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EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday, October 31. 1954 Atomic Food Sterilization Studied by Corps of Army By HELEN THOMAS ' .Those given isotopic treatment United Press Correspoadent Washington. (U.P.) The atomic age Is coming to the kitchen. Use of the atom to preserve food definitely is in sight, al though it may be a long while before the modern home boasts atomic heat and light - - The Army Quartermaster corps, with the help of the At omic Energy commission and allied government and indus trial institutions, is spearheading the study of sterilization of food by atomic radiation. Although the project still Is in its inlancy it has met with considerable success. The Army undertook the five-year program with an eye toward such logistical econom ies as lighter packaging and less use of refrigeration not to mention the morale-lifting as pects of a more appetizing GI table. Experiments to date have shown that foods subjected to gamma rays remain phenomena ally free from spoilage. Accidental Discovery Conceivably, the Army food preservation research could ab olish K-rations, dehydrated po tatoes and powdered eggs for the serviceman on the lonely outpost. The advantages are un told for the homemaker, who would be able to keep a well stocked pantry and refrigerator for months without fear of food decay... Most of the experiments have been conducted at the Quarter master Food and Container In stitute for the Armed Forces at Chicago,' 111. But several re search contracts have been farm ed out to universities and food Institutes. Actually, the research in at omic preservation of food has been going on for years, but it World War II as a result of the moved into high .gear after availability of radioactive Iso topes. Some of the sensational work has been carried on at the Brookhaven Laboratories on Long Island, where, by sheer accident and the' failure of one experiment, scientists .discover ed they could preserve potatoes fresh and firm for nine months. : The process could be liken ed to having a box of groceries X-rayed. It is sterilized but no harmful radltion which, could be harmful to the consumer. Many Problems Other experiments have been conducted with slices of bread, encased in airtight envelopes to prevent drying out. Untreated slices of bread developed exten sive mold after several days were in perfect condition three weeks later. In another demonstration, three samples of frankfurters were placed in airtight plastic envelopes. In three days, an un treated sample developed moid and spoilage at room tempera ture. A sample treated with mild radiation remained fresh for approximately 10 days. A samnle treated with more ex tensive radiation was unspoiled after two months' exposure at room temperature. But the scientists point out there are many problems yet to be solved such as alterations in flavor, odor and color in some foods, length of time of storage after radiation, and de velopment of new packaging methods. So, don't get rid of your refrigerator yet Spooks, Goblins Attend Y Party Friday Evening The Medford YMCA's tradi tional Halloween party Friday evening attracted about 300 as sorted witches, spooks, goblins and parents. One feature was a "spook tun nel," which wound through the basement of the YMCA and was inhabited by ghostly creatures who in real life are a group of older boys active in the,"Y" program. Donald Day and sev eral fathers conducted the boys and girls through the tunnel. Mr. and Mrs.. Charles Lewis headed the committee which planned the refreshments and events. Decorations were pro vided by Mrs. Joe Wittenburger, Mrs. T. N. Billings, and Mrs. Lewis. Carl Gordon carved pumpkins. - Following a movie, the cos tume parade was held In which the Milton D. Singler family won first prize as the best-cos tumed family. Craig Walstead won for the funniest costume, Anne Manno for the scariest costume, Diane Lewis for the prettiest costume, and Larry Wright won. the "Hallowecnist" prize as Casper the Ghost. Bob McCorkle presented a prize balloon to all wearing a costume. Minii Jones and Sher ry McCreary told fortunes for about 100 prankster's and var ious Halloween games and races were held. The party ended with serving cider and gingerbread baked by the mothers. ' t There are about 4,300 tree farms in 36 states, including 28,' 000,000 acres of land, according to the Southern Pine association. Come In Look Over These Big END-OF-MbNTH AUTOMATIC II STANDARD WASHERS $ 10 oo UP USED These Are REAL Buys! See Them Yourself! Ice Boxes 2 ONLY! Were $10.00 Now 2!.i While They Last! USED GAS RANGE Was $75.00 Now $4000 CHECK THIS BUY! A FEW PORTABLE ELECTRIC HEATERS At Special Prices! IN OUR RUG DEPT.