{{short description|American home economics expert and journalist}} thumb|Bernice Orpha Redington
'''Bernice Orpha Redington''' (December 9, 1891 – March 9, 1966) was a home economics expert and journalist, her bylines being Prudence Penny, '''Carolyn Cuisine''' and '''Mary Mills'''.
==Early life== Bernice Orpha Redington was born on December 9, 1891, in Puyallup, Washington, the daughter of Col. John W. Redington and Elinor Meacham.<ref name="Binheim" /> John Redington was a pioneer newspaper publisher.<ref name="Honolulu Star-Bulletin 1966" /> She was the granddaughter of Alfred B. Meacham.
She studied at University of Washington, State College of Washington, and University of California where she studied art.<ref name="Honolulu Star-Bulletin 1966" /><ref name="Binheim" /> She was a 1937<ref>{{cite journal|title="Etiquet International" in New Evening School Course - 03 Sep 1947, Wed • Page 9|journal=Honolulu Star-Bulletin|date=1947|page=9|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/14156622/honolulu_starbulletin/|accessdate=3 October 2017}}</ref> graduate nutritionist with a practical experience in food preservation.<ref name="The Press Democrat 1944" /> She studied under Dr. E. V. McCollum of the Johns Hopkins University.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Department Editor on Seattle P - I Talks at College - 14 Jul 1927, Thu • Page 1|journal=Corvallis Gazette-Times|date=1927|page=1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/14156731/corvallis_gazettetimes/|accessdate=3 October 2017}}</ref>
==Career== After graduation she worked as a dietitian at the State School for the Blind in Vancouver, Washington, and at various advertising agencies.<ref name="Honolulu Star-Bulletin 1966" />
Since 1923 she was the editor of the homekeeper's section of the ''Seattle Post-Intelligencer''. She was its the first food editor and used the byline of "Prudence Penny". Formerly she was with ''Tacoma Tribune'' and ''Tacoma Ledger''.<ref name="Binheim" /> She resigned from the ''Post-Intelligencer'' in 1936 and joined the American Newspaper Guild; she testified at a national labor relations board hearing of the guild that the staff was warned membership in the guild "presented an excellent opportunity for martyrdom." The hearing was on the guild's complaint that the ''Post-Intelligencer'' discharged photographer Frank M. Lynch and drama critic Evehardt Armstrong for guild activities. Redington said the anti-guild warning came at a meeting called at the request of C.B. Lindeman, associate publisher, and addressed by Marian Stixrood, who was promoted to women's editor.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Guild Membership Warned Against by Hearst, Is Stated - 16 Sep 1936, Wed • Page 7|journal=Valley Morning Star|date=1936|page=7|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/14156429/valley_morning_star/|accessdate=3 October 2017}}</ref>
In 1936 she moved to Honolulu, Hawaii, and joined ''The Honolulu Star-Bulletin'' as home economics editor and ''The Hawaii Farm and Home Magazine'' as women's editor.<ref name="Honolulu Star-Bulletin 1966" /> Her byline was "Carolyn Cuisine".<ref>{{cite journal|title=Orchid Icing - 08 Jun 1949, Wed • Other Editions • Page 16|journal=Honolulu Star-Bulletin|date=1949|page=16|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/14156705/honolulu_starbulletin/|accessdate=3 October 2017}}</ref>
During World War II she was a technical assistant of the War Food Administration and lectured in community canning. She was the assistant of Ben H. Body; Body was engaged in commercial canning operations.<ref name="The Press Democrat 1944">{{cite journal|title=Canning Center Aid Offered by WFA Technicians - 19 Mar 1944, Sun • Page 7|journal=The Press Democrat|date=1944|page=7|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/14156485/the_press_democrat/|accessdate=3 October 2017}}</ref> She became a home canning expert and won widespread acclaim as a conductor of cooking schools on the Pacific Coast. She gave demonstrations for the San Francisco Chapter of the American Red Cross. and worked out some original canning recipes. She was the originator of "Chalk Talks", illustrating home canning by means of simple diagrams.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Home Canning Clinic to Be Held June 30 - 22 Jun 1944, Thu • Page 1|journal=Feather River Bulletin|date=1944|page=1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/14156639/feather_river_bulletin/|accessdate=3 October 2017}}</ref>
In 1946 she was appointed by the Department of Public Instruction to the Adult Education division.<ref>{{cite journal|title=DPI Approves Appointments - 21 Jun 1946, Fri • Main Edition • Page 2|journal=Honolulu Star-Bulletin|date=1946|page=2|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/14156593/honolulu_starbulletin/|accessdate=3 October 2017}}</ref>
In 1948 she went back living in Seattle and became the home economics director for the Fisher Flouring Mills, with headquarters in Seattle. She was in charge of home economics activities for the mills for the states of Washington, Oregon, California and Arizona, and made frequent trips to these states, giving demonstrations on cooking methods and home making. She conducted a series of classes and demonstrations which she called "It pays to be lazy." She signed her articles as "Mary Mills" and was well known for her radio programs for Fisher.<ref name="Honolulu Star-Bulletin 1966" /><ref name="Honolulu Star-Bulletin 1950">{{cite journal|title=07 Aug 1950, Mon • Other Editions • Page 15|journal=Honolulu Star-Bulletin|date=1950|page=15|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/14156375/honolulu_starbulletin/|accessdate=3 October 2017}}</ref>
She was the author of ''Old-time quilts: a collection of old-time quilt patterns chosen from entries in the Post-intelligencer quilt show January, 1927'' and of other two books, one a cook book. She also did free-lance writing.<ref name="Honolulu Star-Bulletin 1966" /><ref name="Binheim" />
She was a member of Mountaineers, Alpha Delta Pi,<ref name="Binheim" /> the San Francisco Ad Club, the American Association of University Women, and the John Knox Presbyterian Church.<ref name="Honolulu Star-Bulletin 1966" />
She retired in 1964 and became active in community affairs in Normandy Park.<ref name="Honolulu Star-Bulletin 1966" />
==Personal life== Bernice Orpha Redington was a lifelong resident of the state of Washington.<ref name="Binheim">{{cite book|last1=Binheim|first1=Max|last2=Elvin|first2=Charles A|title=Women of the West; a series of biographical sketches of living eminent women in the eleven western states of the United States of America|date=1928|page=[https://archive.org/details/womenofwestserie00binh/page/200 200]|url=https://archive.org/details/womenofwestserie00binh|accessdate=8 August 2017}}{{PD-notice}}</ref> In 1950 she built a house at Normandy Park, on Puget Sound, south of Seattle, and called it "Hale Malowaa" which means "House of Laziness".<ref name="Honolulu Star-Bulletin 1950" />
She died on March 9, 1966.<ref name="Honolulu Star-Bulletin 1966">{{cite journal|title=Bernice O. Redington dies in Seattle at 74 - 18 Mar 1966, Fri • Page 31|journal=Honolulu Star-Bulletin|date=1966|page=31|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/14156503/honolulu_starbulletin/|accessdate=3 October 2017}}</ref>
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