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GTfieGESacola(News CIO) People 4A Fridoy, February 2, 1979 Consumer Watch Food Costs Rise j. injj.t 'ill" ') BcNews happenings Today 1 -K 7 'J Vr WATERCOLORS BY JOANNE BLACKBURN On display at the Pensacola Public Library, 200 W. Gregory St Sponsored by West Florida Regional Library System. Courtesy of Pensacola Artist, Inc. Information 438-5479.

OPEN HOUSE 3-5 p.m., B'Ray Center, 2045 North 12th Ave. Information 433-5806. KOFE HAUS 6:30 10:30 p.m., West Pensacola Baptist Church, 5213 W. Jackson St. For single adults, non-dominational.

Information 456-4967. BAYVIEW SENIORS BALLROOM DANCING 7-10 p.m., Bayview Community Center, Lloyd 20th Ave. Information 456-8289. STONAGE CONTROL 7-1 1 p.m., Pizza Plaza, Westwood Mall. Information 433-0889.

SWINGING SAINTS p.m., Gadsden Street United Methodist Church, Gadsden St. 9th Ave. Open to graduate square dancers. Information 433-2793 or 476-6731. PENSACOLA DUPLICATE BRIDGE 7:30 p.m.

today and 1 p.m. 1300 E. Gadsden St. Information 432-3946. QUADRILLERS p.m..

913 South I St. Information 438-4291 or 477-2404. SEASIDE FUN BUNCH p.m., Ragon Hall. Hwy. 297, 1 mile south of M0.

Information OLD WORLD FOLK DANCERS 8-11 p.m., Fireman's Hall on Sanders Beach. Information Junior Misses Tour Home Ruby Gulledge and Helen Wheat join Florida Junior Miss contestant Linda McCormick of Indian River County in a "remember when" songfest during the contestants' visit to the Haven of Our Lady of Peace. Finals begin tonight at 7:30 p.m. at Municipal Auditorium. Tickets are $2 for adults, $1.50 for students.

(Photo by Rich Mahan) Boys' Club The government's Consumer Price Index showed that the price of food bought in grocery stores rose 12.5 percent during 1978, the worst increase since 1974. The government predicts a minimum increase of 6 percent this year, but experts warn that a number of factors like weather or the general inflation rate could cause a steeper rise. The most recent issue of the Agriculture Department's "National Food Review" says that even an inflation rate of 6 percent three full percentage points below the 1978 level would add 3.4 percent to the cost of food. An inflation rate of 8 percent, would, by itself, boost food prices by 4.5 percent. A relatively modest 5 percent rise in the prices paid to farmers would add 1.3 percent to food prices; a 15 percent jump, which the USDA says "is not difficult to imagine," would add 4 percent to the food bill.

A look at the overall number of items in the AP survey showed more increases during January than during December. No attempt was made to weight the AP survey results according to population density or in terms of what percent of a family's actual grocery outlay each item represents. The day of the week on which the check was made varied depending on the month. Standard brands and sizes were used when available. If the requested size and brand was not available March 1, 1973, a similar substitute was selected.

Items temporarily out of stock on one of the survey dates being compared were not included in the over-all total. The AP did not try to compare prices from city to city to say, for example, that eggs cost more in one area than another. Comparisons were made only in terms of percentages saying a particular item went up 10 percent in one city and 6 percent in another. The monthly USDA marketbasket of U.S. farm-produced foods is based on a complex set of statistics from 1,500 supermarkets.

The department says the figures do not correspond to actual spending and are used mainly to illustrate cost changes. The items on the AP checklist were: chopped chuck, center cut pork chops, frozen orange juice concentrate, coffee, paper towels, butter, Grade-A medium white eggs, peanut butter, laundry detergent, fabric softener, tomato sauce, milk, frankfurters and granulated sugar. By LOUISE COOK Associated Press Writer Families hoping for some relief in 1979 from soaring grocery bills found little cause for encouragement during January. An Associated Press marketbasket survey showed sharp price increases, particularly for basic items like meat and eggs. The AP found that grocery bills rose last month at a rate more than double that in December.

Prices increased in almost every city checked by the AP and the increases more than offset scattered declines, mostly for coffee, butter and tomato sauce. The AP drew up a random list of 15 commonly purchased food and non-food items, checked the price at one supermarket in each of 13 cities on March 1, 1973 and has rechecked on or about the start of each succeeding month. One item, chocolate chip cookies, was dropped from the list at the end of November 1977 because the manufacturer discontinued the package size used in the survey. Among the highlights of the latest survey: The marketbasket bill increased at the checklist store in 11 cities, up an average of 2.8 percent, and decreased in two cities, down 1.1 percent. On an overall basis, the bill was 2.7 percent higher at the end of the month than it was at the start.

The January increase compared with a December boost of 1.2 percent. The marketbasket bill also rose only 1.2 percent during January 1978. Comparing today's prices with those a year ago, the AP found that the marketbasket bill increased at the checklist store in every city, up an average of almost 14 percent. The price of a pound of chopped chuck rose at the checklist store in every city last month. In the past 12 months, the average price of a pound of chopped chuck jumped more than 55 percent to $1.79.

