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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 19, 1952
Page
3
A concise note from Deep Water Diction explains windward and leeward versus weather and lee side, forward versus fore, ahead and astern, haul and heave, and hoist versus hove. It clarifies when to use each term and cites typical mixups and practical examples aboard ships.
A compilation of currant based dishes and beverages including a 2 cup pastry with currants and lattice top, gelatin currant dessert, currant pancakes with currant sauce, currant juice punch, and currant sherbet style freezes. Recipes include ingredients, steps, and chilling or baking directions for servings ranging from six to twenty four.
Bring to a boil 3 cups water add 34 cup sugar simmer 5 minutes to make syrup. Add 2 cups currants simmer until heated through. Make a paste of 2 tablespoons cornstarch and 4 cups cold water then thin with hot currant mixture and stir into pan. Cook until thick and clear about 10 minutes. Process currants to 3 4 cup puree. Measure 6 cups sugar in a saucepan add 1 box powdered pectin 1 cup cold water. Boil hard 1 minute remove from heat add sugar and puree stir until dissolved and thickens about 5 minutes. Pour into containers cool 24 hours seal and freeze makes 3 4 pints.
Rinse ripe currants and remove leaves and imperfect fruit. Shake dry and freeze whole berries in airtight containers for later use in desserts or juice. For currant juice wash berries, pick 3 quarts, add water, and process.
Melt butter in a 99 inch square pan. Stir in sugar and spread. Sprinkle currants. Beat egg yolks with sugar until lemon colored and thick. Add currant juice or water. Sift flour baking powder salt. Fold into yolks. Beat whites to stiff peaks and fold in. Bake at 350 for 55 minutes. Yields 8 to 10 servings.
A Financial Post discussion cited an Industrial Medical Association speaker warning that 65 is becoming outdated as a retirement cutoff. He argued 70 or 75 may be needed, noting many over 65 wish or could work part time and that Canada and the United States cannot afford mass retirement.
In the Arctic Circle sunlight lasts long, enabling rapid wheat growth. Hot houses and heated soil boost yields, and Dutch scientists advise Kew on artificial daylight to produce strawberries, potatoes, tomatoes, and cucumbers year round for increased food production.
The article notes 90 percent of people grow bulbs and bulbs keep monthly blooms, driving a multi million dollar bulb industry. It cites Spalding East Anglia Scilly Isles and West Country regions with 3 000 acres for 400 000 000 blooms and 15 000 000 bulbs annually. Tulips came to England in 1577 and Dutch growers lead. Augustus Smith started the bulb industry on the Scilly Isles which support 2 500 islanders dependent on nearly two million dollars yearly.
The text describes a district where people planted the first bulbs long claimed to grow wild. Smith proposed growing bulb flowers for profit and sent flowers to Covent Garden Market in 1881, earning a sovereign. The Scilly Isles farmers, hit by potato trade failure, adopted bulb cultivation and saw a decisive first-year result.
The article explains porcelain as hard and soft paste types from kaolin and petuntse and contrasts it with opaque pottery. It notes early English exposure with 1506 Oriental china bowls to Sir Thomas Trenchard and 1587 88 New Year’s gifts to Queen Elizabeth including white and green porcelain items.
The article recounts rumors and hoaxes about porcelain in Europe, noting Bacon's reference to porcelain mines and early misconceptions. It traces import barriers, the rise of Saxony’s 1709 hard porcelain under Augustus II, and English efforts at Chelsea and Bow factories with patent activity in the 1740s.
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