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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1958-07-24, Page 2-Most Explosive Thing In The -World One hundred and twenty-five years . ago, Alfred Nobel, foun- der of the Peace prize, was born In Stockholm. A century ago, he perfected a commercial explo- sive, which. he called dynamite. It has served industry well,, rip- ping apart the . bowels of moun- tains to loosen veins of iron ore, prying free coal deposits wedged in seams of slate, and pulling down hillsides rich in copper, silver, and many rarer metals. ` It has , dug ditches to drain swamps and salvaged drowned acres and cleared stumpage for farmland and roadways. Nobel designed dyna- mite for man's welfare not bis 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 Nagasaki, prefer to think of the atomic pile as generating power for merchant ships and power plants. The Chinese invented gun- powder for their ceremonial firecrackers 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- come deadlier. Now for better or for. worse, we have dynamite, TNT, cordite, nuclear 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. Why? Because a little of it, toss- ed into the alphabet, can detons 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 comes 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, printer'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 oranges. 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." DATE THEY REMEMBER -Looking 'forward to a 'four. -in -one birth- day party, Pat Emerson, 15, points to July 18 on,the calendar. Pat and his three sisters, from left, Sandra, 8; Charlene, 6t, and Kathryn, 10, were aII born an that date. TABLE TAL dalvz Aram 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 gracefl greens which areactu- 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. * d * 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 water to make the meat loaf as moist as you want it to be. The dry milk adds the equi- valent of a pint of fluid milk, except for butterfat. Or put dry milk in mashed potato — a teaspoon for each average sized potato — and enough liquid to make the po- tatoes fluffy, * a 8 Here is a fine recipe for cod or halibut fillets baked in Span- ish sauce, Either fresh or froz- en fillets may be used. FISH FILLETS IN SPANISH SAUCE 2 pounds cod or halibut fillets 3/ cup chopped onion (may be omitted) 3 tablespoons butter 3/4 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 min- utes. Arrange fillets in well - MONEY TO BURN—Pleased as anyone would be who had more money than he could handle, Charles Christenson, 6, right, and his sister, Marilyn, 8, are having a picnic at the 48th Quadrennial World Conference of this Seventh-Day Adventists in Cleveland. The kids are from La Par, Bolivia, and thousands of "Bolivia no" notes were givento persons, attending the con- ventione in an effort to encourage mission offerings "while money, still means something". In 1928 the notes would have been equal to $250,000 in our currency. Today it would take con _c .h «. .,, .rl e dollar. 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. e0 * * * "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 B. 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 r/z 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 pounds round steak r4 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 longer. e a e TUNA SALAD 1 large block cream cheese . 1 cup -mayonnaise 2 tablespoons gelatin 2 cup cold water 1 tablespoon green pepper, chopped fine I tablespoon onion, chopped fine (purple variety is good) 1 tablespoon stuffed or ripe olives, chopped fine • 1 cup celery, chopped fine 1/2 can each, "cream of .celery and cream of chicken soup 1 can white tuna - 1 teaspoon lemon juice Blendtogether the cream cheese and mayonnaise.' Soften the gelatin in the* cold water then dissolve over hot water; cool. Add cheese mixture to gelatin, - Pour oil off tuna; pour lemon juice over tuna. Add this and all .ingredients to gelatin mixture; blend well. Pour into individual molds or into ring mold. Serves 8. SHOULDER ARMS Experts agree. that 'Babe Her ' man was one of the most .-hor- rendous outfielders ever to sur- 'round a fly -bald. But the Babe, always,insisted that he had never been hit the head by- a fly • ball, - • One day,- in • exasperation, he implored the sportswriters not to make fun- of him' like -that;' "If I ever. get hit on; the head by .a fly pall;' he said, "I'll walk, off the field and quit the :game- forever," One of the writers asked in- nocently, "What about the -Shoul- der, Babe?" "Oh, no,' said the Babe.. "The shoulder don't ;count." Old 'Sweethearts Find Happiness "It's like a wonderful dream,!'• said Elizabeth , Butler 'when she married Sydney Hearn at•Maid- enhead — 'she a gracious 68, he .a hale 71. A -dream .of half, a century, -'indeed,'; for they had: first: cotirted on a park bench by the lovely Thames when she wag' still in,her teens. But ,at'22.'he was eager to go overseas .to-- seek: -'his- •fortune. "Australia's the -place," heAoki her. "Ddn't worry, darling. For. now it's -good-bye, but. some day we'll meet again." He gave her 'ti 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 — loneliness, How she would miss, him! But she under -.