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Evening star., 1957-08-18

AUTOS in the United States get longer and broader.
n little cars in Europe hitting lows. With
manufacturers seemingly In competition to produce the
smallest market petite models the Iseta
and MeSseschmdt have already been superseded by little
bug vehicle that goes three wheels and looks like
scarcely than motorized tricycle. with body.
The car q Brutsch-Mopetta made In Stuttgart Ger
Evening star., 1957-08-18

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ST. JOHN, v. |.
Everyone has had the dream = finding
a way of escape from this hustle-bustle
world to a secluded island. Ronald and
Sarah Morrisette being young and VEN
tureSome decided to take the dare and
live the dream.
The island of their choice was tropi-
cal paradise. native population 72O per-
sons. But they didn't escape. Now the
world moves in. St. John Island expects
80 million will have visited there by 1867.
The island is the site Of the twenty
ninth and newest of our national parks.
Early last December 5000 acres Of its
green hills and white powdery beaches
were presented to the Federal Govern
ment for the public's pleasure by the
Jackson Hole Preserve. Inc. a Rookie
teller sponsored conservation organiza-
ton.
The MorrisetteS are not moving away.
They love their little stone house over
looking Cruz Bay. And quite to their
own surprise they are finding it exciting
to share their island with the world.
Surrounded BY Mouths"
Tall blonde Sarah was born in Yazoo
City, Miss, attended Sophie Newcomb
College, New Orleans, then transferred
TO her home state university for a
degree. New York her next venture, her
first job writing advertising. Today
Sarah writes short stories when she isn't
cooking. but cook most Of the time,"
she explained. I'm surrounded by
mouths" II was in New York City she
met Ronald MorriSette Of New Orleans,
a motion picture producer Of educational
films, then in the army. A year after their
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marriage they planned rugged vaca-
ton on the primitive, beautiful St. John
Island. They fell in love with the place
and decided here would be home.
They bought small plot which in
cluded stone house ruin dating back to
the era of the islands grandeur when the
Danish sugar planters had lived there in
palatial manors. This little ruin had been
only cottage, worklngmans house.
But look at the wall, it's three feet across.
Ronald Morrisette built his house on
the ruin, two rooms and kitchen, and
built it himself. hauling the stone donkey
back. Now it's house too small for the
family, with son Ron three and John
Brian just under year. A new house is
under construction a few yards down
the cliff. The little place will be the
guest house.
Sarah MorriSette learned about cook
ing in a YWCA cooking class when she
came to New York. 81 can bake bis
cults" she would brag. Not until the
move to St. John did Sarah start cook
ing in earnest. Here the problem was to
cook whatever came to hand. There
were no grocery stores, no delicatessens,
no restaurants. Today canned food is
available. But now, as in the beginning,
the weekly shopping is done in St.
Thomas, 35-minute boat trip. The
Morrisettes send huge insulated ice
chest to the St. Thomas wharf where the
grocers they deal with deliver the orders.
Into the ice chest 60 steaks for broiling,
perhaps a rib roast, fancy lamb chops.
There is local meat on the island, but this
Sarah uses only for stews and pot
roastS; any long-cooking dishes.
Ron Morrisette likes fishing and Sarah
likes fish stew. She uses several kinds
Of local fish, all in one dish, whatever
the catch. Sarah makes daily use of
the native fruits: guava, sugar apples,
mangoeS, avocados, coconutS, papayas,
pineappleS and bananas.
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A recipe native to the island is the
banana bread which Sarah told me is
almost identical to one she had known
at home as girl in Mississippi.
Virgin Island Fish Stew
2pOmdS h0iibM or cod
? large potatoes, diced
Small piece salt pork
? large onions, chopped
Pinch Of sugar
quar- of milk
Pdprik0
Boil fish in sailed water to cover about
minutes, or until tender. Remove
bones. Boil potatoes in fish water, add
ing more water if necessary. Cut up salt
pork and try out in deep iron frying
pan; remove from pan. Add onions and
cook until golden, adding little bacon
fat if needed. Add sugar and stir until
mixture has caramelized look. Add
faxed fish and potatoes. Add milk and
OIlnS 10 OOn. OcdSOH 10 tdStC. OuSt
with paprika. Yield: portions.
st. John Banana Bread
1R cup butter or margarine
cup sugar
2 eggs
? cups Sified -four
teaspoon soda
" teaspoon salt
3 large bananas, mashed
cup chopped nuts
tablespoon melted butter
CiHH0InOH-Sng0T mixture
Cream butter and sugar. Beat in eggs,
one at time. Mix in sifted, dry ingre-
dents. Beat in mashed banana. Add
nuts. Pour into creased and Toured
9x5x3-inch pan. Bake at 35O0F. for so to
90 minutes. While cake is still warm
pour melted butter over top and sprin-
kle with cinnamon-sugar. Yield: | loaf.
THIS WEEK Moeo1ns July "a. 1857
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How To Cook
On An Island
by cLEMENTINE PADDLEFoRn
This Week Food Editor

