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For And About Women SUNNY SIDE UP — In this sunny living room, everything is blooming — trees, bushes, flowers and furniture. The matching yellow plaid loveseats flower with colorful pillows, while across the tablescape the sculptured white chair lends an elegant touch. It features wide yellow cushions tying to the frame in big bows. More plants fill the terrace, but there’s a pleasing view even if you’re not facing out, with the scaled down china cabinet displaying artifacts to best advantage through curved glass panels. A warm orange rug ties it all together for a look at the lighter side in decorating. Decorate Your Favorite Room Using Natural Theme Of Plants As one decorator put it, “The most attractive and livable decors of any period are those that maintain close ties with nature—Tarzan had the right idea.” •lA This designer’s comment, without advocating a return to the treehouse, does echo the popular tendency todf.y toward natural themes: earth colors, easy furnishings and almost as many shrubs in doors as out. As decorating tools, plants are mercifully neutral. Some may react better to strong light, others to shadow, but there’s no shrub that prefers Louis XV to Art Deco, or vice versa. They’re the perfect go with-every thing decorating touch. Besides, the warmth and freshness of a live, growing plant can never be duplicated by a painting, and sculpture or a whole panel of jungle Seven Students Will Compete In Club Contest Seven Brevard High School students will represent the Brevard Junior Woman’s Club in various phases of com petition in the District IIN. C. Federation of Women’s Clubs’ Fine Arts Festival to be held at the University of North Carolina in Asheville March 1. ■ jjw; The festival, which is held manually, will draw con testants and entries from four counties, according to Mrs. Tyrone Benton, club arts chairman. a Representing the club in the student drama competition will be Bill Dechant, a senior at Brevard High School. Lenette Smith, a tenth grader, will participate in the sewing competition. Libby McIntosh and Preston Roberts, both seniors, and Cynthia Rahn, Janet Berman, and Sandy Monteitb, all Juniors, will submit entries in the arts and crafts com Junior Woman’s Club is also sponsoring Sharon Miller, a senior, as a candidate for the Sallie Southall scholarship to be awarded at the festival. irSaSws patterned fabric or wallpaper. A tree is life, and no one has yet come up with a superior alternative. Natural themes with plants may be carried out dramatically or subtly, depending on the type of room and its uses. In an enclosed sunporch, for example, plants are allowed to take center stage while furnishings play the background. Japanese Influence Is Club Topic The Brevard Garden Club met Friday at the home of Mrs. Ralph Williams in Morgan Heights, with Mrs. Paul Goeser as co-hostess. Mrs. Ralph Britt explained the Japanese influence in flower arranging with words and examples of several arrangements. She lived in Japan two years while her husband was stationed there and studied the art with Japanese teachers. The club meets March 21 at the home of Mrs. Arthur McCrary. New officers will be installed. They are Mrs. Jerry H. Jerome, president; Mrs. E. Roy Samuel, vice president; Mrs. Paul Goeser, recording secretary; Mrs. Cliff Brookshire, corresponding secretary; Mrs. Ralph Williams, treasurer; and Mrs. Thomas Johnston, historian. Designer Sharon Meadows created one such scheme effectively for a young family, using ferns, trees and potted pom-poms, and furnishing with pure lines and deep brown tones in sturdy, molded plastic. The gently pitched arm chairs and loveseat feature box-style cushions for which Ms. Meadows chose a stylized earth-toned bamboo fabric. In keeping with the room’s light, airy mood, the central coffee table, a full 36 inches square, has a tempered glass top, allowing the vinyl flagstone floor and low plants to show up. The overall effect is casual, easy-care (furnishings wipe clean) and very natural amid the trees and flowers. By contrast, in a more traditional condominium living area, another designer has kept plants in the background, not to overpower the smaller space. In this case, the tall ficus is carefully pruned as it fills a corner between two loveseats. A floral pattern would be too busy here, so the loveseats were upholstered in a soft yellow-and-white plaid, with a graceful white chair cushioned in yellow com pleting the seating arrangement. More plants fill a small entry leading out to a patio, but they are low and understated. The floral theme is repeated only here and there in scat tered pillows and in the stylized vine pattern of the draperies. Though the furniture here is traditional, it is also light and airy and, like the “De Medici” china cabinet, scaled down to fit the apartment-sized room. A centerpiece of mums or daisies is kept on the coffee table and changed weekly. The effect here is sunny and natural, too, but, at the same time, sophisticated. Neither of these two rooms would have the warmth or appeal without the use of plants. Their advantage is recognized by seasoned decorators and do-it yourselfers alike. And it may very well be that the most important person in future decorating projects will not be the painter or the carpet-layer — but the nurseryman. Under new provision of the Fair Labor Standards Act, any retail, service or agricultural employer may hire up to four full-time students at a subminimum wage by notifying the Secretary of Labor. Brevard Flag Contest , Announced By Wonan’s Club The Brevard Junior Woman’s Club voted at its February 18th meeting to sponsor a competition among Transylvania County students for the best original design for a Brevard town flag. The contest, which will be part of the club’s Bi Centennial program, is being coordinated with the Brevard