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The Brussels Post, 1958-07-23, Page 6DATE THEY ,REMEMBER-Looking forward to a four-in-one Iirth- day party, Pat gmsrson, 15, points to July 18 on the calendar. Pat and his, three sitters, from left, Sandra, 8; Charlene, 6s and Kathryn, 10, were all born on that date. MONEY,. TO .BUttivi,-Pltated ae citiyerie would be who 'had. Mori i'tieseley -thee' he could' handle,. Charles Cheitterieen, d, right; and hi s sister, Marilyn, 8, are having' ei picnic at the atthe Quadrennial World Conference Of the Seventh-Day Adventists iii Cleeseland, The kid& are from La Paz, Bolivian and thousandil ttf Bolivitifte riates Wert given to pereatie attending the 'aerie in an effort to entourage e rititerati offerings "Milli Litill lieeelhe teetieflireig"; 1026 the notes- would- leave been eatial to 00;666 our 'eUereheys Today it would take ttbd of there eiluel a d011ah, THE CAREFUL planning that went into the building of Harlow is seen in this airview of the British town. aesoe e asseeeasese!efeseeseseeeseeessee '`;:f7!4"' THERB A , , E :MANY inare children to follow these Harlow yeakingstete fifth i4 the population ^is Under attd out athdots, A Most Explosive Thing In The World One hundred and twenty-five yeakee egos Alfred Nobel, fotm- dee of the Peace prize, was born an Stockholm, A century ages he perfected, carnmercial exple- 'foe, which he called dyaamite, It has Served industry well, rip- ping apart the bowels Of moun- tain! to loosen *veins of .iron ore, Prying free coal deposits Wedged in seams of slate, and 'c ulling down hillsides rich in opper, silver, and many rarer rnetals. It has dug ditches to drain swamps and salvaged drowned acres and cleared stumpage for farmland and foadways. Nobel designed dyaa- enite for man's welfare — not his desrtuction. As evidence of his ethical and moral intentions, he used his profits to establish the Peace prize, The atom splitters, from Ein- stein and Fermi to the men who made the instrument that ob- literated much of Hiroshima and fragasaki, prefer to think of the Comic pile as generating power for merchant ships and power plants. The Chinese invented gun- powder for their ceremonial grecrackers many centuries be- fore the Italian states employed explosives for their guns in the fourteenth century. Over the years, the tools of war haVe be- some deadlier. Now for better or for worse, we have dynamite, TNT, cordite, unclear fission and nuclear fusion. What then is the most explosive thing in the world? Actually, it is none of these. The most explosive thing in the world today is printer's ink. Vhy? Because a little of it, toss- ed into the alphabet, can deton- ate ideas that will move the minds of men with a• force in- finitely greater and more last- ing than the whirlwind loosed by splitting an atom. Printer's ink serves good or evil, but the evidence on the positive side far Outweighs the negative. For when a man with a vision of man's higher destiny touches ink to paper`, its blackness holds the light of the world. In his urge to make the in- herent power of printer's ink the servant of the arts and sci- ences, Nobel offered annual re- wards to the talented writers who used the printed 'word for the esthetic pleasure of their fellow men. Some books are stimulating, some challenging, `some debatable, and some in- herently evil. Many have left a deep impress on the minds and souls of men. . Judgment of the printed word (senses• not through repression but through exposure, and its power as a force fOr good de- pends upon the discipline of the emotional by the ration a 1. Though atomic power may threaten man's destruction, prihter's ink holds promise of his salvation. Personally, we'll take our chances on the superior force of printer's ink. — Dun's Review (New York). SERVICE "I ordered a dozen orangee. but you've only sent me ten," said the customer at a fruit store. "All part of our .service, ma'am," replied the clerk. "Two were bad, so we saved you the bother of throwing them away." About this time of year, many families living in the St. John River Valley of New Brunswick journey to the river's edge in search of fiddleheads — those graceful greens which are actu- ally baby Ostrich ferns. Fiddle- heads are one of the delicacies of this area and are both canned and frozen for general distribu- tion. For the uninitiated, they taste faintly like dandelion greens but have no bitterness. And of course they get their name from their intricate form, which resembles the top of a fiddle. * * If you want, to supplement the amount of milk your family drinks, here are ways to do it with dry milk. In making meat loaf, add half a cup of non-fat dry milk and enough watereto make the meat loaf as moist ,as you want it to be. The dry" nailke'adds the equi- valent of a pinta of" fluid milk, except fojblettegat. Or put-sdryedarilk in mashed potato .