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The Seaforth News, 1962-05-03, Page 2Folks Who Thr've On A Diet Of Challenge What happens when a Mid- western cite' such as Sioux Fails closes down .because of snuw, interminably more snow, and gusts up to 40 miles per hour? You can't keep a good town down. Local enterprise taker a deep breath, the snowplows re- sume plowing at midnight, and the next clay traffic is flowing as usual. But you're wondering, with the state highways blocked, whe- ther you're going to reach your next appointment by plane or dogsled, or whether you will be forced to imitate Whittier's "Snowbound" for a week. This correspondent flew into Sioux Falls at the end of a week o falling flakes — and drifting drifts. The Midwest held had 'ots of the same. Over in Davenport, Iowa, the morning paper had carried a humorous piece by "Faren Heit," announcing that "A strange, bright object" had appeared momentarily in the skies on Wednesday, causing "great wonder and a flood of theories as to just what it might be." The sun had actually shone for a couple of minutes. The day the snow stopped business Et Sioux Falls and the bus lines quit at 3 p,m., the radio stations announced the various cancellations of meetings and dinners for that evening. But what was impressive was not that various get-togethers were postponed for a week, but the quantity and quality of meetings that do convene regularly throughout the winter. The private meetings and ses- sions which keep the modern free enterprise society humming are ordinarily dissuaded by nei- ther sleet, nor snow, nor gloom of wintry night. There are cham- bers of commerce meetings, ses- sions of a half-dozen different farm groups, corn and wheat and cattle-raiisng associations, Par- ent -Teachers meetings, county seat meetings and groups con- vening over at Minneapolis -St. Paul, salesmen's meetings and Boy Scout conclaves and I wish I could remember what else. It took the radio announcer over five minutes to run through the Iist. This correspondent had arrived on one of the last planes before the airport closed down, besieged by drifting snow, writes William H. Stringer in the Christian Science Monitor. He did an un- expected pinch-hit job at the local television station, there be- ing virtually no other out-of- towners around to tell the towns- folk, in their warm -sealed living rooms, how Mr. Kennedy is do- ing in Washington. Outside of town farmers sur- veyed their whitened fields, which meant welcome moisture if the snow melted slowly, floods if it melted fast. Over in Ericson, Nebraska, one snowdrift behind the State Bank was 20 feet high. This correspondent's problem was to get out of town again. The railroad was running, but the one passenger train a day ran too late for making the next connection. The highway patrol was tackling the state road to Sioux City, Iowa, that next morn - Ing, but that might be an all -day job. The railroad was running a snowplow with a diesel, but that had already left. As so often happens, the air route turned out to be quickest: With the winds stilling, the air- port was reopened by 10 o'clock the following morning, and the• plane for Oklahoma City left right an time at noon. A lot of Americans these days ISSUE 16 — 1962 ANYBODY FOR STUDYING WELSH? — Here's o good beginning exercise — pronounce LlanfairpwlIgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, the name of a town in Wales. Trainman is shown trying to unravel the puzzle of letters, Translated, the 58 -letter name means "The Church. of St, Mary in the hollow of a white hazel near to a rapid whirlpool and St. Tysilio's Church near to a red cave"—'which covers everything. FRAMED — Patricia Kennedy manages to get the best posi- tion she can to watch a parade pass by. flock to Florida and Arizona and California seekingthe sun. But admiration is due the people of the northlands who carry on with their selling, manufactur- ing, schooling and farming, their church work and even their list- ening to eriant speakers from Washington, in the season of sul- len temperatures. Ninety miles distant Sioux City, has just been honored as one of 11 "all-American cities" in a civic achievement contest sponsored by the National Muni- cipal League and Look magazine. This city has relocated the Floyd )fiver at a cost of $18,000,000, 42 per cent locally financed, set up a $4,200,000 urban .renewal pro- gram, attracted new industries, built new schools and churches and modernized its art center These folks don't hiberrate, winter or summer. As a matter of fact, the reason this section of the United States grew up fast politically is that they kept going all winter, from spelling bees to Chautauquas. It's a tougher life out here, but as Toynbee says people thrive on a diet of chal- lenge. Q. We live with my wife's parents. When my wife, and I have guests at dinner, who sits at the head of the table, my father-in-law or I? A. Since your father-in-law is owner and head of the house,his proper place cannot be other than at the head of the table. • PORTABLE PICTURE --- A new lightweight viewing device is demonstrated by pretty girl. Called, Electrocular, it en- ables the wearer to watch a closed-circuit television picture from a remote source while performing other tasks. A minim ture cathode tube is contained in the right side of the set and its :triage is reflected by