When Sarah Morrsete the Virgin Islands, there
supermasets cooked
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A recipe native to the island is the
banana bread which Sarah told me is
almost identical to one she had known
at home as girl in Mississippi.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-07

PARASITIC Portuguese call
her Lady" Norstad and that's
the way the former Isabelle
Helen Jenkins appeared on
all official documents during
her husbands first call to
Portugal. The generals lady
blinked the first time she
heard it but it was a very small
blink and in no way disturbed
her perfect manners.
This business of being first
lady Of SHAPE isn't without
its "wonderments" and off
duty Mrs. Norstad does bit
of brow knitting as she works
out problems she never
dreamed Of as a Honolulu
school girl. For instance she's
faced with the honor and the
worry of receiving the Queen
Of England in the next few
days. While the Queen is in
Paris she'll drop by the STU
preme Commanders house for
about 20 minutes. returning
the Norstads' recent call at
Buckingham Palace.
But this courtesy is due to
take place at 3 o'clock in the
afternoon. The problem of
what to offer Her Majesty to
drink at that hour utterly
baffled every self-appointed
protocol expert at the IS
nation headquarters. Three
o'clock is too late for coffee.
too early for tea, and too late
and too early for aperitifs.
Everyone agreed that this is
90 and everyone came up with
the same answer; Cham
payne, of course. This Is
France and anyway. cham
payne goes at any hour"
But" warned Brigadier Lionel
Cross, 1.-THE Queen doesn't like
champagne" That seemed to
put an end to that. The daugh-
ter Of the British Ambassa-
dor, Miss Stella Jebb. was con-
suited and all the angles were
explained to her. Without q
flicker Of hesitation she re-
piled, Tea. of course. It's
never too early and it's never
too late to serve the English
teal" Several advisers have
asked. Why serve anything?"
For British Week
Stella Jebb, tiny and deli
cate, has been asked to select
her favorite. typically English.
menu and invite her most
fashionable friends to join her
In eating 1t at Maxim's dur
ing the British Week honoring
the Queens state visit. Max
inns sponsors such q guest
night every week, always
choosing young. fashionable,
popular. unmarried hosts but.
for Miss Jebb, Maxim's has
even imported the director Of
one Of London's better restau-
rants, Mirabelle.
He Is Erwin schleyen who
describes himself as nothing
but q Polish British peasant"
and tells you that If you want
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put the watch to his ear. 1t
was ticking! Last reports have
it that it's still ticking.
80th Birthday
so it was still ticking after
all these years, just like me-"
smiled Joseph E. Sharkey, who
just celebrated his 80th birth
day here in Paris. Mr.. Sharkey
is a Bostonian by birth, resi-
dent Of the France he loves
now and a fairly recent
widower. His wife was French.
They met while he was the
Paris bureau chief of the ASso-
ciated Press before the first
World War. The A. p. called
him back to New York for a
reassignment he fully expected
to be somewhere in Europe,
but it wasn't. They sent him
to Tokyo westward and
there was Sharkey with a
beautiful French fiancee watt
ing for him in an easterly
direction.
Her family was not over
joyed with the young couples
solution to their problem.
Alone, the bride boarded the
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trans-Siberian Express and
after 10 days reached Tokyo
where they were married and
lived eight happy years.
He's most beloved and the
proof is all about him. The
day of his Both birthday the
marchand des journaux re-
fused to accept payment for
a book he'd ordered; the baker
sent up a birthday cake: the
flower shop was all agog about
sending him flowers but won
dering what flowers should be
sent to "a masculine Ameri-
can" That was the day Mr..
Sharkey learned that the
Anglo-American Press Asso-
citation. which he helped found
so years ago. is going to honor
him with a dinner on May Is.
He was pleased but reflected.
That's an awfully long time
to wait. isn't it,"
But Of all his birthday mes
sages the one he was most
pleased to receive came from
Washington. 1t was a tele-
gram of good wishes sent him
by his niece, Mrs. Henry Graf
tan DOYLE.
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Mrs. Norstdd Faces Real Poser:
VeterQn NeWsnQn to Be Feted

