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Evening star., 1950-09-06
Readers
Clearing House
Conducted by BETSY CAsWELL
FLEAS;
RECIPE OFFERED.

(Fronl Mrs. J. F. G.. Quantico.)
This is my first contribution to
what I consider the finest service
I have ever seen in any newspaper,
and I have read quite a few in
my travels in and out of the
States. I join with all the others
who have suggested you be given
a full page for us to enjoy.
hope I am not too late to
help the lady who requested in
formation about ridding her house
of f1eas. The following is the
cheapest, safest and quickest
method to do it.
Purchase ordinary flake cam
phor, by the pound. Sprinkle it
literally all over the house in
overstuffed furniture, under all
rugs, along shelves, in drawers,
etc. 1t helps If you can close the
house completely for a few days,
but this is not absolutely neces-
sary. If you have a basement,
paint the walls with coal oil and
then sprinkle the camphor
around. The basement seems to
be favorite breeding place for
the pests.
No one knows more than I what
a nuisance they can be. This
method was suggested to me by
some one at the PHILADELPHIA
Public Library and saved my hav-
ing to move from a house which
the fleas had literally taken over!
Now have a recipe l would
like everyone to try. 1t has been
a favorite for years in my fam
lily and they are all tried and
true cake eaters. 1t also makes
a wonderful birthday cake for
children since the youngest can
even have a taste.
Supreme sponge: Beat 8 egg
whites until very stiff. Add grad
ually ia cups sugar, still beating
hard with rotary beater Cor mix
err. Now beat the 8 egg yolks
until very light and fold them
carefully into the first mixture
Next fold in / tablespoon water
and 11a teaspoons vanilla. Sift 3
times. 7s cup sifted cake -four
with 12 teaspoon salt and gently
but thoroughly fold this in. Bake
in ungreased angel cake pan at
325 degrees for so to so minutes
This can be iced or not as de-
sired. 1t is especially delicious
with sweet cocoa whipped cream
frosting for a very special des-
sert. Do try it!
Evening star., 1950-09-06
ORANGE SHERBET.

(Frona Mrs. X. w., Washington. }
The following recipe for orange
sherbet may no doubt be followed
IN making lime sherbet.
One cup buttermilk, cup
orange juice, "a cup sugar. Mix
orange juice and buttermilk. Add
sugar. Stir until sugar dissolves.
Place in ice box and freeze, STIR
ring frequently to prevent lump
ing.
Evening star., 1950-12-13

l. Gift baskets, packed full Of good things :.
the one pictured, 675 Others, 275 to 22.5O
z. Jue-O-Rum chocolate cherries,
assorted fIovors. One pound, 225
3. Dogwood tin two delicious
pounds Of chocolates and bonbons, rs
4. Shining, foil-wropped tree ornaments
hide milk chocolate. Box of II, 60c
5. Candy Cupboard chocolates, longtime fovorites
Pound. 1.lO Two pounds, 210 Three pounds, 2.95
E. lindt chocolates from Switzerland, gift ossortme
shown, $50 Other Lindt chocolates, 4Oc to $50
z. Gloce fruits in goy assortment. ~
! Wo pound tin, 2.75
8. Almond Roco, that super delicious r
CONNECTION, vocuum-tinned Pound, LIS
9. Confetti Crunch muIti-coor popcorn,
conded, One pound, 1.20
10. Mople Log Cabin packed TO the rofters with
creamy maple sugar Leaves. ] ounces, LIS
ii. Panorama SNOWFALL, Soc
II. PeeI-o-woy chocolate Sonto LIS.
W6L-condy, First Floor, Main Store -.
Items 3, 5, 7, 8, 9 and 10 also at
Bethesdo-CheV Chase
Evening star., 1950-12-13

