Inspecting
New Sheets
Benefits Buyer
By DOROTHY GRAHAM
\ CP4L Home economist
The January White Sales are now
underway and the wise housewife
will take advantage of these to re
plenish her sheet sypply. The fol
lowing information may help you to
make wiser selections. Remember
good selections mean more money
for you.
Every reputable manufacturer of
sheets affixes a label for your pro
tection. Read it.
You need to look for the weave.
This Should be firm, close and uni
form. It is wise to hold the sheet
in the light to see that it is woven
uniformly. The selvage should be
firm and neat with no loose
threads.
The amount of sizing in the sheet
will also affect its wearing quali
ties. Sizing is the term used for the
starch that is added to the yarns
to give them body for weaving. In
the proper amounts you get a good
product, but in excessive amounts
you get a low grade one. Before
you buy, rub parts of the sheet
together over the counter top. If
a white powdery substance comes
out, the sheet may contain too
much sizing and may be limp when
washed.
You want to watch the sheet
measurements to get sheets wide
and long enough to fit the bed.
When a manufacturer tells you the
length of a sheet, he means the
length before heming.
Hemming usually shortens a
sheet 10 inches. The width given
on the label is the actual width. If
you want plenty of tuck-in for the
lower sheet and coverage for the
top, buy the 108-inch length and
one that is 24 inches wider than
the mattress.
Toweling Makes
Kitchen Bright
Dish Toweling Adds Color -Dish
towels can be a delightful and col
orful addition to the kitchen. Tow
eling can be used with striking
effect for curtains, tablecloths,
place mats, aprons, as well as for
drying disheg. When you buy dish
towels, look for quality in the ma
terial ? it will give you maximum
service and satisfaction.
Read the label, examine the ma
terial before you ? fifter con
tent, colorfastness, and other"wash
ing instructions should be found on
the label. Before investing in a
large supply of one particular col
or of towel, purchase one or two
and test them in your wa her.
Choose a firm, rough textured
fabric that is not too thin. Kitch
en "crash" is the term used to de
scribe toweling that has a hard
texture to reduce linting. The
hard texture of crash also makes
towels more absorbent.
A world of fun can be had in
decorating your kitchen and dining
area with kitchen toweling. The
only limit is that of your imagin
ation!
Cleaning Piano Keys? Water and
not enough sunlight will turn ivory
piano keys yellow. To clean these
yellowed keys, use a soft flannel
dampened with wood or denatured
alcohol. Then be sure that your
piano keyboard is uncovered part
of th# time. On some new pianos,
plastic keys are being used. These
may be cleaned with a damp cloth.
Neighbor Rescues Fire
Chief from Porch Roof
Jacksonville, N. C. (AP)? It
wouldn't have been quite so em
barrassing if it had happened to
anybody but a fire chief.
R. O. Wrenn, in charge of the
firefighters at the nearby Camp
Lejeune Marine Base, was putting
up screens at his home here.
Standing on the porch roof, he
snapped the last Screen firmly into
place.
Then he realixed he couldn't get
back into the house, and the
ground was a long jump down.
A neighbor ? a woman, at that
? came to the rescue with a ladder.
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How lo Cook
Root Vegetables
By RUTH CURRENT
State Home Demonstration Agent
Root vegetables are in season the
year round. Strictly speaking, not
all vegetables that g row under
ground are roots? white potatoes
are tubers; onions are bulbs. But
for cooking purposes we'll call ,
them all roots.
Scrub root vegetables well be
fore cooking. Start them in boiling
salted water- about 1 teaspoon of
salt to a quart of water. Young,
tender roots need only enough wa
ter to prevent them from sticking
to the pan. For older roots, have
enough boiling water to cover.
To keep the flavor of onions and
turnips mild, leave the kettle un
covered. To speed the cooking of
others, put on the lid.
Boil root vegetables whole in
their skin unless too strong or too
tough. Nature grew this jacket to
hold in food value and flavor. If
you must, make the peelings thin
or scrape no more than skin deep.
To keep beets from losing their
bright red color, leave on the
long tap root and an inch or two
of stems. A quick dip into cold
water loosens the jacket on a cook
ed beet so it slips off like a glove.
A good way to use left-over lamb
or beef is in a meat pie. Par
tially cook vegetables. Then place
the vegetables and meat, cut in
cubes, in a baking dish. Top with
baking powder biscuit crust or left
over mash potatoes whipped up
with a little milk and used as a
top. If potato topping is do
not use potatoes in the pie.
