Thursday, July 27, 1972
The Nyssa Gate City Journal, Nyssa, Oregon
SPEAKING TO THE CONSUME?.
ALBERTA JOHNSON^
Extension Family Finance Specialist
Oregon State University
BUCKLE UP. The seat belt
in your new car, ii it meets
the
standard set by the
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration of the Depart­
ment of Transportation, will
have these features: An auto­
matic-locking or emergency­
locking retractor for lap belts
in both front and rear;
all
lap-and-shoulder-belt combin­
ations with a three-point design
in which the shoulder belt can
be attached to the lap belt and
released when the lap belt is
released; anda buzzer flashing­
light warning system that re­
minds the driver and his front­
seat passenger if they have not
buckled their lap belts.
Violations of any of these
requirements should be re­
ported to the traffic safety ad­
ministration in Washington,
D.C.
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LOOK FOR LABEL. When
you buy a garment, either fab­
ric or fur, look for the label
that tells you what the product
is made of, and the name of
the manufacturer responsible
for the truth of the label. If
the manufacturer’s name is not
on it, his code number will be.
Then, if you are dissatisfied
with the fur or fabric, you know
where to lodge your complaint.
If only the code number was
given, send it to the Federal
Trade Commission, Washing­
ton, D.C. for identification. All
code numbers are registered
with the FTC.
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CHECK THOSE BILLS! Do
you let the credit cardcompany
do your bookkeeping chores?
Mistakes can be made, so it’s
advisable to take some res­
ponsibility yourself.
Before you ever sign a credit
card bill, make sure the listing
is correct--that it is what you
actually purchased. Check the
addition. Then keep the carbon
copy of that bill until your
monthly statement comes in.
Recheck it with that statement,
If there is a change, notify the
company immediately. Or if a
bill comes through for which you
have no carbon, make sure it
is really yours.
UNORDERED
MERCHAN-
DISE--A GIFT, Legally, only
two kinds of merchandise can
be sent through the mails to
a person without his consent
or agreement:
free samples
which are clearly and conspi­
cuously marked as such, and
merchandise mailed by a chari­
table organization soliciting
contributions.
Both of these can be con­
sidered gifts. Should you re­
ceive any unordered merchan­
dise of any kind, do what you
like with it. You do not have
to pay for it, and it is illegal
for the person or firm sending
it to you to dun you for it
or send a bill.
Consumers areencouragedto
report tn postal authorities any
attempt by the sender to col-
lect from you for unordered
merchandise.
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GOVERNMENT
SHARES
KNOWLEDGE, Because con-
sumers felt they had the right
to know what products the
Federal Government buys, the
General Services Adminis­
tration now publishes a list of
government purchases that are
also available to consumers as
brand name products.
The
second list has just been pub­
lished. It includes cars, cen­
tral air-conditioning units, pad­
locks, and refrigerators.
The listing is not an endor­
sement of the products of equal
or better quality.
To obtain a copy of the brand
name items, send 25 cents to
Consumer Product Information,
Washington, D.C. 20407.
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WEIGH THE COSTS. Frozen
food plans--which involve a
membership fee and the pur­
chase of frozen foods in quan­
tity at monthly or longer in­
tervals-- should be carefully
considered before signing a con­
tract.
Here are some questions to
ask:
How long has the com­
pany been in business? Do
you pay cash, or do you use
credit? How much will credit
add to the cost of the food?
What kinds of food and how much
of each food item will you re-
cieve?
Are they the foods
you will actually use?
Then estimate what part of
the family’s total food cost the
frozen food plan will cover.
It may be only 35 to 40 percent,
so don’t count on the plan as
your total food budget.
HAZARDS OF SPRING, With
spring come traveling salesmen
--some of them dishonest.
Never a year goes by but what
homeowners somewhere are
“taken in” by shady operators
who talk them into home “im­
provements”
that fail
to
improve anything except the
salesman’s financial status.
