HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1959-07-16, Page 2BADLANDS BARD — Western -
clad Toni Hold, walks through
Paddington Station in London,
England. She was one of 30'
students who presented a texas
version of Shakespeare's ''A
Midsummer Night's Dream.'
British critics applauded the
effort,
On Taking .What
Isn't Our Own
First it should be established
quite firmly that the lovely
North Shore suburb of Winnet-
ka, Illinois, is inhabited by fine,
•upstanding citizens, Average in-
come is far above the national
average. A good portion of the
community provides business•
leadership, either at the junior'
executive or executive level.
The very name "Winnetkaa
speaks of affluence, influence,
and integrity.
Having said this about a com-
munity of which ' I am,: proud to
be a part, let me tell about my
boy's bicycle. It Wasn't an or- .
dinary bicycle. He had spent
hours in keeping it oiled and
sparkling. For my 11 -year-old
it was a prized possession.
On a Saturday morning re-
cently he came home near tears,
although'" he was trying to be
brave about it. He had been
bowling at the Community
House, the Winnetka recreation
center. Afterward, he found that
his bicycle was missing. My first'
thought was that some boy had
taken the wrong bicycle by mis-
take. I called the man in' charge
of the center.
"It was taken all right," the
man said. "This goes on all the
time. I don't know what's wrong
with these kids. They are always
taking bicycles, riding them
around town, and then leaving
them when they are through
with them. Maybe you'll find it
at the beach, maybe at the other
end of town. Some are brought
back here and thrown into the
bushes,"
These are youngsters who
have ample weekly spending al-
lowances. They have their own
bicycles, too, only they just
don't happen to have them with
them at the time. The recrea-
tion manager continued: "They
have no feeling for what be-
longs to others. When they get
older, they do the same ,thiea
with autos"
Checking atthe police sta-
tion, I found that in 1958 there
were. 64 bicycles reported stolen
— with 52 eventually recovered,.
That ,same year there were 20
cars taken —• and all recovered,'
All the bicycles had been aban-
doned, Six of the ears recovered
were by arrest; the others had
been discarded..
Almost all of this stealing loo
classified as "joy rides" lay the
youngsters involved, Usually
they are caught, Those who are
arrested while taking an autoreo-
bile are brought into Chicago—.
and court action generally fol-
lows, The result, since a first
offense is ordinarily involved,
almost always is probation. But
since no names get into the
papers -- the exemplary puns
ishment doesn't amount to too
much.
The Winnetka police chief at-
tributes the increase in this sort
of stealing to a failure on the
part of thechildren to unders
stand values. They know they
are stealing, he said. But their
answer quite ' often is, "So
what?" Or to that effect,
Surprised at these law viola-
tions by youngsters who are far
from being in need, I questioned
the manager of the Charles Var-
iety Store, a 10 -cent store. here.
He said that his store had a 2
per cent"shrinkage," most of it
from pilfering, and that anything
as high as a 1.5 per shrink-
age
hrinkage was damaging from a finan-
cial standpoint. He stated . that
the store caught one or two
young shoplifters about every
week, but were there many of-
fenders who were not apprehen-
ded, writes Godfrey Sperling,
Jr., in The Christian Science
Monitor,
Why should this go. on in a
prosperous community? He
could not explain it. Before com-
ing to work here, he said, he, had
worked at a number of 10 -cent
stores — in Chicago and out into
the North Shere suburbs. "And
you know," he said, "the least
amount of pilfering by children
came in the poorer areas. The
worst place for that kind of
stealing, before I came here,
was in Evanston." (Evanston is
another prosperous suburb, close
to Winnetka.)
What is done about the pilfer-
ing? "We have the boy write
a letter to his folks," the man-
ager said, "in which he admits
that he has stolen certain items.
He must also say in the letter
that he will never do it again.
This is ` a rather new system
with -us, and it seems to be work-
ing. At least; we do have a lot,
of parents. who are coming, in".
and thanking us. On the second
offense — if there is one — we
turn the boy over to the police."
Girl offenders? "Very' few, some-
times . over at the lipstick coun-
ter."
Parental apathy also is involv-
ed. The •manager told of : a ra-
ther recentcommunity meeting
en the subject of pilfering and
what to do about it, A well-
known speaker on crime was
brought in for the occasion.
