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001095 Colorado Rural Electric News September, 1981 Page 5 AT HOME- With the Busy Colorado Rural Homemakers. More Rural People Can Now Own Or Improve Their Homes Make or Modernize Your Electric Lamps . Mountain View Electric Association members are offered the- publication "Electric Lamps That You Can "Make or Modernize" free, simply by writing to the Limon Office, or dropping in and requesting same. Members of other Rural Electric Cooperatives may obtain this pamphlet by sending a nickel (54) to the Superintendent of Documents, U. S. Govt. Printing Office, Washington 2.5, D. C. The number to specify in this case is Leaflet #317, REA-USDA, Sept. 1951. Lamp kit and lamp part catalogs may be obtained from either deSherbin Products Inc., Hawlyeville, Connecti- cut, or Fieldscraft Inc., 30-38 East Cot- .tage St., Chagrin Falls, Ohio. Rural Homemaker Title Goes To Gracious Mesa County Lady sideration were such factors as parti- cipation in community affairs and per- sonality and poise. Money? No. Women Would Rather Have Electric Appliances: Save Time .FORT COLLINS-Biggest problem Homemakers said they liked home- on 'the homefront? For 511 homemak- making for these reasons: Family ap- ers ,who were questioned by home preciation for their efforts; a sense of management specialists ~n 46 states, creativity in certain jobs; skill acquired the number one problem IS not enough time. And not enough money comes at an early age--ability to do the job in second. Energy was the m..jor prob- well; physical conveniences, comfort, lem- for only a few. and beauty; pride in accomplishment; . Mrs. Madelme Colby. extension home meeting iheir own standards or those management specialist at Colorado of the'r husbands or children Women Stale University who helped with the I : . study by' questioning some Colorado who did not express t~ese s~bsfacho~ homemakers, says that the pressure were. more unhappy With vanous horn to engage in outside activities seemed makmg problems, Mrs. Colby noted. to be related to the widening interests of growing children. W hen asked what labor-saving equipment they would like if they could have their choice, 23 percent of the .women -:wanted automatic clothes .dryers '~nd: 20 percent automatic wash- '.ing,macMnes. Dishwashers, small appli- ances, and home freezers were next in order. Five percent wanted carpet sweepers and four percent garbage disposals. More women in the oldest group wanted new equipment than in the younger groups. The young'er wives were somewhat less likely to plan time use than were the older ones. aut there was little re- lationship'between age, income, and the ; 1,lse. o!'etti,cient:management practices. ;Mts, -C'~lb~ ~ays ::one indication of the . '. . stud'Y'lir.th'at" a"ppsltive attitude about planning does pay large divIdends In' improved home management. The judges deliberated carefully. They tasted a dozen different jars of jelly, cut pieces from a dozen brightly decorated cakes, looked over back- ground resumes, and inspected the re- sults of long hours of sewing, then, finally made their choice. They named Mrs. Harold (Mlldred) Miller, a popular Appleton, Colorado resident and wife of It prominent farm- er, as Mrs. REA Homemaker of 1961 in the fifth annual staging of the contest by the Grand Valley Rural Power Lines. Inc. of Grand Junction. Mrs. Miller, selected for the honor 'from Itmong 12 nominees representing all parts of Mesa County, was presented with her giant "Homemaker" trophy and the first prize in the contest-a new' automatic washer-at ceremonies just, preceedlng the organization's an- :nual meeting on August 11. Second in the contest was Mrs. Duane (Ruby) Hodson of the' Lorna Community who was presented with an electric mixer as her pri~e. Third was Mrs. Glen (Josephine) Pryor of Orchard ,Mesa who was awarded an automatic electric- blanket. The presEmtations were made by Neal B. Johnson, President of Grand Valley Rural Power Lines. In entering, the conteat, each of the ladles submitted for judging a jar of homemade jelly, a package of frozen peaches, another of frozen peas and still another of strawberries, an angel food cake and a washable house dress of her own making. In addition, each appeared at the final judging on August 11 in another dress of their own desia;n and making. Also included in the judging con- Jones ,had occasion to reprimand hill wife. "1 think, dear," he said sooth.. lugly, "that you fib a little occasional- ly," "Well, I think It's a wife's duty," Was her response, "to speak well of her husband occasionally." .. . Wile to husband: "Of Course I spend mon: tJ:1an Y.?? msk.e. den, I have the Apple Crisp In large rectangular pyrex dish place: 4 cups peeled,csliced apples Sprinkle with: !4 cup water VI tsp. salt I tsp. cinnamon Rub together or use pastry blender: ~ cup flour I cup sugar l-1i cup soft butter SprInkle over top of apples and bake at 375 degrees for 35 to 40 min. until golden brown. Mrs. Don Murray. RI.3. Box IDS. Ft. Collins, Colo. TorcheUi Diasolve I dry yeast in 1 cup luke- warm water and 1 cup flour. Let stand until it bubbles. Add I ,pound butter that has been melb,d and cooled. Add enough flour to make a soft dough. Let stand in refrigerator for 2 hours or even over night. Roll and shape into figure eight. Roll in sugar Ilnd bake in 350 degree oven until light brown. Mrs. AtJillo Faccmnello. Ill.-Z. ....~~,,-~ ...