—r a eateaspoon for each average - sized potato — and enough liquid to make the po- tatoes fluffy. * Here is a fine recipe for cod or halibut fillets baked hi Span- ish sauce. Either fresh or froz- en fillets may be used, FISH FILLETS IN SPANISH SAUCE 2 pounds cod or halibut fillets u cup chopped onion (may be omitted) 3 tablespoons butter 1/4 cup chopped green pepper 3 tablespoons flour 1 teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons sugar Dash pepper 1 bay leaf 2 whole cloves 2 cups canned tomatoes Saute onion and green pepper in. butter until soft, Blend in flour, then salt, sugar and pep- per. Gradually stir in tomatoes and Cook, stirring, until thick- ened. Add bay leaf and cloves and simmer gently 10 to 15 tnin- ates. Arrange fillets in well- greased, shallow baking dish `and cover with sauce. Bake in pre-heated 450°F. oven until fish- flakes easily when tested with a, fork, allowing about 10 min- utes per inch of thickness for fresh fillets and about twice that for frozen. Remove bay leaf and cloves before serving. Serves 6. * * "Our family has enjoyed this jam for many years — it is re- freshing and exceptionally good, when eaten with cracked wheat bread," writes Mrs. Clara Bs. Skarie, to the Christian Science Monitor, RHUBARB JAM ,3 pounds rhubarb, cut fine 6 oranges, ground in food chopper 10 cups sugar Put all three ingredients into a large kettle and bring to boil, then boil exactly 30 minutes. Stir occasionally to prevent burning. If oranges are not juicy, add 4 small can of froz- en orange juice. Pour into hot jars immediately and seal. "Hope you'll like it," Mrs. Skarie added. SWISS STEAK 11/2 pounds round steak 1/4 cup flour Salt and pepper Two tablespoons butter Small can stewed tomatoes (this contains onion and green pepper) 1 tablespoon chopped parsley Chopped celery leaves (a few) Small amount of chopped onion 3-4 zucchini squash Gently pound flour into steak; season with salt and pepper. . Melt butter and sear steak to golden brown on both sides in the hot butter, Place in roast- ing pan; add tomatoes, parsley, celery leaves, and onion. Cover and bake at 325°F, for 1 hour and 40 minutes. Cut zucchini lengthwise and place green side up on steak and bake 20 minutes longet. * 11. en TUNA SALAD 1 large block cream cheese 1 cup mayonnaise 2 tablespoons gelatin cup cold water 1 tablespoon green pepper, chopped fine 1 tablespoon onion, chopped fine ('purple variety is good) 1 tablespoon stuffed or ripe olives, chopped fine ee cup celery, chopped fine 1/4 can each, cream of eelety and cream of .schicken soup e. 1 can white tune_ 1 teaspoon letartinee'stiiiiee Blend togethaf-seige cream cheese and mayeaerisae"e. Soften the .gelatin Ihe 'cold "water then dissolve 01'qt- bot water; cool, Add cheese' mixture to gelatin. Pour oil off tunas pout lemon juice over tuna. Add this and all ingredients to gelatin reixtiire; blend well. Pour into individual molds or into ring mold. Setves 8. SHOULDER ARMS Experts agree that. Habe,ater- rhea was one of the most hot, ±eiidene outfielders ever to Sete tented sa ily bell. But the babe always ineigtea that he had never beeti hit oh the head by a fly ball. dile day, id esedepeeatioil, he implored the epetteWeitete net OS Make 'fini of hilt like that: "If I tVer get hit en the head by he said, 4'1'11 Wilk off the field and wilt the game forever'.{'` One of the Writers asked nocently, '"What dent the der, Babe?" "Oh, hos' said „ the Babe. "The shoulder deal aint." Old Sweethearts hind:Happiness "It's like a wonderfuj dream," Paid Eliaaheth Butler when she married Sydney Hearn at Maid- enhead — ahe a gracious 68, he e balei 71. A dream of half a centurys indeed, for. they, ,4aft. first courted an a park bench by the lovely Maines when she Was• still in liter. teens. Bist. at 22 he was eager to go overseas to' seek his fortune. "Austrelia's the- place," he Old her. "Don't worry, darling. For new We good-bye, but some day we'll meet again," He gave her 0 locket and silver Watch — for remembrance. She, wept at their parting. Four years.earlier they had met at the coronation celebrations for Ed- ward VII and Queen Alexandria, and now — lopeliness. How she would miss him! But she undere stood the ambition 'that fired him. And when other proposals• came her way she took out the locket and watch; remembered his parting, promise, and said "No," Meantime, he became a suc- cessful Sydney builder and mar- ried, In 1950, when he was a grandfather, his wife died. Lone- ly, his thoughts turned to the Old Country — and Elizabeth. Was she still living at Maidenhead end unmarried? He'd write to her, for old time's sake, She wrete back and she still lived in the old home and was alone. More letters followed, then a proposal, then tough, sun-bronz- ed Sydney arrived in Britain to make her his bride and take. her badk to his ranch. He had changed, of course, but "I'd have recognized him anywhere," she' said. They went again to the'. SHOPPERS' DELIGHT - Surplus wartime blimps may be in de- mand if this startling