Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 52, Number 242, Decatur, Adams County, 14 October 1954 — Page 9

Fashion Training Taughl 4-H Girls Over 16 Millions Receive Training' INDIANAPOLIS (INS) — The "trickle-down” principle is evident in the fashion world as well as in taxation. Just ask Irma Piel Stickle, who is one in 16,946,919. That is the number of boys and girls who have received 4-H training since the U. S. Department of Agriculturesponsored organization was organized in 1925. -More than half of the millionplus girls enrolled in 4-H projects this year are making dresses, suit's and other garments. And though few of them ever saw Paris, New York, Dallas, Miami, Los Angeles or any other fashion center, the principles of good clothing design have trickled down to their hamlet or farm home. Mrs. Stickle, who lives near Indianapolis, specialised in clothingmaking while she was a 4-H member in the 1930’5, and now is handing on that same training to others. Many varied skills are acquired in the name of the 4-H, which derives its code-like cognomen from the first letters of head, hand, heart and health. Boys and girls, in city homes as well as rural, acquire home-making and food-raising skills without tu1

B/G fMWffrOf VAllf£C! good/Vear HUM nq Uli! Big Fall Feature NEW I Anousunding^ueatthe^^ l i - tnr nnr bie sale event, we give yu ■ I J- r. PULL, longer wear, a. a I sale LOOK AT THESE LOW PRICES! ""sin **“ * RATING wet iq-24 4 $46.95* EgKrflbflSwWl 10-28 4 53.95* K MM 10-38 4 68.95* H-38 4 77.95* T| 12-38 6 95.95* WIOKSffiJ Slut tax and your r»<opp<ible GOODYEAR MARATHON «1 . FRONT TRACTOR TIRES 4.00 x 15 4-Ply - $12.40* IMA 5.00 x 15 4-Ply - 14.25* 5.50 x 16 4-Ply - 15.55 gBSW- ' 6.00 x 16 4-Ply - 17.20* * Plus Tax ■, ” ON THE FARM TIRE SERVICE SOLUTION 100 FILI. ’ Your GOODYEAR FARM TIRE : . I I Dealers In Decatur! MORRISON DIERKES SPRUNGER Farm Store Implement Sales Implement Co . 319 S. 13th St. 341 N. 13th St. 114 N. 3rd St. GOODYEAR I i SERVICE STORE 121 N. 2nd St. Decatur, Ind.

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FJying Fuel CHAMONIX, France (INS)—The world’s oldest fuel—firewood — has been taken by the world's most modem means of transportation —airplane and parachute — to the, aiixplanh observatory at Vallot. Three tone of firewood that used to t»e carried up recently wan parachuted to the observatory. ition and without leaving their home county. Those skills may range from raising peanuts to making a wedding gown, but clothing is the major interest of the girls. Meal plan ning and preparation is second. Twenty^hlne-year-old Mrs. Stickle currently is instructing 119 girls and one boy in some phase of clothing manufacture or repair after having been a 4-H pupil herself for eight years. While-there may be a few professional dress designers to whom the name 4-H has a familiar ring, most of these volunteer students use their skill in making clothing only for themselves and their families. Irma's wardrobe and that of her mother have been made entirely by the 4-H trained daughter, including winter coats which look as though they would flip open to the label of some expensive shop. Her son. Lowell, 21 months old. sports natty outfits which emerged from his mother's busy hands and sewing machine. As yet, Irma hasn’t undertaken a suit for her husband Bill, though

she can produce a smooth-looking sport shirt, and has taught this craft to the few bdys in her classes. Irma believes that many former 4-H members wlio no longer -use their former skill at making clothing still benefit from the principles of good they learned. ■ leaders like Irtri'i 'try by individual conversatioft with eaph young member of her 4-H groups to point out what looks good on them and what doesn't. , <, Where sewing proficiency once got paramount consideration in awarding 4-H prizes for clothing, the trend now is to consider if the garment becomes the wearer. Selecting appropriate accessories for each costume, and suitable costume for each occasion are part of this indirect instruction that is stitched in with the weekly needle-and-sewing-maehine sessions. Ohce 4-H was synonOmous' with farm, but time and decentralization have been at work. The 1954 records will not be available until 1955, but last year, 12.2 percent of the boys and girls enrolled in 4-H projects came from urban homes and 19.5 percent from rural nonfarm homes. The remaining 68.3 percent were "farm folks.” And the 653,340 youngsters Who enrolled in clothing projects last year turned out 1,434,820 dresses, suits, coats and other garments and made an equal number of other clothing articles.

