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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1947-10-30, Page 3CHRONICLESOF 'GINGER FARM By Owendoline P, Clarke • If you can't have what you want, snake do with what you've got." That, surely, ' is a praiseworthy maxim but one which, I fear, is less practised now than it used to be. There are so many gadgets on the market these days that individual in- genuity is hardly called upon at all. Pens that require no filling, washing machines no oiling, waxes no rub- bing; thermostats for furnaces; blowers For fuelling; electric ranges automatically controlled and so on, ad infinitum. But when these time - ,and -mind -savers go out of action, or when we can't get just what we need for repairs—what then? We think we are sunk don't we—our ingenuity has gone rusty from disuse, so we have to shop around until our wants arc satisfied. It is very rarely we make do with what we've got or try'. some sort of substitute. As' a' result that God-given quality of ingenuity is called upon less and less. * I was reminded of this last week because of the original ideas display- ed by a friend we had staying here. We have not known him very long so . naturally we are not fully ac- qu^inted with hia various•vices and virtues. Presently we discovered he enjoys playing • the violin—by car. Immediately I went upstairs to the ball closet -which is similar to that of Fibber 'McGee—and from, it I unearthed a violin. One string was missing, a peg was broken and, there was no resin. "l'm afraid that's not much use to you," I exclaimed re- gretfully. * $ * Our friend made no comment. Anyway he is a man of action, not words. Instead of talking he tighten- ed the strings, found one to replace the one that was broken and then went to work on the wooden peg. He took a short round pencil, shaved it down smoothly until it fitted snugly into the hole. Then he made slits in the pencil to hold the string firmly. When he had tightened it the result was all that could be desired. For the rest of the 'afternoon we were treated to an intermittent pro- gram of Old' Time music except one time when he disappeared and upon his return had made me a small hook like the ones I had seen hang- ing in his car. The "hook" was made of Heavy wire and fitted over the top of the car window. You have prob, ably'3cdn them 'in the stores, but this fellow made them for himself. He Would be '.a useful man to have around. -I was- gumbling that same evening' because the spool .on my sewing , machine was not working .; evenly.' Our visitor had an idea the spring might be a little too slack. He fixed it with about a quarter of an inch of matchwood I Now -it . works perfectly. * *' * This fellow is a product of West- ern Canada—maybe that accounts for his ingenuity. From personal ex- perience we know that the prairie breeds resourcefulness. When folk Previous They were walking in the star- light. 'IIow ' bright the stars are to- , night" he said "Almost as bright - as—" "Oh, you flatterer!" she ejacu- lated. "As they were last night," he continued calmly. "The New Look"—Little Hallie Walker,. almost 4, gets her first glimpse .of the wasp-waist- ed long -skirted "New Look" as it shows up in doll fashions at a pre -Christmas toy preview. there are up against it waeir invent- ive genius reaches its •peak.- Fuel 'in> summer is dry "cow chips" picked up from the pasture. And it is good fuel, believe me. So good that one of our prairie neighbors in thosefar- off days burnt his house down with it! When funds were short coffee was made by roasting barley or wheat.and then using it in the ordin- ary way. But 1 confess it .needed an • acquired taste. to enjoy it. Milk was often in short supply and babies were sometimes given fingers of fat salt pork to suck. And believe it or not, the babies • thrived. * * *. Coming back home . I am going , to need a little ingenuity myself. .To make Partner two pairs of pyjamas I bought ten yards of pyjama cloth. I cut out both pairs and thought.I bad managed very well until I dis- cvered I was short one pair of sleeves! There was no more material to be had at the store; none at -the wholesale house and Partner in the meantime has faller ono_ again through the seat and back of the old pyjamas. Suddenly a thought struck me: the old and the new are very similar in colour and design, so now I intend to cut the sleeves from the • lower part of the pants where the. material is hardly thin at all. Packaged ' by Dose A firm is packaging pills and powders in individual.dosage for consumer sale at a cost'which is saidic to compare 'favorably with conventional packaging. Each dose, put up in pockets on a con- tinuous perforated taPe of . P1io- film, can be detached from the' roll; encourages mid-day usage of medicines otherwise' difficult to carry. -Financial Post. Thrill of Lifetime Naturalist George MacReynolds took a stroll to view the wonders of nature and had the thrill of his 88 -year lifetime. A spike -buck deer popped up be- side him and stepped up boldly to nibble at a piece of candy in his out- stretched hand. Decr and naturalist walked lei- surely back toward town as motor- ists stopped to watch in amazement. MacReynolds had to hide in the bushes to lose his friend. ■ 1 U. S. Ar ■ my Leader J HORIZONTAL 1,6 Pictured chief of staff, U. 