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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1951-02-08, Page 2• THE TaaticRNO ` sE,vTINEL, IxcifNOW, 'ONTARIO ' "TU�RIS„DA,Y, :1RUARY ApSiNIAIty THYME Does; ' the high. •cost of: living ever get yeti ,down? • Or . ;does' it. batiller you at all? A' clippingen- closed in a letter from, "a friend said "Trying to make. ends meet is like trying to - stretch. tissue gaper". How very true: I've found When I add up ,a month's grocery bill' alone, I .have a 'sinking sen.- satipn in the lit orf • my stomach, - and ;.I can feel another section of my. hair '• turning': gray. ':But we mist have milk and meat and bread and .vegetables, • ,-or we Won't haMe • ,good ,health:-' And 'we've • 'enough •. of ,illness, to` ,know that it is. cpstlier, than meat.. + * Last week's: stock of grpeeries included some dried vegetables; baal;)y' liana, beans ,and dried, green. peas. We. had" the usual soupwitah hamn bone":• -And a simple, milder - souip. Which we like better. •Cook thebeans°in plenty'of water with a chopped, onion. Put through the vegetable press, and add enough milk to . Make it ,the consistency ,..,You like for• "�soup, • a generous :1,1„zarKip of. : ,.butter:. Mme toasto d ;Croutons, •a/i inch cubes. fried . in '`:)butter or . marg{arene until crisp- ' ed ori, all sides.The croutons and some choppedparsley go• :on the •''top "of each bowl ' of soup. 'Oh; ':salt, "oaf .course,, To taste. .'• Beans make a •very mice Salad, too, with chopped •onaon; lettuce and chop. sped • • green celery r• (Woe is us. 'My nice green' pot of pars ey.. froze: to 'death the long cold istinas week -end. I am • ha'rd ' put to • keep house without it)„ Here's a lush Gorden Sauce to glorify . a :simple. snow pudding. The whites of the eggs goin the Pudding : and ..the yolks in. the sauce It is delicious with any simple puddingor cake Golden Sauce -Beat 3 egg yolks very` stiff. :Add two-thirds. cup powdered, sugar and• beat till like a • ibatter Whip' 1 cup''creaxn stiff, ly. Blend • with •• first • mixxture. Flavor ••with, vanilla. Chill:.tliar • • ••ou'gily Whip„.. -up again ',just , be- fore. -serving • ,, You can also have. a ' golden :vegetable- . sauce by adding one large. ,grated raw.' carrot, and a tittle extra salt, to .yqqur ordin- ary, white '' sauce. ' Srkinkle •, of chopped • parsley Phelps too, you know• A popular Date•Loaf that .I. ' thought everybody -I know make's• •• but ewe had • guests recently to whom it was` quite new So. .may- ' be . some of you ,,have not' had •it either. It 'makes' quite ••a ,big . loaf, but it keeps very,' ,well `:; . . , if you=earl cep --it Y-ou-•'l r-iawr, lik - ..cookies—today you ': have' 'them, "' but 'tomorrow. ,where are; 'they? Who .knows? The ..answer Johnny and the neighboring Jiin�• • Date Loaf -1 tablespoon butter, 14: cups:.,brown sugar, 1 egg, Ph cups:. boiling 'water, pouredd, • aver two :cups.: of dates, • 23/4 '`carps ` of flour, ,Z• soda, • 1 tea- :spoonsalt,. 1• tablesppon.'ivlanilla; 1 eup chopped' walnuts. Bake in loaf -pan in moderate: oven. . This, was a prewar recipe,, and II'Ve learned. to use less' sugar. I : find • one clip sufficient now * * *. P t Pork Chops• _ DO you bake them in •a' covered casserole, coy. - ered • with a can . of mushroom. soup? Imean the chops' covered • with the soup, and then the • cover! You, have ;lots of . luscious gravy,' the ©hop:a sen to •swell,• instead of shrinking as they us- Ti-tually•-t do •` `. wm1nunjcA0P' Stave` • baker does this. tae. Or de • you cook •thein .with a ;couple :of ap- ples, peeled, cored and'; quartered, and a sweet potato, peeled and sliced thinly, . sprinkled with a couple tablespoenal brown” sugar, the chaps arranged .on top, in a covered casserole and baked in • the oven 'until the • chops are • cooked.; „If you like you might remove' the cover the last , ten minutes, or so, • in , either of those ret ipes. , •* *• * r* ° Save yqur • old leather. ,'hand - 'bags ,Fine for 'knee patches on sma'11 fry's • overall. Buttonhole Thein on. •Th 'l1 make spies for ey m after ski sort Edo There's a very good preparation on the Market for 'dried -out leathers. It is al- together likely your local, 'shoe . dealer ,has it. It softens leather • mitts' that have been wet! and :4 dried hard, r as boards,' • j fist, like WIPE OFF 11NEW' FIRE HALL IlIi,D•EBTEDNESS; • Alt the '!regular Meeting of the Lucknaw Fire ,Company on, .Mon- day night, payment was at/their- izeci to wipe off ;the • remaining • $300 indebtedness against: , the new • Fire Hall, the construction of which Was financed complete- ly by the Brigade., Proceeds of the Christmas, New • 'Years and ` Burns' •night dances enabled. the Company to pay : otf• the ."mortgage', and leaves rbhenn , with a small sur • plus. • ' • f' . TROUSSEAU TEA a ; • I Mrs, Charles Mason was , hostess. at a nicely, arranged trousseau. tea:' on Tuesday givenin honor of. her . "daughter' ' Shirley. Mrs.. Mason',and Shirley .were' assisted at the, door by Mrs. McLelland. Y Mrs., Carroll wasat the' register, : The bride's trousseau, 'linens; sil ver, and, gifts 'were' displayed 'by. Mr;s. Gerald Lawson,. Mrs. Dean.