IS. when man travels, odnirine eIonces follow
this sturdy two-suiter It's top-eron cowhide
with efficient locks reinforced bands
;. sodde- stitching 51.0O. Companion case, $500
IA. for her, a lightweight l8-inch hat box
simulated leather zippered all around Lined
with pIod royon toffeto Locks from travel
safety. Assorted coors 1890
la. Amelia Eorhort superIotve feminine Iuaqoqe
Princess blue, brown or beige canvas on pIy~ood
has oushon-edee binding Of top-groin cowhide
One-piece frame for longer service.
Il Inch cose, 400. Wardrobe case, 744O
Matching train cose 1850; l8-nch case, $3.50;
24nch $3.50; 2o-neh 624O; hat and shoe cose 744O
IS Jewel cose :. :. its troy pops up when the
lid is roised and there's secret
compartment. GoId-coIored tooIng on blue,
red, white, wine green leather, 495
16 Vanity case with l2.nch mirror in it's lid
top-gron cowhde in alligator grain . e. red green.
blue or brown, 1900 In white rowhide, 222O
II. Shortrip vonity, snort white rowhide. Its
fitted troy, with jewel compartment, lifts out to
form small separate case, H.4O.
1S. His slide Fastened,
onilne-dyed top grain cowhde with dozen
fittings. Sunton or ginger, 1890.
l9. For him to pack as he pIeoses toilet
case with slide fastener, damp defiant lining Sun
ton or ginger oniIine- dyed top groin cowhde 900
Prices include 2O9o tax
initiating at added charge.
WGL-Lueeoee, Seventh Floor, Main Store
:. also, Bethesdo-Chevy Chase.
Smyrna times., 1950-04-06

April 9, 1850, will be "Are Sin, Dis
ease, and Death Real?" Golden
Text: Proverbs 1928. In the way
Of righteousness is life; and in the
pathway thereof there is no death.
A citation from the Lesson-Sermon
is: Ephesians 2:4-6. God, who is
rich in mercy, for his great love
wherewith he loved us, Even when
we were dead in sins, hat quick
ened us together with Christ, (by
grace We are saved;) And hath
raised us up together, and made us
sit together in heavenly places in
Christ Jesus. A correlative passage
from the textbook Science and
Health with Key to the Scriptures"
by Mary Baker Eddy is: Up 355:
494). AS for sin and disease. Chris
tian Science says, in the language
of the Master, Follow me; and let
the dead bury their dead" Let dis
cord of every name and nature be
heard no more, and let the harmon
ious and true sense of Life and be-
Smyrna times., 1950-04-06
Color Ideas
For Kitchens
Win Approval

Gay, colorful decorating schemes
for kitchens are being widely ac-
cepted in place of the cherries
hospital whiteness common dur
ing the last few decades, says
American Builder, home building
industry magazine.
The trend in kitchen decoration
is toward colors which reflect the
personality of the housewife, the
magazine explains. Selection of a
color scheme thus becomes a mat
ter of individual taste.
! Types of modern floor coverings
range from inlaid linoleum to as
phalt and rubber tile and 1ami-
nated-vinyl flooring. All these
materials, the magazine says, are
available in both solid colors and
variegated patterns.
/, Colors Permanent
The colors are perma ent.
Kitchen floor materials also are
resistant to chemicals and strong
cleaning solutions.
A m e r ica n Builder says ap-
proved kitchen wall materials
vary from paint or wallpaper on
plaster walls to ceramic tile.
Others are panels and tiles with
metal mouldings at the joints,
interlocking tiles, chromite zinc
panels, wall-fex, mura-tex and
asbestos-cement boards with met
al mouldings.
, Tiles and panels are adaptable
TO modernization as well as new
construction, the magazine says.
These materials simplify the job
of making a kitchen a more
pleasant room in which to work.
Combinations Suggested
Interesting color combinations
can be obtained in the kitchen
through the use of several differ
ent wall materials" American
Builder adds. ''This method has
a tendency to reduce the cost, de-
pending, of course, on the types
of materials used.
"A method which has proved
extremely popular is the use of
tiles or wall panels on the cabinet
walls with a highly decorative
paper on walls without fixtures.
This makes a kitchen a gay and
delightful place"
Smyrna times., 1950-04-06
Food for Thought
Mary t. Davenport. Nutrition
Consultant, state Board of Health

