SOCIAL NOTES
V
— Homemaking —
Happenings About Town
—. Gardening —.
Of This And That
By BETHA DIGREE
’Alaska Is Fabulous, Beautiful;
But Don’t Look for Gold’. . . That
was the caption over an article in
a recent issue of the Northern
Virginia Sun, published at Arling
ton, Virginia. The story, complete
with a picture of Eileen Pew with
some of her Kodiak “loot” (drift
wood, floats, mastodon tooth, etc.)
was written following a reporters
interview with Mrs. Pew. We were
most happy to read one article
about Alaska, and especially
Kodiak, that was factual—thanks
to Eileen Pew, who didn’t-return
to the other states with wild, fan
tastic tales of the Island as so
many have done. One very impor
tant point was emphasized in the
article—that no one should come
to Alaska unless they have enough
money to care for their needs. Too
many people seem to have the mis
taken idea that they can pick up
enough gold nuggets to make a
fortune, but to date we haven’t
found even one little flake of
gold ... Captain Leslie Pew,
Eileen and their children are now
stationed at Arlington Eileen
wrote, in part, “We are still Kodi
ak boosters.. .miss all of you”...
Thank you, Eileen. We who are
still rock-bound appreciate your
good efforts and wish there were
many more like you...
We hear that Harold (Si) Sim
mons, who underwent surgery in
a Palo Alto, California hospital
last week, is recovering very well
. . . His wife, Peggy, doesn’t
know how soon he will be able to
return home . . . Their daughter,
Mary, spent the holidays with her
parents, but left Monday for
Seattle where she is attending
Holy Names Academy...
Harry and ElinorGottschalk are
again home after spending a month
in Washington and California.
They were in Tacoma on business
part of the time, then vacationed
in Palm Springs before returning
to Kodiak ...
We are happy to report that
Lillian Smith is beginning to feel
much better . . . She spent last
week in the hospital but has been
resting at home this week. Accord
ing to her husband, Wells, Lillian
hopes to be able to return to Work
soon ... ' •
“Kathy was the center of atten
tion during our visit with my
family”, said Dorothy Albrecht fol
lowing a vacation in Washington
and Oregon in December. Dorothy,
the wife of Ray Albrecht, Kodiak
Airways pilot, and daughter Kathy,
who will soon be three years old,
visited Dorothy’s brother and his
family in Medford, Oregon. Her
parents,: Mr. and Mrs. D. Esp
joined them for a time. Mr. and
Mrs. Esp live in Montana. Doro
thy and Kathy also stopped to see
friends in Portland and Seattle
before returning home.
We wonder how the gal felt
when she tried to wear the pair of
Recipe Off The Week
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Martha Washington’s Rice Pudding
Rose water in a rice pudding?
Not today, but this was a prized
flavoring in Martha Washing
ton’s day. Many Mt. Vernon
puddings used rose water (no
longer used as'a food flavoring)
and usually were highly spiced
and plump with "currans” or
"raisins of ye sun.” Martha
Washington called this pudding
Rice Florentine.
INGREDIENTS:
94 cup uncooked white rice
Wi cups water
1 teaspoon salt
Tli cups milk
% teaspoon cinnamon
ys teaspoon cloves
94 teaspoon nutmeg .
I/S sup uncooked raising
1/S cup uncooked eemntfl
94 sup beet er unue sugar
B tm beaten
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METHOD; Put the rice, water
and salt in a 2-quart saucepan*
Bring to a vigorous boil over a
high heat* Turn heat down low.
Cover with a lid and simmer 14
minutes. Stir in the milk. Cook,
uncovered, about 20 to 30 min
utes over a medium heat until
the milk is absorbed. Do not
boil. Stir occasionally. Stir fre
quently toward end of cooking.
Stir in the cinnamon, cloves,
nutmeg, raisins, currants and
% cup sugar. Stir some of hot
mixture into eggs. Return to
saucepan. Mix well.
Pour into a greased 1*4 -quart
baking dish; Place in a pan of
hot water. Bake in a 300* F.
oven 50 to 60 minutes or until
liquid in center is absorbed.
Pudding stiffens as it cools. Sift
on the powdered sugar. CooL
Serve warm.
This recipe makes 1 to 10 sarw
Inga.
shoes she had taken from the Shoe
Box and found that she had pick
ed up one size 4% while the other
was size 6Ms? No wonder she hid
them under a tree beside the road,
where a couple of youngsters dis
covered them . . . Perhaps she
will eventually realize that it is
wiser to pay for articles than to
take them from a shop without the
knowledge of the merchant. . ..
More comfortable to have shoes
that fit. . . and we feel quite cer
tain that she would be much more
comfortable mentally, too . . . We
won’t wish her better luck next
time . . . Next time she just might
find herself in the police station
. . . That would be good luck for
the long-suffering merchants that
have been taking the losses . . .
caused by that low-type person. . .
