SOCIAL NOTES
— Homemaking —
Happenings About Town
— Gardening —
Of This And That
By BETHA DIGREE
Altho the days are clear and
sunny there is a chill nir> in the
air that brings us a foretaste of
the winter ahead... Most flowers
have been frostbitten and are sere
■ nd b ’own. but a few rose buds
still survive.... We know, with a
feeling of sadnss, that they, too,
will soon be gone.
The old Anderson house on
South Brooklyn that was built en
tirely of hand hewn logs many
years ago will soon be moved to a
new location near the Museum,
where it will be preserved by the
Kodiak and Aleutian Islands His
torical Society as an excellent ex
ample of log structure. Dr.
Bob Johnson, Dr. Bruce Keers and
John Molletti, Jr. (the latter two
aren’t members of the Society but
donated their time and work,
never-the-less) spent several hours
raising the building on blocks so
that it may be moved... We don’t
know where the other male mem
bers were hiding that day_
Those who have not as yet visit
ed the museum should do so soon
- there are many interesting
items on display. The Museum is'
open every Sunday from 2 to 4
p.m.r and visitors are always wel
come .
What will, no doubt, be the
only house in Kodiak with a
stream running beneath it, is now
being built.- It is to be the
home- of Bill Anderson, Jr. and
his family on South Brooklyn, and
the foundation is now being con
structed_ The small stream,
which never seems to become dry
even during the summer, comes
from Pillar Mountain. Large tub
ing will carrv the wat^ unde’*
house into the ooen. It has great
possibilities for some unusual
landscaping that very few other
people can have....
We are definitely in favor of
all the improvements being made
on South Brooklyn... Not only be
cause we live there, but because
the Small Boat Harbor attracts
many people, and the neighbor
hood should be made more attrac
tive- But there is one large
heap of rotted boards and timbers,
the remains of an old building
that has been torn down, that
can’t conceivably add beauty to
the area and should be removed
-On second thought, perhaps it
will be left there for winter quar
trs for the rats we saw running
into the lumber heap recently.
The home of Dr. and Mrs. Eu
gene Sullivan was packed with
well-wishers last Saturday even
ing. ;.. Mrs. Pat Herbrig, Dr. Sul
livan’s daughter, had invited
friends to an open house to meet
the doctor’s charming bride, Mar
ion- It was a thoroughly en
joyable evening, and we also en
joyed watching Dr. Sullivan radi
ating happiness
Recipe Of The Week
Itice Consumer Service
Bavou Pecan & Rice Dessert
The cook in the Deep South has
\ used the home-grown products,
)\ pecans, rice and syrup to make
a dessert so wonderful you'll
never forget it!
It takes 40 minutes baking to
toast the pecans and blend the
vanilla, eggs, butter and dark
syrup into a heavenly sweet.
Use one of your fancy baking
dishes and serve this dessert
from the baking dish at the
table. This dessert is so deli
cious it deserves a ceremony of
some sort!
INGREDIENTS:
2/3 cup uncooked white rice
11/3 cups water
1 teaspoon salt
3 eggs, beaten
11/3 cups dark com syrup
1 cup granulated sugar
3 teaspoons vanilla
3 tablespoons melted butter
% cup milk
11/3 cups coarsely chopped
pecan*
METHOD: Put the nee, water
and salt in a 2-quart saucepan.
Bring to a vigorous boil. Turn
the heat down low. Cover with
a lid. Simmer over this low heat
14 minutes. Remove the sauce
pan from the heat but leave the
lid on 10 minutes.
While the rice cooks, mix to
gether the eggs, dark syrup,
sugar, vanilla and butter.
After the rice cooks, stir in the
milk. Cover and cook over low
heat until the milk is absorbed.
Stir occasionally. Press the rice
over the bottom of a glass pie
plate or shallow baking dish
holding about 6 cups.
Just before baking, pour the
egg-syrup mixture over the
rice. Sprinkle with the pecans.
Push the pecans into the syrup
mixture.
Bake uncovered, in a pre-heated
350° F. oven 40 minute^ Serve
warm. Top with vanilla ice
cream or whipped cream, if de
sired.
This recipe makes 8 generou*
servings.
Les Sorum celebrated his ?th
birthday last Saturday... We un
derstand that he had to do the
celebrating alone throughout the
day. Seems that wife Mary had a
couple of social affairs to attend
- but the evening was a bit
better from what we could gather
- airway, Happy Birthday to
Les_
If government and state agen
cies were to pay postage on some
of their mail perhaps the rest of
us would have a lower.rate to pay,
and the postal department would
be in the black for a change....
Seems such a waste,, especially
when seVeral pieces of marl from
the same agency arrive same de
livery in separate envelopes 7most
of them are use’ess blurbs)....
We recently had seven in one mail/
from the same office that we
should have been paid to read. . .
It doesn’t make sense, somehow,
and if they had to account for
‘our’ money, perhaps they would
be more careful_
Had a letter from O. A. (Tor
gie) and Ruth Torgerson this
week- They visited their
daughter in Indio, but found the
heat a bit too much.... 105 de
grees in Los Angeles_They are
now renting a house in Idyllwild,
where they plan to make their
home... We are going to miss
both Torgie and Ruth a great
deal here_
Emblem Club
To Organise,
Bowling Team
Kodiak Emblem Club No. 187
members voted to organize a bowl
ing team at the last meeting of
the club Thursday, October 2. All
club members interested in bowl
ing are requested to call President
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Grace Hightower
Commutes to
Ranch and Horses
Black hair streaming, Gracie
Hightower is a natural astride a
horse.
More often seen waiting tables
at the Montmartre Inn. Gracie
nevertheless flees the ways of
civilization to join her husband
Bob at Saltery Cove at the end
of Portage Bay. They have a home
there on a huge tract of land, and
raise horses, sheep and vegeta
bles—the latter of a proportion
in keeping with the size of Alaska
and things Alaskan.
We have seen specimens
brought in by Gracie — carrots,
rutabaga, potatoes and turnips—
the latter measuring 13 inches in
circumference, big, yes, but tasty
too, and some excellent lettuce.
Horses are the great love of
this ranch lady and her husband.
Both can be seen frequently rid
ing over the 23,000 acres of leased
government land at Portage Bay.
Gracie atop a horse was a famili
ar sight in Kodiak a few years
ago, as she rode it out with the
cowgirls anl cowboys in the 4th of
July races.
The Hightowers have about 80
head of sheep and five horses.
Asked if the bears attacked the
livestock, the answer was “very
seldom.”
“Do you like it on the ranch?”
she was asked. No answer was ne
cessary. Gracie abviously finds
her greatest happiness in spend
ing a few days whenever possible
with horses, her garden and her
off-the-beat-home at Saltery Cove.
She apparently falls naturally into
routine there ,mrmtntffal of the
lack of running water and elec
tricity, the other comfdrts of life
to be found in the city.
Gracie has a distinction un
challenged so far—she is the only
woman in Alaska with her own
registered brand—the Bar G-H.
The Hightowers have been on
Kodiak Island since 1945. They
came from Texas, New Mexico to
Seward in 1939. Bob stays at the
ranch the year round. He works
at stream watching for the Fish
and Wildlife during the summer.
The rest of the time he keeps the
home fires burning for the arrival
of his wife, as she commutes as
often as she can. For that is quite
frequent. There is a pulling power
in the hearth and home. Add a
horse to that and it becomes irre
sistable.
rar Sts*
GRACIE HIGHTOWER
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