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i v .k.. 22—THE CHRONICLE, Clinton, S. C, Dec. 14, 19*7 How Can I? By ANNE ASHLEY Q. How con I sharpen the blade of a knife, a plane, a chisel, or other cutting tool when there is no honing stone available? A. You can do this nicely with a piece of emery cloth laid out on a flat, smooth surface. Be sure to vary the pressure on the tool, bearing down hard at first in order to wear the edge even, then gradually decreasing your pressure so as to produce a keen cutting edge. Q. How can I, when wash ing woolen sweaters or other woolen garments, keep them soft, and also prevent itching when they are worn? A. By adding one or two tablespoons of glycerin to lukewarm water when rins ing these articles. Q. How can I''clean out the holes in the bottom of my steam iron? A. One very easy and ef fective method is with a pipe cleaner dipped in a solution of detergent and water. Q. What is a good way to make use of several bottles containing just a drop or two of perfume? A. Try adding a few drops of inexpensive baby oil to this leftover perfume. This will not only make a nice bath oil, but one capful in your tub will add a fine soft ness and fragrance to your skin. Q. What is an easy way when sewing to join seams that are cut on a bias? A. Baste a strip of paper to the underside of your mater ial, stitch on the sewing ma chine, and then tear the pap er away. This prevents the fabric from stretching, and also insures straighter seems. Q. How can I freshen suede gloves? A. Put the gloves on and rub hard with a slice of stale bread. As the bread becomes soiled, change to another slice. Q. How can I prevent an unfilled pie crust from shrinking? A. Take a foil plate and cut the center. Place the ring up side down on your unbaked crust. With the center out, the crust will brown. When the crust is baked, remove the ring and add the filling. Q. How can I treat a small chip in a white pottery lamp, vase or statue? A. By coating the roughen ed surface at once with clear fingernail polish. Sealed in this way, the exposed por ous clay won’t absorb dust and stains which would make the chip very conspicuous in a short time. Q. How can I remove cray on marks from vinyl tile flooring? A. You can do this very easily with i^ijver ; polish. Many other such tips' on the removal of stains and spots of all kinds are contained in my household manual. Q. How can I remove rain spots from suede pumps? A. By rubbing them lightly with an emery board. Be sure, however, that you rub LIGHTLY, so that you do not also remove the suede it self. Q. How can I keep my fiber-glass curtains and dra peries looking new, crisp, and revitalized? A. By adding a half-cup of epsom salts to your last rinse when washing these curtains. Q. How can I remove old blood stains from handker chiefs? A. You can usually soak these stains out in a solution of two tablespoons of am monia to a quart of cold water. Q. What can I do if water begins to soak through my cork coasters? A. Try coating the bottom of them with colorless finger nail polish. Q. How can I do a good Job of cleaning my bathroom ce ramic tile? A. Scrub this tile with a mixture of two parts deter gent and three parts vinegar, using a brush, and giving special attention tp those strips between the tile blocks. Q. What can I do if whip ping cream looks as though it is not going to whip? A. Add three or four drops of lemon juice or a bit of plain gelatin powder to it. Q. How can I best cope with the problem of covering buttons with a material that is hard to handle? A. By wetting the material thoroughly, blotting on a towel, then covering your buttons while the fabric is still wet. Q. What can I do about ani mal stains on my carpets? A. Deal with these as soon as possible after they have occurred, by sponging with a solution of one-half cup of salt to a quart of water. Fol low by sponging with a solu tion of one pert ammonia to 20 parts water. Best results are achieved when soonest ap plied. Caldwell Listed In Who’s Who News VEGETABLES Cabbage, 50 lb. hag, $1.50- 12. Collards, Fair A Good Qua lity, $1.50-2. Green Onions, Dos. Bchs, $1.11.25. Rutabagas A Tops, Dos. Bchs. $1.50-2. Salad. Mustard Bu., $1.50- $2. Salad, Turnip Bu., $lA0-$2. Sweet Potatoes, Bu., $1.75- $4. Turnip, Roots Bu., $1.50-$2. Turnip, Tops Dos. Bchs., $1.50-2. GRAIN Wheat, Bu.. $I1.20-$1.40. Oats, Bu., .00 cents. Barley, Bu., $1. Soybeans, Bu., $2.40-12.48. Corn, Bu. sheUed yellow, $106-$IJQ. Corn, Bu. shelled white, $1.05-$1.10. CATTLE Commercial Cows, $16.50- 19.50. Canners A Cutters, $12.