Polly's Pointers Household Tips From Polly's column
A collage of reader tips and problems from Polly's column includes advice on raisins in cereal, removing jewelry stones, cleaning plastic containers, deodorizing porcellan, lint pickup for sewing machines, ironing with pants stretchers, toothpaste tile cleaning, hemming dresses with clothespins, repairing chair cord, chair seat covering ideas, removing garage oil stains, parking on a one way street, cutting dinnerware dividers with blotter, and DIY divider pads. Readers submit tips and Polly notes potential features.
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Stella
Hats Return as Fall 1973 Fashion Highlight
NEA reports hats become fall chic as a key accessory. designer Thomas Hann notes a 16 million hat year with 20 percent growth, more millinery shops and bold styles seen from Woodstuck to Paris. He cites price shifts toward faux leather and personal-store appearances to boost sales.
Greenbelt Bowl Queen Nominees Events and Parade
This Week In Childress lists Queen nominees registration and social events at Fair Park Auditorium and Rotary Bowl. A Greenbelt Bowl hospitality picnic, a contest in front of First National Bank, library certificates, a WWI Veterans luncheon, a Greenbelt Parade, Kirkland Baptist singing, and a Greenbelt Bowl Football Classic with queen ceremonies at halftime.
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Fair Park
Rotary Bowl
First National Bank
Veterans and Auxiliary
Veterans Building
Birthdays and Anniversaries Listed for Weekend
Happy birthday notices honor Mrs. A F Verner Mrs Jimmy Todd Lee Ann Morren and James Ray Hackler Jerry Hackler Mrs Cliff Campbell Edd Anderson Henry W King Mrs Bill Sager Ernest Lane Mrs Gene Frisbie Kenneth West on Saturday Sunday observances include Herb Johnson Mrs Albert Feagin Rhonda Leach Carl Holtman.
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A. F. Verner
Jimmy Todd Lee Ann Morren
James Ray Hackler
Jerry Hackler
Cliff Campbell
Edd Anderson
Henry W. King
Bill Sager
Ernest Lane
Gene Frisbie
Kenneth West
Herb Johnson
Albert Feagin
Rhonda Leach
Carl Holtman
Marmalade Beets: A Sweet Vegetable Dish
A concise beets recipe with orange marmalade and lemon. Ingredients include canned beets cornstarch salt lemon rind juice marmalade and water. The method involves thinning juice mixing cornstarch with reserved beet juice then boiling and simmering with beets for four servings.
Bridal Shower for Miss Anderson in Wellington
Miss Evelyn Grace Anderson bride elect of Billy Swain received a Saturday evening bridal shower at the home of Mrs. Willie Smith. Guests registered by Mrs. Kenneth Black. punch served by several hostesses. The couple plans to wed at 7 30 p.m. August 17 in St John Baptist Church with friends and family invited.
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Evelyn Grace Anderson
Billy Swain
Willie Smith
Gracie Anderson
Joe Willie Williams
Kenneth Black
Wellington
Punch
Love Bowman
Harold Simmons
Betty Gardiner
Mmes
Robert Wilson
Troy Wilson
Donald Wright
Sam Lewellen
Ernest Love
Diane Mashburn
B. T. Jackson
Johnie Williams
Bowman
Gardiner
Black
Peach Marmalade Recipe From Cecily Brownstone
This old fashioned method yields pure Peach Marmalade from peaches oranges and lemons with sugar and allspice. After cooking thirty five minutes the fruit becomes translucent and sheets from a spoon then jarred and sealed for twenty eight ounce jars.
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Cecily Brownstone
Associated Press
Food Guide Highlights Uncertain Market And Local Produce Tips
The guide notes consumer uncertainty under Phase IV controls with demand exceeding supply and higher prices. It urges shoppers to seek locally grown produce like cantaloupes peaches nectarines and cucumbers and to use meat alternatives such as dry beans dry peas and peanut butter due to tighter meat supplies.
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College Station
Gwendolyne Clyatt
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Texas A&m University System
Marmalade Ready Hint Sparks Kitchen Tip
A brisk kitchen tip describes checking marmalade by spoon test to see two droplets form and sheet off the metal spoon, indicating doneness. Read the classifieds for more details and recipes.
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