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OREGON'S NATIVE GREENS provide almost unlimited ideas for Christmas decorations through
out the house. Unusual and inexpensive decora tions were shown at fhe Klamath District of
Garden Clubs, Christmas Decorations Worksho p at the Altamont School on December 3. A bow
knot of bright red cranberries, a red yarn Santa and an off-center golden star were the dom
inating motifs in these arrangements held by (left to right) Mrs. Scott McKendree, Klamath
Falls Garden Club. Mrs. Fram Nehammer, Mercer Island, Washington, instructor for the work
shop and Mrs. Charles Thurman, chairman of the district garden clubs.
Wives Face Higher Food Bill Despite Bumper Farm Crops
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It farm .rices bate la lira
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help the farmers, why dm
feed UI coat a mack?" That
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forma, reflect, a widespread
Buaslemeat amen heaiewlYM
and ethers aheat the "spread"
between farm prices aad retail
feed prices. The tellewtng dis
patch explain why the spread
exists, how great It la, and
why It'e llkeljr te grew area,
greater.
"The first step In Christmas dec
orating is to choose a theme and
a color scheme," Mrs. Franz Ne
hammer, Mercer Island, Washing
ton, flower arranger told some 160
garden club members Saturday.
December 3, in Klamath Falls.
Mrs. Nehammer conducted an all
day Christinas decoration work
shop at Altamont School sponsored
by the Klamath District, Oregon
Federation of Garden Clubs.
Mrs. Nehammer outlined prin
cipals of decorating and demon
strated examples at the workshop
at which the 11 district clubs were
represented. She said the theme
and color scheme should be car
ried throughout the house, with
emphasis on the four focal points
the entrance, fireplace, tree and
dining table.
The entrance, she said, sets the
character of the decor and should
express a warm welcome to guests.
The type of entrance exposed,
sheltered, paneled has a definite
bearing on materials used. An ex
posed front door will demand more
rugged, weatherproof material
than a sheltered doorway. A pan
eled door calls for different treat
ment than one of glass areas.
If a swatr Is used, Mrs. Neham
mer instructed. It should curve to
ward the door handle. The door
niece should be lightweight but
should not swing freely and it
should have depth.
Tlie instructor demonstrated door
Dieces In both modern and tradt
tlonal motifs. Her designs includ
ed a huge cranberry bow on a
circular backing of fir; a red yarn
Santa on a tree-shaped spray of
.spruce and a crescent-shaped swag
centered with a string oU green
and gold bells of graduated sizes
tied with a gold bow. Also dls
played was a curved pine branch
to which three sugar pine cones
and a cornucopia fashioned from
copper screening were tied with
gold ribbon on a backdrop ot nr.
The cornucopia was filled with
cone flowers and green branches
. For a traditional dining table,
Mrs. Nehammer featured a huge
candy cane on a bed of fir
branches with a focal point of three
red balls which picked up the color
value of the red paper-covered
base. Another dining table ar
rangement consisted of a group of
styrofoam snowballs in four sizes
intertwined with fir .twigs on a
red base.
Mrs. Nehammer displayed min
iature table trees, one of greenish
copper screening decorated with
beads and another, a tiny yew,
decorated with white beads and
colored balls.
She suggested a mantel piece
By OAYLORD P. GODWIN
WASHINGTON (UP) The farm
er get considerably leas than half
of every dollar the housewife
spends on food. And thia "price
spread," la expected to grow even
wider.
Despite bumper crops and lower
prlcea to farmers, the Agriculture
Department predict that the
housewife's food blU In 1M wlU
average about the aame as in 1964.
Thia poses the Question, as to why
retail prlees don t come down pro
portionately to the decrease In
farm prices.
The answer la in marketing and
processing charges. They Include
labor, transportation, processing,
wholesaling, retailing, profits of
firma making and selling food pro
ducts in short, ' all the aervlcea
connected with food handling. The
cost el these aervlcea has in
creased steadily In recent years
ana the outlook lor next year is
further moderate Increases."