- $14.50. Good Ch. Stockers S A H, $22.50-2^.50. Medium Stocker S H, $22 - $17.50418.25. HOGS Hogs No. 1-3, 220-240, $17,500-18.25. CHARLESTON. — Cadet Hartley M. Caldwell, of Clinton, S. C., was recently named by The Citadel to the 1967 Edition , of Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges. Selections for Who’s Who were recently approved by Gen. Hugh P. Harris, presi dent of The Citadel, after a special committee had scru tinized the records of mem bers of the Corps of Cadets who have excelled militarily, academically, and in extra curricular activities. In mak ing its recommendations this committee endeavored to honor those cadets who had proved their all-round abili ties as Catadel men. Cadet Caldwell holds the rank of first lieutenant with in the Corps of Cadets, and is majoring in civil engineer ing. He is a member of the 1967-68 Honor Court, which is one of the highest honor; that could be paid a cadet by his fellow students; president of the Westminster Fellow ship, , a Presbyterian reli gious organization; circula tion manager of the college newspaper; and is a Dean’; List Student, signifying high academic achievemnet. Caldwell is also the recip ient of the George Walker White Engineering Scholar ship. Majoring in civil engi neering at the military, he recently won the coveted des ignation of Distinguished Air Force Student. School Lunch Menu DISTRICT 5$ Week of December 18-19 MONDAY Milk, Vegetable soup with beef, Sandwiches, Hot corn- bread, Butter, Glazed dough nuts. TUESDAY Milk, Sliced baked ham, Cole slaw, Green beans with whole potatoes, Hot rolls, Butter, Jello with topping. Winn-Dixie Sales Show Increase Winn-Dixie’s 734 supermar kets in this area and through out the Southeast recorded an 8.91 per cent gain in sales during the four weeks ended Nov. 18 compared with the corresponding period last year. The volume was $80,617,016 against $74,022,494, an in crease of $6,504,522. An ad vance also was reported for the 20 weeks ended Nov. 18 when sales totaled $388,185,- 799 compared with $374,504,- 526, a gain of $15,681,273 or 3.65 per cent. MAKE MONEY AT HOME RAISING CHINCHILLAS Chinchillas are safe, gentle, odorless, and easy to raise. You can make up to $300 per week. With less than $500 cash outlay and our liberal budget plan, you can own your own profitable Chinchilla Ranch. We guarantee a market for every Chinchilla you raise. We guarantee that all Chinchillas will live. We guarantee that all Chinchillas will reproduce. Chinchillas can be raised anywhere that can be enclos ed .. . Such as an attic, garage, storage room, base ment, etc. A 6* x 8’ room is all that is required to start making money. For a FREE illustrated book on how to raise Chin chillas write to— Southeastern 129 Knox Abbot Drive, Columbia — Phone 803-794-9862 Please mail as your name, address, city and phone number and Cheek one: Q Please mail FREE book. Q Flense have representative cad one mo. Miss Jqcobs Is Elected WINSTON-SALEM — Edna Jacobs of Clinton has been elected freshman repre sentative to the Salem Col lege chapter of the YWCA. Miss Jacobs is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Jacobs of 512 Walnut Street in Clinton. In her first year at Salem/ Miss Jacobs will be assists ing with the YWCA projects of community service and" in bringing special programs to catmpus. - TREE PLANTING—This picture shows loblolly pine seedlings being planted on idle land on the farm of L. A. Blakely in the Duncan Creek Water shed. The Laurens County Soil and Water Con servation District’s tree planting crew is doing the planting job for Blakely. On the planter, from left, are George Irby and Henry Hill. On the tractor is Earl Bryson, District Equipment Man ager. Paul Bowie, Piedmont Nurseryman of Pick ens? says he has plenty of seedlngs for distribu tion. Slash, loblolly, long leaf and Virginia pine are available at $4.50 per thousand at the nur sery. Other forest tree seedlings available are yellow poplar (for low land), and white pine at $8.00 per thousand. Plan Ahead For Yule Lights By MARIE HEGLER Extension Home Economits Christmas lighting displays become more dazzling each year. The many types of lighting equipment displayed in the stores are elegant, and often expensive. This is a bit frightening to many who would like to decorate their homes with light. It seems like too costly a project to I create a display that will last only for a month. This does not have to be so. With original ideas, a lit tle imagination, simple ma terials and a few basic rules, every home can convey a “Merry Christmas” message for all who pass by. And the whole family can have fun working together on a Christ mas lighting project. • In order to achieve the best effects and to get the most ruse from lighting equipment, begin with a PLAN. Striving for unity and beauty of design will prevent the possibility of overdecorating which pro duces gaudy effects. Choose the most attractive part of your home or yard and place' the focal point of your design; there. Indoors and outdoors, con centrate lighting on the one single feature that is the fo cal point with secondary lighting and design features. Make the whole design relate to the house or the yard, or whatever will form the background. General illumination will unify all of the elements of the design, as it eliminates glare and unwanted shadows. Strings of light that form paths or lines between the elements of the design also contribute to unity. Plan outdoor lighting to coordinate with the indoor design. One will accent the other and fewer decorative materials will be required. The effect will be far more impressive. FARM FIRE LOSSES NE WYORK—Fire destroy ed an average of more than a half million dollars of farm property a day in 1966, ac cording to the Insurance In formation Institute. Farm fire losses last year reached record high of $195 million n Walnut Grove Plantation Offers Strange Contrast! Standing on the front porch of the sparkling white main house of Walnut Grove Plan tation near Spartanburg, S. C., the hum of traffic along busy Interstate 26 is