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I THE CHRONICLE, Clinton, S. C., August 1, 1968—11 HOW CAN I? BY ANNE ASHLEY Q. One of my aluminum skillets has become warped on the bottom and does not sit level on the stove. How can I remedy this? A. Heat the pan until a drop of cold water dances in it, then take it to the workshop, turn it upside down, place a board on it, and hit the board quite hard three or four times with a hammer. This will usually flat ten it again. Q. What can I do about water stains on hardwood floors? A. Rub these spots with a cloth dampened in turpentine or mineral spirits, using a circular motion while rubbing. Dry with a clean cloth. Q. Can you suggest a good substitute for a chamois 0 A. Pieces of velveteen are ex cellent substitutes for chamois, do a fine polishing job, and are easily laundered. Q. How can I grow parsley in my kitchen? A. Cut a small porous sponge in half, place these halves in pretty dishes, and sprinkle.a few parsley seeds over the sponges. Keep them moist. The growing parsley will provide a green plant for the kitchen and nice garnish for your table. Q. How can I remove mildew stains from white cottons and linens? A. A bath in hot, sudsy water may remove these stains, if they are fresh. If not, apply lemon juice and salt, and place the arti cle in direct sunlight. Use only warm, sudsy water on colored articles. Q. Is there any way I can re novate a manuscript on which the writing is almost entirely effaced? A. Take a brush and wash the effaced areas with a solution of prussiate of potash in water, and the writing should appear again if the paper has not lieen destroyed. Q. How can I improvise an effective metal polish? A. Ordinary blackboard chalk makes a fine metal polish. Just rub a little soft-grade chalk onto a dry or damp cloth, and apply to the metal surface. There is just enough abrasiveness in the chalk to remove dirt and grease with out scratching, and leaves a nice, glossy finish. Q. How can I repair frayed carpet edges? A. By whipping the edges with carpet binding thread or cover ing with carpet-binding and pressing with a warm iron. Many other such tips on carpet care are contained in my new house hold manual. Q. What is a good way to cool angel food or sponge cake baked in a tul>e pan° A. Place the tube over the neck of an empty soft-drink bottle . . . which raises the cake high enough to permit air to circu late all about it. Q. How can I dispel musty clothing odors from closets? A. By placing a pan of water, to which some household am monia has been added, on the closet floor or a shelf. ■HoveYw Dear Sally BY SALLY SHAW DEAR SALLY: A certain tx>y and I were very fond of each other and dated regularly-- until he moved with his family to another town. He promised he would write to me, but it’s now been over a month since he moved, and still not a word from him. Since I happen to know his new address, do you think mayle I should write to him° This long silence is getting me down! UNWRITTEN. DEAR UNWRITTEN: No. lie promised to write to YOU, and evidently there’s a big reason lie hasn’t thus far. If that “long silence’ stretches on and on, you can conclude that distance has dimmed his “fondness* for you, and your writing to him will solve nothing. T ' r '”' "‘"’V’: I’m a young wo _ , tting alone in a friend’s home tonight writing this letter to you. I arrived early this evening as an invited week end guest, and was told immed iately by my hostess how very sorry she was, but that a cer tain “fascinating* man had phoned her for a date and she just COULDN’T pass it up. Don’t you think this is rather shabby treatment f a guest 0 TESS. DEAR TENS: Extremely shabby! Your hostess should either have declined the date or arranged an escort for you on the same date. Certainly what she did was NOT the act of a good hostess or a friend' DEAR SA LI Y: My wife is a fine and intelligent woman, and I love her very much. However, she has the idea that she can sing, and really she can’t. I can stand her yodeling around our house, but the trouble is that whenever we visit in friends’ homes where there is a party, she invariably volunteers to “entertain* them with a vocal rendition of one of the late tunes, and I have to sif there in extreme torture along with the other people who are likewise suffering. I certainly don’t want to hurt my good wife’s feelings, but at the same time I feel I should do SOMETHING. What° RED-FACED. Dear RED-FACED: If your wife is as intelligent as you say, she’ll listen when you appeal to tier sense of right and wrong. Remind her that it just is not proper for a guest, no matter how talented, to VOLUNTEER to perform in other people’s homes without l>eing specifically ASKED to do SO. DEAR SALI Y: I recently broke up with a young man I had lieen going steady with, and now I’m tieing constantly t>esieged by questions from different friends about him. I never know what to say, and it’s embarrassing.. and I just can’t bring myself to explaining the details of the split-up. Please advise me. UN ATTACHED. DEAR UNATTACHED: No need for any detailed explanations, which wouldn’t t»e in good taste anyway . . nor is this any one’s business but yours. Just limit your reply to such ques tions to “1 haven’t seen him re- — SHOP and SAVE— Siltm! PrdtyJ AVINGS FRENCH'S POULTRY SEASONING PRICES GOOD THROUGH SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 1968 PINEBROOK Young Turkeys 6 to