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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1959-05-21, Page 2Cbona Meetings' Qdd Res0lfie The frail, white -hared stld lady broke into a stulden tangle. Then, ehowing surprising energy, She darted up and accosted a toetball Xan who, having spent the after- noon watching hia favourite club, was strolling home by himself through a quiet, tree -lined. eve/the, ' Gasping delightedly, she crush- ed hint to her in a warm eat - brace, "My dear woman!" he protest, ed, gently releasing her grip. "You must be mistaken, I have never seen you before," I Swiftly regaining her poise, she. apologized profusely. "I thought you were my dear missing bro- ther," she said, "forgive me — It's years since I last saw hits. Your likeness to him had me completely confused." of course, accepted her apologies, The incident shuck him as more comical than other- wise until, some minutes later,', after she had disappeared, he went into a shop to buy some cigarettes. Reaching for his wallet, which he carried in his trousers pocket, he found it had vanishedI Then the truth bit him. He'd been com- pletely taken in by the old lady's "lost brother" act, Her sole pur- pose in embracing him had been to pinch his wallet! Chance encounters don't always have such unfavourable results, however. An attractive red-haired girl was walking on Wimbledon Com- mon when she spotted a clog which was obviously lost, She went up to it --a spaniel—soothed it and, taking a piece of string front her handbag, started to lead It to the nearest police station. The spaniel was quite frisky and as she walked with it the string became entangled quite acci- dentally- round the legs of a good- looking young man. "I say, that's a lively dog you've got." he remarked. "What's his mune?" She confessed that she didn't know it. "Well, that's funny," he replied, intrigued. Their conversation developed and ultimately it was the dog whose name she didn't know which led her to the altar! First appearance can be mis- leading, of course, A beautiful 21 -year-old Bavarian girl, Sy- bille, accepted a job as a house- maid in East Anglia in order to perfect her English. She knew nothing about her employer, but he lettered a reasonable wage, and the Ministry of Labour grant- ed her a work permit. Imagine her shock when, ar- riving at a tiny village station, the was met by a black -bearded young man who drove her in e ramshackle car to an isolated cot- tage lying about a mile inside a thick wood. "This is a lonely place," she paid, recovering partially from her shock. "Whatever happens here"" "I'm out to track down the issing secrets of life," he said. AlenIa biologist—my friends say M crazy one—but I know other- wise. Now I expect you to help ire. Tomorrow, you must go into the woods and collect for me five frogs and twenty-five fat spiders." The girl shuddered. Yet she did as she was told. There was something compelling about this confident, outlaw -like young man. And, within two weeks, her re- vulsion disappeared entirely, She became his enthusiastic research assistant. Then, some two mouths atm sr kT'$ WET — Marie Gooctheart finds Florida's ocean waves a mite told even though he air terette eture stands in the SO's. atter he'd sat up half the night poring Over his mioroaoopes, he: auddeniy burst into her room, and in excited tones said, "My life studies have just rewarded me with a great thought„ She blinked, "Yes, I must mac- ry you," he declared. During their weeks together ohs had grown to love him, so she kissed him ardently and assented. TO - day she atilt lives in the wood, and has two children as well as en intellectual, husband to care for. Orboks and mischief-nuke;is can be badly misled by appear- antes, too. A trio of hoodlum Teddy boys, for example, recent ly spotted in a South London su- burbwhat they thought would be a very easy victim fora eosh attack --an elderly man carrying a small suitcase, One of then' leapt in, aiming to crack him on the head with a loaded stick; the second snatch- ed at his bag, and the third whippedout a knife, However, the crack on the head never landed. With the agility of a trained athlete, the old gentleman side-stepped the Teddy boy at- tacks. Then, dropping his case, he waded into the attack him- self, With three perfectly placed blows, he soon had his