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Amy o L 'H 7 DIVISION' 4/111 {e7 • ZIFITS H (� ri• te©r�r>�©; r� 22 With'n 38•Iron (symbol) 23 Paid notices 39 Father 24 Inquire 42 Nothing 26 Far Eastern 43 Diminutive nation of Peter 28 Weird 45 Also 31 Type of tree 47 Three -toed 32 Greek letter sloth 33 Offer defense 48 Distress signal 34 Spanish dance50 Writing tool 35 Lieutenants 51 Transpose (ab.) (ab.) 36 Type of 54 Hypothetical landing ship structural unit TEEN -TOWN T By BARRY MURKAR This week the mails are swelled by the correspondence of our re-` porters. We ' have letter( from Mil- verton and Plattsville. These are new reporters to this column and - we welcome them into our• family circle. Along with these , u lartwocontrisoributregu-or,' Audrey Harris. Owing to the fact that the correspondents have sent in quite a. lot of news this week, we will turn this column over. to them. TEEN -TOWN REPORTERS Milverton—Eva Loney = Our club, Keen -Teens, was organized last spring under the leadership, of two women citizens who were interested in such work. We oper- ated a booth at the Orange elebra- tion held here in July (12th) and raised a substanial amount for our club. Several of our - members at- tended the C.N.E. and were ' im- pressed by "Teen -Town." We hold our meetings . on the second _and' fourth. Friday, of. each month. We gave our club the natty. of Keen-- Teens; and have drawn` up a con- stitution, a copy of which I will •forward to' your r • Plattsville' - F. 'Edith Hall—Hi everybody. We had, a terrific Hi Time at the Inter Scholastic field meet held at New Hamburg on Fri. Oct. 3rd,' with these • fine schools sompeting:. New Dundee, Tavistock, New Hamburg, Platts- ville and Wellesley. New Hamburg put up the stiffest competition and won the "battle", taking top honours. Plattsville Continuation School, as a whole, took second place. O000- oo, those handsome athletes! The Jr. Boys' championship was won by Alvin Fortier of New Ham- burg with 20 points. The Senior championship was achieved by Wil- son Nutall of Tavistock who scor- ed 13 points. But those bea-utiful athletes (sorry you missed itl) The Jr. Girls' championship was taken by Margaret Mathie of New Ham- burg with 23 points. Grace Slack, also of that town, captured the Sr. Girls' championship accounting for 11 points. The New Hamburg girls acted as hostesses during the supper hour at the Library Hall. In the evening the Hi Crowd met again at a social held there and danced to records, to complete the day's activities. Bye for now,— Edith. Parry Sound --- Audrey Harris— A couple of weeks ago we held a Hay Seed dance. 'All the guys and gals turned out in dungarees and plaid shirts and had one big, swell game. The novelty went like this. The first dance was really a filler, The four couples on the 'spots had a delicious chore to do to win a prize, The better -half fed pie to her partner and the first couple to finish, Verginia Burdgette and Bert Federico, had to eat a whole pie to decide the final winner.. Bert finished first winning as a prize a delicious "melt in your mouth" apple pie. The masterpice was created by Mrs. Woldnik. The elimination dance was next pIcs with such. disqualifications as: any- one wearing Chen Yu lipstick, any-. one who likes school, anyone who passed history . exams this year— narrowing the couples down to Lois Harris, our President' and Gord Whaler, a committee man. A dance, causing lots of laughs and leaving most of the contestants sprawled on the floor, was the Corn Cob number. It went like this. Four corn cobs were passed among the couples and the four lucky couples ending the dance with the . corn were put to work. The girls were placed at one end of the hall, The boys at the other end had a short stick, one end of which was on the floor and the other end on the forehead of the boy in question. He then turned round twenty times andwalked if possible to his part- ner,at the other end of the hall who repeated the procedure, and the first girl returning to her partner was the happy winner. The winnersre- ceived a top; just as a dizzy re- minder; they were Marie Manaffy and Doug. Holmes. "Mr. and Miss Hayseed" were chosen by Mr. and Mrs. Swart - man, our' host and hostess. The "Miss" title was won by Elsie Alves, our little refreshment girl, while Maurice Harrison walked off with the "Mr." title. kn the big event --the door, prize. Don