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Have A Safe Halloween
Don’t let uncomfortable or un
safe costumes take the fun out of
your child’s Halloween. Here are
some specific suggestions for this
year’s costume planning.
• Select ready-made costumes,
masks, wigs and beards that carry
a flameproof label.
• Avoid flimsy materials and
excessive yardage in costumes. A
touch of flame can easily start
them burning.
• Flameproof homemade
costumes with an easy-to-mix
solution. For costumes made of
rayon or resin-treated cotton
(polished cottonsl, mix seven
ounces of regular laundry borax
and three ounces of boric acid with
two quarts of water. For all other
fabrics, mix 12 ounces of diam
monium phosphate with two quarts
of water. (These ingredients are
available at most drug stores.)
Saturate the costume thoroughly
and then let it drip dry. This fire
retardant is temporary and won’t
harm the fabric. It must be
renewed after every laundering to
be effective.
• Do not allow children to carry a
pumpkin lighted by a wax candle
and don’t set a candle-lighted
pumpkin on the doorstep. If a
child’s costume brushes the
pumpkin, a fire could easily start.
Also be careful about setting a
candle-lighted pumpkin indoors
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Home Economist
near curtains or table decorations.
• Be sure children understand
they must stay away from open
fire or flame.
• For traffic safety and general
accident prevention, keep
costumes short enough so children
won’t trip, and light enough in
color to make them clearly visible
to motorists. Reflector tape on the
front and back of the costume
gives better visibility
• Make sure that masks have
eyeholes large enough for children
to see through. Better yet, en
courage your children to create
their own masks right on their
faces with paints and makeup
• Small children should be ac
companied by an older person at
all times as they make their rounds
on Halloween night.
Sharpen Your Knife
and Cut Food Budget
It’s not easy to save money at the
supermarket, but since food is not
something that can be cut from the
budget, it’s always worth a try.
One idea is to cut up your own
meats. First let’s take a look at
chicken since that is one of the
easiest things to cook, but one of
the hardest to figure out the most
economical way to buy.
Whole chickens are usuallj
about 10 cents a pound less than
cut-up parts. Retailers are con
stantly finding new ways to sell
chicken parts so it is hard to
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Lancaster Society 19
1-ancaster Society 19 met at the
home of East
Petersburg
Extension home
Dons Thomas
I/ancaster
economist
compare values, but generally if
you buy a four-pound bird, you will
save about 40 cents by cutting it up
yourself.
For lunch meats consider buying
unshced bologna or salami. At
least the next time it's on sale,
compare the price with that of the
presliced meats.
A small tavern ham from the
meat counter will cost less than the
baked ham in the deli department.
There are some very good buys
on beef now...and one way to add
variety to meals is to buy a larger
cut of meat than you usually do and
make two or three different meals
out of it, rather than one meal with
leftovers. Cut a chuck roast, for
example, into one roast, several
cubes for stewing or into steaks for
swissing.
While these ideas will work great
for some people, before venturing
out...consider how good you are at
slicing and whether or not you
want to take the time.
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challenged the group to serve well
balanced meals to their shrinking
households in her talk, Nutrition
for People Over 55."
The next meeting will be a
Thanksgiving banquet on Nov. 9 at
Kreider’s Restaurant. The group
will sell nuts again for the
Thanksgiving and Christmas
season.
New officers were elected.
Berks County Farm Women held
their 34th annual convention
recently at the Ag Center
The morning session included
group singing, greetings from
State Farm Women president
Naomi Bupp, and officers’ reports.
Berks County dairy princess
Tammy Moll spoke to the women
on their need for milk and dairy
products.
Berks County home economist
Faye Stnckler spoke to the group
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I-ancaster Society 22 met Oct. 8
at Willow Valley Restaurant with
Jeanette Miller as hostess and
Louise Witmer, co-hostess.
The Society is planning a bazaar
table at Christmas In October at
the Farm and Home Center on Oct
21
Guest speaker was Richard
McMillen, director of the Water
Street Rescue Mission He talked
about the work of the mission and
gave a slide presentation.
The next meeting will be Nov 12
at the home of Ruth Kendig
Berks County Farm
Women Convention
about workshops scheduled at the
Ag Center.
The afternoon session included a
musical slide presentation by Mrs
Rufus Brubaker, presentation of
safety, youth, scrapbook and at
tendance awards, and a silent
auction
Some dates to remember are
State Convention, Jan 13, 14,
Spring Rally, May 28; Berks Heim
Bingo, Nov 14; and the Farm City
Banquet, Nov 7 at 630 p.m,
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