adver- saries laid out at his feet. "Young fools," he said, when handing them Over to the police, "They should know better than to go for an old sergeant -major whose spe- ciality was unarmed combat!" Waren a suspected safe-breaker sat down in his car in Yorkshire recently, he had no idea that his seat had been dusted, Yet, in his absence, with the car unattended, a smart policeman had sprinkled some Powell's Secret Powder over it. This fine dust, almost invisible to the naked eye, consists of three special chemicals which can hardly occur in combination any- where on earth by accident. The Home Office laboratory expert, whose name it takes, designed the powder to help the police Iay incriminating trails for crooks. Driving off in his car, the sus- pect wasted very little time in mere joy -riding, But, to his sub- aequent dismay, when the labor- atory experts started looking for clues at the scene of a local post office robbery they found ample evidence of the tell-tale powder traces round the "blown' safe. Perhaps an even sharper shock befell a Paris car thief when, re- cently, he stole M. Rene Delong- vert's car. This was the second time the Frenchman had' had his ear stolen and, for that reason, he was mad with rage. Jumping into his brother's car M. Delongvert cruised around Paris, his revolver at the ready. For several hours he searched the boulevards and side streets, without luck. Then, suddenly, at the traffic lights he spotted his stolen ear, with the thief at the wheel, Immediately he blazed away with his revolver. The thief surrendered at once. And, with considerable pride, the Frenchman was able to hand hint over to the police. Varied Beauty On through the loveliest coun- try imaginable, always rolling, no place leve enough to set a plate of soup. Dotted with red -roofed vil- lages. Brilliant with buttercups, Queen Anne's lace, opulent rho- dodendrons,. breathless cascades of Scoteh laburnum, chess -snits white and. herse chestnuts red, !lowering fruit trees of every sort. H. G. Wells did not exag-. gerate: ' . Other countrysides have their pleasant aspects, but none slide varier', none that shine so sisacifa.stl:.• the yea: Variety and.s'ca'les es . They we:u'_d seen: to be cor::a- dictory, but are not. The variety of scene : kaieidzsc r.;-. ates :awe stretches et read alike, ea two hills alike, no two villages wipe Each chance gives new pea - sure But steadtasereess. The feeling of pe€mane:.ee. a 'erg past and a long future. Setstle variations through spring, stem - mer, autumn. winter and yet steadfastness throughout the year. the grass as green in win- ter as in summer, perhaps a bit greener. Great care is taken to pre. serve the beauty of the country- side. The rural scene - is free of billboards (hoardings). Your view of hill and• wood and river is not interrupted by pills and soaps - .. We were to find this blessedly- true throughout Eng- land, Wales and Scotland, -... From "Roaming Britain." by Willard Price. l ovv that children have proved themselves quite agile in manip- lating the hula hoop, toy manu- fecttirers are trying them out lit the juggling field. They have produced a new toy consisting of an unbreakable ,polythene plate which spins atop a pointed stick Regular wrist motion keeps the plate spinning and the really accomplished juggler can throw the plate to the air and eatch it on the top et the stick keeping it spit"'!rrg all the time, SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL TA LE TALKS e1 a rc Andbews. If all the women in Canada and the United States who did home panning in 1958 lined up toe to heel, the lune would reach from Florida to Dawson City, That may sound fantastic to the office worker whose time away from the job is mainly a scramble to keep ordinary home tasks up to date, It's the latest statistics, however, from people who should low --- the manu- facturers of preserve jars, Another way of saying the same thing is that over 20 mil- lion wo nen did home canning last year. And interestingly enough, nearly 30 per cent of them were urban dwellers, as contrasted with rural. The economies inherent in canning are considered the main reason for its popularity — but there's another. One young man was talking one day recently about signs of spring, and he mentioned his rhubarb patch, He said his wife cans many quarts each year, and during