The Seaforth News, 1962-05-24, Page 6Meow? Meow:
Old Tom is a tomcat through
and through—a scarred veteran
of uncertain year, unclnronieled
amours and uhinnbered fights.
One ear is split, one foot has a
jagged scar, and underneath the
thick black hair are he.iled
w;
un ds turned white,
It his sunset days, Old Tom
lazed about a small ranch neat'
Yucaipa, a hamlet off the high-
way between Los Angeles and
Palm Springs. He'd either bask
in the sun or mosey out now and
then to flush a field mouse, But
he was a cantankerous sort,
slim on affection toward the
ranch owners, the Coleman Feld-
man family. He would glare- with
snobbish aloofness at Mrs. Feld-
man
eldman and he would refuse to en-
ter the house until Mr. Feldman
came home in the evening:
When the Felclmens, with their
year-old daughter, Patricia, and
then dog, Candy, moved to Los
Angeles last April 14, they de-
cided the kindest thing to do for
an old cat set in his ways was to
leave him on the ranch with his
field mice and his sun. The new
ranch owners, the George Ain-
baeh fancily, promised to care for
him and see him to his grave.
Meanwhile, back at the ranch,
Old Tom brooded. Then one day
last summer he disappeared. The
Ambachs told the Feldmann.
Evei;cone shrugged and forgot
about Old Tom.
Last month the Feldmans re-
turned from shopping to their
house in midtown Les Angeles
and noticed a black cat pacing on
the roof of the house next door.
"It looked like Old Tom," says
Feldman, "and when I talked to
him, he crooned back. At the
ranch I used to talk to him and
he'd meow in return. I examined
him carefully, and it was him,
all right, The coloring was the
same, the scars—the ear nicked
in the fight ..."
The Feldimans discount the idea
that anyone, brought Old Tom to
their city home. The evidence
seems to prove that, somehow
Old Tom, in months of wander-
ing, crossed better. than 90 miles
of wilderness, farms, suburbs,
and freeways and through hun-
dreds of square miles of houses
to the new Feldman home in Los
Angeles.
"It's utterly fantastic," says
Mrs. Feldman. "But it is Old
Tom. Candy won't allow another
cat in the yard, hut he just
ignores Old Tom as he used to
back at the ranch."
And Old Tom is back to his old
aloof ways. He won't go into the
house until Mr. Feldman comes
home.
Flower As Cure
For Leukaemia
A drug obtained from the
spring -flowering, blue - coloured
periwinkle is now being used by
some physicians in the United
States in the war against leu-
kaemia, a disease in which there
is an excess of white corpuscles.
When the drug, known as leu-
rocristine, was tested recently,
scientists and doctors reported
that it showed "great promise,"
The tests took place in Indian-
apolis, where natives are believ-
ed to have once used this attrac-
tive little plant in their folk
cures.
It is too early yet to say how
effective the new drug will prove.
One snag is that great quantities
of periwinkle plants are needed
to make even one gramme (about
0.035 oz.) leurocristine.
Other drugs have been made
by scientists from the periwinkle
and these are now undergoing
tests to see if they are effective
in the treatment of various com-
plaints'.
Old-time herbalists believed
that the way periwinkles cling to
the soil was a sign that the blue
fiowera and glossy evergreen
leaves could bind husbands and
ICS JAM ABOVE THE FALLS — At Niagara Fails, N.Y., large ice floes from the spring
break-up in Lake Erie jam Niagara River channels above the 'falls, cutting off the flow
of water and, for a short time, making an ice island at the brink of Horseshoe Falls.
wives who ate them "with indis-
soluble bonds of affection." Herbs
from the periwinkle were pre-
scribed as a cure for unhappy
marriages,
The flawer that the English
poet Chaucer — with his quaint
spelling — called "fresh Peri-
vinke rich of hew" was also
used as an amulet against witch-
es under the name of Sorcerer's
Violet.,
In Britain, periwinkles usually
flower in April and May, and in
southern Europe by mid-Febru-
ary.
One naturalist visiting the
Canary Islands early in the year
found them blooming in such
profusion, he reported, that
"hedges and grass plots were
dyed blue with them for many
hundreds of yards,"
American View of
Jobless Retraining
No one can fault the objective
of the manpower training act
just signed by President Ken-
nedy. It is to provide new skills
—and new jobs—for the unem-
ployed who have been displaced
by automation and other eco-
nomic change.
Retaining of the displaced is a
must if our country is to continue
to prosper and to hold its place of
leadership in the free world. Au-
tomation and changing trade pat-
terns will create opportunity
which can be met only by a bet-
ter educated, higher skilled, more
productive working force.
But there is more to the prob-
lem than simply sending the un-
employed back to school at gov-
ernment expense. That could
turn out to be a costly boondog-
gle and—if improperly handled
—just another, and potentially
scandalous, version of a federal
dole.
The program now being laun-
ched is expected to spend $600
million (including state matching
funds) to train 570,000 unemploy-
ed workers in three years. It fig-
ures out to more than $1,000 per
trainee—well worth it if most of
them get jobs, but money down
a rathole if they don't.
