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THE NEWBERRY SUN. NEWBERRY. S. C. 4 FOION Cotttec STATION IDENTIFICATION By JOHN H. HOSE (CnLEASE take a seat along the A mezzanine, sir. The next tour of Radio City begins in approximate ly five minutes,” piped the charming hostess as she handed the tour tickets to Bob Johnson. Only two days remained of the week for which Bob had saved all year. Vacation in New York—gosh! It had been wonderful . . . Coney Island, Grant’s tonj£>, Statue of Lib erty, Central park . . . meals in Greenwich village at the “Captain's Bell," and the night in Chinatown. Only two things remained on Bob’s schedule—a nigftt ride on the Staten Island ferry and this tour of Radio City. Bob was 25, tall, blond and tagged as the rugged type by the home town bobby soxers. After his grad uation from Mascoutah high school, he had gone to work at Carl May- hew’s filling station and garage. Everyone in the Illinois town said that Bob was a bom mechanic. Al though Bob had been to nearby St. Louis many times, he always had longed to come to tho big city. Now his dream visit had blossomed Into reality, but it was drawing rapidly to an end. In 38 hours, he would be on the Pennsy speeding westward once again. “But it sure was worth it,” thought Bob, as he joined the group of 14 or 15 people which had gathered in the mezzanine foyer of the RCA building. He only casually noticed the girl who semed so deeply en grossed in the showcase full of modeled hands of eminent NBC con ductors. He had been looking at the unusual display only a few moments when tl\e petite tour guide called. “Please step forward to the ele vator, folks. I am Helen Barry. We’re happy to welcome you to Radio City. In the course of this tour, we shall visit the studios, show you the inner workings of radio and conclude by attending an actual broadcast of the Fred 'Waring show. “Now I think it would be nice to know your names, and especially where some of you are from. We'll let you begin, sir,” she said as she pointed to the portly man in the vanguard of the little group. “We’re Mr. and Mrs. Albert Fisher from Cedar Rapids, Iowa,” from the dignified gentleman. The others dutifully chimed in. “Elmer Petersen, St. Paul, Minn.” “Eloise Miller, Altoona, Penn.” “Bob Johnson, Mascoutah, 111.” “Mr. and Mrs. Mark Brown and ions, Gary and John, Chicago.” “Anne Strong, Vandalia, HL” Partly because she came from hearby Vandalia, but more because of the soft, resonant quality of her voice. Bob turned quickly to inspect the young lady thus identified. As he looked into her self-confident, smiling face, he remembered the young lady whom he had noticed while waiting for the tour to begin. Her round face with its even, pleas ing features made him think of Illi nois, somehow. It seemed that she was symbolic of the wide, sweeping prairies of his home state — almost a breath of refreshment in the crowded elevator. As the group emerged from the cage after a rapid ascent. Bob crowded ahead among the others until he reached Anne Strong. “Miss Strong,” he stammered, “I overheard you say you were from Vandalia. I'm from Mascoutah, and I’ve been to Vandalia lots of times." “Yes, Bob, I heard you say you were from Mascoutah,” answered Anne casually, as though she and 3ob had been friends for years. "Are you enjoying your visit here New York?” she continued. “Oh, you bet!” replied Bob. “I’m going back tomorr—” “If you will step this way, please, we will enter the sound effects de partment,” interrupted the guide at this point, and Bob didn’t quite finish his sentence. “Please observe, and I shall dem onstrate how sounds are simulated with the most simple devices,” the girl continued as she entered a glass- enclosed booth. » “For example, to create the sound Impression of a trotting horse, we simply take these half cocoanut shells and clap them together sharp ly. The plop, plop, plop comes through your radio at home just like the trotting hoof-beats. If we wish to make your mouth water with the sound of frying eggs, we need only crinkle bits of cellophane before the microphone. “When we wish to reproduce tele phone calls, we use the filter micro phone. . .” The voice droned on and on, but Bob had lost interest in radio. He was infinitely more aware of the slim young lady at his side. Her arm had brushed against him as the group crowded forward to watch the sound demonstration on the other side of the glass partition, and Bob was shaken by the tremour of ex citement aroused by this brief con tact. Anne Strong, too, recognized that the remote flutter of excitement within her was due to this young man rather than the wonders of radio. When Anne left Vandalia, she had decided never to return. It was such a provincial little town, she thought, and she felt sure she couldn’t stand spending the rest of her life there. Of course she knew that one didn’t go to the big city to achieve fame like a Horatio Alger hero; but at any rate, she would be free from the petty gos sip and restrictions of small town life. Anne was considered the best beautician in Vandalia, so she was quite confident that she would ex perience no difficulty in finding work in New York. But for