to attract his fully occupied
attention while dining at the
Mirabelle. the only way to do
it is to smash a plate. Then
I'll come on the run" It's most
unusual to find a manager of
an ultra chic restaurant who
is quite so down to earth. It's
refreshing.
incidentally the French are
about to give the world a
brand-new table weapon. 1t
looks a bit like an ice cream
fork and is designed to scoop
up sauces inconspicuously. A
group of gastronomes who are
godfathering the thing de-
clare: ITO soak up the sauce
with your bread is vulgar. But
to waste the sauce altogether
is unthinkable."
New York Party
While Paris fetes Elizabeth
Of England. New York will be
dancing tribute to Paris at
the April in Paris" charity
ball. This year it will COM
memorate the 200th birthday
Of the Marquis de Lafayette.
Here in France this hero of
the revolutions of two coun-
tries is finding himself back
in conversation largely because
of a treasure trove. 1t con-
sists Of letters and mementoes
OF Lafayette found in a
chateau which once belonged
to him. The property has re-
Gently passed into the hands
Of Count Rene de Chambrun
who made the discovery while
cleaning UP the place.
His father, q descendant OF
Lafayette. had lived shut
away from the world and al
lowed no one TO look through
the cupboards and storerooms.
The property is In a part OF
France which has no rats OF
mice but does have a most
fortunate climate for preserv-
ing old paper evidently. Fur
thermore the castle walls are
SO thick that temperature
changes have difficulty pass
ing through them. Conse-
quently Lafayette's papers are,
today. very nearly as they
were originally. None are yell
lowed with age and none have
crumbled to dust as usually
happens when papers are
stored for decades. When the
sorting out is finished the col
lection will be generously dis
played and even sent abroad;
Dallas, Tex. will be the first
stop.
NJ. de Chambrun, who as q
d ascendant Of Lafayette
holds American citizenship, is
most tickled with . watch he
found in q drawer. 1t be-
longed to his ancestor and
had no doubt. been laid away
by him. The count turned It
over in his hand and then,
with . small shrus Of why
not try-there's nothing to
lose" he wound the key and
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1957-12-05

Sund, of Solon, Mrs. Jeanette
HardeSty, Julia Dilda, Do r a
HenderShot, Evelyn Roberts,
Pat Lawson, Arlene Falherty,
Lois Mcbride, Bernice Weeks,
Rosemary Novak, Jessie Mar
the, and Mrs. Charles Boros,
of Chardon. Many lovely gifts
were received, and refreshments
were served by Mrs. Marthe.
Mrs. Betty Parr and daughter
Linda, spent Thanksgiving day
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles McConahy and family,
in Burton Lakes.
Thanksgiving dinner guests at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Vince
Deming were Mr.. and Mrs.
Don Merritt and family, of Balm
bridge. On Sunday, Mr.. and
Mrs. Denning and Mrs. Stanley
Novak attended a football game
in Cleveland.
The Brownies held their meet.
ing on Wednesday at the home
of Mrs. Betty Parr. The girls
sorted and washed shells to be
used in their next project. They
will continue to meet at the
home of Mrs. Parr on Wednes-
day until further notice.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wayne Smith,
of Goredon Dr., are the proud
parents of baby boy born last
Monday at Corey Hospital
They named the baby Robert
Timothy.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. P. Austin
and daughter of Cleveland, were
weekend guests at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Weeks, Tur,
ner DR..
Mr.. and Mrs. Rodney Roberts
and family spent Thanksgiving
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs
Howard Lee, in Leroy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harley Richards
Turner Dr., are also the proud
parents of a baby boy, David
Daniel, born on Monday at Cor
ey Hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Liberatore
and family attended the G.. E
Christmas party at the Music
Hall in Cleveland last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hank Sender
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1957-12-05
Aquilla Council Names
Gustafson as Policeman

