lit— Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 4,1978
Holiday gift
ideas
for ladies
By KENDACE BORRY
LANCASTER - Christ
mas in October was the
theme last week when ladies
from all over the Lancaster
County area converged at
the Farm and Home Center
in Lancaster to gather ideas
for the holidays ahead.
There they were presented
with gift, food, and
decorating ideas to help
them with their Christmas
season approaching.
Virginia’s Boutique was
the first presentation on
Tuesday’s program, with
Virginia M. Kloss showing
and telling of gift ideas
which can be made on the
sewing machine.
She reccomended that the
ladies look in pattern books
for ideas, and told them that
they can be econominal in
their gift giving with the use
of their sewing machine.
One of the items she
showed was a casserole hot
pad, which she related was
made from Vi yard of quilted
fabric. With that same piece
of fabric she also made a hot
pad and eyeglass cover,
using all her material
scraps.
Christmas is a time for
children, she stated, and
proceeded to show some
“stuffies” that she bad made
on her machine, including
stuffed dolls and stuffed
animals, including a stuffed
frog and rat. The rat, which
was very realistic looking,
was made from fake fur. She
told that all her stuffies were
filled with fiberfill.
For a new baby, she
showed a gift idea of a
gingham pin cushion with
the baby’s name em
broidered on it.
For the younger children,
there was what she called an
education pillow. Made for
tots, it featured different
shapes and colors for them
to relate to and learn.
Another idea for children,
was a child’s duffel bag,
constructed of quilted fabric.
She made hers waterproof
by lining it.
A lot of the ideas from the
sewing machine, she noted,
are good for stocking stuf
fers.
She showed neckties and
belts for the men, and
showed the ladies how
scarves could be easily
made from big-squared
fabrics with hand-rolled
hems. She also illustrated
different ways that scarves
could be worn for a pleasing
effect, stating that a scarf
“gives life to an outfit”.
Another gift idea was jar
bonnets, which were simple
circles of material, with
rickrack sewed around the
edges. Tied with a red bow
and placed on top of the jar
lid, they added a festive look
to a gift of homemade
canned goods.
For yourself for the
Christmas season, she told
the ladies to make them
selves a blouse, something
out of the ordinary, maybe of
silver or gold.
Or make a vest, she told,
using knit fabrics. Vests are
very popular this year, she
noted, and it is easy to make
illustrated
a reversible vest, putting the
button holes on one side of
the outfit and double buttons
ontheotherslde.
For an unusual gift idea,
that is appreciated, she told
of taking fake fir, and
making a throw cover out of
it, perhaps for over the back
of a sofa. She said to get
something rather loose and
fluid looking, and line the
inside of it with a lightweight
curduroy or flannel, to dress
it up, she reccomended
putting trim around the
edges, and then you have a
very nice covering that looks
nice draped over the back of
a couch.
Something that the
children could get involved
in, she continued, was, the
making Christmas or
naments from plastic foam
balls. They can be decorated
with fabric, ribbons, odds
and ends which are fastened
on with glue.
Lastly, she showed one of
Schuylkill County honors
FRIEDENSBURG -
Schuylkill County 4-H Adult
and Teen Leaders were
recognized for their service
this past year at a banquet in
their honor held at St. John’s
United Church of Christ in
Friedensburg.
Miss Chris Balmer, teen
leader, of the Hegins Valley
Trailriders Club, spoke to
the group about her ex
periences this past July at 4-
H Citizenship Short Course
in Washington, D.C. This is
an annual event held to
educate older teens about
their federal government
and encourage good
citizenship and local com
munity involvement.
Mr. Thomas Terry, chief
juvenile probation officer in
Schuylkill County, spoke to
the group about the juvenile
justice system in Penn
sylvania and how it is im
plemented in the County.
County leaders who at
tended and were recognized
for service were: First year
leaders - Mrs. Albert
Brensmger and Ms. Doris
Moyer of the Friedensburg
Flying Fingers; Mrs. Nancy
Thomas of Greenbriar Horse
and Pony Club; and Carla
Shadle of the Weishample
Cloverettes.
