HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1942-07-16, Page 3THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1942
Make
Jams and Jellies
the Modern,
Easy Way
Book of 72 Tested
Recipes under the
Label of Everr
CERTO bottle.
THE MIXING BOWL
By ANNE ALLAN
Hydro Neste Ec000miet
OLD FASHIONED PICKLES
-FOR FLAVOUR
CERTO is Pectin
Extracted frotn'Fruit
• When pectin is used in making
jam and jelly, the Wartime
Prices and Trade Board Order
To. 150 allows you to use sugar
not in excess of one and one-
quarter pounds of sugar for,
welt pound of fruit. On the
basis that "fruit" means "unpre-
pared" fruit, this allows you to
make your jams and jellies the
Certo way which gives you
approximately two-thirds more
jam or jelly from the same
amount of fruit.
Hello Homemakers! Kettles are
brewing delicious jams and jellies -
more true -flavored with Less sugar -
and now, pungent relishes are filling
the home with a mysterious, appetiz-
ing aroma. Traditional in the well-
run home are the jars of delectable
preserves and piquant pickles which
add interest to and enliven the plain-
er meals now necessary. A spoonful
of pickle adds flavour and appetite
appeal even to a piece of left -over
Meat..
We use two of the most° colourful
vegetables for pickling -beets and
cucumbers. And here's a hint that
comes Immediately to mond-if you
have a few nicely shaped jars, fill
them and put them aside for the
time of year when the exchange of
gifts is also traditional. It will save
your purse and increase your fun if
your specialties are made at home.
And here are some tested recipes
which' will provide economical addi-
tions to your winter supply of pickles
without using much sugar.
RECIPES
Pickling Solution for Sour Pickles
1 quart cider vinegar, 3 cup
sugar, % tb. celery seed, 4 tb.
whole cloves, 3 tb. mustard
seed, i/a tb. peppercorn.
Mix vinegar and sugar. Add spices
tied loosely iu a piece of cheesecloth.
Heat to boiling point on electric ele
meat turned High and boil 5 minutes.
Note: This solution is poured over
the vegetables that have been pre-
pared for pickling, weighted down in
brine for 24 hours and rinsedin
clear cold water.
Mock Olives
3 pints black cherries, 1 cup
vinegar, 1 cup cold water, 3 tbs.
brown sugar, 2 tsps. whole cloves,
2 -inch stick cinnamon, 1 tsp. salt.
Mix vinegar, water and sugar to-
gether; add spices in a loose bag
and boil for 5 minutes on electric
element turned Low, in a covered
saucepan. Ste mend wash cherries.
Put unpitted cherries in sterilized
jar9. Pour syrup over and seal.
Chopped Pickles (no. sugar)
4 qts. chopped green tomatoes,
c/, cup salt, 2 tsps. pepper, 3
tsps. mustard, 3 tsps. cinnamon,
3 taps. allspice, 3 tsps. cloves,
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cup mustard seed, 4 green
peppers, 2 chopped onions, 2 qts.
vinegar.
Add salt to tomatoes, cover, let
stand 24 hours. Drain. Add spices to
vinegar; heat to boiling point, add
tomatoes, peppers and onions.. Bring
to boiling point, then turn the elec-
tric element to Low atter boiling
point is reached, Store in stone or
glass jars in a cool place.
Take A Tip
1. Covering the top of a crock of
cucumbers with grape or horse-
radish leaves will keep them
green.
2. If plum stones are stubborn to'
remove, just leave them in fruit
when cooking jam. They will
come to the surface and are easy
to skim off.
3. A sprig of mint cooked with peas
gives a pleasant and unusual
flavour.
4. White cabbage, cauliflower and
white onions keep their colour if
cooked in water that has had t/i
tsp. cream of tartar 'added. This
softens the water.
THE QUESTION BOX
Mrs. W. C. asks: "Can the glaze on
curtains be renewed?"
Answer: Try putting the fabric in
thin, clear, hot starch to which a tsp.
of wax has been added.
Mrs. 1. NI. says: "Radishes that
are cut in shapes do not crisp when
they are put in salt and cold rvaeer."
Answer: Do not add salt. It draws
out the vegetable juices. Place then
in a small amount of water. Cover
tightly and chill on the lower shelf
of the electric refrigerator to save
electric current.
Mrs. C. C. asks: "Recipe for Honey
Blueberry Pie."
THE -S
AFORTIT NEWS
CONSTANCE
The meeting of the Constance W.
M. 8, was held Thursday afternoon
in the church, Mrs. Britton taking
charge, Hymn 145 was sung. After-
wards, Miss. Rogerson altered prayer.
