SOCIAL MOTES
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By BETHA DIGREE
A month-long vacation ended for
Jess and Calla Ballard when they
returned to Kodiak a week ago
Thursday . . . While outside they
went to Las Vegas (Jess swore
they didn’t lose anything there be
cause they didn’t gamble) and
Death Valley (where it was
•‘rather warm”). They also stopped
to visit their son Nick who is
training for the priesthood at the
Noviate at Sheridan. Oregon . . .
A stop-over in Portland, then on
to Seattle where they saw daugh
ter Judi, who is a student at Seattle
University . . .
“Fine weather—we had days
out of 7 without rain”, lamented
Dick Berg upon returning from
a hunting trip last week. In the
party were Dick, Don Wolf, Nor
man Sutliff, Larry Miller, Ron
Chase and Clarence Fry. Of the
six hunters who went out with
Pat Cannon on the Rosemary, only
three returned with meat-Nor
man Sutliff shot a deer while on
Whale Island, and Don and Clar
ence each bagged an elk on Rasp
berry Island_ Dick will have
to settle for local beef, instead of
that wild game_
Elections in the other states are
past except for the usual boring
post mortems and, of course, the
gloating.... The small busihess
people especially will really have
to tighten their belts if all the
campaign promises are kept.
There will probably be more and
more “welfare” programs and
hand-outs_Guess we were rais
ed in the wrong tradition.... the
belief that each one must earn
his own way and look to their fu
ture needs. The modern philoso
phy is , evidently, for many peo
ple, “Let the government (or the
state) take care of me. The
world owes me a living, so why
should I worry?”- A day’s
work for a day’s pay doesn’t hold
good in many cases_ All very
fine, but what happens if the
employers find they can no long
er pay all the taxes and benefits
and still stay in business? Oh,
well, does it really matter?....
Then we can all go on pension...
Can’t quite figure out who will
pay, but we will leave that to the
givers-away
Dr. and Mrs. Eugene Sullivan
entertained the officers of the
Naval Station Dental section with
a cocktail party and buffet dinner
last Saturday evening. There
Recipe Of The Week
wmmm.
Rice Consumer Service
Old English Steamed Pudding
Mr. “John Bull” must be given
credit for creating the greatest
of all puddings — the plum pud
ding. In the early days, it was
made of fresh plums, butter,
rice and barley. Whole grains
were used to inspire a good
harvest the coming year.
INGREDIENTS:
2 cups water
1 y2 teaspoons salt
1 cup uncooked white rice
4 tablespoons cornstarch
14 cup beet or cane sugar
1 cup water
14 cup real New Orleans
molasses
2 eggs, beaten
1 teaspoon cinnamon
i/2 teaspoon ground cloves
14 teaspoon grated lemon rind
2 tablespoons melted butter
or margarine
% cup coarsely chopped pecans
(about 14 lb.)
1/3 cup dried currants
14 cup finely cut pitted dates
METHOD: Put the 2 cups water,
salt and rice in a 2-quart sauce
pan. Bring to a vigorous boil.
Turn the heat down low. Cover
with a lid and simmer over this
, low heat 14 minutes. Remove
V the saucepan from the heat but
leave the lid on about 20 min
utes.
Mix together the cornsiarcn anu
sugar. Sprinkle through the
warm rice. Stir in the 1 cup
water, molasses, eggs, cinnamon,
cloves, lemon rind, melted but
ter or margarine, pecans, cur
rants and dates. Mix well.
Thoroughly grease, then sprin
kle with flour, a 6 cup pudding
mold or heat resistant mixing
bowl. Pour in the pudding mix
ture. Cover tightly with a lid;
several layers, of aluminum foil
or about five layers of waxed
paper tied securely around the
sides of the mold.
Place on a trivet or rack in a
deep kettle. Pour in boiling wa
ter to half the depth of the
mold. Cover the kettle. Steam
2 hours. Keep the water boiling.
Add boiling water during the
steaming if necessary.
Remove from the kettle. Allow
to stand several minutes. Un
mold and serve hot. If made
ahead unmold. Cool. Wrap and
refrigerate. To serve, replace in
greased mold and steam about
1 hour. Unmold and serve warm
with hard sauce, lemon sauce,
whipped cream or vanilla ice
cream. Garnish the steamed
pudding with sugar-frosted
grapes.
This recipe makes 10 to 12 serv
ings.
were eleven guests_
Mr. and Mrs. Jan Beukers cele
brated 30 years of marriage Sat
urday, November 1_
Imagine finding a $1.00 gold
coin and learning that it is really
wortli $350!! That’s what happened
to one young grl in town. She
found the coin several years ago,
when she was about four years
old, on the floor of her parent’s
car. After an unsuccessful search
for the owner, it was put away
as a keepsake until she recently
acquired a coin catalog. It was
then that she realized the value
of her find-Now she is torn
between making one or the other
decision- Shall she retain the
tiny coin (which is listed as one
among those being very rare) or
shall she sell it and bank the pro
ceeds with her education fund?