- array, ,' Mrs. Munroe 'and Mrs. Robt. Simpson. Mrs:, Saxley poured :tea, and 'assisting in serving were Mis.ri Glias. Webster, Mrs. Cam Thoanp ' son. and. Miss Hazel- Culbert.. • Others assisting were Mrs. ,R. JANUARY 'GENERALLY CALM AND CLOUDY ° • A retie of weather ,c� ,ncditions during January shows the month to: have been, very cloudy, ,and' 'very free of .:high -. winds. There wereonly six' half days of sun- shine during the month, and not a full clear day.. w The -,high- of • 46. degrees, came early•in, the month, :with: the• low ,of four :below on 'the last • day of the Month. Last week's continued' cold snap. ,reached its lowest Point •on. Saturday` morning, Feb- ruary 3rd, when theofficial read- ing was: six below. . • • January snoWtrall totalled . 20 inches with 2:03 inches of rain. „•, SCRIMPY MEAT RATIONS, Miss. Helen Salkeld, M.S:A.; ;who is taking post ,graduate'• work in England, Sent home . a picture of their meat ration, which is ef- fectively illustrated byconwari son with; .a pocket box of matches. The meat', appears to be little more than triplea site of , the match bo and thats a week's supply. aeh ' person., is, allowed. a,: vreekly "ration equivalent to ;16. Cents` worth of'rump steak and 4, cents worth of corned beef.' On •the•basis orOanadian meat prices, one doesn't have to have midi'. imagination how far 20c worth. of meat "wouldn't" go. TELEGRAPHIST OPENINGS. OFFERED AT C.N.R. DEPOT A. W. Hamilton, local ,agent, announces' that there is• an opening for two young ;male ;aP ipi itices'to learn telegraphy and •agents work. There is a liberal monthly cash - allowance, while learning, which is an inducement never before • offered by the rail- ways. In addition, there will be, bonuses depending. • on the length of time '•taken to complete the, course which will. run ' from , six 'months, .to a year. •• Mr. Hamilton is now receiving applieationa ;and points out that anyone interested in, this 'kind- ' of Work .should •lose' no titre in con - %citing him. 4 . The urgent need for Stich ,per- • sonnel, no doubt' is , due to the; recent approval` of a 40 -hour week - -for railway employees. Success- ful applicants will haver to be 'screeest ted in Toronto 'and ass a mediical test.. BORN ' AI'11CHI$0N at the Wingham General Hospital, on Wednesday, 'January 24th, 1851, to Mr: and • Mrs. ,Douglas tchispn, Wing- hani,. ;a• '441,Ight0,4. 1VIARTIN i. Hamilton on Wed-' esday, January 31st, 'to Mr, and Mrs, Bert Martin, twin boys,. .Robert James. ,and John Barthol- emev . Olivet: baited Church W M,S,; The •February: meeting of Ol ':vet W.M.S. Was , held in the church •with, 12 members present. •" "The opening program, and bust, nes. was in." charge of..' M. Oliver McCharles,•s ices' prey. „Readings • i ere given": :by .Mrs. Warren_:. - Wylds and Mrs. Ross Black. Flan- nelette to be, Made into • layettes Was 'given out to members: Mrs. , Daisy McCharles and her group took charge of the meeting. Thee:' topic. on' prayer was given "by Mrs; W. S; McGuire, ,after which she ,sang, a, solo, "The ,014 Fashioned Way". short'prayers were. given • by, Mrs.- W. R. Hamilton, Mrs. H. :Henry •and Mrs. D. McCharles. Lunch was ,served and ' a" social hour enjoyed by all: , • THE CCON'rRACT PRICE for .the new Hanover Public School: will He be $309,275. • . " bus... J. ,,Cameron; " Mrs. 'R. B ack, Mrs.. J h Chas,. who hesitates gets"the next *T• nston axed .................... .......4,....,.....,..., :........, .......:if ''':. ' •3+.�+{F•h•.{9G•++:2J.ddY9ditAC�L 'O +},}'h ::•�£�73:{fie•^. Lucknow 'W. I. Meeting, A: Valentine touch was brought. to the fore •in'the 'decorations and program ;when the Institute held the February "meeting in the Council Chamber on Friday; .Feb- ri dry 2nd.The president, Mrs. A, J : Wilson, presided :' sand during the business, ;arrangements Were made for' cantering 'to , a banquet for mein ens ';'af '• . the Lucknow District; Ca Operative, to . be helt'i the ;Recreational Centre,• on February,, 13th. The matter: of •,purchasing , silverware• for', the. In-. stitute was •• discussed, ' at • ,.length and the ' decision loft over • •for the•next ineeting. Miss Welsh led in community singing .and the 'roll •call' (was :answered with. a Valentine rhyme. . The •+' motto "Good deeds done in secret are worthy of .honor"' was. illustra ted by. tiro: stories, "The ..Two Builders".; read by Mrs 7 :Temple Clark and ",All Lacey an'U 'Gold", given i