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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1962-11-15, Page 3Frantic Race To Save Love Letters imagine the feelings of an author who found recently that the 2,000 -word manuscript of an article he had written ted been accidentally thrown into a waste- paper basket and taken sixteen miles from London to a dump, When the mistake was diseov- ereda member of his staff hired a taxi and raced the garbage truck to the dump. But the thought of sorting through more than 8 tons of waste paper in a search for the Missing manuscript daunted everyone. The search was called off. Garbage disposal men are fre- quently asked to hunt for rings, bracelets, necklaces and watches which their owners have lost and think may have somehow found their way to rubbish dumps via dustbins, Few are ever found after they have reached the dump, but a kindly council worker recently put on a hustle to retrieve a fad- ed batch of love letters tied with yellow ribbon five minutes before it was • due to enter - a South Coast dust destructor, The seventy -year-old woman owner had been turning out the contents of a bureau and the tet- ters, written by a sweetheart who was killed in France in the First World War, had been accidental- ly ccidentally dropped into her dustbin with unwanted papers. On the day the collector called at a Lincolnshire house, a pet tor- toise and his cardboard -box home were tipped by mistake into the garbage truck ready for a two- mile trip to the rubbish dump. Bongo's owner guessed what had happened and sped on her cycle to the local council offices. A clerk dashed off on his mo- torcycle and was just in time to save the tortoise from being bur- ied under an avalanche of rub- bish. At The Very Tip Of South Africa I did my best to appreciate the serange fact of my being here at the very tip of Africa. Though, as Dad explained this wasn't the liu'ihest point oil the continent, oddly enough. There was an- other nother cape across False Bay, still et little lower than our peninsula, But eine the warner currents of the Indian Ocean met the At- lantic around the point, this was the important cape, Now the road turned inland and took a central course down ilhe narrowing peninsula. We stopped at a guard station to check into the game reserve, and toren we were driving through a wild, low stretch of country when any pile of rocks might harbor baboons or some of the antelope varieties that were com- mon in South Africa. In one place an old grandfath- er baboon sat beisde the road and stared as though he thouhgt What Do You Know About NORTHWEST AFRICA? KA6t • 1101s4 • KAOLACK ••"L ZI6UINCat6a KCDlYUGOU *111][i'• 10101iiiliMi; us as oddly interesting as we thought him, I relied up the Window on my side in a hurry and waved at him through the glass as we went by, Sometimes baboons could be very unfriend- ly, Bitcept for him, we saw no- thing but dassies -- the little South African rook rabbits -- sunning themselves on piles of rock and watching us from a safe distance. When wo reached the high promontory that was Cape Point, we left the car and followed a low path along the Indian Ocean side. Here we were sheltered from the winds of the South At- lantic that beat against the old lighthouse high above. Dad found a flat rock where we could sit in the warming sun and let the morning creep lazily by. I still felt only satisfaction in being with him. It seemed as though there must be a thousand things I ought to use this oppor- tunity for saying, but I was con- tent just to be.—From "Secret of the Tiger's Eye," by Phyllis A: Whitney. A Few Hints Far Student Car Drivers We see that Police Chief Don Hager has his own ideas about how students should compost themselves while driving cars to sohool . He didn't say he doesn't like the idea of students driving to school. Many have to. And many are, in his estimation, prudent drivers. But there are some things the chief doesn't like. They are worth reviewing. Fast start s, tire squealing, squirreling, fast turns and switching lanes suddenly with- out good cause add up in the chief's book to negligent driving and could end with a citation to police court. Careless driving anywhere is no good,and noisy driving ' around t h e schools, coupled with tactics which en- danger those on foot will find no favour with the head of our Police. Department. Hitchhiking, the chief reminded us, is unsafe and against the law and could end with citations for bath rider and driver. "Courtesy and good common sense should be used above all," said Chief Hager, and if we read between the lines correctly, the chief believes high school and college students know what courtesy and convnien sense are. — Tacoma (Wash.) News Tri- bune, Modern Etiquette By Anne Ashley Q. When a person who is mak- i n g an introduction does n o t speak a name clearly, and it is very important that you know the name, of whom do you ask the name be repeated? A. Ask the person introduced, not the one who has made the introduction, Q. What do you suggest as rules of good taste for a busi- ness girl who smokes at her office? A. Above all, she should be tidy about it. Empty the ash - t r a y frequently. Don't work with a cigarebte hanging out of the mouth, and never carry one with you when you go into the boss' office to take dictation. Q. If alI the other guests at di n n e r have refused second helpings of dishes, and then you are asked, is it all right for you to accept? In this case it would probably be better if you declined. If you were the only one to accept a second helping, y o u naturally would be delaying the serving of the next course — and a well- bred person is always consider- ate of others. After you've heard two eye- witness accounts of an auto ac- cident, you begin to wonder about history, ISSUE 43 — 1962 FOOD FOR THOUGHT — Noticing the public' wasn't noticing. the sign posted in her area, Missus• a baby gorilla; moves it. Perhaps the Son Francisco Zoo dweller intended to hide it Somewhere or move it closer to another animal's dwelling. mw CUP -A -LA KIDS — Amy, 6, right and Ivy Penzell paint faces in caricature on small plastic cups, which were given friends gathered in their home, T BLE vi Jam An..trews He e is a potato pie using cheese and peanuts along with other ingredients. It could be a meal in itself, without meat, if your family likes it that way, but it is aslo good with plump hamburgers, frankfurters, or steaks. Make the pie shell first, CHEESE -POTATO PIC, Crust Ye cup butter, melted 1 cup crushed, oven -toasted rice cereal 1 cup crushed, bite -size shredded wheat biscuits Mix butter and crushed cereals together; press all but 1/2 cup in bottom of an 8 -inch pie pan. Filling 2 cups cottage cheese, sieved la cup dairy sour cream 2 cups mashed potatoes or 1 package instant mashed po- tato mix reconstituted with 11/ cups scalded milk 1 teaspoon salt Dash of pepper 1 tablespoon sesame seeds 1/z cup chopped salted peanuts 1 tablespoon chopped green pePPor 1 tablespoon chopped pimiento Milk Butler Beat together cottage cheese, Stour cream, mashed potatoes, salt, pepper, and sesame seeds; mix in peanuts, green peppers, and pimientos. Spoon into pie shell. Brush top with milk, dot with butter, and sprinkle on more sesame seeds. Spoon 'e- ntraining 1/2 cup cereal mixture around outer edge of pie. Bake about' 20 minutes at 375' F. Serves 6. r How would you like a com- bination od onions .and sweet po- tatoes. Here is an unusual pie combining them. ONION PIE Iii cup butter 6 cups sliced onions (2 pounds) 2 teaspoons Kitchen Bouquet F,4 teaspoons salt eet teaspoon pepper Ys teaspoon powdered thyme 1 3 -ounce can chopped, broiled mushrooms with liquid 1/a pound process Canadian cheese, finely diced 2 eggs 3 cups mashed sweet potatoes Melt butter in large skillet over moderate heat. Add onions. Cover and cook, stirring occa- sionally, until nearly tender — abut 15 iminutes, Remove from heat and stir in Kitchen Bou- quet. Add salt, pepper, thyme, mushrooms, and cheese. Mix well. Beat eggs and stir into on- ion mixture. Place in well -greas- ed shallow baking dish (8-12 inches). Top with whipped sweet potatoes. Bake at 350° F. until potatoes are lightly browned — about 45 minutes, Serve at once; serves 6. * * If you want a real picture -dish, try this golden corn ring decor- ated with red pimiento strips and filled with buttered green broc- coli. CORN RING WITH BUTTERED BROCCOLI 1 package frozen cut corn' 1 package frozen broccoli 3 tablespoons flour 1 teaspoon salt 3 tablespoons butter 3 eggs, separated 1 cup hot mills Pimiento, cut in strips Cook frozen corn in 1/2 cup boiling water for 2 minutes, Melt butter; mix in flour and salt; add heated milk and stir until thick; remove from heat. Add beaten egg yolks and then add corn. Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites. Pour into greased mold, Place mold in a pan of hot water; bake at 325° F, for 25 minutes, Turn mold out on plate; decorate with pimiento and gar- nish with parsley sprigs, Fill center with cooked broccoli. Serves 6. a * * Brussels sprouts in a squab ring is an interesting combina- tion of vegetables. Cook the sprouts, butter them, and add a few slivered almonds before put- ting them in the squash ring, SQUASH RING 'tVITII BRUSSELS SPROUTS 4 eggs, beaten 2 cups milk 1 teaspoon salt Pinch pepper la cup fine dry bread crumbs 1 teaspoon grated lemon rind 1 teaspoon grated onion 3 cups cooked fresh squash 3 tablespoons lemon juice 2 tablespoons melted butter Chopped chives Preheat oven to 350° F. Com- bine e g g s, milk, seasoning, crumbs, lemon rind, and anion, Fold in squash, lemon juice, and melted butter. Turn into well - greased 6 -cup ring mold. Set in pan of warm water and bake 50- 60 minutes, until set. Remove from pan of water and let stand 10 -minutes. Unmald an platter; fill center with cocked Brussels sprouts. Sprinkle squasih ring with chopped ohives. Serves 6-8. CHECKMATES — Sport cos- tume done in houndstooth check with high boots of the same fabric was shown re- cently at a salon in Paris. Cheese Made Of Banana Pel — UGH. Evear a cursory look at the Karina sales figures showed how fond Germans had become of the new, rich red wine im- ported from Italy. Its lusty taste washed well with sauerbraten and dumplings; it seemed to ,have a little extra something that the more familiar