- BOB HAS SOME VERY GOOD SPECIALS IN Carpets & Throw Rugs! BARNARD'S 317 EAST MAIN PHONE 2-5487 Play Features PTA Meeting In Eagle Point Eagle Point A short play, "Scattered Showers," presented by a Butte Falls cast, featured a meeting of Eagle Point Parent- Teacher association held Octo ber 26 at the high school with a capacity attendance. The program chairman, Mrs. John Huffman, introduced Mrs. Edwin Malloy, director of the play. In the cast were Mrs, Charles Jenkins, Mrs. Keith Scott and Mrs. William Edmlnd- son, who portrayed three moth ers advocating different methods of child guidance. Following the play, a group discussion was led by Floyd War ner, psychology major and in structor in the local high school.: Mrs. Ray Palm, PTA chair man, introduced Mrs. Doris Smith, newly engaged teacher for the third grade, whose em ployment has enabled Mrs. Eva McKee to return to her eighth grade class. Mrs. Dale Ackerman has been appointed historian for the year. Mrs. Merle McGraw reported on membership, thanking the school for assistance with no tices .sent home by the children. She also expressed appreciation for help given on membership registration during the evening by Mrs. Love and Mrs. Kuth Wood. It has been decided that the room which attains an 80 per cent membership of parents in PTA will have an ice cream Dartv in addition to the picture originally offered as a prize. Mrs, Lester McFall introduced the room mothers. They sre Mesdames Ruben Denning, L. W. Beddlngfield, Don Hinson, Victor A. Frost, James Tremble, G. W. Weltman, Tom Shearin, Glenn Nelson, virgu Miller, Arnold Arens, Adolph Uhrich, Lenn Hickman, Jim Clarke, Jim Wallis, R. B. Brown, C. P. Fox, Wayne Whaley, Otis Hill, Ruth Wood, Aria Wealty, Dale Ackerman, John Noble, Christine Llnder, Vinson Vaughan, Henry Renfrow, A. F. Gilbreath, Paul Hopkins, Robert Meyer, Harry Hanscom, Lester McFall, John Johnson, Dale Bush. Jack Adams, Francis Put- man, Kenneth Dufour, Clayton Calloway, Clarence Sinclair, Harold Ottosen, Frank Elrod, Joe Whipple, Merle McGraw, Charles E. KImmel, Bui Jack son, John Huffman and John Esp. Sponsors for the high school are Mrs. Fred Farlow, Mrs. Arn old Nease. Mrs. Ray Tresham, Mrs. Jack Caldwell, , Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Elrod, Mr.' and Mrs. Ted Daw, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Griffin. Mr. and Mrs, John John. son and Mr. and Mrs. Wlllard Cave. The budget was presented by the treasurer, Mrs. Vinson Vaughan, and adopted. Room count was won by Mrs. Bekker's first and second grade. Mrs. Helen Bekker offered Southern Oregon Child Guid ance Clinic Association member ships in the absence of represen tative, Mrs. Lester Bradshaw. Either of them will be glad to accept memberships in the or ganization. Mrs. Malloy ol uuue raus oi- fered brochures concerning the nrorjosed Jackson county deten tion home with the plea that de- llnnuent children be provided with the minimum require ments orovlded by law, fresh air, exercise and three meals a day, which they do not have under present conditions. . Mrs. Pomrov announced . a meeting of the Regional Better Schools conference to De neia Saturday. Nov. 6 at i,incoin school in Medford, from 1 to 4:30 p.m. Registration will be from 12 to 1 o'clock. Dr. Harry E. Dillon of-Linlleld college,, will sneak on public relations. Lay people are especially invit ed to attend this meeting. Tnka Shukln Camp Fire Gins were on hand to care for chil dren during the meeting, a serv ice they have volunteered lor thn vear. It was erroneously re ported to be the Girl Scouts, who were doing this work. Refreshments were served Dy the upper grades mothers In the home economics room. Remove grease spots from wallpaper by covering the spot with a paste of cornstarch and water. Let dry then brush off. Or use a clean blotter on the snot, then apply a warm iron. Or, rub fresh white bread oh the spot. The U.S. postal savings system has deposits of about $2,341, 000,000. j3 It's time for pumpkin picking-sugared and plain cake doughnuts light off the Halloween pumpkin. Enjoy them with your cider sipping. It's time for pumpkin picking sugared and spiced doughnuts right oif the traditional Halloween pumpkin. Reserve a nicely shaped one from the Jack-o'-lantern supply, plunk it down on a chop plate and decorate with autumn leaves. Your trick with this treat will be a few colorful knitting needles inserted securely into the pumpkin. On these, you hsit(r the easiest of desserts sugared, frosted or plain doughnuts purchased from your favorite bakery or food shop. Appetites will begin to soar after an evening of spoofing the spooks and dunking for apples. Everyone will enjoy picking doughnuts and sipping cider. Hera is a cider punch with a festive flavor from added i grape juice and lemon juice. ' ,, Cider Punch 34 cup sugar. 