Berkshire Homemaker Happy New Year
Chinese New Year falls on Feb 13 and Chinese cookery is described as colorful and varied. The article offers easily prepared recipes, including pork and pineapple stir fry, fried rice, and egg and vegetable dishes, with detailed steps, yields, and cooking times. It notes fuel shortages influence prep and that ingredients are widely available, concluding with serving suggestions and gravy notes.
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China
Old Glasses For New Light
Mrs. Harland P. Sisk of 30 Warwick St reports a National Observer item about New Eyes for the Needy in Short Hills New Jersey. Women there collect used glasses from around the world, sort and forward them to medical missions in Africa, India, and the Orient, with even old jewelry aiding eye care costs. Plastic frames are reused and metal frames melted for funds. The program started during a low mood by a Red Cross worker and has helped about 225,000 people.
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Harland P. Sisk
Warwick St
National Observer
Short Hills
N.J
New Jersey
Africa
Indian Subcontinent
Orient
Red Cross
Pittsfield Public School Menus Weekwide Notes
Weekly school lunch plan lists Monday to Friday menus for Pittsfield public schools. Each day features soups or chowder, main dishes like pork, chop suey, tuna, beef stew, or fish sticks, plus sides and desserts. Sandwich options include bologna, pimento loaf, egg salad, tuna lettuce, and veal teas with various vegetables and salads.
Household Hints for stain removal and storage
Apply rubbing alcohol to ball point pen marks on cloth and some leather furniture. Refrigerate salted nuts in their tightly covered can, but avoid freezing. Some cooks roast a turkey from 12 pounds on its side, turning as needed.
Woman collects river data as part of weather watch
Mary Elizabeth Lane, a homemaker from Housatonic, works daily as a Cooperative Weather Observer for the U.S. Weather Bureau. She records river height, rainfall, and snow data from a small hut by the Housatonic River, forwarding timely reports from Windsor Locks, Connecticut.
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Mary Elizabeth Lane
Housatonic
Carpool
Mary Lane
U.S
Bradley Field
Windsor Locks
Conn
Mary
Pittsfield
Long Island Sound
Connecticut
Cooperative Weather Observer
CWO
Barrington
Cwos
America
Women and Lower-Class Men Won't Vote for Smith
New York dispatch notes Margaret Chase Smith will enter the New Hampshire presidential primary. The piece argues that two voter groups, lower-class men and all women, are biased against a female candidate. It cites psychoanalytic ideas and Jung on intuition versus logic, praising Smith's moderation and intellect.
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New York
Nana
Margaret Chase Smith
New Hampshire
America
Smith
Maine
Senate
Kennedy
Mrs. Smith
George Orwell
Sen. Smith
Carl Jung
Dr. Jung
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