- Regardless of her decision.
we are very happy for the finder
- she is a young lady who is
always polite and thoughtful of
others, and it couldn’t happen to
a nicer person_
Kilgore-Nichols
Vows Exchanged
Miss Alice Kilgore, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Vivan Kilgore, ex
changed marriage vows with Mr.
Howard Alan Nichols on Sunday,
November 2, at the Russian Orth
odox church. Officiating at the
ceremony were Fr. Gerasim
Schmaltz and Fr. Roman Sturmer,
with Alex Sturmer acting as
psalmist.
Wearing an ankle length gown
of white lace and net over taf
feta with the skirt slim in front,
but bouffant in back, the bride
carried a bridal bouquet of white
■ orchids surrounded by baby
orchids, with streamers of white
satin. Her fingertip length veil of
illusion net was attached to a
crown of irridescent sequins.
Matron of honor, Mrs. Joe Hes
ter, wore a gown of dusty-rose lace
over taffeta and carried a nose
gay of red and pink carnations.
Bridesmaids Marilyn Chya,
Catharine Doris Chichenoff, Jack
ie Deveau, Glenace Sundberg,
Charlotte Benson and Carolyn Se
lig wore ballerina length gowns
in pastel shades, and each carried
a nosegay of carnations.
Flower girls Patsy Hester and
Frances Deveau wore light blue
dresses and carried small flower
filled baskets.
The groom was attended by
Jackie L. Eaton, Sgt., USMC, who
acted in the capacity of best man.
Crown bearers were John Paul
son, Johnny Kilgore, Gerald Chic
henoff and Roger Malutin.
Mrs. Kilgore chose a gown of
gray lace over pink taffeta for
the wedding, and wore an orchid
corsage. Mrs. Howard Nichols, Sr.,
the groom’s mother, came from
Bakersfield to attend the wed
ling. She wore a gown of rose
pink lace over taffeta, and a cor
sage of orchids.
Several songs were sung by the
Russian Orthodox church choir,
including the “Lord’s Prayer.”
As the couple left the church
they passed through a USMC
guard of honor arch of swords.
A reception was held at the
Elks club immediately following
the ceremony. The bridesmaids
were in charge of the guest book
Mrs. Bill Robertson and Mrs. Dors
Gregorioff served punch, while
Carolyn Selig served the wedding
cake.
Mr. and Mrs. Nichols will leave
within the next week for Camj
Pendleton, California, where the
groom will be stationed with the
Marine Corps.
Stanley Plummer
To Appear Nov. 17
The second artist to appear on
the Alaska Music Trails series
this season will he the American
violinist, Stanley Plummer, who
will be heard here on Nov. 17,
at 8:15 p.m. in the high school
auditorium.
A small violin was given to
Stanley Plummer by his father at
the age of four. From this beginn
ing he went on to wm the prize
of the Associated Concerts Bureau
Auditions in 1948. Then return
ing to his native California, he
won the Young Artists Contest
offered by UCLA in 1950. Mr.
Plummer was the first violinist
in ten years to win the National
Music Clubs Competition in 1951.
A concert career should have
been the next musical activity for
this gifted young violinist, but the
U.S. Army had first call on his
time. He was placed with the 7th
Army where he often played as
soloist and concertmaster with
their orchestra while stationed in
Europe.
His tour of duty over, Stanley
Plummer played a highly success
ful concert tour of England and on
the Continent. Last year he achiev
ed the coveted approval of critics
and applause of his audience in a
Town Hall recital which earned
him the New York Times Review.
“His playing has grace, expressive
ness and precision. . .A thorough
comprehension of stylistic differ
ences . . . expertly done.”
The Violin used by Stanley
Plummer is a rare instrument
made in Piacenza, Italy in 1745.
The famous violin firm of Caressa
and Lupot found the violin in a
Russian Museum and bought it,
later selling it to the owners of
the great Wurlitzer Collection.
Some years later, John Penning
ton, first violinist of the London
String Quartet, acquired the violin
and Stanley Plummer persuaded
him to sell it for his concert use.
While on tour in the North for the
Alaska Music Trail, the violin will
be carefully packed with a silk
and wool cover to protect th :•
strings and rare wood case from
atmospheric changes.
Health Measures
Discussed by BPW
Fluoridation of the Kodiak wa
ter supply and the sanitary land
fill system of garbage disposal
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