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14—THE CHRONICLE, Clinton, S. C., May 30, 1968 Food Shopping Guide BY ANN LEE McPHAIL Southern homemakers buy less Clemson Extension Consumer Editor The way you've done you'll reach the top and more some day BURRISS- HARRISON Furniture D one! is firmly established. Congratulations to the l graduates. H. D. PAYNE and Co. expensive food but get more nu trients tor their money accord ing to the USDA 1%5-1966 food consumption survey. Food used in the home In the spring of 1965 cost an average of $7.92 per per son in the South, $8.67 in the North Central, $9.35 in the West, and $9.77 in the Northeast. Although our food prices have somewhat increased since this study date, the general pattern is the same. This is definitely encouraging nev for South Carolina home makers because our food dollar not only buys more food but also buys more of the essen tial nutrients; protein, calcium, iron, vitamin A, thiamine, ribo flavin and ascorbic acid, but also more calories. On the average southern home makers get more nutrients for their food dollars yet many south ern households have “poor’diets. In this 1965-1966 study, “poor’ indicated a diet that provides less than two-thirds of the re commended dietary allowance for one r m re nutrients. Twenty- f.-ui per nt f all southern ii'n eb 1!." had poor diets com- pareo wn: hd percent in the North Central. 18 percent in the West, and IT percent in the Northeast. This is quite a paradox and is puzzling the experts. Our in comes are higher and real food costs are relatively low. Ade quate income seems to be no guarantee. Even at a $10,000 and above income nationally, nine percent of the families had poor diets. What is being done to reverse this trend" Greater emphasis will be placed on using more milk products, fruits, and vegetables. Alst greater efforts will be made to fortify existing staples. Southern homemakers differ from other regional homemakers in quantities of different kinds of food used at home. Southern fami lies use the least fruit but the most vegetables; the least bread but the most flour, sugar, fat, and eggs--indicating more bak ing. Southern homemakers use more pork, poultry, and fish and less beef. Perhaps with wise buying our 1968 study will include less money for more nutrients as well as a lower percent of “poor* diets. Class of 1968... Jiap tki fiicii aid raich tka kiriin'i a4|i. 6aai Lick. FAMILY SHOES INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY CO. Regal Reuben Sandwiches Want a hearty, flavorful sandwich? Choose this regal Reuben sandwich well endowed with juicy, tender canned corned beef, sauerkraut and sliced Swiss cheese. The combination makes a filling and flavorful sandwich satisfying enough to serve as the muin course for a family lunch or supper. When preparing this sandwich Ailing, it’s good to know that canned corned beef is fully cooked lean meat with no Ailing or binding ingredients added. For this reason it is not only an eco nomical buy, but can be used just as it comes from the can. Regal Reuben Sandwiches 1 can (12 ounces) corned beef, unchilled cup (1 stick) butter, softened 4 teaspoons prepared yellow mustard 1 tablespoon sweet pickle relish 16 slices rye bread 8 slices process Swiss cheese 1 can (1 pound) sauerkraut, drained Vi cup butter for grilling Flake corned beef with fork. Cream butter until soft, then add mustard and pickle relish. Spread each slice of bread with butter mixture. Place Vt to Vs cup flaked corned beef on half of the battered bread slices. Top meat with cheese slice, then with Vi to Vi cup well drained sauerkraut. Top with remaining slices of buttered bread, buttered side down. Heat Vi cup butter in electric skillet until bubbly. Grill four sandwiches at a time, turning when bottom side is brown. Grill on remaining side until sandwiches are heated through and cheese is beginning to melt. Repeat with remaining four sandwiches, adding more butter to skillet if necessary. Cut in half and serve with relishes as desired. Makes 8 servings. Dear Sally BY SALLY SHAW DEAR SALLY: Our daughter is 16, very pretty and has a lovely complexion -- but still she persists in covering this enviable skin of hers thickly with foundation makeup that gives her an artificial and almost ghostly