Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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» THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY. S. C. |™^jrcTION CORNER Anna had always been a devoted housewife and mother so it came as a shock to her that her family could be so indifferent to her needs at a time when she felt they should be generous and helpful. THE FIFTH OF AUGUST By Helen Longworthy A NNA FARRANT read the letter three times. It didn’t seem be lievable. Nothing, she decided, had made her so happy since the day the war ended. But it was like Anna Farrant to (old the letter neatly and go on about the business of getting din kier for Jim, Ruth and Lillian with out even so much as taking time to call one of them on the phone to tell them the good news. It was after dinner that she told them. It came all in a happy rush of words. “Belle Mandrel has asked me to visit her. Imagine!—clear across the country.” There was a long silence. It was Ruth, the librarian, who spoke first. Ruth was as proud of her knowl edge of Important People as of books. Almost reverently she breathed, “Not the Belle Mandrel V' ' Anna felt cross for an instant. Her memory of Belle Mandrel was the happy-go-lucky girl of their col lege days. Ruth was thinking of the Belle Mandrel who was an impor tant adviser to the politicians and who last week visited the king of England. “Fuss and feathers,” said Anna lightly, “I’m not afraid of Belle Mandrel. In fact I think I’ll— The words hung in the air. “Of course you’ll go,” Jim fin ished heartily. “The girls and I will manage. Do you good!” He gave her a beaming smile that after twenty-five years still gave Anna t thrill. “Think of all you’ll have to talk about, too.” Lillian chimed in. It was like Lillian, the teacher to think of that! Anna knew that Lil lian’s fifth graders would be told the big news early tomorrow. “When is the great day?” Jim asked. “The fifth -ol August,” Anna an swered almost like a pronounce ment. It had been easier than she had hoped. They were the finest family ever to be in favor of he* going on that long trip. In the days that followed Anna was to retell her plans for the trip dozens of times. Everyone was in terested to find that she was a friend of the great Belle Mandrel. There was a short write-up in the newspaper about Anna’s trip. Lillian worried over what she would do without a big supply of the satin slips her mother made for her. In her' competent way Anna told her that she would make an extra supply before she left. Fuss ing over the satin, she knew she could have told Lillian to buy her slips at the store but Lillian had been babied too long, Anna told her self with a happy smile. Very shortly Ruth, knowing she would be cook while her mother was away, fretted that she would be left with lots of canning. Anna assured her she would get it in before she left. The house, of course must be spotless. It was in one of the few breath ing spells Anna allowed herself that she rummaged around in her clothes closet and decided that scarcely any of her clothes were suitable for the fifth of August. They were fine for small town church societies but Anna wanted to look nice when she started on the trip. The family would want her to look well too. She wondered if one of the girls—or Jim would slip her a nice check and suggest she buy a new outfit. It was going to be funl There came the momentous day that Jim placed a very business like envelope on her plate at din ner. Anna opened it, expecting the check for her clothes. Instead it was her train" ticket and sleeping car reservation. Jim gave a hearty laugh, “Just wanted you to be sure you could go,” he told her, well pleased with himself. Anna opened her mouth to say she had known all along a ticket was required unless she walked, but how about some money? Then she decided to wait. The family would like to think it surprised her. At least it waft comforting to know they were well able to provide for her. From then on every place they went Jim had. her take the long tick et from her ’purse and show it off. Anna’s smile began to wear thin at the corners as the family forgot the check in their pride of her ticket. Coming home from a movie around the first of July Anna made a big effort to have Jim see a new dress she had noticed in the Bon Ton store window. There were two but Anna much preferred the one with the white collar. Always she had pointed out her wants to Jim and he would