1 cup grape juice 1 quart water U cup lemon juice 1 pint apple cider I Combine sugar and water in a saucepan and cook until mixture boils. Add cider, grape and lemon juices and chill before serving. I Yield: Vk cups Cider Punch Lions' Auxiliary ' To Aid Campaign Shady Cove Flans for par ticipating in the Shady Cove safety program were made at a meeting of Shady Cove-Trail Lions Club auxiliary at the home of Mrs. Floyd K. Kelley last week. This work will begin No vember 1, and will be in cooper ation with other local organiza tions. Mrs. Frank Allen reported on a meeting et VFW hall, where the work was explained. The Lady Lions were represented at a later meeting on Safety at VFW hall by their president, Mrs. Frank Fagalde. The rummage, plant and food sale at Shady Cove cleaners Oc tober 23, was successful, and the auxiliary will add $100 to the Shady Cove fire hall building fund. Members of the local Lions auxiliary wish to express their gratitude to all who helped make the sale a success. Natural Gas Used To Cook, Grow Food - New York U.R) Natural gas not only cooks your food, it growi It. too. Farmers report they are get ting better crops nowadays after treating the soil with anhydrous artmonia, which is a blend of natural gas, steam and air. This new chemical is either mixed with irrigation water or plowed into the soil with special equip ment. The Gas Appliance Manufac turers Association reports that many rural and suburban dis tributors of liquified petroleum gas known locally as bottled gas, butane or propane are sup plying anhydrous ammonia to the same customers who use the natural fuel for cooking, heat ing and refrigeration. Normallv acreage cannot be replanted with the same crop in successive years because that particular crop will extract so much nitrogen from the oll that a second crop would be un profitable. Instead of- rotating his crops, farmer now neea only use the new chemical for more profitable farming since anhydrous ammonia's weight consists of four-fifths nitrogen. GAMA estimates some 9.000, 000 acres in 40 states will be fertilized with 30,000 tons of the chemical this year. California has 1,600,000 acres in Western pine-tree farms. When tha weather turns eooL heat canned tomato Juice Ju4 to a boll. Add a teaspoon o but. ter to each serving . and stir until the butter melts. Serve either in bouillon cups or lman glasses. Don't forget a slice at lemon for flavor. 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We enjoyed serving you and hope you will continue your pa tronage under the new management, who pledge to give the same courteous service. , MR. AND MRS. THOS. KLARIN. Triangle Food Market PHOENIX, OREGON IMI mm " ElMlEEl FOR HARSH DRUG-TYPE LAXATIVES -And relief from common constipation this safe, natural way without the injurious effects of repeated laxative use. TEST-PROVED Priced at has than ;;si-' Maamuen. butMf- rf, formanca-provad t. wtii r.i equal ho A leading art ick MiaM. eompttitlva aids avmaftaf $2681 COMI IN ton TUT DtTJMl GEO. E. WHITE 131 WIST MAIN ce Flrnn EUctrle Co. WRITE or PHONE For DEMONSTRATION IN YOUR HOME Phone J-1841 The past 30 years have seen greater advances in medical science than all the preceding centuries put together in the entire history of man. The life expectancy of our people, particularly the happy, productive "prime of life" has been increased by years through use of the "miracle drugs" of modem medicine and new knowledge of '"miracle food elements" including vita mins and minerals. The light of this new science has also revealed Important things about our most common trouble common constipa tion due to lack of bulk in the diet. Things you should know if you are among the 7 out of every 10 people who suffer, occasionally, frequently or steadily from constipation due to tensions, lack of exercise, processed foods lacking in bulk, pressures of daily living. This new knowledge brings new hope but it also points out dearly the dangers to health that lie in the ordinary "drug type" laxatives you are probably using. But first it describes these facts about constipation ilself . . ; CONSTIPATION IS SELDOM A "READY-MADE" TROUBLE THAT STRIKES WITHOUT WARNING. T IS A "PROGRESSIVE DISEASE" THAT IN. CREASES FROM OCCASIONAL TO COMMON TO CHRONIC. IT TENDS TO BECOME STEADILY MORE SERIOUS UNLESS PROPER TREATMENT IS USEDl IT GETS WORSE AS YOU GET OLDERI AND MOST SERIOUS I A great danger in constipation frequently comes from the use of "drug-type" laxatives which abuse the digestive system in these ways: L Most purgative compounds, designed for fast overnight relief, must depend on: (a) mechanical action which loads the lower intestine (colon) with a flood of water: or (b) "irritant" action which, with ccitain chemical ingredients, prods bowel walls into muscular contraction. 