HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES, Thursday, April 2, 1964
Chats With Your Home Agent
Merits of Soaps, Detergents Eyed
By ESTHER KIRMIS
The Morrow county advisory
committee (Extension Service)
mot at thp home of Mrs. Weldon
Witherrite March 25 and became
involved with the merits of soaps
vs. detergents, as they planned
for a countywide laundry clinic
in April.
Ever since the end of World
War II, consumers have been
blessed with a great array of
"miracle" fabrics and laundry
aids to clean them.
But those creators of suds con
sumers love soap and detergent
manufacturers have found these
aids are mixed blessings. Deter
gent foam has been criticized
as a pollutant in streams and
septic systems, and consumers
have been skeptical when con
fronted by cleaning aids in
dozens of package sizes and
forms on store shelves.
However, solutions to both
these problems are in sight, re
ports Bernice Strawn, Oregon
State University extension home
manacement specialist, who re
turned recently from New York
City where she represented U. S.
consumers at the annual meet
ing of the Soap and Detergent
association.
As the result of manufacturers'
action, consumers will probably
get what they asked for
weights printed in larger, easier
to read type, says Miss Strawn.
She told the association that
consumers generally praise syn
thetic detergents which now out
number soaps 10 to 1 at the
market. Many of their problems
stem more from not knowing
which type detergent to use to
clean any one of 70 odd textiles,
.fibers and finishes now available
rather than from any fault of
the cleaning aid, Miss Strawn
adds.
Laundry Today
Not Simple Matter
Laundry today is not a simple
matter. There are easily 28 de
cisions regarding selection of
products, water temperatures and
fabrics a woman must make be
fore she can really do a good
job in doing the family wash.
Although detergent foam has
not yet become critical as a pol
lutant in most of Oregon's
streams it is a serious problem
elsewhere in the U. S. The crux
of the detergent problem lies
with the basic substance in de
tergents aikyl-benezene-sulf-
onate. Unlike tat-based soaps,
present synthetic suds don't
break down.
Miss Strawn returned to Ore
gon with news that by the end
of 1965 soap and detergent man
ufacturers expect to have de
veloped a satisfactory synthetic
detergent that will break down
after it gets into septic systems
and public waterways, and will
not leave foam.
Miss Strawn traveled to New
York at the expense of the Soap
and Detergent association, in rec
ognition for work she has done
for the OSU Extension Service
in consumer education in laun
dering. Miss Strawn is the
author of "Today's Soaps and
Detergents," and several booklets
on buying other laundry aids.
A countywide laundry clinic,
"Suds and Hi-fashion," is being
planned for this county on April
23 at 1:30 p.m. at the River
side School gym in Boardman.
This will be a good opportun
ity to hear Miss Strawn discuss
new laundry products on the
market and problems we find
the modern laundry.
Johnny Johnson, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Clarence Johnson, was
honored on his eleventh birth
day with a buffet dinner given
by his parents. Guests were Mr.
and Mrs. Bill Moore, Sally, Kathy
and Debbie.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Johnson
Gail Hoskins and Martha Peter
son were in Portland Thursday
ana triaay on business.
Week-end visitors at the Frank
Hamlin home were Mr. Hamlin's
brother-in-law and sister, Mr.
and Mrs. Ted Van Bonnick of
Gresham.
MONUMENT
Several of the teachers here
attended OEA meetings in Port
land during spring vacation.
Miss Sherry Neal who attends
business school in Portland has
been visiting her folks, Mr. and
Mrs. Lewis Neal.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Harpham
spent spring vacation in Kamiah,
Ida., visiting relatives. Miss
Patty Noland accompanied them
on the trip.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Williams
and two children left Tuesday
for San Jose, Calif., where they
plan to make their home.
Mrs. Clara Schmidt and daugh
ters Kathy and Gretchen from
Salem visited in the Mead Gil
man home during spring va
cation. Clara is a niece of Mrs.
Gilman, and was known here as
Clara Foss before her marriage.
Jerry Cupper and sister, Shar
on Batty and her two children
spent spring vacation and Easter
with their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Cupper. They returned to
La Grande Sunday evening.
Miss Brenda Gienger spent a
week at the home of her aunt
and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Loyd
Gienger of Dale.
Survey Precedes
Construction, Set
To Commence Soon
(Held over from last week)
By MARY LEE MARLOW
BOARDMAN The Boardman
Planning Commission and the
City Council met last week with
the business people of the town
to plan a final layout for the
new town. They took blank de
signs and lot numbers of the city
and planned where to put the
various business establishments.
Wayne Harris, civil engineer of
Pendleton, and his staff started
the survey work March 12. He is
working with Hayes, Cornell,
Howell and Mei-ryfield of Cor
vallis, consulting engineers. He
will complete the survey to coin
cide with the schedule so that
construction will start by the
end of May.
Bill Weatherford of Heppner,
Democrat candidate for Morrow
county judge, was present with
Gene Majeske and Irvin Rauch
of Lexington. Weatherford spoke
briefly on conditions in the coun
ty, and his plans to reunite the
county, which he said "seems
to be actually four in one right
now."
Another combined meeting of
the commission and council with
business people was to be held
March 17, with Holly Cornell of
Seattle, Wn. to be present.
The Morrow County Port Com
mission held two meetings here
last Thursday, one in the after
noon with Earl Glidewell of
Hermiston and Wayne Cordes,
port attorney, of Portland to work
out the budget. The budget meet
ing was announced for March
The evening meeting was with
B. C. Christiansen, planning and
development, and Allen Bairn,
real estate, both from the dis
trict office of the U. S. Corps of
Engineers at Walla Walla, in
regard to acquisition of property
east of Boardman, adjoining it,
that now belongs to the Port
of Morrow, and to work out the
needs of various agencies, in
cluding waterfowl management,
Corps of Engineers, Port of Mor
row and the state game department.
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