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Home My WebLink AboutThe Brussels Post, 1968-10-17, Page 6"THE BEST FOR 69" SEE THE NEW FORDS, FAIRLANES, FALCONS, MUSTANGS AND FORD TRUCKS ON DISPLAY 1968 -DEMONSTRATOR SPECIAL XL 2DHT Loaded 1960 FORD CUSTOM 4D '1965 COMET 4D 1964 FALOON 4D 2 — 1964 MERCURY'S SEVERAL OTHER. MODELS TO CHOOSE FROM 1961 G.M.C. CAB & CHASSIS 960 SERIES 6 cgri., 5 speed trans., 2 speed axle BRIDGE OT i0U1R MUSTANG, FALCON, FAIRLANE FORD and THUNDERBIRD DEALER BRUSSELS PHONE 249 WINGHAM PHONE 357-3460 BRUSSMS, POST. 13RUSSET,53 ONTARIO '.I.'ITCRSDAY, OCT, 17th, 190 The modern woman is no long- rer a drab little stay-at-home with hours to darn and mend the family alMarrel, It's a speedy age and with so much living to be done, It is xo wonder that women every- tlooked for a fast patch. The fe.stest patck is tke press. on, This patching material cax be purchased' from your variety counters i>a variOus forms. There are round jersey patches for knit- ted wearables. The sarde material comes in strips, packaged in sev- eral colors to a card. Mending tape in heavy cotton or percale is also available ii many colors. Den- im patches for jeane goraQ ready cut in patches just right for knee and seats. Denim is available in nearly every color seen in jeans and in a variety of sizes. "My press-on patches don't stick" is a common complaint. A patch that is applied with heat will loosen if you use ex- tremely het water, These patches can be easily pressed do•Nyn again with a hot' iron. If you at':e in *hR habit of using extremely Lot Water for your laundry you will save time by stitching down the edge. with a simple running stitch, Patches applied with att iron will be more durable if you first apply the heated iron to the sur- face to be mended. Then :apply the patch and press in place with hot iron, The press-on will ad'her'e long- er to the heated kihrie than it would to a cold fabric, Also, be sure that the garment is titer- oug4thly dry before applyihG• press-On patch. For Mending overalls, jeans, short sleeves, and Other hard to reach places, without ripping seams, you cannot beat the old two minute sewing menthe pateh, To use this pafeh cut away the worn fabric, making a neat sqUaTe or rectangular hole. Be sure to cut with rho crate of the fabsic if you want a neat patch. Then slit oaoli corner, cutting in 1/I inch or whatever you plan to make your seam allowance. Next turn Mlle garment wrun g side out. Cut patch from matching fabric. making, it an inch larger in length and width than the hole. The back o-f overall logs make good pieces to make new fronts for the worn 0110$. Often a piece or Material can be cut froth a shirt Intl to mend a sleeve, Cut the 1.1111011 with the siraighl of iho rabp.k to avoid stretching: or puckuring when the P1'011'1111 is - molded, ' Now, place the right side of the garment to the right side of the Patel', Place the straight edge Of the hole You have cut directly Over IFIle edge ,of the patch yon have prepared, "With your sewing Machine, stitch the edges togebt- Or, sowkig around, the patch, Sew the eat edge of the hole to the patek. keeping right sides of fabric togetber.Sew to the slit and then tiii' 114(,' garment:, sewing along the other side, keeping the oil edge •f thewarinent with blow grain of thci patch, 'Whet the patRli is saWii hi. break your tkroai turn tiles parnte-mt ri,141.1 side out, You NAT pro$$ the . patch to make it nearly invisibly. With 0 "Vale praottice you will he able to match stripos and. prints to riako the patch inconspicions. The patch can lie made more durable by stitching itrosnd the path twipio stead 01' just once. Trim away ex- cess material of the patch but leave a generous seam, This patch tea s the ;idvaetage in being less noticeable because there is no sliteirialg to show. on the right side of die garment. ir is a speedy 'way to mend