2. These compounds draw off water from the system and rush it through the intestines; thus also drawing off fluids and juices needed for normal digestion, and vitamins and minerals from the food you have eaten. 3, 'The chemical action of these compounds often further irritates an already over -sensitive intestinal tract. 4. RESULT) An upset stomach, a small Intestine containing little nourishment to feed the body, and a colon which often needs another purgative dose and another and another to prod it into renewed muscular action. IN SHORT: SUCH LAXATIVES INFLICT UPON YOUR DIGESTIVE SYSTEM UNNATURAL PUNISHMENT WHICH LEAVES A TRAIL OF DIGESTIVE HAVOC INSTEAD OF THE CORRECTIVE RESULTS HOPED FOR, SERIOUS DAMAGE MAY FOLLOW AND THE PROGRESS OF CONSTIPATION BE HASTENED ALARMINGLY. TO END "NEED" OF HARSH DRUG-TYPE LAX A. TIVES-TRY THIS To avoid these dangers and provide relief from common constipation there is this safe, natural way long-known, but now more fully-proved by science than ever before I It has long been a medically-established fact that nature hat provided, in natural foods, every element needed for life time avoidance of common constipation. Many of these foods provide abundant natural fibrous bulk which normally and naturally aids the rhythmic process of elimination. Ideal among natural foods for rhythm-aiding hulk, are the outer layers of whole wheat, generally called bran. Whole bran, properly processed and shredded, yields smooth bulk the digestive system can handle unimpaired. Because of the known value of bran in relieving constipation, the Kellogg Company for years has produced a complete, whole bran, with nothing taken away to lessen its effective ness Kellogg's All-Bran the Natural Laxative Cereal. But. you may ask. "just how effective is Ail-Bran?" answer was found in these clinical tests. The 135 patients with known delayed bowel function were studied. AU exhibited etiologic factors commonly known to produce constipation. Cases included those with habit irregularities, diet indiscretions and others whose dis comfort was due to mechanical and other causes. ATI patients ate 30 grams (about one ounce) of Kellogg's All-Bran daily for one week. They were studied clinically and with X-Ray, with tests made before, during and after they ate the All-Bran. Results were conclusive. Of the 135 people, 107 showed definite clinical improvement in bowel activity within 7 days. In follow-up tests, better than 6 out of 7 people improved. In only 1 out of 75 cases did the constipated condition progress. The reason for these results is in the action of All-Bran in the body as compared to the action of "drug-type' laxatives previously described. 1. Kellogg's All-Bran has no significant laxative action in the stomach or small intestine, thus it docs not significantly change the normal digestive sequence. Only in the colon, where laxative action is needed, does laxative action take place. 2. Kellogg's All-Bran is eaten with milk, thus it draws from the system no needed water and digestive juices. It has no harsh action, thus it does not rush vitamins or minerals past the small intestine too quickly for absorption. S. Kellogg's All-Bran is rich in vitamins and minerals, thus it actually assures the presence of these elements in the small intestine for proper absorption. 4. Kellogg's All-Bran is shredded to fine, soft consistency, thus it supplies bulk which neither irritates nor inflames the normal colon. It helps as nature itself intended to supply the proper consistency for unforced, normal elirnination. Thus All-Bran (as above) provides relief from constipation in a safe natural way while avoiding the dangers of pro gressive constipation due to harsh laxatives. Bot noexaggerated claims are made for the laxative qualities of All-Bran. It is no "over-night cure" there is none. All Bran must be eaten regularly to get the natural and lasting relief you want. However, you will find this easy and pleasant, as All-Bran is not only the laxative cereal-it is a delicious cereal as well. Many prefer it for breakfast on taste alone to any other cereal. Kellogg's makes it easy for you to prove that to yourself, just eat All-Bran every morning for 10 days. Then, if you're not . completely satisfied, send the empty carton to Kellogg's, Battle Creek, Michigan-and get double your money back. iad how omit tUMISUS rioM CONSTtrtTION (aW H twV at Ml la Hm NAVt HNlNtlO. k ! to knoi T 1. 1 No mot l. ii " a ui ami i 'I took vou folks uo on your 10- day All-Bran idea and want you to know it oia wonocrs lor me. more irrcpilanty lor me now stating witn Aii-tsran lor goo.il" Afrj. E. R. Montour S2 Jackson Ah. WuKhtndon, Mass. 'Tor years I had trouble with Irregularity'. Fifteen years ago I got started on All-Bran, and became a 'regular' at once never have taken laxativts since." Hi. Charles R. Richardson 36 65 Josmint Annus Los Angtlts 34, Calif. Natural Laxative Cereal