look. Most of her girl friends do the same thing -- but the blemished skins of some of these girls gives them some excuse for the camouflage. We’ve protested about this to our daughter, but have gotten nowhere. Can you tell us what earthly reason would Impel a young teenaged girl to cover her faultless skin will all this heavy makeup? PERPLEXED PARENTS. DEAR PERPLEXED PAR ENTS: Because they want to ap pear grownup and glamorous. These girls should be told that their own natural, youthful beau ty is exactly what their older counterparts spend so much time, money, and effort in trying to achieve with their makeup! DEAR SALLY: When I became engaged four months ago I was the happiest girl in the world, but now, as my wedding date draws nearer, I’m not so sure. All my fiance and I do is fuss and argue over just about every thing, and I can’t remember when last we had a really harmonious and enjoyable date together. Do you think this is just a phase through which all engaged couples go, and that maybe things will smooth out for us after we’re married? JANET. DEAR JANET: No, this is NOT a customary phase of courtship. In fact, what you’re experienc ing now could very well be an advance picture of your mar riage. I suggest that if you two find it impossible to get along now, you break it off. DEAR SALLY: For the past five or six months I have been dating a very attractive man who is separated, but not divorced, from his wife. They have two children of 8 and 10. He dates me two or three times during the week, but never on Saturdays or Sundays. On those days he visits his wife and children -- which he says is his duty as the father of the two kids. Maybe so, but this makes me feel like an out sider. Have you any advice for me? ARKANSAS. DEAR ARKANSAS: Yes smart en up and find yourself another man . . . like, for instance, one who isn’t married! NOTE TO JACK: I agree, you should have been told at a very young age about your being an adopted child -- but still, instead of feeling so worked up about this now, concentrate instead on the great blessing that did come into your life -- your being chosen, loved, and reared by such won derful parents. t lkiri wu t child, went forth every Jay nJ who now |oes, end will always fo forth everyday? Walt Whitman GALA MOTOR INN FARM MARKET NEWS BY COUNTY AGENTS’ OFFICE VEGETABLES Beans, Green Bu., $2.75-3.50 Beets, Doz. Bclis., $2-2.50 Cabbage, 50 lb. bag, $1-1.25 Collards, Fair and good qual ity, $1.75-2.50 Onions, Green, Doz. Bchs.,$l- 1.15 Peaches, Bu., $1,75-2.50 Peas, Garden, Bu., $3-3.50 Plants Cabbage, Per thousand, $2-2.50 Plants Onion, Per thousand, $2.2.50 Plants Pepper, Per thousand, $6.-7. Plants Sweet Potato. Per thou sand, $6.50-7.50 Plants Tomato, Per thousand, $4-4.50 Potatoes New Irish, Per thou sand $4-4.50 Rauishes, Doz. Bchs., .90-1 Salad, Mustard Bu., $1.25-1.75 St.ash, Bu., $1.75-3.50 s, lach, Bu., $2-2.50 Turnips Roots, Bu., $1.50-2 Turnips and Tops, Doz. Bchs., $2-2.50 GRAIN Wheat, Bu., $1.20 Oats, Bu., .80 Barley, Bu., .90-1. Soybeans, Bu., $2.57-2.65 Corn, Bu. shelled yellow, $1.20-1.28 Corn, Bu. shelled white, $1.15- 1.28 CATTLE Commercial Cows, $18.50- 21.40 Canners and Cutters $15-17 Good Ch. Stocker S & H, $24- 32.50 Medium Stocker S & H, $22- 24. HOGS #220-240, $19.-19.75 * * * How Can I? By ANNE ASHLEY Q. How can I remove per spiration stains from fabrics? A. On unwashables, sometimes only dry-cleaning is the answer. But first you can try sprinkling some water - moistened corn starch on the area, brushing this off when it had dried. On wash- ables, if ordinary laundering fails, sponge the spots with vine gar. Q. How can I “stretch” a can of soup? A. By adding a can of bouillon or consomme to any canned soup, then diluting as usual with water or milk. You’ll enjoy the added flavor, too. Q. Is there anything I can do about a marble surface that has become etched by acids from fruit or other causes? A. Try smoothing with the finest grade of sandpaper ob tainable, then polishing with putty powder of jeweler’s rouge. Q. How can I repair a hole in a rug? A. Stitch burlap to the wrong side of the rug, then with a cro chet hook pull matching mater ial through this to match the surrounding weave as closely as possible. To secure the yarn fur ther, press some gummed carpet-binding over