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periods, there are formal damasks and 18th century florals In subtle color combination's like gold and white or gold and cocoa. A sculptured design carpeting that blends with most periods achieves a handwoven appearance by combining cut and looped pile in the same fabric. The loops are a lighter tone of the basic color — green, cocoa, aqua, gray, gold, sandalwood or beige. Ultra-modem tastes have not been overlooked. But here. too. there are classical undertones — alxstraot Greek key designs freeform floral or leaf .patterns — in addition to a potpourri of plaids, stripes and random striated designs. Even the Old throw rug has been restyled to ffet into any Interior under a new name and size. It's now called an “area rug” and copies a little larger than its predecessor — big enough to outline a conversation or dining grouping of furniture. ■ w

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Almost every rug manufacturer has added an aquamarine blue to his seiectlons. Perhaps the widest color range is available in cotton carpeting. One firm has an array of 15 shades called “ice cream colors.” These include coffee, butterscotch, mint, orange pineapple, blueberry ice and strawberry. Generally, however, earth tones with a warm rosy cast dominate the rug picture whatever the fiber —all wool, wool and rayon, wool and nylon, all rayon, all nylon or saran. Overall prices have remained the same, except that hosuewives can expect to pay more for wool carpets after August, James G. Law, chairman of the board of the Carpet Institute, told a new conr ference <hat the price increase wiU be “moderate” but necessary because of the rising cost of wool. _ * • There are more than 25 million TV sets in use in the U.S.—they’re in 55% of all our homes.

Florida Prisons To Get Television CHICAGO (INS) — Inmates in Florida’s state prison camps face a possible disciplinary measure more potent than flogging or solitary confinement on bread and water. In the future they may have their television privileges revoked. This loomed ns a possibility, according to Joe Marty Jr„ general manager of the electronics division of Admiral Corporation, with the installation shortly of 21-inch table model receivers in 29 of the state’s prison camps. Seven camps already have sets purchased with funds from canteen sales and other sources, Marty said. Prison camp officiate explained that installation of the TV note is part of a rehabilitation program for prisoners.

SECTION TWO

Television Growth Boost Gardening Television Makes For Homebodies NEW YORK (INS) — There’S a green thumb on the hand that twlHts the TV dial. The weed-like growth of television han helped boost gardening into big business, says Gustave Springer, U.S. representative of the Associated Bulb Growers of Holland. Six years ago. 60 TV stations operated in 41 cities, and only 9,500 families owned sets, Springer points out. Today there are 386 stations in 259 cities, and nearly 32 million sets. In the same period sales of Dutch bulbs, seeds and garden supplies jumped from 250 million to well over one billion dollars in 1953, according to Commerce Department figures. This is not coincidence, says Springer. Social surveys have shown that hte 21-inch screen is the modern family hearth: television makes for homebodies. Family unit pride naturally focuses on the garden, since the cheapest and most satisfying way to beautify a home is to give it a spring floral decor with nature’s help. Springer says 20 million V. S. gardeners will spend an average of more than one dollar apiece for Dtuch bulbs this year, mostly tulips. daffodils and hyacinths. Vegetable Color Shows Food Value RALEIGH. N. C.. (INS) Choose your foods for color, and you’ll find they,.have more food value. North Carolina State College Nutrition Expert Virginia Wilson says that the color of a vegetable has a very definite bearing on its food value. She explaiped that vegetables and fruits that are a very 'deep yellow or green have more Vitamin A value when eaten than those of other colors. There are grades, too, within the individual vegetable or fruit. The yeljpwer or greener ones contain more Vitamin A, according to Miss Wilson.