Past experience has shown
there is no point in training peo-
ple unless you know there will
be a demand for their new skills
once they're trained. And there
equally is no point in training
jobless workers — however de-
serving otherwise—who lack the
education and ability to profit by
what they learn,
It will take a real effort by
private industry, local and state
agencies and the federal govern-
ment to make this program a suc-
cess, We wish them well, —
Memphis (Tenn.) Press -Scimitar
BABY -FACED GUARD Youthful face of this East Berlin
border guurd suggests that Communist leaders may be tap-
ping their final reservoir of manpower among 16 and 17-
year-olds for border patrol duty along the dividing wall.
-TAt:,E
Jane Andews
Would you like to make a real
Hungarian goulash? Mrs. Char-
lotte. Miller, sent in this recipe,
writing, "Hungarian goulash is a
fragrant one -dish meal , . , it is
not a potted meat with gravy. It
is a choice bit of meat and po-
tatoes in its own soup to be serv-
ed in deep bowls with spoon and
fork." This is how it is•made;
HUNGARIAN GOULASH
3 pounds fresh, lean beef cut
into 1 -inch cubes
14 cup bacon fat
1,4 cup yellow onions cut into
bits
1 tablespoon salt
!i teaspoon ground. pepper
(you may like less)
1 raw tomato (or 2 tablespoons
tomato sauce)
Mix all ingredients; cover
tightly; cook over low flame on
top of stove for 2 hours, (Ed.
note: beef is usually first brown-
ed. for a stew like this.) Then
add:
1 quart stock or water
1 pound potatoes, peeled and
cut into Vc-in. cubes
14 cup homemade noodle
squares
Cook slowly 15 minutes longer,
then garnish with n/s cup fresh
Italian parsley, 1 tablespoon
sweet paprika. Serve in deep
bowls.
HOMEMADE NOODLES
1 egg
Flour
Mix with a fork, using all the
flour the egg takes up. Mix
about 1 minute, When it dries,
roll to 3/4 -inch thickness and cut
into 3/4 -inch squares. (These will
keep in glass jar indefinitely).
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Another one -dish meal was
sent by Mrs. Rikki Kerns, "I have
made this dish for some time with
success; it is original and I am
sure Christian Science Monitor
readers have not had it before,"
she says, although she uses beef
rather than lamb for her "Shep-
herd's Pie." "This is very tasty
served with garlic bread and a
green salad. It can be made the
day before and left in the refrig-
erator unbaked, until needed."
DE LUXE SHEPHERD'S PIE
1 pound ground chuck or round
of beef
2 large onions, sliced
Pepper and salt
Pinch of rosemary or thyme
(optional)
2 teaspoons Worcestershire
sauce
1 tablespoon catchup
1 bouillon cube
1% tablespoons flour
Mushrooms, fresh or canned
(optional)
2'medium potatoes
• 2 parsnips (or similar amount
of turnips)
2 large carrots
Butter and sharp cheese
Fry ground meat and onions
until done; add seasonings and
bouillon cube cut into pieces,
Mix in flour and enough water
(or juice from mushrooms) to
make into thick sauce. Cook
together with salt, the root vege-
tables, cutting carrots (and tur-
nips, if used) into thin strips;
mash; add butter and cheese,
grated or cut into small pieces.
Pour meat sauce in bottom of
large casserole, Spoon mashed
vegetables carefully on top,
smoothing with a fork. Add more
grated cheese. Cover; bake at
350° F, 45-60 minutes, removing
lid during last 15 minutes of
baking,
M s
While we're on the subject o.0
one -dish meals, a "different" one.
was sent by Mrs, Arthur Eggin-
son, Here it is:
SPICY BEEP' WITH RICE
1 pound beef chuck, cut into
2 -inch cubes
2 tablespoons shortening or
bacon fat
1 medium onion, chopped
1 clove garlic, chopped
% cup tomato sauce
2 tablespoons catchup
1 bay leaf
4 allspice berries
% ,teaspoon paprika
Pinch sweet basil
2 teaspoons Worcestershire
sauce -
.4-1 cup hot water
14 green pepper, cut up (op-
tional)
Cooked rice
Parsley for garnish
Brown meat in hot fat; add
onion and garlic and brown
slightly (do not burn). Add bay
leaf, allspice, and Worcestershire
sauce; cover and let simmer 1
hour. As liquid cooks away, add
hot .water — IA to 1 cup. Add
tomato sauce, catchup, paprika,
sweet basil, and green . pepper.
Continue simmering until meat is
tender — about 1 more hour. ,Add
salt to taste.
DOUBLE -BOILER
STEAMED RICE
I4 cup washed raw rice
24 cup water
Salt to taste
Put ingredients in top of
double boiler and cook with
water in bottom of boiler, boiling
slowly for s/s of an hour. This rice
,will be fluffy with each : grain
separate. Serve with spicy beef.
