SOCIAL NOTES
— Homemaking —
Happenings About Town
- Gardening _
By Betha Dtgree
Famous Baritone
Due Here April 26
Canada’s most famous baritone,
Louis Quilico, will be presented
in the last concert of the Alaska
Music Trail series for 1957-58 on
Saturday, April 26, at 8:15 p.m. in
the High School Auditorium.
It is with pride that the Alaska
Music Trail presents a laureate of
the Metropolitan Opera Auditions.
Louis Quilico was born in Montre
al and received his initial voice
training in his home . city with
Frank H. Rowe. Winner of the
St. Jean Baptiste Contest in 1947,
he left for Rome where he enroll
ed at the Conservatory of Santa
Cecilia. It was there that he mas
tered the great Italian art of bel
canto and acquired a passionate
taste for Italy's favorite musical
pastime—the opera. It was also
there that he met and married a
talented concert pianist.
Louis Quilico
Upon his return to Canada he
joined the Conservatoire de la
Province de Quebec and the class
of Martial Singher, the great
French baritone and music mas
ter. Numerous appearances on
CBC radio and television net
works, recitals and membership
in the Opera Guild, established
Quilico's reuptation in his coun
try and; in 1952 he was given the
highest musical award called “Nos
Futures Etoiles.” In 1955 he won
his laurels at the Metropolitan
Opera Assoc., American Chamber
immediately thereafter was en
gaged by the New. Yofk City Cen
ter Op<w;a Company. Engagements
fallowed with the Sah Ffhiicisco
Opera Assoc. Ameicanr Chamber
Opera, New York Little Orches
tra Society, the Pittsburgh and
Philadelphia Opera Companies
and the Kansas City Philharmonic
Opera Festival.
In his program here Mr. Quili
eo will present popular favorites
from title opera repertoire, among
them the dramatic and humorous
Figaro aria from Rossini’s “Bar
ber of Seville,’’ and the beloved
Toreador’s Song from Bizet’s
"Carmen.” He will be accompan
ied, both on stage and off, by
charming Lina Pissolongo, who is
—Mrs. Louis Quilico.
Of This And That
The organizations that worked
toward a successful reception fol
lowing Boston University glee
club concert last Friday evening
did an excellent job_the cook
ies and punch were delicious. . . .
and the flowers were beautiful
. . . Fostina Johnson, president of
the Business and Professional Wo
men’s Club, has requested us to
extend the thanks of the BPW’
club to all thise who participated
. . . particularly one organization
that was inadverently omitted on
the list submitted last week . . . .
the Eastern Star. . . .
—O—O—0—
The Teen-age Club is holding a
Benefit Dance tonight at the La
bor Temple. . . the youngsters
need funds for their recreation
program, and are hoping for a
large attendance at their dance
. . . . drop in and give them a
boost. . . . they’re mighty fine
young people and deserve your
support. . . . they work hard to
ward providing wholesome enter
tainment for the group . . . .
so help them along. . . ,
Others deserving credit (even
tho belated) are Irene Brooks and
her mother, Mrs Edna Brooks at
the Island fountain. . . . they pre
pared an excellent buffet dinner
for the U.S.O. Operating Com
mittee Annual meeting recently
. . . . Nile Miller and Pat Herbrig
spent many hours helping. . . .
flowers for the head table were
donated through the courtesy of
Mayor and Mrs Merrill Coon, and
arranged by Helen Hall. . . . Pa
cific Northern Airlines manager
Ray Martin graciously loaned a
beautiful arrangement of flowers
from Hawaii that had been sent
to the office. . . . the U.S.O. Oper
ating Committee thanks all those
who helped make the evening
pleasant ....
A few words for Marge Knud
sen .... some of the trilliums
you brought from Bainbqdge Is
land last fall for our garden are
BLOOMING ... a wish granted. .
An ex-president of the United
States, who described himself as
“a retired Missouri farmer,” pro
posed an income tax reduction
(bless his little pointed head)
. . * . and, at the same time, urged
a hig increase in government
spending. ... Wish he would ex
plain how one can spend more
while taking in less. ... we could
certainly nse the -formula. ... it
just doesn’t work with us. . . .
The city clean-up campaign is
going along very well. . . . City
Manager Bill Poland informed us
Wednesday that more than 40
loads of debris had been hauled
away up to that time, with possi
bly 20 more to go this weekend
.... Bill expressed his pleasure
with the co-operation shown by
home owners, and hopes many
more will join in the campaign
to clean-up the city. . . . just pile
your junk beside the street and
the city crews will take it from
there. . . . it’s really an easy, con
venient method of getting rid of
those old boards, fences, boxes
and what-not lying around. . . .
especially for those with no truck
for hauling ....
To follow the Clean-up cam
paign, there will be the Yard Im
provement Contest sponsored by
the Kodiak Garden Club. . . .
another fine community project
.... there are many home own
ers putting in long hours of hard
work in an effort to make their
grounds more attractive, and they
are doing a good job. . . Kodiak
could be a very beautiful town if
everyone would do the same. . . .
one need not buy expensive plants
and shrubs .... we have many
lovely native plants that respond
to care. . . . it’s work, of course,
but the results are worth the sore
muscles and aching backs. . . .
Another project that would be
worth working on is that of tree
planting. . . our own native birch
and spruce can add much to the
beauty of our homes, and are eas
ily transplanted. . . . such a pro
gram was discussed by the Gar
den Club a few years ago, we re
mefhber. . . . perhaps they could
sponsor such a program . . . not,
“A Tree Grows in Brooklyn,” but
—“A Tree Grows in Every Yard
in Kodiak”. . . . and how happy
the birds would be. . . (and the
dogs). . . .
KOW CAN I ????
Q. How can I remove some oil
spots from a roncrete floor?