S lb«. gjZSfffB** FRYER PARTS BREAST..5K LEGSo.45** BACKS..HK THIGHS.,45^ WINGS..29*- NECKS...1<K MARSHAL FARMS WHOLE USDA INSPECTED GRADE urs Qovcrieif 3-LB. SIZE SMOKED PORK LOIN Chops DWIR CRYSTALS or DOMINO Limit 1 with KM or more order I lb Canters FRESH MAID SUNNY DAY SALADS Cfckkee—« 43< 7-OZ. CUP Ham & Cheese 45* POTATO CHIPS ic SUGAR 5-LB. BAG Towels 37* DINNIR NAPKINS s. is* LUNCHEON NAPKINS JUMBO NAPKINS 33' 180 Count SUNNY DAY PURI VEGiTAMJ UmH I with $SM or more order ^ UN N V ^ DAY SHORuNM m. ScoiTowels MARGARINE MARGARINE Hunt's Club BURGERBITS Kitty SALMON FOR CATS DOG FOOD Coronet TOILET TISSUE TOILET TISSUE <s* OFF LAML) Coronet Floral FACIAL TISSUE cently," and this will tell v-air friends all they need t- knew. NOTE TO PIGEON: 1 advise you to have a good, heart-to- heart talk with yur r -inmate immediately. Tell tier y-u can not possibly continue t share the apartment with tier unless she begins assuming tier fan- share of the responsibilities. If this doesn’t change her, m we - ait, and find another roommate. Timely BY COUNTY AGENT !■ XTENSR )N HOME EC< >N< )MIS'l HOW FO HICK A Pi U H Look for peaches that are m 11 w and red not green and red. C L 'se peaches that hav> m ! nn e. r cuts. Select a tairh firn but not hard poach. HOW TO K1 HP A P! A< i Put peaches in the ndn > rat- i or a cool place. D n t [inch or mash them. FOR CONTROl ' )h APHID !N THE GARDEN Du: t .vith m.tli- thion. FOR TOMATO HI IGE'I with Manet) and /.ink. prai FREEZING AN I < AN MV, PEACHES— The peach s> as n is all to short. This Im-i us fruit comes and goes in a hurry. But, do you know how y u ■ an pro long the peach season thr uch- out the whole year'.’ Sure' B\ canning, freezing, and preserving this delicious fruit h r future use. Varieties currently avail able include the popular I Porta , Blake, Pairing, Redskin, uth- land and Georgia Belle. SMALL GRAIN 1 armers should get their small '-rain var ieties selected, cleaned, and treated during this lack peri <1. BAG WORMS - ( all e ntinue to come to the ff’.co emsern- ing the bag worm. U e D.D.T. or Sevin, either . ill d>• a g< d job. MULCH TMMAloi: 1 .,11 tomatoes will d< much Udt“i if mulched. Use pine straw, hay, or any organic material ivail- able. Keep water fi the plant: and water during the morning to keep diseases down. HEREFORD P IP LD DAY - The S.C. Polled Hereford Associa tion will hold a field day at the Longview Stock Parm lie tween Enoree and Woodruff this Sat urday, August 3. It will begin at 9 a.m. and demonstrations and discussion will lie held. Lunch will be served. Aboard Cruiser Radarman ThirdCTassKenneth R. James, USN, 21, husband of the former Miss Ruth Bracey of Clinton, is serving with Command er Cruiser Destroyer Flotilla Six embarked aboard the guided mis sile light cruiser USS Topeka. As a member f flotilla six, he will participate in training exercises with the U.S. Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean Sea. Food Shopping Guide BY ANN LEE McPHAIt Clemson ExtensP n CMnsumer Edit' r I here’s often more than meets the eye in determining quality J fre.eh produce. Do y, ,u always get your ne ney’s worth? Y"U neodt" lie m your toes when you go to the supermarket, the corner ex - eery, ' r the outdoor vegetable stand. When you’re selecting fre. h produce, be careful that what \ u buy is fresh instead f hav ing lieen sprinkled with c Jd watt r t make it look that way. If carrots, celery, lettuce, etc., aren’t firm and crisp, decide n some ther vegetable and leave the questioned ones in the storage bin. lo memlier the large: t is is t always the best. Large sized vegetables are not necessarily the best quality, nor ire they always ecoir mical They mav ap pear to lie bargains but may be entirely unsuited h r the purpose P r which they are to u used. Wliv pay a premium price f rl ig apples when v -u plan t cut them up for pies or sauce 0 Distinguish U'tween defects that affect appearance and th -v ttiat affect edible quality. Manv blemishes can be rem wed m normal preparation of the pro duct and should not necessarily lx- regarded as detrimental. Watch f T full measure and examine "faced* commodities. Small vegetables arc- s> Id bv measure m various type fe n- tamers. Sometimes these con tainers are packed , r replaced with a loose or slack pack which reduces the contents from n r- mal proper quantity. C ntainei - may also be “faced* with the D-M specimens b enhance appear ance. Sometimes that "face’lav- • r may cimceal > wdinar, r p r quality in the remainder f the package contents. ( nsider the <■■ mnv diti" tti- cially designated a: pleiitiiul toods. Observe newspaper , radi", TV and ther media h r current inf'xmatii>n n i ''d. m greatest supply and tb s- w rtb.v of your special attention. Take your time when ymj shop for fresli produce. You certainly want the best quality. Local Witnesses Attend Assembly Members of the Laurens C n- gregatinn f Jehovah's Witnesses leave this week to represent the area at the group’s “Good News for All Nations” DistrictAssem- hly in Greenville, August 1-4. Robert L. East III, overseer f the Laurens Congregation, will lead the local delegation. East said all meetings of the local congregation will be sus pended through the convention week. Vll Find the Answer at BANK OF CLINTON When the problem is financial, the answer is here! We offer complete banking services, from Checking and Savings Accounts to low- cost Loans, to meet your needs.