"Only a very few parents at-
tended," he said.
Oh, yes, the police found my
boy's bicycle' — after two long
days of waiting. You can be
sure that he iskeeping a lock
on his bike at all times now.
Before he had been under the
impression, perhaps, that it
would be safe in this peaceful
community.
"Why do T blink, sir? ?Cour
head is shining right in my
face;'
AN APOLOGY -- West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer
(left) and Economics Minister Ludwig Ernhard walked together
after a meeting of the Chrtstian Democratic Party in Bonn, Ger-
many, At the party caucus, Adenauer apologized to Ernhard
for casting doubts on the latter's views about public policy,
The apology bridged what appeared to be bitter differences
het '+scn the two men,
WRECKAGE AND 'DEATH Twisted passenger care smoke after
two trains Collided near Sao Paulo, Brazil, killing scores.
Here are a few recipes mak-
ing use of• leftovers; even if you
don't plan to use them at 'once,
they're well worth clipping' aind
tiling away:
But first a word about freez-
ing leftovers, ;According • to
Eleanor Richey. Johnston of the
Christian :Science Monitor, you
should speed your leftover's' to
the freezer lust as quickly • as
possible.,
Before ' freezing _ cooked' foods,
chill them (remove bones froth
meat and •fowl and '•cut into
1 to 1%-inch'pieces). Then wrap.
items in moisture -vapour proof
material .or 'put them in• .some
container designed for''.freezing.
Zero or below is•sa'tiafactory:for
home freezing —•;and . you . can
keep your' cooked foods .for from.
1 to 3 •month's.
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Here are some, goad combin-
ation dishes:
CHICKEN, VEAL OR, FIsH
CROQUETTES
1 cup cooled, thick white
- sauce
2 cups . cooked, . chopped
chicken,veal or fish
8/4 teaspoon Salt and, a dash of
pepper
1 teaspoon minced "onion
3 tablespoons minced parsley
(optional). '
1 cup fine dry bread cruinbs
1 egg,' slightly beaten, mixed-
with 2 tablespoons water
oil for frying
Combine cooled 'white .'sauce
with meat, seasonings and pars- •
ley. Mix well; chill, Shape into
small cylindrical. croquettes, us-
ing about 1/4 cup mixture for
each. Roll in crumbs,, then in
egg mixture, then in. crumbs -
again. Chill. Heat oil. for deep
.frying to 375° F. (hot enough to
brown a '%-inch cube of day-
old bread in 30 seconds). Fry
about 4 minutes, or until golden
brown. Makes 12 croquettes,
Serve with. mushroom sauce, if
desired.
4,a ,i
VEAL' NEWBURG
i%/y pounds veal shoul'tl'ar, cubed
5 tablespoons shortening
1/cup hot water
5 tablespoons flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
la teaspoon onion salt
1/s teaspoon marjoram
2 cups milk
1/ cup cubed Cheddar.. Cheese
1 10 -ounce package corn
bread mix
1 10 -ounce package frozen
mixed vegetables (or use
your own)
Coat veal with seasoned flour
(1 teaspoon salt and ?/a teaspoon
pepper). Brown in 2 tablespoons
shortening; acid the 1/h cup hot
water, Cover and cook over
very low heat for 30 minutes.
Remove meat. Add remaining 3
tablespoons shortening and stir
in flour and seasonings. Cook
until bubbly, gradually adding
milk and stirring constantly.
Cook until thickened; add cheese
and veal; stir until cheese melts,
Mix corn bread according to di-
rections on package. Bake and
cut into squares; split squares
and serve Veal Newburg over
corn bread with some of the
mixed vegetables.
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If you have leftover ham —
you'll need about 11 pounds.—
try this easy loaf with a brown
sugar -vinegar topping cooked
right in.
IIAM LOAF
3 cups ground cooked ham
1, tablespoon prepared mustas'
1 small onion, ettoriprd
1 tablespoon chopped parsley
1/2 cup rolled oats
% cup evaporated 'milk
1 beaten egg
1/ •cup ;brown 'sugar
1/ -'cup vinegar
Combine •ham, mustard, on-
ion, parsley, rolled oats, milk
•and egg., Mix well and form' in
loaf in a '4 ix8%-inch loaf pan,
- Combine sugar 'and vinegar;
heat until sugar melts; pour
;over ham loaf. Bake in 325° F,
oven, for. 1 hour.•
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here's a• salmon. loaf 'with a
tart lemon sauce., It serves 6.