a few weeks, she planned to “see the sights” be fore going to work. Only this very morning, she had decided to see Radio City. As they left the sound effects’ room and moved along the corridor toward the television demonstration. Bob and Anne walked silently to gether. Each seemed to be deeply engrossed in his own thoughts. “Now we shall televise some of you,” the guide announced, and you can observe how you might ap pear on a television broadcast.” “Would you like to be first. Miss.” she asked, indicating Anne. “Oh ... I guess so,” replied Anne, stepping forward. As he watched her enter the en closure under the glare of the lights for the television view. Bob again was aware of the undertones of feel ing created by Anne’s vibrant per sonality. He couldn’t help but note with possessive pride when he over heard the lady from Pennsylvania remark about how lovely Anne ap peared on the television screen. Then Anne was back at his side. “How did I look. Bob? Was I ter rible?” he inquired. “You were wonderful!” said Bob, and Anne seemed to understand and Interpret the feeling in his voice as genuine. “When are you going back to Vandalia, Anne?” aked Bob, as they followed the group along the corridor. "I wasn’t planning to return to Vandalia . . . ever.” All the elation seemed to drain ont of Bob when she answered. For the swiftly moving machinery which carries ns so rapidly into the future already was busily at work creating fantasies for Bob. Across the miles, his thoughts had planned how he would borrow Carl’s car to drive to Vandalia to see Anne. But Anne wasn’t going back; she was staying in New York. “That concludes our tour of Radio City. I hope you have enjoyed your view behind the scenes in radio,” came from the girl guide to jerk Bob back to reality. Turning to Anne he asked: “Since I’ll probably never see you again, how about celebrating my last day in New York with me? It can be your farewell salute to Illinois.” Anne said, “O. K., Bob, what’s on the schedule?” Somewhat sheepishly. Bob told her his plans, and they set out together. They visited the art museum, lunched at the open air restaurant in Central park, shared a bag of popcorn at the Bronx zoo and en joyed dinner in a Slovakian restaur ant below Third avenue. They brought the happy day to a close with the ride on the ferry. As they walked slowly toward the hotel where Anne was staying, she asked quietly: Where do you live in Mascoutah, Bob?” “Since Mother died,” replied Bob, “I’ve been living in two rooms over the garage where I work. I batch. It’s not a bad place. There are five rooms there, but I use only two of them.” “I just wondered,” said Anne, “thought I might like to send you a postcard some time. It’s been great fun today. Bob. You’re the first person in New York with whom I’ve felt really friendly. And you had to come all the way from Illi nois.” She paused as they drew near the hotel entrance. “I hope you have a nice trip home,” she continued as she ex tended her hand to him in a fare well gesture. “Thanks for a very nice day!” “Gee, Anne, I had a swell time,” said Bob. “Glad I got to know you. Maybe we’ll see each other again some time, who knows.” They were both silent for a few moments. Then Bob shuffled his right foot around before he said, “Well, so long, Anne,” Anne noticed the droop of bis shoulders as he shuffled off down the street. Two weeks later, Carl came into the garage and shouted to Bob: “Hey, Bob, who do you know in Vandalia?” Bob looked up somewhat sur prised, asking, “Why?” “Letter here from Vandalia for you, and it looks like a female’s handwriting to me,” bantered Carl. “Ummm! Smells good, too.” Before he looked at the trim hand writing, Bob knew that a certain beautician had decided that the big city wasn't so good after all. m— yj f IS. JUg> agguj Because Someonejtas Jaith inMe_ Anne Strong recognized that the remote fnltter of excitement with in her was due to this young man rather than the wonders of radio. SCRIPTURE: Ezra 7:6^10; Nehemlab •-10; 13. DEVOTIONAL READING: Psalma 11»: •-16. Ezra Leads A Revival Lesson for May 9, 1948 G LANCING for a moment at our history, we see that in 536 B. C., 50,000 Jews were returned to Jerusalem from Babylon, and the temple was rebuilt; and 78 years later, Ezra returns with about 7,000 Jews to in augurate needed reforms. Then came Nehemiah, 444 B. C„ to re build the walls, and with Ezra to lead in a needed religious revivaL Dr. Newton HAPPY TIMES WITH THE BIBLE ((T70R Ezra had prepared his A 1 heart to seek the law of the Lord, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.” There was great need for a re vival of religion, and Ezra knew that there can be no real revival until the people come back to God. He therefore read to them the stat utes and judgments. Ezra read from the law of Moses from morn ing until midday, “and the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book of the law.” What would you think of the people being summoned into some public place today to hear the Bible read? But you say, we hear it read over the radio, and we hear it read in church, and we sometimes hear it read in the home. But do we hear it? And are our ears really