Cheese, in any of its forms and
in any amount can be one of the
best properties" of the homemade
er. The wide variety in flavor and
texture provides countless oppor-
tunities IN serving with monotony
an unknown element.
Last year this country produced
almost 1.2 billion pounds of cheese.
That figure shows the popularity
of this food item. There are some
varieties available now labelled,
cheese food" A closer inspection
of the label shows the addition of
nutrients to the regular cheese
foundation and many of these var
ieties have dried skim milk and
butter added. The texture of the
cheese is varied by these additions
and these materials being high in
food value, have no roles as fill
ers." This is known as "Processed
Cheese"
All cheese cookery makes the de-
mand for low heat. Temperatures
of boiling, or above, convert cheese
to the stringy, leathery mass that
makes it highly unpalatable. This
condition is never the fault of the
cheese, but it is always due to too
high temperatures in cooking.
Many of us could be bit more
adventurous and try some varieties
Smyrna times., 1950-04-06
GOOD FOOD = GOOD HEALTH
Good Eating Habits Play Import
ant Role i'm Sound Health

Good Eating Habits Play import
ant Role in Sound Health
The maintenance of sound health
is a problem rarely given adequate
attention by most people, in the
opinion of the State Board of
Health. 1t is preferably one of pre-
vention; but in practice, it is too
often one of cure and repair.
The sick person calls a doctor
because he feels badly. The physi-
clan in his turn treats the patient
in order to cure him of his illness.
Good eating habits play an i'm
portant role in sound health main
tenance and disease prevention. 1t
is interesting to note that some
times the doctor prescribes a tenn
porary diet to help his patient back
to health, but often he recommends
the foods needed daily by the aver
age person because he feels that
the illness started when the natural
resistance of the body had been
diminished by poor daily selec-
ton of foods.
Too many people pay a penalty
with poor general health because
they eat the wrong quantities of
the wrong foods too quickly at ir-
regular hours.
Smyrna times., 1950-04-06
OLD-AGE SOCIAL
SECURITY PLAN
How TO Secure Information
Relating to Federal Old-Age
and Survivors Insurance
QUESTIONS ANSWERED

Questions relating to Federal
Old-Age and Survivors Insurance
will be answered in this paper or
by mail. Address all queries tc So
cial Security Administration. Old
Customs House Building, 6th and
King Streets, Wilmington.
Q. 1 will be 65 in May 1850. I
nave no birth or baptismal certifi-
cate. 1 have other documents in
my possession which show my age.
Will these be acceptable?
A. Such documents as hospital
records, naturalization records,
passports, school records, insur-
ance policies, etc., may be accepted
by the Social Security Administra-
tion as proof of age depending upon
when the document was first issued
and if it clearly shows your age. At
the time you file your application
for benefits, bring these documents
with you so that the social secur-
ity Office may have an opportunity
to examine them.
Q. What jobs are covered by the
Social Security Act?
A. Workers in commerce and in
dustry genera1ly-in factories,
mills, stores, restaurants, ETC.
are covered. Not covered by the
law are, in general, jobs in agricul-
ture, domestic service, Government
service, and religious and charit-
able organizations.
Q. When did Social Security" go
into effect? Where can 1 file a
claim for social security benefits :?
A. The taxation of wages for So
cial security benefit purposes went
into effect January 1, 1887 Month
1y benefits began to be paid in jan
uary, 1910. Claims for benefits may
he fled at the Social Security Ad-
ministration, Old Customs House,
9Th and King Streets, Wilmington.
For those persons residing down
state there is a representative in
the Dover Post Office at 900 am.
and the Milford Post Office at 100
pm. on the second Wednesday OF
each month. The representative is
at the Seaford Post Office at 1000
am. and the Delaware State En-
ployment Office, Georgetown al
100 pm. on the last Wednesday Of
each month.
Smyrna times., 1950-04-06

now unknown. Except for some Of
the very sharp varieties, the ac-
ceptance of new flavors in cheese
is immediate and is a pleasure.
An attractive assortment of
cheese and a variety of crackers
makes a most enjoyable finishing
course to a meal, particularly if the
main course is light in protein.
When you shop, keep one eye
open for some Gjedost, (goat's milk
cheese from Norway, Brie from
France, Camembert plus all of our
excellent American varieties, which
may be unusual in flavor.
Smyrna times., 1950-04-06

ing take possession of human con-
seriousness. -. Reason, rightly di-
rected, serves to correct the errors
of corporeal sense; but sin, sick
ness. and death will seem real (even
Smyrna times., 1950-04-06

