“ferpretation of “The Nul- available fram CAC, S01 - 251 : ‘ to ~ oa!
easter ae mee, Sut Naam aces Ae Dec 20 ZAM 4PM. Dec 26 _ . sox
: 7 ' o § : . + :
ae : friends. are invited la be cents, or send $3 for jour CAC ~ ; aa” t im '~ . BOXING DAY
Loo _ | presgnl. membership. R ‘ Te a To ot .
. a . . j » ee ; ; toe _ . 7 . :
Good Crowd Sat 00 oo Fri

1 rere ene

Like kids in a candy shop,
some of us just don’t know whal
“ta choose. when it comes to,
buying: sewing thread.” The
textile industry has developed
so ‘many new synthetic
materials during (he past 23
years that it became necessary
to produce: threads suited for
specific fabrics. So loday we
have nylon, polyester and
polyester colton biends to
complement the old soft and
marcerized cottons, There we
haveil, many threads for many
uses,’ Check the December
iasue of Canadian Consumer-for
Consumers’ Association of
Canada's complete test resulls
on 13 brands of (hese five lypes
of thread. oo,
-CAC has not recommended by
- of the soft collon or mercerized °
-catton threads. . In the soft
cotton category, Chain proved
_ partially satisfactory “while
Gorticelll. was, judged unac-
ceptable. Of the “mercerized
cottons, Lustre, Peerless, Super
Sheen, Talon and Ursus were
rated as partially. satisfactory
and - Woolcrest. a8 totally
‘unacceplable.” From the
polyester’ and nylon groups,
CAC recommended Gutermann
and ‘Trysa-T; with Corticelli’

awe

Fortrel; Drima’ and Talon -

Polyplus ranked as partially .

satisfactory and Alba as un-
satisfactory. Among: heavy-
duly threads Kohan emerged
tops while Slayon and Talon

Christmas —

: Mail.

Any Christmas cards you
have yet lo mail to friends in
Great Britain. or the United

- States will now have ta take to,
the air service (o arrive before
. the holldays.. Air Parcels and

+ "+ letters to the U.S.A, should be

on their way by the 15th.
: Air Jellers will reach Greal
|: Britain ‘and the Republic of

You ‘will -have' the weekend to.
finish off local cards and gel
them ready to mail by the
deadline date,,December 17th,

Christmas ©
Music

The Terrace’ Ministerial

nt association will again sponsdr

: on Wednesday, Dec, 18, al 7:30
: ‘p.m. al Veritas Hall.

‘Coffee and cookies will be
‘served: following the informal
cantert; Everyoneis invited, il
isa good lime to hear music and
carals from. many different

lands and traditions. -

Nutcracker suite |

at E:T. Kenney,

"Phe. students of E.T. Kenney -

School ‘are marking = the
~~ Christmas season this year wilh

{lg annual Christmas Concert.”

- "hig year the pupils will be
‘|! , . "presenting. their dance in-

WW “The Bass is nol a member, of

the violin family of instruments
but of ihe Viol familp and is

L cdesates

~ printed black,-red and while

and the Belding Corticelli nylon
threads proved totally unsuited -
‘to normal -

terms ‘“bolipraof’’, ‘boll fast".

j PAGE C12, THE HERALD, Wednesday, December 18, 1974.
i

CALC.

_ News and views

were found to be unacceptable,

‘The most commonly used size

of cotton thread, size 50, was.

tested. - Although this lype of
sizing sysiem is not used: for

synthetics, CAC measured the -
regular polyester and nylon -

sewing threads and found them
equivalenttoa size50 cation. In
the heavy-duty ‘threads Keban
would be equivalent to size 16;
Stayon and Talon to size 20 of a
cotton thread size. ~ ‘

_ Flaws in thread - knots; neps
and slubs - obviously affect
sewing performance. The

number of defects: discovered -

indicate below average qualily
in Chain and Corlicelli soft
cotton, Woolerest mercerized
colton, Alba and Drima
‘polyester threads, Chain soft
cotton indicated thal it might
cause snarling.

‘Although there was little
variation in strenglh among
different brands wilhin the
same thread type, the polyester
and nylon threads were all
stronger than colton threads of
similar thickness. None of the
polyester. or nylon threads
shawed any significant change
in strength after laundering,
dry cleaning or exposure to
perspiration. — - .

Belding Corticelli nylon and
Koban ‘have outstanding flex
abrasion resistance - the ability
to. withstand bending during
wear, Seams made from Alba
polyester thread are likely to
withstand more flexing than
any of the other regular sewing
threads, * Pees

Only nylon thread proved
susceptible to shrinkage when
exposed to boiling’ water and
dry cleaning fluids. In dry heal,
a lest which simulales ironing

- oe lumble drying, Belding
Corticelli nylon thread again -

shrank excessively as did Alba
polyester thread and Koban and
Talon heavy-duty ‘threads.

