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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1973-03-15, Page 20)ME SHOP ITH ME l INCOME TAX IS CHILD'S PLA' One of the great con- MAW peeves is the cost of serv- IM, Not only is it expensive, tut it his. to some of us that we re- tire help too often. One way to avoidthese costs is to read the in- structions and to spend time maintaining your equipment. Canadian appliances are certi- fied for safety against fire and shock hazard, but they must be used according to manufactur- er's instructions to give satisfac- tory service. Here are some longer -life and less service tips: Refrigerators: Vacuum the dust and cobwebs from the bot- tom of the box about three or four times a year. When defrosting older appliances, give the ice be- hind the frozen food compart- ment time to melt. Do not have a built-in refrigerator unless it is• one that exhausts heat out of the front. Allow at least one inch of space on both sides of the refri- gerator and at least three inches at the top and back. Vacuum cleaners: Don't let the machine suck up such things as pins, small toys, sewing lint, be- cause these jam the works. If the ,suction isn't good, clean out the bag and check the hose for ob- struction. When inserting a new bag. be sure you open it up -it takes too much power for the machine to do this. And change the bag frequently. - Ovens: Don't cover the bottom of an oven completely with foil. This seals off"the heating and you won't be able .to cook. Irons: If you live in a hard water area or if tine manufactur- er.suggests it, use distilled water, else the tap orate% will clog the' spray iron beyond repair..Avoid corroding the, soleplate . by emp.-, tying the iron before 'storing. 'roiling over .zippers and fasten ere scratches and dans the, sole-'' plate. Fine scratches can .be re- movedwith very ine ,Steel wool; tbenriron over serraral �"tldclknesls- es of wax paper to rewwax the plate. Dryers: Clean the lint trap after use otherwise the air flow is reduced and .the clothes .take longer to, dry. Check that the Clothes : have :empty pockets be- cause sharp objects Such as bobby iris- dan •work their -4v through the metal drum and will eventually • jam it or short -the heatingelement. Above all, don't %put plastic or foamrubber artII cher; in the dryer. For example, 'avoid baby pants, rubber toys, running shoes.. It's important to remember that many older homes have too few circuits and too small wires to power today's electrical equip- ment. If you are frequently changing blown -out fuses, or the TV picture dims when you turn on another appliance, it's likely that you have inadequate wiring to get the best out of your appliances. So'ime Notes on Milk We never outgrow our need for dairy products. Calcium defici- encies are quite common among older people, causing brittle bones to be susceptible to damage if there is a fall. Milk and milk products such as cheese are one way of ensuring that the older body gets the calcium it needs to stay healthy. How is milk homogenized? Simple. It is forced under high pressure through small screen openings so that the milk fat is evenly distributed throughout. And good news for allergy suf- ferers. Those who are allergic to fresh pasteurized milk may be able to tolerate evaporated milk, say some experts. The changes in its proteins caused by the high heat of 'processing sometimes make it acceptable tothose who react to other types of milk. Quick Questions If you buy frozen poultry, is it safe to let it stand on the kitchen counter to thaw before cooking? Yes. But only if the bird is wrap- ped in a brown paper bag or covered with a towel. This pre- vents the outside thawing . faster and getting warm . before the in- side thaws. Actually, the safest way is in the refrigerator `or in cold water. You can also .cook it frozen, but the cooking period should benne and a half times the normal. For example, p at 325 de- grees. F a thawed or fresh ten peound turkey,.. requires four to five hours;for..roast'ng. A frozen ten dpouOttiturkey: will: require six to -seven and a half hours. Is it true that food can't burn in a Teflon -coated pan? No. Foods burn just as readily in a coated pan if too much heat is used. However; the burned