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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
Surprise Party
By Virgie Evans Roger
In the dining nook of her apart
ment Sandra Cunningham yanked
open the bottom drawer of her
buffet. Which table cloth to use?
The answer was simultaneous with
the question—her best, of course.
She pulled the lacy filigree from
the bottom oi stack. Would
this be the night‘fdr her and Jim?
Dinner for two. by candlelight,
her heart sang, as she placed a
tall white taper on each Side of
the red roses Jim had sent. He
usually brought his flowers—but
the roses had arrived by messenger
soon after she got home from the
office. Ah, she smiled, as she
brought out her hope chest two-
place setting of sterling, was this
his way of saying be ready?
Returning to the' kitchenette she
took a package from the small re
frigerator and unwrapped the lus
cious looking T-bone steaks. Jim’s
favorite. •Beautiful,” she ex
claimed under her breath, momen
tarily pausing to admire them be
fore preparing for the broiler^ t
She lifted the lid to check, the
bubbling potatoes as the telephone
rang sharply. ‘’Qh} don’t let it be
Jim saying he can’t come,” she
prayed.
•’Hi. cookie,” Jim said as she
answered. ‘'Do I smell chicken?”
he teased.
"Just wait and see," she sang,
anticipating his delight over the
juicy steaks.
"Mind if I spring a little sur
prise on you?” he asked.
"Please,” she begged. “Don’t
say you can't come.”
"On the contrary; Oould I bring
someone along? I have a new girl
friend.”
His words cut like a double-edged
khife. Noises hammered in her
ears. She couldn't believe she had
heard right. “Girl friend!” she
tried to hold her voice steady.
"Just a little surprise,” he an-
' swered casually.
Little surprise! The bottom had
fallen out of everything. "Why,
Jim,” she stalled, trying to pick
from her jumbled thoughts some
thing to say. “If you ... if you
want to,” she managed at last.
If he said more Sandra didn't
hear. She came to with the dial
tone in her ear. She slammed the
phone into its cradle, a dozen ques
tions pounding in her mind.
Her glance fell on the lace-cov
ered table for two. Did Jim want
it for three? What would Enriily
Post say, she wondered ironically,
about how to entertain your fiance’s
new girl friend? But he wasn’t her
fiance, she painfiilly admitted. And ,
what did the table matter now?
Or the steaks?
How could she face Jim? How
could she face his new girl friend,
she questioned, with panic. She
just couldn't.
She jumped when she heard a
car stop in front—Jim’s car. A
glance out the window gave her
the answer. There was the girl.
Jim was helping her from the front
seat. Bundled in furs, Sandra
couldn’t tell whether she was big
or little—probably a petite bru
nette, in contrast to her flve-foot-
ten blond make-up, she thought
with chagrin, as she beat it to the
back door.
By the time they came in she
would be outside. She fumbled
nervously with the door. “Darn
that tricky latch!” she berated,
as Jim rang the chimes and si
multaneously burst into the living
room. “Hello, Beautiful,” he called.
"Anybody home?” She was trapped.
An instant later Jim’s tall frame
was coming through the archway,
a five-year-old girl in his arms.
“Here she is, Cookie,” he was say
ing to Sandra, "this is Pam. my
new little girl friend.
“Oh,” Sandra said, relief envel
oping her, as things began to come
into focus again. “Oh, Jim. what
a surprise!” Suddenly they were
laughing together and everything
was beautiful again.
Jim quickly explained that his
relatives couldn’t stay, but he had
made them come by to meet her.
He turned to the child as she and
her mother prepared to go. “Pam,
maybe she’d let you call her Aunt
Sandra.
Was this a preview of the all
important question? Then she'd
preview her answer. “Of course,
Pam, dear.”
Thursday, February 12, 1953
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Here're Tips On
How To Drive
During Darkness
(By Women's Travel Authority)
Night driving increases in win
ter. Not only are the hours of dark
ness longer, but motorists extend
their driving time to get to their
destination—especially when head
ing South!