say, “Go get it.” But tonight Jim seemed too tired to even glance at- the store window. Anna was quiet for a block, wait ing for Jim to say, “O. K. Pick it up tomorrow.” NSTEAD Jim began talking about a week-end fishing trip planned for mid-August. Anna almost gave up hope. On the fifth of July she spread out material on the kitchen table and began pinning a pattern on it. She had always hated making dresses for herself and would not have attempted this time if her family had been—cooperative. In an hour Anna was crying softly to herself. The dress was going to be unsatisfactory, and besides what of a coat, hat, shoes and all those extra things? Remembering the many times she had outfitted them all to the last detail, Anna could have shook them, separately or togeth er. She would not actually ask for money if she traveled in a burlap sack, she told herself. It would happen that it was the very next day that both Lillian and Ruth "checked up” on her to see if the canning was done and the fussy slips all made. “Everything’s ready—but me!’* Anna told them pointedly. "Oh. you’ll make it,” Lillian as sured her, comfortably. Anna wash’t sure that she want ed to. She wished for an excuse to stay at home. There were times when she admitted to a few doubts on whether she had the most thoughtful family, ever. The day that Anna begim haul ing old suitcases from tire attio Jim came home early. _Am;a was looking at the suitcases with dis gust. They were relics. "Kind of old, aren’t they?” Jim asked her. “They were old in 1900.” Anna told him. She waited expectantly for Jim to say, "Here, take this, get yourself a couple of good bags.” But Jim sat down to his news paper. Neither did the girls make any comment when the-- saw the ancient suitcases. Anna was desperate. From her Jewel box she removed the broach her mother had left her years previ ous and hurried to the jewelry store. Her thoughts were bitter. That she should be forced to pawn her treasured broach to provide just ordinary clothing for her trip! She wondered if old maids really deserved pity after all. The jeweler was an old friend and looked at her in wonderment when she asked to sell the broach. He stalled around and finally of fered her ten dollars. Silently An na put the pin back in her purse. Her last hope was gone. “It’s something like the earrings Lillian bought here last week,” the Jeweler told her. » Anna never knew what she an swered. So Lillian was decking herself out like a—a totem pole and meanwhile letting her mother go next to ragged on her trip! The fact that she had not shown the earrings at home proved that she was ashamed of her own greed. It was evening, at last, the fami ly sat relaxed and contented after one of Anna’s usual good meals. Relaxed, all but Anna. “I don’t know how we will man age without you,” Jim said from the davenport. “And only a week until the fifth of August,” Ruth chimed in. Anna was silent. Her mind had been scurrying, trying to think of an excuse not to go. She wondered if she should plead a sudden sick spell. The family’s thoughtlessness was sufficient cause for a sick spell. LUlian went to the hall and came back with a loud thumping noise. There was a moment of silence and then the three shouted almost in unison, “Surprise!” Anna turned in her chair slowly. Suitcases, the newest kind, were in Lillian’s hands. “Open them,” Lillian said gleefully. The two suitcases were carefully packed; full of new dresses, long house coats, satin slips, filmy underwear. Anna even saw three pairs of new shoes wrapped in towels. She gasped and looked at the label of the top-most dress. It was too much to expect that the things would fit “Oil, they’ll fit,” Ruth told hei proudly. “We certainly checked and rechecked.” She unfolded one dress and Anna saw it was the companion dress to the one she had forced Jim to view. Trust Jim to remember the wrong one! Anna was stunned. She tried to say, "You were wonderful,'’ but the words stuck. Lillian was open ing a jewel case to display a pair of earrings. “To match your good broach,” she explained. That brought a tear to Anna’* eyes. They had tried to help. They had been thoughtful, in their way. The anxiety they had caused her they would never know. Ruth was proudly showing her the fussy silk underwear that An na didn’t like. Jim was beaming all over the place. Anna still couldn’t find words. “We thought we would save you time,” Ruth told her. Lillian felt playful and teased, “Why