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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1984-01-11, Page 29Page 16-Cr'ossr la, u, ltd IS? ata $Jiare woking biingsJo Y Shirley Whittington 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 1983 DODGE ARIES K -CAR Front wheel drive, finished in charcoal grey with silver vinyl roof, 17,000 km. Best selling'car in Canada. 5 -to choose from. S 8,150.00 Cliff Halpenny • Open°Evenings until 9 p.m. Saturdays to 5 p.m. Plynwutf CHRYSLER oudnr, oils Listowel Chrysler 754 Main St. Listowel Car City Phone 291-4350 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 890 Wallace Ave. N. Listowel, Ontario. 29 1 -1 730