& Mrs. Dale Newport
The Journal, Thursday, July 12, 1973 - 7
Quilting Scheduled
Nimble fingers and patience Consumers Need to Know
will take State Fair of Oklahoma
visitors back in time at the mar-
athon 120-hour quilting bee this by LEE LANDIS
falls according to Sandy
Saunders, State Fair managing
director. Americans love appliances, maker's instructions. The
All Fair-goers in the Hob- Today they use over one bil- most frequent causes Of
bles, Arts and Crafts Building lion. according to the First breakdowns in washing ms-
who stopandexpressaninterestNational City Bank of New chines are: overloading or
will be asked to Join the quilt- ~ uneven loading ; too much
ing bee and will receive in-York. In fact. the average
• struction from members of the person is custodian of thou- soap; things left in pockets
such as nails, hairpins or
Edmond Extension Homemak- sands of dollars worth of
ers Club, co-sponsors of thelarge and small appliances,sharp objects that damage
event. The Club will operateNo wonder problems crop up the mechanism.
the qulltin~g bee 12 hours daily from time to time. In dryers the trouble-
the entire ten-day run of the All too often appliances makers are not setting the
Fair.
Saunders noted, "Recent particularly the small ones, right temperature for the
years have spawned a revivalare bought haphazardly, Be-fabric, and overloading.
of interest In this ancient era- cause they are relatively in- In refrigerators, defrost-
broidery art which dates back expensive, many customers ing with a sharp instrument
thousands of years. In the ab- do not save the guarantees,or not defrosting often
sence of central heat, earlynor do they read the instruc- enough, overloading, and too
American women made quilt- tions carefully, much jiggling of the temper-
ed undergarments, as well asThe Better Business Bu- ature setting are reasons fog
other clothing items and blan-
kets. The Fair is pleased toreau says that many con- failure to function correctly.
offer this unique quilting bee sumer complaints about ap- Before buying a major ap-
to the public, for the relax- pliances are due to "abuse,pliance~ it is wise to acquaint
ation and companionship it of- misuse, lack of knowledge yourself with the new rea-
rers." about the appliance or the tures, functions and prices
This faiFs Fair dates are exl~ctation of performance
September 21-30 in Oklahomabeyo nd capabilities." yf_. i~hb0Pa
City. Almost 40 percent of serv-
Don't Forget! ice calls are said to be un-
The amount of revenue necessary simply because
sharing a community receives instructions were not fol-
may depend on accurate an- lowed. Checking to be sure
swers made on line 33 and 34 the appliance is plugged in or
)n the Federal income tax that the house circuit fuse is
form which asks for your not blown should be a 'must'
principal place of residence, before you make a service call.
This will help the govern- It's important not to over-
merit determine the popula-load circuits, and appliances
ti°n c°unt f°r the revenue sh°uld be kept clean' °lied .! ~:-~.~.. ~,~ ~
sharing distribution formula, and adjusted according to the
Dr. & Mrs. R.K. Ewing
/
cruise to Cap Haitlen, San Juan, St. Thomas
on board the M/S Skyward of Norwegian Carribean
Part of a recent Florida vacation for Wanda and
and Dr. and Mrs. R.K. Swing.
fillS
ue Machinery
now the delight of
and antique
highlighted at the
Steam. Thresh-
atfl~mls, Judy 27-
event will fen-
of anti-
Operating With
threshing of
farm " that runs the slowest ! Operators
of some steam-powered ve-
hicles will perform sttmts with"
their machines on the teeter-
totter and steam-,engine incline.
Scheduled for 2 p,m. each day
is a grand parade of all the old-
time machines, including many
antique autosthat will also
be on exhibit.
Wood ~awing. An
mill on
utilize steam
shingles
activities in-
engine race, with
to the machine
Bluegrass bands will provide
Saturday entertainment.
The Bee is held at the Land-
wehr farm, 3 miles west of
Waudcomls. Concessions will be
available, and free camping
Is permitted on the farm.
Daily admission is $I per
person, with children under
12 years ~ree.
DOWNTOWN
and STUDENT UNION
REDUCTIONS OF..
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every
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stillwater
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