Beware of these frequently
used introductions: The offer
of a “free” inspection of your
roof; “We’ll use your home as
a model and give you a big
break on the price;” or “Con­
You have just
gratulations!
won. . .”
If you are approached by
strangers with such phrases.
do some serious checking be­
fore you sign a contract or
pay the salesman any money.
Take a few days to get esti­
mates for the job from es­
tablished local firms or work­
men you know are reliable.
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BUYING HEALTH INSUR­
ANCE. Consumer’s mailboxes
and newspapers are crowded
with advertisements for family
health insurance. If you plan
to buy this kind of protection,
make sure you understand what
you are getting.
For example, what happens
if you have any “pre-existing”
health conditions under the
policy you are considering?
How much will your policy pay
per day for hospital care? Is
it adequate to cover the costs
Are
of the local hospital?
there any limitations on when
you can begin to coiiect? How
much are the premiums?
Last but not least, ask your­
self if you can afford the in­
surance plan.
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COMPARE CREDIT COSTS.
Truth-in-lending
legislation
requires that the lender pro­
vide you with two kinds of
information about the cost of
credit--the annual percentage
rate and the finance charge
in dollars and cents.
Both are important to you;
use them in making your de­
cisions about the use of credit.
Use the finance cb.crge to make
this decision:
Is having the
product now rather than saving
and buying it for cash worth
the extra cost in dollars and
cents? Use the annual per­
centage
rate to compare
charges among lenders who will
give you credit.
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APPLE VALLEY - Mr. and
Mrs. Earl Boston and Mr. and
________
Mrs. Don Boston left July 14
for Napa, California to attend
the wedding July 16 of Howard
Jamison, Jr. and Geraldine
Mullay. They also visited with
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Wallace in
Napa and returned home Monday
Mr. and Mrs. Don Boston and
children returned to their home
in Seattle Tuesday.
Mrs. John Boston’s grand­
father Eldon Boothe of Fruit­
land passed away Friday. Fu­
neral services were held Mon­
day.
Gary Seward left Monday for
the F. F. A. Officers Retreat
held at McCall.
Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Seward
and Gary and Mrs. Mabel Fox
attended the opening meeting
Sunday of the Annual Intermoun-
tain Camp meeting held at the
Nampa Tabernacle.
Mr. and Mrs. John Boston and
family returned home Monday
from a very enjoyable eleven
day trip to Canada and Yellow­
stone Park.
A group of women who work
on the Primary and General
Election Board attended the
workshop for the new instruc­
tions in this year’s election.
The workshop was held at Je­
wett Auditorium in Caldwell.
Kimberlee and Kent Pierce of
Boise spent Tuesday-Thursday
with their grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. Dwight Seward while
their mother, Mrs. Hugh Pierce
was undergoing examinations
and tests at a Boise Hospital.
Mrs. Seward has spent most
of last week helping her dau­
ghter.
Mr. and Mrs. Bernie Ham-
rin of Joliet, Illinois visited
Tuesday-Thursday with Mr. and
Mrs. William Knox.
Mike Nichols left the first
part of last week with the Dale
Barties family for a camping
trip at Boulder Creek.
Mr. and Mrs. Rex Nichols
and Jodi were Saturday eve­
ning guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Simmons of Boise and
were Sunday evening guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hild of
Fruitland.
Mr. and Mrs. Orley Smith
and Mrs. Wyatt were visiting
the last two weeks with re­
latives and their many friends
in this community, Boise and
Roswell.
Mr. and Mrs. Buel Clements
of Emmett were Thursday eve­
ning guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Gene Honey.
Mr. and Mrs. George Grif­
fin visited the weekend of July
15 in Baker with Mr. and Mrs.
Phil Nicely.
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Griffin
and daughters were Sunday eve­
ning guests in the George Grif­
fin home.
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Fritts
spent the weekend at Prairie
City at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Clark, where a
reunion of the Fritts family
was held. Relatives from On­
tario, Caldwell and Illwaco were
present.