you wouldn’t even have thought of your clothes until Au gust fifth!” ^twner ( Sif/ce tA'bll L IFE dosed about her in strange baffling ways. Her house was bleak, her heart was sore be- -I. reft, Yet she learned to glean from ordinary days The golden grain that the passing hours had left. She stored rare beauty deep within her heart To hold against the coming winter cold: The colors of dawn and sunset were a part Of her deft gleaning from the fields of gold. A letter from a friend was her delight. The coming of a neighbor to her door. Her long communion with the stars at night. Her daily tasks—these added to her store. Remembering her, face-skyward, standing there, One learns life never leaves its fields too bare. Lillian was opening a Jewel case to display a pair of earrings. “To match your good broach," she explained. SCRIPTURE: Daniel 7; Revelation 1; 4:8b, 11; 11:15b; 15:3b-4; 21-22. DEVOTIONAL READING: Revelation 7:9-17. Gods V-Day Lesson for December 26, 1948. E verybody loves a fight, they say. But the underdog does not love it, and nobody loves ohe that goes on and on and seems to have no end. The long est war In history is the war that mankind wages against everything that is out to de stroy him. It is the war between man at his best and man at his worst, between the angel and the devil in man himself. We seem to be the underdogs—and how tired we grow of it! Foreman God’s Fight T HE Bible shows us that this fight is not one in which we human beings are left to defend ourselves alone. We have an enemy, Satan; and we have an ally, God. Whenever a man lines up against anything that is wrong, hateful, deceitful, destructive, and on the side of what is creative, just, brotherly and true, he finds that this is not a private fight, it is not even the struggle of mankind alone. Jt is a cosmic conflict. God’s universe is not a neat garden in which only flowers grow; he has to work cutting down the weeds. His universe is not a realm at peace, with no need even for police; treason is abroad, rebellion breaks out here and there. The Greeks used to think that the'gods never went to any trouble, they ruled without effort. But the Christian Bible tells of a God who does have troubles, who meets op position and fights against it. • • • Bright Books for Dark Times T WO books in our Bible bring this out in a startling way: Daniel and Revelation. We have been thinking through three months now about various kinds of litera ture in the Bible. The kind repre sented by these two books is called “Apbcalyptic.” Scholars have discovered a number of sim ilar books, but these two are in comparably the greatest and were the only two to be admitted to the Bible. One feature of all apocalyp tic literature is that it always ap pears in dark times, and its first readers are people down at the bot tom of the heap, people beyond all human hope. Daniel, long before the time of Christ, and Revelation, two generations later than Christ, came as lights in a very dark world. The first of these books circulated when the Jews were hard pressed by Syrian perse cutors, and when the other came out, the Christians were about to be crushed out of ex istence by cruel Roman em perors. Observing what went on u. those days, you might have thought the Jews, or the Christians as the case might be, had no prospects of sur viving. Bpt these books brought a brighter message: Have courage! God will not lose! A Code in Pictures D ANIEL and Revelation are both hard to understand, and for the same reason. Their mes sages are framed not always in plain language but in symbols. Hidden meanings abound. This had to be so; if one of these books fell (as sometimes they did) into the hands of the persecuting agents of the Syr ian or Roman governments, it would not get the owner into trouble, for the agent would hardly be able to interpret the strange language. AU sorts of weird creatures and events move through these myste rious pages, and they often prob ably refer to persons or events known to the writers and the first readers: beasts with iron teeth and horns with eyes; a flaming throne set on a river of fire; golden vials flUed with the wrath of God; a red dragon sweeping the stars down with its tail. God’s Victory + + '*. + + + + * ★ ( HOVStHOLV A New Year’s buffet supper can be done simply if you serve sliced turkey with assorted breads, and bowls of fresh cran berry relish, salted nuts, pop corn, and if you desire, a molded salad and dessert. NEW YEAR’S