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The Huron Expositor, 1960-12-08, Page 10.10- 11TE HURON EXPOSITOR, SEAFORTH, ONT., DEC. 8, 196G FOOD and FIXIN'S , Recipes Fol the Busy Homemaker • CHRISTMAS BAKING HINTS Preparation of Fruit: Small dried and glaceed fruits are us- ually left whole, larger fruits and nuts, such as candied cherries, pineapple, walnuts, etc., should be chopped or cut up to allow for even distribution of fruit and to ease the cutting of the finished cake. Candied and dried fruits are easily cut with scissors dipped in flour or hot water. Prepared fruits may be combined and lightly dredged with flour- to prevent them from sticking together or falling to the bottom of the cake or pud- ding. Blanching Nuts: Blanching is removing the skin from smooth surfaced nuts. Pour boiling wa- ter over the nuts; allow to stand about five minutes. Drain and rinse in cold water. Slip off skins. If blanched nuts are to be shred- ded or cut, do so while they are still warm. Cover and store blanch- ed nuts in refrigerator, if. they are not to be used immediately. Preparation of Pans: Fruit cake is high in sugar content and burns easily. Pans should be smoothly lined with heavy paper, which in- sulates the pans and prevents the cake from scorching. Use two or three Layers of plain brown or heavy white paper, greasing thor- oughly the top layer which will be next to the batter. Baking Fruit Cakes: Cakes should be baked in pans sized ac- cording to those suggested in re- cipe being used. Oven tempera- ture and baking times vary ac- cording to the recipe. Heavily - fruited cake will retain . a moist, rich- texture -if a -shallow pan of water is placed in the bottom of the oven throughout baking period. It is necessary to watch water lev- el and replace water as it .evap- orates. If top surface of cakes seem to be getting too brown, .cakes may be lightly covered with a layer of heavy brown paper. Baked cakes, once removed, from oven, should be allowed to stand in pans at least half an hour to By C. A. DEAN, M.D. MEDITORIAL: Overweight not only increases the risk of disease but also complicates examination and treatment. The heart of an overweight per- son is difficult to hear through the stethoscope. Abdominal organs, such as the liver, spleen, kidneys, are harder to find and examine. 'Tumors inside the abdomen will not be found early and inflamma- tion such as appendicitis are dif- ficult to diagnose. Delay often means rupture and peritonitis. In- correct blood pressure readings are occasionally found in patients with very fat upper ,arms. Care of an obese person is us- ually difficult, especially when it is necessary to move or carry him. Artificial respiration can be a problem and in' some cases is not too effective. X-rays of overweight people are often not as clear and thus im- portant shadows can be missed. The need for repeat X-rays for clearer pictures is common. This involves return visits to the X-ray department and unnecessary wor- ry. Another big problem with obes- ity is the technical difficulty en- countered during surgical opera- tions. The presence of too much fat can hinder the surgeon. The possibility of complications is greatly increased and anesthesia is more difficult to give. A vein puncture (insertion of a needle into the vein) is common and occasionally this procedure is life-saving (blood transmusions, adrenalin injections. O b e s i t y tends to hide veins so that draw- ing blood or injecting medicines into the blood stream can We al - Most impossible. Remember—overweight is, often more of a problem, for the persons around you. - cool and "set", before being in- verted on cake racks and paper is removed. Decorating Cakes: Many prefer an almond paste topping on fruit cakes. The paste, homemade or commercially prepared, should be spread on the cold cake, then top- ped with ornamental frosting. Or•n- amentalrrosting should be applied in two layers, the first one being quite thin. Fruits, nuts,' etc., at- tractively arranged, should be placed on top layer of ornamental frusting before it hardens. Cakes may be left united, but topped with a glaze which imparts a shiny surface. There are a num- ber of popular glazes for fruit cakes, one of the most simple is corn syrup, heated to the boiling point and brushed over the top surface while glaze is still hot. A glaze is usually applied to the cake twice. Fruits, nuts, etc., are arranged on the surface of the cake between the first and second glazings. Storing Fruit Cakes: Fruit cakes and pudding improve in flavor and texture if allowed to "ripen" in storage in cool place for several weeks. The natural moisture of the cake must be well sealed in. Wrap cakes securely in aluminum foil, and place in metal container with lid. Cakes may also be wrapped in moisture -proof film, the ends sealed air -tight. If pre- ferred, fruit cake .mrtay be wrap- ped first in cheesecloth dipped in wine, brandy or cider, then in aluminum foil. Approximate Equivalent Weights Measured ingredients for Christ- mas baking: Butter or margarine, 2 