AUGUST 21, 1962WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21 SUMMER OR FALL LIMING GOOD DROUGHT INSURANCE Apply lime to fields and gar- dens in late summer or early fall can help to avoid the ravages of another possible dry spell next summer, says Albert S. Hunter, professor of soil technology at Penn State University, This lime increases the ability of pants to make the best use of soil moisture in dry years, Dr. Hunter has observed in numerous experi- ments at the Agricultural Ex- periment Station of Penn State. Lime also increases the ability of plants to use fertilizer efficiently. He claims there is no better time io apply lime than late sum- mer or early fall. Lime makes phosphorus more available for crop use, Dr. Hunter points out, adding that phosphorus has been found to be one of the most critical * nufrients for crop production on many soils. “For maximum utilization of phosphate on corn, our research indicates that the pH level of the soil should be brought up to about 6.8 to 7 by liming before phos- phate is applied,” Dr. Hunter says. In a seven-year experiment on an acid soil low in phos- phorus, lime alone produced higher yields of both corn and hay than any quantity of phosphate without lime. However, the combination of lime and phosphate fertilizer was required for maximum yields. Lime does best when ap- plied at least six months a- head of the growing season, all studies show. This allows the lime to react with the soil to neutralize soil acids. And there is less danger of coil compaction in the fall when using heavy lime- spreading equipment. . THREAD IS AGES OLD Sometimes the smallest things are of the greatest im- portance. And thread is one example, according to Mrs. * Ruth Ann Wilson, extension clothing specialist of Penn State University. Before man learned to spin cotton into both thread and fabric, he used grasses and . animal sinews to hold his fur or bark cloth clothing together. Primitive man found that twisting the gras- ses or sinews in several sirands made them stronger. Eventually he found the same was true of the cotton fiber, and the age of spinning began. Thousands of years ago, in both Asia and North Ameri- ca, primitive civilizations 488 BUNNY SUIT This bunny suit in crochet will fit any 12-inch to 14-inch doll, If you like to crochet, do make it for your little girl's baby doll, It’s No. 488. : Send 30¢ plus 6¢ postage in coins for this pattern to MAR. THA MADISON (care of this newspaper), Morris Plains, N.J. 07950. Add 15¢ for first-class mail. For New Needlework Book send 50 cents. Contains free stole pattern and embroidery and a coupon for free pattern of your choice, ,- winter learned to spin fibers from the cotton plant into both thread and fabric. Thread it- self is a form of yarn. And yarn is a number of fibers or filaments twisted together to form a continuous strand suitable for sewing, knitting, or weaving into textiles. Mrs. Wilson says the main difference between yarn and thread is that the yarn is less compact, with looser fibers and less twist than thread. Mercerized cotton thread is specially treated for extra strength, smoothness, and lustre. The term ‘‘merceriz- ed” comes from John Mercer, the man who discovered the mercerization process in 1844 He found that a solution of caustic soda improved natural qualities of cotton fi- bers. Today, mercerized cot- ton thread is the all-purpose thread. It is suitable for all hand and machine sewing in light and medium weight fab- rics, from dainty cotton vo- ile to study corduroy, Mrs. Wilson points out. BLEACHES EFFECTIVE BUT NEED CARE IN USING Bleaching during the wash- ing process helps to give the whiter and brighter wash you want. But you must use a bleach with care, advises Mrs. Cecile P. Sinden, exten- sion home management spec- ialist of Penn State universi- ty. Bleaches are of two main types — chlorine - containing and oxygen - containing. Liqg- uid chlorine bleach must be diluted before adding to the wash or it may damage the fabric, reminds Mrs. Sinden. Always read and follow the directions on the label of a dry or liquid bleach. Dry bleach, in powder or tablet form, releases its active in- gredients more slowly than the liquid bleach, but it must be used carefully. Chlorine bleaches are safe on white and colorfast cot- tons and linens, white nylons, polyester, and acrylics. How- ever, they must not be used on silk, wool, acteate, or most resin-treated fabrics be- cause chlorine will damage these fabrics. Use a chlorine bleach only as needed to whiter the wash. Add chlorine bleach 3 to 5 minutes after washing has started. If added too soon, chlorine will destroy fabric brighteners in detergents. It’s very important that you nev- er mix chlorine bleach with any cleaner other than regu- lar detergents and soaps, cau- tions Mrs. Sinden. Oxygen - containing