fashion, seen recently in Ascot, England, finds favor with the women. Mrs. Jack L. Lotinger was the proud wearer of the traffic- stopping, polka-dotted creation. Looks ideal for carrying home the family groceries. Thames-side park where they had first courted, and though the, seat was rio longer there, their love was — fulfilled at last. Haven't they a story all their own — these loves that triumph over the yeate, surviving the acid test of long separation? An- other veteran from Australia, George Choate, 'was met by the sweetheart he'd left 52 years be- fore, Louise Stow, when his ship docked at Southampton. She, too, said, "It's like a wonderful dream dome true—the happieet day of my life!" as he took her hand and kissed her at the dockside — he now 75 and she 76. In her cage it was the need to care for her father that kept leer at home When he emigrated in 1903, and prevented her joins ing him later when he'd. Made some money and wrote pressing her to folloes Their letters gradually dWitidia ed and finally ceased, He mar- ried out there and had a family-e a son and two daughters. Seeretiteen years ago his wife • died. He made inquiries lbotit his old love among friends, but for yeare could het trace 'het, Then. a sister' 6i' hie chatieed to Meet her; ea at last he could estate to her and propose. She did not accept at Mice, but later did ete He had never tended 'returning to trigiehd. NoW he did so eegeldere ttact i after the deeply affecting "Southahip71 tort, meeting, there: was. * grand reunion tea egebtatieei at hit tiger's hiiint in ChititiOrd, gasek." n „ lit the case-case--of: it•yOurig Brighton couple. it WaS the girl who Went Abroad. Martin Brown:• 'Wee It Lilian Hargreaves 16, thediiitglis tar Of ti railway locomotive in. ePrettor;: when they courted to fellow-Metibert 6/ the Salvation: efeeeive ` After a two Mr.' One 44 01)04 y `hadthe a tiff and Wafted apert. Ibfeathl. Married anther girl atut 'Worked as 1. Brighton tram :driver until retiring on pension 65:, She went - to Ameica, qualified as a specialist in hair treatment at Cleveland, QW43, and developed"a' valuable prec- tioe, Returping to England on a btisiness visit in 1939, she was Overtaken by, the war and coped not go' back, •so settled at Burton After his wife's death a few years ago, Martin thought again of his old love and resolved to find her it she was Atilt. alive. Again, a mutual acquaintance whom they had known in the Salvation. Army, and who said he'd seen her in Bognor, pro- vided. the connecting link, For months heaearehed, though handicapped by poor eyesight, 'and eventually ran into her—not fin Bognor, but by chance in Brighton, where they had court- ed more than 50 years earlier. And at Brighton• they married— he, 72; she, 71, Fate had decreed this his patient persistence should not go Unrewarded. It is remarkable how chance meetings play a Part in these belated reunions. It would seem that' if two people are really meant for each other .nothing keeps them permanently apart— Peither time nor distance, nor By TOM A. CULLEN NEA Staff Correspondent Harlow, England — (NEA) — Harlow, in the heart of rural Essex County is known as the town where the stork Works overtime while, death takes a holiday. This community of 42,250 per- sons, designed specifically to take the 'overspill of •London's population, is Britain's biggest and boldest experiment in town planning. And the stork might well be the emblem of this ambitious urban scheme, for no less than' one-fifth of its inhabitants are under the age of five. As for death: "What's a funeral, daddy?" a little boy asked recently as a funeral procession wound through Harlow's streets, Funerals are so rare in Harlow as to excite little the boys the way circus \parades do in our own small towns. "Virtually nobody will die in Harlow for the next 30 years," L, E. White, liaison officer for the Harlow Development Corpor- ation, explained to me. But if graybeards of 65 are scarce, teen - agers are even. scarcer. One can •wander *through Harlow an entire afternoon with- eut encountering more than a handful. A dance hall opened in the civic center to cater to the rock 'n' roll trade had to close its doors recntly 'for lack of attend- ance. Typical Harlow pioneers are a married couple in their late 20's • with a family of 'two children and a third on the way, American town planners come here to study Harlow's civic de- sign, go away brooding over its social problems. "Harlem is probably the wackiest example of population unbalance you can find anywhere," a New York planning expert confided to me. The town, which celebrated its 11th birthday in May, has only reached the halfway Mark in its development. Its population is expected to reach a peak of 80,000 by 1965, or double the present number-of inhabitants. Created by an Act of Parlia- ment in 1946, Harlow is One of eight new towns designed to re- lieve populatioh pressure on London as well as to decentralize