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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1977
Page
20
State consumer protection director Harold Amick and county agent Mary Nell Godbey say there will likely be ample jar lid supply. Past shortages were driven by rumors and hoarding, not actual shortages, with stores reporting varying stock and one Morgantown plant testing plastic lids.
The Agriculture Department lists weekly buys by price tier. Produce includes cabbage tomatoes berries corn cucumbers grapefruit head lettuce onions oranges potatoes. high priced items include apples beans cantaloupe carrots celery grapes lemons peaches pears radishes yams. Staples cover shortening margarine jelly flour green beans corn cream and whole kernel. Frozen section lists orange juice and french fries. Meat prices are steady.
Mrs. Homer Lyons of Prosperity tested Gloss N Toss dusting cloths for The Raleigh Register Consumer Check. She found twelve for $1.29 too expensive and said they dry out, need multiple cloths per room, and do not improve formica dusting. she will stick with Old English stain wax. Her family includes Homer Lyons, a retired carpenter, and sons Mark and Tim, 14.
Mrs Sharon Rockefeller will headline an International Women's Year gathering hosted jointly by the Women's Comprehensive Service Council and the Junior Women's Club of Beckley at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday. Proceeds fund travel to the Statewide IWY meeting in Huntington and scholarships for Raleigh County women.
A string of reader questions covers metric adoption timing in the United States per Ron Drummond of the Weather Service in Raleigh County, plus local queries about canneries, acrylic care, party planners, Tupperware, Spiegel catalog, and addresses for Puma Shoes Spiegel, and a recipe for chicken fried steak from Mrs. Mary Nell Godbey. It also notes Star Trek first aired September 8 1966 and answers about birth certificate requests in Maryland and a Smith and Jones cast member death.
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