The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-07-06
Consumer Notes
Issued Weekly by Consumer
Counsel Division, A. A. A.
Washington, D. c.

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Checking on Weights and Measures
Consumers in small towns, as well
as those in big cities, stand to gain by
properly enforced weights and meas
ures laws. A letter to the editor Of
the CONSUMERS GUIDE tells how
one woman "went to town" on weights
and measures protection in her own
community.
This woman started checking on the
scales in her town, to see whether they
had been o. KID by local officials as
giving accurate weight. "Not one
scale in town." she writes, chad the
seal of approval on it"
An individual consumer might have
found this battling problem. This
alert consumer happened to be presi-
dent of the local women's club. She
told her story at the very next meeting
of this organization. A committee was
appointed to find out who was respon-
sible for the failure to test the scales.
"They found out" says the letter
"that the Chief of Police is also
Weights and Measures man and as
long as nobody made complaint and
the city funds were low, he hadn't
bothered to enforce these laws. How
ever, the women's club went after him
tooth and nail, with the result that al
the scales in the city are now being
sealed and approved"
Consumers who want to know how
their weights and measures depart.
ment stacks up against an efficiently
operating one should write the Con.
: sumers' Counsel, Department of Agri
culture, Washington, D. c., for the
free article: zone Day with Weights
and Measures Official"
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Vacation Time Play
Schools out-and Jane and Johnn!
have whole summer for play.
That means a problem for parent!
anxious to keep children off crowded
streets and out of traffic's way.
Even with limited budget, it's no
hard to make safe playground fol
young, growing children in the back
yard.
A few boards nailed together, plu
a wheelbarrow full of sand, can pro
vide continent full of fun for small
I hands and creative minds.
For swing, all that is needed il
an old tire and some strong rope.
Old packing boxes make doll houses
or playhouses. Balancing boards fo
summerfull of see-sawing can b.
made out of planks.
On rainy days, the boy or girl owe
should be given toys and games tha
require creative participation, such al
chemistry and building sets, paint sets
modelling clay, or musical instruments
Rainy afternoons can be full lof ful
. and education for the child who is al
lowed to make drums out of hat boxe
or chopping bowls, Tyres out of rub
ber bands strung on nails, whistle
and pipes from willow branches an,
brass tubes. If there is phonograpl
around, music has better chance t,
take an important part in the child
life, for he can dance to it, sing to it
march to it, play to it.
Books should not be forgotten in tn
summer schedule of play. Encourag
children to take out library cards il
their own names, and to become &C
quainted with the world of literature
Points of Peaches
Next to a tree-ripened peach, on
that ripens enroute to the consume
is best.
The way to tell a ripe peach is b,
its firmness and the extent to whicl
the under side of the peach has turne,
whitish-yelow color.
Peaches that are immature will
shrivel and generally lack the tende
tasty flesh of ripe fruit.
Peaches of fine quality should b.
free from blemishes, and should be o
fresh appearance. Whitish or yellowisl
color combined with red is also a sigl
of quality, but varies with the variet!
of peach.
Overmature peaches are soft, bruis,
easily, and are fit only for immediat,
use. Watch for unevenness in shap,
and small surface tai,
clues of worm injury. Brown circular
spots are warnings of decay, too.
If peach dessert has to stand awhile
lemon juice squeezed over the peache.
will prevent them from turning 6
dusty brown.