Pickin' Pears
News and Notes
From Camp White
BY BILL HURN
Service group to be honored
on the VAVS plaque this week
i the American Legion aux
ilary, according to H. Jaffrey,
acting manager of the VA
( domiciliary.
Evans Valley Garden club
decorated the chapel for the
week's services with Gladys
Barne, Alina Goldt and Frances
; Crawford in charge.
! The annual forget - me - not
! drive by Jackson County DAV
'chapter 81 was conducted at the
domiciliary Friday and Satur
; day by Lester Mathes, Joe Fer
;rier, Wilbur Allen and Jonas
I Snyder. Jesse Yokxim acted as
1 volunteer guide. .
Grants Pass VFW 2302 held
a game session at the recreation
; hall Friday evening. George
; Perry, hospital chairman, Harry
I Lohr, Charles Hollingsworth. Al
: Young. Post Chaplain Earl Wil
t liams and Mrs. Williams con-
ducted the party.
The September VAVS advi
; sory committee meeting Monday
; night in building 218 was well
I attended.
F. J. G 1 o n n i n g. chief of
22,000 Pounds of
iTuna Delivered
Astoria U.R One boat, the
Galaxy, delivered 22.000 pounds
of Albacore tuna to Columbia
River Packers association tuna
docks this week as other boats
also brought in large loads.
The Kisha discharged some
10 tons of tuna and 17,000
pounds were brought in by the
Bristol.
Packers said three other boats
waiting to unload tuna had
mailer cargoes.
As 45-foot drag boat Roland,
out of Newport, limped into As
toria with a leak just above
the water line. The Roland had
radioed for escort and was
brought into the Columbia river
by the Coast Guard cutter Mc
Lane from Grays Harbor. The
fishing boat and cutter were met
at the entrance to the Columbia
by a Point Adams coast guard
boat which took the ailing craft
on upstream to Astoria. . C. I
Crowell of Newport was the
operator of the Roland.
t special services, presided. Fol-
lowing roli-call and introduc
; tions of new representaatives,
! VAD staff members and guests,
! reports on sponsorships for this
I month and next month were
: made. Birthday parties will be
under Gold . Star Mothers for
September and the VFW auxil
iary will hold the October party.
i Credit Mentions
I Gold S'ar Mothers will repre
sent the VAVS at funerals for
; this month and the Navj Moth-
ers" club for October. Credit
I mentions were made to the
American Legion auxiliary for
the new DOMINEWS cover ar
rangement and to VFW auxil
iary for the second annual field
day over Labor Day week end.
Observance of Civil Defense
week was urged and films on
that theme were shown.
H. Jaffrey, acting VAD man
ager, greeted and praised VAVS
groups for their activities and
accomplishments. He briefly out
lined comparison of this facil
ity with other VA institutions
and announced the release of the
statistical break-down report on
the last fiscal year. The report
showed in detail the credits he
mentioned.
Reports Made
Memorial floral fund and
social service emergent fund
reports were made and delegates
to recent state and national
veterans conventions also made
reports.
Outline of expansions and
anticipated neods in recreation
activities was made by Bud Ash
of that department. The Christ
mas consolidated program com
mittee reported changes con
templated in this year's event,
scheduled for Dec. 19, and the
Halloween committee outlined
plans for a carnival.
Ardena Kretschmer of the
Blue Star Mothers of America
and Emil Kroeger of the BPOE
gave five-minute talks on their
group's VAVS activity.
Glonning announced an all
day orinetation and indoctrina
tion course on the physically
handicapped and their place in
industry to be held here Oct. 17,
open to the public. A film on
that topic, sponsored by the Na
tional Manufacturers Association
of America was exhibited.
American Legion auxiliary
held a party Monday afternoon.
Thelma Williams. Gloria Min
neci, Ruth Freed and Thresa
Elza were hostesses. Peaches,
pears and candy were distributed.
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HEART SPECIALIST VISITS RUSSIA Dr. Paul Dudley
White, Boston heart specialist who treated President
Eisenhower, studies medical statistics shown him by Dr.
