Ladies
Have You
Heard?
By Doris Thomas
| Lancaster Extension
Home Economist
CARE NEEDED IN heat way down on cold nights and
WASHING ELECTRIC still stay cozy Little wonder they
BLANKETS have grown in popularity as
Electric blankets let you turn the energy costs have increased.
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About 64 percent of American
households own at least one
electric blanket. But many con
sumers are confused about how to
clean these wired ponders.
The blankets should be washed—
never dry cleaned. The chemicals
in the cleaning fluid will damage
the insulation on the wiring. The
blankets can be washed safely in
an automatic washer. Avoid hand
washing because it it extremely
messy and awkward.
Always use lukewarm or cold
water. Avoid hot water and bleach.
Protect the plug by folding it into a
corner of the blanket and pinning
it. That way it won 2 t beat against
the wash tub. Then follow the
blanket manufacturer’s directions
for both washing and drying.
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If you have no directions on
hand, follow this procedure:
* Fill washer to high level with
warm water. Add detergent and
agitate to dissolve. Add blanket
and stop washer.
* Soak blanket for 15-20 minutes.
Agitate one-two minutes at lowest
speed. Advance dial to dram and
spin out water.
* Refill washer with cold water
Add fabric softener and agitate at
lowest speed for one minute. Dram
and spin out water.
If you have a washer with a
“delicate” or “woolens” cycle you
can use that.
Dry your electric blanket over
parallel clotheslines. Some
manufacturers suggest partial
machine drying, but avoid this
unless you have specific directions
for your blanket.
SHAWLS AND SCARVES
FASHIONABLE, EASY TO SEW
Shawls and scarves can be used
to help put together a casually soft
and decidedly feminine fashion
look.
For those who sew, it’s an ac
cessory that can be made easily.
Foulk is Pa. Shorthorn president
BUTLER Harry Foulk of
Mercer recently was elected
president of the Pennsylvania
Shorthorn and Polled Shorthorn
Breeders’ Association during the
organization’s annual meeting,
held here at the Garden Gate
Restaurant.
Serving with the new president
will be George Hunter, Stoneboro,
and Mr. and Mrs. Richard C.
Peoples, re-elected secretary
treasurer. Newly elected directors
are Jane K°ir, Saxonbuig, and
Richard C. McElhaney,
Hookstown.
The organization finalized plans
While sewing a scarf or shawl may
help the clothing budget, it also
adds more creativity in personal
dress.
The best fabrics to choose are
those that are drapable—soft,
lightweight wovens and knits.
Small-scale patterns, stripes,
little checks and plaids, florals,
and paisleys work well for small
scarves.
Here are a few suggestions that
may be helpful when making a
scarf or shawl:
* Trim off any salvage so that all
edges will look alike
* To self-finish a scarf or shawl,
fringe the edges of loosely woven
fabrics; roll the edges of sheer
fabrics, and turn under and
machine or hand hem the edges of
a lightweight, closely-woven
fabric.
* Edges can also be finished by
hemming and applying a matching
or contrasting hinge, using zigzag
stitching on raw edges m a con
trasting color and trimming close
to the stitches, or applying rick
rack or other trims close to the
edges.
for several 1381 events, including
the Annual Spring Sale, scheduled
for Saturday, May 2 at the Mercer
4-H Park. A show will precede the
sale, beginning at 2 p.m., with the
sale following at 7 p.m. The Pa.
State Shorthorn Show will be held
in August at the Greene County
Fair.Waynesburg.
Gregg Kerr and Dick
McElhaney, District 13 delegates,
attended the National Shorthorn
meeting in Denver in January.
They reported Bob Douthit of
Windholme Farm, Orange,
Virgma was elected to a national
director post.