► IT’S MAGIC / How quickly v_. ' ( You Get Results V Froi X. Clasf USED FURNITURE • 13 Used Bedroom Suits • 5 Cedar Wardrobes • 18 Double Beds • 3 China Closets NEW FURNITURE • New Gooseneck Platform Rockers in Vinyl and Nylon • New Sofa Beds and Living Room Suits • Serta Box Springs and Mattresses • Solid Cedar Chests • Pictures with Wooden Frames • Pole and Table Lamps FARMERSVILLE NEW & USED FURNITURE 100 S. Railroad Ave., New Holland Phone 717-354-0283 LEATHER BASEBALL GLOVES PHONE 717-394-3047 or 717-626-1164 • 4 Kneehole Desks • Lots of Chests of Drawers and End Tables MEN'S & BOYS SUPER SPECIAL PRICES *12.98.*26.98 “Mom, what’s that funny looking thing propped behind the door to the stairs? ” “What funny-looking thing’” “You know, that folding metal thing with blue legs and flowered pink material on it?” Oh, that thing. That, my dear, is an ironing board. Yes, it is something left over from the “olden days,” when I was younger. You see, once upon a time we used that contraption every week for a job called “ironing.” There was this electrical appliance, kind of triangle-shaped with a handle on top, that got very hot when you plugged it in. When it go too hot to touch, then it was ready to use. You’d spread clothing out MEN’S BOYS & YOUTHS NYLON JOGGING SHOES Blue, & Beige SUPER SPECIAL PRICES $ 6.98 5 5 7.98 LADIES & TEENS CASUAL SANDALS LEATHER, CANVAS OR VINYL UPPERS SUPER SPECIAL PRICES $ 4.98t„ 5 9.98 '-"'i 'cr> \ On being a farm wife -And other hazards Joyce Bnpp over boards like the one behind the door, and push the hot iron over the cloth to smooth and press the wrinkles out of it. What “Wrinkles? wrinkles?” Well, back m those ancient times, there were no such things as polyester double knits or electric clothes dryers or fabric softeners. When clothes were washed, the fabric dried looking like something that had been lost under the bed for a week or two. Then we had to stand for hours holding that hot iron and pressing those creases out. As 1 remember, there was also a thick, gooey liquid called “starch” that you dipped the shirts and blouses in to make them real 85% COTTON 15% NYLON SOLD IN 6 PAIR PACK ONLY SUPER SPECIAL PRICE Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 19,1980—C5 County Council schedules events YORK meeting of York County 4-H Council was held at the 4-H Center. The 4-H Expo will be held at Delco Plaza on April 25 and 26. Included m the 4-H Expo will be club displays, a fashion show, poster exhibitions, demonstrations, and a petting zoo. are stiff and itchy when you wore them. “Why?” You know, I used to wonder the same thing when I was a kid. I never got a sensible answer, either. We little kids used to leam how to iron on simple, flat things like hankies and cotton dish towels, before they’d let us go on to the harder stuff like shirts or dresses. And, seems I’ve even heard of people that actually ironed denim jeans VINYL UPPERS SLIP ON & OXFORDS COLORS WHITE, BLACK & DEER TAN SUPER SPECIAL PRICES $ 4.988*6.49 BOYS TUBE SOCKS $3 49 A PACK York 4-H Junior Exchange is on May 31. York County will be hostmg Indiana County 4-H members. The April Hanover, Jefferson, and Southwest Dairy 4-H Clubs have the Reporter Assign ment for April 24 at 7; 00 p.m. at the 4-H Office, The club’s next meeting will be on Wednesday May 7 at the 4-H Center. and tee-shirts, like the ones Daddy wears to the bam and gets coated with mud and manure. No, it doesn’t make much sense, does it? “Ge, I think I heard somewhere recently that some of those wrinkly fabrics might be coming back. You’re liable to have to learn to iron, after all, before you grow up.” “Yeah, it is a silly idea.” “You’re right. Some man designer probably thought it up ” LADIES 8 TEENS DUTY SHOES MEN'S LEATHER OR VINYL SANDALS SUPER SPECIAL PRICES *5.98 to *10.98
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