- Price. reviews for consumers

SHORTENING AND
. COOKING OIL

Shortening prices have in-
creased by approximately 50
percent at. the retail level
during the past year while
cooklng ofl prices have doubled,
The main ingredients: of.
shortening and cooking oils are.
. edible vegetable, marine, and:
animal ails, Shorlenings are
usually blends of all three with
the major portion consisting of
edibie lallow, ‘The- oils are
blended and homogenized. to
form spreadable solids at room,
lemperature,. Cooking oils
. consist. of blended. ur pure
vegetable oils. Canadian per
capita consumption of. these
products amounted to 17 Ibs. in
1973 -wilh commercial’ con-

sumption accounling for’. 90

percent of the total.

The major reasons for the.

rapid price increases in ‘shor-
lenings and cooking olts over
‘the pasl year are:

- A world wide shortage of
edible. ils in ail classes has
driven up price bids for

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available supplies, Marine and
animal oils.{edible tallaw) have
more than doubled in price
between January 1973 and the
present; soybean and rapeseed
olls have quadrupled, and corn
oi] has also more than doubled.
Since the fat-nll content -of
edible oll content in. these
products is 100 pereent by
weight, the increased raw
material costs: are reflected
almest directly In factory. and

retail priees. ‘Fhe sitdation will,

not be alleviated until world
production of . edible. oils
overtakes world consumption.

» There have been some current

indications thal’. edible
vegelable oil prices are starting

la moderate in anticipation of -
larger - oil: seed harvests : this -

year.

- [Increased “casts for
packaging, labour and energy
have’ also combined’ lo exert
significant. .upward © price
pressures, Manufactures have
absorbed some of these costs
but a portion has to be borne by
the consumer,

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- partly belted, it nips in to a small waistline, flares,
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- Canadian retail price: $1, 600," APB tO

. retail price: hia B00..-

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Consumers should expect
conlinued high. prices - for
shortening and’ cooking oils

‘until laler this:year when retail

prices may decline slightly due
lo anticipaled increases in

edible oil supplies. Since the |

bulk of Uhese.products are
consumed commercially, retail
prices for processed foods
utilizing shortenings and
cooking oils should reflect the
changes in prices of edible oils,

DENTAL
TOPICS

- GUM DISEASE MORE |
FREQUENT IN LATE
' THIRTIES

If you are 35 years old or over,
tooth deeay should cease. to
become a major problem for
you, but‘ don’) relax,. you're
more likely {o suffer gum

diseases which can result in '

icath loss. mo

The decline of tooth decay for
those about 35 is not actually
well understood or easily ex-
plainable. But the fact remains
that decay: falls off after this
age. This ought to make you
happy - - fewer drilling and filling
sessions with your friendly
dentist. ‘

However, afler 35, more teeth.
are lost due lo diseases of the
gums (han tooth decay, But do

not despair, gum diseases can
easily be cured. Beller still,
they canbe prevenled. So, even
though your war against decay
germs is largely over, do not
allow yourself .to relax in- the
fight takeep your natural teeth,

Pyorrhea and olher’ gum —
diseases can always be cured,
unless they have reached the
lerminal.phase. The fact thal -
you are suffering from gum .
trouble is. a poor excuse to have’
all your teeth extracted. Such a
radical operation will no! cure
the disease and. can. have
serious consequences on your
health and appearance. Never

_ forget - your permanent teeth

are meant to last your life time.
Gum ..diseases including

4 -pyorrhea canbe prevented.

Geod dental habits. at: home,
regular checkups and care from

< your. dentist. are’ more” im-

portant than, ever, now lhal-you
are pasl 35. By following these”

-, simple rules, you will keep your

hall your lile, evel

‘and. Mrs.

Aecording ‘to a recent
announcement by the
Dordt College Music

Department, Lloyd
Vanderkwaak, son of Mr.
Leendert
Vanderkwaak of Terrace
has been selected to be a
member of the 83 piece
1974 - Dordt College
Concert. Band. -

Lloyd is a Freshman at
Dordt College and is a
1974
Caledonia. Senior High.
School and was active in

‘Band, Science’ Club,

Medical ‘Careers ‘Club,
The Dordt College
Band, under the direction
of Mr. Gerald Bouma,
presents several concerts
during each school year.
They per form
- representative
literature written for
symphonic band..
According to Mr.
Bouma, plans for this
year also include making

arecording, an exchange |

concert with Sioux Falls
College, and two band
festivals. :

Nutrlents .
‘The National Research Coun-
cll’s Food. and Nutrition Board

has concluded that — significant «
cmumbers of Americans suffer. a-

. variety at vitamin. and mineral

Ther d that

‘all foods made of wheat, ‘corn

and rice be enriched with 10 em.
sential nutrients. :

graduate of

music

Dear Ann Landers: My
husband is 30 years old, 5’9” and
weighs 240 pounds. Statistics
shows thal in about len year's he
will have his first heart attack
or stroke. Already he is unin-
surable at his present weight.