Downs held the winn- ing membership card and he won a beautiful Plymonth Rock hen, alive of course. There's nothing dead about us. Well, that's it for this week, so Bye. In Closing We 'like this. All we have to do is •open and close the column. How nice 'it would be if that could be done every week; ' but brother, it ain't as easy as all that. A letter 'this week states that the kids in a certain town, couldn't find this column in their paper and would like to read it. (thanks) If this column is not appearing in your local newspaper, and if you want it, ask your editor about it, and we'll take it up from there—be- cause we will be around to see him in the near future. Started" Something At last it has happened. A man called on the Board of Trade in London last week, revealed the fact that he wasn't wearing a shirt and begged piteously for some extra clothing coupons. As he didn't qualify, he was re- fused. Whereupon he said: "In that case I might as well go into a nudist colony; in fact I'll start one of my own, here and now." And he tore off his jacket, He was starting to remove his trousers when the embarrassed officials hurriedly capitulated and pressed eighteen coupons into his hand, enough to buy three shirts. Glows in Dark A new table lamp, whose sup- porting stand glows in the dark, is easy to find even in an unlight- ed room. The upright column of the stand is made of 14 oyster - like plastic shells, one above the other, each treated with a phos- phorescent pigment that causes the glow. TABLE TALKS Honey Cookies To store honey, a dry place is best since if kept in a clamp place it may absorb moisture, It should not be kept in the refrigerator. Honey which has solidified or granulated may be liquified by placing the container in a bowl of warm water, no warmer than the hand can bear,, until crystals are melted. Too much heat will impair the fine flavor of the honey, The home economists of the Con- sumer Section, Dominion Depart- ment of Agriculture have several suggestions to make on using honey in cooking. To substitute honey for sugar in making cakes, use 1 cup honey for each cup .of sugar called for in recipe and reduce the liquid in recipe by one-quarter. Cakes and cookies made with honey retain their freshness well but will not stay crisp. Honey Cookies • cup shortening • cup honey • cup brown sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 egg 2 Y3 cups pastry flour OR 2 % cups all-purpose flour 54 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon baking powder • teaspoon salt • cup chopped .walnut:, Cream shortening well with, ho- ney and sugar. Add vanilla and egg, beating well. Add sifted dry in- gredients with nuts. Chill. Then roll into small balls. Place about 2 inches apart on greased balding sheet and flatten with a fork. Bake in a moderately hot oven, 37„ de- grees F., for 10 to 12 minutes. Makes about 5 dozen, 2 -inch cookies. Honey butter sauce is delicious on hot or cold puddings. Six serv- ings. Honey Butter Sauce 2 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons brown sugar 1 cup liquid honey 2 egg whites Cream butter and brown sugar. Add honey and egg whites. Beat well. Makes 1 / cups sauce. New Insulin Cuts Number of Loses Plain insulin lowers the sugar content of the blood for only six hours; so that in a severe case of diabetes hypodermic injections must be take,. at intervals of four to six hourss, Drs. Richard G. Roberts,. Doris M. Hiker and Adrian, Gasior Russisl of the Chi- cago Iytedical , Qql ��4ow come arcing- Wit i'.._$__ncew ' msjrtn pound which' has lowered the blood -sugar level in rabbits for twenty-four hours with a single injection, says the New York Times. The twenty -four-hour insulin is prepared with hemin, part of the hemoglobin which gives blood its red color and which carries most of the oxygen needed by the body. Besides hemin the new compound also contains liquid ammonia and choline, a chemical which enables the body to burn up fat. Now the doctors are working on a similar compound which will re- main effective forty-eight hours. Spring Growth The growth of children is not regular throughout the year. Spring growth in height is; on the average, almost twice that of the fall. The spring gain in height is made without weight gain, how- ever, while in the fall, when there is but little increase in stature, children fatter more. Explained Angus Worthington was telling his ten -year-old grandson a story. "When I was your ageI was. out Why, the Indians, I re, member one day , , " "Grandpa," interrupted the boy, "what did they feed you when you were a baby?" "Buffalo and corn bread," "That's just it," said the lad. "I was fed canned baby food." 4. GOOD FOIE JUST PAT IT ON! GOY A HEAD COLD? A few drops of Vicks Va-tro-nol in each nostril work fast right where trouble is/ va-tro-nol opens up cold- congested breathing passages,/ and relieves sneezy, sniffly head cold distress. Follow di- rections in pa,ckage. MS -'SRW- y OI. ti l MR:BRISK aayB "WHEN YOU'RE 'DREAM YOU CAN BE,1RINKA CUP OF LIPOtOjfi;`% EVERY PACKAGE OF ~.,v 1f a^ IS GUARANTEED FOR NYLON, CELANESE, RAYON AND ALL MIXTURES Proven fry years of use t► 't '- Ti,n`ex IS CANADA'S ORIGINAL ALL -FABRIC DYE Z t 4 �' 6 ■l Q'' 13 lk 110 MN, MI N'IE,+ I8 • r v 119 tt�, ZD �;�;' % < 21 1 t a,�,, al..