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BABY’S FIRST SOLID FOODS
By Jean Brennan
‘Junket’ Home Service Bureau
The idea of introducing solid
foods into a baby’s diet often fills
young mothers with apprehension.
No need to fret, though, as feed
ing solids is easy.
Pediatricians today believe in
babies sampling solids at an early
age—between one and four months,
depending on the baby’s needs and
and the pediatrician’s inclinica
tions.
The very first solid food to
touch an infant’s lips is usually
cereal, one of the pre-cooked types
that is prepared by adding warm
formula and stirring to the proper
consistency.
Most babies are surprised by the
texture at first and react disdain
fully. After getting used to the
idea, they become more enthusias
tic and the quantities consumed
(which started with one teaspoon)
increase accordingly.
Fruit, the strained baby type in
jars, can be started at the same
time as cereal. It’s a rare infant
who doesn’t get excited and smack
his lips over this delight. Apples,
peaches, pears, apricots, prunes,
pineapple and banana are among
the popular fruits given.
Fresh bananas can also be eas
ily prepared at home. Use a fairly
ripe one, mash finely with a fork,
and if necessary, add a little form
ula to thin the mashed banana to
the right consistency.
After two to four weeks of cer
eal and fruit, strained baby vege
Dr. Paul Jaeger
Here April 15th
Dr. Paul Jaeger, Commander of
the Department of Alaska, Vet
erans of Foreign Wars, will install
the newly elected officers of Kat
mai Post 7056. He will arrive in
Kodiak, April 15, from Anchorage.
Mrs. Chlora Clymer, Past-presi
dent, will install the incoming of
ficers of the Ladies Auxiliary.
These officers are as follows: Mar
garet Norem, President; Verna
Steadman, Sr. Vice-president; Ber
nice Rice, Jr., Vice-president; Jo
Ann Logan, Treasurer; Dora Def
fenbaugh, Chaplain; Ouida Vaughn,
Conductress; Katherine Chichen
off, Guard.
In Middlesboro, Kentucky, police
have uncovered a new type of swin
dle—but no money is involved.
They saw a man, posing as a state
official, has been visiting homes
receiving welfare checks. He would
tell the family their check was
too small—and then stay around to
investigate. In. one case he enjoyed
the family's hospitality for 3days.
tables can be added to the menu.
Later, usually between the age of
two and six months, meat and eggs
can be introduced.
At this point, a baby is having
pretty well-rounded meals. The
only problem that sometimes arises
to disturb mothers is a growing
lack of interest in milk.
If an infant seems more interes
ted in his solid foods and is ne
glecting his bottle or cup, a simple
custard is often the solution. Cus
tards prepared with milk can get
several more ounces into him each
day.
The popular rennet-custards,
quickly made with warm milk
rather than boiled, are well ac
cepted. Teething infants find them
cooling and pleasing because of the
many flavors available. The des
serts are taken well into the teen
years and are then popular family
desserts.
Dr. Kenneth S. Shepard, Direc
tor of the Well Baby Clinics at
Northwestern University School of
Medicine and a nationally known
pediatrician, suggests that these
particular desserts be introduced
with the noon feeding when baby
reaches the age of six months.
N.F.F.E. Opposes
End Of Commission
Vigorous opposition to the re
introduced Clank Bill, which strips
the U. S. Civil Service Commission
of most of its present functions
and transfers them to a proposed
new White House Office of Person
nel Management under a single Di
rector, was voiced today by the in
dependent National Federation of
Federal Employees.
At the same time, NFFE Presi
dent Vaux Owen urged the Ken
nedy Administration to continue to
support the maintenance of the
Civil Service Commission in its
present bipartisan form and to op
pose the principles underlying the
Clark Bill.
The bill, S. 1402, by Senator Jo
seph S. dark of Pennsylvania, has
been before previous sessions of
Congress in similar versions.
In reaffirming the N F F E ’ s
strong opposition to the new Clark
Bill, President Vaux Owen declared
that, under the guise of eocalled
“effective management” it could
open the door to a wholesale re
turn of the spoils patronage sys
tem, moreover, he asserted, effic
ient operations would not be served
by taking most of its duties away
from the bipartisan Civil Service
Commission and placing them on
the already “heavily overburd
ened” office of the President of the
United States.
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Mrs. E. Preston
T<i Represent BPW
Nineteen numbers of the Kodiak
Business & Professional Women’s
Club met at the home of Mrs. El
len Paw on. at their regular busi
ness meeting. Melanie Draper,
president, announced that Mrs. Eu
dora Preston would represent the
Club ait the State Convention in
Fairbanks in June. A “travelling
basket.” p’-oject was initiated, and
members were all urged to partici
pate in this plan. Marian Johnson
also announced that the Scholar
ship Award would be made to one
of the Kodiak High School girl
graduates again this year. The next
dinner meeting, April 17, will be a
potduck dinner to be held at the
home of Justine Hinckle. Berniece
Gregory, Eioise Batchelor and Mar
garet Cannon are making arrange
ments. Bertha Hamann, Connie
Dandeneau and Margaret Cannon
will be co-hostesses.
LOYAL WARRIOR — One of
the Laos girls who volunteered
for service in the loyal Laotian
army, stands at Watty airport,
Vientiane, 'Laos with an auto
matic weapon slung over her
shoulder. (AP WIREPHOTO)
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LIZ LEAVES HOSPITAL — Actress Elizabeth Taylor, accom
panied by her husband, Eddie Fisher, leaves London Clinic 3/27 on
a wheel chair en route to airport to board a plane for the United
States. Miss Taylor had been confined in the hospital with double
pneumonia. (AP WIREPHOTO)
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