Zurich Herald, 1947-11-27, Page 2a
Beat Harvesting—the Easy Way—This newly -developed beet
harvester lifts beets out of the ground with shovels, picks them
up on the huge spiked wheels seen in photo, cuts off the tops
with knives, and loads the beets on a truck—all in one operation.'
Old Custom Is evived to Get
Food to Starving Europeans
The "schnitzing bee," which is
do German -Canadian farmers what
the corn husking bee of an earlier
day was to Anglo-Saxon pioneers,
has been revived in Waterloo
County, after an absence of 12
years.
In the past Waterloo's schnit-
zers had a mercenary idea in mind,
but this time they're schnitzing
for charity. The apples they
schnitz into quarters for drying
will go to the Mennonite Central
Committee headquarters at Kit-
chener to be shipped overseas to
ease the hunger of Europeans.
The term "schnitzing" is actu-
ally an Anglicization of the Ger-
man word "schnitz," or "schnit-
zel" (pieces). Also it's not far
from the verb "schneiden" (cut)
as pronounced in some dialects.
Old -Fashioned Equipment
Schnitzing bees were last popu-
lar in this area when farmers ga-
thered at the farm of Walter
Shantz, southwest of Kitchener, to
prepare dried apples for Western ,
Canadian farmers. When the de-
mand for the product disappeared
so did the bees, but the old-
fashioned equipment is still on the
Shantz farm, ready for use in aid
of Europe's hungry.
Of course many an apple ended•
up in the same small schnitzel in
the intervening years, but-, that
was strictly for -home consump-
tion and no bees were held. The
idea' was revived recently when
Mennonites in the Pine Hill area
decided to prepare dehydrated ap-
ples to send to Europe. As well as
being nutritious food, they could
be nibbled on like candy and would
provide a treat for the recipients.
From Far and Wide
From far and wide Mennonites
came to the Shantz farm. Josiah
Baer of the New Dundee district
brought McIntosh Reds. Joseph
Good from Plattsville brought
Pippins. Friends and neighbors
from Blenheim Mennonite Church
area flocked to the farm to fill
the dry -house with schnitz for
Europe.
Four hand -driven peelers kept an
equal number of men working in
one building to supply apples to
the schnitzers in the farmhouse.
Peels are removed in one piece,
then the apples go to women and
seen in the house. who cut the
apples into quarters and take out
bad spots.
Everybody Happy
Conversation at the bees never
otops. 'Women in white- lace bon -
gets chatter happily, usually in the
Mennonite dialect, w h i l e the
younger generation runs through
other topics, with generous quan-
tities of Canadian slang thrown in.
Older men usually discuss crops
and farming.
Product of the evening's work
is placed .in long, wooden trays
in the dryhouse, where a stove
burns night and day. Two days
later the dried apples are sent to
Kitchener to be forwarded to
Europe.
When the bee breaks up, the
children are called in from the
outside. While women prepare a
lunch the girl's choir from the
Mennonite Church practices for
a v school concert, with David
Bergey conducting, using a par-
ing knife for a baton.
English as Spoken
By Railroad Men
"So we tied the pig onto 40
reefers, the head shack bent the
iron into the main and after the
brains gave me a highball from the
strawberry patch I pulled the plug
and we rolled out of the garden on
the advertised," reports Newsweek
Magazine.
This in theory and w.th a nice
regard for railroad vernacular, is
how a freight .train engineer might
say: "So we. coupled the locomotive
onto a train.:of 40 refrigerator cars,
the cont -end brakeman opened ,the
switch into the, through track, and
after the conductor gave me a go-
ahead from the caboose, we left the
yards on schedule."
More likely, however, it's what
you'd read in the pulp magazines
published for railroad fans. Few
railroad men would express them-
selves, in such e. iquent jargon. But
the gaudy lexicon of the "high iron"
has enough foundation in fact to
be occasionally -valid.
State of Europe
The current tone of discussion in
America suggests there is a need
on this side of the Atlantic to make
it plain that Europe is not a derelict
continent likely 'to prove a con-
stant liability to the New World,
but is the home of 400,000,000 mem-
bers of the human race, endowed
with a great variety of skill and
masters of both an industrial and
agricultural economy of signal im=
portance to the world at large. It
is to be h:-p.d, indeed it is essential,
that Western Europe shall be con-
sidered as a good investment rather
than as a wreck to be salved or a
political mercenary to be pensioned.
— The Times, London.
The tips of airplane propellers
moving at top speed often surpass
the speed of sound.
FUNNY BUSINESS
By Hershberger'
read lits paper, so he thinks they should help pay for it 3'y
An Orchid .
For I damns
By
LILLACE MITCHELL
Mariamne clasped her, hands
lightly beneath the oiled silk
shampoo apron. It ;was useless to
get Wally's telegram out of her
bag again...She already had memor-
ized it.