Second year leaders - Mrs.
Alice Hill of Saint Clan-
Eager Beavers; Mrs.
Dolores Beibleheuner, Mr.
Russell Miller, Ms. Judy
Troxell, and Ms. Norma
Troxell of West Penn Area
Community Club; and Miss
Sherry Miller of the West
Penn Horse and Pony Club.
Fourth year leaders - Mrs.
Faye Lehman of Frieden
sburg Flying Fingers; Mrs.
Joan Adams and Mrs. Nancy
Adams of the Greenbnar
Horse and Pony Club; and
Mrs. Darlene Lodato of the
Mustangs.
Virginia Kloss holds up the tableicloth she made
on her sewing machine, stating that the entire cost ,
to make the items was about $lO. She also made
cloth napkins to match her tablecloth, telling that
the gift ideaf. was easy to make as well as inex
pensive.
her favorite creations, a
table cloth cover and eight
cloth naplins which she
made for about $lO. The
tablecloth was 60 x 72 inches
long and she used 3% yards
of a light drip-dry fabric that
was easy to handle along
with 16 yards of lace.
First she washed the
Club leaders
4-H
Fifth year leaders - Mrs.
Ardith Moyer of Frie
densburg Flying Fingers;
Mrs. Sue Blain of the
Mustangs; Mrs. Trudy
Hupka of Saint Clair Eager
Beavers; and Mrs. Zita
Horner of Weishample
Cloverettes.
Sixth year leaders - Mr.
Larry Lodato of the
Mustangs. Seventh year
leaders - Mrs. Wilma
Klinger of Weishample
Cloverettes; and Mrs.
Kathryn TroxeU of West
Penn Kanine Masters.
Eighth year leaders - Mrs.
Arlene Felty of the
Lewistown Valley 4-H Club.
Ninth year leaders - Mrs.
Sandy Balmer of Begins
Valley Trailriders; and Mrs.
Sandy Trabosh of Saint Clair
Eager Beavers.
PARK RIDGE, HI.-Farm
Bureau legal counsel will
explore the feasibility of
securing compensation for
livestock owners who sustain
severe losses to predators.
This move followed a
request by the American
Farm Bureau Federation
board of directors after it
had studied and accepted a
recommendation by its
sheep advisory committee.
“TTie U.S. sheep industry
is in trouble,” says AJ
Keating, livestock specialist
in AFBF’s Commodity
Division. “Sheep and lamb
numbers have decreased 44
per cent in the last 10 years,
primarily because of coyote
predation.”
Keating points out that
many Western sheep ran
chers have been forced out of
business because of ex-
material and lace and then
cut pieces of material 16 x 18
inches wide. The pieces were
put together with the lace
border sewn around the—
pieces. The napkins made
were 12 inches square. She
cautioned her audience to
buy a firm lace, one without
give.
Twelfth year leader - Mrs.
Linda Roberts of the
Lewistown Valley 4-H Club.
Thirteenth year leader -
Mrs. Rita Babyar of
Mahanoy City 4-H Club.
Fourteenth year leader -
Mrs. George Maurer of
Weishample _ Cloverettes.
Sixteenth year leader - Mrs.
Marion Miller of Nuremberg
4-H Club. Twenty-first year
leader - Mrs. Lillie Kauff
man of Auburn Cheerful
Workers.
4-H Teen Leaders present
and recognized were: Jack
Kauffman of the Auburn
Cheerful Workers; Chris
Balmer of the Begins Valley
Trailriders; Elayne Hupka
of Saint Clair Eager
Beavers; and Gail Header of
the Weishample Cloverettes.
Compensation sought
for predatator losses"
cessive lamb losses to
coyotes. The problem has
been compounded by
government regulations
prohibiting the use of the
most effective coyote control
measures.
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