Since 1850, the western part of
the United States has been grow
ing faster than the east.
New Fabrics
Need Careful
Laundering
It is difficult to know where to
Begin or tA end when giving in
itructions for laundering the wide
variety of new fabric* now on the
market The rapid changes in the
uses of the new synthetic fibers,
the many blends like, orlon-wool,
orlon-cotton, and the construction
tf the garment make it difficult to
live specific instructions for every i
garment you may have.
Common sense is the key to goad
care, for we have found these gar
ments of new synthetics are a de
light to own because they launder
so easily. We can give some gener
al recommendations for this laun
dering.
First, check very carefully the
garment construction. Are the
seams generous? Is the fabric or
the trim the same as that of the
garment?
Secondly, buy garments of blend
ed fabrics which have synthetic
fiber content greater than the nat
ural fiber content. For example,
one where the orlon fiber is in larg
er portion than the wool fiber.
Next we shall probably drip dry
many of our garments of these
newer fabrics. To drip-dry means
exactly what it says drip until
dry. The weight of the water does
the pressing and ironing for us.
We need to remember to use
well shaped wooden coat and skirt
hangers for this type of drying.
If the shoulders are broad, pad the
hanger with wash cloths to prevent
creases caused by drying and
drooping.
Nrwi fraai
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Jan. II? Mr. Cedric Beachem
spent last weekend in Raleigh via
iting friends.
Miss Emma Perry visited friends
in Florida last week.
Mrs. Lucy Willis of Morehead
City visited her sister, Mrs. Polly
Fulcher last Sunday.
Mrs M. C. Mitchell and grand
children, Carol and Lloyd Walker
of Manteo visited her daughter in
law, Mrs. Morris Mitchell and
grandchildren at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Nelson Arthur.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Pridgen visi
ted tiis parents, Mr. and Mr* M.
D. Pridgen during the holidays.
Mrs. Nelson Arthur, Mrs. B. F.
Pratt and Mrs. Will* Dail visited
Mrs. W. P. Servin at Gloucester
last Friday.
Mrs. Nellie Fulcher returned
home from Morehead City Hospit
al last Wednesday.
The Visitation Committee met
last Friday evening at the home of
Mi and Mrs W J. Dail. Mr. Poulk
was in charge of the meeting. He
assigned each member a number
| of inactive church members to visit
during this month.
Mrs. Lutie Collins visited Mrs.
Nellie Pridgen last Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Smith and
children hr.e not yet returned
from New Jersey.
Mrs. J. S. Fulcher returned
home from Bladen County Satur
day, where she was called last week
due to the serious illness of her
brother.
Mr. and Mrs. David E. Hudson
Jr. of Richmond, Va., visited her
parents, Mr. and Mrs W. J. Dail
over the New Year weekend.
Lt. and Mrs. Clyde Moore had
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8th and Evan* Sts. Morehead City
CONDENSED STATEMENT
HRM1ZIS Bill & TRUST CO.
Close of Business December 31, 1953
MOREHEAD CITY
SMITHFIELD
NEW BERN
BURGAW
, DUNN
GRIFTON
COATS
BEAUFORT
RALEIGH
Writ Side Branch, Raleigh
CLINTON
BENSON
CLAYTON
CAMP LEJEUNE
GARNER
ANGIER
KINSTON
IX>UI8BURG
ROSEBORO
FORT BKAGG
PINK HILL
NEWTON GROVE
NEWPORT
JACKSONVILLE
FAYETTEVILLE
FRANKLINTON
SPRING HOPE
RICH LANDS
CHERRY POINT
MAYSVILLE
RESOURCES
Cash in Vaults and Due from Banks $ 44,525,589.93
U. S. Government Securities $49,264,742.99
Obligations of Federal Agencies and
Other Marketable Securities 27,086,259.76
State Bonds 10,734,232.52
Municipal Bonds 15,697,751.32 102,782,986.59
Accrued Interest ? 520,670.59
Loans and Discounts . 74,990,942.12
Banking Houses, Furniture, Equipment and Real Estate 1,621,222.20
$224,441,411.43
LIABILITIES
Capital Stock , $ 1,250,000.00
Surplus 7,600,000.00
Undivided Profits 1,001,342.83
Reserve Account? Accrued and Unearned Interest,
Insurance, Taxes and Other Reserves 7,545,807.86
Intpr-Pranch Clearings 4,904,026.08
DEPOSITS: - ^ 202,240,236.16
$224,441,411.43
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their baby christened at the Webb
Memorial Presbyterian Church in
Morehaad City last Sunday
Mrs. Clyde Moo e ana -on, Clyie
Jr., ariived here yestiiuay from
lUn^ton, Va. She nil! be here
tor t'.e next tw> w>elu >vi!h her
niMti.-i. Mr> Lull' Cojiuu iihiie
hef huabwd u Id \ew Mexuo.