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Honey
took a drive Sunday to Placer­
ville and Garden City. On their
return home they found Mr. and
Mrs. Finley Zemmer and Ha­
rold of Bates, Oregon waiting
for their return. They were
overnight guests and left Mon­
day for a visit with relatives
in North Idaho.
Mrs. Nell Correll was plea­
santly surprised Sunday when
her sister and husband, Mr. and
Mrs. Mac McLaughlin of Pi-
deoute, Pennsylvania and Mr.
and Mrs. Cleo Whittom of Boise
came for a visit. Mr. and Mrs.
McLaughlin were Sunday over­
night guests and left Monday for
their home in Pennsylvania. On
Sunday afternoon they visited
the old Stephens Ranch which
they had not seen for over 30
years and were very surprised
at the changes which had been
made on the ranch. Charles
Mann owns the ranch now.
Mr. and Mrs. Bud Bolten
and sons of Huntington Beach,
California came Friday for the
Class of ’52 Reunion of P.H.S,
Bolten left for home Sunday
morning and Mrs. Bolten and
sons stayed for a visit with her
parents and other relatives, Mr.
and Mrs. Earl Boston.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Boston
and Mrs. Betty Bolten and sons
were Sunday dinner guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Shippy of
Weiser.
Mrs. Roy Rookstool has been
staying with her son and dau­
ghters, Robert Rookstool of
Caldwell whose wife passed
away recently. She brought the
two girls home with her
this week for a short visit.
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According to Mrs Max (Norma) Urry, the following books
are now available at the local library.
ADULT FICTION NOW AVAILABLE
NYSSA PUBLIC LIBRARY
Agatha Christie--“Nemesis”--The title is a code word
dealing as usual in mystery and suspense in Agatha Christie
Style.
“Summer of -42”--Herman Raucher--A time remembered
by the author at age fifteen.
“Tamzen”--Jane Gilmore Rushing” A sweeping, romantic
novel set in West Texas of the 1890's.
“Mutant 59”--Gerry Davis-- A spine-chilling novel of science
fiction.
“The Day of the Jackal”--Frederick Forsyth--The plot to
assassinate General Charles de Gaulle’s men and himself is
told in this tep by step account.
“Honor Thy Father”--Gay Talese--This is another revealing
tale of the Mafia.
“One More Camellia”--Anne Tedlock Brooks--A return to
childhood haunts make this book good reading, especially when
the ghosts and hidden passages become places and people
ready to hurt and bury.
“The Bell Jar”--Sylvia Path--This extraordinary work chro­
nicles the crackup of Esther Greenwood.
ADULT NONFICTION
“Ball Four”--Jim Bouton--My Life and Hard Times Throw­
ing the Knuckleball in the big leagues.
“It’s Apparent You’re a Parent”--Bil Keane--An Original
Family Circus Book.
"Bottle Collecting in America--John P. Adams--In this
book the author has shown new ways of locating bottles, of
trading, swapping and purchasing from antique dealers.
“100 Years of Baseball”--Ed Allen--The author says of
this profession “A breed of which 1 am one and a group which
apparently can endure anything.”
“The Jesus Story”--William A. Emerson, Jr.--A very
different aspect of the Christ Jesus as a person.
“The Everglades Today”--George X. Sand--In this some­
times lyrical, sometimes angry book, the author makes an
eloquent plea for saving what remains of the everglades.
“The Arena of Life”--Lorus and Margery Milne--The dyna­
mics of ecology.
“Ask a Question About Meteorites”--H.H. Nininger
YOUNG PEOPLE’S NONFICTION
"The American Indian Fairy Tales”--Margaret Compton.
“Space Puzzles”--Martin Garner.
“Moon Exploration”--C. B. Colby.
“Modern Light”—C. B Colby
“The Jews in America”--Frances Butwin.
“The Japanese in America”--Noel L. Leathers.
“The Norwegians in America”--Percie V. Hillbrand.
