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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1948
Page
2
The article extols setting a pleasant table to improve meals for family and guests. It suggests using a gay tablecloth, flowers, proper linen, and well-arranged china and glassware to create a inviting atmosphere, aiding good eating habits and ease during special occasions.
The table cloth should hang 12 to 15 inches over the edge. Lace cloths require no silent mat. Place mats suit family and guests. they are decorative, save laundry and may be cheaper than full cloths. They must be large enough to hold the entire service and placed close and parallel to the table edge.
Iowa joins a national push to grow half a million family gardens as part of the Freedom Garden campaign. Local committees will survey land, arrange leases, and mobilize clubs to provide plots seeds and tools. Early planning aims to ease food costs and boost global supplies.
A plant clinic will be part of Farm and Home Week at Iowa State College February 9 to 12. On February 10 and 11 L. C. Grove will lead homemakers in diagnosing common houseplant ailments and describing care, light, temperature, water, soil mix, and pot size tips.
Officials say the surest path to boosting permanent wildlife breeding stock is by enhancing the surrounding environment where animals live.
Iowa State College hosts the 48th Farm and Home Week Feb 9 to 12 with leading speakers: Dr Joseph Ackerman on rural life, John L Strohm on life behind the Iron Curtain, Dr Paul C Aebersold on atomic energy for farmers, and O Wells on American agriculture looking ahead.
Mrs Lee Pickle of near Lowell slipped on ice at a rural mailbox and broke her leg below the knee, lying exposed on the ice for over an hour before a neighbor found her. She is the mother of 12 and suffered shock and exposure. Gale Kahn of near New Hampton lost four toes when his right foot was pulled into a buzz saw while loading a log into a wood sawing machine.
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