Vera Corbatenko during a tour of the therapeutic clinic
of Moscow's Firs Medical School. Dr. White is visiting
Russia with five other American doctors.
Freshman Days Begin Next Week
Ashland Student leaders will
be in charge of the annual South
ern Oregon college Freshman
Days program for the familiar
ization of new students to the
various facets of campus life.
Sept. 18-19, it was announced
by Hal Cloer, director of guid
ance. Co-chairmen are James Brack
en, senior English major from
Roseburg, and Art Schmidt, jun
ior Science-Mathematics major
from Prineville.
Registration for the Freshman
Days program will be from 6 to
8 p.m., Tuesday. Sept 18, at
Susanne Homes hali, and fresh
men planning to live on campus
will check into their dormitories
at that time.
Because of lack of sufficient
facilities, Cloer explained, no af
tempt will be made this year to
house commuting students on
campus during the five day's
activities as has been custormary
past years.
Social events are slated for
each night beginning with a "get
acquainted" session Tuesday
evening after registration after
which time a complete program
of events will be issued each
student.
Upperclassmen will register
Saturday, September 22, and
regular classes will begin Mon
day, September 24.
Two Workmen Hurt
In Redmond Blast
Redmond (U.R) Two work
men were injured Tuesday
when an explosion shook the
business district of this central
Oregon town.
The condition of Harold Castle
was listed as critical while that
of Don Stewart was not consid
ered as serious.
The two men were known to
have been using dynamite earlier
in a hole they were digging as a
base for a signboard. When the
blast came. Castle was in the
hole using a jackhammer.
Castle was blown out of the
hole, several feet deep, by the
force of the explosion. One
theory was that the hammer
might have hit a stick of dyna
mite that had not exploded earl
ier in the day.
Castle suffered injuries to his
chest, face and leg.
FISH AT THE
EAST SIDE MARKETS
BIG FISH POND
THIS SATURDAY!
THE LARGER THE PURCHASE
THE BIGGER THE CATCH!
HAVE FUN WITH US
THIS SATURDAY AND
AT THE SAME TIME
BE A WINNER!
Adults only. Nothing to buy to participate
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Sundays 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Thursday. September 13. 1958
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE
Feeding the Family
By ZOLA VINCENT
Grapes Fill Markets.
Wine Bottles
In Lodi, this week-end, Calif
ornia grape and wine growers
are celebrating with their
twenty-second annual Grape
Festival and National Wine
Show. And they've good reason
for rejoicing! California's vine
yards are world famous. Calif
wines rank with the world's best.
Raisins too are an important
part of California's multi-million
dollar grape crop.
This is a good year for grapes.
Quality is exceptionally good
though quantity is only slightly
above the 10-year average. Bou
quet of grapes fills the air and
market bins are piled high with
luscious grapes which are most
ly eaten out-of-hand, though
some go into salads, fruit cups
and as stewed fruit.
Grapes are also a colorful,
dramatic part of almost every
decorative fruit "arrangement"
of buffets and dining tables.
Four Types of Grapes
Grapes to be consumed fresh
are commonly called table
grapes and that is the type in
which homemakers are most in
terested at this time. Grapes
however fall into 4 general clas
ses according to the purposes for
which they are best suited. These
groups are (1) table grapes. (2)
wine grapes, (3) raisin grapes
and (4) sweet (unfermented)
juice grapes. Growers point out
that any variety can be ferment
ed into a kind of wine, can be
eaten fresh, dried into raisins
or made into sweet grape juice;
but each variety is usually bet
ter suited to one of these pur
poses than to others.
Varieties, Care
More than 6,000 varieties of
grapes have been named and
described but only 40 or so are
commercially important and of
the table varieties, only 13 are
important to us as consumers.
These are Emperor, Thompson
seedless, Tokay, Red Malaga,
Ribier, Allmeria, White Malaga,
Cardinal, Niagara, Catawba,
Lady Fingers, Cornichon, Mus
cat. New York and Washington
state lead in production of Con
cords which are used largley for
juice and jelly making, though
some are eaten out-of-hand.