mirrors onto the monocle, ei bransparent viewing mirror. Th. device was developed fol" oth civilian and military use. fS. �,i fJam Atildvews. • CUT-UP CHICKEN WITH RICE Ye cup flour 1 tsp. poultry seasoning 1 ,.tsp. paprika 1 tsp. salt tap. pepper 34 tsp, nutmeg 234 to 3 lbs. frying chic' e cut up 6 'tbsp. butter 1 onion, chopped 34 cup seedless raisins Y cup cut-up dried apricots • 11/3 cups long -grain rice cup melted butter 1 tbsp, water Heat oven to 400 degrees, Crm- bine flour, poultry seasoning, paprika, salt, pepper and nut- meg in a paper bag. Drop in. chicken 2 pieces at a tune, and shake until well coated with flour mixture. Heat butter in large heavy skillet. Add • onion and cook until golden. Add chicken pieces and cook gently until golden brown on all sides. Soak raisins and aprieots in belling water 5 minutes; Drain. Push chicken toward one side of pan and add fruit at other side, Cook gently, stirring, 2 to 3 min- utes. Sprinkle in any of flour mixture Left in paper bag and stir to blend, Remove from heat. Cook rice according to puke age directions. Put 2 tbsp. of the melted butter and water in the bottom of a 22 -qt, casserole: • When rice is tender and all water is absorbed, add half of it •to the casserole, spreading it evenly. Lay chicken pieces on top of rice and spoon onion -fruit mixture over. Top with remain- ing rice, spreading evenly. Drizzle remaining melted butter over k1L' Cover tightly. Bake at 400 de- grees 15 minute;, then reduce oven temperature to 325' degrees. Continue cooking another '35 to 40 minutes or until chicken is tender. Uncover for last 15 min- utes. (Serves 4.) ' ,' * r While years ago prunes and apricots had to be soaked for' hours before they were cooked,. today they aren't the shrivelled - up things they were, writes Mar- ' garet Oliver in Weekend 1VIaga- zine. You'llnotice from the package directions that they no longer need to be soaked and instead are'cooked quite quickly. APRICOT TARTS 2 cups sifted all-purpose flour 34 tsp. salt 1 cup sifted icing'sugar 1 tsp. baking powder SA cup shortening (part; butter) 1 egg 1 tbsp. milk Apricot Filling Marshmallow Topping Candied cherries Heat oven to 425 degrees. Sift flour, salt, icing sugar and baking powder together into bowl. Add shortening and cut in coarsely. What Do You Know About CENTRAL AMERICA? Beat egg and milk together with a fork. Add to flour mixture and blend lightly with fork until dough sticks together and leaves sides of bowl. Form dough into small balls, about 1 inch in dia- meter, and press into 36 small (2 -inch) tart tins, pressing to sides to form a shell. Prick bot- toms of shells. Bake about 10 minutes, or until nicely browned. Cook on cake rack. Fill with Apricot Filling and top with a spoonful of Marsh- mallow Topping. Decorate with the small piece of candied cherry. (Makes 36 small tarts.) APRICOT FILLING ?c lb. dried apricots (/.bout 2 cups, packed) 134 cups water 'A cup sugar Alice of ]/z lemon Pinch of salt Cut apricots into small pieces. Combine with water in a sauce- pan, bring to a boil, turn down heat and simmer until mushy. Press through coarse sieve (or use a blender if you have one) to form a puree. Return to sauee- pan, add sugar, lemon juice and salt and heat, stirring, until su- gar is dissolved and rnikture is thick. MARSHMALLOW TOPPING Ys cup lemon gelatin 34 cup boiling water 1 egg white s/ cup sugar • 21/2 tbsp. water 1 tsp. corn syrup Pinch of salt Dissolve gelatin in boiling wa- ter and set aside. Combine egg white, sugar, water, corn syrup and salt in the top of a double boiler. Set, over boiling water end' cook, beating constantly with. a rotary beater, about 5 minutes or until ' mixture holds firm peaks. Beat in gelatine mixture, Remove: from heat and continue beating until mixture cools and farms peaks. FIG BARS 1 lb. dried . figs •' 11/s oups . water ?e cup sugar ,finch of salt 1 cup shortening 1 •cup brown sugar 2 eggs 3 cups sifted all-purpose flour 34, tsp. salt 1 tsp. cream of tartar 1 tsp. vanilla tsp. soda 1 tbsp. hot water Put figs through coarse blade of the food chopper. Combine with water, sugar and pinch of salt in saucepan, Bring to a boil, then turn down heat and simmer until mixture is very thick, aboutre. 15 minutes, Stir often, Remove from heatand cool, Cream short- ening, add brown sugar and con- tinue creaming until light and fluffy. Add eggs and beat well. Sift flour, salt and cream of tar- tar together, Add half to cream- ed mixture, Add vanilla and soda which has been dissolved in hot water. Beat well, Stir in remain- ing dry ingredients 'and mix until well blended. Chill several hours or overnight. Heat oven to 375 degrees. Rall dough ae inch thick on floured board and cut into long strips 3 inches wide, Spoon some of fig filling down centre of each strip and fold sides of dough over filling so they over- lap. (Because it is hard to give an exact amount of filling for eaoh strip you might like to try a few test cookies so you can judge the amount to use,) Cut strips into. 11/2 -inch lengths. Put on lightly -floured cookie sheet folded side down. Bake 12 to 15 minutes or until golden brown, ('Mattes about 7 dozen,) In Sart Diego They Drink Sea Water Conversion of sea water into almost chemically pure drink- able water on domestic use has become an Actuality in San Di- ego, California. With the help of the federal and state governments, San