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6-B—THE CHRONICLE, Clinton, S- C n January 9, 1969 A Growing Pain BY M. L. OUTZ County Agent Quite a lot of time has passeo since Governor McNair an nounced a state wide beautifi cation program. There were sev eral meetings held here in Lau rens concerning a county wide clean-up campaign in connection with the Governor’s program. These meetings were good and a lot of work was done, but no thing to compare with what must be done if our county is to cope with the growing tonage of litter, trash and junk that is accumu lating on our highways and county roads. I’ve traveled throughout the M. L. OUTZ, County Agent county and found these conditions multiplying. There are many trash piles located on roadsides making them disgraceful to the community and to our county in general. It is my sincere desire to see the New Year bring some kind of solution, or at least a be- SPECIAL MACHINE SHOP COURSES EVENING SCHOOL — AT — PIEDMONT TEC LATHE OPERATIONS I — STARTS JAN. 13 MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHTS, 6:30-10:30 LATHE OPERATIONS II — STARTS JAN. 14 MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHTS, 6:30-10:30 MILLING OPERATIONS — STARTS JAN. 14 TUESDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHTS, 6:30-10:30 10-WEEK COURSES Piedmont Technical Education Center EMERALD ROAD GREENWOOD, S. C. 223-8357 PIC h PAY SHOES Final Year-End .Wall-to-Wall CLEARANCE » All Men’s, Ladios , l Children’s MUST GO! Prices Get To Ribbons! Everybody Saves! ginning that will lead to a set tlement of this problem. Surely, we can be interested and con cerned enough to take some de finite steps. Community leaders must face up to the problem be cause it is not going away nor is it going to correct itself. CALDWELL HENDERSON Many of our dairymen will be interested in knowing that our good friend Caldwell Henderson spent a few days in the area during Christmas. Caldwell came by the office and reported that everything is well at Biltmore Dairies in Asheville, N.C. Cald well operated a dairy herd of registered Jerseys in Joanna prior to becoming associated with Biltmore. Our best wishes to a very fine family, the Hendersons. “COME AND GET IT’ Mr. H. A. Ropp, county ASC office manager, informs me that farmers may sign up for their ACP assistance at this time. Fe stated that everyone had received a copy of the type of assistance given. Everyone who is interested in establishing permanent type vegetation should check by his office. Office hours are from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. The Laurens Cooperative Breeding Association has had another good year. Mr. James Jacks reports 1,500 cows bred artificially. There have been ap proximately 25,000 cows bred artificially since the association began in 1948. The service is offered to any farmer. The best bulls in the country are avail able, this includes both beef and dairy. Those interested should call 984-3021 between the hours of 8:30 and 10 a.m. ^ ~ My Neighbors rnmwm U PRICE! LaVonne Shopping Center Laurens, S. C. PIC -PAY -i M 4-' The Family Shoe Center ★ Plenty Of Free Parking ^ Prices Good All 78 Pic 'n Pay Stores!. *‘Aw, he seems friendly enough. Mom — Lookit that big smile—” HOW CAN I? EYESORE—One of the nutny trash piles located on state and county roads in Laurens County. The above dump has taken on a man-size look in the taflt 12 months. 'Hiis will be come a health hazard by attracting moequitoe, rats and stray dogs- FARMS and FOLKS BY HAROLD ROGERS Assistant Extension Editor GREELEYVILLE - “Let us stay here in SouthCarolina, work hard, stick together and make it the best place in the world to live. It can be done.” This challenge, printed at the bottom of a summary on the es tablishment of one of the state’s newest farm organizations, de scribes well its purpose and philosophy. The Santee Production and Marketing Cooperative, SPAM- C, was wet up to aid low-in come farmers of Williamsburg, Clarendon and Berkeley Counties through mass marketing and buy ing services. It’s a pilot pro ject with national backing to see what may be done to keep the little man down on the farm. After a slim year of opera tion, leaders feel it’s been a qualified success--with still a long way to go. L. B. Harrington, Williams burg county agent, has been one of many agency representatives helping to steer the cooperative through a mass of organizational details and into operation. “Where it can go from here is anybody’s guess," he says. There are now 184 members, at $50 each, and a goal of 500 in the next two years. E. I. Lawrence, the lull-time manager, says, “Considering everything, the education needed to acquaint people with a coopera tive and its functions, the work in setting up a program, and the late start, we think it’s success ful so far.” Organization came in 1967 under the guidance of the Co operative League of the U.S.A. with O.E.O. funding. Field work ers drummed up members and helped them organize with a board of directors and officers. Virgil Dimery of Kingstree is president; Billy Fleming of Man ning, vice president; C. J. Gam ble, Zion, secretary; and Carrol Husser, Ridgeville, treasurer. An FHA loan of $56,640 was approved to help them get into business and they set up tem porary headquarters at Greeley- ville in an abandoned