SOCIAL NOTES
— Homemaking —
Happenings About Town
— Gardening —
Of This And That
By BETHA DIGREE
There seems to be one bit of
good news from the fashion world.
Those shapeless sacks, trapeze
dresses and other revolting look
ing (to most of us, at least) so
called “styles” are losing ground
rapidly to graceful, wearable
clothes that follow the natural
feminine figure. The trend, in the
U.S. as well as Europe, is toward
normal waistlines, skirts wide
enough so one can walk without
tottering and hobbling along . . .
The classic shirtwaist dress . . .
full-skirted cocktail dresses and
fitted suits. Necklines are, in some
cases, even lower than before but
those drooping shoulders are be
ing lifted so that women will no
longer look as though they had
been carring a yoke loaded with
buckets of water Hemlines are
dropping below the knee (and that
is definitely for the better ... a
four or five year old girl has pretty
knees, but after that age the knobs
aren't very attractive as a rule).
Now those women who were “old
fashioned” last year again come
into their own and can wear
clothes that suit them and let them
look like women instead of wooden
clothes racks . . . Personally, we
are happy that the designers have
decided that women DO have
shapes, whether slim or well
rounded, and that shape is here
to stay . . .
V V v
Alice Pettersson, Louise Walker,
Jules Radinsky and our editor,
publisher and boss really don't
look a year older, but they are
. . . hope they each had a happy
birthday . . .
Had it from Marge Wolf that
she has formed a “watch-bird”
committee to check on husband
Don while she and the boys are
gone ... Be very careful, Don,
because you can’t know who the
committee members may be . . .
“It rained in Seattle, Portland
and San Mateo nearly all the time
we were there. You can have those
places . . . I’m happy to be home
in Kodiak again”, said Helen Hall
when we inquired about her re
cent two-week long trip Outside.
“We saw several boys from Kodiak
in Seattle,” she added, “including
Wayne Peterson and Billy Frost.”
Helen returned home -last Satur
day and Bob, who made a stop
over -at Juneau, returned this
week . . .
Ben Kraft left last Saturday for
a short trip to Seattle. He is ex
pected to return within a few
days . . .
Mrs. Wolf & Sons
Visit in Portland
Mrs. Don Wolf and sons Andrew
and David are leaving this week
end for Portland, Oregon.
They will spend at least a
month there visiting the parents
of both Mr. and Mrs. Wolf. Mrs.
Wolf will also receive medical
attention while she is gone
Building Plans
Are Available
Do your plans for 1959 include
a new house, a new farm build
ing, animal shelters or livestock
handling equipment.
If building of any kind is on
your mind for this year, Exten
sion Agricultural Engineer C.
Ivan Branton has a suggestion
that may* save you time, effort
and money. Working plans for
many types of farm buildings,
equipment and houses can be ob
tained through your University
of Alaska Agricultural Extension
Service.
Pictures, and descriptions of
plans may be obtained at local
extension, service offices, or by
writing Box B, College.
Two extension publications of
Recipe Of The Week
COPY THIS LATTICE TOPPING
by Jim Ashby
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topping on ony cokn yoo nsoko. For tbs vocy nosiest cbocolotc lofticing, mm
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Boston Cream Pie
1% cups sifted cake flour
cup sugar
% teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking powder
Vi cup corn oil
2 egg yolks
Vi cup water
Vz teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon orange extract
Vi teaspoon cream of tartar
2 egg whites
1 recipe Cream Cake Filling
Fortified Chocolate Fla
vored Syrup for topping
Mix and sift together first four
ingredients. Make a well and add
in order corn oil, egg yolks,
water, and flavorings. Beat until
smooth. Add cream of tartar to
egg whites. Beat until whites
form very stiff peaks. Gently fold
first mixture into egg whites un
til well blended. Turn batter into
a lightly^ greased and floured 9
inch pie pan or layer pan. Bake in
moderate oven (350eF.) 40 to 45
minutes or until cake springs
back when touched lightly with
finger. Cool 10 minutes in pan,
loosen sides with spatula. Remove
from pan and finish cooling on
cooling rack.
Meanwhile prepare Cream Cake
Filling. When cake and filling are
cooled, slice cake into two layers,
making top layer thinner. Fill
with Cream Cake Filling. Driszle
chbcolate syrup over top. Cut in
pie wedges to serve. Makes 6 to
8 generous servings.
Cream Cake Filling
Vt, cup sugar
1% tablespoons corn starch
% teaspoon salt
1 cup milk
1 egg, well beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Mix sugar, corn starch and salt
in top of double boiler. Gradually
add milk, mixing until smooth.