“The Dutch in America”--Gerrit Tenzythoff.
A series of informative books for young people by--Jean
Coryllel Lipke--on Dating, Heredity. Puberty and Adolescence
and Loving.
“Know Your Turtles” --John M Mehrtens.
“Starlight and Candleglow”--Helen L. Marshall.
“Story of Rodents” --Dorothy Shuttlesworth.
“Motorcycling”--Charles Coombs.
"Hot Rodding For Beginners”--!. G. Edmonds.
"Story of Rodents”--Dorothy Shuttlesworth.
"Fun With Ecology”--G. G. Watson.
“Rose Bowl Pro.”—C. Paul Jackson
"You’ve Had It, Charlie Brown”--Charles W. Schulz.
"Sunlight Valley”--Anne N. Baldwin
“You Need Help, Charlie Brown”--Charles M. Schulz
YOUNG PEOPLE’S FICTION
Processing
Main Cost
of Meat
Do you know how much of a
1,000 lb. steer actuallyreaches
the retail meat counter?
Only about 437 lbs., points out
a new Oregon State University
Cooperative Extension Service
publication called “Here is Why.
. . Food PricesareConfusing.”
This is just one of the facts
presented in the special re­
port which is available from
the Malheur County Extension
Office, reports Helen Conner
Extension Home Economist.
Prepared by Stephen C.
Marks, OSU Extension Agri­
cultural Economist, the report
attempts to help consumers un­
derstand some of the basic eco­
nomic
factors which
in­
fluence the price of meat and
other foods.
■ There has been a great deal
of concern expressed recently
about increases in food costs,”
Marks explains.
•However
people must understand the eco­
nomic forces influencing prices
for reasonable discussion to
take place.”
Meat prices, for instance, re­
flect consumer demands for
beef and their ability to pay
for it as the demand for beef,
unlike pork and lamb, is closely
related to personal income, the
economist points out.
Beef cuts at the retail level
are priced in accord with the
value of each cut as deter­
mined both by supply and de­
mand.
The report, which makes ex­
tensive use of charts to illus­
trate the economics of pro­
duction and marketing, also out­
lines where the retail meat
dollar goes.
Discussing why food prices
are up, Marks notes that “no
one in particular” is respon­
sible for the increase which is
“basically caused by the inter­
action of changes in the supply
and demand for food.”
Demand continues to grow and
costs incurred in the marketing
system beyond the farm gate are
passed along to the consumer.
Marketing services play a large
part in the total picture.
Newspaper Award Shown
Gate City Journal Publisher Dirick Nedry displaying the
placque awarded to him at the Oregon Newspaper Publishers
Association Convention in Portland last week.
The award was given the Journal for second place in General
Excellence among weekly newspapers of Oregon under 2400
circulation. First place went to the Independence Herald, In­
dependence, Oregon.
DRIVE DEFENSIVELY
AND
AVOID ACCIDENTS!
Golf is a game in which a hall 1*4
inches in diameter is placed on an­
other ball 8.000 miles in diameter
The object is to hit the small ball, not
the large one
“More than two-thirds of the
money spent by consumers for
food goes to pay for the ser­
vices that bring the food from
the farm to the retail counter
in the form and at the time and
place consumers want it,”
Marks observes.
Copies of the report may be
obtained through the Malheur
County Extension Office
in
Ontario.
by-step ways and recipes for plain and cured store-bought
or caught meat, poultry, fish, wild game, sausages, and deli­
cacies.
“The Manuel of Brands and Marks”—Wolfensline—This com­
prehensive reference work, the first complete and serious
treatment of the subject, traces the history of brands from
their appearance in Egyptian tombs to the present develop­
ment of cryo-branding, a revolutionary new technique.
"Christmas Book”--Kathryn Larson--A book full of all the
ideas you look for at Christmas time., stuffed with holiday
recipes, decorations and gifts you can make yourself.
“Where the Money Went”--Willis E. Stone-- A book dealing
with the liberty amendment.
