The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-27

simple to make and could be done
without great deal of time, ct
fort or money. Members Of the
family, handy with tools, such
as hammer and tacks, proved to
be very helpful in restoring good
furniture to usefulness and beau
ty. Other members of the family
who were accustomed to sewing
and working with fabrics came in
for their full share of the work in
making slip covers and putting on
the final covering Of a piece oil
furniture which had been reuphol
stored.
Surprising results for their eff
forts were achieved by the wo-
cen and their families who work
ed slowly, accurately, and diligent-
ly. They learned that the old ad-
age, Haste seldom pays" GER
tainy holds true in this type OF
work as well as in many others.
Rockingham County
Grace E. Holcombe, home DEM
onstration agent, reported: 'There
are two club members who have
done outstanding work on repair
ing furniture. Mrs. Ed Small,
young housewife, has furnished her
new living room with second hand
furniture. The woodwork had to be
refinished, springs repaired, and
all of it reupholstered. Mrs. R. P.
Mitchell, because she loves wood,
is always refinishing piece. Dur
ing the past year she has refinish-
ed two chairs for hersef, and two
chairs and a chest for Mrs. Numa
Mitchell. Mrs. Mitchell has reseat-
ed these chairs too"
CaswelI County
Louise Homewood reported:
Mrs. Bill Jackson of the New
Hope Club completely renovated
her living room. Every piece OF
furniture belonged to her family.
She reports I felt I wanted to do
something to improve the appear
ance of the room so fixed one
chair. 1t made the other pieces OF
furniture look so bad that I went
to work and with the help OF a
furniture repair man I did over ev-
cry piece of the furniture. Some
pieces were badly worn. The
springs in a small love seat had to
be reworked and padded. This was
our biggest job. I am very much
pleased with my room and my
heighbors have been encouraged
to rework some of their furni-
ture'."
Warren County
Eleanor Barber said that
Frightening up a room with slip
covers, reupholstering chairs, or
refinishing furniture is becoming
a relatively common practice in
the homes of the county. They find
it to be much more practical and
usually just as satisfactory as
buying new furniture. Making slip
covers is being done even more in
recent months. Miss Bertha Mae
Young of the Churchill Home Dem
onstration Club has made a nice
income for the last two years from
slip covering and reupholstering
furniture for people all over the
county. She got her first training
in club work and really enjoys it."
Tyrrell County
There has been much mending
of chairs and other furniture due
to shortages and high prices. Cots
have been turned into studio
couches. Club reports show 81 wo-
men had made furniture i'm
provements. So much interest
grew in freshening up living rooms
that we held a countrywide Slip
cover school all day in November
Those attending the allday school
were so enthusiastic that many
pieces of shabby equipment will
blossom out in new dress this win
ter. Already feed sacks are being
put into dye pots because SO many
farms run large poultry focks and
have bagging," Cornelia Simpson
pointed out.
Forty-one pieces OF furniture