Temperance reading was read by
Mrs. Clarence Waidon. A reading was
given by' Mrs. Geo. Addison. Hymn
152 was sung. The lest chapter in
the study book was gi'4en by Mrs,
Nottingham, entitled "The Tide
Comes In." Mrs, Rogerson moved a
vote of thanks to Mrs, Nottingham
tor giving tie the study book for the
year. Mrs. E. Adams then took
charge for the W,A.
Blueberry Pie
' 2 tbs. flour, 23f cups blueberries,
%, tsp. lemon juice, 3i cup honey,
V tsp. salt.
Line a pie plate with pie paste,
fill with berries dredged with flour.
Sprinkle salt on, pour honey over and
cover with pie -paste, Bake in electric
oven at 425 degrees for 10 minutes
and reset at 350 degrees for 30
minutes.
Note: Raspberries, apples and
cherries may be substituted for blue-
berries.
Anne Allan invites yuo to write to
her c/o of this paper. Send in your
questions on homemaking 'problems
and watch this column for replies.
The Browns had a new house-
maid, young and very pretty. Mrs.
Brown thought her husband was tak-
ing far to much interest in the ar-
rival. "I like the look of that new
maid. She seems to have plenty of
'go' about her," Brown cheerfully re-
marked to his wife.
"She certainly has, darling -she's,
going to -morrow," replied his wife
sweetly."
Mrs. Henpeck was telling her hus-
band what she thought of him, as
usual, In the middle of her remarks
the sirens started. howling and Mrs.
Henpeck stopped talking. "Ali," cheer-
fully piped Mr. Henpeck, as the A.A.
guns prit a terrible barrage against
the raiders, "peace at last!"
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WILLIAM STONE SONS LIMITED
VARNA
The regular monthly meeting of
the Varna Junior Institute was held
on the evening of June 6 at the home
of Miss Lillian Elliott,
Miss Margaret MacRwan gave a
talk on traffic laws. -.
It was decided to have a quilting
in the Varna township hall the after.
noon of July 16th.
The next meeting will be held on
Aug. 3 at the hone of Miss Ruth Me -
Allister.
75th Anniversary
of E. Wawanosh
On July 1st the township of East
Wawanosh celebrated its seventy-
fifth anniversary. For 71 years the
Porterfields, father and son, have
between them been clerk of the mu-
nicipality. Peter Porterfield was clerk
front 1871 to 1907, a term of 36
years, and since that time his son
Alex. has held this office and far the
past year has also been treasurer.
Alex. as well as being clerk and
treasurer has kept a very complete
record of the township affairs and
happenings. The following informa-
tion is from a booklet edited by Mr.
Porterfield for the anniversary.
The reeves were Robert Currie
1867, H. Helps .1868-69, D. Scott
1871-72-73, T. H, Taylor 1874-75-
76, 77, 80, 81, 82, 87, 88, 89, 90,
91, 92, Jas. Potter 1878-79, R. Cur-
rie 1883-84-85-86, D. Patterson 1899
1900; J. T. Currie 1901-02-07, John
McCallum 1903-04, J. E. Ellis, 1905-
06, W. J. Parks 1908-09, . J. •Gilles-
pie 1910-11-12, J. N. Campbell
1913-14-15-16-1748-19, W. J. Cur-
rie 1920-21, R. Buchanan 1922-23-
24, R. Coultes 1925-26-27, F. D.
Stalker 1928-29, R. H. Thompson
1930-31, P. W. Scott 1932 to 1938,
R. R. Redmond, 1939 to 1942.
0f the above gentlemen, four had
the honour of being warden of 'the
county: Thos. H. Taylor, D. Patter-
son, J. T. Currie, J. N, Campbell.
It was theyearof Confederation
that the first council of East Wawa -
nosh took office. That group com-
prised Reeve Robert Currie anti the
four councillors, H. Helps, L. Neth-
ery, D. Scott, T. H. Taylor.
This first council had to start front
scratch. At this meeting -David Wil-
liams was appointed clerk but his
tenure of office lasted only one meet-
ing and then James Tisdale was ap-
pointed clerk and he held the office
until 1870, Since that time the town-
ship has had but two clerks, Peter
Porterfield and his son Alex. At the
second meeting of the council in
1867 Donald McGibbon was appoint-
ed assessor, James McGowan as
treasurer, and Joseph Dunbar as coi-
llector.
At that time the estimates of ex-
penditure for county purposes was
$3,890.03, township purposes $592.-
17; salaries and incidentals $400,00;
making'a total of $4,873.20, requir-
ing .a rate of 1749 mills on the dol-
lar. Mr. Porterfield .compares this
with seventy-five years later: County
rate $9,776.03, twp. rate $2,072.73,
schools $11,110.18, 'telephone $1321,
'drains $456.99 and dogs $532, mak-
ing a total tax of $25,268.93 for
1941.
The train at thab time was no
closer than Clinton but in 1871 the
L.H.l&B.: Railway extended its facil-
ities'to Blyth and the ratepayers that
iyear voted $18,000 for assisting the
same. The next year the ratepayers
voted another $7,000 to have the
road extended from Blyth to Wing -
'ham.