attentive? • • • HEARING AND DOING GOD’S WORD 'i E ZRA not only read God’s word to the people, but he led them to do what they were commanded in the law. They went out to give portions to those who were in need. They came back to worship God. They began both to hear and do. "Be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only,” James 1:22. It is positively dangerous to re ceive Impressions from God and refuse to express what, he has put in our hearts to do for him. Let me put it this way, we can become religiously intoxicated unless we go forth to serve. i • • LIVING OCR RELIGION W HAT Ezra and Nehemiah led the people to do in the long ago was to put into practice what they heard—to live their religion. The late Gandhi was reported to have said, ”1 might have embraced Christianity, had Christians lived what they professed.” Let us keep clearly in mind that Ezra was first concerned in in structing the people according to all that God had said in the Scrip tures. That comes first. We must have conviction about what is right. We must have a creed, but we are to remember that it is in daily living that we make our creeds effective. • • • WHAT IS A RELIGIOUS REVIVAL? T HIS lesson intends to reveal to us how a religious revival broke out in Jerusalem in the long ago, nearly 500 years before Christ was born. Well may we ask, What is a religious revival? “Lord, send a revival, and let it be*gin in my heart.” Revivals are prayed down, not talked up. We have fallen into the fallacy of speaking of revivals when some overnight spell-binder comes along and kicks up a big sensation. Be fore he leaves town, Pharisaism is more rampant than ever. It is not until the Spirit of God moves upon the hearts of his people and rekindles in them a sense of sin, bringing them to true repentance, that we can have a real religious revival. When men are convicted of their sins, they will say with Zacchaeus, "Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor, and if I have taken from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.” When men begin to feel and talk and act like that, you have a real religious re vival. And I repeat, such revivals are prayed down, not talked up. Now you are ready to read Psalms U9:9-il6. (Copyright by the International Council oi Religious Education on behalt of 40 Protestant denominations. Released by WNU Features.) Canning Rules Insist On Perfect Ripeness, Freshness of Produce There never was a canning rule bettei’ devised than the one about putting up your fruit and vegetables at their peak of freshness and while they are perfectly ripened. If you have your own garden of strawber ries, peas and asparagus, you can check them every day and decide when perfection has been reached. Thgn whisk the produce into your kitchen where jars and canning equipment wait in readiness. Fol lowing directions, you may be cer tain you have caught the produce at its best, thus assuring perfect eating enjoyment later. The early canning we want to get out of the way includes strawberries, rhubarb, peas and asparagus, par- Berries used for jams and jellies should be fresh and ripe. Wash in plenty of water just before using. It’s best to wash and then pick off the hulls. < ticularly. It may seem early, but right now is the time when these delicacies are coming to their best form. •Strawberry Jam (Makes about 5 six-ounce glasses) 1 2 1/8 cups prepared fruit 31/2 cups sugar 1/4 cup bottled fruit peetin To prepare the fruit. Crush thor oughly about one quart fully fipe strawberries. Measure 21/8 cups into a large saucepan. To make the jam. Add sugar to fruit in saucepan and mix well. Place over high heat, bring to a full rolling boil, and boil hard one min ute, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and stir in bot tled fruit pectin. (Scrape all bottled fruit pectin from measuring cup.) Then stir and skim by turns for three minutes to cool slightly, to prevent floating fruit. Pour quickly into glasses. Paraffin at once. Strawberry Rhubarb Jam (Makes 8 glasses) 1 cup prepared strawberries 1 1/2 cups prepared rhubarb 2 1/2 cups extra sweet corn syrup 1 cup sugar Wash, stem and crush strawber ries. Wash and slice rhubarb, add com syrup and sugar. Boil until thickened or jam is 220 degrees. Skim and cool five minutes to pre vent fruit from floating. Pour into clean hot jelly glasses. Cover with melted paraffin. Raspberry Jelly (5 or 6 glasses) 2 cups raspberry juice 2 cups extra-sweet corn syrup 11/2 cups sugar 1/2 cup liquid pectin 1 tablespoon lemon juice To prepare juice: Sort and wash slightly underripe raspberries, drain. Crush berries. Simmer 10 minutes. Strain through jelly rag. Measure juice and mix with corn syrup, su gar and liquid pectin. Boil until jelly stage is reached (221 degrees) or mixture threads from a spoon. Add lemon juice. Remove from heat. Skim. Pour into clean hot jelly glasses. Cover with melted paraffin. Strawberry Sunshine Preserves 2 quarts strawberries 3 cups sugar Wash and hull berries. Leave whole. Add sugar and stir just enough to mix. Heat in a flat pan over a low burner. Stir occasionally to prevent sticking. When the boil ing point has been reached remove from heat and