clearly audible. This is in strange contrast to the sounds heard by the former occupants of this re cently restored house as they stood on this same porch. The sounds they heard could have been the chilling wind blowing through the dry leaves and underbrush of the nearby forest or Indians who had grown careless in seek ing a better view of this sim ple Georgian type house sit ting so majestically in the wilderness. Then, too, it might have been an elk, deer, black bear or panther. Even more ominous were the sounds on January 17, 1781. Then the noise of battle at nearby Cowpens rang through the air and could be heard clearly at the house. It was at Cowpens that- Gener al Daniel Morgan and his continental forces decided to make their stand against Lt. Col. Tarleton and his British legion. Fighting from an al most impossible positip(i, the Erskine Campaign Has Good Start With $135,177 in pledges, plus the entire $10,000 chal lenge gift already assured, the 1967-68 Erskine College Liv- ; ng Endowment campaign is well on its way towards be coming the finest such cam paign in the history of Ers kine College. By Homecoming, 3,665 alumni—61 per cent of the 6,028 solicited—and 610 non alumni friends of Erskine had made pledges to the cam paign. Mrs. John T. Young of Clinton is chairman of the Clinton-Laurens area which is one of 15 chapters which already have reached 96 per cent participation in the campaign. T Gorham's CjifttoYou ■ A pair of sterling silver candelabra worth $100 ...yours when you buy .Service for Eight in Gorham sterling silver? Brighten your holidays... or give the bride a gift she'll cherish forever. With the purchase of Service for Eight in your choice of any Gorham Original Design. .*. two magnificent candelabra to preside over your table or decorate your home: the Gorham Sterling 808/lBD. This very special offer will be made for a limited time only. Service for 8 consists of 8 teaspoons, 8 place knives, 8 place forks, 8 salad forks, 1 sugar spoon, 1 butter-serving knife (hollow handle), 2 table or — serving spoons. Prices start at $326. " ©•tjl® Sterling THE PERSON WHO HAS Everything The Most Enlightening Gift of All A Subscription To The Chronicle (A 25 I "■ 1 ^ J. C. THOMAS, Jeweler Clinton, S. 0. :—: Joanna, S. C. 1 year $4.00 Yz Year $2.50 1 Year $5.00 (Out of County) Yz Year $3.00 (Out of County) patriots sent the British into retreat in what has been terjned one of the most im portant battles of the Revo lution. Walnut Grove Plantation originated in 1763 with a grant from King George III to Charles Moore, who built the plantation house about 1765. At that time Spartan burg County was Indian Country and generally des cribed as a' paradise. Buffalo roamed the rolling green meadows and, wild turkey, • • • ; Country-Dinner Theatre Opens “Barefoot In The Park” is now playing at the recently opened Greenville - Spartan burg Country Dinner Thea tre. The theatre’s format con sists of a gourmet buffet din ner served between 6 and 8:15 p. m. The mechanical stage descends from the ceil ing promptly at 8:30 p. m. commencing act one of the current production. The production, which op ened'Dec.. 6, will have a four-week run. “The Odd Couple” will open Jan. 15. United Productions of New York City, which produces pl£ys for 21 theatres, deer, elk and the great black bear were plentiful in the virgin forest. The main house is, the cen ter of the present restoration. Neither a mansion nor a town house, the two-story-frame building is an “authentic do cumented interpretation of life in Spartanburg County prior to 1830.” At the rear of the house are the kitchen and Rocky Springs Academy, two frame buildings of almost identical size. There is also a boxwood bordered garden and the care taker’s home, which is the last “Dover’s House” re maining in the South Caro lina Up-Country. Late Queen Anne mantels, fielded paneling and double shouldered chimneys are a few of the many outstanding features of this plantation home. One of the safety features of the house is the stairs to the second floor. They can can be entered from the Hy ing room or the master bed room, off the living room. The door was locked from the living room at night so the children sleeping upstairs could not leave the house and wander off without going through the parents’ bed room. The plantation is near the intersection of Interstate 26 wm bring productions to a ' n d'.HTg'hway 221,‘‘about eight the Greenville - Spartanburg! m)|es south of Spartanburg . Theatre. Each will feature professionally trained and ex perienced performers. It is also about a 15-minute drive from the intersection of Interstate 26 and Interstate Reservations are now being 85 accepted for the holiday sea-1 The plantation is open year * on ' ‘ round and may be visited from 10 a. m. to 5 p. m. Tues- AUTO THEFT FREQUENCY da y through Saturday, ex- NEW YORK—The chances cept during December, Janu ary and February when the of your car being stolen rose hours are u a . m. to 4 p. m. from 1 in 203 in 1948 to 1 in hours on Sundays are 2 140 in 1966, according to the p . m . to 5 p. m. It is closed on Insurance Information Insti tute. There were 557,000 cars stolen in 1966, many of them by thieves who found the cars unlocked and keys the ignition switch. Mondays and holidays. 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