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~ _—The State Port Pilot, Southport, N. C., Wednesday, August 21, 1968 Hints To Ho II emakers By MRS. MARY L. RUSS Home Ec. Extension Agent Mrs. X went to her local market to do her weekly shopping. She walked up and down the aisles, putting this package and then another into her grocery cart. Only twice did she take time to look closely at the package she picked up. Once when a product she bought regularly was in a new box and once when she was considering the difference between two sizes of one product. Mrs. X is like the majority of food shoppers—We run in the store in a hurry to do our shopping and don’t take time to consider just what goes on before those packages get on our grocer’s shelves. The next time you visit a supermarket and take a cart by the hand—look around and remind yourself that you’re seeing anywhere from 7 to 10 thousand different items. From this great choice you can easily find and select the foods you want because packages and labels tell you what’s inside each carton, bottle or can. The first duty of any food package is, of course, to protect—to keep the contents unspoiled and uncontaminated. Next, the package should deliver this food in a way that’s convenient for storing on your cupboard shelves or in the refrigerator and for later use in the kitchen. Beyond these, the package has many other tasks to perform—it must accurately describe what’s in the box and tell how this should be prepared. If the product isn’t all used up at one time, the box should reclose neatly. The package must carry information—tell who makes, packs, or distributes it and where this company is located. Numerous federal and state laws must be observed. There are rules to follow in listing the ingredients. And, over and above all, the package must take into account that homemakers are people with different cooking and eating traditions, wide * ranges of incomes, and that ' families come in all sizes. Even ' the matter of habit affects packages. When the manufacturer develops a new method of preparing an old favorite, many housewives go right along in their usual way, never looking at the new directions and, by not reading, losing the benefits of additional convenience. □early, a package isn’t just something that’s wrapped around food. It’s the final result of an incredible amount of work and planning. Small wonder that packages are a subject of great interest to housewives. And that along with this avid interest come questions. For example many homemakers want to know why there are so many sizes of packages and who decides on package sizes? Actually there are; a number of practical considerations behind package sizes. The nature of the product, how it’s prepared, whether the housewife uses all or part—these are some of the things that are balanced. a vegecaDie in a boil-in bag must be completely prepared at one time, so the boilable package, for example, holds an amount of vegetable that will probably be used at a meal. Pudding and pie filling are also made up a package at a time, but since many big families use them, two sizes are offered, regular and large. Cereal, on the other hand, can be bought all the way from an individual serving package to a big box weighing more than a pound, because all these sizes are needed to fit different requirements. One popular move made recently by a major cereal manufacturer was to the compact box—deeper, squattier, a better fit for the pantry shelf and less likely to tip over. The amount in the box was not reduced to do this; it was a matter of different proportions. Sizes and shapes were tested in over 400 homes in Chicago before the final winner was chosen. Another commonly asked question is why there is empty spaces at the top of some packages? Certain kinds of food : (cereal, for example) will settle quite a bit after packaging, as the box is shipped and shaken about. You’ve seen this happen as you’ve shaken pills in a bottle or buttons in a box. Filling machines, pouring the product into boxes on a moving line, are set to fill each box correctly. The space you may see develops after the packages are on their way to you. Also, there are some items that are less apt to break if they are loosely packed and this is taken into consideration. Fortunately, the housewife buys the contents rather than the box size and she need not be concerned about the “headspace” she sees because she may be sure that the box will have the number of crackers or the weight of cereal it is supposed to hold. Food manufacturers recognize this problem, but until completely new ways to fill