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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1961-06-15, Page 2Why Not A Spray To KW Litterbugs? "Man's inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn," So wrote Robert Burns nearly two centuries ago. The world has seen many important. changes since then; but little, if. any in that intangible, indefin- able something we call human nature, Perhaps it could tnuree accurately be called human ill - nature, Certainly the cogent dic- tum of the Durnfrieshire bard might well be paraphrased today "Man's indifference to man makes countless millions mad." Utter disregard for the public welfare, lack of even a sembl- ance of common courtesy, and the almost universal feeling that the only sin is in getting caught give rise to the conclusion that the slogan of the day has become —"Ts anybody looking?" Manynice people who hesitate to help themselves to the free after-dinner mints so temptingly displayed on the cashier's coun- ters of many roadside restaur- ants, don't hesitate for a second to fling the remnants of box lunches, eggshells, empty cigar- ette packages, candy wrappers, bottles and cans out the windows of their oars as they spin merrily by on the highway. "Is anybody looking?" "No." "Then throw those orange peels out" The New 'York State Depart- ment of Public Works says it costs a 'million and a' half dol- lars a year to clean up the litter left on the highways by motor- ists. California spends a million three hundred thousand annually for the same purpose, and the bill for the state of Illinois is seven hundred and fifty thou- sand. All together, according to figures gathered by the Keep America Beautiful organization, it takes better than fifty million dollars of the taxpayers' money to keep just the primary high- ways halfway presentable, to say nothing of the countless' millions more spent on cleaning up parks, beaches, and other public areas, And this in spite of heavy fines, Big cities have the same prob- Iem and impose stiff fines on the stubborn lawbreakers. Philadel- phia recently adopted an ordin- ance setting up fines as high as $50, but recalcitrant citizens who are tapped by the constabulary holler like stuck pigs, frequently claiming infringement of their God-given right as taxpayers to throw away anything they want, any time they want, and any- where. Many states, New York and Pennsylvania among them, use unmarked cars, to some extent, to nab speeders on the highway. There are no statistics available to indicate whether they are more effective for the purpose than the conventional more eas- ily identifiable vehicles, but the general belief among those in authority is that they are, Who hasn't found himself on occasion in a long line of slow -moving ears on a crowded highway, wondering what is causing the delay. only to discover a troop- er's car at the head of the pro- cession, and all the other drivers afraid to pull out of line and pass at a perfectly innocent 30 miles an hour? Operators of service stations and roadside restaurants assert that their meanest and most fru-trating job is keeping their rest rooms clean, due to the fail- ure of their patrons to observe even the semblance of common decency in their use. Less gal- lant ones will tell you that wo- men are worse than men in this regard. Wherever there are traffic regulations there are scofflaws, that strange breed who assume that the rules were made for the ether fellow, not for them, and who are overcome with righteous. indignation when called to ae- U.N. SUPPOIiTSR — Whichever way you look at it, 10 -year-old Pat Callahan, of New York, is ho'ding up or pushing over the U.N. building — with the help o,'• .Iris's comora work, could for flouting the laws of the lend, and hit with a heavy fine, Not a little shocked, however, was the average citizen' et the recent' drastic tactics of the gen- darmes of East 'Orange, New Jersey, in bringing some un- . grateful literary scofflaws to the bar of justice for failure to are predate their responsibilities and return borrowed books to the li- brary after repeated 'warnings and requests, Thousands of frus- trated librarians across the na- tion are no doubt having a good.; laugh at the culprits. Nothing