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Last weed[ our friend Libby
came by with her worms and
we observed another. Christ-
mas tradition. Libby is a
marvellous cook who pro-
duces exquisite Czech con-
fections and shares the&
with her neighbors.
One ambrosial creation
she rolls into cylindrical
lengths, and dusts with icing
sugar. The first time our
little boys saw them on the
festive plate with the fruit
cake and the bon bons, one of.
them nudged the other and.
said, "Lookit the worms."
General giggling ensued.
I glared at the Funny Bros.
and tried to apologize to our
hostess. But Libby was gig-
gling too hard to listen.
Every year since, Libby
has shared some of her per-
fect little . confections with
us, and every year we laugh
together about the "worms".
There is something special
•about a gift from a friend's
kitchen. Moist and heavy
fruit cake, glasses of jewel-
like jellies, js of pickle and
conserve, li t loaves and
shortbread rrl he enough to
pay off the national debt,
these are gifts that are per-
sonal and unique.
They are certainly gifts
that last. I am still carrying
around the fruit cake I ate in
1982. But I'm not complain-
ing. Who wants to give (or
get) a gaily decorated box of
carrot sticks and low -cal
dip?
These loony days when
adults fight over ugly dolls
for their kids; when loan
companies that charge as-
tronomical interest rates
wish their clients a—happy
new year; when shoppers get
migraines trying to think of
the perfect gift for somebody
who already has everything,
cooking for a friend seems a
healthy pursuit.
It feels good to put on an
apron, roll up the sleeves and
7 }�s
iv
,
cook up something to give
away. The kitchen warms up
and smells good. Outside, it
can snow and blow like thun-
deration. Who cares?
As long as you don't mind a
little flour on the floor and
sticky fingerprints on the
doors, cooking can be a
family project. We all
remember the year the boys
baked up bushels of granola
which they jarred and gave
away 'witty a poem that
began: "Crunchy G is good
for thee ..."
Just before Christmas a
young person called me from
his kitchen one hundred
miles away. "I'm making
touriteres for some friends,"
he said, "but they seem a
little bland. What spices
should I add?"
This year, we baked bat-
talions of brown gingerbread
men with current eyes and
buttons. We threaded rib-
bons through their heads and
sent the little guys off to
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hang on neighborhood
Christmas trees. There were
casualties. Arms and legs
broke off as we lifted the
cookies from the pan.
Those we ate ourselves
after we cleaned up the kit-
chen.
A bunch, of gingerbread
people is no big deal when
one reads about the multi -
course dinner for twenty,.
which a CBC -TV producer
prepared as a Christmas
surprise for his beloved.
Lulled by the soothing
sounds of a string quartet,
the guests tucked into the
following: chicken liver
pate, tomato cheddar soup,
steak tartare on garlic toast,
rabbit in phyllo pastry, me-
dallions of pork tenderloin
in almonds and Amaretto
sauce, turkey rouladen
stuffed with chestnut puree
in orange sauce, swordfish
steak poached in white wine
on a spinach bed, Kiwi sor-
bet; Chateaubriand with
mushroom and green pepper
sauce, green vegetable,
poached whole pear filled
with Bavarian creme dipped
in chocolate, coffee and a
choice of teas, and liqueurs.
Gingerbread or ganola,
gourmet banquet or sugar
dusted "worms", a gift from
the hearth is a gift from the
heart. The year ahead looks
fractious and fraught with
blight and prickles. I advise
you to be with your friends.
Cook up something nice
together in 1984.
. Happy New Year!
WE KNOW PRICE SELLS CARS
Roots British, German
Forty-nine million Ameri-
cans claims to be wholly or
partly of British ancestry,
and a like number . claim
German ancestry. In third
place are some 40 million
who trace their ancestry to
Ireland.
Winter driving
common sense
By Rev. Lee Truman withsuch home remedies as
Here are some common- lemon juice, tobacco or some
sense suggestionsfor cold other backcountry remedy:
winter driving., If you wantsto The only thing to use is a
continue driving this winter, laboratory -tested commer-
and do not wish di be one of cial deicer. have sense
the unwise stranded, then enough to put a solvent in
use the following tips for a your windshield washing
checklist and not a regret system. This could save your
list. life and is no place to try to
There is no substitute for save money.
having your engine expertly When you suspect the wea-
tuned, including having your ther will turn really cold, do
battery tested. Charge it or not use your parking brakes
replace it if necessary be- at night. The brakes can
cause at low temperatures freeze to the drum and the
batteries are much less effi- next morning when you try
cient, ignition voltage drops to drive you can damage the
and the use of electrical drum, brake and the hydrau-
equipment is the greatest.