Cook over direct heat, stirring
constantly, until mixture thickens
and comes to a boil. Boil 2 min
, utes, stirring constantly. Stir a
small amount of hot mixture into
, beaten egg. Blend into remaining
! hot mixture. Cook oyer boiling
water 2 minutes, stirring con
stantly. Remove from heat. Add
vanilla. Chill. Beat with rotary
beater until creamy smooth be
fore serving. Makes about 1%
cups filling.
FOR BEACH AND BOULEVARD—These 1959 Italian spring and summer fashions were shown in
Florence recently. Left is a beach dress from Baldini of orange colored poplin pants and white poplin
shirt in fancy designs. Second from left is afternoon dress from Veneziani of knitted pistachio-green wooi
with large belt, worn with light green felt hat. Second from right is an afternoon dress from Valditevere
of turquoise pure silk in black and yellow pattern and belt with bow. At right is a beach dress from Scara-!
bocchio of pique in violet, white and black pattern, consisting of shorts and loose blouse, to be worn witfe
straw hat with red ribbon. (AP WIREPHOTO)
special interest to persons plan
ning some construction this year
are “Buildings for Alaska,” Bul
letin 802, and “Suggestions for
Buying a House,” Bulletin 805.
They may be obtained free of
charge at district extension offices.
GRANDMOTHERS MEET FEB. 4
WILL PLAN ANNUAL DINNER
Plans will be made for the
annual Grandfathers dinner at the
next meeting of the Kodiak
Grandmothers Club. The meeting
will be held at the Montmartre
Inn Wednesday evening, February
4 at 8 p.m. Hostesses for the
evening will be Wylma Shaw and
Vivian Munro.
All members are urged to
attend this important meeting.
Q. For the past six months I
have ^employed a girl one day a
week to help with the houseclean
ing. The pay is $6.50 for each day’s
work. I understand that unless
this employee works a certain
number of days it is not necessary
to pay the social security tax on
her wages. Is this correct?
A. No, it is not correct. A
domestic worker’s cash wages for
work in a private home is covered
if the amount is $50.00 or more in
a calendar quarter. The number
of days is immaterial. At $6.50 a
week and 13 weeks to a quarter,
it looks as if you should be report
ing your employee’s wages to the
Internal Revenue Service. You
should contact that office im
mediately.
Q. I am 59 years of age and
would like to know when I will
be able to receive social security
benefits on my husband’s account.
He passed away in 1946 and I
received a small settlement at
that time. Will I start to draw
when I am 62 or 65?
A. You can start to draw bene
fits with the month in which you
become age 62, assuming of course
that you are not working for earn
ings in excess of $1200 per year,
and that you have not remarried.
For more information about
social security contact your Social
Security Representative, Box 1331,
Juneau. Alaska.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our heart
felt thanks to all those who ex
pressed sympathy during our
recent* bereavement, to those who
sent flowers, and those who sent
contributions in lieu of flowers.
Mrs. Evelyn Rave
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Rhein
Mr. and Mrs. Perry Hunt
and family
EXPECTANT PARENTS
CLASSES TO BEGIN
I ,r ■ V ... .
Classes for expectant parents
will begin at the Kodiak Health
Center February 11. Those inter
ested in attending the classes are
r
requested to call the Health
Center, phone 4731, for further
information and enrollment.
When it comes to oil wells,
Texas is a johnny-come-lately. The
World Book Encyclopedia reveals
that the Chinese dug shallow oil
wells almost 3,000 years ago to
get petroleum for fuel.
GIVE NEW LIFE TO VICTIMS
OF POLIO, VIRUS DISEASES,
ARTHRITIS AND BIRTH DE
FECTS. GIVE TO THE MARCH
OF DIMES. DANCE TONIGHT
AT THE ELKS CLUB.
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A nice line of
4 ij.
boys oxfords and shoes
In brown, and black
To size 6
Phone 2631
MASSAGE
“Massage is one of the most simple and most useful
forms of physical treatment In its application, the mechani
cal effect of the technician’s hands is transmitted to the
patient “Rubbing” by a husky bath attendant has no relation
to scientific massage and the effectiveness of the treatment
depends by no means on the amount of physical effort ex
pended. The real leaders and pathfinders in Massage were
physicians of broad training and experience. Massage is
mainly administered by specially trained Massage techni
cians.” Quoted from Richard Kovacs, M.D., in his book
“Electratheraphy and Light Therapy.”
* Some of the benefits derived in the use of Massage
are:
Unloading engaged veins and lymph channels. I
Toning up muscles and freeing adherent parts.
Serves to stretch retracted muscles and tendons, aids
in stretching adhesions and removing waste products
from muscles; it also assists the venous and lymph cir
culation.
It exerts a powerful stimulating effect on the vasa
motor system, the skin, blood vessels and superficial
nerves.
It exerts a powerful effect on deeper structures and
serves to relax muscle spasm.
There are also many other results to gain from a true
scientific Massage.
Dorothy Albrecht
Phone 2904