A. Often these can be removed
with cleaning fluid. If the spots
are old, though, mix up a paste
of cleaning fluid and fuller’s
earth. Spread the paste on the
spots and wait until it is com
pletely dry before sweeping it off
with a broom.
National Column
Features Alaskan
Rhubarb Recipes
Spring rhubarb is appearing on
vegetable counters at local Alas
kan stores, so some delicious re
cipes from an expert Alaskan
homemaker are in order.
Mrs. Lydia Fohn-Hansen, as
sociate director for home demon
stration work for the University
of Alaska Extension Service, has
had three of her rhubarb recipes
printed in the nationally syndi
cated column, “Let’s Eat,” by Ida
Bailey Allen. The column ap
pears daily in dozens of leading
U. S. newspapers.
The recipes will work equally
well with the spring imported
rhubarb and for Alaskan rhu
barb, which will be emerging
from territorial gardens this sum
mer. Mrs. Fohn-Hansen describes
the making of Alaskan Rhubarb
sauce, “May Magic Cooler,” and
Rhubarb Swirls. Each recipe
serves 4 to 6 persons.
Alaskan Rhubarb Sauce. Com
bine 1 cup sugar and 4 cups small
diced unpeeled tender pink rhu
barb; add Vt cup water. Bring to
a boil; simmer about 2 minutes.
Cover and chill.
May Magic Cooler: Combine 1
cup sugar and 1 quart water.
Bring to a boil. Pour over 1 quart
small cut-up, unpeeled tender
rhubarb. Cover.
Let stand until thoroughly cool
ed. Then put through a strainer,
saving the rhdbarb pulp for mak
ing jam. Chill and ice the juice,
or drop a ball of lemon or lime
sherbert into each glass.
Rhubarb Swirls: Butter a shal
low 1 quart baking dish that can
go to table. In the dish, arrange
a 2-inch layer of small, cut-up
unpeeled tender rhubarb (about
4 cups). Add 1 cup sugar dissolv
ed in 1 cup boiling water. Dot
with 1 tablespoon butter; dust
with % teaspoon ground cinna
mon.
Cover with biscuit swirls, brush
with melted butter and dust with
granulated sugar. Bake 20-25 min
utes, or until browned in a ho1
oven, 400 deg. F.
Biscuit swirls; Cut rich baking
powder biscuit dough in pencil
thin strips. Roll; then coil or swirl
into round shapes.
Yard Improvement
Contest Planned
By Garden Club
A Yard Improvement Contest
will be sponsored again this year
by the Kodiak Garden Club, and
is now in the planning stage.
Prizes similar to those awarded
last year will be given to those
showng the most improvement in
their home yards. Further details
will be announced at a later date.
The next regular meeting of
the Garden Club will be held Wed
nesday, April 23 at the home of
Elaine Banks. The subject for dis
cussion will be “Planning an Herb
Garden,” and there will be fur
ther exchange of information on
landscaping, including the use oi
ground covers.
New members and guests are
invited to attend the meeting.
Q. ..... -, Q——- Q
PLAN BEFORE YOU PLANT
“Plan before you plant” is a
basic rule for successful vege
table gardening. So says Harold
Pillsbury, extension horticultur
ist with the University of Alaska
Extension Service.
For instance, many vegetables
grown in the home garden are
wasted because too large a quan
tity of one vegetable matures at
the same time. With a few excep
tions, vegetabales remain edible
for only a short period after they
reach maturity. Top quality is
even more transient.
One way of avoiding having too
large a crop at once, then noth
ing, is to make succession plant
ings of the same vegetable, sug
gests Pillsbury. Plant only enough
seed of crops like lettuce, radish,
and spinach to provide the
amount that can be used within
a short period. Then, after two
weeks, plant another lot to ma
ture after the first harvest has
been exhausted Or, if the variety
used will not do well m the sea
son, plant other varieties that ma
ture later.
This kind of planning calls for
a careful study of seed varieties
and must be done well ahead of
planting time. It also may require
the purchase of more seed, there
fore a somewhat larger invest
ment. But these things pay off in
greater satisfaction at harvest
time, it was noted.
Another thing to look for in
studying the seed varieties is the
height to which they will grow.
Tall-growing crops should be
planted together and low-growing
ones together (preferably to the
south of the taller ones) to avoid
shading lower plants. Vegetables
need eight hours of full sunlight
to produce well. For more infor
mation, see your local extension
agent or write Harold Pillsbury,
University of Alaska Extension
Service, Box B, College, Alaska.
Metxgars Settled
Bud and Nita MeUgar write
from Anchorage that they are
now settled in an apartment. They
left here last month to take up
residence there.
“We both miss our many friends
in Kodiak,” Metigar stated.
100 HOUR PINS PRESENTED
Adm. Arnold W. McKechnie pre
sented 100 Hour Pins to Mrs. G.
W. Edgar, Mrs. J. Neel Anderson
and Mrs. H. F. Mann in recogni
tion of their donation of 100 hours
work in the Thrift shop for Navy
Relief
Presentation was made recently
in the Conference Room, Head
quarters Building on the Naval
Station.
Buying or selling—Use the Class
ified Ads—They get results.
ART WALDRON
Republican Candidate for
for Territorial Legislature
suggests:
“that we help our successful
candidates in an effort to ac
complish something for the
Third Division as well as ail
Alaska.”
THE CASINO
presents
Kodiak’s
‘Soil of Dallas’
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(‘Marge’ to yoo!)
Singing & playing
yottr requests
Music for listening
Music for dancing
Wedn’day — Friday
Saturday - Sunday
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Stop in —
‘Have a Ball’
with
Cy, P*| & Margt
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F.S. ~ Film Star
Pat O’Briea
calls her —
lovely Lady
of Talent’
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