Here's a new twist in extracting
onion juice. Cut a slice from the
bottom of the onion, invert over a
lemon squeezer and twist. Less
work, fewer tears this way.
Smyrna times., 1950-04-06

as the experiences of the sleeping
dream seem real) until the Science
Of mans eternal harmony breaks
their illusion with the unbroken
reality of scientific being.
Smyrna times., 1950-04-06

Slip-cover material that is wash
able is the choice of the wise home
maker.
Smyrna times., 1950-04-06
" cup dried figs
2 tablespoons water
2 tablespoons sugar

Cover figs with boiling water and
let stand about 10 minutes. Drain,
clip off stems, and snip figs into
small pieces with scissors. Add
Smyrna times., 1950-04-06
FIG SQUARE

! package. yeast. compressed or dry
W Cup lukewarm water
" cup milk
VI cup sugar
teaspoon salt
Soften yeast in lukewarm water.
Scald milk. Add sugar, salt and
shortening. Cool to lukewarm.
Add flour to make thick batter.
Mix we'll. Add softened yeast and
egg. Beat well. Add enough more
flour to make a soft dough. Turn
out on lightly Toured board and
knead until smooth and satiny.
Place in CREASED bowl. Cover and
let rise in warm. place until
doubled (about 11S hours). When
light, punch down. Let rest 10
minutes. Pat or roll into a rec
Smyrna times., 1950-04-06
The Board of Assessment
WILL SIT TO HEAR APPEALS ON THE
FOLLOWING DATES:

smyrna SteVensons once Monday, April 18th
$3.50 Am. to 1900 Noon
|-Aepslc sam Foxs store Tuesday, April 18th
200 PM. to $3.50 PM
5-Slayton Town Office Monday April 18th
100 PM. to 200 PM
henton, Moore's Store Monday April 18th
2:30 pm. to 400 PM
oFeon harrington Lynch Office Wednesday, April 10th
- $3.50 AM. to IL AM
oFreueca wilson Gerow Store Wednesday, April 18th
= 1:30 Pm. to 800 PM
4-Harty, Moores Store Thursday, April 10th
,-,...u $3.50 AN. to IL 80 AM
4-HazlettVne, Bryants Store Thursday April 2Gfh
= ,,,, = 1:30 PM to 800 PM
o-Whow Grove Dodds Store Friday, April
= 49,, 1000 AM. to 11:30 AN
onasehs corner, MINERS Store Friday April 21st
or ~ =, 1:30 P.M to 2:30 PM
DoVer boaro OF Assessment Office Saturday April 22nd
, ,,,, 900 AM to 1900 Noon
'"yoihs Nopies hardware Store Monday April oath
+, o., r.,, = $50 Am. to 130 AM
CAiueil Hogelys once Monday, April oath
!, u,,., loo PM. to 230 PM
'-"ooosioe Fost ounce Monday April 25th
y 800 PM to 400 PM
N1arlneIon FIRE f1ouse Tuesday April 25th
= $3.50 AM to II 80 AM
Harrington, Donovans Store Tuesday April 25th
100 PM. to 200 PM
~ iioru Jonn stewards Store Wednesday, April 26th
~ ~. $3.50 AM to 1900 Noon
1ousCoi D. Counselmans Store Wednesday, April 26th
130 PM to 230 PM
NOTE All txables should themselves the opportunity
to make their appeals above date as there will
De no changes after June 1, 1850
BY: VIM. M. WILLIS
E. Y. WILLIAMS
CHARLES WEBB
Board of Assessment for Kent County
Smyrna times., 1950-04-06

Running water is the poultry
farms greatest labor saver.
Smyrna times., 1950-04-06

