie the Riveter and wartime girdles in 1943
In a May 1943 Associated Press report from New York City Dorothy Roe quoted Rosie the Riveter on practical wartime fashion. She urged sturdy panty girdles for working women, noting designs with supports to prevent backaches and fit all sizes, reflecting shifts in corsetry and home garden era needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosie
Associated Press
New York City
Dorothy Roe
Dorset
Miss Roe
Women lobbyists reshape Capitol Hill image in 1970s
On Capitol Hill a growing band of women lobbyists challenges the cigar smoking male stereotype. They describe tough but fair tactics, emphasize meals and networks, and highlight salary ranges from 12 000 to 26 000 plus expenses. Evelyn Dubrow notes the divide between lobbyists and lawmakers and the need to navigate two worlds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wolfgang
Dita
Capitol
Mary Condon Gerau
National Education Association
Beard
Democratic Club
Capitol Hill Club
Ene Prinee
Washington, DC
Dita Beard
International Telephone and Telegraph
Capitol Hill
Carol Burris
Dorothy Ellsworth
Women’s Lobby Inc
American Association of Workers Union
Council of Jewish Women
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
Lt.t
Allegheny Airlines
The
Independent Telephone Association
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rita Lohnon
Lote Hibow
Rita
Alfred Street
Micheline Martel
Hills Beach
Hottom
Robert Borsvert
Portland Road
Elizabeth Nieuwland
Ramlim
Ramim
Brazil
Carless
Channel 10
Bonnie Prudden
Julia Child
Emergency
Gilligan's Island
Bruno
By Peg Welch
Women’s Editor
Victory Gardens
Home Gardens
Chanel
New York Times
Eee
Washington
America
Congress Federation of Business
Garment Inc
Evelyn Dubrow
Brotherhood of Railway
U. S
Thomas P. O'Neill
House
Carl
Albert
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
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