and the ,galiment doesn't grow heavywith the added. Weight of patches be. cause this. patch is but a singP, thickness' of •fabric. H' you sew your own clothing trY stitclying a small piece of fabric to an in fide seam, This fabric can. be used for Mending and will match perfectly because it will have been laundered as runny bint:s as the gargateXt. the symbol of authority. When the Anglo-Saxons hurled a shoe, (floated that authority had been transferred. ;-;oine authorities ho- lievc that 1 ho Itrowiap of at sho(• can he (raced to the 'missiles which the brides father hurled at the rolaber ea1'e114111. HURON COUNTY GIVES UP MAINTENANCE OF LIBRARIES ']'hi ,lob of maintaining mtud- cipally owned library buildings, done by Huron County since 19(17, ho returned to individual Tanniaipalilies Jan, 1, BOWLING NOTES .Melt's a.nd 1,1.(lies' fig4 Sogies. and Triples, $109105 sans Ward 257 .leanue. nolp,or . . 231) "Writs Cousin:- . .......... 231/ 'Elaine Nichol ,.„ (foram( _Matheson .. ; ... • Carman ...... .... 2,1.1 Brian IZ111ledge „ .... '444 Triples • Elaine Nichol. . 111)1 Jane Ward , .... ... ...... 5ith Ali.rie • Cousins • •ahb Carman Niaelian Uri Indult hulledge. . .. •115y MAKING PATCHES 'THAT REALLY PATCHES HOW SOME WEDDING CUSTOMS STARTED Many of the customs, associated with wedslings twisty; predate the Chuistian era. "!.qome are Survivals of pagan rites which wore blondod through. the ecaturies with :Jewish and Christian rituals, The. Yc'edding Rixg originated in the days of the cavemen. — in a cord of reeds with which the man bound himself to his wife's Waist in erdta' to make their spiriis ono. The Bridal .1-irty steins from the rriage-by-on pinks ern when loyal trihesmes and close friends of the groom within the tribe, aid- ed .him to capture hiq briclo. While he dashed off with her his friends stayed behind to fond off or fight flue lOrido's • ontrogod relatives, ••Such vox the .first ushers clad. Ipsst man. The itcirlaalveil 'evolved out of tin Oriental enslom from 'past ages. It was spir- its were especially attracted to • w(' (-1). fA 0 protection •Croin tilio "Evil 1-7,ye'• wonu.n always N1.1)1'n ',;e11 4 , f 'I1S! n111 nti 1111 i 11 Olik2 f"Pi 11 g hell-111a it into a role of modesty eng nherlience. '['he 11. filreellY till Ted 111'rk to ilia brirtor-price, and d.•11-7-;. "Thr ,\ring F.411iJo:: alpr the hridal oariy steins 3'1'030 ;3 tqlstoll'i emonp• r• (3, anciont Assyriari,1 and 'Whon 0 bargain was Made. a MDT) gave 1115 sandal as an in. diation or good fnith, A shoe WaO Joe: "1 ,1d. I got a surmise this morning 1 pot oil a snit I hadn't• .1V01.11 S fall and in one 'et the lun.liet,-; I found a roll of Has 1 boa forgotten:" Moe: "I toy, how lucky can INN yo got!" . • .10e: „oh, ,tdowt know,. Not one of them wore paid!'" (Irani Stephenson •45;) :Huron County council Thurs- day approved a recommenda lion - ea poi t h,,d g ,,,, • 41.0 („1.),, by its library committee On the oson have joillea the bowling matter. In.volvo(.1 are (10dericth, teams. They ore till. hrian Rut. clintou, Seaford', :Exeter. Brus• ledge's and Jane Ward's teanis„ sels, hayfield and Turnberry. The name Dianne Hastings in Stephen, Grey. ITsborne, and lust week's ine,v1ing notes shonla morris Townships, have read vianne 11mq:her, Sorry!. Prank Me:Padden chairman of Pie Moron County library board, told Council maintenance of the the libraries during the past two years has caused a reanction ill county Money available for hooks. Ile said the cluinge in mainten• :Ince will give 1 he county library board more time and money for library Servieti and will allow tiln: minticipalillos autonomy in 1101in 1,Rjriint.; Choir buildings. The county board will pay rent on the buildings based on last year's maim ona ce costs. Teach tho V1,3 to ritnie tingle davbirs, itte di? hemoti gob -4-...A1*'.30...ralzattourotr E MONEY READ THE ADS, IN fl,,JSSELS POST