food does not stick to the pan and it can be removed' more easily. When usilig Teflon -coated saucepans, it isit good.idea-toadjiist: tile -heat to medium or low. And before using a coated pan for the first time, wash it with hot soapy water. Rinse thoroughly with hot water, dry and then apply corn oil to the inside'surface with a paper towel. k teaspoonful is sufficient. Ai, abl .re% of hol • imp we sol + ow IN SIC Si (I SA (L PRI ledg ferir Sess Frid to 5 i?thh Sess Mar p.m. 8:30 Due tity a is not a e( specs wortl Pit Wing, HAPPINESS IS CERTIFIED SEED—Quality seed is a small investment in a farmer's crop production. by using "Certified" seed, you know that it's the best seed available in Canada. Certified seed is tested extensively, tagged and sealed as your guarantee of quality. Supplies of seed may be scarce in' some areas of Ontario this year, so for the best selection, farmers should plan their seed requirements early and order well in advance of planting time. °( Photo by Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food) SUNDOWN ACRES UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT Lea and Ron Hatch (LEARON FARMS, MUNT FOREST) Will be open f business FRIDAY, MARCH 16th We are Planning to Provide: —rQUALITY GROCERIES at Reasonable Prices —SNACK BAR with Mouth Watering Food with a difference. —TAKE OUT FOOD SERVICE Featuring Sausage Rolls, Cabbage Rolls, Spaghetti and other dishes --SERVICE STATION with a Licenced Mechanic, Gas and OH at competitive prices —GRAY COACH Bus Depot Service --9 HOLE GOLF COURSE and Driving Range needs some work, but will be restored. Drop in to Say "HELLO" and Look Around. We 'Are Here to Serve "YOU" S'/s Miles North of Mount Forest on Highway 6 Watch Next Week's Crossroads for Our TAKEOVER SPECIALS! fr As anyone knows, the new income tax form is mere child's play. Ask eight-year-old Karen Phipps, who kindly volunteered to do her father's income tax this year. Karen's still working on it, but her father is taking no chances. He's going to watch CBC tele- vision's Canadian Income Tax Test show on Friday, March 23 at 8 p.m. to get some advice on how to -be a match for the tax men in Ottawa this year. COOKING WITH THE STARS By M. N. Thaler The Piscean, as you know, is a seafood lover and we shall devote today's column to a marvelous recipe for a buffet party. Be warned,i it s a little tricky to make—but it is well worth the effort. This is the shrimp mousse I promised .you last week. Shrimp Mousse 1 can consomme Madrilene dash of Tabasco sauce 1 tsp. Worcestershire sauce'. juice' of 2 lemons 3 envelopes plain gelatin hard -cooked egg slices artichoke bottoms 1 large package Philadelphia cream cheese 1 cup mayonnaise 1'/2 cups sour cream 1/2 onion, grated 1 tbsp. chopped chives 1 cup chili sauce 1/2 cup chopped parsley '/2 cup grated celery 3 pounds shrimp juice of 1 lemon watercress, for garnish 1. To the consomme Madrilene, add the Tabasco and Worcester- shire sauces and the juice of 2 lemons. Heat over a low flame. 2. Add 1 package of the gelatin. Mix well to make sure it is dis- solved completely. 3. Allow the mixture to cool while chilling your mousse mold in theeezer. When it is com- pletely cooled, and the mold well chilled, pour enough of the mixture iilto the bottom of the mold to just line it. Place in the refrigerator to set. 4. Keep the remainder of the mixture in the refrigerator and allow it to thicken slightly. 5. When the first "liner" layer is set, decorate the bottom of the mold with slices of hard -cooked eggs, artichoke bottoms—or any other decorative garnish you prefer. 6. Return to the refrigerator and when the remainder of the mixture has thickened suffi- ciently, pour it over the gar- nished first layer and allow it to set mly while you are pre- paring mousse. 7. Cream the cheese well, add the mayonnaise, sour cream, onion, chives, chili sauce, parsley and celery; mix well. 8. The shrimp should have been cleaned and cooked and should now be finely chopped. Blend this into' the cream cheese mixture— make sure it is well blended—and reserve. 9: Now take 1/2 'cup -of the con- somme mixture and add it to the remaining 2 packets of gelatin which have been dissolved in the juice of ,one lemon. When this well 'dissolved, add to the shrimp mousse mixture and d blend thoroughly. 