pour into flat pans. Cover with panes of window glass and let stand in the sunshine about two days, or until the syrup is thick. Seal in clean jars. LYNN CHAMBERS’ MENU Broiled Trout Buttered New Potatoes Fresh Peas Tossed Salad Hot Biscuits ’Strawberry Jam Beverage Pineapple Sundae •Recipe Given Tutti Frutti Jam 4 cups strawberries or raspber ries 2 cups gooseberries 2 cups currants 2 cups diced rhubarb or pitted cherries Sugar (3/4 as much as fruit pulp) Mash fruits and heat gently until juicy and well mixed. Measure and add three-fourths as much sugar as fruit. Cook rapidly and stir the mix ture until thickened, about 20 min utes. Pour into clean, hot jars and seal. Asparagus Remove scales from stalk. Wash thoroughly to remove all soil. Cut in jar lengths. Tie in bundles, place tips up in boiling water to cover lower tough portions. Cover vessel tightly. Pre-cook three minutes. Drain, pack into clean pint jars, tips up. Add 1/2 teaspoon salt to each jar if desired, fill jar to within 1/2 inch of top with water in which vege table was pre-cooked or boiling wa ter. Put on cap, screwing the band tight. Process 40 minutes at 10 pounds in pressure cooker. Peas Use only young tender, freshly gathered peas. Shell, wash and sort according to size. Pre-cook three to seven minutes, depending on the age and size of the peas. Pack loosely to within one inch of top into clean j§rs. Fill to within 1/2 inch of top with water in which vegetable was pre-cooked or boiling, water. Add one teaspoon of salt and sugar mixture to each pint jar if desired. Put on cap, screwing the band tight. Proc ess 60 minutes at 10 pounds in pres sure cooker. If you want to put up strawberries and rhubarb, the methods are really very simple. I am giving the two that will work well, one for straw berries that will not float, and an easy oven baked rhubarb that needs to be processed for only five min utes in the water bath. Baked Rhubarb Wash and cut rhubarb into one- inch lengths without removing the skin. Place in a baking dish and add one cup sugar to each quart of rhubarb. Cover dish and bake until Perfect jellies and jams are pos sible when you use the carefully tested recipes in this column. rhubarb is tender. Place rhubarb and syrup which has formed, into clean jars to within 1/2 inch of the top. Put on cap and adjust accord ing to manufacturers’ instructions. Process in water bath five minutes. Strawberries (Will Not Float) 1 cup sugar 2 pounds strawberries 1/2 cup strawberry juice Boil together the sugar and straw berry juice. This juice may be ob tained by crushing and heating some of the culls or overripe berries. Cool and add the whole berries, then boil for three minutes. Cover the ves sel, then set aside for four hours or overnight. Pack into clean jars to within one-half inch of the top. Ad just cap. Process in water bath for 15 minutes. A Real Thirst Quencher A refreshing fruit drink always is welcome as the warm days of spring and summer approach. Try the fol lowing for the evening’s refresh ments: For four glasses, combine two cups orange juice, one-half cup lemon or lime juice, one-half cup diced or shredded fresh pineapple. Chill thoroughly. Pour into glasses with chipped ice or ice cubes, fill with gingerale. Released by WNU Features QUESTION: We are using quite a bit of plywood in our home, and want to keep it natural—also all the woodwork. What is the best to use on it to keep it a light color? Also, what can I use to fill the nail-holes so they won’t show. ANSWER: All plywood, except fir plywood, can be given a thin coat of white shellac thinned half- and-half with denatured alcohol. Then two thin, even coats of paste wax are applied and, when each coat is dry, it should be well rubbed. Another method is to finish with a penetrating wax or two coats of top-quality, quick drying varnish. If fir plywood is used, it should be given a prime coat of a special kind of preparation which “flattens” the grain of this particular kind of wood for a smooth finish. After the prime coat is dry, the wood can be finished with wax, varnish, shellac, paint or enamel. Nail holes can be filled with wood putty colored wyh an oil stain to match the wood. Easily Built Automatic Auto Garage Door f • If you want a really sturdy, hand some, automatic garage door, build it yourself from the pattern of fered below. 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Roll them in egg and cornflakes before you fry them. Pork chops take on the new look when you bake them in a mixture of four cups of cranberry sauce, one cup honey and one-half teaspoon of cloves. Ground almonds go well in creamed chicken soup. Make it ‘hick, smooth and creamy. Befbre you fold your omelet, spread it with a mixture of creamed crabmeat. Serve with tomato soup or a fruit cup to make an easy meal. Mix tuna and crabmeat, then mix with celery, green pepper and hard- cooked eggs. Add cream sauce and bake in ramekins. This is an easy- to-fix meal on a busy day. Using up hard-cooked eggs? Chop and mix with crumbled bacon, moisten with mayonnaise and sea son with Worcestershire sauce. A good snack on salted rye bread. yjDWlijrffc Buy U.S. Savings Bonds S&W&' yjotuc founitof*