industry. Before a family can migrate to Harlow from a Lon- don East End slum, a job end Have We This Kind in Canada TOO The other day the temporary • Otte, of: the special ,commission planning next year's celebration, of the , ..150th .anniversary pf Ab,. sham Lincoln s, birthday sent 'POlennteeien members copies of the minutes of their last meeting, The. minutes recorded: deeps- marriage to another in the long interim. In novels such chance meet- ings 'would be regarded as au- thor's licence — stretching the long arm of coincidence. Yet they happen repeatedly in real life, Three years ago the Marquess of Ailesbury, survivor of the siege of. Ladysmith in the "Boer War, married the girl friend of his teens — when they were both 82. Mrs. Maud Money became ehis third wife, for twice he had been a widower; she had been thrice widowed. "I must say I'm thrilled," she said. "I suppose you would call it romantic." Not only romantic but phenomenal, after his two marriages, her three, and the lapse of more than 60 years. The best man was the Earl of Cardi- gan, his 51-year-old son! The family motto should be: " 'Tis r,ever too late to wed." a house must be waiting. In turn, the presence of a 'sta- bilized, contented labor force in Harlow, together with the ab- sence of a housing problem, has induced manufacturers to open branch plants or to found new industries there. At present, there are 68 factories in Harlow, most of them of 'the light manu- facturing variety, such as plas- tics. There is much to admire in Harlow. Its houses, for example, are so designed that they turn their backs on the streets and face inwards onto a green park land. They offer a wide variety of styles, ranging from timbered Essex cottages to 12-story apart- ment blocks. Over 50,000 forest trees have been planted as insur- ante that the natural beauty of the Essex countryside:will not be lost But Harlow also shows •signs of growing pains. While, eight pubs do a flourishing business, the town has completed only one church. Church 'goers make do with seven temporary meeting halls. While Harlow supports 10 amateur drama groups, it has yet to, get its first super-cinema; and although its medical services are fully integrated it has no hos- pital of its own (ground was recently broken for a 250-bed hospital, which is still inadequate for a town this size). It has, however, opened 14 schools, With a College Of Fur- ther Instruction scheduled for completion this year, It also has siOna of offieee for the oQinnti:s., ,'ion staff, possible commenter- ative coins, the appointment at honorary commission me/nag:se a vote to increase its budget from $0,00 to $750,000 And a verbal tussle over staff appointees, The minutes were ".classified",, Stamped "confidential for commission members"! Why? Curious newsmen were unable to find out, Sen. John Sherman Cooper, chairman, said the commission, had no authority to classify In- formation and didn't want any., However, said Cooper, the brary of Congress had prepared the minutes; maybe that office, could be helpful, It couldn't, The Library said the national park service had done the job. The park service said, ask the commission's ex- ecutive assistant. The executive. assistant said he hadn't even seen. the minutes. The whole Wonderlandish dis• - play of buck-passing puts in proper silly perspective the' "Classify it!" compulsion which is as much a mark of identifi- cation of a Washington bureau- crat as a robin's red breast or. Napoleon's cocked hat and hand under coat. —Minneapolis Tribune. Obey the traffic signs - they are placed there for YOUR. SAFETY 215 shops, 24 playgrounds, the most modern fire station in Brit- ain, and a newspaper of its own. Not for another 10 years wilt Harlow have to face the acid test of success or failure. When to- clay's 'under-fives reach adoles- cence, the problem of its unbal- anced population will become. urgent. By 1968, today's coddlers will be leaving school at the rate of one thousand a year. There will oe no dead men's shoes for them to fill, so new jobs must be cre- ated for them. Otherwise, Har- low's juvenile delinquency prob- lem, today unknown, could be a beaut. Marriages will be nearly as. frequent in 1968 as christenings are today, as Harlow's second, generation begins to pair off and establish homes of its own. But. What homes? In order to house its second generation, Herlow must cease t4 accommodate Londoners • alto, gether by 1965, holding its last quarter of planned housing In reserve. k As alternatives, either the younger generation will be forc- ed to migrate in search of houses ing or Harlow itself will give rise to a sprawl of suburbs that would defeat its primary ob- jective. It is the shape of things to come that gives Harlow's plan- ners their nightmares. Means while, mothers push their prams, blissfully unaware that in Har- low it is the cradle that rocks the hand. `TABLE TAL 603\eAratteWS. DEATH TAKES A HOLIDAY IN THIS BRITISH TOWN