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The Seaforth News, 1941-12-04, Page 3THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1941 THE MIXING HOWL 6y ANNE ALLAE8 Hydro Hoose Eoca.eanaaa Cookie Time Hello Ilomemakers! It's always eno]tie time! You need a groat same ty of cookies for a great variety of cce.asions. For hungry school child- ren,. .for guests...festive parties -- and to round out lunches, suppers or dinners. And it isn't a bit too early to begin preparing your Christmas cookies. * * Our cookies today are really econ- omical, easy to make and very good! Cookie cutters may be used to follow out your decoration theme, and Christmas decorettes can be very at- tractive—i,e, chopped cherries, bits of peel, a few nuts, small candies, coloring or other packaged pieces. * :k * Cookies are usually accompani- ments Inc desserts or beverages. Plain ones are often served with purees and salads—or ice cream or a heavy dessert—Filled cookies make a complete dessert in themselves ---and spiced cookies are served with a plain dessert such as apple sauce or stewed fruits. Keep cookie dough in the electric refrigerator, wrapped in wax paper. It will be handy to slice off for ex- tras or fresh cookie:c. Of course, soft batters may be stored also, by keeping in the centre part of the eleorie refrigerator—covered tight- ly. 'Mee. mixtures will produce the same re.oults even after four or five week's storage. It one measuring time, and dishing time in half, and St's .so ernncmical to use -in electric re•fr!gerator. Recipes Christmas Candle Cookies cup butter or similar fat 1 cup fine sugar 2 eggs 1 tb. milk s tsp. vanilla 2Se cups all purpose flour 2 tsp. baking powder 14 tsp. salt Crean butter or fat used, add sugar gradually and blend in well. Beat in eggs, milk and vanilla. Sift flour, measure and sift with baking powder and salt, then stir into - the first mixture. Put about one-quarter of batter into a dish and color with raspberry juice or red food coloring - Chill the loughs in the electric re- frigerator near the freezing unit --- then make rolls about two inches long and red balls about an inch in diameter. Stick One in each roll of dough. Wrap up in wax paper and chill in electric refrigerator. Roll out on lightly floured board and cut in inch strips, tapering the red end to form the candle }lane, Bake in the electric oven at 350 degrees Inc 8-10 mine. Remove at once from baking sheet. k * * * Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada Assures Security for over One Million Partners H. R. LONG, GODERICH District Agent D. H. McINNES CHIROPRACTOR Office -- Commercial Hotel Electro Therapist — Massai e Hours—Mon. and Thurs. after- noons and by appointment. FOOT CORRECTION , ay manipulation—Sun-ray treatment. Phone 227. BUS TIME TABLE Leauw Seatorth for St attord: Daily ',I:5 a.m. and 5.11 p.m. I 41, ro,' t!a re i :nder)e01 nai1y mac pl Suudny nod 4, 1., 1 rah p.m. and 7.40 o.m. 31111,. and h01., 1, p.m, nod at 1.,11 Toroilt, Hamllt m. 1111 Mttu, r.t.11,111. DO Mit Tavtstock, wnocrstnek, It r•n,t 10.14 Agents, Queen's, Commercial. 1/ irk 1Inne 1 Soldier Cookies 2 cups brown sugar 1 cup melted shortening or similar fat 3 eggs 'a. cup milk 1 tsp, vanilla 2 tsp. baking powder Flour to mix stiff Mix ingredients in order given. Add just enough flour to roll. Cut into shapes of soldiers, or other shapes. Sprinkle with brown sugar and bake in electric oven for 10-12 mins. at 350 to 375 degrees, k k * Chocolate Crunchier 11 cup butter stip lard •li cup brown sugar 1 egg 1 cup pastry flour 14 tsp. soda tsp. salt 1 asp, vanilla cup walnuts, chopped lb. sweet baking chocolate cut in 1/ " pieces Cream shortening, sugar and eggs, add sifted dry ingredients. Add van- illa, nuts and chocolate. Drop from teaspoon on greased baking sheet 2 inches apart. Bake at 400 degrees for 10 mins. in electric oven. Let cool slightly, then remove from pan. :k 4 ,k Crunchy Spice Cookies 8% cups dour 3r tsp. baking flour te tsp. salt ee cup granulated sugar 1 tep. cinnamon tsp.' ginger 1 /8 cup butter tsp. cloves tsp. baking soda 1 egg, beaten 1 chip molasses Cream butter, .sugar and egg well, acid molasses, then dry ingredients sifted together. Chill in refrigerator. Shape into tiny halls and bake in greased baking sheet. at 375 degrees for 10 mins. in an electric oven, * e Christmas Cherries es cup shortening 14 cup granulated sugar 1 egg yolk • i, tsp. vanilla • 1 tb. grated orange rind 1 r ; tspe. grated lemon rind 1 tb. lemon juice 1 cup sifted flour 1 egg white, slightly beaten 15 eandied cherries '; cup chopped nuts Cream shortening in electric mix- er, add Sugar gradually, beating constantly. Add egg yolk. vanilla, orange, lemon juice and rind. Add flour, mix well. Chill in electric re- frigerator. Roll into small halls in diameter, roll in egg white, then in chopped nuts. Place on