DINNER Shrimp-Grapefruit Cocktail RibRoastofBeef NaturalGravy Yorkshire pudding Creamed Peas Tossed Vegetable Salad Hot Rolls •Peppermint Stick Cake Beverage •Recipe Given. •Peppermint Stick Cake (Serves 10-12) 2 envelopes unflavored gelatine !4 cup cold water 2 cups milk, scalded *4 teaspoon salt % pound marshmallows, diced % pound peppermint stick candy, coarsely broken 2 cups heavy cream, whipped H cup maraschino cherries, quartered Welcome New Year With Luxury Spread Or Simple Buffets IF YOU’RE planning a gay New Year’s eve party, then be prepared » for the call for ' refreshments at about the stroke of midnight when the revelers start feeling hunger pangs. However, if you’re the hostess and want to enjoy your own party, plan foods that you can whip out to the table in a minimum of time. In other words, do the cooking to com pletion before the party begins. A big crowd is best handled with a buffet supper, with all the prepa ration done ahead of time. If prop erly planned, you can get the food bn the table in a quarter of an hour. A small party can have a cozy waffle supper, and the menu can be very simple but still satisfying. Buffet Supper Sliced Roast Turkey Ham or Roast Beef ‘•Hawaiian Cranberry Relish •Dark Nut Bread •Molded Cider Salad •Peppermint Stick Cake Popcorn Salted Nuts Beverage BAKE THE TURKEY, roast beef or ham during the day; or, use slices from the meat you’ve had for dinner. This may be served-* cold. If you don’t have enough meat, have sliced assorted cheese on the platter. AU the other items can be made beforehand. •Hawaiian Cranberry Relish (Makes 1 quart) 4 cups fresh cranberries 2 cups sugar I cup canned pineapple Put cranberries and pineapple through food chopper. Add sugar and mix well. ChiU before serving. This relish wiU keep well for sev eral weeks if refrigerated. •Dark Nut Bread (Makes 1 loaf) Z eggs, weU beaten 1 cup sugar Y* cup melted shortening % cup light molasses ’ 1 cup sour milk 1Y, cups white flour I teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon soda 1% cups wheat or graham flour 1 cup seedless raisins m cups broken nut meats Beat eggs and sugar until thick. Add shortening and molasses. Add sour milk. Add white flour sifted with soda and salt, then wheat flour. Fold in raisins and nuts. Bake in wax paper-lined pan in a mod erate oven (350-degree) for about an hour. •Molded Cider Salad (Serves 10) I phekage orange-flavored gelatin 1 cup boiling water 1 enp cider cups diced red apples K cup seeded Tokay grapes, halved •4 cup chopped nuts, if desired Dissolve gelatin in hot -water and cool. Add cider and allow to thick en. Fold in other ingredients. Pour into molds which have been rinsed in cold water or oiled and allow to chill until firm. Serve on lettuce. • * • The dessert for your gala New Year’s buffet is a refrigerator cake which one and all will welcome for its light fluffiness and refreshing fla vor. Make this ahead of time so it will have time to chill thorough ly and thus slice nicely. Angel Food Cake Soften gelatine in cold water. Dissolve in hot milk. Add salt and chill until partially set. Fold marsh mallows and candy into whipped cream. Beat gelatine mixture until light and fluliy. Add cherries and whipped cream mixture. Line bot tom and sides of an -angel cake pan or a spring form (oiled) with strips one-half inch thick and one inch wide of angel food cake, from which the Crusts have been re moved. Fill with gelatine mixture and chill until set. • • • FOR A SIMPLE supper on New Year’s, you may set the table for the number you are serving or serve buffet style, making waffles at the table. A simple fruit cen terpiece will be appropriate, a s the guests may want some after you have served the waffles. Plain waffles with syrup are an excellent choice, but if you want something more, serve creamed chicken or creamed ham and mush rooms on the waffles. If you serve caffein-free coffee, everyone can drink all they wish without any qualms about staying awake after they get home to retire. Use the regular grind for percolator and the drip grind for glass coffee mak er or drip type of pot. The instant type is good if you want quick service. Waffles (Makes 4 4-section waffles) 2 cups sifted cake flour 2 teaspoons double-acting baking powder H teaspoon salt 3 egg yolks, well beaten 1 cup milk 4 tablespoons melted butter or other shortening 3 egg whites Sift flour once, measure, add bak ing powder and salt and sift again. Combine egg yolks