Di- ego is obtaining 1,000,000 gallons of this water -daily now; This is only a fraction of 73,- 000,000 consumed by this city each day, but that is not the important thing about the newly dedicated sea -water conversion plant located on the west side of Point Lorna. This, plant, financed half by We . federal government and half by the State of California at a total cost of $1,600,000, is a pilot undertaking to test theor- les and devise better methods for taking fresh. water from the sea. Three other Plants built tor the conversion of sea and brack- ish water are in operation else- where in the United States, and a fourth is to be built. Each of the five plants is designed to test a different theory on how to go about getting good water from unusable supplies, The method being employed here to desalt sea water is not new. It is an adaptation of the same method used by the sun in creating rain. Sea water is evaporated, the vapors rise to a cooling system where they are condensed to fall into . a trough as water that tests 99.995 per cent chemically pure, Or less than 50 parts of dissolved minerals per million gallons. This result is accomplished by a 36 -stage distillation. system. Sea water is pumped through a series of pipes running length- wise through five enclosed tanks, each about eight feet square and 124 feet long. Vapors in the tanks rise against the cool pipes, warm- ing the incoming brine and at the same time condensing into fresh water. Eventually t h e sea - water flow reaches an area where it is warmed to 200° F. After this it gives up its vapors rapidly as it flows through a partial vacuum. When the 'plant has completed its treatment, the brine has been reduced one half in volume — 2,000,000 gallons of sea water produce helf that amount of fresh water. The good water than is deliv- ered to the city, which pays 20 cents for 1,000 gallons of $65 an acre. foot. The city's water pur- chased from the Metropolitan Water District costs . $45, al- though it obtains some of the MWD product for $21 an acre foot. The lower price is for what is called surplus water. Actual cost of the water is es- timated to be 'at least five times what the city is paying, of from $1 to $1.25 .per 1,000 gallons. The city agreed to take the water at a cost: higher than it pays forother water, 'considering this an investment in knowledge. The• San Diego plant uses the same principle employed in Ku- wait, on : the Persian Gulf. How- - ever, refinements in methods since . the Kuwait plant went into operation in 1950 have reduced operating c o, s t s considerably, writes Floyd McCracken in the Christian Science Monitor. The San Diego plant will oper- ate as a laboratory, said , a spokesman for the firm that has contracted to run the equipment on- a cost-plus basis. For six months the plant will be operated continuously, using operating techniques known to be successful. Then it will be op- erated at a higher heat level to learn the effects on equipment. tele of the unls.nr.wn faders to be probed is the effect of higher heat on pipes and condensers. It is known that ehemi-al deposits- form more quickly when brine temperature is raised to above 200° F., but the operators hope to combat this by use of counter- ' acting chemicals. Blind People And Seeil"d i-wye Dogs "To mo blindness is merely a slight inconvenience," says -Peter F. Campbell, "I have a happy home, fine friends and associ- ates." Ile stroked a stately German shepherd — " jGeb' has been my guide dog for four years. He is a great advantage." Mr. Campbell is •director of student information for Guiding Eyes for the Blind, •a training. school for sightless people at Yorktown Heights, N.Y Hevis- ited Boston recently hoping to inform the public at large, and blind individuals in particular of "the advantages of a guide dog," "I feel very familiar with Bos- ton, especially Back Bay, since my family and I lived here be- fore moving to Yorktown Heights," he said. "Yet I 'was quite unprepared for the con- struction work in progress, 'Geb' led' ine away from workers on the sidewalk three times .during one excursion, • "Since I cover various areas from Maine to Florida, .I 'have the opportunity to visit ':many former students of our school. I am especially pleased to see the change a guide dog brings into their lives. One man who stayed. at home continually now has a job, outside friends, and an ac- tive social life. "Our training ,school is run strictly on a homelite basis. In- dividual attention for each stu- dent being a primary necessity, Masses are limited in size, In working together the student and guide dog must develop a "oneness" absolutely necessary for limitless independence. Ger- man shepherds, boxers, and re- trievers are among the dogs most preferred for this task." Mr. Campbell ,illustrated the immediate alertness of the guide dog when the master takes hold 'of the harness. However, the dog returns just as easily to a state of relaxation when the mas- ter releases his hold. NICE MEDICINE — The pro- fession of medicine has in- spired the fashion world with the new "Doc -Look," Crisp white cotton knit jacket, with buttons down one side and narrow collar, follows televis- ion's doctor series craze. HAPPY DAY IN AN UNHAPPY LAND --- Death and de- struction are forgotten for a while as a bride makes her way across the street at Bab-el-Oued section of Algiers.