Take time to check your
brakes because uneven
adjustment causes accidents
on rain -slicked streets as
well as ice.
Be sure to have your muf-
Fier checked because in close
quarters carbon monoxide
will accumulate, and this
compounds the bad situation
when it arises by your slower
reflexes.
Before you need them,
have your windshield wipers
replaced. lite evaporates also in cold,
Give yourcar a break on a dry air. Since in eold wea-
cold morning. The oil is cold ther there atee extra
in the engine, transmission demands on the battery,
and differential, with little such as windshield wipers,
lubrication quality. Take a blowers for heat, etc.,. ydur
moment to let the car warm battery does need regular
up and do not push it hard for watching.
the first mile and it will pay - When you park, leave a
dividends in longer life of all little space between your car
close tolerance parts: and the curb. Jamming your
Have your cooling system wheels up against the curb
checked and keep your destroys the alignment,
radiator filled with anti- ' • deteriorates the tire side
freeze for ;,he lowest tem- walls, and with one wheel
peratures you know you will jammed tight against the
encounter. curb you may find the other
Keep your gas tank full, one spinning in the snow. It
There is condensation on the simply means that you are
side of your tank in cold wea- stuck.
ther 'when it` is empty and Keep your eyes on traffic
that rneanS water in your and look out for icy patches
carburetdrGwhich can only which -form in shadowy
causetrouble: areas. Be careful of going
Don't count on atvax job toacross bridges that will have
keep your car's finish pro- icepatches on them. Beware
tected from road salt during of sudden swirls of snow or
the winter. Road salt will cut fog blowing out on the road.
through almost anything. Keep one eye on what the ,
The only way to protectit is driver behind you is doing.
to wash it frequently and And, of course, keep those
take time to have it washed seat -belts always fastened.
down underneath, especially To ' be brief, expect the
under the fenders. unexpected. That's really
Do not be foolish and try to the only way to drive in win -
keep your windshield clean ter.
Hive on Mormon gold
The two devices most
commonly found on gold
coins privately minted in the
Mormon Territory are.
clasped hands and a beehive.
The latter referred to the
State of Deseret, the Mor-
mon Territory's first name.
"Deseret" means honeybee,
a symbol of industriousness.
Clasped hands represent
strength in unity.
"The world is such a busy place,
That many times we find
We haven't even mentioned things,
We've often had in mind:
That's why Christnias is so welcome
For the. perfect chance it brings
To :wish someone .as fine as you,
The best of life's good things.
Dear Jerry: • .
So many times since our September trip to th Po'conos have I recalled some
of the pleasant moments experienced during those four. days and felt 'very much
indebted to you for making it one. of the best trips ever. ,
The•"service" included in your company's 'name is carried through in every
sense of the word - even to the extra mile.
I have enjoyed a number of bus tours, .some of them memorable for their
excellent service, but I felt your type of service had an extra quality. From the
time of departure, during the day long. travel to and from our destination and •
the two days of sightseeing, I was impressed with the never ending diligence of
the drivers. •
•
The conscientious care and concern for every member of the group,
particularly seniors, meant we could all relax and completely enjoy ourselves.
The congenial atmosphere established as .soon as everyone was nicely aboard
was maintained throughout and afforded fun and freedom but never
abandonment.
While it is necessary to adhere to a schedule there was never a feeling of
being rushed nor pushed about. This sense of security and an awareness of
being well looked.after created a.bonding between driver and party that I have
not previously experienced. I returned home rested and happy, laden with
souvenirs, purchases -and the afterglow of all the super amenities so generously
provided at Kelley's but above all with a deep sense of gratitude for the
wonderful holiday.
The Spirit of Christmas - loving and caring, so much in evidence at this time
of year and too often put away with the decoratibns, is what prevails in your
service. It. is the intangible ingredient that makes travelling with Jerry
different.
And so I say "Thank You" and to the good wishes which head up thisnletter I
would add:
"Safe and Happy Trails in•'84" and the hope that I many be privileged to join
you on one of them(.