“Salad Book”-Better Homes and Gardens—New salad ideas
for every occasion.
“Flags of the U. S. A.”--David Eggenberger—An illustrated
history of the stars and stripes from its beginnings to the
50th star.
“The Everlasting Man”--G.K.Chesterton—A brilliant and pro­
vocative expression of Chesterton's most constructive philo­
sophy.
"Reality Therapv”--William Glasser—This book which is a
new approach to psychiatry will offer challenging ideas to
psychologists, teachers, social workers, ministers, penologists,
and anyone else who is interested in human beings and the way
their minds work.
"The New Leviathan”--R. G. Collingwood--A thought-pro­
voking volume in which a philosopher and historian of anti­
quity turns political scientists and sociologist.
"Power’s Human Face”--Arthur T. Hadley--An intimate study
in the use and effect of power upon fifteen American presi­
dents from Jefferson to Truman.
"African Genesis”--Robert Ardrey--A personal investigation
into the animal origins and nature of man.
"The Sky is Falling”--Anne Emery
“The Constant Little Mouse”--William Wiesner.
“The Loner”--Bianca Bradbury.
“A Long Way to Whiskey Creek”--Patrician Beatty.
“Zippy”--Elizabeth Rice.
"Hi, All You Rabbits”--Carl Memling.
“Margaret’s Birthday”--Jan Wahl.
“Santa Makes a Chance”--Sol Chaneles
“The Summer of the Swans”-Betsy Byars
“Mickie”—Edith Unnerstad
"That Was Then, This is Now” --S.E. Hinton
“Giants are Very Brave People”--Florence Parry Heide.
“Poems of Ralph Waldo Emerson,” J. Donald Adams--An
“Hattie, The Backstage Bat”--Don Freeman.
impressive collection of Emerson’s poetry gathered under such
“The Grown-Up Day”--Jack Kent.
headings as “Nature,” “The Search for Truth,” “The Con­
"The Golden Stallion”—Rutherford Montgomery
duct of Life,” and “Patriotism and Public Affairs.”
"The Eye Book”--Theo. Le Seig.
“The Religion of the Bible,” S. Vernon McCasland--Ex-
“Giant John-Arnold Lobel.
pert Guidance through the scriptures with accent on the re­
"Who Has Poisoned the Sea”--Audrey Coppard
ligion they present.
“Mystery of the Wild Horse Trap”--Marian T. Place.
“Who Owns America?” Walter J. Hickel--A fascinating story
of the Nixon administration and an inspiring blueprint for
NEW ADULT NON-FICTION BOOKS
saving a ravaged nation.
“The San Francisco Earthquake,” Gordon Thomas—A spell­
“America’s Favorite Recipes”—Better Homes and Gar­
dens—Over 500 prize-tested recipes with over 270 tempting bounding, moment-by-moment account of the 1906 earthquake
and a dramatic prediction-based on expert opinion- of the next
photographs.
“The Telescope Makers”--Barbara Land—The history of the one.
revolution begun by Galileo, told through the lives of ten mon
who developed the telescope in its many forms.
"The Lost Americans”--Frank C. Hibben—The incredible
story of the discovery of Stone Age man in America.
"The Senses of Man”—Joan Steen Wilentz—The story of
not only the five senses of man with which we are familiar,
but also of the sense of self, pain, of tem.oerature, and what
the author calls“non-sense”.
“Webster’s New World Thesaurus—Charlton Laird—A Master
key to the resources and complexities of twentieth century
American English.
"Home Book of Smoke-Cooking Meat, Fish and Game’’—
Jack Sleight—How to make or select, use, get the most from
a smoke oven, a-b-c’s of brines and seasonings..and the step-
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“Lettuce alone” has been
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thinks of you as a cute toma­
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about which he won't be as
cool as a cucumber.
Drain beans Add remaining
ingredients and toes lightly.
Serve on chilled salad greens.
Makes 6 servings.
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