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Newspaper

Berkshire Eagle

Location

Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Feb 07, 1964

Page

11

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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Berkshire Homemaker By Anna Mamonas Egg Foo Yong Blue Bird North St. Pittsfield Joan Mills Taeaines Nee Daly Essentai Pracbank Eepank Wilfrout Ings David A. Hunter South Egremont Nesbitt H. Bangs Stockbridge Weather Bureau Great Barrington Gerald O'Connm DR. Joyce Brothers England Strong-Hewat & Co Colonial Williamstown Mass Orion Berkshire Julier The Berkshires North Street
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