The township has had five treas-
urers:. James McGowan 1867 to
1875, Wm. Carr 1875 to 1895, Fin-
lay Anderson 1805 to 1931, Jas. H.
Carrie 1981 to 1941, and Mex. Por-
`terfield since that date.
An old historic record makes the
following statement in regard to
Wawanosh: "Wawanosh is watered
by the Maitland River, it contains a
larger portion of good land than
Ashfield. In 1844 it contained 138
inhabitants and in 1854, 87 acres
only Were under cultivation. In 18,50
the population had increased to 422
with 460 acres under cultivation and
2700 bushels of wheat, 1800 bushels
of oats, 4300 bushels of potatoes and
8800 pounds of maple sugar ' were
produced from the crop of 1849."
Work k Begins On
New Air Port
The contract for the ground work
on the Goderich south airdrome ha
been awarded to the Sandy Contract-
ing and lllachine Works,
The site is situated three miles
southeast of Goderieh, one milt:
south of No. 8 highway.
Warden Armstrong and members
of the county road commission were
present when the first ground was
broken on Friday.
Much of Huron county's road ma-
chinery, idle because of the cessation
of highway construction, is to be
used on this job. The total contract
price for this part of construction is
in the neighborhood of $45,000.
The new airdrome is to be an aux-
iliary to No. 12, EFTS Sky Harbor)
which is in the process of being
doubled in capacity. The new field is
expected to be ready in late Septem-
ber. It comprises 489 acres affecting
five farms.
W. H. Hoffman
Passes At Zurich
William Henry Hoffman, one of
Zurich's leading citizens and well
known district tailor and undertaker,
died suddenly at his home at Zuridh
on Friday in his 74th year. Born in
Crediton, Mr. Hoffman lived his en-
tire ,married life in Zurich, He oper-
ated a tailor shop there for fifty
years and an undertaking business
there for 32 years.•He was a mem-
ber of the Evangelical Church. Ira
1891 he married Clare Faust, who
survives him. Other survivors are a
daughter, Mrs. Leroy O'Brien, of
Zurich; three sons, Lee, of Zurich,
and Clarence and Clayton of Galt,
and four grandchildren. The funeral
service was held at the residence on
Sunday at 2.30 p.m., with Rev. C. B.
Heckendor-n, of the Evangelical
Church, officiating. Interment will
be in the Bronson line cemetery.
AGE THREE
Mrs. Martin Crasby-
The death occurred on July 5th of
Mrs. Martin Grasby, at her home in
Morris township in her 54th year.
The deceased, whose maiden name
was Catharine A. Dunbar, was the
daughter of the late David A. Dun-
bar and Agnes Halliday of East Wa-
wanosh, Following her marriage 30
years ago, she came with her hus-
band to Morris where she has since
resided. She was a faithful member
of Knox ,United Church, Belgrav":.
Besides her husbanr she leaves three
daughters, Helen, Mrs. George Mar-
tin, Morris; Anna,. Mrs. Cecil Arm-
, strong, Kitchener, and Marjorie,
Mrs. James R. Coultes, Belgrave,
also one brother, Joseph Dunbar, of
East Wawanosh. One brother, Wm., -
predeceased her two years ago. The
funeral was held from the late resi-
dence, to Brandon cemetery, Bel -
grave, with Rev. Geo. H. Dunlop of-
ficiating. The pallbearers were Herb
Wheeler, Jas, Michie, Norman. Welsh,
Gordon Welsh, Wm. Nethery, Hugh
Campbell -Blyth Standard.
War Causes a
Metal Revolution
"This here's a queer war all right"
declared one charlady to another as
they walked hom ealong a street in
Cheapside. 'Take the bloomin' revol-
utions that's goin' on."
"What d'you mean?" asked her
friend.
"Well, there's privates gettin'
made into Colonels, and Colonels as
privates; there's you and me work-
, ing beside the Queen's relations, and
;there's all kinds of people getting in-
to government as never would have
done before this war. You never
know who you are talking to, work-
ing beside or who's giving orders.
And who knows where it'll stop. A
queer war all right!"
Had Mrs. Buggins known that a
similar revolution was now taking
place in the metal industry, she
would have thought the war that
much "queerer."
1f you had told the American wo-
man a few years ago that she would
soon be buying food in silver -lined
containers, peeling potatoes with a
silver parer, and turning on silver
taps in her bathroom, she would
have answered "Don't be ridicu-
lous!"
Today however such a suggestion
would be well within the realm of
possibility; for a distinct silver lin-
ing shines behind the Mark cloud of
the metal shortage.