SALMON •LOAF
3 tablespoons butter
8 •tablespoons flower
?�a teaspoon salt •
2 cups milk. •
1 tall can. salmon, .flaked
8,4 cup lemon juice
1/4 clip chopped celery
2 tablespoons minced onion
2 eggs, beaten
1 cup dry bread crumbs
1 cup cooked peas'
Melt butter in .small sauce-
pan; blend in flour and salt,'. Add
milk and cook until' thick, stir-
,eingieeonstantly. Combine.salmen,
lemon: juice, celery, onion,' beat-
en eggs, dry'.bread crumbs an d
'white sauce. Bake ' in greased
9x4 -inch loaf pan or ring mold
• at 350° F. for 40 minutes.' Serve
lemon sauce over each slice.
LEMON SAUCE
1% tablespoons cornstarch
, 1/2 teaspoon salt
2. tablespoons cold water
cup, boiling water
1 ' egg yolk, slightly:' 'beaten
3 tablespoons lemon juice
1 tablespoon butter •
Combine cornstarch, salt, and
cold- water in saucepan. Add
boiling water and cook until .
clear and thick, .stirring con-'
stantly. Continue cooking slow-
ly for 3 minutes:. Pour some of
cornstarch mixture into. egg
yolk, then return all mixture to
saucepan and cook 1 minute
longer. Remove from heat and
add lemon juice and butter,
"What about that five dollars
you owe me?" Brown asked his
office . colleague.
"Quite all right- — it's your
birthday next Sunday and I'm'
going to bring it:to you with my
congratulations."'
"You just bring the money and
I'll congratulate myself:"
Harvest Time Mr
Southern Europe
The Calendar of a South Euro-
pean village is made up by the
seasonal work on the land and
by the rites and festivals that
correspond to it. In my village
this calendar was a particularly
,'full one because, since the win-
ters were relatively .mild and
water for irrigation abundant, a
great, variety of crops was grown,
The year began with olive pick-
ing and, as this was mainly a
woman's task, the olive groves
were invaded by gay parties 01
matrons and girls, wearing white
heed -handkerchiefs and brightly
coloured dresses and aecom-
paned by younger children, ,
The olives . were collected in
striped rugs laidout on the
ground, then tipped into pan-
niers and carried off to an oil
mill. Here a donkey, revolving
in semi -darkness in the low, con-
fined space, pulled a cone-shaped
stone that crushed the olives and
released a stream of oil into the
vats.. ,
In August, when all the corn
has been cut, came the parva, as
it was called here, or threshing.
This was the 'culminating mu-
ment of the year, the true har-
vest.... Then as darkness fell,
preparations for the winnowing
would begin. A group ofmen
and women would assemble on
,eche threshing floor, a lantern
would be lit, , someone would
ttrum on a guitar. Unexpected-
lya voice would rise into .the
night, would hang for a few sec-
onds in the air and then fade
back into the silence again. From
the poplar trees close by a trill
of a nightingale answered it.
And now the wind had begun
to blow. ,At first it came in little
puffs, then it died down, then it
came 'on again. Whenever it
seemed strong enough, one or
two men would .take their long
wooden forks of ash ''. , . and
begin tossing up the ears, This
went on at intervals all night.
The wind blew most steadily :to-
wards sunrise; 'and often I would
conte out of my room where I
had sat up reading, and climb
the slope to watch the 'work
going on.
The great trough of mountalns
below would fill, as from a tank
of water, 'with rippling light, the
shadows would turn violet, then
lavender, would become 'thin
and float away, while, as I 'ap-
proached• the threshing -floor, I
:would see the chaff, streatning
lo
out like a white cak. in . the
breeze and the heavy . grain fall-
ing, as the gold coins fell on Da -
nae; onto the heap below. Then
without clo ds or veils, 'the sun's
disk' appear above the Sierra
de 'Gador' and began to mount
rapidly. ,
My Village was almost sell-
supporting, The poorer families
ate nothing that was not grown
In the parish except fresh fish,
which was brought up on mule -
back from the coast in a night's
journey, and ;dried cod. Cotton
materials, earthenware, ironmon-
gery and cheap trittiketi reached
us from the towns, but the vil-
lagers • wove and dyed their own
'woollen fabrics, their blankets
of cotton - rags and their bed-
covers.