~,~ Residents of rural Colorado have been given the opportunity to own or improve their homes under the housing bill recently signed into law by the President, because many conditions have been relaxed. All-electric homes are within the reach of nearly every family where they have access to low-cost rural electric power. Questioned about the new housing legislation, Neal J. Hardy, -FHA ad- ministrator, said: "Now it will be possible for more families than ever before to own new homesandforpres+ ent home owners to improve their houses to meet the needs of modern Jiving. Hard.y "One provision, aimed at the low and moderate income family, Including an estimated 11.2 million families in the $4,000 to $6,1l1lO income bracket. provides- for federally-insured mortgag- es for homes costing from-$l1,OOO to $15,1l1l0. "The mortgage limit Is determined by building costs in the area. "A $15,000 house, for example, would call for the top down payment of $450, and monthly charges of $82.95. "In certain hardship cases, mortgages may be extended to 40 years-previ- ously available only to displaced fam" ilies. "The bill also has a _home improve. ment provision with a $10,000 maxi. mum loan limit, a maximum of 20 years, and maximum interest of 6 pet cent plus one-half per cent Interest FHA insurance premium. "This liberalization is aimed primar- ily at families with homes more than 10 years old, and is designed to ease the way for needed repairs and im. provements that add to family com- fort and maintain property values. "To qualify for an FHA-insured home-improvement loan, a home proj- ect must form a permanent part of a home. "The new, low_interest loans will pro- vide a financing plan to improve basic livability and reliability of the struc- ture or expand it. "Built-in appliances which contribute to thia end will be allowable items for such financing. "With the loan increase to $10,000. many, owners of 'older homes will be able to remodel them completely with such things as a new roof, new panel doors and windows, complete insula- tion, new plumbing, and electrical wiring. "In addition to aiding families pur- chasing lower-priced homl!s, the new bill has increased the limit on regular FHA-insured mortgages on new homes from $22,500 to a high of $25.0110.'.AJso, down-payment requirements have been reduced and mortgage. life lengthened from 30 to 35 years on new homes." . . . by Do' Dill WAns WITH DOT Well, bless me. look at the timel I stepped outside two hours ago to burn the trash and look what happened. I noticed a dry spot on the lawn so I set the- trash basket down and started the hose, from there I stopped and. pulled some weeds in the rock garden and shattered the hopes of a few late dandelions. As I came around the house, actually headed in, the direction of the trash basket, I ducked my head for the umpteenth time this summer to avoid a low branch on the willow tree. There seemed to be no better time than the present so I made a quick trip to the garal!e for a saw and with- out too much sweat and tears managed to get It cut off. Now you know as well as I, that one branch always leads to another so by the time I had completely run out of stearn it took me- fifteen minutes and four trips to get the branches all carried out of the yard. A few minutes of relaxation in the shade seemed to be in order so 1 sat down to take five. 1 made the mistake of facing the flower bed where my dahlias are simply shouting their lovely colors. Two minutes later I was visual. izing how they would look in a certain green and gold vase I have and three minutes later I was busy snipping stems. I never seem to know when to quit, especially when cutting flowers, so I now_ have petunias In the kitchen, snapdragons and ribbon grass In the dining room, pansies on the coffee table and dahlias in the green and gold vase on the mantle in front of the mirror. Guess what? The trash basket is still sitting, unemptied, by the back door. That is if I'm lucky and the dogs haven't upset it, but frankly, I'm afraid to go back, I might not get back, inside until evening! The bright yellow school bus is be- coming a familiar sight alone our road again. The summer has slipped by so quickly, I'm sure it was only a couple of weeks ago that we were planning all the things we would do during the three whole months of vacation. It has been a good summer tho, lots of hard work but some wonderful days of fun together too. Our little Gal is in Jr. High this year, and very excited about it. Our 7 year-old son is a second grader and seldom gets excited about anything. l't"th th" vnunesters were anxious . -"" ~J ./- about school tho. Vikki was anxious to go and Mark was anxious to stay home. ~;:: >: One thing I acquired this summer that I have certainly enjoyed is my electric starter for charcoal. I'll betI'ro not the only one who has huffed and puffed and even cussed a little when the guests started arriving and you were still frantically trying to get the charcoal lighted. I have tried paper, twigs and Innumerable cans of lighter fluid. I usually get desperate and put on the welners or burgers and by the time I have coaxed them Into a reason- ably rare state and am through with the fire, then and only then does the charcoal really get going. Fox the next two hours there is a lovely fire and it is nice to keep the coffee hot, I guess. An electric starter is a wonderfullitUe gadget and not expensive either. Say Gals, here is a tip for ',those of you' who like to preserve the autum- nal beauty of colorful-aspen or otber woody plants. Use glyc~rln and water in a half-and-half mixture and fill a pop bottle almost full. Select the branch you want to preserve and pound the end of the stem with a rock or hammer, this enables the cells- to ab- sorb the glycerin and water. Jam the . end of the stem into the pop bottle and there you have it. After about 'a w~ek the branch. will have absorbed. sufficient glycerin and can be taken out for display. Branches preserved in tbis way will keep for many years without deteriorating. If you like the way it works,_drop me a card I'd love to hear from you. meanwhile it's bye for now because I've got to go out and burn the wlsb, !-:i -I I \I~ )~ Yours for better living electrically Dot Dill j, . ~",