can justify the tough means em- ployed to aocompliss thismass' prodding of the :public consci , ence; but how can the abusers of their rare privilege excuse their arrogant actions? is anybody looking? ' ' Man's indifference to man makes countless, millions mad. Crazy drivers with no regard for the safety of others; people who, allow their dogs to bark, loudly at night, and roam all day dump- ing garbage cans and frighten- ing little children; who won't clean the snow from their side- walks; who park in front.. of. other people'sdriveways; who park in the space their neighbor has just shoveled out for' hisown car: who drive into town in heavy 'snowstorms and abandon their cars in' the middle of erten- -^ ial streets, so even fire appara- tus can't, get through; who talk• loudly in movie theaters; ` who pull away from the curb without warning; who push in front of,, others at,depertment store coun- ters and who knock everybody out of their way on subway plat - -forms. Man's indifference to man. The sad part of it is that most of it could • be avoided • by just a little consideration' for" the rest of the world, just a sip of the milk of human kindness,; com- mended. by. Shakespeare;.but not 'What universal use today. What a wonderful place it would be if we could, just swap the slogan "Is anybody looking?" for the one made famous by Ted Lewis —"Is everybody happy?" By Harold D. Leslie in the Christian Science Monitor. Teen-ager Wins $5,000 For Pie Recipe A pie richly flavored with peanut butter has made a 17 - year -old girl from Swanton, Ohio, richer by $5,000, and won her a trip to Europe, along with the title of 1961 Junior Cook of the Year: Bettijean Jeska, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Jeska of Swanton, was selected for the grand prize in the third $100,000: Kroger -Westinghouse search for the Junior Cook of the Year. She cooked her way to culinary fame and fortune with a peanut streusel pie. It is a meringue - topped vanilla cream pie layered with streusel -like peanut butter crunch. As part of Bettijean's award, she 'will be accompanied on the two-week trip to Europe, via TWA, by her mother who until this year was her home eco- nomics teacher. Bettijean will use her prize money to study art at the University of Toledo, PEANUT STREUSEL PIE Bake 15-20 minutes at 350°F. 31 cup peanut butter ?i cup sifted confectioner's sugar One 9" baked pastry shell r4 cup all-purpose flour a! cup sugar '4s tsp. salt 2 cups scalded milk 3 egg yolks, slightly beaten. 2 tablespoons butter or margarine ?-§ teaspoon vanilla Blend peanut butter with con- fectioner's sugar until mealy. Sprinkle two-thirds of mixture over baked pie shell. Combine flour, 'h cup sugar and salt in the top of a double boiler. Stir in scalded milk. Cook over boil- ing water, stirring constantly until thickened. Stir a small amount of cooked filling into the egg yolks. Com- bine and cook several minutes longer. Add butter or margarine,, and vanilla. Pour into pie shell. Top with meringue. Meringue: 3 egg whites 14 teaspoon cream of tartar '/z cup sugar 1 teaspoon cornstarch Beat . egg whites until stiff; add cream of tartar. Gradually add sugar mixed with corn- starch. Beat until stiff and shiny. Pile on pie and sprinkle with remaining peanut butter mix- ture, Bake, Chill before serving. Q. How does one properly re- move the bones from a fish at the dinner table? A, Lift the end . of the bone with the fork, and then pinching. it between the fork and the knife, lift it allthe way out, In same stubborn cases, you may have to use the fingers, and this is quite all right if you do not allow the fingers to touch the fish, Obey the traffic signs — they are placed there tor YOUR SAFETY, FERRY TALE PRINCESS Probably the fairest ferry -keeper In the 'land, 17 -year-old Dawn Marshall has a man-sized ,job at Canterbury, England. She operates the centuries old Grove Ferry .across the Stour River. The ferry is just a floating wooden bridge connected by cable to either bank, Dawn's job won't lost much -danger, however, as work• has begun on a bridge to span the river. TABLE TALKS Jam Andrews. It you prefer strawberries in a torte, shortcake, pudding, or pie, here are :some, of the ways you can fix them, F or strawberry shortcake, some people like sponge •cake, some prefer a pie dough, and others like a biscuit dough with' sugar; added. A simple way to make the latter is to measure in a bowl 4 cups of packaged bis- cuit mix and a,dd Ye cup sugar. Add about 1 t 11 cups cream, mixing with afork. Keep dough soft; if it's sticky, add a little more mix. Turn it out on a board and knead' it . a little about 10.