Symbolic of the whole revolution-
ary trend of this war, is the fact that
one of the aristocratic members of
the "precious metal" family is now
being called upon on to line ' our cans of
pork and beans and to take the place
of a score of more lowly metals such
as nickel;' chromium, copper and tin,
to,name a few.
The "privates" in the metal indus-
try have become the Colonels, and
the Colonels the privates, The lose -
no v! Ise
Weehth'wi
HITLER chose "Guns instead of butter."
So the Nazis have guns! We must catch up
... and beat them.
They tortured people to make them save.
We must save willingly.
So it's up to us, each one of us, to econo-
mize of our own free will ... to economize
and buy War Savings Stamps so that we
can outstrip our enemies with planes and
tanks and guns and ships ... so that our
soldiers may be better equipped than the
enemy they have to conquer.
Women must help by economizing in the
kitchen, by patching and darning, by
shopping carefully and cutting out waste.
Make up your mind now to buy one, two,
five or more War Savings Stamps -every
week. You can. You must!
Buy War Savings Stamps from banks,
post offices, telephone offices, department
stores, druggists, grocers, tobacconists,
book stores and other retail stores.
National War Finance Committee
10-5
li ;lrt 1
ly tin and iron are not only called
upon to work beside the Queen's re-
lations, but to step into their long
and proudly held positions.
Silver has for so long been -con-
neated with precious metals in she
public mind, that the idea of using it
on lowly commercial articles, is dif-
ficult to grasp at first. Nevertheless,
it is most assuredly slated to be us-
ed in such humble items as apple
corers, graters, electric mixing de-
vices, kitchen spoons and forks, scis-
sors, doornobs and even keys.
Today silver is the cheapest metal
to be obtained without pr•iorieties,
selling at $5.00 a pound. You can go
out and purchase any quantity you
like.
Already this low price and east,
availability have greatly accelerated
the consumption of silver. The year
1941 set a new high for the use of
silver in industry. 80,000,000 ounces
(an increase of nearly 95 per cent
over the preceding year)• were used
in the United States and Canada.
Silver is playing an important part
in the construction of ships, aircraft,
tanks, trucks, guns, shells, bombs,
and torpedoes. Pure silver wire is re-
placing copper wire in many electri-
cal appliances and motors,
The airplane industry hails silver
as a hardener in solder and bearing
metals, and it has proven superior
for brazing copper pipes lin refriger-
ators and air-conditioning apparatus
and boilers.
In the car industry, a great num-
ber of 1942 Studebaker automobiles
have already been silver-plated. At
the first rumors of curtailment in
allowable fixtures and finishes due to
the short supply of chromium and
nickel, the Studebaker research de.
partnent rounded tip the technicians
of Oneida Limited and set to work.
When the order banning conven-
tional bright fittings and finishes ar-
rived, the new silver -plate profess
was ready. It had withstood acceler-
ated tests in the laboratory, its cost
was not excessive, and the finish
ex-
celled -
ce1led the usual platings in rPsistenet
and richness and beauty,
Substitution of silver brazing al•
toys for soft solder is Increasing
daily, the itemsfor which they are
used ' ranging from grrnsights and
searchlights to heavy nrebbanized
units. -
Silver brazing alloys are being
used exclusively on the Bren Gun
carriers with excellent results.
In 1940, more than 11,000 tons of
tin were used for solder. This amount
may thus be saved for more impor-
tant use, when an all-out substitute
of silver is made.
In a thousand and one ways silver
has had an opportunity to display its
more lowly but quite extraordinary
qualities. As catalyst for instance, it
has proven invaluable in lining pipes
for certain chemical operations,
Its powerful germicidal and fungi-
cidal powers may be utilized for the
purification of water. For example:
one part of tin in 10,000,000 of beer
is enough to cause the beer to come -
cloudy: Silver -lined beer mugs are
free from this annoyance.
Electrically, silver actually is bet-
ter than copper. The silver bus bars
(carrying the main current supply)
have proven far better current con-
ductors of electrical power than.
those made of copper.
According to estimates, by sub-
stituting silver bus bars in the alum-
inum and magnesiums plants, 25,000
tons of copper could be released to
make our shells fly straight to their
marks,
Another 50,000 tons of copper
could be garnered by making similar
substitutions in other plants requir-
ing large conductors to distribute el-
ectricity.
There are well over 100,000 tons
of silver in our vaults. Often in the
past statesmen have expressed con-
cern about this oversupply of silver.
But today we may feel grateful that
such a hoard exists,
It has been suggested in many
quarters, that for some purposes,
such as the conversion of copper
-
bars in plants now building under
government supervision, that a. part
of the government hoard should he
lent or leased without cost,
These government supervised
plants operate continuously and are
el busars will e
warded closely. b b
g y
"hot" ell the time, carrying tens of
thousands of amperes of electrical
current, and no thief could find it
possible to touch - the silver. When
the, war is over it would 'be quite a --
simple matter to return the silver to
the vaults,