Wally was passing through Chi-
cago on his way to a new job in
Hawaii. That was all Mariamne
needed to 'know.
Every penny she had in the
world went into this sudden beau-
tification. Every cent she had in
the world except Grandmother's
twenty -dollar bill. She couldn't
break into that. Grandmother had
sealed it in an old envelope and
told her:
"Emergency only! Mind, now!
It's never to be spent on anything
unless you're right down to hardpan.
Nothing less than emergency!"
Wally almost kissed the heart
out of her in the station. Then,
"You're looking swell, Mariamne.
Swell. How's the job?"
"Oh—grand," she lied. ,'Forty
a week only—but they promise me
a raise pretty soon."
They were walking now, shoul-
der to shoulder, along the ramp.
"And your new job, Wally," she
was asking him. "Tell me about
it."
"Not much to tell," he replied.
"Manager of a sugar plantation.
Five thousand a year and mainten-
*nee. They let me 'out of the old
job Thursday and I clicked with
this Friday,"
He had stopped before a flor-
Ast's window. Wally always ad-
mitted he couldn't pass a florist's
window. In New York every time
they passed a florist shop, Wanly
insisted on stopping in to buy her
a single orchid,
' "Gardeniag are just as nice—and
so fragrant." Mariamne always told
him.
"Sa-ay, yru must take me for a
piker! An orchid for !Mariamne,
nothing less, woman!"
Now he stopped, true to form,
staring in the window. There was
a display of orchids with the- price
marked $1.75. And -a box lined with
creamy gardenias marked, too.
Special 25 cents each.
"Come on," he said. "We'll have
to, have a—flower, honey."
Inside he drew a twenty-five
Cent piece out of his pocket and
flung it on the counter. "A gar-
denia for the lady," he said. "A
fresh one I"
The clerk selected a very fresh
one. "Twenty - six cents, please.
Penny sales tax."
Wally flushed. He. patted his
pockets. "—er— I — Mariamne.
honey—have you a penny change?
I—I—"
Mariamne made a pretence of
opening her ; arse, She knew there
was no penny there. But this was
an emergency. She took Grandmo-
ther's old envelope and broke the
seal. "I'll need change, anyhow,"
she said to the clerk.
Outside on the boulevard again.
Wally was silent, red-faced.
"C'mon, Wally, tell Mamma —
all," said Mariamne quietly, "You
—haven't a job."
"That's right — you're right!"
he exploded. "But I did have. Got
it Friday like I told you, honey,
but an hpur later they got a radio-
gram that the plantation had been
flooded! No job."
"And that quarter was your last
cent, And you'd spend it on—me."
Tears were in her eyes.
"Yes, just a cheap skate—that's
me," he admitted. "Orchid for
Mariamne. I always said. But I.
got down to a gardenia!"
"A liar," she said accusingly.
"We're both liars. Me, I have a
job, yes. fourteen dollars — not
forty—a week. Filing. And I've got
nineteen dollars and ninety-nine
cents, Wally. It'll buy the li-
cense--"
"What license?" he asked.
"Marriage license, darling," she
said gently.
"You mean you'd marry me—
and me with no job?"
"Would II You mean will I —
and—thank you, sir, yes. What's
the matter?"
"There's another florist shop,"
he said huskily. "This is a moment
that calls for an orchid, darling.
Gimme some money for it," '
Condensed
The young reporter was told
over and over again to cut hit
story to the bare essentials, So his
next story came out this way: --
"J. Smith looked up the shaft
at the Wallick Hotel this morn-
ing to see if the lift was on its
way down. It was, Aged 45,"
Quickly Relieves Distress of
*Wm*
ad....A
ls
o cid
tee
V bleDry al s
NoseD P
A little Va-tro-nol up
each nostril promptly
relieves sniflly, stuffy
distress of head colds—
makes breathing easier.
Also helps prevent many
colds from developing
if used in time, Try it!
You'll like itl Follow
directions in package,
VICKS VA RO'NOI
IYIXG
The business of living happily
is synonymous with moderation— -
moderation in our attitudes, moderation in our spending,
moderation in our personal habits.
And, when an occasion calls for the use of whiskyi
moderation in drinking.
For, as the House of Seagram has so frequently pointed out,
along the path of moderation lies peace of mind,
the respect of our neighbours,
the confidence of our business associates,
security and happiness.
e/F ,11 e6H'2Ci g'eri1 +0/011e09%"OJId/'
,3 e &Z,e ,,froa wiliave
THE HOUSE OF SEMIIWJ
LITTLE REGGIE
AM. THIS
LADDER NEEDS
15 FOUR MORE
RUNGS..
. AND THEN WE
CAN GET UP IN THE
TREE !
xi( REGGIIE
WHAT ARE YOU
DOING ?
FIXING A
LADDER