greased' baking sheet, place half a cherry on each cookie. Bake at 350 degrees foe 20 mins. in an electric oven. Yield -30 cookies. • r % * TAKI'1 A TIP - Cut refrigerator cookie dough for baking in thin slices, with a long, sharp, thin bladed knife using e sawing motion and pressing very lightly. - If a mould is used, pack the dough in it tightly, being careful not to leave empty spaces or holes. Substitute lard or similar fat for butter, but be sure to increase the amount by one-fifth and also in- crease the amount of salt in the re- cipe, ars lard does not contain salt. Time the first baking of cooking accurately in the electric oven. Thereafter, cookies can be baked by the clock. - - Cookie sheets roust not be too large. There should be one inch of space on all sides between the sheet and the sides of the oven to allow circulation •Inid even cooking and browning. Yk' * * QUESTION BOX Mrs. J. R. asks: -How can I make boiled Lima beans more tasty?" Answer: A tangy, satisfying dish is—Lima beans with mustard -butter sauce. Just 4 tbs. of melted baking fat, a little sugar, a tsp. of mustard, two tsp. of lemon juice or vinegar, salt and pepper. Simmer on electric turned low. Pour over hot boiled Lima beans, - Miss L. B. asks: "Arc' there any precautions to use in poaching eggs --..Can you poach Grade "we? Answer: Yes, but use hot water, Turn to "simmer" on the electric element and (Mver, Add a tb. of vin- egar to the Water, when the eggs are not too fresh it keeps the whites ie Mrs. place, - - Mrs. '1'. E. L, suggeste: "Preparing pig's feet for the men for their stag party." "Please give broiling in- structions." Pig's Feet ---Scrape and wash the feet thin•oughly. Tie each separately in a piece of cheesecloth. Put in a saucepan, cover with boiling water and add salt et1e lbs. for 0 pig's feet), Let water boil, then turn elec- tric switch to simmer or low for 0 THE SEAFORTH NEWS PAGE THREE Submarine Crews Find Life A Tight Fit ])v "Nautilus" and protruding wheels of all sort stowed on either side in the upper and lower berth. Sailors were scrub bing down and hurried to and fro with buckets of water, emphasizing space- limitations of which officers and crew alike seemed blithely un conscious. My guides kept pointing out ho really roomy everything was, al- though the belly of a modern sub- marine, unlike Jonah's whale, act- ually consists of a single long bowel that runs impartially through offic- ers' quarters and ine•tr's me ts, through control room and w,ard- roont. The cook's galley is wedged into a small corner, ahout the size of the cupboard that goes with at ort' -and -a -half -room flat in New York. Although the cook reluctantly admitted that there was not much room, he managed to turn out full- sized meals for the whole ship's company. When action stations are sounded• he just lumps the food out of that electric. ovens_ ... and rushes off to serve the -gun. He is not the only one on board who doubles in brass, There is an evident fascination about undersea life and from the Skipper to the forty -five-year-old veteran of the last war, from "Jim- my" to the cook, there was nobody on board who would not have felt hurt --nay, mortally offended --if anyone had dared to suggest he might prefer some other section of the war front. No one made any at- tempt to disguise the way they all felt about it. When I visited their quarters alone, the men were frank- ly and eagerly enthusiastic. One submerger said: "This is far better than general service•. It's so friendly like and there's not so much spit and polish about it," Be that as it may, the men's quarters are immaculate with chromium - plated fittings, blue leather uphol- stery and a non-stop wireless set. And. as I gasped my way through a tot of ovenproof rum—"Nelson's blood," they called it ---I learned what living undersea is like. "Well, first," said a man from Barry, "there's the quiet, When we switch from Diesel to motors, it's dead quiet. Then as the hours go by the air gets used up and the slight- est effort makes you pant. Why, ft's work to drink a cup of tea, and taming a wheel is real hard labor, In summer, off the Norwegian coast, we were submerged twenty-one hours out of twenty-four. It's day- light up there: all day and nearly all night too. Then after having been down so long, when she comes up again, the pressure opens the hatch- es without any help from us and a man has to hold onto the Skipper's legs to prevent him popping out like a cork front a bottle. The first whiff of fresh air smells awful, and the first smoke fairly blasts the top of your ]read off." From before sunrise to after sun- set, the submarine patrols below the surface, and, if no target slides into the periscope, the first aim of all 011 board is to conserve their store of air. They sleep as much as they can, avoid cooking, eschew smoking, and instead such the