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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jan 11, 1940
Page
3
In Cleveland Ohio Elizabeth ONeill first grade teacher led 34 pupils in a breakfast experiment to improve weights. After one week pupils gained between a quarter and two and a half pounds. With 35 percent underweight the class adopted a cooperative daily breakfast with fruit juice hot cereal and milk supplied by participating mothers.
Simple tips for creating name tabs from tape and oilcloth covered canisters. Repair worn wool into a thick skein for a floor mop or hand polisher. Rejuvenate paint brushes by boiling them in vinegar then washing. remove iron mould stains with hydrogen peroxide and sunlight.
Constance Maidwell takes a stand in Elsa O'Dare's shop as a stand-in bride for a show after a mistaken identity and a postponed wedding. The job offers a new path in publicity, with a wary warning on the pressures of fashion department life and a yearning for Derek's word.
Luxurious hand made nightgown and bed jacket offered as an inexpensive self sewn gift. Pattern Style No. 3117 fits sizes 12 through 46 with yardage and lace specifications. send 15 cents for the pattern to Louise Lennox in Toronto. include name address and size.
A 6 percent record egg laid by a hen owned by Mr. John Coombes of Fovant England measures 4 inches long and 24% inches wide. Despite a 1939 bumper wheat crop in Japan, it will import more from Australia.
The article discusses proper handshakes, noting pump handles are painful and a firm but not tight grip is polite. It says women should offer their hand to men in host roles and men typically expect to shake hands with women. It advises avoiding four-way handshakes and suggests men shake with men while women greet verbally.
Mary Rose Thacker, 16, won the Canadian and North American figure skating championships this year. She is hailed as Canada’s leading woman athlete of 1939 by sports writers, edging Jeannette Dolson by four points in ballots. Dolson dominated Canadian track and field in the Ontario meet prior to losing the overall vote.
Emma Williams of Spokane opens a long lost letter mailed 21 years ago to her brother Oscar Birkland, a soldier in France who died after returning home. The message bears an unclear wartime routing with hints of a hospital stay. she recalls nothing from it and plans not to reopen.
Sadie B. Chambers presents an economical dessert combining bread crumbs chocolate milk and eggs. Mix crumbs with shaved chocolate add to scalded milk with butter sugar salt vanilla and egg then bake in a buttered casserole for one hour at 875. Test doneness with a silver knife and serve hot with sweetened whipped cream and a chocolate spritz.
Combine butter and brown sugar then heat to blend. Stir in milk and eggs then season. Arrange buttered bread cubes in dish and pour custard. Bake at 350 degrees until firm, top with meringue and brown.
A simple basic cream pie recipe encourages family cooking with variations. Mix flour sugar and salt, add scalded milk and cook until thick, then whisk in butter and egg yolks. Stir constantly, finish with vanilla and cool before serving.
A baked shell with alternating cream filling and sliced bananas topped by whipped cream. Proposes sugar adjustments to one cup and two squares of bitter chocolate melted into the scalded silk. Suggests substitutions for brown sugar and adds options with dates fruit coconut and lemon zest in the milk mixture or merengue.
Readers urged to send personal letters to Miss Sadie B. Chambers at 73 West Adelaide Street, Toroaie. She invites topic suggestions and pet peeves and will consider requests for recipes or special menus.
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