Helen Wants to Take More Peppy Steps
Helen Jensen of Los Angeles has worn out all her Peppy Steps shoes she bought in Florida two years ago, but she has not been able to find that brand in California. Can you step up with a source, or will Jensen feel that she has worn our her welcome before the shoe fits once again?
Fay Cheney of Santa Ana is craning her neck in her search for a back-view mirror to hang around the neck , leaving both hands free to style the back of your head. Can you help before we accuse Cheney of resorting to hindsight, or will she just throw up her hands in a realization that she perhaps stuck her neck out too far?
Joan M. Ewing of Whittier has sounded us out for someone who can refurbish a case for a 55-year-old trombone. Suggesting that she simply buy a case for a modern trombone would strike a sour note, because today’s trombones are shaped differently. Can you help before Ewing blows her stack, or will she be stuck on the horns of a dilemma?
Norma Bowring of Escondido is looking for a brown-sugar substitute (the same color as regular brown sugar but more powdery) that used to be available in many stores. Can you help sweeten the pot for Bowring, or will there be no way to sugarcoat her dilemma?
Reader-to-Reader Help Line: Cherry at (213) 753-2055 would like some Princess House silver-colored napkin rings with a rose on the side ; the item has been discontinued. Please help soft-petal this problem and see to it that Cherry no longer spills the beans. . . . Dolores at (818) 358-0819 wants to locate a wine carafe with the saying “Cheap Red Wine” ; the item is no longer found on store shelves. Please help, so that Dolores can stop seeing red--and stop whining.
Note: The Reader-to-Reader Help Line is only for products no longer available in stores. And you must give us written permission to publish your telephone number, so that other readers may contact you directly.
For Helen Sheeley and other hearing-impaired readers looking for an alarm clock that flashes a light, Hal-Hen of Long Island City, N.Y. carries such a clock. Ask any hearing-aid dealer to order one.
Judy Vahey of Orange, who was looking for a Dyna-Bee to strengthen her golf swing, should soon be able to find one just a chip shot away. Tim Sullivan of La Habra says the item is available direct from the manufacturer, Zeus Industries, 5465 Dodds Ave., Buena Park, (714) 994-1280. And if Vahey finds herself stymied there, marketing representative Burt Kanter has several Dyna-Bees available; he can be contacted at (714) 770-2476 between 7 and 9 a.m. and after 6 p.m.
Celia Martinez of Wilmington, who was looking for someone to hemstitch her dish towels, need not throw in the towel yet. Renee Hanke of Burbank says that, after a long search, she found Gisele’s, a Glendale dressmaker who also does hemstitching. Gisele’s is located at 129 S. Brand Blvd., (818) 240-1334.
After Lois Simpson of Los Angeles wrote to us looking for a picture lamp that runs on a battery, the similar problems of Mrs. Thomas Brannum of San Luis Obispo and Shirley Henderson of Glendora also came to light. Fortunately, all three readers should soon be able to light up their lives--and their walls. Lolly Freed of Brown & Gold Lighting, 176 N. La Brea Ave. (near Beverly Boulevard), Los Angeles, (213) 933-7149, writes that her store carries a number of cordless lighting devices, including a Picture Light for $21.95 and a Stick-up Light for $15.50. A Glendale reader states that Valley Lighting & Lamps, 12205 Ventura Blvd., Studio City, (213) 877-4208, carries cordless picture lights.
In the Orange County and San Diego areas: Dawn Turner of San Clemente writes that if you contact the Frame Up Shop on Main Street in Diamond Springs, (916) 622-0639, you will soon see the light.
If Sylvia Kroot of Whittier is still looking for plastic aprons, she might try the Cost-Less stores. Elizabeth Neal Smith of Huntington Park says she has seen the aprons in that chain’s Torrance and Hawthorne outlets.
An additional source for travel supplies: Barbara Shumake of Costa Mesa suggests Pack-n-Travel, 12534 Valley View St., Garden Grove, (714) 897-1360.