brands lacked, When German health authorities finally got around to analyzing the new import they discovered just what, Besides a trifling amount of grape, there were traces of ox blood, veal bones, skimmed milk, fish glue, seaweed, and a tar derivative to help the coloring. Four million liters of the tasty ooncoctioar were confiscated and Italian Premier Amintore Fanfare promptly ordered an investiga- tion. But wine was not the only thing Fandani was worried about. in recent weeks, there has been an epidermic of adulterated foods throughout Italy. Among the more flagrant cases were the 5,000 pounds of Trieste cheese made of banana peel, the Genoa bread with a 50 per cent pig - fodder content, and the Gorizia butter produced from imported U,S, tallow normally used as a lubricant in ship launchings. A Verona oheese firm was closed down when health authorities discovered it was preserving its cheeses with formalin, an anti- septic used in morgues. In Rome, police shut 38 butohershops in three days. Meat had been "re- juvenated" with a powder that made it look fresher. Feniani has promised new laws, and a special bureau to see that they are carried out. At present, in Rome alone, there are 24 sanitary inspectors for a population of 2 million. Girl Without Roots Kills For No Reason Clutching a small medieval art print, Suzanne Clift stood impassively in Boston's munici- pal courtroom one day last month. She looked like anyone but a wealthy past -debutante from proper Louisburg Square (proper Bostonians pronounce the "s" in Louisburg), Instead, her straight drab -blond hair hung lank below the shoulders of her blue shantung dress. Her face was pasty pale and she said nettling during the eight - minute arraignment proceedings in,, which her lawyer waived a hearing. Then, a court attendant tapped her shoulder. Courteous- ly, the 21 -year-old grit mumbl- ed, "Thank you." Then along with two other women — one a drunk, one a shoplifter — sad - eyed, stoical Suzanne Clift was taken to the Suffolk County Jail to await grand -jury action. For Suzanne had admitted, police said, that she had slain her best beau, handsome Piero Brentani, 27. But why? Suzanne's genteel world of private wheal, college, jobs, a debut, and social prominence was ripped apart in the fusty courtroom. But indeed its foun- dations had been wrenched eight years ago when ehe was 13 and her parents parted. Her father, movie -TV produ- cer W. Brooks Clift Jr„ brother of actor Montgomery Clift, went to live in New York. Her mo- ther remarried a chemical en- gineer, Peter Thomson, and al- though Mrs. Thomsen stayed in Boston, Suzanne moved in with her grandmother, Mrs. Barbara Pierce Pairmain, When Suzanne wasn't at Winsor, the finishing school in suburban Brookline, or later at Mount Holyoke College, Suzanne had an apartment of her own in her grandmother's five -story house at 85 Pinckney Street, only a few steps from Louisburg Square. Neither finishing school nor foreign travel nar the social Whirl, to which she was intro- duced hs a debutante dance of 1958, made Suzanne other than a quiet, withdrawn gill. She left eallege after two years, dawd- e l through a succussion 0:f un- distinguished jobs. Nearly ,every- body who knew her was happy when Suzanne met Piero Bren- tani, handsome, 6 -foot Harvard - educated engineer and scion of a prosperous Swiss -Italian fam- ily. Suzanne, not usually talka- tive, told everyone that they would be married. A few weeks ago, Suzanne's grandmother, Mrs. P e a r m a i n, came back from ten days at her summer home in Ostcrvulle, Cape Cod, and found Brentani, shot to death in Ilse house on Pinckney Street. IIe was lying nude beneath a sheet on a bed in Suzanne's apartment, neither his clothes nor Suzanne nor her pet dachshund Schipzie any- where to be fr:und. Two eeys later, a distreught young wom- an walked into Messachusrtte General Hospital in Boston, 'at on a bench, and calmly r '1 for psychiatric treatment, It was Suzanne, of t o u r s o. She cad been under a psyohiatrist's r're for a year. Dazedly, ehe told a strange story of flying to New York, then to Rio de Janeiro, and back to Boston by way of New York again — and all in two days. She was tired, the doctors said, but not sick. After three hours of question- ing by police, she told them that she had shot Brentani in the back of the heal with a 92 cali- ber Smith & Wesson revolver, a weapon she obtained — per- haps through theft — during the panic about reports of a mysteri- ous Boston strangler, And as Suzanne went to jail, all Boston wondered about the reason for the shooting. Her stepfather reused: "She was unhappy and always shy and never dated any- one until she met Piero , I knew she was deeply in love with him, As for Piero ," His voice trailed off. Why was Piero dead? "I'd rather not answer that . I won't tell you why," was all Suzanne would say. PUDDLE JUMPIN' — Carolyn Patrick glances over her shoulder at her puddle double. LOOS AT QUADS -- Mrs. Mary Halverson, of Gig Harbor, Wash., for left, looks down line of incubators containing her quodrup'ets. The quads consist of three girls and one 1 boy. They are slv•wn at the Tacoma general h $p,;ol.