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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Mar 02, 1976

Page

6

Harmonize on a budget with timeless furniture choices

Designer Elroy Edson of Selig Furniture assembles a roomful of pieces for about 1500 dollars, creating a classic look that suits multiple rooms. A sling sofa and love seat, two cane cabinets, and two pull-up tables offer flexible placement from family room to foyer. A mural by James Seaman, Forest, pairs with a 250 dollar budget to evoke year‑round country ambiance.

Elroy Edson Asid Selig Furniture James Seaman

In Unique Interior Decorating Classes at Aaron Schultz

A home decorating course offers eight 4% hour sessions starting March at Aaron Schultz Decorator Galleries, with instructors Lucille McArthur, Joanne Comings, and Joy Kish. Subjects include style, budgeting, mixing periods, fabrics, and floor plans, plus two color TV programs. cost is 40. Reservations via Jan Brooks.

Aaron Schultz Garden Court Atlantic Ave Lucille McArthur Joanne Comings Joy Kish Jan Brooks Fashion Square Toom Dero Caunie Stan Schultz Long Beach California Southland

Creative wind chime from recycled soup cans

Decorate with recyclables if you poke around items you plan to discard ideas from Leslie Weed Johnson Wax. Remove tops from four or five cans, punch holes, spray paint, thread string, and hang from a dowel to create a whimsical outdoor wind chime.

Leslie Weed Johnson Wax

Teasin editor at wit s end a nurse s job improved or not

A nurse friend’s complaints echo an 1887 ward rule list detailing duties and hours. The piece contrasts past expectations with modern stress, joking about long shifts and the struggle to balance work with personal life.

Erma Bombecr

Wilson blood drive nets 75 student donors

Wilson High School held a blood drive with 75 student donors including 17 year old Elaine Jurgensen and Bryan Thomas. Recruited by the Red Cross Club and health occupations classes, the event was led by PTA blood bank chair Mary Lu Hauser and supervised by School Nurse Jean Sowa.

Red Cross Wilson High PTA Black Bat Mary Lu Hauser Suzanne Scholton Wilson Blood Drive Wilson High School Red Cross Blood Mobile Red Cross Club Mary Lu Hauser PTA Blood Bank Hodnett Elaine Jurgensen Bryan Thomas McDonald's Jean Sowa Jean Awa

Dear Mother Earth avocado pit advice column

In this plant care column the Rapps advise a reader on growing avocado trees from pits. They explain the pit should be suspended with the pointed end up, roots form in weeks, and caution that success depends on perseverance and cost. They dismiss sex differences in avocados and urge continued attempts with proper preparation.

Lynn Joel Rapp Mother Earth M.F

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