Practical Home Fixes From a Century Past
Simple household tips cover sealing gaps with a paste of sawdust and shellac, shellac on knots to prevent burning, a splash of butter in pasta water to stop foaming, shellac to weatherproof cracked glass, refrigerate margarined bread for quick breakfast, and a cold-water rinse to stop milk sticking.
Girl Scouts and Camp Fire Girls Mark March Birthdays
The Reader's Date Book notes the 40th anniversary of Girl Scouts in 1952 with March 12 as a focal point and plans nationwide projects to recruit leaders, train volunteers, and expand programs. Camp Fire Girls celebrate with Design for Friendship March 16 22, highlighting home life, self expression, and personal responsibility.
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Girl Scouts
Campfire Girls
Juliette Gordon Low
Savannah
U.S
Camp Fire Girls
Luther Halsey Gulick
United States
Easter Seal Campaign Opens March 13
The National Society for Crippled Children will run its annual Easter Seal drive from March 13 to April 13. Funds support direct services to over 250000 crippled children and adults in 1951 through treatment training convalescent care special education recreation employment opportunities and counseling.
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National Society For Crippled Children
National Hobby Week Promises Large Local Tie-Ins
National Hobby Week starts March 17 marking the fifteenth observance. Local merchants including department stores art hobby shops camera stores music shops stamp dealers book stores sporting goods hardware and toy retailers can secure promotional tie-ins from the Hobby Guild of America at 34 West 33rd Street New York.
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Hobby Guild of America
West 33Rd Street
New York
Entertaining for Women Club Meetings Light Desserts and Spreads
A guide to hosting club gatherings with simple light refreshments. Recipes include Chicken-Noodle Casserole Jellied Waldorf Salad and several cookie fillings. Step by step for date coconut pie oatmeal date sandwiches and spreads Peperoni and Zesty options.
American Junior Farmers Visit Australia Under Exchange Program
The first American junior farmers to visit Australia under the International Farm Youth Exchange arrive in Sydney to study 23 projects across pastoral and agricultural industries. The visiting trio Mary Sue Nichols Cora Blackmore and Keith Duane Burt will spend about six months living on Australian farms learning by doing.
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Australia
Farm Youth Exchange
International Farm Youth Exchange Project
Sydney
New South Wales
U.S
Sydney Harbor Bridge
Mary Sue Nichols
Keith Duane Burt
Cora Blackmore
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Norfolk
North Carolina
Kansas
Burt
Miss Nichols
Western
Miss Blackmore
Virginia
Young Farmers Movement
Federation of Young Farmers of
England and Wales
Young Farmer
No Cooking Saves Big With Quick Cough Relief
A kitchen syrup recipe is offered to create a pint of Pinex based cough remedy. Mix sugar or corn syrup with water, add 234 ounces of Pinex, and top up to a pint to produce four times the buyer’s money value. Claimed benefits include loosening phlegm, soothing membranes, easing soreness, and improved sleep with a money back guarantee.
Enhance Your Vegetables for Colorful Dishes and Fluffy Potatoes
Lynn advises quick cook methods to preserve color and nutrients, suggests washing cabbage and cauliflower to remove worms, and recommends a brief soak in cold salted water. Creative leftovers ideas include peas in beets and lima beans in squash. For potatoes, boil older spuds with milk and lemon to prevent darkening, then whip with hot milk and melted butter.
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