Eggs also soared, rising in 1 1 cities during January. By the end of the month, the average price of a dozen, medium white eggs was 91 cents, 11 percent higher than it was a month earlier and about 30 percent higher than it was a year earlier. Coffee drinkers got a break. The price of a pound of coffee declined at the checklist store in nine cities; the average price was $2.66, about 25 percent less than it was a year ago. Members Honored Saturday screenings, special library programs and free tutoring." As part of a national Boys' Club movement, the Escambia County branches play a big part in giving more than a million American youngsters their daily "fighting chance," Noland reported.

Boys' Clubs, he added, generally have a "low profile" in the public eye when compared to other young-oriented organizations. "Yet, we feel the work of Boys' Clubs is of equal or greater importance in serving that segment of our youth, both boys and girls, who need the most attention." According to Noland, the "fighting chance" theme which was promoted nationally this fall by actor Sylvester Stallone, who was a Boys' Club member in his native Philadelphia, effectively communicates Boys' Club meaning. "Like Stallone, who knew what it was like to be an underdog and to get the one chance that counts, many of our members really need the Club. Without it, many of the services that we provide would not be available to them because there is no other source within the community that provides this kind of help." By PHYLUSS SIDEBOTHAM Editor, People Section 1979's already a "very good year" for Michael Morgan, 16, and 18-year-old Anthony Hilburn. Morgan, a junior at Escambia High School, and Hilburn, a Pensacola High School senior, were announced as this year's top members of Boys' Clubs of Escambaia Countuy.

Basis for recognition was Morgan's participation in the. activities of Warrington Boys' Club at 402 Second Ave. and Hilburn's work with the Bay Area Boys' Club at 30 E. Gonzalez St. "The youngsters also were selected for outstanding service to their home, school, church, and community," says executive director Jerry Noland.

"Contributions to the Boys' Clubs is important but so is participation in the world around them." Added Noland, "The Boys' Clubs of Escambia County give more than a thousand youngsters a fighting chance to grow into concerned productive adults, through programs like B.O.Y.S. Job Placement Program, dental and physical STORY HOUR Pensacola Public Library, Gulf Breeze, Jay, Belvedere and Milton Branches. Information 438-5479. CONSUMER SURVIVAL YWCA, 1417 North 12th Ave. Financial independence for the contemporary woman.

Reservation and information call 432-5495. FLEA MARKET 7 a.m.- 5 p.m., today and Sunday, 700 S. Palafox St. Antiques, art, collectibles. Information 476-3677.

HAM SHOOT noon, today and American Legion Post 240, 8666 Gulf Beach Hwy. Information 453-6587. ALLIANCE FRANCAISE 2 p.m., Pensacola Museum of Art, 407 S. Jefferson. Information 476-5005.

GESTALTORIENTED SELF-AWARENESS 3-5 p.m., 800-D Gulf Breeze Pkwy. Information 932-7160. PCC ARTISTS SERIES CONCERT 8 p.m., Pensacola Christian College auditorium, Saint John St Featuring excerpts from Grand Opera. Admission $3 campus store and $3.50 at door. Information 434-0681.

PENSACOLA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 8:15 p.m., Saenger Theatre. Adults students $2.50. Information 455-0609 or 436-4353. i a 7 r. Sunday Warrington Civitan Club president Zona Cutchen, right, and Warrington If! WARGAMERS CLUB 1-6 p.m., Cordova Mall, meeting room.

Information 476-2121. BINGO 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.. Moose Lodge No. 557, 3001 Lester St.

Information 932-4090. BACKGAMMON CLUB 5 p.m., Rodeway Inn West, HO. Information 932-4090. BOWLING PARTY 6 p.m., Cordova Lanes, Kilbee Lane. Unity Singles.

Information 438-2277. SIDDHA MEDITATION 6-8 p.m., Barkley House, 410 S. Florida Blanca St. Information 434-01 16 or 433-6305. Branch Unit AlBUQUlRQUi auahia BOS10H CHICAGO dauas" DlU0li 10SJHGMS NiynoM PHjlADflPHJA PROWDfNCf SAIT I A Iff 2.792.89 4 US 1.8543 .71 II 2.392.49 4 IJ9 1.6913 J7 .93 71 II 2.62.2915 F.59 1.8979 NA .99 HA II NA NA NA 9 1.6931 J3 .89 7.

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nA-noi Avoiiooie MARKETBASKET COMPARISON PRICES COFFE, EGGS, CHUCK shows costs increased more than twice as fast as Jan. 1978. Flight Movies Challenge Fate, Taste I 1 Formula Mulligan's Stew By HUGH A. MULLIGAN AP Special Correspondent OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO (AP) Flying down to Mexico, the stu got on the horn to announce which in flight movies had been mandated for our compulsory viewing. In the aft cabin it will be "Somebody Killed Her Husband" with Farrah Fawcett-Majors," she intoned, "and in the forward cabin it will be "Hooper" with Burt Reynolds.

