Excerpts from The Workbasket - September 1954

September 1954 started with a couple of hurricanes.  Hurricane Carol killed 68 people in the New England area and then Edna came in to the Northeast and killed another 20 people.   There was an earthquake in Algeria that killed over 2000 people.

Workbasket Magazine answers some questions on plants in most issues.  Here are some of the questions where the answer is DDT because arsenate of lead leaves a lead residue on the fruit.   

Lead arsenate was eventually banned in the late 80s much later than DDT which was banned in 1972.


There was a section on sandwiches.  Here is my favorite; The California Decker.   I love how specific they are about buttering the toast but give no specific directions for the mayo.

There has been some progress on the chair.  I measured everything to try to figure out how much fabric I need and I’m estimating 8-9 yards.   I cut out a test piece for the back of the chair from an old sheet.  Next I need to take a good look at the construction of the original and see what order I need to assemble the pieces.   I found buttons that you can cover with fabric and a very long needle for sewing the buttons in.   I'll use the old buttons for testing though.