In other words, the economy '
of an Alpujarren village' had
scarcely changed, since medieval
times. And the 'instruments . of
husbandry were. of an even great -
ser antiquity. Our • plough was
closely modelled on. the Roman
plough, while: a slightly different
form with an . upright handle
. which was in use on the coast
and through the greater part of
Andalusia was the same as that
shown on Greek vases. No doubt
:this was the primitive plough of
the whole Mediterranean region.
Equally ancient was the thresh-
ing boardOr sled both Amos
and .Isaiah allude to, ,it — and
-as for our sickle, it was identical
in .form with those found in
Bronze Age tombs near Almeria,
-From "South From Granada,"
by Gerald Brenan.
Modern prn
Etiquette •
by Roberta lee
Q, What can you Suggest re-
garding the writing of the thank,
you notes by the bride for the
wedding gifts she has received?
A. First; she could write these
notes as the gifts are received In
order to be prompt with her
thanks, Second, she should men-
tion the gift by name in her let-
ter. This adds a personal touch to
her thanks. If she just says,
"thank you for your GIFT," she
conveys about as much sincerity
as she would in a form -letter,
Q. When selecting monogram-
med hankerchiefs •for man er
woman, which initial should be
selected, that of the first or the
last name?
A. For a man it is always the
last. ,For a woman, the last is
customary, although the first is
permissible.
Q. When a host does the 'carv-
ing at the dinner table, does he
serve the vegetables as well?
A. No; usually the host serves
-only the meat, The vegetable
dishes are passecl 'from hand to
hand,
Q. Will you please settle an
argument some of us are having?
Is a man supposed always to re-
move his hat in an elevator?
A. Only in the elevator of a
hotel, apartment house, or club.
He may do so in a department
store or office building elevator
— but convention does not de-
mand this.
Q. Are you supposed to put
your knife on your plate when
you have finished` eating, even
if you haven't used the knife?
A. It is not it all necessary to
pick up any unused piece of sil.
ver. Whoever clears the table
should clear the surplus silver
before 'serving 'the following
course.
Q. My parents are planning an
engagement party for me. Should
my fiance present my ring to me
at this party or beforehand?
A. Before the pa*.
Q. When a relative wishes to
send a bride -elect a cheek as a
'Wedding gift, 'should ,sit be 'made
but to the girl its her enaidese
name or her future name?
A. It would probably be 'better
to make the check out to the girl
in her maiden' name, so that ,she
will be :able to cash it, beforethe
wedding. '
Crossing Rivers
In Tibet ' •
Crossing a river inTibetis an
interesting business. Fords, rope
bridges, and cantilever bridges
exist only if theriver is narrow.
On wide rivers such as the Ya -
lung or the K 1 n'c'h'a - k i a n• g
(Yangtze) you are ;ferried in
amazing circular boats Which are
'really big round wickerwork
'baskets covered with `yak -skins
deftly sewn together. The middle
of the circular "hull'' is about
six feet across, but the mouth
(so to speak) and the bottom of
the basket are considerably nar-
rower. Into it you pile men and
merchandise, and the vessel,
launched upon the flood, is
;steered by a helmsman with a
Tong wooden paddle.
The voyage is seldom ,dull, for
the basket boat spins around- and
around .and rocks violently in
rough water or 'eddies. It has,
however, greater stability than
its appearance suggests. The cur-
rent is so strong that you may
be carried five hundred yards
downstream before you reach the
other sid,e in spite of the efforts
of the oarsmen. He, when the
basket boat has been unloaded,
picks it up and puts it on his
head like an overgrown straw
hat and carries it upstream for
the best part of a mile, till he
reaches a place whence the cur-
rent will carry him back to his.
point of embarkation.— From
"Tibetan Marches," by Andra
Migot.
ISSUE 27 — 1959
KHRUSHCHEV IN ALBANIA --Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, standing at left, in auto, etc -
for
ts
knowledges applause of a crowd in Lela Albania, Kremlin is being hush-hush about reason
for the trip,