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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1976
Page
3
Reader asks how to remove pink stain from a bowl after using Polly’s Blue Cleaner and questions polish remover. Polite advice suggests regular toilet bowl cleaner and warns against using nail polish remover. Other letters discuss dieters at social events and creative gift wrapping ideas with inexpensive tissue and card designs.
A string of local gatherings includes a coffee for Mrs J Ho Jernigan at Mrs Grace Kilgore's home with Mrs Mtta B Anderson co hosting, Union Flat Hill Rotary Club, Woman's Department Club, and Kiwanis in Gays Cate. A Genealogical Society workshop is at the Public Library. Wedding of Judy Seal and John Stanley Piper at First Baptist Church Chapel with a shower for Diane Holtman at the Church of Christ.
Birthday wishes for Pearl Wrinkle Edward Mares John Cooper Nancy MehKee Paul Mullins. Anniversary greetings to Mr and Mrs Bills Barrell. Mary B OHoward Shawn Logan Cart Sabrina Burrus receive best wishes.
Readers submit solutions for issues like removable glue labels and dog friendly newspaper disposal. A reader describes painting and mounting a fenced mailbox for paper collection, another explains using sacks to whiten laundry, and others suggest wall groupings or tabletop displays for decor.
University of Connecticut psychologist Dr. Rosencranz says clothing communicates personality and social signals. She notes conservative dress for job interviews and varied styles for dating, with colors and patterns signaling traits from extroversion to individuality.
A Consumers Institute report by Jane Jutel and Mrs Bates urges switching from hot wash to warm wash with cold rinse to cut energy use. For 410 loads yearly, savings reach about 7,100 gallons hot water and up to 55 dollars annually on electricity, or 11 dollars with natural gas. They note sanitation concerns are manageable with warm wash cold rinse.
Mrs Gary Bednorz received a pink and blue shower on June 14 at the home of Misses Debbie and Brenda Blackwell. Hostesses included Misses Susan Smith Susan Brown Sheree Hubanks and others. The event featured green linen, a white cake with blue and pink booties and a stork. Special guest Mrs Charles Rogers attended along with Misses Karen Collins Iris Wakefield Becky Johnson Lee Ann Harp Rhonda Leach and Mmes James Wakefield and Doug Musgrove.
The article notes that money printed in the Revolutionary era funded guns and supplies and served as propaganda to spur fighting. It highlights slogans like An Appeal to Heaven and Pro Arms of Fools and describes woodcuts depicting victorious battles.
Mrs Clyatt marketing expert notes cantaloupe and honeydew price friendly at Texas groceries while New Zealand Granny Smith apples arrive for fresh eating. First season fruits include Ting cherries Perlette grapes peaches nectarines plums with prices easing. fresh vegs such as radishes spinach Romaine lettuce and cucumbers in good supply. Meat outlook shows pork tight but beef and chicken available with steady prices. eggs and ready meals advised for storage and recipes.
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