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Oshawa Times (1958-), 10 May 1965, p. 13

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SHE CHANGES GARB FOR PEACE JOB SISTER FRANCETTA Barberis, now president of Webster College at St. Louis, is shown at left in habit of the Sisters of Loretto, She When Shopping In Moscow You Visit Cash Wicket With Each Purchase Lineups are an inevitable aspect of shopping in Soviet state stores. Joan Best, who has lived in Moscow for almost a year as wife of Canadian Press correspond- ent John Best, describes the time-cosuming routine, | By JOAN BEST MOSCOW (CP)--Shopping in, Soviet state stores, you quickly| become familiar with an im- portant five-letter word--kassa,| or cash wicket. 'You have to visit the little! woman at the kassa every time you make a purchase. After a while you begin to} accept the lineups with reason- ber able equilibrium. Having decided what to buy the customer must pay the re- BUTTER IS GRADED | quired amount to the cashier and get a receipt ticket. gets from the clerk the article} for which he has paid. Almost} invariably, there is a lineup) here too, If the purchase is sold by weight you may have to return) to the cashier to pay more} money. If your purchases are! from different counters you must obtain individual tickets. In the bread stores, you can choose from a variety of black and white breads. Sometimes} you can get rings of white bread covered with poppy seeds, or large white buns. VANISH FOR SIX MONTHS Often a raisin loaf covered with a peanut mixture and amall raisin buns with thin icing on top are on sale In the fruit and vegetable stores the offering of fresh| items is seasonal. Last June I could buy oranges at the equiv- alent of $1.68 a kilogram--five or six oranges, depending on! size--but from July to Decem- ber I didn't see an orange for sale in any store. During the fine weather, |_ WARNS OF HAZARD TORONTO (CP) -- The de- partment of lands and forests} warned Friday that below-aver- age rainfall has created the most dangerous spring fire haz- ards in southern Ontario in} years. More than 160 fires have occurred in the area south of North Bay since May 1 in con-! ditions the department calls "alarming." HOUSEHOLD HINT For longer-lasting cut flowers:| keep arrangements away from heat or drafts jlocal meat store. Having paid The shopper then takes thejat the kassa, ticket to the correct counter andjthe doughnut-shaped'siabs of butter--first grade at jtwo girls, By BRENDA LARGE OTTAWA (CP)--About 90,000 Canadian children under the age of five will ba accidentally poi- soned by common household' drugs or cleaning substances this year, a federal health de- partment doctor predicts. Dr. J. B. Murphy, director of food and drug directorate, says that aithoigh only a small per- centage of the poisoni will THE OSHAWA TIMES, Mondey, Mey 10, 1965 13 Common Household Drugs Will Poison Some 90,000 Tots Under Age Of Five pounds (headache tablets). They account for 25 per cent of all \poisonings. Last year, Dr. Murphy esti- mates, 25 to 3% youngsters died after eating large quantities of these tablets. Thousands more were rushed to hospital to have -lucts in the Home, says most |with the Canadian Manufactur- ers of Chemical Specialties. |RULES ARE SIMPLE : A bright yellow pamphlet dis- tributed by the two organiza- tions, called Your Guide to the Sensible Use of Chemical Prod- their stomachs pumped out. household chemical prod- 'Dr. Murphy says the second|jcts sold in Canada are com- biggest threat to children isipjetely safe for their intended result in death, thousands of children will be seriously hurt. "Carelessness of _parents is the cause of most of these inci- dents," says Dr. Murphy. Par- ents should know what sub- stances are dangerous and keep them out of reach. Most dangerous to children are the common ASA com- hold cleaners, floor WaxeS| ice. and oven cleaners. "But there is a small propor- Many of these substances are tion of household products which corrosive and can cause serious|carry an inherent hazard." burns to 2 child's throat. House- The rules to -prevent acci- hold lye is particularly danger- dental poisonings are few and shod ' 'simple, says the booklet. "Read Ordinary soap detergents €\the label. Store hazardous sub- "not too dangerous." However,|stances out of children's reach." heavier detergents used in-a | In their study of accidental matic washers have the game poisonings in Canada, the two "THE STARS SAY | By ESTRELLITA |FOR TOMORROW Good planetary infiuences make Tuesday a day in which you should be able to solve pend- ing problems with ease. Whether business or personal, bothersome situations should be icleared up to your satisfaction. |A good Venus aspect in the late |p.m. stimulates artistic and 10- |mantic interests. |FOR THE BIRTHDAY | If tomorrow is your birthday, lyour horoscope indicates that your interests should be in a generally stable condition right now. This is a good time, there- fore, to make long-range plans jwhere both job and monetary affairs