It (he while portions of. your

blouse turn a'dirly gray after
washing, the culprit may well

Ireland by Christmas if dropped 4
: | + inthe mail, by December 13th be the thread, not the fabric.
oe and lath, respectively. CAC. subjected five shades of
A Mont ‘bundles of Christmas cach, brand to perspiration,
cards: to’ points in’ Canada, . jJaundering and rubbing tests.
coinplete with postal codes and” One or. more of the colours of
an -“oul—of—town”’ label gach bra produced | some
9 e ain n
pone em peta c ne aath: laundering. It’sevident that the

and -“colourfast"’, which are
used gn: several brand labels
should net be taken’ literally. -
The black Corticelli soft cotton

” Jaundering
procedures. .. .
Labelling’en all brands mel
the requirements of the Textile
Labelling Act. Belding Cor-

Mae licelli, Gutermann and Zwicky
| an evening.of Christmas Music . indicate the sizeof some,of their &
synthetic threads. Bul among 3s

them they use four different’
systems ‘which makes ¢om-
parison impossible. Alba and
Woolcrest’ by selling several
spools of thread in one package

force you to purchase a- wide

range of colours you may not.
necd, -+These- spools aren't
labelled individiially ejther, so”

. you're left, wilh- a workbaskel

full of thread whose size and
fibre content is unknown.

For results on another CAC
test - on disposable diapers, as
well as the annual boy buying
guide see the December issue of
Canadian Consumer on sale
now al your local newssland or

i Enjoys Concert

played by viol people." This”

and other such whilticisms puns
and jokes spiced (the com-
mentary during the, concert of
the Duo Karr-Lewis.

‘Mr. Karr the greatest Double

' bassist in the world played a

variely of pleces which inchided
Sonata in D majar by 16 Bach
which has “the longest
glissando you've ever heard,"

He
Pagannini’s Moses Fantasia on
fn Theme from Rossini’s Opera

Moses in Egypt ‘‘which is so :

amazing as he plays Il all on his
G slring.”

also ‘played Niccolo

Tg

The Great Pool-Shark was the theme
of the photo winner two weeks ago in
the Terrace Herald. Above Mavis
Hamilton of the Herald staff (right)
presents a cheque for $5.00 to Mrs.

RD. Price mother of Wade who is two’

‘and a half years old. His mother says

he is a Winner. Each week the Herald :

awards a $5.00 prize for the best news
tip or newsworthy photo made

- available to us. [f you have such items

just give us a call at 635-6357. You

_ eduld be’ the next winner.

ave

cople once |

TVs

“Mi ;
te aks

| Thurs

Dec 19 ZAM

Dec 23 7 AM

| 00 to .

a

00

‘

Early next. year. the Terrace |
Wemens Organization will be
hosting the “Northwest Con-

.ference on Wamen ‘and
Politics’. The Conference is in

the planning stages sald Sharon. .

Biggs co-ordinator. of the
Conference. We ure hoping to
get several women prominent in
polities on the - Federal,
Provineial and local scene ta:
come and lend their ‘expertise.

They will be drawn from all

political parties she said. Plans .

in this regard have nol been
finalized so Mrs, Biggs was
reluctant to say who they wefe.

A 635-6555

quoting Joan Wallace,

The Conference will be spent
in discussing the . issues and
dilemmas of women and power
and the pragmatics of getting

elected al different levels af.

government. The conference,
said Mrs. Biggs is intended for
both the palitically uninitiated

and the initialed, for those in-
terested in becoming involved

and those already involved, and
whal roles women can take lo
get others elected. The reason
for the ,conference can

summed up Mrs. Biggs said, by
un-

[AU TOMOTIVE-

a
~~

_ riding,

- Women Confer on Politics

successful Liberal candidate In
the July Federal election for
Burnaby | Richmond Delta
“women for centuries
have heen selling up centres to
help others less fortunate than
themselves, But they never
faced the fact that, if they had
the power to change the laws
that cause much of this suf-

fering, they could owe disease,

instead of applying more-Band-
Aids,” 7
Other members of the
planning committee are Nan
Harrison, Gtel Johnson, Joyce
Krause and Alice Chen-Wing.

Sra EHHADBMOMODHOH MENTING

Wed CLOSED >

Dec 25. curistas bay

ths CLOSED |

Mr. Lewis played the piano
and the harpsichord as ac-

HAVE

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| enn asin Tc en ig wo ple by 4. /a-from the management and staff © Ps
i » earn ; Francois Couperin; Les re me ce J Lo

Baricades Misterieuses and Le
Moucheron. Mr. Lewis carries:
his harpsichord with him in a
travelling van. Other selections
heads were Divertismento
Concertante on a Theme of
Couperin by Poul Ramsier; It
is All There All the Time by
Steve Tittle. , also Sonata in C
major by G.P, Handel,
Approximately 170 people
enjoyed this second concert in
the winter series of the Terrace
Concert Association, The next
_. eoncert on February 15, will be
Clive Lythgoe piano, -

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