bleach- es can be used on colorfast fabrics to brighten colors and to whiten whites and it must be used regularly to be ef- tective. Hydrogen peroxide, an oxygen - containing bleach is safe for all fabrics, finish- i es, and colors; is effective in all water temperatures; and helps to remove soil from nylon, Mrs. Sinden explains. Move Poppies In Late Summer Transplant poppies in late summer. Oriental and Ice- land poppy foliage has faded and the plants are dormant by August. According to a Pennsylvan- ia State university corres- pondence course on pereniial flowers, poppies need deep, fertile, well drained soil ful- ly exposed to the sun. They fail in shade and wet ground. Lift the large clump of old roots and divide into sections The outer pieces of the clump produce the finest flowers. Reset the sections three in- ches deep in soil previously improved by the addition of organic material, lime and fertilizer thoroughly to the 18-inch depth. Poppies are deep rooted plants, slow to get establish- ed, so don’t transplant them oftener than once every six to ten years. the THE BULLETIN, MOUNT JOY, PA. THe Prayer of the Week Retired Pair The Prayer of the Week is by Anselm “Oh God, Thou are Life, Wisdom, Truth, Bounty, and Blessedness, the Eternal, the only true Good; My God and my Lord, Thou art my hope and my heart’s joy. I confess, with thanksgiving, that Thou hast made me in Thine image, that I may direct all my thoughts to Thee, and love Thee. Lord, make me to know Thee aright, that I may more and more love, and enjoy, and possess Thee. And since, in the life here below, I can- not fully attain this blessedness, let it at least grow in me day by day, until it all be fufilled at last in the life to come. Here be the knowledge of Thee increased, and there let it be perfected. Here let my love to Thee grow, and there let it ripen; that my joy being here great in hope, may there in fruition be made perfect.” Amen. News Notesfrom Manheim Royer Wins Again Don Royer captured his third straight singles crown at the Manheim Closed Ten- nis Tournament recently when he defeated Bill Loer- cher in the tourney finals, 6-2 2-6, 6-2, 7-5. Royer teamed up with Har- old Smoker in the doubles competition to down Loer- cher and Tom Sweitzer 6-2, 5-7, 13-11 to take that title also. Scott Garman won the Sen- ior’s crown by whipping Earle Frey 11-9 and 7-5 and Scott Stormfeltz upset top- seeded Randy Zangari to win the Junior’s championship 6- 2, 6-2. ® * 3% Legion Officers The American Legion Post 419 of Manheim, has named officers for the year 1969. They are as follows: Commander, Rev. Richard Emery; 1st Vice Commander, Lloyd R. Ackerman; 2nd vice Commander, Glen Seifert; Chaplain, Walter Blackburn; Finance Officer, Melvin E. Peiffer; Adjutant, John P. O’Connel; Sergeant-at-Arms, Earl Adams; Service Officer, Morris Shaffer. Meetings are held the first Thursday of each month at 8:00 p.m. The Worry Clinic by Dr. Geo. W. Crane Study Lana’s case very carefully, for many divorc- es occur because of this magnetic “trigger” effect. Be- ware! For a tingling, ecstatic mood may merely be the hypnotic spell of somebody your own erotic wave length! who happens to vibrate on Lana must not confuse this ‘“fool’s gold” with the 24-karat real McCoy. CASE C-561: Lana S., aged 28, is worried. “Dr. Crane,” she began, years. “I have been married for 7 My husband and I were not wildly in love at the start. In fact, we were just good friends. “But during our marriage there has developed a deep understanding and comrade- ship beyond us. “Then I happened to meet a business executive recently who suddenly set my heart pounding. “It just seemed as if mag- netic sparks fiew back and forth between us, for he was instantly attracted to me, too. “Alas, we are both married so we don’t want to hurt our mates. “But we can't seem to stay apart. We tremble and feel ecstatic just at the mere touch of our hands. “What should we do?” MAGNETIC ATTRACTION “Look not on the wine,” says the Bible, “while it is red.” That means avoid getting near the dangerous thing that tempts you. Even if Lana had been wildly in love when she married, she might still have met another man who would zoom her pulse rate and give her a tingling, ecstatic sen- sation. For human beings are so constructed that once in a blue moon we may encounter a person of the opposite sex who sets us aflame. Fortunately, that doesn’t happen very often in a life- time, but it does occur. So be forewarned! Don’t go overboard when you meet that other per- sonality who seems to vi- brate on your own erotic wave length. Actually, there may be 1,000 such persons right here in the U.S.A. who would have the same electrifying effect on Lana. But in the course of a usual lifetime, she isn’t likely to meet more than one or two of that 1000. Sometimes your original love affair is