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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1973-02-23, Page 22Nile 6—Crossroads—February 22, 1073— COM E SHOP WITH ME BY SALLY LESLIE Hello! The days get longer and somehow the house needs more attention. It seems like a good time to bundle draperies off to the gleaners. Sometimes, they come back looking almost new, other times they look tattered. Well, what's what? Why should they come back from the 'professional cleaner faded and torn? Some- times it is the cleaner's fault, but frequently if is something beyond his control. Today, consumers have a huge variety of textiles available to them and most are designed to Ore service. However, some tex- tiles and colors, because of their own properties and through no fault of the store or dry cleaner, simply do not withstand the • strain of hard wear. • Draperies may be in• perfect condition apparently — when sent for dry Cleaning, but because of the effects of light, sun and dampness, they may actually be weakened. The fibres may be so deteriorated that even moderate agitation to remove soil may cause them to shred. Let's look at the main hazards. —Sun damage: constant ex- posure to the sun through glass damages some fibres. Lined cur- tains naturally stand exposure better than unlined. Rotating them. when possible from sunny to unexposed areas helps prolong the life. —Sunlight and color: when just one color of a printed curtain fades, •it is the , result of the chemical action of sunlight on the dye. Colors most frequently af- ' feeted are yellow, red and pale green. '‘ • —Oxidation: natural chemicals • in the air sometimes combine with the natural humidity to form • a mild acid which' eventually de- ;• teriorates the fibres, • —Fume fading; • , gases and • umes in the atmosphere react n certain dyes in acetate fab- S,Aeaving a reddish stain. (Am containing blue, dyes are he Most susceptible. ' n • . • Hints for BuyingCurtains ily • z ,-"frOM, •reputablePoStOres4 • for • quality merchandise; Tor pretslfunk .aad vat -dyed Have curtains laundered a ries. cleaned often because im- 'Ided soil causes backgrounds Refrigerator Safety If you buy 'a -new fridge or " freezer, don't let your old one be the cause oftA child's death. For approximately 10 year' s' all Cana- • dian4huilt. refrigerators and freezers have been equipped with .safety 'door than can be re- leased from the inside. But there are still some old-timers about to be discarded. Somethnes old ap- pliances are hauled to the durnp or shunted onto a porch and chil- dren consider this box a magic find. The Canadian Appliance Manu- facturers Association is concern- ed that same homeowners are unaware ofthis danger. If it isn't possible to take the door off the hinges, CAMA urges owners to wedge the door open or chain it shut in such a way that children can't pry it open. Should you see an abandoned refrigerator that could become a death trap, notify local authorities. High-Pressure,Selling Before buying in the home, be realistic about your needs, know current prices and determine the full selling price. Ask the sales- man for identification (most provinces have these sellers registered). From then on, it is up to you. No one can make you buy against your win. If you aren't in- terested, don't listen to the pitch. No need to be polite. Shut the door or hang up the phone. Inviting him in shows you have some in- terest (and he knows this). If you change your mind and he won't leave (hoping to Wear you Own), call the police. Keep the Better Business Bureau and provincial consumer departments inform- ed. You can contact them through your phone book or care of your provincial parliament building. Why do sup -hose and other stretchy garments lose elas- ticity? Today's garments stretch with spandex, a strong durable man-made fibre with high elas- ticity and good recovery. But it breaks down with high heat and when bleached. Handwash these garments'in warm suds, drip dry and avoidbleaching. Is there a way to cover scratches on coppertone ap- pliances? Yes. Get a bottle of automebiletouch-up in a match- inrmetallic color. • We left canned food in'the cot- tage'and tale containers froze and •later -thawed;, is this food safe to eat? As long as the seal iS not broken andthere are no bulgeilii the can,the food won't spoil. But there is always the danger of a hair -line crack, particularly if there is a dent. Soits noVvvorth the -risk if Meat and vegetables are involved. And canned goods that havebeen frozen and thawed will have their texture and flavor affected. How much? Well, de- pends-entow-much-freezint and thawing and the type of food. When in doubt, it's always smart to throw out! 