cups: 1 pound. ' Flour, enriched all-purpose, sift- ed, 4 cups: 1 pound. • Suet, chopped, lightly packed, 4 cups: 1 pound. Sugar—Granulated, 2 cups: 1 pound; brown, firmly packed, 21/4 cups: 1 pound; icing, 3'/2 cups: 1 pound. Eggs—Whole, 5: 1 cup; whites, 8: 1 cup; yolks, 12 to 14: 1 cup. Nuts—Shelled, approximately 4 cups: 1 pound. Raisins—Seedless, 3 cups: 1 pound; seeded, 2112 cups: 1 pound. Currants -3 cups: 1 pound. Dates (pitted), 21/2 cups: 1 pound. Chocolate, 1 square: 1 ounce. Candied Fruit—Citron, 3 to 4 cups: 1 pound; lemon and orange peel, 3 to 4 cups: 1 pound. Spices (powdered), approximate- ly 4 tablespoons: 1 ounce. FUNERALS • • Grey Electors Return Reeve and Councillors Reeve and council in Grey Town- ship were returned by acclama- tion following nominating last Fri- day. Clifford Dunbar remains ` as reeve and council are: Archie Mann, Lawson Ward, Glen Hueth- er and Kenneth Bray. School Trustees: William W. Smith, Stanley Fisher and John Conley were also returned by ac- clamation. Mrs. Edythe M. Cardiff, clerk, presided for the nominations which resulted as follows: For Reeve— Clifford Dunbar (accl.), by Wm. Brown and Wm. W. Smith; George Hutchinson, by John Pearson and Charles Hansuld. Council all by acclamation— Archie Mann, by Mark Baillie and Kenneth McFarlane ; Kenneth Bray, by Ken Wilbee and Jim Turn- bull; Glenn Huether, by Stanley Fischer and Roy Williamson; Law- son Ward, by Wm. Brown and Carr McDonald. - School Trustees, all by acclama- tion—Wm. Smith, by Clifford Dun- bar and Archie Mann; John Con- ley, by Carl McDonald and Wm. Brown; Stanley Fischer, by Glenn Huether and Gramme McDonald. John Pearson was named chair- man of the 'ratepayers' meeting which followed. Norman Hoover, school area sec- retary -treasurer, reviewed the year at the schools. His report showed 45 graduates and one teacher change. All teachers were, grant- ed an across-the-board increase of $200. It seems that all costs are get- ting a little higher, Mr. Hoover said, but the board had been able to maintain the same mill rate this year. Improvements included a new oil furnace at Nos. 1 and 5, and a furnace room at No. 5. Tile floor- ing was,laid at No. 7, Cranbrook, and No. 5 on a trial basis. Cran- brook and Moncrieff Schools had 96 desks installed. Surplus to start 1961 is expected to be $20,000, Mr. Hoover said. William Smith, one of the trus- tees, said • some of the schools have only 10 pupils, while others have 40, yet the costs of teaching the pupils doesn't vary. All in all, there are 330 pupils in the area. Trustees have two responsibili- ties, stated Stanley Fisher, in his speech. The first is to see that the pupils get the best possible education, and second, to the rate- payers to keep expenses as low as possible. Jack Conley, the third- trustee acclaimed, has just completed 10 years on the board and voiced his intention to retire. Other members with still a year of their term to run are Jack Cox and Roy Wil- liamson, Mr. Cox expressed the feeling that ff the salaries of the trustees and council were twice as large, more people might become inter- ested. Representative on Wingham High School Board, James 'Arm- strong, reported that six class- rooms were added. Courses were added in welding, woodworking and electricity. Enrolment was 675 with 500 of these students being transported by bus. Two more buses had been put in service this year. Only 11 students are from •CORILLE A. MacALPINE Death came suddenly to Corille A. MacAlpine, husband of Gladys McPhee, formerly of Seaforth, on November 20, 1960, in Los Angeles, California. Mr. MacAlpine suffer- ed •a heart attack on July 26, but seemed to be making -a steady re- covery, an dwas en route home from a holiday in Hawaii when he was stricken. -Born in Lorneville, Ont., he was an Honour Graduate of Queen's University in Mathematics • and Physics, an dtaught in high schools in Blenheim, Mitchell, Harrow and Sutton, having been a principal for 18 years. Besides his widow, he is surviv- ed by two sons, James, 21, of Queen's University, and Kenneth, 18, of Sutton High School. SMALL BUT PROUD The smallest state in the U.S.A., Rhode Island, has a population of under one million, but as the Book. of Knowledge points out, it has the distinction of being one of the or- iginal 13 states of the Union. DECISIVE BATTLES The British historian Creasy made a list of 15 battles which had changed the course of history, be- ginning .with Marathon and ending with Waterloo. Following it up, the Book of Knowledge suggests that a more modern list would begin with. Sedan_, in 1870 and end with Hiroshima in 1945. WHY 00 YOU ASSOCIATE WITH ELLEN IF YOU CAN'T GET ALONG? J cafeteria, includitlg milk, at 30c.' If a pupil brings his own lunch, milk is 5c a glass, There seems to be no control over teachers' sal- aries, he said. Beside their annual raise, they .seem to want two to three hundred dollars more. The different salaries in the var- ious categories of the salary sche- dule were dwelt with at some length by Kenneth McFarlane, of the Seaforth High School