church. A short time later they bought five acres of land here to build their own facilities. The office-ware house and packing shed were oc cupied in November. During the marketing season a pickup station was also operated in Berkeley County. For its first year, okra was the co-op crop. Members grew on contract, buying supplies through the cooperative, which handled the okra sales. Dry weather made It a bad crop year and there were some other “bugs” to be worked out, but the membership sold more than 138,000 pounds of akra for an aggregate of over $9,000. “We have members who added as much as $350 to the family income through the okra pro gram,” Lawrence says. They hope to improve this next year. Squash will be added to the contract program, and possibly another truck crop. The buying services are ex pected to be equally as valuable as marketing. This year, says Lawrence, they handled over $4,300 worth of seeds, insecticides, hardware, and other agricultural supplies. On fertilizer alone, he esti mates some members saved more than the joining fee. “We handled 420 tons at a to tal saving of more than $2,150,” he says. “Small farm members are saving from $2 to $10 a ton on their fertilizer through the co operative buying." ♦ + * CARD OF THANKS I wish to thank all my friends and relatives for their visits, the cards, gifts and flowers sent to me during my stay at Bailey Memorial Hospital. I am also grateful to the nurses and Drs. Sullivan, Grube and Rhame. Mrs. Mary Bodie 4-H Banquet Held At PC BY JOE CELY Assistant County Agent The annual Laurens County 4-H Achievement and Recogni tion Banquet was held December 13 in the dining hall at Presby terian College. Approximately 250 club members, parents and local leaders and guests enjoyed a ham and turkey dinner spon sored by the Palmetto Bank of Laurens. Eleanor Coleman of Cross Hill presided. L. B. Massey, Dis trict Extension Agent, presented a plaque for outstanding service to Dwight Patterson, president of the Palmetto Bank. J. B. Will iams, principal specialist in 4-F Club work, presented a plaque for 33 years service to Mrs. T. B. Sumerel. James Addy, mana ger of the Duke Power office, presented David Lee an electric drill and Debbie Woods and elec tric hair dryer for their out standing participation in the 4-F electric project. Joe Cely, as sistant county agent, awarded beef and dairy trophies to Chuck Campbell and Arthur Belcher. The beef and dairy trophies were donated by Laurens Equipment Company and J. Herman Power Implement Company. Many other awards were made to 4-H club members and adult leaders in cluding the. Sears Poultry pro ject sponsored by Sears Roe buck and Company. Following the awards the 4-H pledge was repeated and the ban quet adjourned. SCHOOL LUNCH MENU! Scope Mouth Wash 12 Ounce Size $1.19 COMMUNITY CASH District 56 Week of January 13- 17 MONDAY - Milk, sliced bo logna, sliced cheese, cole slaw, green beans with whole potatoes, hot biscuit, butter, and cake with chocolate icing. TUESDAY - Milk, country fried steak, fruit salad with pineapple, bananas, marshmallows, apples, rice, English peas, hot biscuit, butter. WEDNESDAY - Milk, spaghetti with meat sauce and cheese, lettuce and tomato salad, car rot sticks, hot biscuit, butter, and chilled peaches. THURSDAY - Milk, beef stew with potatoes, carrots, onions, relish plate with pepper rings, pickle chips, celery sticks, steamed rice, hot rolls, butter and banana pudding. FRIDAY - Milk, hamburgers with cheese, sliced tomatoes, lettuce, French fried potatoes, hamburger buns, butter, and cookies. A group of townhouses to be built in Houston, Texas, will show home buyers, builders, archi tects and engineers the advant ages of using steel construction products readily available on the market. LEONAHD-MARLER INSURANCE AGENCY 833-11X1 200 N. Brawl CONSULT US FOR ALL YOUR INSURANCE NEEDS BY ANNE ASHLEY Q. What causes my iron to stick to the clothing as I press it? A. Either too much starch, clothes not properly rinsed, or dirt on the bottom of your iron. If the last is the case, rub the bottom of the iron with a damp cloth when cool. Polish with a dry cloth. For stubborn cases, use silver polish, or run the iron over a little table salt spread on waxed paper. In the case of rayons and other synthetic fab rics, too hot an iron will cause sticking. Q. How can I freshen up a pair of suede gloves? A. Put the gloves on then rub the hands with a thick slice of stale bread, changing to another slice as the bread becomes soiled. Q. What can I do when my freshly-baked muffins stick to the pan? A. Put the hot pan on a wet towel spread on the sink, and your muffins will come right out. Q. How can I add. a pleasant fragrance to my laundered arti cles? A. By adding a few drops of cologne to the sprinkling water --which makes your ironing more pleasant, too. In the case of nylon underthings that are washed by hand and need no ironing, try adding cologne to the rinse wa ter. Q. What can I do about a white fur that has yellowed? A. This problem can usually be overcome by spraying on a solution of hydrogen peroxide, or by brushing with a soft brush. And sometimes hanging the fur in the sun afterward will speed up the rebleach process. Q. Is there anything I can do about blankets which are too short? A. One very easy and effect ive way of copying with this little