Darkness and drowsiness are
friends—but they’re not the driv
er's friends.
Here are some tips to help you
avoid fatigue or sleepiness:
1 Eat lightly if you’re planning
extended night driving. A heavy
dinner or heavy eyelids go to
gether.
2. Occasional coffee stops are
good “picker-uppers..”
3. Keep the car well ventilated
Avoid excessive "trse of -the -heater
4. Make sure the car seat is ad
justed to insure maximum comfort,
since poor steering posture can
drain your much-needed energy.
If, in spite of all your precau
tions, the temptation to sleep be
comes irrestible, pull off to the
side of the road and take Oscar
Wilde's advice. He said “The only
way to overcome temptation is to
gi.e in to it.”
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ple cooking tricks with the com
mon types that you serve often. |
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Chopped, cooked spinach is a
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long enough to heat through.
Glazed onions look beajUtiful I
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Peas will have that really dis
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some chopped mint or parsley or
both during the last few minutes of
cooking time.
Several small servings of. left
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hollowed-out, cooked onions for a
special treat.
Cooked parsnips are really di-
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butter, brown sugar and mustard.
Bake to heat through.
Any vegetable will rate attention
if you brown butter carefully and
add a few fine bread crumbs to it
before pouring over cooked vegeta
ble.
Add zip to creamed green beans
by blending.in a few drops of onion,
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make.
RECIPE OF THE WEEK
Spiced Tongue Slices
(• Servies 8)
1 beef tongue.
2 tablespoons salt.
Water to cover.
3 pieces celery.
12 whole cloves.
2 bay leaves.
12 whole peppers.
2 cups sugar.
2 cups vinegar.
2 cups water.
6 small onions, thinly sliced.
Wash tongue and cover with
salted water. Add celery and
spices. Cook slowly until tender,
about an hour per pound. Skin;
and slice. Cook sugar, vinegar
and 2 cups water for 10 minutes.
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Hot Horseradish Sauce
(For Beef)
2 tablespoons butter.
3 tablespoons flour.
2 cups beef broth.
3-4 teaspoon sauce.
3 tablespoons horseradish soaked
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1-4 teaspoon Worcestershire
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Schools, Churches
Plant 36,000 Pine
Seedlings In S. C.
Clemson, Feb. 8.—Nineteen schools!
and three churches in 19 South Car
olina counties have completed plant
ing 36,000 pine seedlings, according
to W. J. Barker, leader, Clemson
Forestry Extension work. Six of
these plantings, using 18,000 seed
lings, were made by Negro schools.
A breakdown of these plantings
shows that 13 were new, six were
extensions of old plantings, and three
were replantings. Counties in which
plantings were made this year are
Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Beau
fort, Calhoun, Charleston, Chester
field, Colleton, Darlington, Dillon,
Fairfield, Georgetown, Lancaster,
Laurens, Oranglbeurg, Pickens, Sa
luda, Sumter, and York. Thirty-
seVen of the state’s 46 counties noW
have one or more school plantings.
Mr. Barker explained that the pur
pose of these plantings is to give
young people experience and inter-1
est in tree planting; to estaibli^i dem
onstrations in forestry on land con
venient to the schools; and to provide
income to be used for the benefit of
all students in the given school
through the sale of thinnings. >-*
The plantings are a copoerative
project with the Clemson Extension
Service and die State Commission of
Forestry, working with the schools
and the pulp industry. The pulpwood
companies cooperating in the project
are the International Paper Co., West
Virginia Pulp and Paper Co., and the
Champion Paper and Fibre Co. Ap
proximately 750 people took part in
the actual plantings of the seedlings.
This project was started in the fall
of 1948. Since the start, 127 schools
and four churches have planted a
total of 235,000 seedlings.
In most cases the schools obtained
20-year leases on the areas where the
trees were planted. All cuttings will
be made under the supervision of the
cooperating agencies, and the pro
ceeds from the sale of thinnings will
be spent for school improvements at
the respective schools. At the end of
the lease period, the land and the
remaining stand of trees will be re-1
turned to the original owners.
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