Board. Four new classrooms, a cafeteria, rifle range, heating plant and a lagoor sewage system are all be- ing added to the school at present. The agriculture class is being taught in the agriculture barn. The staff includes 16 teachers and the enrolment is 387 pupils, Mr. McFarlane said. Andrew Bremner, representing Listowel Board, 'stated their new addition was just completed in August and already they are filled to capacity and attendance figures will be up for some years to come. Referring to their budget of $242,- 500.00, of this amount $122,677.66 had been paid out in teachers' sal- aries to October 31. This is the largest item of expense and we seem to have no control over the salaries, he stated. The school is now equipped with two shops, one for metal work, the other for woodworking. Eight bus- es, two of them 65-passenfer buses, transport the pupils at a cost of $35,500.00. Pupils are provided ' a good meal in the cafeteria for 25c. At this point in the meeting a good discussion was held on teach- ers' salaries. A proposal was made that all township councils should get together and make a protest to the Teachers' Federation over the raising of teachers' salaries. Each year problems seem to be just a little bit different, said Reeve C; Dunbar. County council had been approached by several committees, all wanting something: There are five "hospitals in the county, all in the process of build- ing. During the year the Airport had been sold for $25,000, and an un- expected provincial grant of $29,- 000 had helped quite a lot. Grey Township's share of county ex- penses is about one -twentieth. There are -390 miles- of county roads and there is talk of turning back 82 miles to the townships. Only about eight miles are built each year. Road No. 19, starting 11/2 miles south of Ethel, north to Ethel, thence east 3/4 of a mile, had been built at a cost of about $35,000.00 and had received con- siderable criticism. However, it was part of the county-"lidk and he felt it was justified. Referring to builtup roads, Mr. Dunbar stat- ed he had protested to the en- gineer about how Perth County can slap hardtop on 22 miles of road each year. Questioned from the floor about county salaries, Reeve Dunbar said several salaries had been rais- ed on the recommendation of the 1959 Finance Committee. George Hutchinson pointed out to the meeting that when he became Reeve, the township was in debt $6,000, and he had been able to change this to a balance of $4,000, while naming several projects he had been able to accomplish. The Grey. Meals are supplied in the present council, he stated, has done frothing and has not reduced the mill rate. The first councillor to speak was Archie Mann. He stated council had tried to do as much work as they could. Snowplowing had cost $10,000 less last year than the year before. During 1960, nine miles of roadside improvements, also 20,000 yards of gravel had been put on the roads. Voicing his disappoint- ment over no bridge work this year, he stated no approval had ever come through, so council had tried to do as much road work as possible. Questioned concerning snowplow- ing, Mr. Mann stated that council was trying to get plows that were close to their work. The next speaker, Kenneth Bray, gave an outline of what they had heard at the Good Roads conven- tion. No bridge had been built be- cause the province had run out of money. One had been built in Morris because someone had gone through the old one. Referring to the nine miles of roadside im- provement, he felt council should continue this policy for the next five to seven years. Glenn Huether thought an elec- tion was a good thing. Snow fence was costing council $500 a year, and this year council had decided that they would not put up any and see how they would get along. The. township got good service from the snowplows last year and council had again hired the same plows. Referring to tile drainage loans, Mr. Huether stated he was glad to see more people taking advantage of the Act, and he hoped this would continue. Lawson Ward thanked all who had supported him at the polls last year and stated he could'nt add much to what had already been said. Carl Hemingway was called on for a few words. Referring to the heavy education burden the farm land is paying, he stated that the Ontario Federation is trying to see if some fairer way of taxing farm property cannot be found. Fire Chief William Brown also gave a report. NOTICE Town of Seaforth PARKING • To facilitate show removal, No Parking on the Streets of this Municipality will be allow- ed between the hours -of 2 a.m. and 8 a.m. This order will be strictly enforced in accord- ance with the Highway Traffic Act, Section 43, Subsection 9. - NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Municipality will not be responsible for any damages caused to parked vehicles as the., result of snow removal operations. D. H. WILSON Clerk, Town of Seaforth ALL KINDS I a INSURANCE W. E. SOUTHGATE Phone 334 -- Res. 540 MAIN ST. 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