problem is to sew a strip of muslin to the end of the blan ket that is tucked in at the foot of the bed. Q. How can I deal with grease stains on wallpaper? A. An old, but very good, treat ment is to hold a blotter over the stain with a moderately hot iron. The heat of the iron melts the grease, which is then ab sorbed by the blotter. Then, if necessary, you can finish off the cleaning with pipe clay or ful ler’s earth. Q. How can I add an "extra- special” flavor to canned soup? A. Try adding a can ofbouillon or consomme to any favorite canned soup, then dilute as usual with water or milk. You’ll en joy the added flavor, the extra heartiness. Q. How can I remove crayon marks from enameled surfaces or linoleum? A. Silver polish, applied with a damp cloth, usually works fine. Many other such helpful house hold hints are contained in my manual. ly stuck the stopper is - but eventually it will lubricate the en tire stopper enough to enable you to withdraw it with ease. Q. How can I, after washing a hairbrush, restore the original stiffness to its bristles? A. By adding two teaspoonfuls of powdered alum to each cup of water used for rinsing the brush. Q. How can I clean stainless steel cooking utensils that have become discolored from the heat? A. With steel wool dipped in lemon juice. Q. How can I make my own cement for mending broken dish es? A. Very simply — just by melting powdered alum in a spoon over a gas flame. While still soft, rub it over the edges of the two broken pieces you want to stick together, then press them together, and let dry. A dish mended in this manner can be washed in hot water, too, with out danger of loosening the joint. Q. How can I do a more effi cient job of loosening a cake that has been baked in a tube pan? A. You’ll find that a small steel knitting needle does a better job of this than a knife. The needle slips around the rim and the cen ter tube without tearing the cake edge. A No. 1 steel needle is best. Q. How can I deal with the self-covered belt of a washable dress that has become soiled? A. Lay the belt flat on a table, then scrub over it thoroughly with a vegetable brush dipped in sudsy water. Rinse the belt under the faucet, then pull it between a fold ed towel to remove excess water. Q. My brick fireplace is a real dirt-catcher. Is there any way I can keep it looking clean for a longer time? A. If you’ll brush the surface of the bricks with liquid wax, dust won’t accumulate so quick ly and can easily be wiped off when it does. Q. How can I clean vegetables easily and more effectively? A. One of the best things for scrubbing vegetables such as carrots and potatoes, or for cleaning silks from fresh corn, is a piece of nylon net. Q. How can I eliminate the problem of corduroy garments’ picking up lint from other artiS cles in the same laundry load? A. One very simple answer is to turn these corduroy garments inside out before washing. Q. How can I, when washing wool sweaters or other wool gar ments, keep them soft? A. By adding one or two tab lespoons of glycerin to lukewarm water when rinsing these items. Q. How can I remove shine from wool clothes? A. Rub with a press cloth moistened with a mild vinegar solution, to raise the nap, then again moisten the cloth and use it as a regular ironing cloth for pressing. Q. How can I insure equal sized hamburgers when I am pre paring the meat? A. By measuring your meat out with an ice cream scoop. Q. How can I remove a glass stopper that is stubbornly stuck in its bottle? A. Pour a few drops of gly cerin around the top of the stuck stopper, then wait It may take a few minutes or hours or days for the glycerin to work itself down -- depending upon howbad- Get Head Start On Income Tax Get a head start on the in come tax filing season by start ing now to assemble tax re cords. H. M. McLeod, District Di rector of Internal Revenue for South Carolina, emphasized that cancelled checks, receipts, re cords of contributions, and other financial records should be gath ered now to help you prepare your 1968 Federal income tax re turn. Complete records help to in sure that taxpayers do not pay more taxes than they should and also make the job of preparing the tax return easier. McLeod said that a copy of last year’s return is one of the best guides for preparing the 1968 re turn. He also stressed that you should now be accumulating per tinent records and receipts so that tax filing will be easier next year. rt*m Jinny's Beauty Nook By JINNY raOUGHT FOR THE WEEK: be missionaries anywhere we are by Urine tot Christ and witnessing for Him. If your eyes are rather deep set, use a foundation of a lighter shade in that area to help bring them out. Having completed your make-up take a pad of cotton that has been wrung out in cold, cold water and gent ly press it over the face. This will add a lovely, luminous glow to your complexion. Al so at home without make-up, two or three times a day take time out to press an ice cold wash cloth over your entire face, it’s a good start to a healthy glowing complexion. For a heart thfl£g. lighter and hair that’s lovelier try a visit to our shop . . . (No mat ter how tired you feel). We’ll do our best to give you the personal attention you deserve . . Rejuvenate . . . You owe it to yourself . . . Jinny's Beauty Nook &. Poplar St — Lydia Mill CUmtom, 5. C — 833-1448