of family hing care, 1ily’s hoyge . Homema- EB very dif y but pos- this listing grandmoth- 1aged very usehold ge- mum even Sophisticat ed equipment. and: products- than we have today. The research studies lead us to conclude that modern household equipment is labor- saving but not necessary time-saving. Is it possible that with the “labor saving equipment and products, we carry out'some household ac- tivities more often than our ancestors did?. Do we wash clothes and run the vacuum more. frequently than our grandmothers did? A 1968 study conducted in Seattle, Wash,, found a high proportion of ownership of labor saving household ap- pliances among families sur- veyed Yet, the dishwasher was the only appliance found to have an effect on the time used for that activity. Average time used. for dish: washing by homemakers without dishwashers was 6.3 hours per week, while the av- erage time by homemakers with a dishwasher was reduc- ed to 4.9 hours per week. Time for some activitiees has increased. House care, for example, increased from an average of 7.3 to 10.8 hrs. per week when early and re- Are our homes cleaned, miore often than they were,/50 yrs. ago? Do other family mem- bers contribu.2 less time to housekeeping tasks now than they did in the past? Does the decrease in domestic help account for some of the dif- ferences in the homemaker’s reported time used for house care? cent studies were compared. Dripping ~ Meat Packages: Caused By Temperatures Most shoppers nave some definite likes and dislikes a- bout shopping for meat. One complaint heard fre- quently concerns dripping meat packages. Dripping can result from meat warming during the cutting and pack- aging process, or the refrig- erated display not being cold enough, ——— Everybody likes to save money. But, what's the point of keeping it in a jar and only getting out what you put in. At National Central you'll find your money pays off. | On regular Passbook savings we pay 415% per annum, | And we pay 524% on one-year Certificates of Deposit. | 534% on two-year Certificates. Certificates are automatically renewable, and all Savings Plans are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance ' Corporation to $20,000. Save at your nearest National Central Bank office... and eet more out of it than you put into 1t. Member FDIC/Federal Reserve System. We do it all for you at 36 offices in ? Lancaster, Berks, Dauphin and York Counties. NATIONAL CENTRAL BANK
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