One acre of range will provide
pasture for 500 to 700 growing pull
let's.
Smyrna times., 1950-04-06

home baker delights surprising guests
with
shot off the press and coffee cake that will be family
table often.
AS hghlght breakfast luncheon this coffee cake
with enriched flour includes the
minis and iron the family needs The fig filling minerarch
other yeast breads Scang action which might
otherwise sonng of the dough- also makes dough
that is handle.
You'll be delighted with shaping fig square
Spread fig filling redout dough and roll like jelly roll
Place filled roll along sides of and the
Smyrna times., 1950-04-06
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH
Report of Church Services For
Next Sunday

The subject of the Lesson-Ser-
mon in First Church of Christ,
Scientist, 1901 Van Buren Street,
Wilmington, the Christian Society,
Grange Hall, Milford and the
Christian Science Society, VIA.
Building, Rehoboth Beach, Sunday,
Smyrna times., 1950-04-06
FEWER STEPS NEEDED

The kitchen range should be
near the dining room for convent
ence in carrying food to the table.
Smyrna times., 1950-04-06
FIG FILLING

I tablespoon enriched -four
Dash salt
I tablespoon lemon juice
water, sugar mixed with flour, and
salt. Cook slowly about 10 minutes
or until thickened. Add lemon
juice ndcool. Makes one fig square.
Smyrna times., 1950-04-06

2 tablespoons melted shortening
I egg, beaten
" teaspoon grated lemon rind (if desiredl
2k cups sifted enriched -four
Melted butter or margarine
tangular sheet about one-half inch
thick and eight inches wide. Brush
with butter or margarine. Spread
with fig filling. Roll up like jelly
roll sealing edge. Shape around
edges of an 8-inch square pan. At
each corner, with scissors, cut
through the roll almost to the
bottom. Then cut slantwise
through the roll in three places
on each side of the square. Let
rise until doubled (about 1 hour).
Bake in moderate oven (350' F.)
20 to 25 minutes.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-08-10
M4A
DeAotsoI