boxes are invented, the present method is the most efficient and, therefore, the most economical. x lie iiuuiuiauuu lui uua week’s article is taken from “What Housewives Want To Know About Packages.” This pamphlet also answers more commonly asked questions about packages. If you would like a free copy of this pamphlet, contact Mrs. Mary L. Russ, Home Economics Extension Agent, Supply, N. C. —Telephone Number 754-4446. Oceanography (Continued From Page One) temperature, salinity and current. When asked about any harmful effects of the dye, which is red in color, Carpenter said that it is the same color used in lipsticks. “If you drank about 1,000 gallons of river water you would get the amount of dye that would come from a single kiss,” he declared. With Carpenter in the local operation are R. C. Whaley and his son, Mark, of Annapolis, Md. The operation here should be concluded in about 10 days, he said. \ Announce Engagement Lt Col. and Mrs. Frank G. Moffitt of Shallotte an nounce the engagement of their daughter, Betty Jean, to Joseph Glenwood Proctor, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Glenwood Proctor, Sr., of Greenville. A Novem ber 24 wedding is planned at Camp United Methodist Church, Shallotte. BOOKMOBILE BOILING SPRING LAKES BOLIVIA ROUTE Tuesday, August 27 Old Bethel Church Road, 9:30-9:45. Boiling Spring Lakes Post Office, 10:00-10:30. Mill Creek Church, 10:45:11:15. A. P. Henry’s store, Winnabow, 11:30-12:00. Arnold’s station, Route 17, 12:45-1:15. Caudill’s station, Route 17, 1:30-1:45. Hawes Store, Bolivia, 2:00-3:00. Rutland Chapel, 3:15-3:30. Piney Grove Community Bldg., 3:45-4:15. LONG BEACH ROUTE Wednesday, August 28 Clem’s Cafe, Long Beach road, 9:45-10:00. Lewis Real Estate, Caswell Hospital News The following were patients at Dosher Memorial Hospital during the past week: Leland—Roosevelt Willetts, Lacy Dawkins, Dwight Little, Daniel Mitchell; Bolivia—Rosa Jones, Catherine Lewis; Shallotte—Rosa Ward, Marion Hewett, Albert Hill; Supply—Bertha Kirby, Sam Settle. Ash—Mattie Stout, Cora Lennon; Navassa—James Edwards; Winnabow—Jay Willetts; Long Beach—Verlie Bright, Annie Cross; Yaupon B e a c h— Alexander Lee; Southport—Joyce Potter, William McDowell, Leila Leinart, Madeline Smalley, Sallie Holden, Lillian Riley, Herbert Wright, Fathie Jackson, Sabrina Swain, Ernest Price, Lester Singletary. BIRTHS Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Price announce the birth of a daughter on August 14. Mr. and Mrs. Gerald J. Davis announce the birth of a daughter on August 9. Mr. and Mrs. Luther Gause, Jr., announce the birth of a son on August 9. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Jones announce the birth of a daughter on August 17. Mr. and Mrs. John A. Potter announce the birth of a daughter on August 18. Beach, 10:15-10:45. Appling’s store, Yaupon, 11:00-11:15. Johnson’s Vegetable Stand, 11:30-11:45. Ferrell’s Real Estate, Long Beach, 12:30-12:45. Shannon’s store, Long Beach, 1:00-1:30. Red and White Food Store, 1:45-2:15. Ocean Trail Rest Home, Southport, 2:30-3:00. Faircloth’s store, Sunset Harbor, 3:30-4:00. HOLDEN BEACH ROUTE Thursday, August 29 Union Chapel, 9:45-10:00. Caison’s Supermarket, 10:15-10:45. Holden Beach Realty, 11:45-12:15. Fulford’s Restaurant, 1:00-1:15. Hoyal’s, Varnumtown, 1:30-3:00. Ruth Wooten’s House, 3:15-3:45. Mrs. Ella Shaul FAYETTEVILLE-Mrs. Ella Yvonne Shaul, 78, died Tuesday at Homestead, Fla. She was a native of Wilmington but had lived for five years at West Palm Beach, Fla. Final rites were held Friday at 10:30 a.m. at Jernigan-Warren Funeral Home in Fayetteville with graveside rites at Oakdale Cemetery, Wilmington, Friday at 3:30 p.m. Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. John C. Pittman, Jr. of Fayetteville, Mis. M. H. McGaffigan of West Palm Beach, Fla. and Mrs. H. K. Maultsby of Santa Monica, Calif.; eight grandchildren and three great-grandchildren; six brothers, Avon, Rowland and Robert t VISITS PARENTS Capt. F. M. Banks, USAF, son of Major and Mrs. J. A. Eaton, Caswell Beach, was a weekend visitor with his father and mother, Capt. Banks and his family are stationed in Tucson, Ariz., and he is a U2 flyer. RETURNS HOME Mrs. Elizabeth Taylor Kiddoo has returned to her home in San Marcos, Texas, after visiting her sister, Mrs. James M. Harper, Jr., in Southport for the past week. Dsvine of Wilmington, Hinton Devine of Shallotte, John Devine of Myrtle Beach, S.C. and Jame6 Devine of Orlando, Fla.; and a , sister, Mrs. Jean Tlllitt of Wilmington. Don’t let “salt air” eat up your car! ✓ rrs AUTOMATIC! 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