` times—and shape into a ball. Pat or roll into a rec- tangle about 1 ' inch thick. Spread with softened butter. Fold' the dough over, keeping the rectangular shape—you may need to pat and shape at the corners. (Note: You may use milk and 6-8 tablespoons of but- ter instead of cream.) Using a knife dipped in flour, cut the folded dough in 6-8 squares, depending upon size you want. Place a little apart on a cooky sheet. Spread tops with softened butter and sprinkle with sugar, if desired. Bake at 450'F.'` for about 10 minutes. (Bake them just before serving if possible, so they'll be piping hot.) Split the shortcakes, spread with butter. Cover lower half with sweetened strawberries; place top crust over berries. Cover with berries and juice. Top with plenty of slightly sweetened whipped cream. For a cake shortcake, try this ice cream strawberry shortcake. ICE CREAM STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE 134 cups sifted cake flour cup sugar 2 teaspoons baking powder 3 teaspoon salt 34 cup shortening cup milk, 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 egg 1 pint vanilla ice cream 1 quart fresh strawberries, sliced and sweetened Sift flour, sugar, baking pow- der, and salt into mixing bowl. Drop in' shortening; add milk and vanilla and beat 150 strokes (1',t minutes on mixer at low speed). Serape bowl and spoon; add egg and beat 150 strokes again. Bake in deep greased 9 - inch layer pan at 375°F, for 25- 30 'minutes. Cool., Cut cake in half horizontally. Spread lower half with vanilla ice cream and strawberries. Top with remain- ing half and top with remaining berries. Serves 8. If you're making a strawberry torte save the largest, ripest ber- ries to decorate . the top along with whipped cream 'piled high. The recipe is easy, and you may vary it by using raspberries, peaches, or any_ other fruits or berries you like. SWEETHEART TORTE 7 eggs, separated 1 cup sugar 1s/ cups wheat germ 3,4 cup sifted flour 1 teaspoon almond extract 1 quart strawberries, washed, hulled and sugared 1 cup: heavy cream, whipped Beat egg yolks, and sugar to- gether until lemon colored. Stir in wheat germ, flour, and al- Mond extract, Gradually add this mixture to stiffly beaten egg whites, folding in carefully. our into 2 round 8- or 9 -inch cake pans lined with greased waxed paper. Bake at 375° F, 20 to 25 minutes, or until no imprint re- main when lightly touched with finger, Turn layers onto cake rack , to cool; remove waxed paper immediately. When cool, fill between layers with whipped cream' and drained berries. Dec- orate top of torte -with whipped cream and whole, choice berries, Serves 10. ,; y Rave you ever made a straw- berry parfait pie?' inquires El- eanor Richey Johnston in the Christian Science Monitor. You Will need a flaky 9 -inch pie shell for this pie. Save seine of your biggest, reddest strawberries, leaving the hulls on, to place around the inside of your crust after your filling is in. STRAWBERRY PARFAIT'PIE- 1 baked 9 -inch pie shell 1 package lemon -flavored gelatin 13/a cups hot water 1 pint strawberry ice cream 1r/ imps sliced fresh straw- berries Dissolve gelatin in hot water in a 2 -quart saucepan. Add ice cream by spoonfuls, stirring un- til melted, Chill until thickened, but not set (15-20 minutes). Fold in ' drained strawberries, Turn into baked pie shell. Dec- orate with large strawberries cut in half lengthwise with the green hulls' still on. Chill until firm—about 20-25 minutes. Line a loaf pan with vanilla wafers for the following dessert that should be, chilled for 12 hours—so you can make it the day before your party. STRAWBERRY REFRIGERATOR LOAF 1 quart fresh strawberries 2 dozen marshmallows sA cup sugar 1 box'strawberry-flavored gelatin 1 cup heavy cream, whipped Vanilla wafers Line loaf pan with the wafers. Mash the strawberries, add sugar and