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6 p r || pm mJ DISCARD LEI WW jl r?tu jF 9m Mb "?i %) ~ ! Mary Huffstetler. Lydia housewife, medicine cabinet inventory. Make Medicine Cab Healing - - N Have you taken inventory of your family medicine chest recently .' it not, it may be a source of danger instead of help. Like Fibber McGee's closet the medicine cabinet has a way of being cluttered with things that should have been thrown awav. Other than the hazard of something falling on you from an over-loaded bedroom closet, which has become cluttured by time with old shoes, blankets, hats, etc., aren't dangerous, hoarded medicines and first aid supplies may be. Many drugs become ineffective on standing. Others may become injurious to tis- te( sues. Compounds containing alcohol may become stronger as the alcohol evaporates. ; Open bandage rolls and frequently opened jars of oint- ; ment can become contamina ted with germs and actually harmful as a remedy. < LEFT - OVER prescription medicines should be discarded. too. Usually the next patient's illness will be dif- j ferent from that of the one for whom the medicine was ( prescribed. And, by the time the second patient gets sick, the medicine will be stale anyway. Registered Plant Nurses j Mrs. Myrtle West, Clinton, and Mrs. Dorcas Copeland, c Lvdia, have tips on the proper maintenance of family medicine cabinets. They said: 1. The contents of the cabinet should be practical K and simple measures for emergency first aid and 11 for temporary relief of pain. It shouldn't serve as a mechanical doctor. Let your family physician handle the more L than minor jobs. 2. Keep all harmful drugs ?even aspirin can be dangerous to children? 1.1 out of the reach of children. preferably under lock and key. 3. Don't put poisons of any \4 kind in the medicine 3?seomm\ T-OVERS I ^ is shown making her annua] inet Source of lot Hazard cabinet. You may accidentally pick up the wrong bottle. It is al V? Y .-> ??IJC LU licivt? lilt bottles correctly and clearly labeled. Place s piece of scotch tape ovei the cap to cause you tc take enough time to be sure of the content. 4. Throw away medicines that aren't labeled and all old medicine. AFTEh the clean sweep, you can load the cabinet with needed items. Buy them in small quantities because the turnover should be fast and economical. The nurses list 14 sugges1 items for your cabinet: 1. Small box of sterile cotton. 2. Box of cotton tipped swabs. 3. Roll of four-inch-wide gauze or 12 four-by-four; u 1 jiiwii aicnivr ^auz;e paus. 1. A small (about two and one-half yards long) roll of one-inch wide adhesive tape. 5. Box of all-purpose bandages. 3. O n e-o unce bottle of merthiolate antiseptic. Ounce tube of boric acid for minor burns and skin irritations. 3. Ounce bottle of spirits of ammonia. I. Bottle of 5-grain aspirin tablets or empirin compound. Since they're used often, buy the large size and save money. ). Bottle of flavored 2V2^ ^ ..u: 1 a ^ I cl I I 1 cl r?\J I I 11 I MM I 11 1 1 M I ?.' I 1. I. Ounce box of boric acid powder for making solutions in which to dip dressings for minor skin irritations. I. Two-ounce box of epsom salts for hot soaks of minor sprains and infections. I. Four-ounce bottle of medicine for minor upsets of nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. L Small bottle of a mild, gentle laxative. THE CLOTHMAKE1 (Jinton ISews (continued from page 4) little boys and girls gathered at the home of Dot Davis to help "Christy" Heaton celebrate her 3rd birthday. Ice Cream and cookies were served. Also happy birthday was sung by the little guests. Mrs. Joyce Wallenzine had a birthday April 5. Richard Wallenzine has a birthday April 19. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Braswell, Jr., will observe their 20th wedding anniversary April 23. Kathv Snelgrove will observe her 15th birthday, April 15. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Williams observed their 17th wedding anniversary March 22. Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Lowe will observe their 28th wedding anniversary April 20. Mr. and Mrs. "Bill" SnelI grove and daughters visited Mrs. S. B. Snelgrove, who is improving at her home near Saluda, recently. Mrs. Geneva Coker of Greenwood spent the week with her daughter, the W. C. Wallenzines. CLINTON OFFICE By Marie Weir SN Kent Cook of Quonset, R. I., visited Mrs. Cook last weekend. I Mrs. Paul Tyson accom1 panied Mr. Tvson to Columbia last Friday where he left for ' service in the Air Force. He ! is stationed in San Antonio, Texas. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Pitts and I Tv/r/~<i 1? n-ii ? i>n. auu ivna. iictilea rauer son of Laurens were recent supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Berry in Fork Shoals, S. C. Miss Lois Lever visited Miss Judy Chaney at Bob Jones University last weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Ray were recent visitors of Mrs. . Ray's sister and brother-inlaw, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Hol[ land in Columbia. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Simmons visited Mr. and Mrs. Trottie Riley in Columbia PToci nr Qnnrlur wui iVlU Y . Mr. Charles Johnson of S. C. Medical College of Charleston spent Easter Holidays with his mother, Mrs. Leila N. Johnson. Mrs. Kent Cook and brother, Horace Waddell of Laurens, visited their sister. Miss Miriam Waddell, in Washington, D. C., recently. SN Kent Cook joined them there for a visit. Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Lancaster and children visited Mrs. Lancaster's parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Sisk in Forest City, N. C., on Easter Sunday. Miss Betty Jo Chitvvood has recently moved to the King Apartments. i i TH? KEY TO/ AMV JOB/ /I g^ ,,-in-- '-> <?'oJ_ R LYDIA DAUGHTER Peggy Mclnvaille, Wint.hr College senior class membi is now doing her stude teaching at Brookland-Cay High School in Cayce. Peg, is a home economics maj and is doing her teaching this field. She is the daught of Grover and Anna Mcl vaille of 600 North Bro Street, both well-known Ion service Lydia Weave Roc employees. Peggy served di ing first semester of this ye as president of the Westmi ster Fellowship, Presbyteri; student organization Winthrop. She also represents the se ior class as a member of tl dance committee. Last year Peggy was member of the house count in Bancroft Hall where si lived. She was also active C r r rr_ juiiic v.uuiit; . . . jgrne rin A Chicago reporter was a signed to cover a dance at school for the deaf and dum As the speechless coupl danced and gesticulated, i interpreter explained to tl reporter what their finge were saving. Suddenly he noticed tv fellows over in the cornc One had his hand under h coat, moving his fingers wil ly. "What's he doing?" ask< the reporter. "Oh, him," was the explan tion, "he's telling dirt stories!" * * * * An elderly school teach got on a bus and took the on empty seat, next to a mi who had had a little too mu< to drink. After a while si opened her brief case ar opened a map of Korea prepare her geography lcssc for the following day. The tipsy gentleman gazt steadily at the map for a whi and finally addressed the lac in a worried voice: "Su you're on the right bus?" * # * * After a 1 e n g t h v searc through her purse, the worm who had just boarded a stree car handed the conductor At Clinton Community Smith Fan SgpiMl Dl Rjii The family of Mrs. J. F. W*i Building on Sunday. April 13, . Family Reunion and dinner. Fi present. Three of Mrs. Weir's Mrs. L. B. Chandler of Shore Simmons of Melrose, Florida, v C. L. Smith of Hartsville. Thei Greer was unable to attend du APRIL, 1958 op nt or in jJt<^ir^V fl I g- jA R im ?^DB \^BP? ^5Q wpr n- ^?.. iF 1 an J at f the Winthrop Recreation As ii- oiivinnuii, sti viil^ d3 it piUJt'flS he chairman. Peggy plans to work again a this summer at the First Pres:il byterian Church of Clinton he and to begin her teaching in career in the fall. ^ e . . . Some with a Different Twist is- $50 bill. She noted his disa approving glance, and snapb. ped, "I'm sorry, but I don't es have a dime." in "Oh, don't worry, lady," he le reassured her, "you'll have rs 499 of them in a minute." * * * * /o Perry: Why is Brown pac?r. ing up and down in front of is his honsr*7 d- Jerry: "He's worried about ?d his wife?poor chap. Perry: Why, what's she got? a- Jerry: The car. < y * * * * I "Why did you fire that gor- ' geous secretary you had?" er "She couldn't spell ? kept I ly asking me how to spell every in word when she took dicta:h tion." le "1 suppose you couldn't id stand the interruptions?" I to "It wasn't that. I just in didn't have time to look up . all those words." I * * * # lc A Pennsylvania court has ly rejected a young lady's rere quest for damage settlement against the driver of a car in which she was riding; a kiss *h caused the driver to lose conm trol of the car, and she was t- therefore charged with "cona tributory negligence." > House nily Reunion r gathered at the Clinton Community | j58, for the second consecutive Smith ifty four members of the family were sisters, Mrs. G. L. Bright of Startex; sbrook, Spartanburg and Mrs. R. F. vere present. Also their brother. Mr. r eldest sister. Mrs. C. B. Brannon of e to sickness.