Store Furs Carefully lb
Avoid Damage In Summer
Have you carefully wrapped
your fur coat in plastic and stared
it m the attic for the summer? If you
have, please get it out right now.
Furs need to be stored in a cool
place and they should never be put
in plastic, says Dr. Harriet T. Jen
nings, extension clothing specialist
at North Carolina State University.
Jennings recommends the fol
lowing care for furs and garments
trimmed with ftir:
— Have your furs cleaned by *
professional drydeaner with an es
tablished reputation for handling
furs, using the fur method of
drycleaning. This method tumbles
the furs in a dry compound with sol
vents that remove grease and oil.
Furs should be cleaned periodically,
usually once every one or two years,
, depending on the type of ftir and
frequency of wear. Cleaning furs
more often removes natural fur oils
and that dries out the hide.
— During’the off-season have
your fur stored in a vault available
from a bonded furrier. The control
led temperatures of 45-55 degrees
F. and controlled humidity in the
vault keeps the hides supple and
prevents drying. Vault storage also
prevents attacks by moths and
other insects. Do inspect the
storage vault. Furs should not be
tightly packed. In addition to stor
ing your fur with a bonded fUrrier,
review your homeowner s in
surance policy to make sure your
fUr is fully covered should any
damage occur.
— If you are storing your furs at
home, place them in the coolest
closet you have. Put them in paper
or cloth garment bags. Never use
plMtfc bags. Make sure furs have
adequate space around them. Furs
need good air circulation to prevent
the hides from drying and the hair
from becoming crushed and broke n
— Hang ftirs on padded wide
hangers, and never use wire
hangers. Padded wide hangers give
support to the shoulders, which are
the stress points on a fur coat and
susceptible to ripping and cracking.
Stoles should be hung crosswise on
specially designed hangers with
the center back lying across the
horizontal arm of the hanger.
Shade 'l’rees Benefit
From Spring Fertilizer
Shade trees-eepecially young,
unestablished ones-can benefit
from a little care and feeding each
spring, North Carolina State
University agricultural extension
specialists say.
Healthy, older trees don’t need
fertilizer every year, but the young
ones may respond to the extra care.
Choose a fertilizer that has two
to three times as much nitrogen as
it does phosphorus and potassium.
Some examples are 15-5-5, 10-6-4
and 12-4-4.
Up to half of the nitrogen should
be in an organic form, such as cot
tonseed meal or tankage. Organic
nitrogen is released to the tree
slower than chemical forms are.
And it provides nitrogen gradually
over a longer period.
Fertilize trees in early spring.
Apply more fertilizer in the early
summer, if needed. But don't fertil
ize trace in late summer, the NCSU
specialists caution.
The amount of fertilizer you
apply will depend on the tree’s size.
Use 2 to 4 pounds of fertilizer for
each 6 inches of the tree’s diameter,
the specialists say. Trees less than
6 inches in diameter should receive
1 to 2 pounds of fertilizer, lb figure
out the diameter, measure the tree
trunk 4 feet above the ground.
You may apply the fertilizer on
the ground surface. Avoid putting it
within a foot of the trunk since this
could damage the root collar.
If your soil is compacted or if
grass is growing under the tree, the
best way to fertilize is by making
holes about 1 to 2 inches wide 2 feet
or so from the trunk. Continue
every 2 feet all around the tree and
slightly beyond the spread of the
branches. Then fill the holes with
fertilizer.
Holiday Inn Kicks
Off Famfly Campaign
NEW YORK, N.Y.-Holiday Inn
hotels kicked off a multimillioo-dollar
family holiday program recently with
the announcement of the results of
the Holiday Inn Family Holiday
survey conducted by Yankelovich
Clancy Shulman.
The announcement was made in the
company of Bugs Bunny and his
Looney Tunes friends around a re
created parrot patch on the Empire
State Building’s 86th floor obser
vatory. Holiday Inns has entered into
a two-year licensing agreement with
Warner Brothers for the use of Bugs
Bunny and the Looney Tunes
characters in advertising, marketing
and merchandising materials.
“We are proud to honor Bugs Bun
ny in this milestone year. Holiday
Inns couldn’t ask for a better partner
in our effort to reach out and tell
Americans about the importance of
family travel,” said Ray Lewis, Holi
day Inns, Inc., senior vice president
of worldwide marketing.