The cost comes out of the eon-
aumer'a food dollar. The market
ing blU for IMS la estimated at
2 billion dollars. This Is SO per
cent of the $44,300,000,000 that
housewives will spend across the
grocery counter for farm produced
roods. Forty cents of each food
dollar goes to the farmer. v
The Department of Agriculture
computes the farmer'a ahare and
the marketing bill through use of
a "typical market basket" for
average waje earners or clerical
workera in an urban community.
The basket contains all farm-pro
duced foods. Fish are excluded.
In the latest report July-September
all items ot the market
basket cost at retail 1983.34. Of
this, the farmer'a share was 393.
36, or tO per cent. The 60 per
cent marketing hill was toM.10.
The farmer does not get the
same per cent of return on all
items. For example, a pound loaf
of bread in the market basket re
tails at 17.7 cents. The bread con
tains 0.912 pounds of wheat worth
at the farm 3.5 cents, or 14 per
cent of the cost of the loaf. The
marketing bill which in thia
case includes milling the wheat
Into flour, adding other ingredients
and baking it Into bread la 15.3
cents.
TURKEY DINNER AND BAZAAR
Potatoes-Craw -Rolls
Peos & Carrots Salad Pickles
Cranberry Sauce Pumpkin Pie - Coffee
FRIDAY, DEC. 9-5:30 PM
ADULTS 1.50 CHILDREN, 75c
KLAMATH LUTHERAN CHURCH
1175 Cross at Crescent St. )
A pound of choice grade beef
retailing at 67.4 cents represents
3.16 pounds of choice grade steer-on-the-hoof.
The marketing charge
on the pound of beef is 26.5 cents,
leaving the farmer 40.t cents, or
61 per cent.
Most of the marketing costs are
fixed. They do not fluctuate like
the prices received by farmers.
Therefore lower pricea at the farm
do not bring anywhere near
much of a reduction at retail.
ALFANAL O
FOR THI AIM ;
OF ARTHRITIS,
RHIUMATISM, AK
NEURITIS.
At Vow I-avartU Dm SM
Fraternal Order of Eagles
BUILDING FUND
SAT.. DEC. 10
Entertainment During Evening
Dancing 10 "til 2
MEMBERS and GUESTS
Nanatlon el SOc each
featuring a spiraled green-gold
candle with a few pine branches
at Its base and accented by two
groups of small balls in three val
ues of red. Another mantel ar
rangement carried out a religious
motif with a figure of a Madonna
and Child dominating a few white
bare branches and a low sprig of
arbor vllae with a votive candle
in front.
A highlight of the demonstration
was a sweet-meat tree designed
for a buffet. It consisted of ever
green branches anchored to a
wooden dowel. Hugging the tree
"trunk" were silver paper cornu
copias filled with tiny candy canes.
Silver balls hung from the branches
and above each ball was a minia
ture pan holding green and white
mints. The base was a silver star.
Mrs. Nehammer also showed
how to make Christmas angels,
stars and various ornaments.
She has instructed flower show
schools in seven states and at pres
ent is serving on the National Re
search Board of the Federation of
Oarden Clubs. She was introduced
by Mrs. Charles Thurman, Klam
ath District director from Klam
ath Falls.
' Following the demonstration,
Mrs. J. Pitts Elmore requested
contribution of native material for
use in landscaping the Klamath
Falls Air Force Jet interceptor
base. Mrs. Elmore said the re
quest had come from Major O. D.
Whitten, installations officer, who
said no funds had been appropriat
ed for landscaping.
Mrs. Earl McFall, Tulelake club
president, announced the club's
Christmas show to be held Friday,
December 9, in the Tulelake Ma
sonic Temple. Coffee will be pro
vided but entrants are reminded
to bring sack lunches. '
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