� ; i'3 ZIF '",''• .fes Q?",)// ,,`a`i ..., fry,) 30 ail 35 III 36. a9•,4 3Z. .1_ 33 •, l i$'' ' 38 iiiii\'.39 40 41 41. 9, : (rig 4,5 ' 046 41 49 50 51 Sz � ° 5$ TEEN -TOWN T By BARRY MURKAR This week the mails are swelled by the correspondence of our re-` porters. We ' have letter( from Mil- verton and Plattsville. These are new reporters to this column and - we welcome them into our• family circle. Along with these , u lartwocontrisoributregu-or,' Audrey Harris. Owing to the fact that the correspondents have sent in quite a. lot of news this week, we will turn this column over. to them. TEEN -TOWN REPORTERS Milverton—Eva Loney = Our club, Keen -Teens, was organized last spring under the leadership, of two women citizens who were interested in such work. We oper- ated a booth at the Orange elebra- tion held here in July (12th) and raised a substanial amount for our club. Several of our - members at- tended the C.N.E. and were ' im- pressed by "Teen -Town." We hold our meetings . on the second _and' fourth. Friday, of. each month. We gave our club the natty. of Keen-- Teens; and have drawn` up a con- stitution, a copy of which I will •forward to' your r • Plattsville' - F. 'Edith Hall—Hi everybody. We had, a terrific Hi Time at the Inter Scholastic field meet held at New Hamburg on Fri. Oct. 3rd,' with these • fine schools sompeting:. New Dundee, Tavistock, New Hamburg, Platts- ville and Wellesley. New Hamburg put up the stiffest competition and won the "battle", taking top honours. Plattsville Continuation School, as a whole, took second place. O000- oo, those handsome athletes! The Jr. Boys' championship was won by Alvin Fortier of New Ham- burg with 20 points. The Senior championship was achieved by Wil- son Nutall of Tavistock who scor- ed 13 points. But those bea-utiful athletes (sorry you missed itl) The Jr. Girls' championship was taken by Margaret Mathie of New Ham- burg with 23 points. Grace Slack, also of that town, captured the Sr. Girls' championship accounting for 11 points. The New Hamburg girls acted as hostesses during the supper hour at the Library Hall. In the evening the Hi Crowd met again at a social held there and danced to records, to complete the day's activities. Bye for now,— Edith. Parry Sound --- Audrey Harris— A couple of weeks ago we held a Hay Seed dance. 'All the guys and gals turned out in dungarees and plaid shirts and had one big, swell game. The novelty went like this. The first dance was really a filler, The four couples on the 'spots had a delicious chore to do to win a prize, The better -half fed pie to her partner and the first couple to finish, Verginia Burdgette and Bert Federico, had to eat a whole pie to decide the final winner.. Bert finished first winning as a prize a delicious "melt in your mouth" apple pie. The masterpice was created by Mrs. Woldnik. The elimination dance was next pIcs with such. disqualifications as: any- one wearing Chen Yu lipstick, any-. one who likes school, anyone who passed history . exams this year— narrowing the couples down to Lois Harris, our President' and Gord Whaler, a committee man. A dance, causing lots of laughs and leaving most of the contestants sprawled on the floor, was the Corn Cob number. It went like this. Four corn cobs were passed among the couples and the four lucky couples ending the dance with the . corn were put to work. The girls were placed at one end of the hall, The boys at the other end had a short stick, one end of which was on the floor and the other end on the forehead of the boy in question. He then turned round twenty times andwalked if possible to his part- ner,at the other end of the hall who repeated the procedure, and the first girl returning to her partner was the happy winner. The winnersre- ceived a top; just as a dizzy re- minder; they were Marie Manaffy and Doug. Holmes. "Mr. and Miss Hayseed" were chosen by Mr. and Mrs. Swart - man, our' host and hostess. The "Miss" title was won by Elsie Alves, our little refreshment girl, while Maurice Harrison walked off with the "Mr." title. kn the big event --the door, prize. Don Downs held the winn- ing membership card and he won a beautiful Plymonth Rock hen, alive of course. There's nothing dead about us. Well, that's it for this week, so Bye. In Closing We 'like this. All we have to do is •open and close the column. How nice 'it would be if that could be done every week; ' but brother, it ain't as easy as all