hereby officially appointed as a
special police officer.
Thanks to Councilman Novak
for installing the curtain rods at
the hall, and to Mrs. Pat Law
son and the Girl Scouts for
making and donating the cur
tainS. A special Council meeting
will be held next Wednesday ev-
ening, Dec. II, at 7:30 pm.
Mayor Creighton, Tom Mar
the, Harold Gencope, Steve Var
go, and Harold Coe attended a
Civil Defense Auxiliary police
meeting in Burton on Tuesday
evening.
Mrs. w. G. Henderson wishes
to thank her friends in the vii
lage for their kind remem-
brance in the recent death of her
husband, Wallace G. Henderson.
Bruce Creighton is now recup-
Grating at home, after spending
II days in Corey Hospital.
A special meeting was held on
Monday afternoon for Cub Scout
Den IL, at the home of Mrs.
Norma Bender, with Mrs. Aud
rey Stevens and Mrs. Beulah
Plymale also present. The boys
made a paper tablecloth to be
used for display of achievements
at the Pack meeting to be held
in Chardon on Thursday.
Den 6, with Mrs. Arlene Fla
herty in charge, met at the hall
on Wednesday, when they finish
ed their Christmas project. They
also worked on a display of the
United Nations buildings.
The Girl Scouts held t h e I
meeting on Tuesday, at which
time they started working on
handcrafts, to be donated to
the hospital Dutch auction.
Thanksgiving dinner guests at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Ken
meth Stevens were her mother
Mrs. Esther Ely, of Welshfield
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Laing and
family of Concord, and Mr..
and Mrs. James Ziegler and son
of Chardon. In the evening, Mr.
and Mrs. Oscar Loomis and
daughter visited with them.
Guests at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Otis L. Creighton on
Thanksgiving day were her brot-
her and sister-in-law, Mr.. and
Mrs. George w. Miller, of Homo
lulu, Hawaii, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur Pardee, of Stow. On Sun
day, Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Nor
gan, of Ravenna, visited with
them.
Sunday dinner guests at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Babbitt were Mr.. and Mrs.
Glenn Babbitt and daughter of
Maple Heights, Mr.. and Mrs.
Kenneth Garrison and family, OF
Avon Lake, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Ray Vallen and family, of Stow
A surprise Kitchen shower was
held for Carolyn and Neil Mer-
ritt, given by her aunt, Mrs. Eva
Marthe, last Friday evening
Cue SITS included Mrs. Ruby
Johnson and Lora Teschner, OF
Chagrin Falls, Mrs. G. H
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1957-12-05

AZ, Isl Turner Dr., Lake Aquil-
la, ard Erwin w. Govern, 35,
Woodin Hill Rd., Chardon, were
involved in an accident on Gen.
ter st. at its intersection with
Washington st. at 7:10 am. No
vember 26. According to reports
the lift vehicle slid through the
stop sign, striking the other car
on the left side and pushing it
over the curb.
Mrs. Charlotte Farinacci, lot
Tilden Ave-, reported to police
at about noon on Nov. 26 that
she had received threatening
phone calls.
Vehicles driven by Robert L.
Summers, 81, Rt. 3, Chardon,
and Joe C. Break, Rt. 4, Char
don, were damaged in an ac-
cident on Water st. Nov. 81 at
4::30 pm. According to reports
the Summers vehicle was park
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1957-12-05
TEACHERS AID

Sandusky, Ohio, is known as
the "Chalk Capital of the
World. The worlds first car
penter's chalk and tailor's chalk
were made in Sandusky. Today
the American Crayon Company
makes paints, educational toys,
visual educational aids, pencils,
crayons, erasers as well as
chalk.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1957-12-05
POLICE DIARY