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Reg. 1.39 SPECIAL •99 SUDDEN BEAUTY HAIRSPRAY Reg. 1.59 SPECIAL .99 BRANDS YOU KNOW AT PRICES REALLY LOW FOR TREE PLANTER capable of moving trees 28 -feet tall with out injury is an example of Ontario Hydro's continuing , - aesthetic improvement program throughout the province, The Vermeer tree spade and planter digs up and •trans - Wellington Coun The Wellington County Milk Producers met in annual meeting to hear reports of their organiza- tion, the Ontario Milk Marketing ,Board and activities within their county. Ken McKinnon of Port Elgin and vice chairman of the Ontario Milk Marketing Board brought , . . plants trees with alnininium•of darriage,S0 the r00.t systeM, ThIS versatile' Olete of ecitapment can be momntelOon either a . track or rtibtzerdlred• vehicle for .use on soft and .hard , ground.; : : • . . . imilk committee bolds annual the group up to date insofar as 'dairy policy is concerned 'from both the federal and provincial level. Recent price increases to fluid milk producers do not begin to cover the increased cost of in- puts that the dairyman has to purchase. Hopefully additional increases can be announced for Hybrid corn trials report • The Ontario Corn Committee publishesAn annual report of the Ontario \Hybrid Corn Per- formance Trials in which new hy- brids are tested as soon as the seed is available. Hybrids meet- ing certain standards of per- forniance are then recom- mended. • This year's report of the Hybrid, Corn Performance Trials is green in color and is available from Ministry of Agriculture and Food offices in each of the, five counties of Huron, Bruce, Grey, Wellington and 'Perth. Only 18 and the 162 recoin- mended hybrids for 1973 are • 4, / 4 •both fluid and. industrial Pro- ducers by April lst., the begin- ning' Of the Canadian. Dairy Com- mission dairy year. — Harold Scott, regional direckir for Perth,. Water100 and Welling- ton on the OMNIB reviewed ac- tivities in bis region and c001- mended the 01°0 for their .ae- tivitiewin trying to have milk available in the Varlet* county schools. Both speakers stressed the need for promotion and' the need to emphasize the nutritional value of milk. Ken' Carey, field - man, stressed the need for each producer to review his position in carryovers from those recom- , • mended five years ago. Better hybrids are coming on the mar- ket every year. • If a farmer stuck yvith the same hybrids over the past five Year's, by today's standards, he ,woUld stand about a 90 per cent chance of using inferior hybrids: Ottawa may cut fanners' costs to insure crops Lipbst f�i cana According to .a story in the January issue Of, Atomic Energy of Canada.4tinlited's 'Review', lobster farming', in the warm wate discharge from a nuclear lcliestation situated PI/ .4-IC47- Researchers have found that in the cold waters off Canada's east coast it takes a lobster* about eight years to mature and reach Federal legislation to amend pay 75 per cent of the premium, , one pound in weight, while in the Crop Insurance Act and lower. while the federal government . warmer waters off New England the cost of premiums to farmers pays the other 25 per cent and in some regions has been intro- • shares administrative costs 50-50 duced iii the Commons by Agri- • with the provinces. Ontario and culture Minister Eugene Whelan. Nova Scotia already pay part of The bill would allow the federal , the farmers' 75 per cent share. government to repiiy provinces The change is designed to en-, half of what they pay toward the courage provinces to help cost of insurance premiums if shoulder some of the costs farm - Ottawa makes -no contribution to- ers now pay for premiums and ward the cost of administering thereby encourage more farmers, the program. to take part in the program. The federal government now The percentage of Canada's pays half the administrative cost 360,000 farmers that take out the and one-quarter of the cost of all-risk insurance has been premiums to seven provinces dropping steadily in the past that take part in the federal -pro- three years. It was down to about vincial plan. •49,000 last year from more than In Prince Edward Island and 61,000 in 1969-70. The program the western provinces, farmers , started in 1959. the time.sPan,is 51,44,years.," Now an experiment conducted in tanks At the Massachusetts Lobster HatcheryiliaS Showrethat. lobstersraisedin Warm water (72 "to 75 degrees): the year round will reach one ',bound within two _years. And the researchers think that with selective breeding lobs- ters of marketable size could be raised in 111 months. • The next -step in the program is to study the economic aspects and feasibility of lobster farming on a commercial scale. Certain to be consideredis the possibility of having a nude% power plant serve as the srrce of warm water for a-n'earby lobster