Rabbit Wool Used To Make Many Articles
ACAMPO Calif Contrary to the old adage you can have your Easter bunny and wear it too Mrs Kathryn Mattis a San Joaquin county ranch woman does it instead of pulling rabbits out of hats she turns them into head gear and into sweaters socks scarves collars and cuffs as well She starts out with wool from her angora rabbit pets spins it on an old fashioned spinning wheel plies the yarn and then knits it into a garment Her angoras raised on her five acre ranch near Acampo average 12 ounces per rabbit per year As a sweater requires only about four ounces of angora and rabbits do multiply raw material is no problem Mrs Mattis plucks the rabbits just before they are about to melt The No 1 grade of angora is about two and a half inches long and most pluckers separate it into the seven different grades as they work Mrs Mattis however finds it simpler for her to put all the wool together in a jar
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Acampo
Calif
Kathryn Mattis
San Joaquin County
Brighton Couples Club and Community Activities News
Brighton names projects and plans a no-admission square dance at the school with cake walk. meetings discuss fundraisers, by-laws, and minutes. Vacation dates set, PTA elections planned, and local clubs hear speakers on family life and fabrics. Junior High basketball banquet honors players. multiple community visits and meetings noted.
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Brighton
Doris Manning
Couples Club
Methodist Church
Allen Harrison
Jennie Wacker c
Marilyn Welch
June Greene
R. D. Lee
John Burge
Paul Wacker
Gordon Greene
Earl Downing
Downing
Fildey
Oblerlin College
Grange and church events listed for Saturday localities
Saturday events cover Grange card parties in Ridgeville and square dancing in Columbia, with hosts Charlotte Steinmetz Lulu Kern and Hester Taylor. Alumni bake sale in Amherst, youth class in Carlisle, and Old Glory Grange square dance in Lagrange. A Hartford photo shows Sally Popik watching her mother prepare a turkey pie by cutting slits for breathing.
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Ridgeville
Grange
the Grange
Sp. m
Charlotte, Steinmetz
Lulu Kern
Hester Taylor
Columbia
Acme Grange
Isquare Dancing
S. Amherst
Ruth's
Carlisle
Up Wumung
Lagrange
Old Glory Grange
Suburban Calendar Events Tonight and Friday
Suburban calendar lists events across towns. Amherst Legion meets at 8 p.m. at the Legion Home. Wives Auxiliary meet at Mrs James Balog home at 8 p.m. Florence Church film Beheld His Glory shown at Berlin Heights School at 7:30 p.m. Communion at Fields church 8 p.m. Ridgeville Maundy Thursday service 8 p.m. Intermediate Girl Scouts 7 p.m. at Columbia School. Brownies 7 p.m. at Columbia town hall. Ridgeville PTA postponed two weeks. Jr Band in big gym. Henrietta Fort Bureau Council 4 H meets at Donald Beacons home. Carlisle Holy Communion 7:30 p.m. at LaPorte Methodist. Friday Good Friday service 1:30 p.m. at St John Evangelical and Reformed Church in South Amherst. Birmingham Frugal meal.
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S. Amherst
American Legion
Legion
James Balog
Birmingham
Florence Church
Berlin Heights
Li Beheld
Fields
Ridgeville
Columbia — Intermediate Girl Scouts
Columbia — Brownies
Henrietta — Fort
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Dienbienphu
Indo- China
Vietnam
International
Rocker
George Holobach
Broad ST
P.T.A
Brighton Parent-Teacher Association
Lorain County Health Department
Auble
Wayne Smith
Methodist
Paul Fortney
Parent
Steven Westbrook
Sue Ellen Thornton
Gary Barnes
Randal Caswell
Norman Christley
Austin Ewell
Leonard Ewell
Gerald Gillette
Robert Greenbank
James Grimes
Phillip Jewett
Donald Menz
Dennis Searles
James Smith
William Stegman
Clair Storrow
Susan Westbrook
Mrs. Livermore
Iris Clauson
Sue Thornton
Donna Shays
Mrs. G. N. Baxter
Sandusky
Charles Austin
Linda
Milan
Carrie Austin
Walter Gregg
Ralph Reed
Earl Betts
Paul Jewett
la Grange
Lorain County
Florence
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Hartford
Conn
Sally Popik
Baen
Amerian Academy of Pediatrics
Los Angeles
Shawn Murphy
Jeff Woolen
Mary Hendricks
South Amherst—Union
St. John Evangelical and Reformed Church
Riviera
Red Cross
Ir Black
Pride
UES Tvs
Broad St. Elyria — Lorain
Broadway
VOT Tvs
Flatties
Newspaper
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