new thirst -quench- ing sweets, When darkness throws' its welcome cloak around them, they surfave and s0-01101imes they surface into storms. But if the w,•a- then is at all fine they live a normal 1}i'o and, luck being with therm, clue hours, Cool in the eyelet'. Ilrair. They will be ready for broiling, t'ry- ing, pic•laine' or .serving cold with applesauce -hot', cradisl).'' Answer; I'or bruit}ng; -Split the feet, season with salt, pepper and vinegar. Sprinkle with •tiour 011+1 broil under a hitt electric - hreiiline element for 10 ruins, Serve on lint platter with butter. salt and pepper. Anne Allan invites you to write to her c eo '1 he Svnl'orth News. Just send in your questions on homemak- ing problems and watch this little corner of. ,the columnfor replies. amtm'thnes sit down on (leek and see the It. A. F. boys raining bombs on the enemy. Dawn sends thein down again- into -the dark waters, 1 was shown the clew thirst: quenching sweet,; --milk tablets and chocolates --and the pemmican that will sustain life for days and days. il. is put up in specially designed and rust -proof containers, now issued to all ::hien sailing in the danger zone. Merchant vessele are also requited o to treble the rations of drinking water an their life boats and on e- their rifts. 'Then, to give survivors e. a better chance of reaching safety. big merchant vessels are being fitted f with a powerfu) motor launch that t can tow all the ship's boats toward land, CANADA'S NAZI FILM s• t Is One of £1,000,000 Programme on Its Way Across Atlantic The adventures' of a Nazi sub - h marine crew fighting its way across • Canada is one of the war Mine, "49th Parallel", in a £1,000,000 r• programme by British produce r:e - put }n hand to meet a demand from • overseas for war films made on the spot. Other films now being shown or on their way to Canada include `'The Big Blockade," part fictional and part documentary; "Ships With w- Wings," about Britain's Fleet Air .Arm; topical Will Hay c'omedie5 like "The ];lark Sheep of Whitehall" and "The Goose Steps Out"; Tommy Trincier in "The Foreman eman Went - to' France", 'London is Burning" showing the world's largest city 'in flames; and, greatest of all, "Targ- et- Inc To -night,,' the film showing coal -life airrh1en and planer execute ing a raiz} on Germany. A large number of "short,' are • also on their way. Among other plans...for up- the output -ii British. films, now threat,•sed by service calls on stars, techeieeins and studio space, is a "pooling" eeheaur, to allow all these facilities to be shared out among the various pro- ducers;. Moreover, the beading Am- erican film companies hope to make films in Britain with their own technicians, and so "unfreeze" the credit, worth about 4 5,000,000, they have built up there from film book receipts. itndcrosea sightseeing is sternly discouraged by the Admiralty and few' indeed are the permits issued to board a British submarine, All - privileged must be impressed, as was, by the spirit of easy comrade ship that pervades the whole coral any, each man knowing his job i that seemingly inextricable mass o machinery, each man deponden upon the other in en emergency - "It's the highest form of discip line," said the Commander ----a two and -a -half -stripe man in his ttventie --who with his First Lieutienan ("Jimmy" in Silent Ser'v'ice part ance) showed me over his ''boat, Imagine a tubular Pullman ear wit tons of complicated electrical gear Make Farm Plans and Make Them Early.-- Each arly—Pach year a farmer treed:, to make more or less definite pians for the operation of his farm busi- ness during the next season. Under present conditions such a plan is more than ever necessary, and the plan should be made early in order to avoid disappointment in procur- ing labor, seed, and other require- ments. With the supply of farm la- bor limited and unertain, changes in management may have to be made to reduce the need for hired help, say. I•I. D. Mitchell. Field Hus- bandry Division. Central Experi- mental Farm, Ottawa. The plan must be based on the resources available to the (pester. The foun- dation of the plan is, therefore, a physical one and will have to be made out in terms of acres of vari- ous crops, expected yields; - Mamhea' of livestock and their feed require- ments, and the disposition of crop or livestoelt products available for sale•. Because the crop and livestock sy`t eats are mutually dependent, the various livestock enterprises should he ]planned so as to consume as much of the crope as possible and reduce the purchase of feeds. On the other hand the cropping plan should be so arranged as to supply as much of the livestock feed as possible and whet',- desirable to allow for the growing of profitable cash crops. It may be necessary because of the labor shortage to reduce the acreage of hoed cropsandgrow more hay and