marshmallows; let this mix- ture stand. Dissolve gelatin in 2 cups boiling water. Let gelatin congeal slightly, then fold in the whipped cream. Fold in the strawberry mixture. Pour mix- ture carefully into wafer -lined pan. Chill 12 hours. Serves 6. • • * If you'd like a warm straw- berry pie with cream, try this one. DEEP DISH STRAWBERRY PIE , Pastry for a 2 -crust pie 4 cups washed hulled straw- berries 3Ax to 1 cup sugar (depending on sweetness of berries) 4 tablespoons flour V 'teaspoon colt 2 taltes siteene' better Mix sugar, flour, and salt. Tole lightly with berries, Fill a le quart baking dish with the fruit Mixture and dot with butter, Top with the pastry which ha* been rolled out to a size 1 -inch larger all around than top of baking dish. Flute edges and cut slashes in pastry to allow steam to escape, Bake at 425° F. for 25 minutes or until crust is browned. Serve slightly warm With cream or whipped cream, Those Long Games Help Sell Hot Dogs According to a recent wire ser- vice survey, the length of major league baseball games is Morass- ing despite numerous complaints. The only ones not doing any com- plaining are the concessionaires, the men whose hotdog, peanut and soft-drink sales mean the profit -loss difference to the club owners, When the Dodgers and Cincin- nati concluded their business at the Coliseum earlier this season in something like an hour and 45 minutes, the fans were the only people in the park who went home happy. The concessionaire was hurt although uncomplain- ing, The same man was worn but happy a few Sundays later when the Dodgers and their guests struggled through more than three hours and 20 minutes to wrap up a single game. The dif- ference between the two dates was in the amount of time the spectators were afforded, not to watch the baseball, game, but rather to consume vast quanti- ties of snacks and beverages. Fan per capita consumption perr game is figured into the frac- tions of a cent by big league con- cessionaires, whose slim profit margin is necessarily dependent upon volume. The concessionaire, given his choice, will take a nice, dull;' protracted 6-2 type of ball game, preferably in extra innings, to the 2-1 and 9-8 affairs whose exciting closeness keeps the fans in their seats instead of sending them flocking, in thirsty bore- dom, to the concession stands outside the ball park. That is why, until actual at- tendance is threatened by dull, drawn-out baseball games, very little will be done to speed up play. The way things stand now, the big league magnates simply cannot afford to jeopardize con- cessionsales to that extent. A nurse was showing a new patient to his room. "Now," she said, "we want you to be happy here, so if there is anything you want that we haven't got, let me know and I'll show you how to get along without it." ISSUE 23 — 1961 Classroom in the Sky World'sfirst flying television station carries six' tans of broad. Circling at23,000 feet over Indianaplane will beam to an es. - casting s -casting equipment, including 24 -Foot retractable antenna. timated 13,000 midwestern schools and five million students. History teacher John E Dickey makes a point with a pistol during taping of an airborne TV lesson for later transmission. After a number of delays, a unique experiment, in educa- tion gets under way soon in the skies above Indiana. In. a program devised by the Midwest Council on Airborne Television 'Instruction (MPATI), a converted DC -3 will begin regular broadcasts of taped lessons to millions of students in six midwestern states. The plane, carrying six tons of TV equipment, will be based at Purdue University airport and will circle above Montpelier, Ind Programs Raised hands show children's interest in television learning. Teacher in background remains key person on education team. prepared by teachers selected around the country, will be beamed to the plane from Purdue, then be rebroackost` oh UHF channels to about a 400 -mile radius, Fourteen courses on ,ihe elementary, secondary and college levels wit) initiate the experiment. Schools and colleges will participate on a voluntary •basis in thee$10 million pro- gram, whch was financed by foundations and , private industry to meet the challenge of modern mass education,