Mr ? Worrit Mitchell received a
phone call Saturday from her hufc
band who ia in San Diego, Calif.
He b?d J4*t w rived {raw B?waii
where he >u >UtHHUKt lor < fear.
H? ii in th? CoMt Unartl.
Only a few Eskimos know how
to build snow house*.
Whales' stomach* often contain
the beaks of octopuses and am
bergris is thought to be the pro
tective coating secreted In the
whale's digestive organs to cover
such hard objects.
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lona Or Packers Label
PITTED PIE CHERRIES
Del Monte Or Libby's
FRUIT COCKTAIL --
Ion? California Halves Or
SLICED PEACHES - -
A dip Fancy
CRUSHED PINEAPPLE
Packer* Label
ORANGE JUICE ---
Pick Of Carolina Whole
SWEET PICKLES - - -
4 3J 95c
4 No M3 QEa '
Cans 9vb
4 95c
4 95c
4??z QCp
Cans VVV
4 tsi 95c
Chicken of the Sea? White
Tuna
a 39c
L'hicken o( the Set? Bites
Tuna
?a? 20c
> Jiffy
Pie Crust
I'kK 15C
Toilet Soap
Lux
r 11c
Northern Toilet
TISSUE
12 "? 95c
No. 303 Cans Iooa Cut
GREEN BEANS
No. 303 Iona Sweet
CREAM STYLE CORN
No. 303 Iona
GREEN PEAS
12 Oz. Can V-8
VEGETABLE COCKTAIL
8cr OK
Choice %tOC
No. 303 Packers Label
TURNIP GREENS
No. 303 Packers Label
MUSTARD GREENS
12? 95"
80 Count Package Marcal
PAPER NAPKINS
10*4 Oz. Can Ann Page Fancy
TOMATO SOUP
No. 303 Cans
IONA CUT BEETS
10 95?
J/b ?y 'ffi's cTine <Super-CR.ight" KYleats
Heavy Western Beef ? Chuck Blade
POT ROAST > 45c
i icuyy CTbJibin ucci uviibibaj
ROUND STEAK ? 85'
Heavy Western Beef ? Lean Boneless
STEW BEEF - - 59.
Heavy Western Beef ? Bone In
PLATE STEW - ? - 19
Jane Parker
Bakery Favorites
White Bread _ t?Ji 14c
Cipiutnoa
Coffee Cake - ?=? 19c
Golden
Plain Donuts . Zfc 22c
SPANISH BAR CAKE
Each
2?
Morrell Pride No. 10 Fancy
SLICED BACON ... 1ft 69c
"Super-Right" Freshly
CROUND BEEF ... " 35c
"Super-Right" All-Meat
SLICED BOLOGNA ^ 45c
By the Piece? Streak Of Lean
SALT MEAT 39e
Sultana Flaked Light Meat
TUNA FISH
4 ^35?
Swan Soap
3 is 23c
Swan Soap ?
2 Btri 25C
Lux Flakes
% 28c
Gl
Pk?
lLb.
Toilet Soap
Lifebaoy
3 25c
Toilat Soap
Lifebuoy
2 ????:: 25c
Breeze
30c % 50c
Spry
33c * 89c
Nabisco Cracker* " " 2 Pkfl. 47c
Hssoa Oil & ' 35c 67c <
Snowdrift a 33c ? 89c i
Hcrh-Ox 'sr ? ? a 8c
Klcetcx ar - - - - ?& 21c
Riuo - - - % 28c ? 55c
Surf - - - tc 29c"X"jfc
Silverdust & 29c & 57c
Fruits b Vegetables
rrwk Golden Citap
* CARROTS
Bag 10c
GRAPEFRUIT 4 ?? 2Sc
BANANAS - - - 2 Lbs. iic
TEMPLE 0RAD8ES - ?? lie
APPLES ? ? - - 4 - 53c
CELERY, JH'i - ... lb. 14c
These Prices Apply to Stores in Beaufort - Morehead