Lewis also announced the results of
the Holiday Inn Family Holiday
Survey. The survey revealed that
Americans perceive travel as an
essential element of family life, a
means of affirming relationships and
strengthening ties between parent
and child.
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family experiences to hundreds o
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TEEN TALENT SHOW
The Raleigh Chapter of Jack
and JIU of America, Inc., will
sponsor a talent show on Friday,
May 4, from 7:30-0:30 p.m. In the
Enloe High School Auditorium.
All proceeds will M donated to
charity. For ticket information
call 848-4188 or come to the
YWCA on Hargett Street between
10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Satur
days, April 21 and 28, to purchase
tickets.
Bishop Tutu To Receive Honor
For Role In Fighting Apartheid
LINCOLN UNIVERSITY, Pa.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu and
former ambassadors Elliott P. Skin
ner and Horace G. Dawson will
receive honorary doctoral degrees at
Lincoln University’s 131st com
mencement exercises May 6 at the
southern Chester County campus.
Archbishop Tutu will also deliver
the baccalaureate address at ser
An African-American
Rodeo Gets Underway
DENVER, Colo.—Attention rodeo
tans: relieve the glory days of the
“Wild Wild West” when the world’s
original African-American touring
rodeo gets under way.
Sponsored by Coors Brewing Co.
with participating corporate sponsor
ship by the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco
Co., Coors Bill Pickett Invitational
Rodeo Series will span the country
with a 10-city tour offering exciting
and entertaining rodeo competition to
thousands of spectators.
Named in honor of the legendary
African-American cowboy Bill .
Pickett, the CBPIRS features
favorites such as steer wrestling,
bullriding, calf roping, ladies’ steer ,
undecorating, ladies’ barrel racing,
and kids’ calf scramble.
The star-studded lineup of rodeo
celebrities includes DeBoraha Akin,
the first African-American cowgirl in
the International Professional Rodeo
Association; Dawn Akin, 12-year-old
barrel racing sensation and CBPIR
1989 Rookie of the Year; Bobby
“Hoss” Harrison, CBPIR 1988 All
Around Cowboy; Jesse “Slugger”
Guillory, CBPIR 11988 All-Around
Cowboy; and CBPIR
Bullfighter/Rodeo Clown of 1989,
Lynn Hart.
OBSTACLES
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yhen we take our eyes off the goal.
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A 1984 Nobel Peace Prize winner
for his role as unifying leader in the
campaign against apartheid in South
Africa and a chief spokesman in the
nonvioent struggle for liberation, Ar
chbishop Tutu is the Anglican bishop
of Johannesburg, the first black to
hold that post.
Throughout his episcopal career,
and especially during his term as
general secretary of the South
African Council of Churches
(1978-84), Archbishop Tutu has
spoken out against the country’s of-,
ficial system of racial separatism he
describes as “evil as Nazism.”
Archbishop Tutu, a graduate of
Bantu Normal College in Pretoria
and of the University of Johan
nesburg, taught high school before
beginning studies at the Theological
College in Johannesburg. Ordained
an Anglican priest in 1961, he earned
a bachelor’s degree in divinity ana
master’s in theology at King’s Col
lege in London, England, while
assigned to parishes there. He was a
lecturer at the Federal Theological
Seminary and at the National Univer
sity in Lesotho, then returned to
iTngi.nH as associate director of the
Theological Education Fund, which
administered World Council of Chur
ches fMandiipa. From his base in
Bromley, Kent, he traveled widely,
especially in Asia and Africa.
WIDEN LOVE
When we step into a wider love,
countless persons are drawn into our
circle of love. We find persons who
enrich our lives and we also enrich
the lives of others. Those near and
dear to us are blessed as a result of
the new dimension added to our lives
through our wider love.
May Rowland
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Durwood Laughinghouse
A Democrat Who Can Win
Candidate
North Carolina House of Representatives
61st House District
I am concerned about our schools and believe we
should become more diligent in our efforts to
improve them so that all citizens will get a quality
education. 1 am troubled by the growing
indications that we must do a better job protecting
the environment. And, 1 am confident we can do
more to stimulate the economy and create better
jobs.
As your Representative, I will offer strong, positive
leadership to find the best solutions to these
problems, to other challenges which face our state
in the years ahead.
Durwood S. Laughinghouse
Paid for by the Laughinghouse Committee, P. O. Box 17945, Raleigh, N.C. 27619
A. P. Carlton, Jr., Treasurer
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