Except she renamed it "hooker," which raised some leering expectations among the macho oil workers in the smoking section. "Both movies," she added, "are rated PG parental guidance." There were a number of urchins abroad. I looked around to see if any of the parents were stuffing then under the seats with the carry-on luggage. Maybe declining to rent the earphones at $2.50 a set might be a partial exercise in parental guidance, but even with the sound shut off there was no getting away from the picture. The seats didn't swivel in the direction of the tail, and leaving the reading light on or the window blind up was considered an anti-social act that brought a stem reproof from Big Sister on the microphone.

"Passengers will better enjoy the film if they drew the shutters," she scolded those trying to hide behind newspapers. When they still didn't get the point that the movie really wasn't optional, she came down the aisle to bully them. The executive-looking type in the tortoise shell glasses and the three-piece bushed denim suit across the aisle finally gave up on dictating into his hand-sized tape recorder and fiddling with his credit card sized calculator. The oil workers obediently folded up their gin game. scene where she didn't seem to have any sort of habit on at all.

A fine old-fashioned barroom brawl from which no one emerged bleeding or bruised rates as one of the best I have seen since the cross- country Donneybrook between John Wayne and Victor McLaughlen in "the Quiet Man." But parents engaged in any guidance might have had reservations about their teen-agers emulating the drag race scene in which our heroes pass beer cans back and forth and change seats at 100 miles an hour, and the comic way they unsaddle a state trooper from his motorcycle by attaching a long wire to his pistol belt Over the Gulf of Mexico, the weather turned frightful. The pilot put the seatbelts and rafts-un-der-the-seat sign on. The stewardesses shut off cabin service just at the time when everyone could have used an anxiety quencher. The screen started bouncing about in a most ominous way, as if by lightning and thunder God's sriptwriters had decided to expunge some of the racy dialogue. All 16 priests had their reading lights on and their brievaries out on the serving tables.

They could have done a good business in confessions. At 40,000 feet, up there on God's turf, a lot of white knuckle flyers get nervous about meeting their Maker fresh from a risque show or its parentally guided Hollywood equivalent. The plane bucked and bumped and shuddered with a terribly tinny sound, as Burt took the deity's name in vain. High altitude chop and clear air turbulence," the pilot called it The priests shook their heads knowingly or at least two of them did. Maybe what the airlines require at time like this, for the comfort of their passengers, is a "Smut" and a "No-Smut" section for content mandatory inflight movies with a high raunch content.

Most people are aware that a fungus is responsible for the condition known as athlete's foot, and since the parasite needs moisture to develop, keeping one's feet dry helps in reducing infection. In spite of keeping powder in my shoes, I always managed to come down with a good case of this dermal parasite each football season when I was in high school. In fact, the entire football squad had it, and I thought rubbing a towel between your toes to relieve itching was part of the normal warm-up before each practice and game. Good sanitation in the locker room can go a long way toward keeping the fungus from getting established. Regular washing of floors and drains with a strong solution of bleach that contains chlorine is efffective.

But when all else fails and you wind up with that terrible itching on your toes and feet, you can either try one of the effective commercial products or make up a mixture of your own that can suppress the fungus before it spreads and causes severe discomfort Heat 1 cup (227 g) of anhydrous lanolin (obtained from drugstore or chemical supply house) in a double boiler until it melts, then stir in 1 tablespoon (14 g) of flowers of sulfure (from a drugstore or chemical supply house), making sure they are well mixed. Cool the mixture; before it solidifies, pour in jars for future use. Use by applying to infected and surrounding areas of the feet and toes to prevent secondary infection. Consult a physician in cases where severe cracking and bleeding occur. Besides the satisfaction you get by making your own products for personal or home care, most formulas are real money-savers that enable you to beat the price of store-bought items.

(Like any chemical product you use at homee, you should store this one safely, label it listing ingredients and noting any cautions and keep it out of reach of children.) (Now you can update your Formula library with The Formula Book III, a collection of more personal, home and pet Care recipes you can make. All three volumes are available at $5.95 (postpaid) each. A slipcased set of Formula II and III makes an ideal gift for only $17.85.) (Please indicate which volume, and mail your check to The Pensacola News, care of Andrews and McMell, 6700 Squibb Road, Mission, Kan. 66202.) Sixteen priests heading down to a conference of Latin American bishops squimed perceptibly behind their Roman collars and settled back for simulated naps as the title credits for "Hooper" flashed on the screen in that dark aluminum tunnel. It was a moderatly amusing and adventurous flick about Hollywood stunt men.

The characters for the most part were amiably violent people who mouthed a number of four-letter rudities which have become fashionable on the silver screen. This is called an adult movie because adults are supposed to talk like that all the time. However, if anyone on board had started using the language heard on the sound track, the pilot would have been summoned from the flight deck to make a command decision about cutting off bis or her booze ration. Burt Reynolds was roguishly charming as "Hooper," the bravest, devil-may-carest stunt men of them all, even if Errol Flynn would have been better and a trifle more refined in his vocabulary. Sally Field, as Burt's live-in girl friend, which I suppose was one area where the parents were required to provide some guidance, still looked like the Flying Nun cut of habit, even in the dimly lit.