farm. Back page challenge respect to 'market share quota and subsidy eligibility quota. The chairman for the past year, Elw.in, Whale called, on Agricultural Representative A. G. Grubbe to conduct the election of officers, which resulted in the following slate: • Chairman,. Elwin Whale; vice chairman, Perk Woestenenk; secretary -treasurer, Man Rom Directors elected: Zone 1 Minto Township, Perk, Woestenenk, Frank Rubin and Allan Ross; Zone 2 iliarYbor,ough Township, Jim Oxby,,,,Aeg Black; Zone. 3 Peel TownShip, Elwin Whale, John Hesselink; Zone 4 Arthur and West Luther Townships, zEl- wooCRobertson, Ted Roelofsen; Zone 5 West Garafraxa, Nichol and . Pilkington Townships, George Pinkney, Sam Harrop; Zone,6 Erin and Eramosa Town- ships, Sandy McPhedran, Deng Gregson; Zone 7 Guelph and Pus- linch Townships, Simon Reinhart and Bob McCaig. The ninety producers present were asked to keep iri• mind arthy , Of" in the $feelw�rker's-414V 4iargu8i; "toe the Milking Management Day commencing at 11.0:30 a.m. Bakhig soda - revival fotold kitchen friend • 4.' Unbury that box of baking soda. Capa11e of replacing virtu- ally your entire roster of cleaning aids, it's a super. space -and - money saver. But What bas really brought rediscovery of this fami- liar old staple is its purity. Women who are fearful of pro- ducts containing a long -list of un- pronouncable ingredients are turning back to baking soda. Also, those who are concerned about water pollution use it be- cause it's phosphate free. And as it occurs naturally inmany lakes and streams, you know it's com- patible with water. Others prefer baking soda be- cause it is free of harsh furnes,or sweet, lingering after -fragrance. Odorless itself, it absorbs the un- wanted smells, leaving an honest freshness in its place., This odor -ousting property makes it especially valuable in the kitchen where smells arc inclined to cling: the chopping block and other wood but lace* that have had contact with onion, garlic, fish or cheese; jars that you want to reuse.; sponges that have gone dank. Sweetening is accomplished with a soak in a solution of baking soda ora scouring with dry soda. In the refrigerator, once it's been washed out with the soda solu- tion, you can maintain freshness by keeping an open package on one of the shelves. Shake occa- sionally to expose a fresh soda surface. A sniff will tell you when it's time to replace. . . and prove that it works. There are many other house- hold uses for this familiar old friend of kitchen Cupboard' and medicine chest. You will see some described on the box. Or yoti might write to the manufact- urer for descriptive literature. • Maur Cake— • Ma onuaise Mus Breads Cakes C000uksi Bunoods aoogi lesaucFruits e Fruit Cocktail Fruit juices Salt • Shertenin As ara u Beans Beets Corn Meats Mixed Ve Peas Pum kin Sou s S a etables Tomatojuice Su Chicken . rish Seafoo Vrarild'u tCi Ground Beel Ice Cream Sour Cream Zerital LOtitons. Oa* ade' Sanita a.kins• Sham 90 Shavin CreaM 1 • iSC011113411i0US Bab Food Bab Cereal Beer ted.13(.:wa CC :no* dee*41'011 a te Stu Ci yarettes • Frozen Fe S Crackers - • Cakes.,Sweets Grits instant Items Cocktail Sit e Jam Jell Macaroni Juices Mixes' — Biscuits. etc. es —Meat Noodles • Fish 44.•;i4s;.0.4•964.4....46.41 Frui • Pies Pizzas PotatO PrOducts Nuts Olives Peanut Butter, •Pet Fo d Pickles • s Avocados Bananas Caritalon Dried Fruits Gra efruit Gra es Lemons Nectarines Oran es Peaches . • Pears Pinea • Plums Strawberries Beans Broccoli Brussels S • routs Cabba e Carrots Cele Corn Cucumbers Garli Lett ce Onions Peas Pe ere Potatoes. Snacks S • a hetti Household Supplies Bleach Candles Cleanser Cleansin Tissue Detergebts, Soap Foil, Plastic Wrap FreezerSupplies Furnit6re Polish Light Bulbs_ Matches Mop Napkins Pa er Ba s Pa er Towe • Toilet Tissue Tooth icks iriach Tomatoes Water Softener Wax Wax Pa er Window Cleane Shoe Polish THE PREVIOUS WEEK'S challenge was the famous Four Aces Restaurant in Clifford. A well-known landmark in the area, the restaurant is operated by She Hohnstein family and features a number of customer services over and above fo0c1 arid drink. The restaurant was a recent stop of this newspaper's editor while attending an auction sale in Clifford and the hospitality was excellent. Clifford incidentally is geograplildelly alrrsost dead center In the Crossroads circulation area and is roughly equal distartCe from Wingharn in the west, •Hanover in the north, Mount For est in the east and Listowel in the SOuth. NOw, [levy About the photo above? Do you know it? We'll Identify it next week btit Iti the meantime, don't be shy, send us your favourite scene or landmark for use* in thi$1Pa0. eCr si19°Al welcomes • ietters to the editor Space geterved • For' Your .Advertisement Cali 35 4320 'Ode* • . •