10. Pack this into the mold and allow it 'to set for several hours. 11. When well set and you. are ready to serve it, loosen . the mousse by placing the mold in:;ati shallow pan of hot water. Then invert the pan onto a serving platter. Decorate with water- cress and serve with any tangy sauce you like. Have a great buffet. Schools benefit from current efficiency study TORONTO (TIPS) — The old problem of maintaining a budget is certainly not new to school boards, nor to the taxpayers who foot the bills, but help may be on the way. A new program, Education Re- sources Allocation System (ERAS) is being carried out to help school boards get the most for their money. About a dozen pilot projects are underway -throughout Ontario dealing with all aspects of school budgetry. The pilot projects are sched- uled for completion in 1974 and 1975, but in the meantime, local school boards can benefit from what is learned along the way by attending seminars, workshops and through publication of the findings of ERAS as the program evolves. Basically ERAS will provide school boards with workable plans to increase efficiency, not only through reduced costs, but also with the idea of getting in- creased performance all through the educational system from operation of school plants to cur- riculum development from kin- dergarten through honor gradua- tion. credit card he have bec e s ioas problrnii Credit canoe are a convenience but what if you aluld, ha p to lose one or have .it stolen? Each year, millions, dollars are recorj' fraudulently an, credit cards'. No one is sure how much, but estiinat are high. Between 1948 and 1970, the total consumer credit outstanding in Canada rose to nI.0 billion from, $835 million, a lot of it through credit cards. Most corikpanieS issuing credit cards try to protect the customer who has lost his Bard. 'Osually, the card holder is held` respon- sible only for purchases up to $50. Erma Qespres, an air travel plan representative with Air Can- ada, says her company some- times holds 'customers re- sponsible for all purchases made on their card up to the time the company is notified. The Way It Is "It's unfortunate," Miss Des- pres said in an interview, "but legally that's the way it is." Chris Mann, a sales repre- sentative for Diners Club (Canada) Ltd.., says his com- pany's card holders are insured against any illegal use of their cards over $50. After the customer has notified the company of the loss, he is asked to sign. a letter verifying that the card has been either lost or stolen. Neither of the companies in- vestigate customers' claims and Mr. Mann admitted . a. person "might get away with it" if he says the card was lost but ac- tually continues 'using it himself. "We don't conduct proper in- vestigations but Such cases are rare." Diners Club has considered the ides of using, pictures on credit cards but so far there appears to be too many complications. Errol Markel,. co-ordinator of. retail for 'Gulf Oil Canada Ltd:, agrees that , pietUres on credit cards would not be convenient. Others Use Gard "At present, a customer has Revenge. of the red man The Canadian Indians wrecked by the white ma are having Ma last laugh, in, the Great Beyond. Tobacco is the Indian revenge. Before Columbus, tobacco,;,was 4 P ► Ip. a wh to roan, PPt explorers soon saw that Indians smoked the leaf in a Y-shaped pipe called a tabaco. Each end of the double -forked pipe was in- serted into a nostril. In- some places, though, Indians smoked tobacco leaves rolled with husks of corn. The white 'man Sampled the stuff, liked it, and thereby put a curse on coming generations. The Indians 'smoked for cere- monial purposes and as a symbol of goodwill. They also believed that tobacco had medicinal values. It was, in fact, primarily for this reason that explorers carried the weed back to Europe. The brainwash took so well that by the middle of the seventeenth century, a. London doctor wrote a whole book on "The Wonderful Vertues of Tobacco." The over- zealous physician recommended a drop of tobacco juice , in each ear to cure deafness, a green ,to- bacco leaf flat on the head to cure headache, and a tobacco leaf tied over a tooth to cure toothache. For a cough, he ` advised