Last week he had two
“unexplainable” cold sweals
and last. night he suffered his
second ‘‘unexplainable’’
nosebleed in three weeks.

We have three children, the
baby is less than a year ald. The
fulure locks disrnal because 1

fear our two youngest will be

falherless during their teen
years; when their need for a dad
‘is the greatest. 1 am nol asking
for any answers from Ann
Landers. I've beer : reading
your column long enough to
know what you.tell people who
ask whal to do about a husband
who eats loo much, drinks too
much or is hooked on cigarelles
or dope. You tell them, “It's a
do-it-yourself © project and
nobody can make someone else
do or stop doing anything,”"
lam asking you to please
‘publish my letter so some
overweight daddies out there
will see themselves as their
wives'see ihem. Maybe then
they will understand that we
don't want lo be naggers, we
just ‘hate io see them kill

themselves. - We Really Love -

Them
Dear Love: | can hear those

scissors snipping away all:
across the couniry. This
colunm is going to be placed on
more dinner places and pillows
and taped to more’ bathroom
‘mirrors than any I've printed in
‘a long, long time,

‘Dear Ann Landers: I come

from a family of very super-

siilious people. Almost every

‘hour of the day or night ‘our -

house sounds like it has been
invaded by woodpeckers.
Everybody is knocking on wood.
How did this superstition get
started? = Just Wondering
Dear Just: Knocking on wood

. goes back ta the Druids of an-

cient England who believed the
trees were inhabited by gods.

~ When asking a favor, the Druid
*. priests would knock on the bark

Ann Landers —

of a tree. If the itpepgod | in

residence'' was in the. mood to
saving myself ‘for nothing and

grant a favor he would knock
back. Today it's still a common

way of trying to make a dream a
the thought of going through life .

come true.

Dear Ann Landers: I'minmy
early 40s. After. 23 years af
marriage 1 find myself thrust
upon the world in a society I
can’t even remember. I’m a
single woman searching for a
male.

I've had two dates in the last
several months and both of
them wanted to check Into a

~ motel. I said ‘‘NO” and haven't

heard from either man since.
I've been called “frigid”, “‘old

Z Re
' WINNER . . . Shanghai, a
«siamese owned by Frank Mc-
Sweeney of Roselle, N., Is
shown In her cape and erawn
after she won the All-Amerl-
ean Glamoroug, Kitty Contest
at Miami Beach.

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A Dig? || GO0D/

_ THE HERALD, Wednes

* fashioned,” “hung: up” and" “(oo
religious.” -i've been told I'm”

that‘ I'm out-of my mind,
My ‘children are grown and.

wilhout a husband is ‘very
oR anole I'ma person who is
whole when I’m half.

Arn I being unrealistic, Ann?
Stalistically, do I ‘stand a
chance of remarriage? [havea
good figure and aim fairly at-
tractive. Can you give me a
little hope? Are there any men
in their 40s left who want a
woman in her 40s? Or are they
all chasing young girls, trying
to recapture their own youth? -
Lonesome

DearL: Look for a man inhis
50s or early 60s. Menin their 40s

day, Octeber 16, 1974, PAGE B3

are ‘ooking | for women in’ n thei
30s.

Bul don't give ip: Sorin: Your
high standards will pratecl you
against getting mixed up wilh
bums and sex maniacs. Those
two clowns who offered you a
night in a motel on the first date
were no bargains. Be glad you
didn’ waste your time on them.

Going lo a wedding? Giving

‘one? Or standing up in one?
Even if you're already married
Ann Landers's completely new
“The Bride's Guide” will an-
swer questions about today's
weddings. For a copy, send a
dollar bill, plus a long, self-
addressed, stamped envelope
(40 cents postage) to Ann
Landers, P.O, Box 1400, Elgin,
Minis 60120.

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