Sincerely
Lottie Brown .
(Mrs. J.A.) Lottie Brown
Mrs. Lottie Brown is a member of the Hamilton Road Senior Centre in London. Ontario.
lic cylinders. Leave your car
in gearor park, and put
blocks under the wheels if
you need to, but no parking
brakes.
A trick to unlock a frozen
door lock is to heat your car
key with a match or cigar-
ette lighter• and then push it
in.
Have your battery checked
frequently, and do so more
often than you do in hot wea-
ther. Batteries do not dry up
only in hot weather. Electro -
1982 Camaro Sport Coupe
V6, automatic, 19,000
1981 Reliant.
4 door sedan, 4 cylinder, automatic.
$6: 99500
i
1981 Monte Carlo
Sport Coupe, 267, V8,
air conditioning.
981 Citation
door hatchback, 4 cylinder,
automatic, power steering & brakes.
ase
You get the feeling you're
living in another era when
you, spend a few hours with
Old Order Mennonites. We
went to the village of New-
ton, near Elmira, to visit a
shop where three. genera
tions of a Mennonite family
work fr/Yrn—dawn- to dusk
making buggies.
There are 'only four buggy
factories in Canada. All of •
them are in Ontario. The,
Newton Buggy Works, as it's
called, is one of the larger•
operations, and is owned. by
the Yantzi family.
The elder Yantzi is
Samuel. He's 68 but looks
younger. His son, Solomon,
now ,runs, the shop. And Solo -
morn's son, 14 year old Doug-
las, is an apprentice.
°They follow the Amish tra-
dition. They live in a world
apart, and have rid truck
with technology. There's no
electricity, telephone, auto-
mobile, radio or TV. They
wear black and ordinarily
shun publicity like the
plague. "
When we- explained to
Solomon that few people
likely know that buggy fac-
tories even exist anymore,
he agreed to let us shoot
some film.
We watched the Yantzi
family_and their two part-
time helpers Making buggies
• from scratch.They were us-
ing basswe d.
-1t was a slow process; No
one seemed to rush. But
there wee no fooling around
either. Ail►d no coffee bteaks.
There was a paint shop be-
hind the main building where
young Douglas was painting.
a completed; buggy. Solomon
said it would sell for about
$1,200. They build about 20
buggies a year at the shop.
Most of them are ordered by
people from around the dis-
trict although there have
been orders from as far
away as Scotland.
At the turn of the century
there were many who main-
tained that those "new
fangled" automobiles would •
never replace the horse.
Well, it didn't -turn out that
way.
Nevertheless, within a ten -
mile radius of Newton there
are at least 100 families who
still travel by horse and"
buggy on a regular basis.
Rut here's the surprising
these. Only about50 per cent
of them are Mennonites. The
others just happen to like
buggies!
1980 Cutlass Supreme
Brougham
4 door, V8, automatic, 25,000
miles. $7 .99500
1980 Impala
2 door Coupe, 267 c.i., V8, air con-
ditioning.
1980 Citation
4 door, hatchback,, V6,, automatic,
power steering & brakes:
$5,99
1979 ,Oldsmobile.
Delta 88, Royale
4 door sedan, 350; V8.
$5•,69500
1979 Horizon
4 door sedan, 4 cylinder, automatic,
radial tires.
1979 Corvette
Loaded, two -'tone ,paint
miles.
DUBBED VERSION
OF "DUPLISSIS" •
TO BE TELECAST
Duplessis, the four-part
series aboutthe political
career of Quebec Premier
Maurice Duplessis; will be
broadcast on CBC Television
in both subtitled and dubbed
versions. The subtitled
series will begin, as already
announced, on Thursday,
January 12, 9:00-10:00 p.m..
A dubbed version of the
same episode will be broad-
cast on Sunday; January 15,
4:00-5:00 p.tn. est. The club-
bed versions' will continue to
be shown on Sunday after-
.' nouns through February 5.
A contro+rersiel drama
series, Duplessis stars Jean
Labointe as the man who
ruled Quebec for 18 years.
1979 Cutlass Supreme
2 door, V8, bucket seats, rally
wheels.
$6,495Q0
1978 'Honda
2 door, 4 cylinder, 4 speed transmis-
sion.
1977 Buick Century Wagon
V8, automatic, radial tires.
$3199500
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