boiling tobacco leaves, shaking the syrup, and putting the mixture on the stomach. Doctors have learned a lot more about the effects of tobacco over the last three centuries. Now they know that smoking is a lead- ing cause of emphysema, chronic' bronchitis, lung cancer, coronary heart disease, and other diseases. But in the intervening centuries, smoking. has spread around the world. And there are still 45 mil- lion Canadians who smoke cigar- ettes. To avoid going early to the Great Beyond, find out ways to kick the habit from your local tuberculosis and respiratory dis- ease association. Back page challenge LAST WEEK'S CHALLENGE was the Cameron Homestead ht trarlbro0k. This week we have a picture taken at an area farm. Recognize it? • the right to let others use his card. Pictures woulde this convenience impossible." He said signature webBoa credit ; cards are making "a comeback, particularly in the United States, but again he is agaiinst, this idea:. "Banks warn 'their, 'customers not to leave a sample signature available. The fewer- samples of my signature I have in my wallet the better I` like it." Gulf reserves the right to hold a customer responsible for charges made :on .the, card untie written. notification is received that it has been misplaced. But usually this rule is applied with leniency. The 'company, however, does investigate to see who, if anyone is actuallyusing the card and if .a pattern is spotted or collusion is suspected the police are notified. In 1971, Gulf lost about, $30,000 .to fraudulent use of credit Cards, more than half of it in Quebec and the Ottawa Valley. Gulf says less than two per cent of cords reported lost or stolen are ever used. The T. Eaton Co. Ltd. uses an electronic system to track down missing cards. Tim Paulson, a supervisor in Eaton's accounts department, says that about three-quarters of lost or stolen cards are found within a few days. Customers are not usually asked to pay for merchandise registered to the card which they claim they did not reeeive, but the store still has the right to do so. "We pretty well have to take the customers' word for it," Mr. Paulson .said. Report to Winkler urges public role in Ontario Hydro Greater .public involvement in' the activities -of Ontario Hydro is suggested'iii a report released e by Honorable Eric A. Winkler, chairman of the Management Board of the Ontario Cabinet. Mr. Winkler said the 88 -page report "An Approach to Or- ganization", was prepared by Task -Force Hydro and suggests a number of organizational chan- ges to help implement its earlier report. .yam office of public affairs is proposed to expedite handling of public complaints of a service nature relating to Hydro as a means of enhancing Hydro re- sponsiveness to the public. A pro- cedure is also suggested for in- volving the , public at an early stage in the planning of major generating facilities and trans- mission lines. A number of organizational criteria were suggested to im- prove,operating efficiency and to enable Hydro to fulfill the demands of its new mandate. Mr. Winkler -said the report was prepared by a five -man team of consultants in collaboration with a broad cross-section of Hydro executives. Task Force Hydro estimates that most of the organization changes could be effected in from 12 to 18 months. U.S.INVESTMENTS United States investments in Canada totalled $24 billion the end of 1971, according to t U.S. department of commerce. ono! to: cosi Tann :"a xn ,Coa! ctegs'Contaet' Regional government is sup- posed to be more efficient but it's also costing the taxpayer more. Fot 10 appointed officers in re, gional government, the salaries come to $� .