Piano Recital
Given by Pupils ;
The piano pupils of Mrs. De Witt
Fields were presented 'to parents
and friends in a recital held on
Sunday, January 4, at the Field’s
residence.
Included in the program were
the following numbers:
“The Bogey Man” ... Lois Long
“A Christmas Carol” ... German
Folk Song
By John Fletcher
“Spanish Fiesta” ... John Thomp
son
“A Little Waltz” ... John Thomp
son
By Dell Jackson
“Marche Slav” ... Tschaikovisky
“Spanish Fiesta” ... John Thomp
son
By Weston Fields
“Starlight Waltz” ... Brainard
“Distant Bells” ... Streabbog
By Pamela Bell
“Merry Widow Waltz” ... Lehar
“Spinning Song” ... Ellmenreich
By Jean Hall
“Marche Militaire” ... Streabbog
“Sword Dance” ... Khachaturian
By Laurel Johnson
“Ghosts” ... Schytte
“Fanatul” ... Ole Olsen
By Anne Hall
“Rigoudon” ... Chamjmade
Piano Duet played by Anne Hall
and Wanda Fields
“Christmas Melody” ... Ryder
“Polish Dance” ... Schwarenka
By Kathryn Alvine
Opening Theme from “Piano
Concerto No 1” ... Tschaikov
sky
“Scotch Poem” ... MacDowell
By Tom McLennan
Refreshments were served to
the guests and pupils following
the program.
How to Save
Christmas plants
Those beautiful flowering plants
that arrived as gifts at many
Alaskan homes during the recent
holiday season can—with care—
flower again next Christmas.
Poinsettias, cyclamen, Christ
mas begonia, and azaleas grown by
florists are such plants, says
Harold Pillsbury, horticulturist
with the University of Alaska
Agricultural Extension Service.
As an example, Mr. Pillsbury
cited the care of the azalea. These
sold at Christmas time are not
usually hardy varieties, he observ
ed. Since they will not stand the
rigors of outside life or freezing,
they should be kept growing in a
window exposed to the sun most
of the year.
“To keep azaleas growing, re
pot them in acid peat moss about
May 10 (Mother’s Day). About
June 1> pluinge the plant, pot and
h)1, outdoors in moderate 6hadel
Pinch every growing shoot about
the first week of July. Keep water
ed at all times. Apply i cid
fertilizers occasionally
azaleas outdoors as lonf r. p .< si
ble to allow the buds to mature.
The plant must be covered care
fully or brought indoors on frosty
nights. If brought inside perman
ently somtime in early September
and placed in a sunny window, the
azalea flower should appear the
following December or January,”
Mr. Piiisbury said.
Methods of preserving the other
gift plants are given in an Exten
sion publication titled “Save Your
Christmas Flowers.” Copies may
be obtained free of charge by visit
ing your nearest Extension Office
or by writing Box B, College.
NEW LABOR SAVING COTTONS
PROVE BOON TO HOUSEWIFE
-
Wash-and-wear cottons.. .fact or
fiction? * v„. '•*
These new labor-saving cottons
do exist, the National Cotton
Council has advised the University
of . Alaska Agricultural Extension
Service.
The new cottons are to be found
in men’s, women’s and children’s
clothing, and they’re wonderful
work savers for the homemaker,
it was emphasized.
Here are some tips from the
Council on how to care for these
new cottons.
Tests show that best results are
obtain* .. when wasfrand-wfeav
cottons are machine washed and
tumble dried. In a new combina
tion washer-dryer, this means that
the clothes can be placed in the
machine and the dial set for regu
lar laundering of “dark colorfast
cottons” or for “white and light
colorfast cottons.” The clothes will
come out of the machine smooth
and fresh, ready for wearing with
little or no ironing.
One of the important things to
remember about wash-and-wear
cottons is that they are not tem
perature sensitive. Therefore,
they can be washed clean in hot
water.
If the tumble dryer is not avail
able, the Council suggests that
wash-and-wear cottons should be
removed from the washing mach
ine after the final rinse and hung
to drip dry. If they are left to go
through the spin cycle, they sound
be rewet after extracting. They
should be hung on nonrusting
hangers, and the collars, cuffs, and
seams smoothed out and straight
ened.
Wash-and-wear cottons do not
need to be starched. For best ap
pearance, touch-up pressing may
be desirable. The laundering
method, how particular one is
about his' personal appearance,
and whether the garment is design
ed for sports or dress wear may
determine the amount of touching
V
MR. and MRS. MICHAEL FITZGERALD
The wedding of Miss Judith Ann Ballard and Michael Fitzgerald
was solemnized December 29.
Sotfo- Sou#e*un&
New items expected regularly
for stock pick up.
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