winter months makes them into pies or sauce—the latter served with hot cream of tartar biscuits, he ex- plained. Anyone who could have seen the warm, appreciative look as he spoke would have under- stood why that line of women canners stretches so far. * * Freezing has replaced some canning of beans, corn and other products, but the Items which ac- count for the largest volume in home canning—tomatoes, relishes and peaches—do not freeze well, and for this and other reasons, freezing and canning are con- sidered as complementing each other. But home canning still ex- ceeds home freezing by 50 per cent. . A halt -pint tapered jar which first came on the market two or three years ago is by far the Meese centa!rer ever invented for hc.^.tesiade jellies and jams; Wavy t;^.:-'tt It Le also fine for dellsiees. er tier any small quan- tity yett wish to preserve. These fees seal air tight with regular deme. t;rrc piece. metal egos, and pa ..vel: needed. Jelly can. e_ -teemed Item the ,Tars rest SS nany c3imse jell. g_a::. If yea enee u.se these es. the cheeses are retell never ge beek to feseing h parte.--. Ids met a bit tee eselle. e; in the north, to start thinking about canning, or freezing if you have a freezer. Rhubarb, straw- berries, peas — they're available in southern states already, and will be with us farther north in just a few weeks. Now's the time to check jars and tops, to see whether you need any new equip- ment. Experts say that canning a few jars at a time is not only less tiring, but you're likely to have better success with your handiwork, too. * One cause of sealing failure is the leaving of a wrong amount of head space when filling jars. Some brands of two-piece metal caps require less head space than others, but one well-known brand gives this guide; For meats, corn, peas, or shell- ed beans—leave 1 inch space at top; For other vegetables and fruit —?2 inch and then add liquid to cover the food; For juices, preserves, pickles, and relishes—Ye inch head space; For jelly and jams—tt inch space. - * • It's a good idea to be consist- ent when it comes to canning: follow the instructions which are supplied with the brand of jars and lids you prefer to use. Tar manufacturers are glad to give specific instructions on request, usually in the form of printed leaflets and booklets. * * * CHICKEN FRICASSEE 1 stewing chicken, 41 to 5 lbs. cut up 1 cup flour 1 tsp. salt ee tsp. pepper 1:: cup fat (half butter) 1 cup water 1 tsp. rosemary 1 10 -oz, can mushrooms, sliced 1?z tbsp. flour Wash chicken and dry on paper towelling. Roil in mixture of 1 cup 'lour, salt and pepper. Heat butter in heavy skillet (your electric frying pan will work perfectly for this recipe). Brown chicken pieces en all _ides. Drain aff fat and sae. Add ,Haten renal,, and erehreems to eleiciten. r,rer t-rht;y and o„]c ever. L: v 1=es ahem., STM hears, c. entil it:ter:tin szei .ter.1 "Friendly Credit Ecisy Terms” This is the season when, every sales agency in the land urges en the consumer "easy pay- ment terms." In New York City the sub- way rider Is urgod to make a credit arrangement with a ''friendly" bank. He can even have' his charge accounts at re- pertinent stores paid by this bank, which he, in turn, pays Off to the bank on "easy" terms, Banks have been told by their Public relations experts to stress that they are "friendly!' , This bank -credit system for department store accounts Is spreading,OF course; many stores themselves have long had special budget accounts. Macy's in New York pioneered in "cash -time" `payment. Today the ramifications of eongumer instalment credit are increasing at the rate of an Aleutian williwaw. Appeals through vigorous advertising on television and radio, billboards, public transit, direct mail, and newspapers urge almost any kind of credit scheme from the 50 - cents -a -week variety to the "write -your -own -check" system up to $4,800 payable in 12 in- stalments, or up to $6,000 pay- able in 24. Judging from the spring ac- tivity of banks, other lend- ing agencies, , and sales promo- tion efforts by dealers in con- sumer goods it looks as though 1959 will see a vastly expanded, consumer credit in the United States. ' Nothing presumably is to- day beyond the tempting reach of "do -it -now -pay later." Literal- ly anything — swimming . pools, vacations, motorboats, mobile