`b44,0(1.0' a Year. Alter tai_king to several officers who could not say what the a. ries were,a call to Marilyn Anderson of the K -W Record was sufficient. For those 'interested, here are the salaries of the appointed heads of regional government W. L. Bradley,: chief adininis trator.for Waterloo Regional Government, receives an annual salary of $33,.000. • Dr. Gerard Evans, • commis, signer of health and social serv- ices and the Medical, Officer of Health, receives $30,000 annually. Dr. Evans receives $30,000 from the 'width unit and theremsining $6,000 fromcregional governs*. D'Arcy Dutton, comm of engineering eve 1 Malcolm Gregg, comm" of fines or treasurer, $24,000h year. ill Thomson, conimiseioner of planning, and development, gets MO a year from refAonal gov- erntnent', Wayne Woods, regional' clerk, receives $15,000 annually. Elmer Moore,licitor, makes X28000; . solicitor, Arthur Pope, welfare adminis- trator, receives $19,000, John Fawley, water auPPIYsupply en - g reel', receives $17,90s,the'same salary he received as Kitchener water engi<rteer. John Barclay, director Of fin- ance, makes $17,250, also' the same salary he'receiived as clerk of Waterloo County. Five FaSI cm Park for Tobermory The Toronto planning team of Strong, Moorehead and Sigsby, consultants to the Ministry of Natural Resources, Is in the final stage of planning one of Ontario's most ambitious park concepts— Fathom Five Provincial Under- water Park at Tobermory. Al- though similar parks exist else- where around the world this will be the- first underwater park in fresh water. The personalized little commu- nity of Tobermory, noted for its rugged beauty and enchanting history, provides an ideal setting. Here the crystal clear waters of Georgian Bay and Lake Huron meet the white dolomite 'cliffs Women's Lib in the wood3 The Dryden �di i ry v stun of the On- tario Ministry of Natural Re- sources depends mainly on local women for tree planting projects., Ever since the first crew of local housewives was hired for tubeling planting in 1966, the importance of women workers ` has increased `steadily. Since 1968, almost all the .planting has been carried out by women from Dryden/; it i ncinity-=some'ebme from Vermilion Bay, and Camp Robinson. Rye grain for cattle Indications that rye is at least equal to barley in feeding value for cattle , may ° have special meaning for ". producers in the Maritimes. Research at the Agriculture Canada research station at Fred- ericton, N.B., indicate that .up to 60 per cent rye ,can be used in high energy grain rations for steer calves without changing feed consumption, weight gains or feed efficiency. 'An earlier experiment showed similar results for dairy cows. Rye, with its high yield potential, is adaptable to the Maritime climate. In fact, cereal researchers rate fall rye as being superior to winter wheat in winter hardiness and claim it is capable of producing more feed value per acre than other cereal grains. and shoals of the Bruce Penin- sula. In these waters lie a silent fleet of sailin g ships and steamboats loft in nineteetlkth century gales. Today these historic vessels are being brought '.back to life by Scuba divers who cote to Tober- mory from all over North America. And with them they are. bringing changes to the. economy of the area. "Fathom Five Provincial Park will `be for the public", explains project co-ordinator Ernie Martelle. "Aniinterpretive centre with underwater viewing facilities, displays, and related programs will offer mu& to the land-based `visitor, as well as to the boating public. Diving, interpretive, picnick- ing and camping facilities have been;proposed for a park base at Dunk's'Point. To -explore and en- joy the underwater park in all its aspects the prospective visitor Pe should obtain mask, fins and snorkel Or participate in a neigh- borhood diver training and Ler= tification course." A master plan was completed in January concerning the development of Fathom Five Park and an information brochure is expected to be avail- able dor talo season, ie Park is expected to be``fully -operational within two years. LLEMENT SHEDS ing Parlors, Barns CUSTOM RM BUILDINGS ston 291-2914 Constipated? Chew Peen -A -Mint. It's a chewing guntlaxativethat's gently effective. And pleasant tasting. It's one laxative everyone can take. So don't suffer from irregularity. Reach for a gentle laxative. fe'en-A-Mint. Natural/ . 0.0wt'.,o,n 4ftuf,tl 000 Peen4mint (LAXATIVE .i ci I. ow ,ors .11'% soul Nola mimes A r&CHN 4/ l/ll 1111\ Do You Have Negative Camber? If your front wheels look like this, we want to see you. Come in today and we'll give your car a free alignment check. We may see something that needs replace- ment but isn't in need of immediate repair. If so, we will tell you and then see you in a few weeks. 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