August with all its trappings and
impedimenta settling down for
three weeks stay . !. hot days
but nights not unpleasant -. with
homegrown roasting ears and toma-
oes-muskmelons too, in the offing
to distract ones mind from the
more trying aspects of the season
-. rainfall none too plentiful-fact
is, unless there's relief soon, We'll
be in the midst of full fiedged
drought however, such rainfall
as we've had has been fairly well
spaced to keep Riley creeks flowing,
which means that Buttons sewage
situation hasn't been up for its reg
ular summer airing-and speaking
of the sewer situation, you may see
some state men poking around the
creeks this week-they're here to de-
termine the flow from some of the
larger sewers-and the newly form
ed local Junior Chamber of Com
merce this week pledged itself to do
a lot of personal work to promote
the sewer issue if and when it comes
to a vote council has talked
about it-but nothing more-per-
haps as a little window dressing for
benefit of the state board of health
down at Columbus which has been
viewing us with a suspicious eye
general impression in the board is
that we have gotten away with this
thing too long-and too well
albeit the Korean situation may help
to stave off the day of breakdown
/. despite all this Bluffton has
again this summer been singularly
free from polio-only one case re-
ported this summer-which also was
last years total and this is
one of the best weeks of the year to
see meteors and shooting stars-the
peak of which should be Friday
night and dominating the night
sky is the brilliant Sirius, the dog
star rising in the heavens to an
nounce that dog days are here-and
fall can't be far off and re-
member five years ago this week
when Bluffton made whoopee to cele-
brate the end of the war-and this
week we are registering for civilian
defense as a precaution against an
other war with new and more ter
rible means of devastation and de-
struction and speaking of
whoopee, there was plenty of that
in Bluffton last Friday and Satur-
day at the semi-annual dollar days
with stores crowded by thrifty
shoppers swapping up bargains-so
fast was the trading that one mer-
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chant who came down town early
Friday morning to open his store
didn't have time to get his break
fast until mid-afternoon.
Days may be numbered for Bluff
tons elm trees oldest living things
in town, some of which stood scores
of years before the arrival of Jo-
seph DeFord, the first settler. One
of the best known is the big elm in
the Presbyterian church yard.
The trees, unfortunately, are in
the path of the fatal elm blight
which appeared in the eastern states
several years ago and has been NOV
ing steadily westward.
The blight has this summer been
reported in Oberlin, only one hun
dred miles from Bluffton. 1t pre-
viously was found in Cleveland.
Only method of combating the
plague thus far discovered is to
cut down and burn the affected
trees and spray others, which has
failed to halt the blight's spread.
Speaking of elms, that storm
which swept a path through Orange
township three weeks ago did some
fantastic things in the Hartman
woods west of State Route 90 near
the Ewing school. One of the
strangest was a 115-foot strip of
bark ripped loose from big elm
blown down by the force of the
wind, forming a natural hammock
which youngsters of the neighbor-
hood are enjoying in the midst of
the sylvan retreat.
Forty-first annual reunion of the
Black school Thursday-one of the
oldest school reunions in this sec
tion-then there are also the Owens
and Rayl schools and others which
hold their annual get-togethers.
There should be more of them--it's
indeed a badge of distinction to
have learned the 3R's in a little
red school house and much of what
America has accomplished traces it's
roots back to the traditions of self
reliance, honesty, thrift and hard
work which were cardinal teachings
in those days of rugged pioneering.
The Lester Niswanders home
from a two weeks outing visiting in
Lake Charles, Louisiana. While
there they enjoyed a days fishing
in the Gulf of Mexico angling for
big ones and they were not disap-
pointed. Lester snagged 55-inch
long fish weighing 45 pounds as well
as some smaller fry and sighted a
5-foot shark near their boat.
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Speaking of the weather, for Sc
years there has been no rain at Ada
on the third Wednesday in August
at least not enough to rain out the
annual Farmers and Merchants pic
mic which this year is August 16.
So, if you're liking for a pretty
safe bet on rainless day, you might
be reasonably sure of cashing in by
picking the third Wednesday in Aug
ust.
Otto Klassen, son of the J. P.
klassens of South Jackson street, a
medical student at the University of
Illinois in Chicago was more than
little surprised when he purchased
secondhand text book and found
therein a slip of paper which ap-
parently contained the name and ad-
drees of someone connected with
Bluffton hospital.
The paper had evidently been torn
and the fragment found in the book
had been used as shopping list with
grocery items appearing on the re-
verse side.
Portion of the name and address
remaining read:
Miss Norma
Community III
Bluffton, Ohio"
How the slip happened to be in
the book which was purchased in a
large store in the heart of Chicago's
loop district or the identity of the
unknown Norma, is mystery. Miss
Sylvia Biederman, hospital superin-
tendent, said she could recall of no
one by that name having been con-
nected with the institution.
Mrs. Bertha Woods of West col
lege avenue and a member of the
Methodist church, whose failing eye
sight makes it impossible for her to
read ordinary print, will receive a
special edition hand printed in large
letters of the bulletin which her
pastor, Rev. Paul Cramer, regularly
sends to his congregation.
Although she can read only head
lines, and that with the aid of
strong magnifying glass, she has
been for years a subscriber to the
Bluffton News. Each week when
the paper arrives, it is laid aside
and read to her by her children
who visit here frequently.
A Bluffton resident for the past
"a years, she has maintained live
ly interest in local affairs despite
her double handicap of failing eye
sight and hearing.
She remarked the other day with
a smile that in late years fewer
friends CALL Il guess" she said,
"it's too much of task for them"
Might be good idea to drop in
and visit Mrs. Woods some of these
summer days.
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THE STATE OF Onto
Allen County. ssh
Estate of Iydian Radertscher Deceased
Wayne #. BadertschSr of r. +. ID. No. 1.
Bluffton, Ohio. has lbeen appointed and
qualified as Administrator of the estate of
Lydisn Badertscher idte of Allen County.
Ohio. deceased.
Dated this 10th day pf July 1850
JOSEPH B. QUATMAN
Pfnhafe .Illdpa 1S