Polly's Pointers and Practical Household Tips
A collection of reader queries and Polly's practical advice on wallpapering fabric walls cleaning soap from leftovers hemming school clothes plant watering and stair tread painting. Tips include using diluted wallpaper paste, vacuum upholstery brush cleaning, making soap from leftovers, vinegar crease removal, sponge watering for houseplants, alternating stair treads, and removing labels from cups and pans. Polly invites new ideas with a reward for publishable contributions.
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You and I
Polly
Births in Raleigh General Hospital Feature
Mr and Mrs Howard Brown announce daughter Tamara Lynne born Sept 4 at 4 22 p m weighing 8 6 1 4 pounds. Chester Flint's daughter Joyce Ann born Sept 3 at 1 07 a m weighing unknown. David Charles born Sept 5 at 8 12 a m weighing 8 10. Sherry Ann born Sept 5 at 9 11 a m weighing 6 3 2. Carl Darrell born Sept 5 at 2 37 p m weighing 5 14 2. Barbara Jane born Sept 5 at 3 25 p m weighing 7 10. Rayburn Don Jr born Sept 6 at 2 03 p m weighing 6 15 12. Alan Wesley born Sept 6 at 5 37 p m weighing 8 2. Kathryn Ellen born Sept 7 at 6 25 a m. Michele Mae born Sept 7 at 4 05 p m weighing 6 6 12. Brian Keith born Sept 7 at 7 30 p m weighing 6 1 0. Eric Eugene born Sept 7 at 4 49 p m weighing unknown.
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Howard Junior Brown
Woodlawn Ave
Tamara Lynne
Raleigh General Hospital
Joyce Ann
Chester Franklin Flint
East Beckley
David Charles
Boyd Bland Edwards
Joseph St
Fairdale
James A. Lucas
Barbara Jane
William Ray Lester
Daniels
Coal City
Rayburn Don Bolen
Rayburn Don Jr
Alan Wesley
Charles William Kiblinger
Whitby
Homer Dale Withrow
Kathryn Ellen
Michele Mae
Joseph William Bissett
Bishop St
Brian Keith
William H. Walker
Bob Eugene Hatcher
Beckley
Eric Eugene
Household Shower Fetes Recent Bride
A household shower Monday night honored Mrs. Oley Mills, a recent bride, at the home of Mrs. Helen Gunter with games and prizes. The guest list features numerous Crabc Orchard and surrounding area attendees including Crabb Orchard residents and others from Beckley Sophia and Stanaford.
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Soak Creek
Myrtle Haga
Lottie McVey
Sophia
Ruby |Blevins
MacArthur
Edith Tendella
Stanaford
Betty
Tate
Kitty Tate
Marie
Glen White residents host relatives during holiday visits
Glen White residents report a series of family and military visits. Ora Mae Pat and Alice Jones, nieces of the Chapmans, return from a week in their Norfolk home after visiting MacArthur, Beaver and Mabscott. Leonard Moore, on leave from Camp Lejeune, plans Puerto Rico duty with his wife and son staying with her parents. T. Sgt. Leonard Robertson, on 30 day leave from Pagwa Air Station in Canada, stays with wife Ann and four children before returning to duty. Carl Lambert remains hospitalized after surgery at Beckley Memorial. Weekend guests include Dennis Gamble and his wife and son en route to Vermont.
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Glen White
Norfolk
Walter Chapman Jr
Ora Mae
Pat
Alice Jones
MacArthur, Beaver
Crab Orchard
Mabscott
Stotesbury Museum
A. L. Grimm
Leo Dorman
Rupert
Leonard Moore
Camp Lejeune
N. C
Larry
John Meadows
Puerto Rico
Shirley Meadows
Howard Daniel
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Mon
Charles Gruenberg
Rocky Mount
Leonard Robertson
Pagwa Air Station
Canada
Ann
Canada Station
Carl Lambert
Goldie Clower
Dennis Gamble
Macon, Ga
Vermont
Poke Puffs Smocking Advice for Drying Garments
Do not flatten smocked dresses with an iron. Instead, gently poke the puffs into shape with a fingertip while the garment dries to preserve texture and fullness.
Farewell Shower for Mrs Childs in Crab Orchard
Mrs Dan Childs Jr outgoing Crab Orchard WCTU president was honored with a farewell shower Tuesday night in the home of Mrs Virgil Woody. Attendees included Mrs S L Crews Mrs Pearl Blevins Mrs Roby Blevins and others as the Childs prepare to move to Hartford Conn where she will work. The couple has four children Evelyn Patricia Blanche and Danny with Danny stationed in Germany.
Food Shopping Guide Weekend Buys Across Produce and Meats
Washington shoppers will find a wide range of late summer vegetables such as cabbage carrots celery corn eggplant onions peppers potatoes squash and tomatoes. Fruits include apples grapes pears prune plums and melons with a strong poultry and fish selection including broilers fryers turkey fillets crabs canned tuna and seafood. Veal roasts and chops plus hams lamb legs chops and shoulders appear. beef is scarce while vegetables feature beets cabbage corn endive escarole onions peppers tomatoes and potatoes. Fruit options include grapes prunes Bartlett pears and California nectarines. fish counters offer clams halibut lobsters fish sticks and oysters. The piece notes insulin’s discoverer Sir Frederick Grant Banting, a Canadian physician.
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Washington
UPS
California
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Polly Cramer
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
J. S
M. G
R.C.H
K. B. Polly
Mrs. Childs
Food Shopping Guide
Insulin
Sir Frederick Grant Banting
Penne
Penney
Orion
S-M-L
Penney’s
Gaymodes
Orlon
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