Bi-Centennial Committee and with town officials. The competition will be organized with grade level divisions. A $5 prize will be awarded to the winner in each division, and a $25 Savings Bond will be awarded for the best over-all design. County art teachers will be assisting with the contest, and details will be announced later according to Mrs. C. S. Dunlop, Jr., club Bi Centennial chairman. In other club business Mr. Hugh Kennamer, Nursing Home chairman, announced that club members will sing at the home Tuesday, Feb. 25. Mrs. Ladson Hart, co chairman for the Mother’s March of the March of Dimes, announced that drive had raised $2,453 to date. Loretta Kilpatrick, home service advisor for Duke Power Company, presented the program, discussing and demonstrating the use of small appliances. Mrs, Kilpatrick stressed the ver satility and economy of small household appliances and noted that small appliances like electric frypans use less electricity than range units or an oven. As another part of the program, Bill Dechant, a Brevard High School senior, presented a dramatic reading. He will represent the club in the District II N. C. Federation of Women’s Clubs’ Fine Arts Festival drama competition to be held March 1 in Asheville. Poor Wash Can Result From Excessive Suds RALEIGH — Suds up to the lid may not guaran tee a clean wash. A “just right” amount of deter gent is what’s needed to get clothes clean, remind extension family resource management specialists, North Carolina State Uni versity. Your best detergent guide is the care and in struction book that came with your appliance. But with or without these in structions, conditions in your home may require variations in detergent use. Hardness of water, load size, detergent concentra tion, and clothing condi tions may alter the amount of detergent you need. Use a smaller amount of detergent for a small load or with high concen tration detergent or soft water. Use more detergent for an extra large load or a heavily soiled, normal load. Water hardness of Bridge Winners Announced Winners at the regular Tuesday evening duplicate bridge game of The Ace of Clubs were the following pairs: 1 - Dr. George B. Dysart and Robert N. Hill; 2 - Mrs. Joyce Michner of Hendersonville and C. K. Wilson of Asheville; 3 - Jack Hudson and Jerry Tinsley; 4 - Mrs. A. D. Harrington of Hendersonville and Marvin Boyce of Saluda. K'C after you see 7 your doctor. bring your ^ prescription to s HlowiA k l?l/vvmaa\ M&Tll-18-tfc i The Staff§ and Student Bodies of BREVARD MIDDLE SCHOOL AND BREVARD ELEMENTART SCHOOL Cordially invite you to attend OPEN HOUSE March 2, 1975' M. more than nine grains per gallon may indicate a need for extra detergent. For a top loading ma chine, with a 19-gallon ca pacity and average hard ness of water, iy2 to 1% cups of granular or y2 to % cup of concentrated li quid detergent should be adequate. Nine gallons is the average amount of water for a front loading wash er. So y2 cup granular de tergent would be enough for an average load. But this may vary depending on the water and clothing conditions. See instructions on the detergent package and ap pliance manual for sug gested laundry use. Then alter the amount to condi tions in your own home. THE FRENCH COLLECTION The latest idea from France is not a new skirt or art form, but the ubiquitous baker’s rack. American manufac turers have adopted them and adapted them for countless uses throughout the home. Use them as towel racks, book shelves, display pieces, buffets — yes, even for baked goods. Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Jones of Pole Millerv Road have a new baby, Patricia Valenia, born Feb. 14. The new baby has a two-year-old sister, Teresa Yvonne. :?c Her grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Jones of Lake Toxaway, Roy Mathis of Lake Toxaway, and Mrs. Nora Hall of Brevard. Linda D. Allen, a psychology major at UNC at Greensboro, made all A’s on courses completed during the first semester. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Allen of 319 W. Main St. Four other students made the dean’s list,, earning a grade point ratio of 3.5 or better. They are Libby A. Collins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Collins of 136 Rhododendron Drive ; Miss Mary F. McGibboney, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank McGibboney of 206 Grandview; and Miss Sally A. Winchester, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dewey S. Winchester of Route 2, all of whom are early childhood education majors; and James G. Greer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Greer of Glen Cannon Drive, an economics and business administration major. t'J Philip N. Lister, whose parents are Dr. and Mrs. Leonard M. Lister of Connestee Falls, gradated Jan. 28 from Hampshire College in Amherst, Mass. ^ He received the bachelor of arts degree. Hampshire is a new liberal arts college, founded in cooperation with Amherst, Mount Holyoke, and Smith Colleges and the University of Massachusetts, for testing innovative ap proaches to undergraduate education. It is fully accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges. THIS WEEK’S SPECIALS AT POLLY FABRICS Pickens, S. C. 60” POLYESTER Buy One Yard Get The Second For A PENNY Polly & Sandy Singletary Our free dinnerware offer expires February 28! There’s not much time left. February 28’s the last day we’ll be able to give you a free four-piece place setting of Sum mertime. It’s the beautiful English Ironstone dinnerware with the yellow daisy pattern. So before time runs out, stop by your nearest Northwestern Bank office and save $25 or more. We’ll give you your first four-piece place setting of Summertime free! We'll also give you the highest legal interest rates on your savings. And that’s one offer that never expires at Northwestern! 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