the under side. Q. How can I improvise a shoe horn when putting on a close- fitting shoe? A. By laying one corner of a handkerchief into the shoe, gripping the remaining portion of THE WORLD IN >UBS It offers unlimited opportunities for you to “Grab on’ ‘Do a” Good Wiehee. V- McGEE’S DRUG STORE FARMS and FOLKS By L. C. HAMILTON Clemson University Extension Information Specialist People with rural land hold ings in the Palmetto State have been watching farmland values rise for almost three decades, providing them with one of the most attractive investment gains available to them. A recent report of the Agri cultural Research Service gives farm real estate values for all states for the 18-year period be ginning in 1950 and going through 1967. In this report South Carolina show's up extremely well, show ing the rate of gain for land and buildings to be above the nat ional average. During the most recent 5-year period, 1962-67, values In S.C. reflected a 41 percent gain. This compares with a 37 percent aver- ave gain for the nation. During the overall 18-year per iod, land values including build ings in this state increased 200 percent for an average annual gain of about 11 percent. This appears to be a sensa tional gain, but Dr. M.C. Roches ter, Clemson agricultural econo mist, points out that land values had been historically low in the Southeast, perhaps geared to the relatively low level of economic activity as compared to other parts of the country during the early period of the report. The average per acre value of S.C. farmland including buildings in 1950 was $69 By 1960 the value had increased to $137, and by 1967 to $212. The U.S. per acre average value for farmland was $173 on Nov. 1 of 1967. Creating part of the demand for farmland is the desire of farmers to increase the size of their farms to attain a more economical unit, according to Dr. Rochester. In S. C. the size of farms in creased by 34 percent between 1960 and 1968. The size of farms during the same period in the U.S. increased by 28 percent. Dr. Rochester says the demand for uses other than farming; such as industrial plants, shopping centers, and non-farm resi dential developments have great ly influenced the upward trend in farmland prices in S.C. Perhaps another factor is the pivotal location of the Palmetto State; half way between the large urban concentrations centered a- round New York on the north, and the handkerchief firmly, and using the same as a shoe horn. Q. How can I clean my foam rubber powder puffs? A. Try “washing’ these with cold cream instead of detergent. Not only is this an easier method, but it will also make the puffs softer and fluffier. Q. How can I repair cracked patent leather? A. There’s no mend for this. Just conceal the cracks as best you can by dyeing the fabric un derneath. In future, prevent this cracking by rubbing the leather with petroleum jelly and avoid ing exposure to heat. Q. How can I peel beets more easily? A. Beets will peel easily If you cover them with cold water for a minute after they have been boiled. Many other such cookery tips are included in my house hold book. Q. How should knitted garments be hung up after laundering them? A. They should NOT be hung! Instead, let them dry flat, and they’ll stay in much better shape. BEST WISHES And good luck Hare's hoping you' continue to do wsll M & W AUTO by rapidly growing Florida to the south. S.C. is also favorably located to serve the metropolitan area around Atlanta and Birming ham on the west and has on the eastern side one of the nation’s best ports to serve international trade; the Port of Charleston. We must also remember that the population of the U.S. has doubled since land prices hit rock bottom during the economic depression of the 1830’s. Apart from increased economic act ivity, but generally speaking, are slower to react to the ups and downs of the economic cycle than prices. To realize a gain, you have to be able to ride out the low periods of the economic cy cle. GRADS Good wishes that aie full of respect. You've earned them. BELK’S DEPT STORE Keep your banner high. Set your goal high. Congratulations and Good Wishes. DILLARD BOLAND, Jeweler re ready now for bright approach to open fields ahead, luck to you. D. E. TRIBBLE CO. T. E. JONES & SONS Furniture