Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-07-28
By Helen Settler

black widow spiders in the area,
this correspondent and her neigh.
bors have determined to make
0'war" on the insects to the end
that the menace will be removed.
Here is the vital information
on the spider as received from
Mr.. Bissell of the University Ex-
tension Service:
The first thing Mr.. Bissell re-
commends is that homeoWners
clean up. The most likely places
for the black widow nests are
under boards, stones, logs, peach
baskets, cracks in cement, or any
piles of debris. He advises us
Broadwood people, whose homes
are of frame construction, to
spray the lower edge of the franz
ing of the house in the crack
that is up between the end of
the framing and the beginning of
the cement foundation.
Although these spiders are not
usually found in Easements, Mr..
BiSSell suggests that those of you
in Broadwood who have found
nests there had best spray all
likely spots. And the rest of us
should inspect any piles of wood,
or other likely breeding places
in our easements and do away
with any materials which might
make good nesting spots for
them.
The "recipe" recommended by
Mr. Bissell is either a h. of 25es
lindane wettable powder, or Y
ID. 500 wettable powder, mixed
with 212 gallons of water. He
recommends at least the 212 gal
Ion knapsack sprayer. Spray very
heavily.
These sprays are safe ones
just don't get them near any
food.
If you desire more complete de-
tails on the black widow spider,
call the University of Maryland,
at WArfield 1890, Extension BIT,
give your name and address, and
you will be mailed their booklet
on this subject.
Here is another recipe-this
one is edible, and just perfect for
this sweltering hot weather. 1t
was brought down from Catskill,
N. Y. by our vacationer this week,
Mrs. Fred Field. Her mother had
it on the menu during their va
cation, and Mildred highly recon-
mends it as an appealing change
in summer desserts. 1t is chilled
pineapple cheese pie!
Blend 1/3 cup sugar and l T
corn starch. Add l 8 ounce can
crushed pineapple-juice and all.
Cook that, stirring constantly I'M
til thick and clear, and then cool.
While that is cooling, blend l 8
ounce package cream cheese,
softened at room temperature, u
cup sugar, and 1 salt. Add 2
eggs, 1 at a time, stirring each
well. Blend y cup milk and u t
vanilla. Spread the cooled pine
apple mixture over the bottom
of 9" unbaked pastry shell. Pour
the cream cheese mixture and
sprinkle with 4 cup of pecans,
if desired.
Bake at 400 temperature for
10 minutes. Reduce the heat to
325o for 50 minutes. Bake early
in the morning, and place in re-
frigerator so it is cool and firm
for serving.
If any of you other neighbors
would like to share some family
culinary secrets with us, please
contact your reporter and she will
be happy to pass them along.
AS for the Fred Fields vaca-
ton, they spent the first week
visiting friends and relatives, and
the second at Mildred's home just
relaxing, and what a spot to re-
lax!
The first stop was at Mildred's
grandmother, Mrs. E. Washburn's
home, in Freeport, Long Island.
The next visit was with our
Broadwood neighbors, the Jud-
kinses, at their hometown in Lam
caster, N. H., where the Fields
spent a delightful two days. Mil
bred reports that Lancaster is a
beautiful spot. No wonder the
Judkinses spend every summer
up there!
The Fields then came down to
Schroon Lake, N. Y, in the Ad-
irondacks, to visit for few days
with Fred's sister, Mrs. Barbara
Craigie.
The second week was spent in
Mildred'S hometown, Catskill,
New York, which sounds like the
ideal place to really relax. Mil
dred states that it is a small city
something like Rockville. How
ever, there is no boom in popula-
ton there, and there are no large
cities nearby to disturb its tarn-
guilty. 1t is nestled in the valley
of the CatSkill Mountain range.