for $3.50. At $40 am. police
received reports that a motoriSt
had failed to stop for the guards
at the school crosswalks. Police
chief John Boil said warnings
are issued to drivers who do not
heed school guards when the
cars license number is obtain
ed.
Police directed traffic on
South st. at 9:37 pm. Nov. 25.
Traffic was tied up because of
slippery streets.
Autos driven by Ester v. lift,
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visited at the home of Betty and
Bill Lawson, Garfield Heights,
last Saturday. The Lawson's al
so are the parents of a baby
boy, William John, born last
week. The Sender'S visited at
the home of his parents in Gar
field Heights, also.
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ed when the Nelson Tree Trim
ming truck, driven by Break,
backed into it.
Police were called to the Char
don Roller Rink at 1918 pm
Nov. 27 to investigate reports
of rowdy activity there. Police
picked up two Cleveland juven-
lies who are to appear in juv-
emile court here today (ThurS-
day.. One was charged with in
toXication, and, when asked by
police where he got the beer he
had been drinking, he said he
got it from older friends.
Guy H. Smith, 26, 116 Water
ST., Chardon, was served a ci-
tation for speeding at 11:45 pm.
Nov. 27. He appeared in the
court of Mayor Vain L. Parsons
Monday night, entered a plea of
guilty, and was fined SIS and
costs.
At 2:47 am. Thanksgiving Day
police picked up Paul M. Bar
ber, SO, Rt. /, Chardon, and
charged him with driving while
intoxicated and resisting arrest.
He appeared in mayors Court
and was fined $3.50, costs and
sentenced to three days in jail
on the first count, and fined
$50 and given a ten day jail SEN
tence on the second count. The
ten-day sentence was suspended
for one year good behavior.
Two sons of Chardon Police
Sgt. Walter Bookman, who were
playing in front of their home
on Wilson Mills Rd. Thanksgiv-
ing Day, said at 11:15 am.
someone in a red pickup truck
stopped and took their German
Shepherd dog. The pet came
back that afternoon, and police
believe the dog was, stolen but
jumped out of the truck and re-
turned home.
Autos driven by Chardon Coun-
Gilman Ludwig E. Ritondaro, 81,
100 Center St., and Joseph l..
Fila, "a, Rt. 2, Chardon, were
damaged in an accident at 2:30
pm. Thanksgiving Day on Cen
ter st.
Police received reports of two
children playing in an open ditch
near the B & o tracks on Park
st. Friday at lao pm. The ditch
is there because of construction
work being done. The children,
whose last name is Kovach.
were taken home.
Police received several calls
Friday concerning autos parked
on streets without parking lights
after dark. Owners of cars not
complying with the ordinance re-
quiring parking lights after dark
are served a citation similar to
the ones served for overtime
parking on meters. They may
put the fine of 81 in an envelope
and mail it to the police depart
ment.
At 1880 pm. Friday police re-
ceived reports of an intoxicated
person getting into an automo-
bile. They arrested George F.
Kovach, 33, 214 E. Park st. He
entered a plea of guilty to the
charge Of intoxication in May
or's Court and was fined SIS and
costs.
George J. QuellhorSt, 81, 430
Water St., was arrested for
speeding Friday at 11s4S pm
He also entered plea of guilty
to the charge in Mayors Court
and was fined SIS and costs.
Four hours later, at 4:30 am.
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Chardon police reported sew
eral accidents during the week,
On Nov. "a at 3:17 pm. cars
driven by John E. Grant, II, Rt.
8, Chardon, and willard L. Nc
Kee, 1872 Center St., collided on
S. Hanlbden st. According to po-
lice reports the Grant auto
backed out of a driveway and
Mckee was travelling east on the
street.
On Nov. IS Charles E. McFar-
land of Orwell was cited for
speeding. He signed a waiver
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Saturday, Franklin Spoots, 20,
Mentor, was picked up on Wa
ter st. and charged with intoxi-
cation. He, too, pleaded guilty
and was fined SIS and costs by
Mayor Vain Parsons.
Arpad John Pecsi, 38, Rt. /,
Chardon, was charged with driv-
ing while intoxicated after his
auto run into the rear of car
driving by Village Solicitor New
ton B. Chapman, 48, 125 Clari-
don Rd. PecSi entered plea of
guilty in Mayors Court and was
fined $3.50 and costs and given
a three day jail sentence.
While in the police cruiser at
AIS pm. Sunday, waiting for
the light to change at the south
end of Main St., police observed
a car with three boys in it in
the right turn lane. When the
light changed the driver made
a left-hand turn, nearly colliding
with a car in the center lane
and cutting in front of the cruis-
er, which was in the left lane
Police have charged the driver
a Cleveland juvenile, with reck-
less operation. He is to appear
in juvenile court here.
Steven Harcsa, 80, 237 Main
St., was charged with speeding
at 10 pm. Sunday. He signed a
waiver for $3.50.
Monday evening police receiv-
ed calls from many village resi-
dents reporting a strange OBJ
ject in the sky. It was discover
ed the object was helicopter.
George A. Rowley, 38, of
Wellsville, Ohio, was charged
with operating a vehicle without
a license at IL pm. Monday. He
posted $50 bond and is to appear
in Mayors Court next Monday.
Friends had to come to Char
don to take him home.
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BY MRS. JESSIE MARTHE
Phone Chardon 6-5511

AQUILLA - Council meeting
was held on Monday evening,
with the mayor and all mem
bers in attendance. Bills were
approved for payment, and a
motion made and approved to
have cinders brought in as soon
as possible.
Mayor Creighton then stated
that Mr.. Ed Gustafson, 208 Turn
er Dr., had satisfactorily passed
his probationary period and is
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1957-12-06

Lopes, too, is confident and his
training had for the fight. Evil
IDENTIFY he expects a gruelling con-
test over the entire IS round rout.
Both Brown and Lopes are work
ing out daily at the-Midwest gym
nasium.
Meanwhile, secretary Truman
Gibson Of the sponsoring Inter
natioal Boxing Club announced
that the television revenue will
total S24 900, with the IBC draw
ing $4,000 and Brown getting so
per cent of the remaining $4,000.
The champion will also collect 40
per cent Of the net gate.
Lopes will get 20 per cent of
the gate and 40 per cent of the
TV money.