The Wrangell sentinel., 1934-07-13
STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL
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(Continued from Page One1 gators from ten inches to twelve feet in length; sunshine and hur- ricanes, neither one surpassed by those of any other state; flowers and showers, the flowers being in bloom all the time and the showers coming chiefly in summertime.
 The hurricane of last autumn which we all attended from start tC finish, lasted for over twenty-foul hours and finished off its last twelve hours by spilling 20 inches oi rain on the just and unjust alike Yes. We all got wet. You see, ill a continuous performance like that you just have to stay till the management has run the last rec and the gate receipts have been counted; you can't walk out like you can when the preacher either goes to sleep or strikes wrong sentiment.
 A hurricane is just like a spin ming top that wanders around over the floor on which it is spun, vary ing its course just as top does; it may be twenty miles across and it may be a hundred. No, they never advertise the storms; perhaps be- cause it is not yet tourist season in Florida and the people don't want to get the tourists to begin to come so early. Florida is never at its best in hurricane season, and Florida not only is, but perhaps always will be, one of the greatest pIaygrounds in the world once en- joyed Gin winter), il will never be forgotten We shall always remem- Der Florida and Florida folk with deep affection.
 But, we have some big things over here on the Pacific coast, too, and for sheer delightsomeness certain of them can not be put in the shade by anything else l have eyer either looked at or tasted. The Pacific ocean and the Cascade mountains are big, you know, and surely they delight the eye; and Lebanon's worldfamous strawberry shortcake, which always appears as the piece de resistance at each an nual strawberry festival in early June, not only delights the eye but also tickles the palate. When 1 mentioned this famous shortcake to the Rev. MT. Pederson, yesterday, l saw a look creeping over his face which at first alarmed me; and be- fore 1 had finished my description of the colossal dainty, he said in one of his most solemn tones: "Dr, Diyen, you are aware that I am the duly commissioned resident agent of our National Missions Board in Alaska, your own successor, not only in the Wrangell parish but also in that responsible office, and you cause me to fear the Board has chosen the wrong man. Surely l can never tell such a whopper, at least about a shortcake.'
 But, with her accus m d promptness and thoughfulness, Mrs. Diyen came to the rescue, saving my reputation, if not my life, as she has done on many earlier oc- casions. Handing to my guest the following clipping from local paper, l watched with hopeful eagerness and saw that pained look vanish from my guests face and aR entirely happy one take it's place, as he read:
 Recipe for Worlds Largest Strawberry Shortcake, served at the twenty-fifth annual strawberry fair, in Lebanon. More than eight thousand people were generously served. Cake was baked by the Electric Bakery, in Lebanon, and was cut with a siX-foot knife made for the occasion, and served by charming misses from the Lebanon high school.
 DIMENSIONS OF CAKE: twelve feet by fifteen feet.
 FRESH RIPE STRAWBERRIES 1: sixteen hundred pounds.
 FLOUR: 325 pounds.
 SUGAR: 225 pounds.
 SHORTENING: 75 pounds.
 EGGS: 750.
 MILK: 110 quarts.
 SALT: pounds.
 BAKING POWDER: Is pounds.
 WHIPPING CREAM TO COVER: i: 80 quarts.
 FRESH TABLE CREAM TO SERVE: 200 quarts.