Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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» • f. >■» T I ■»— THE CLINTON CHRONICLE -r Clinton, S. C., Thuroday, OctoKer 5, 1WT This $ven The Girl WttUben! » No, this sign doesn't have legs, but its bearers certainly do. Traffic in Minneapolis was disrupted recently when startled drivers saw this huge 7-foot square sign being carried by four mini-skirted office girls to the International Milling grain elevator. The girls, secretaries at International’s headquarters, were doing their part to help promote their company’s new corporate symbol. Congratulatians! - TO - REGNERY PLAZA JOANNA Summer Bros. Painting Contractors 78 CALDWELL STREET ■ c NEWBERRY, S.^C. REGNERY PLAZA SHOPPING CENTER JOANNA Cannon Construction and ' ' T . - 51 , K,' • ' • i Supply Co., V* 1 ^; >■’ -r - ■ 'V EDWARD 0. CANNON, President C. OTIS TAYLOR, JR., General Manager NEWBERRY, S. C. ■t 1 y -» > ■■■■■■■' ( f From the . .. H.D. AGENT By MARIE HEGLER Home Demonstration Agent Marketing can be very con fusing, especially for the be ginner. With as many as 8,000 different items to choose from in the average supermarket, it is difficult to know where to begin and what to choose. If you shop in a typical supermarket try to familiar ize yourself with the general layout and placement of th different food and household products. Then yhen you make out your shopping list, write the items in the prder in which t’nev appear at the market. Wherever poss b’e, begin your shopping with the section selling nonnerishable, packaged goods; buy perish able, fragile foods last. To clear more of the contu sion. plan your meals well and take along a comprehen sive list. But try to keep some parts of your menu a little flexible so that you can take advantage of the “Special of the day” feature of ypur mar ket. For instance, if you had planned to serve lamb chops but find pork chops are on sale, buy the pork chops. However, if stew meat were on sale, but you didn’t have time to I make a long-cooking stew, theh_obviously it would not be a wise purchase. Ra ther, choose from among the many high-quality prepared foods which are available to you. With much of the work already done for you by the food manufacturer, you can serve a four-course dinner in a matter of minutes. In thi case, it may cost a few pen nies more, but the conven ience of these products and time saved are worth it. CONVENIENCE POODS There are, of course, many prepared foods which do not actually cost any more, and sometimes cost less than if you did all the preparation yourself. The result is that you would save very little money and would surely spend a lot more time if you started from scratch. The price of convenience foods is not the only point to consider. These foods, which mean less work, also give greater satis faction in terms of variety, nutrition, uniform results, and improved taste. Highly skilled personnel are involved in every phase of pfeparat'on, and provide exacting super vision of the food from the source through to the placing of the package in the market. Learning something about the package is an important part of being a good shopper, too. Be a label reader—labels can tell you many things. First of all, the picture on the front shows yoli what you Can pkitect to find inside dr how to; serve the contents. Next, the ingredients are listed by percentage of weight in decreasing order, so you can tell the proportion of in gredients. It is especially im portant to note each ingredient carefully if someone in your family is on a special diet because of an allargy condi tion or illness. You may sometimes find some un familiar ingredients listed. These are additions which make it possible to prepare foods in i quantity and keep them fresh and good tasting until you use them at home. Packages of prepared foods tell you how many servings are in each package. These are average servings, allow ing about cup of prepared vegetables or fruit, or other such accompaniment foods, and about 1 cup of any foods that can be served as an en tree. The package also gives you the total weight of the con tents. There may be slight variations in weight of simi lar products of different flav ors. This is necessary in order that the yield and flavor level will be the same and to standardize measures of added ingredients. Many times you will open a package of cereal or crack a package of cereal or crack ers and discover that there is some space between the top of the box and the contents. The box was packed full, but the contents have settled dur ing their trip from the manu facturer to your home. If you were to empty the con tents and then refill the box, you would find it to be brim ming. You already know how im portant it is to carefully read through a recipe before start ing. It is equally important to carefully read and follow the directions on each pack age. A great deal of testing has been done by trained home economists to arrive at thb best, most practical, most ‘‘foolproot” way oj pit paling the fwou. At Wofford. Russian Noblewoman Recalls i / * # Chaotic Red Revolutions Of 1917*1918 SPARTANBURG—In Soviet Russia preparations are un derway for the celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917. At Wofford College Madame Marie Gagarine took time to reflect on her personal ex periences in Russia at the close of the First World War. She came to Wofford in 1960 as a lecturer. Madame Gagarine, a Rus sian noblewopnan and wife of a high ranking officer in the Russian Army, served as a nurse in the Red Cross at the German front during the chaotic revolutions of 1917- 1918. Faced with the death of her husband and a deteriorating situation at the front in which even the hospitals were thrown into disorder, Madam tjhrown into disorder, Madame Gagarine returned to her es tate south of Moscow es corted by her late husband’s personal aide. In describing the situation in the country through which she traveled, Madame Gaga- rine’s usually fine command of English fails her. She agrees with the picture of revolutionary anarchy de picted in the movie “Dr. Zhi vago,” asserting only that the scenes presented are too “mild.” Finding her old home unin habitable, Madame Gagarine fled south toward the Crimea with her three sons, escorted by her husband’s aide. Madame Gagarine vividly remembers the long trip south in a baggage train. At every stop people trying to crowd into their car would be stopped by Madame Gaga- rine’s soldier-protector, shout ing that he was a soviet offi cer taking a noblewoman’s family to be hanged. Interestingly enough this soldier who saw Madame Gagarine and her children safely to Yalta in the Crimea was himself a Bolshevik who was acting out of loyalty to Madame Gagarine’s late hus band. For a time the Crimea was spared the fighting and an archy raging in much of Russia. Eventually, however, the Revolution reached Yalta. Although it was extremely difficult to find any kind of shipping, Madame Gagarine and her family were finally evacuated on a French mine sweeper to Constantinople. Since leaving Russia, Ma dame Gagarine has worked as a teacher, actress, and nurse in Turkey, France, and finally the United States where she teaches Russian and French at Wofford Col lege. In evaluating her experi ences, Madame Gagarine em phasizes the help and guid ance she has received from others. As a girl she received from her teachers a enthusiasm,” a learning” which has stood by her all her life. From her teachers she also learns as she says, “to stand no matter what happens, to stand and “tremendous “taste for not swim.’* To this educational prepa ration Madame Gagarine adds the assistance of individuals— her husband’s aide, the French naval officer, and others — who made possible her escape from the anarchy that was Russian half a cen tury ago. Since arriving on the Wof ford campus, Madame Gaga rine has written and produced several plays. She is active in the Little Theatre and has appeared in numerous plays while in Europe. - OF - BELKs TOYLAND IN OUR BUDGET BASEMENT ' l . ■ • ' ■ ■ + Use Our Convenient Lay-A way Plan + Free Gifts For The Kiddies + Small Deposit Holds Until December 24th + All At Discount Prices NOTICE! THE FOLLOWING DOWNTOWN x ) • < a... r» V* '£ CLINTON MERCHANTS <9 WILL BE OPEN EVERY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON BEGINNING WEDNESDAY L OCTOBER BELK’S GORDON’S HARPER’S I. PIGGLY-WIGGLY ROSE’S WINN-DIXIE