grain. Such a plan would fat in well with a bacon production programme and for cheese production, pasture should be given serious eonsidera- tion. When labor is scarce it is well in planning farm operations to give consideration to readjustments in farm machinery and labor-ran•}ng devices. Tractor and tractor drawn equipment may allow for one man operating a farm which previously required two men. The size of im- plements should he adjusted so as to utilize the available power most ef- ficiently whether it he horse or trac- tor power. A row crop tractor will reduce the manual labor required for cutivated crops. Combination seed and fertilizer drills allow - for two operations - being clone by one machine. Harvesting machinery is now available which reduc ee manual labor to 0 1011) ium. These points and many others should be consider- ed froin the standpoint of their pec sill„ moot and convenience and the year's operation plan worked out early and completely. 1 hsp,-11 trental Farms Newe.) 1 HULLETT Private John Leslie La ger, a former member of tate P'a'th Real - mem {Motor) active torte-. who has been oversea, with a Unit of the Canadian Army Dental Corps .,ince early in 1!r 10, arrived in London, Ont.. last week, and later returned to his home, 507 Downie street, t Stratford Private Tasker had been ill with pleurisy in Great Britain. He arrived at an eastern Canadian port a few days ago and cabled his wife, the former Miss Evelyn (itibb- ings of Clinton, that ho had landed, Private Tasker enlisted with the Perth:; in September of 1939, after moving to Stratford from 'Tavistock. where he had for two and a half years been working as a carpenter, He stayed with that unit until Mar. S. 11)40. when he went with the dental (-orps. Private Teskor had learned mechanical dentistry in De- troit and his trade served hint to good advantage in the gamy. Ex- tremely glad to ser their fathom' hone again are Mary and Richard Tasker. Pastor—''Good morning May; 1 hear God has seen fit to send you two fine little brother.,." Little May --"Yes. air, and He knows where the money's vomiter front, too, Daddy said so." Here's Easy Time -Tested Way To Get Relief Get after those distressing spells of coughing and ease misery of the cold the widely used Vicks way..,Boil some water- Pour it into a bowl. Add a good spoonful of Vicks VapoRub, Then breathe in the steaming medicinal vapors. With every breath you take VapoRub's medication soothes irritation, quiets coughing, helps Clear head and breathing pas- sages, FOR ADDED RELIEF...At bedtime rub Vicks VapoRub on throat, chest and back. Its poul- tice -vapor action works to bring u comfort while you sleep, ST. COLUMBAN Mr. Dan Williams of Chicago has returned after spending a few days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Pat - Will}ams, Mr. Joseph J. William:: of Detroit spent the week end with his par- ents Mr. and Mrs. Pat Williams. Miss Anna Atkinson who spent her vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs, Joseph Atkinson, has re- turned to Toronto, - Mr. Frank Doyle, of Hamilton, spent the week with his mother, Mt'e, Jame. Doyle. - Mr. John O'Reilly of Toronto .meeit the week end with his par- ents Mr, and Mrs. Jan„• C)'I.eiliy. KIPPEN Father Passes--- - John Conner, at resident of Mount Forest. passed away 00 Nov. 27th. a week after reaching his eelth year. He had resided there ,ince he was a young boy, brides his widow he leaves two sone and two daughters, Rev. Roy Corier, of 1<mhru, and formerly of Kippen; Chutes Con- ner. of Dunlas; Mm, Courtney, of Montreal, and Miss May Conner, at Thoma Funeral took place on Satur- day with service in the Mount For- est United Church. DUBLIN The Anglican Women':+ Guild held their annual meeting for election of Oliveira with the following result: President, Mrs. Albert Rock; vice president, Mrs. Frank Smith; secret - :try. Mrs. John Diegel, and treasur- er, Mrs. A. Sutherland. Rev, Dr. Hurford was present and a disc'us- .ion took place regarding the sub- ject of religious teaching, in public schnnis. Personals: Rev, I)r. Hurford and Mrs. Hurford, Seaforth, called on friends here; 'Mrs. Katharine Ben- ninger and Mrs. Jack McCarthy' spent Sunday in Kinkora; Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Jordan and Jack Ryan at Centralia, MEDICAL BOARDS PROTECT ARMY'S HEALTH Lor„ctrl v.:uninatio) of volunteers for a! -tire e.rviec in the Canadian Arnr. at -t zn.-"t ,E t•,'ar.:•ru me101411' check -Ups are part of the neem) ;work done ey tee leve: t.r. -• 01117' ed ie., 4 • , I peer photos shares a volunteer bele aortic^1' e111110W11 os 111 '1 sr; 4:11.4 n, rat in, t1 ; .,ate izl•' n. At left, helaw the 1:34- 1 ,.-so ni a mr)liea: nt'o`iccr erotic the "adinnn of ,t rout! s,.,'rn. of Nis ez•ntninatinn--l�:-rav r< •r.��l ,�:.+>. B: mr right, the volunteer reaches the. n u , •.bo Pr,e11 and lungs.