and milk. Add to flour with butter then mix only For those who wish a simple spread at the stroke of midnight to welcome the New Year, crisp waffles with creamed chicken, turkey or ham are welcome. Have a simple, but edible, bowl ' of fruit for the centerpiece, and top the meal off with cups of steaming decaffeined coffee. until smooth. Beat egg whites until they hold up in moist peaks. Stir quickly but thoroughly into the bat ter. Bake in a hot waffle iron. TO MAKE CREAMED chicken or turkey, use 2 cups of medium white sauce to two and one-half cups of shredded or diced chicken. If you want the mixture to have a richer color, add a little of the white sauce to one beaten egg yolk, mix thoroughly, then add the remainder of the sauce. Heat in the double boiler so the mixture will not bum. If you don’t have leftover chicken to use, get some already cooked, canned, boned chicken that comes ready to use. Released by WNU Features. W E NEED not be distressed now at not being able to un lock all the code in which these extraordinary books are written. We can read them for their sheer beauty and force of imagination, for one thing, and we cannot miss their main truth. The bright picture of the New Jerusalem in Rev. 21, 2" is one of the loveliest and most comforting passages in the entire Bible. (Copyright by the International Council of Religious Education on behalf of 40 ■ Protestant denominations. Released by ] WNU Features.) Lynn Says: Good Ideas Make Entertaining Fun A cabbage head makes a lovely salad bowl for buffet entertaining. Take out the inside of the cabbage, shred it fine and mix with chopped apples, sliced stuffed olives, shred ded Swiss cheese and salad dress ing. Pile mixture into cabbage shell on a large platter. Add hard-cooked eggs to leftover turkey or chicken gravy and serve over toast for a savory luncheon i dish. Decorate the tree with old- fashioned gingerbread men which are frosted with confectioner’s ic ing, trimmed with raisins and bright candies. Serve your Christmas breakfast “buffet style” letting everyone wait on himself if you’re going to be busy getting a large dinner for early afternoon. Sponge cake topped with apricot glaze when cool, and then sprin kled generously with whole walnut meats makes a lovely cake for holiday entertaining. Average Farm Family Sees Income Recede Buying Power Higher Now Than Year Ago What, if anything, is happening to thd^ average U. S. farmer with re gard to the money he gets for what he raises, and does he have any thing to worry about? Although there has been a mod erate drop in income of farmers, the average family has more pur chasing power today than it had a IdVISTOKS SrHUCATt, MHKIAmiSi year ago, a reliable monthly sur vey of “real income” reveals. “Real income” is the relationship of rev enue to living costs. The national figures indicate that the average home has 2 per cent more buying power than last year. Wage-earners, salaried people and those with investment income are equally well off, while the farmer is now about 3 per cent below his status of a year ago. It should be remembered, how ever, that such status a year ago was at a then all-time high. Besides the recent drop in farm prices, the survey said, it is ex pected that there may be further tapering off during the next six months, bit farm income will con tinue at a high level. In the same way, althcugh surpluses are begin ning to appear in the clothing in dustry, there are no signs yet that sharp price breaks are likely. Overhauling the Land . Ten years’ work in rebuilding the soil-depleted 300-acre Rio Grande College farm at Rio Grande, Ohio, were compressed into 13H hours recently by 600 workers and hundreds of pieces of mechanized farm equipment. In this hilly Ohio valley country, chief problem was removal of excess water which had been carrying away top soil. Diversion ditches and sod water outlets were prepared. Two ponds were built. The course of a stream was altered. Years of cultivation had taken much of the life from the farm’s soil, so the horde of work ers also attacked the problem of soil rejuvenation. Great areas were tilled, limed, fertilized and seeded and overgrown pasture land was reclaimed and prepared for seeding. In the picture, a Jeep, equipped with bush and bog har row, is engaged in mulching as part of the work done on the farm. A Double Duty Table For Children to Use V' TP HIS table does double duty. 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