- 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'' 'Meantime, he became a sus- ,.cessful Sydney builder and 'mar- 'Sied: 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 and unmarried? He'd write to her, for ,,old time's sake. She wrote back and she still lived In . the old home and was alone. More lettere followed, then a proposal, then tough, sun -bronz- ed Sydney arrived in Britain. to make her his bride and take her back to his ranch. He ' had changed,''of course, but "I'd have recognized him anywhere," she said. They went •again to the Thames -side park where they' had first courted, .and though the seat was no longer there, their love was. — -fulfilled at last. Haven't they a story all their • own, these loves that triumph over the years, 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''Southarnpton She, too, said, "It's like 'a wonderful dream dome true—the happiest day• of my life!" as he took her hand and kissed her at the dockside — he now 75 and she 76. In her case it was the need to care for her father that kept her at home when he emigrated in 1903, and prevented her join- ing him later when he'd made some money and wrote pressing her to follow him, • -Their letters gradually dwindl- ed -and finally ceased. He mar- •ried out there and had a -family—, $ son and two daughters. Seventeen years ago his wife died. He made inquiries about - his old love 'among friends, but for' years could •.not, 'trace her, Then it sister of his chanced to. meet, her, • so , at last he could write to her and propose. She did not accept at once,'but later did so. He had never -in- tended, intended, : returning to England. Now he did so eagerlyand, after, the deeply affecting Southamp- ton meeting, there was a grand reunion tea celebrationat his -' sister's home in ' Chingford, Essex. Three years ago the Marquess of Ailesbury, survivor of the eiege of - Ladysmith in the, Boer War, married 'the girl friend of his teens when they were both 82. Mre. Maud Money became his 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 romantio 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: " 'Tie rever too late to wed.". Obey the traffic signs — they are placed there for YOUR SAFETY. DEATH -TAKES A HOLIDAY IN THIS BRITISH TOWN 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 whiledeath takes a holiday. , e This community of 42,250 per eons, 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 . tinder -the age of five. As for death: • "What's a funeral, daddy?" a :.ittle boyasked recently as a funeral -procession Wound through Harlow's streets. Funerals are so rare in Harlow as to excite little tht -boys the way circus parades, do in our own small towns: "Virtually nobody will die in lierlpw •for the next 30 years," L. B. White, liaison officer for ':the Harlow Development Corpor- ation, explained to roe. But if graybeards of 65 are scarce, teen - agers are even ',scarcer. One can wander through Barlow an entire afternoon with- out 'encountering more than a handful. A dance hall opened in the civic -center to cater to the rock roll trade had to close its doors recntly for lack of attends 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. "Harlow' 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 population pressure on Londonas well as to decentralize industry. Before a family can migrate to. Harlow from a Lon don East End . slum, a 'job and . 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. tit', 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. Theyoffer a wide' variety of 'styles, ranging from timbered Essex cottages to 12 -story apart- ment blocks. partment'blocks. Over 50,000 forest trees have been planted as insuir- 215 'shops, 24 playgrounds, the most modern fire station in Brit- ain, and a newspaper of its own. Not for another 10 years will Harlow have to face the acid test of success or failure. When to- day's under -fives reach adoles- cence, the problem of --its: unbal- anced population will become urgent. By 1968, today's toddlers 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 1988 as christenings are today, as Harlow's second THE CAREFUL planning, that went into the building of Harlow is seen In this airview of the British town. ance 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 generation begins to pair off and establish homes of its own. But what homes? Inorder to house its second generation, Harlow must cease to eccommddate Londoners alto- gether by 1965, holding its last quarter -of planned housing itt reserve. As alternatives, either the younger `.generation will be forc- ed to migrate in search of hous- 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 10 come that gives Harlow's plan- ners their nightmares. Mean- while, mothers push their prams„ blissfully unaware that in"Har- low it is .the cradle that rocks completion this year. It also Mese the hand. THERE' ARE MANY more-childrento follow••these"Harlow youngsters in and .out of 'schools. A fifth of the population is .under' -five.