are concerned, and to} set new goals of achievement _ifor yourself--especially since, |as of three weeks ago, you en- tered the second of a 12-year planetary cycle which should help you to advance your status on all fronts. As of the moment, it would be advisable to consolidate any ieases of fruits or vegetables|in paper bags. Dairy and meat/and all gains made since the are piled near a small stall or|products are wrapped. -- of this year and, oye table outside the store. There a g a the conservative path for the a clerk serves the public. ne eres goa a fall 1 or-(Text four months, prepare for Watermelons are stacked up dered mbit trom CUM. further expansion on the fiscal Mos- |, A Z : ront ' in large metal cages standing cow's largest department store, ge gg ge on the sidewalk, and sold fromiang it was delivered to our late October ahould be hiehl there. When the clerk is off apartment ceatican aah ot ee duty the cage is locked. We received pork chops with-\ii 'further savaksament: in The only freezer units I've out bones; good in casseroles-- 1966, a year which romises to seen in the stores are small'40 cents each. be excellent. trom . monetar chest types assigned to women, Beefsteaks anes 4 7 selling ice cream. meat without Recently I've seen 'frozen cents each -- and tomatoes for sale in) Spring chickens arrived with io ulk. the heads and feet intact andj\,... { A {[ got an unsealed box cfjonly partly drawn. The price se epee ea mixed vegetables to try--egg averaged about $2.50. nition--will occur in mid-Aug- plants, green peppers, green Sliced ham at $4.40 a kilo was) yj. throughout September te peas, and tomatoes|expensive but of excellent qual-|jatjer half of November' and rown in Bulgaria. I used the/ity. Beef with bone cost $2.40 @next February. Those engaged kilo. i i i i : ,. .jin creative enterprises will also I also ordered eggs, which)have. a fine year with unusual came in thin cardboard boxes . indi ; They have a fish tank at our : successes indicated in late June, i containing 10 each. late September, all of November Most eggs in neighborhood ' customers leave sto i : and next January. -- visty With feck Mipping eg ye sg without contain Personal matters will also be : Egg prices range from $1.08 _ he Store|tg $1.68 for a box of 10, Last that specializes in partially summer many eggs were prepared foods. You can buy|stamped "Poland" or "Bul-| stuffed beets or peppers, pieces|garia." Local produce, being of chicken or meat with a po-\fresher, was dated, tato or cracker coating, cooked' - - chickens and salads. At our local dairy store there, | GALL HOWARD'S is ---- - butter in pack- hs ee ages but to be sure it's fresh mA beled Ee you can also buy in bulk. They EXPERT usually have three different SERVICE $4.32 a kilo or $1.95 a pound; another at $4.20 a kilo; and a E . third type, chocolate butter, at ¥ about $4.08 I've watched the clerks pre- pare a new slab for sale. The slab is about a two-foot cube A long knife is used to skim a! thin layer off the cube. Then) using wire, cut the! cube down and across in sev- "When I work among the people, it would behoove me to wear the habit of the people,"' she says --AP Wirephoto will wear street clothes, right, when she becomes fulltime consultant and co- ordinator for the Job Corps Centers for Women June 1. are squares of bone or fat--45 uary. r the entire year ahead, but vegetables to make soup. WATCH FOR IT! fish. We also have a local DRAPES Custom Made @ SLIP COVERS @ BROADLOOM @ VENETIAN BLINDS "Free Estimates" Big Savings Spectacular standpoint, beginning with Jan-| Job interests should prosper|in late June and Jate September.| corrosive effect as lye. jorganizations found that five WARNING ON SEDATIVES substances are responsible for A' growing threat to children|the majority of accidents. On arises from sedatives, tranquil-|their danger list are sleeping lizers, "pep - pills" and other|P i 11's, turpentine, ASA com- drugs of this type, which Dr. pounds, lye and kerosene. Murphy says are being used in| The pamphlet urges families much greater quantities in anjto find out the location of the lincreasing number of Canadian|poison control centre nearest homes. He believes drugs in this|them, and keep its telephone category are the third biggestinumber handy in case of an cause of poisonings in children.|emergency. Dr. Murphy, who administers) Experts at the centre could the food and drug directorate's|then tell parents quickly what poison control centre, says not|steps to take, should their chil- all of the many poisoning acci-|dren accidentally swallow a poi- dents in Canada are reported to/sonous substance. the centre. or, were eee But reports come in from 232) hospitals across the country and WORKING WIVES There were 992,006 to estimate the number of poi-| February this year. sonings for the entire country. SOT - ip * One important function of the! MORRISON'S poison control centre is to col- lect data on poisonous sub- stances and their antidotes. 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