that. A letter 'this week states that the kids in a certain town, couldn't find this column in their paper and would like to read it. (thanks) If this column is not appearing in your local newspaper, and if you want it, ask your editor about it, and we'll take it up from there—be- cause we will be around to see him in the near future. Started" Something At last it has happened. A man called on the Board of Trade in London last week, revealed the fact that he wasn't wearing a shirt and begged piteously for some extra clothing coupons. As he didn't qualify, he was re- fused. Whereupon he said: "In that case I might as well go into a nudist colony; in fact I'll start one of my own, here and now." And he tore off his jacket, He was starting to remove his trousers when the embarrassed officials hurriedly capitulated and pressed eighteen coupons into his hand, enough to buy three shirts. Glows in Dark A new table lamp, whose sup- porting stand glows in the dark, is easy to find even in an unlight- ed room. The upright column of the stand is made of 14 oyster - like plastic shells, one above the other, each treated with a phos- phorescent pigment that causes the glow. TABLE TALKS Honey Cookies To store honey, a dry place is best since if kept in a clamp place it may absorb moisture, It should not be kept in the refrigerator. Honey which has solidified or granulated may be liquified by placing the container in a bowl of warm water, no warmer than the hand can bear,, until crystals are melted. Too much heat will impair the fine flavor of the honey, The home economists of the Con- sumer Section, Dominion Depart- ment of Agriculture have several suggestions to make on using honey in cooking. To substitute honey for sugar in making cakes, use 1 cup honey for each cup .of sugar called for in recipe and reduce the liquid in recipe by one-quarter. Cakes and cookies made with honey retain their freshness well but will not stay crisp. Honey Cookies • cup shortening • cup honey • cup brown sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 egg 2 Y3 cups pastry flour OR 2 % cups all-purpose flour 54 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon baking powder • teaspoon salt • cup chopped .walnut:, Cream shortening well with, ho- ney and sugar. Add vanilla and egg, beating well. Add sifted dry in- gredients with nuts. Chill. Then roll into small balls. Place about 2 inches apart on greased balding sheet and flatten with a fork. Bake in a moderately hot oven, 37„ de- grees F., for 10 to 12 minutes. Makes about 5 dozen, 2 -inch cookies. Honey butter sauce is delicious on hot or cold puddings. Six serv- ings. Honey Butter Sauce 2 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons brown sugar 1 cup liquid honey 2 egg whites Cream butter and brown sugar. Add honey and egg whites. Beat well. Makes 1 / cups sauce. New Insulin Cuts Number of Loses Plain insulin lowers the sugar content of the blood for only six hours; so that in a severe case of diabetes hypodermic injections must be take,. at intervals of four to six hourss, Drs. Richard G. Roberts,. Doris M. Hiker and Adrian, Gasior Russisl of the Chi- cago Iytedical , Qql ��4ow come arcing- Wit i'.._$__ncew ' msjrtn pound which' has lowered the blood -sugar level in rabbits for twenty-four hours with a single injection, says the New York Times. The twenty -four-hour insulin is prepared with hemin, part of the hemoglobin which gives blood its red color and which carries most of the oxygen needed by the body. Besides hemin the new compound also contains liquid ammonia and choline, a chemical which enables the body to burn up fat. Now the doctors are working on a similar compound which will re- main effective forty-eight hours. Spring Growth The growth of children is not regular throughout the year. Spring growth in height is; on the average, almost twice that of the fall. The spring gain in height is made without weight gain, how- ever, while in the fall, when there is but little increase in stature, children fatter more. Explained Angus Worthington was telling his ten -year-old grandson a story. "When I was your ageI was. out Why, the Indians, I re, member one day , , " "Grandpa," interrupted the boy, "what did they feed you when you were a baby?" "Buffalo and corn bread," "That's just it," said the lad. "I was fed canned baby food." 4. GOOD FOIE JUST PAT IT ON! GOY A HEAD COLD? A few drops of Vicks Va-tro-nol in each nostril work fast right where trouble is/ va-tro-nol opens up cold- congested breathing passages,/ and relieves sneezy, sniffly head cold distress. Follow di- rections in pa,ckage. MS -'SRW- y OI. ti l MR:BRISK aayB "WHEN YOU'RE 'DREAM YOU CAN BE,1RINKA CUP OF LIPOtOjfi;`% EVERY PACKAGE OF ~.,v 1f a^ IS GUARANTEED FOR NYLON, CELANESE, RAYON AND ALL MIXTURES Proven fry years of use t► 't '- Ti,n`ex IS CANADA'S ORIGINAL ALL -FABRIC DYE