homes, as well as automobiles, household appliances, and homes can be financed on time. All agencies are urging the use of instalment credit as the "normal" way to finance major purchases. More and niore they are also urging it as the "nor- mal" way to finance minor pur- chases. Financing of equipment, mann- tacturing and othei'wise, for small business is a big new area in instalment credit, Some 4.3 million potential customers exist. A five-year pay-as-you-go plan instead of the old 90 -day or 6 - month note is becoming a pat- tern for small business. Instalment bankers attending tbsp. flour mixed with a little cold water, and l t tbsp. of the fat left over from browning the chic- ken to the liquid in the pan. Be sure to scrape up brown particles from bottom and sides of pan. Serve chicken with split hot biscuits. Pour gravy over all. (Serves 6.) the Waal credit conference in Chicago of the American Bank, pro Asssociatiot) were told that "instalment credit la one of the most potent forces in the eoono- my today," They heard, too, that instalment credit is. a construv- tive way to bring "friendly banking service" to the con. sumer. This trend is spreading else. where. Astonished at the rola of instalment credit in the United States, other countries, notably Australia, Caned dip South Africa, the United King - dont, the m a j o r industrial countries Of continental k"iurope, and underdeveloped nations, es- pecially Latin America, are turnlntg increasingly to its use writes . Nate White, Financial Editor of The Christian Science, Monitor, In a comprehensive six vul- ume study on instalment credit, completed in March, 1957, the Federal Reserve System said that "debt is a necessary con- dition ondition and concomitant of econ- omic progress .in an economy a such as the United States." Even so the study warns of weaknesses in instalment credit — its .tendency to accentuate booms as in August, 1955, when 66 per cent of new -car sales were on time, Detroit is just now getting over that spree, The Federal Reserve study also points out tate obvious, that such tempting terms, as are now offered the consumer, re. quire remarkable emotional con- trol and a steady hand on the family budget to protect indi- viduals from abysmal personal loss and permanent debt peon- age. Repoits come in, too, that the "friendly" front is only a facade, that the people hired by banks and other gentling agencies to "police" accounts usually lack training in custo- mer relations. They offend cus- tomers and often •treat them as potential criminals. Much ap- parently still remains to be done if the "friendly" tag is to be: made to stick. Customers of- fended by one credit "police- man" can take their next ac- count elsewhere. Obviously a business which has tripled in the past 11 years and which is due to double in the next six has many weaknesses. It should re- quire constant attention of the Federal Reserve System, es- pecially if it threatens to get out of hand and again feed in- flation. Banks oppose federal control 6 to 1, On the other hand consumer debt is not self-regu- latory, as banks insist. Their Own competitive advertising and the temping tie-in adver- tising of manufacturers is clear evidence of this. , ISSUE 21 — 1959 REPORT TO THE ANCESTORS — Japan's Crown Prince Akihito, roll a ed ea/ circ. bride, Princess Mlohiko, leads a procession to a •aitidee la:tee-s ag ancient custom, the Prince and his bride made a ret:xsrt of. 'rte marriage to the spirits of his ancestors, A\1-.1' ttiMila lasers celebrates marriage of Prince Akifrito to commuter. is hiss's) r1 -w CCiandreeseirdit2 i'r sraeimraf Carat drat ^.a ands t.ri ra-tai'.. coat'bar. is P.timmo 'tis, tells Russia psi swat) ffyserlm air carridas of any altitudes they choose. it r:'ii11 III 04l*'. • West German ChancellorAdenauer announcos he will resign, tan far president. ,a 1 Discoverer satellite fired into sofas orbit, plans to meant. instrument Package Ind. '11Mi71 National Genre puts down Montana State Prison riot after 35 hours. Cuban Premfrn Pidef Castro mods U.S. Western foreign Ministers meet in Paris on Berlin situation, Secretary Nt tasigrs. State Dui: tleftrt ii'• President terries Christian A. Herter nee tOctetary. Dulles accepts acfel consultant.. Cuban revolutionaries invade Panama, coastal India grants yhaa to. Dalai ; psi os Tibet revolt con ares..