— with a parsley garnish over
all. This rice recipe is for 2 serv-
ings.
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Do you have a great many
leftovers in your refrigerator?
Marjorie Keith Stackhouse, has
the very dish for you. It is mock
chop suey, which she says brings
"Ohs" .and "Ahs" from guests.
MOCK CHOP SUEY
2 large stalks celery
1 medium onion
2 teaspoons green pepper
6—or less — medium tomatoes
1 chicken breast and 1 chicken
leg (cooked.)
2 cups cooked rice
1 cup green beans
1 cup lhna beans
1 cup chicken gravy
1 can chicken chow mein
Canned cooked noodles, if
desired
Soy sauce
Chop first 5 ingredients; add
beans, gravy, rice; boil 2 minutes,
then add chow mein; heat
through; season. Serve with
noodles and sauce.
Q. How can 1 make a mush-
room chowder?
A. Combine condensed cream
of mushroom soup with one can
of light c r ea m, o n e cup of
sauteed sliced mushrooms, a few
tablespoons of lightly sauteed
onion, and sieved hard - boiled
egg. Heat and serve. It's good!
With land prices rising every
day now in the real estate world
it may not be too long before it
will be sold by the pound.
How Well Do You Know
NORTHEAST ASIA?
Church Sunday
Among The Amish
Church Sunday in Amishland
comes every other week, in strict
observance with tradition, and it
makes for a busy day indeed.
Services, held in the homes of
members, begin at eight -thirty
and this means that families must
rise at four to get chores out of
the way if they are to be there
on time.
On any chosen Sunday morning
the yellow glow of lamplight may
be observed in all the Amish
homes in our valley at this early
hour. And inside the homes the
Work progresses with assembly-
line precision, At the Zaugg's,
Hilda and Amos feed the live-
stock and milk the sows while
Emmeline does the housework
and prepares breakfast.
The ntillc must be strained and
put to cool, all pails and strain-
ers
are washed and scalded and
put to air out at the milk house,
where a laundry stove is fired
up to provide boiling water each
morning, summer and winter.
And a warm mash for the hens
and cows simmers there, on bitter
mornings as well,
Stables are not cleaned on the
Sabbath, but mangers are filled
with hay and cribs are provided
with corn. If snow has fallen dur-
ingh the night, paths must be
shovelled, No wonder the family
is ready for the substantial
breakfast which they presently
sit to eat by Lamplight!
After the meal, all dishes are
washed and put away, dairy pro-
ducts are taken to the spring -
house, and Emmeline and Hilda
find time to sandwich in two
chores that are a "must" on this
days the preparation of a pot of
soup (usually noodle) to be eaten
when the family gets home, and
the packing of a basket to take
to church for the traditional noon
lunch there, This never varies;
it as traditional as an Amish -
Woman's bonnet or an Amish -
man's broadfall pants, It is moon
pies (dried apple fried pies made
the day before) pickles, most
often the red -beet variety; cheese
and bread.
A hot drink to accompany the
meal is brewed. in the home
where church is held in shiny
zine tubs or lard cans which are
never used for any other pur-
pose. And the steam from boil-
ing water on the kitchen range is
a never -failing accompaniment
to any morning service.
People notfamiliar with this
region might wonder, as they
view the scene from cars flash -
1 ing along our stretch of highway,
what is going on. A little after
eight the grassy shoulder of the
road which has been constructed.
for horse traffic is lined with
hooded carriages and bachelor's
runabouts, all headed in the same
direction, writes. Mabel Slack
Shelton in the Christian Science
1Vonitor.
In the designated barn lot, rigs
are parked in rows, their shafts
lowered to the ground, and,
horses are tethered in long rows
by young l ostelera, who are us-
wally the sons of the house, plus
a friend or two,
If the weather is fine, lunch
baskets are left on the back
screened porch, but in freezing
weather space must be found for
them in the kitchen. Men and
women sit apart, for the services.
Sometimes they occupy different
sides of the long room made by
folding or removing partitions
fashioned for this purpose. Often
the men sit in front,
The women's side presents a
sea of white mesh caps, with even
the tiniest girls clonninc r''em for
the occasion.'ine men wear their
broadbrims until the first hymn
is announced, then they sweep
them from their heads and de-
posit them- under the backless
benches on which they sit for the
three-hour service.
If there, is only one preacher
present, several deacons and lay-
men may be heard from during
the morning. It is strictly a man's
world — except for the singing.
They conduct the business of the
church, make the reports and do
the speaking. The women have a
vote in the choosing of names
when a new pastor is needed,
yet in the end 'he is "chosen by
God" when he selects the Holy
Bible which contains a written
prayer from the pile of them on
a table.
This is a simple andalmost
primitive ritual observed every
other Sunday. It produces people
who are devout and peaceful,
and who find life "wonderful
good."
"How come youn're sleeping on
the job?" —.asked the foreman.
"Goodness, can't a man close his
eyes for a minute of prayer?"
ISSUE 19 — 1962
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