so quiet and peaceful that you take each other for granted and hard- ly realize it is true love. Then, if you kick over the traces to run off with the magnetic stranger, you soon find that it wasn’t really love at all but merely a unique combination of sexual mag- netism, coupled with a few “trigger” characteristics. And by “triggers,” we psy- chologists refer to those traits of a child’s beloved uncle or father or cousin or brother around which a lit- tle girl may have subcon- sciously crystalized points of family affection. In later adulthood, some strange fellow ray have a similar nose or gesture or tone of voice, which triggers a suffusion of emotions. Suddenly the adu:t woman is now filled with ecstacy, thrills and chills, butterflies in her tummy, and other symptoms of mad infatuation This is exactly what hap- pened when you fall in love at first sight. An explosive surge of em- otions overwhelms you, yet you may never previous- ly have laid eyes on the stranger who upsets you so thrillingly. But something about him triggers an emotional avai- anche that derives its power from your childhood emo- tional attachments to beloved kinfolk. It doesn’t pay to indulge in an illicit affair to shatter the emotional sypnosis in which you find yourself. Instead, avoid the tempta- tiorl .and revive your legiti- mate marital ardor by send- ing for the booklet “Sex Problems in Marriage,” en- closing a long stamped, re- turn envelope, plus 20c. (Always write to Dr. Crane in care of this newspaper, enclosing a long stamped, addressed envelope and 20c to cover typing and printing costs when you send for one -of his booklets.) ‘own their own homes PAGE FIVE And $4000 A retired married couple needs a cash income of $4000 a year to maintain a moder- ate standard of liv.ng in ur- ban America. That estimate, reported by the Institute of Life Insur- ance, is for the couple who enters retirement in fairly sound physical and financial shape—a man and wife, both 65 years or older, in reason- ably good health, who prob- ably own their own home rather than rent, and have accumulated most of the ap- pliances and clothing they basically need. Of course, they’re supporting no one but themselves. The estimate, based ‘on a recent U. S. Department of Labor report, covers the cost of food, home maintenance, transportation, clothing and personal needs, medical care not covered by Medicare, gift giving and miscellaneous am- usements. The cost of these items, as might be expected, varies from region to region and city to city. In the big metro- politan areas, for instance, it would require an income of $4,200 a year, on the average In a small city in the South, maintaining a moderate stan- dard of living in retirement costs about $3,200. Judging by the Labor De- partment study, the most ex- pensive city for a retired couple is Honolulu, = Hawaii, where it takes slightly more than $4,400 a year to main- tain a modest living standard. Equally sunny, but less densely populated mainland cities, are less costly. Baton Rouge, La., for instance, has an economy that permits re- tireees to live on about $1000 a year less than Honolulu. In recent years—because of the growing number of peo- ple over 65 and because of changes in the economy and social outlook of the nation— more and more attention is being paid to the financial needs of elderly persons. There are, of course, many retired couples who are not in good health, who do not and who have incomes of less than $4,000 a year. Still, there are many en- joying financially secure re- tirements. They benefit from private or group pension plans, Social Security pay- ments, savings, the cash val- ues of their life insurance policies, annuities, and in- come-producing investments and properties. Retirement income, regard- les of source, goes farthest, g ncrally, in smaller cities in the Southeast, whereas, the cost of living is significantly higher in New York City, Hartford, Conn., Cleveland, Ohio, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Honolulu. TEST CORN FOR EATING Strip back the husk of a well-filled corn ear on the plant. Crush a few of the kernels with your thumnail. If a milk-like juice spurts from the kernels, your corn is in the milk stage and ready for picking. If the milk does not come, and the kern- els feel doughy, you have waited too long, says James O. Dutt, extension vegetable crop specialist at Penn State. So use the milk test to make vour summer sweet corn eat- ing the best yet. The World's longest bridge, Lake Pontchartrain cause- way at New Orleans is over five times longer than the Golden Gate bridge, Verra- zano narrows bridge, and Michigan’s Mackinac bridge combined! The problem before the republic. today is how to spend money without limif and without taxation. i A — TT. AA i.
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