Grapes are best kept in refrig
erator at 30 or so degrees with
high humidity. If held, they
should be looked over often and
any showing signs of decay or
mold should be removed from
the stems with a clip of the
scissors.
Keep scissors handy alongside
grapes for easy snipping of small
clusters. .Few things look mes
sier than a bunch of grapes from
which a few grapes have been
plucked.
Braised Beef Favorite
of San Joaquin Valley
In this recipe for braised beef,
long a family favorite for good
eating, a half cup of California
Sherry wine adds distinctive
flavor giving dish a festive flair
for "company" too.
Vi cup flour
Salt and pepper
2 pounds round steak cut Vi inch
thick
2 tablespoons any fat
2 cups canned tomatoes
cup California Sherry
2 carrots, thinly sliced
Vi cup sliced celery
1 large onion, thinly sliced
1 bay leaf
Mix flour, salt and pepper;
pound into meat with potato
; masher or edge of heavy plate.
Cut pounded meat across grain
into narrow strips about 2 inches
long. Heat fat in large, heavy
skillet or a' Dutch oven; add
meat and brown nicely on all
sides.
Add remaining ingredients;
season to taste with salt and pep
per. Bring to a simmer; cover
and simmer gently IVi hours or
until very tender, stirring oc
casionally. Egg noodles simply seasoned
with butter, salt and pepper is
perfect accompaniment for this.
Cooking with Wine
Many western cooks depend
on wine to add zest and sparkle
to foods; use it as a seasoning
like salt and pepper, herbs and
garlic; feel that it compliments
the natural goodness of foods.
There's no trick to cooking with
j wine. Beginners usually like to
follow a recipe out soon learn
that you can satisfactorily add
a little wine at a time until it
I tastes "just right" according to
individual tastes.
There's no such thing as a
"cooking" wine. If it's good
enough to cook with, it's good
; enough to drink. Folks of the
Wine Advisory Board say that
i while almost any wine can be
' used with almost any food, there
are natural taste harmonies be
tween certain wines and foods.
Take Sherry for example. Its
flavor harmonizes with a variety
of foods: with soups and sherry
is a "natural" in sauces for pud-
i dings and fruits.
The white table wines such
as Sauteme and Rhine wine are
delicate in flavor the perfect
complement to the delicate
flavors of fish, chicken, lamb
and veal.
i The red table wines such as
I Burgundy and Claret, being
more robust in flavor, go well
with red meats. They're excel
lent in spaghetti and cheese
dish. And you can improve the
flavor and texture of inexpen
sive cuts of meat by marinating
them in red wine for serval
hours before cooking.
The dessert wines such as
Port, Muscatel and Tokay, give
extra goodness to desserts and
fruits.
Versatility
You can substitute on wine
for another in a recipe so long as
you use the same type of wine.
A recipe calling for Sauterne
will to Chablis or any other
white table wine. The same thing
applies to red wines:Smfandel or
any Claret-type wine may be
substituted for Burgundy.
Pear-Grape Show-Offs
Bartlett pears and Thompson
seedless grades have long been
show-offs when fixed like this
aS'Salad or dessert course. Wash
and halve four Bartlett pears.
Remove cores and brush with
lemon juice. Dip small clusters
of seedless grapes (using scis
sors for cutting) in egg white
or lemon juice, then roll in tint
ed sugar. Tint sugar by adding
drop of food coloring to sugar
and mixing well. Arrange pears
and grapes on grape or other
leaves.
Fish Fillets
We might as well be extrava
gant in our description. These
fabulous fish fillets are really
good. Easy to fix, easy to eat.
Use white wine in making,
rapes in decoration.
6 fish fillets
2 tablespoons butter
2 teaspoons chopped onion
Salt and pepper
Vi cup white wine
1 tablespoon butter
1 tablespoon flour
Vi cup milk
1 cup seedless white grapes
Cut circle of white paper the
size of frying pan or skillet and
cut tiny hole in center. Butter
one side of paper. (Chef's trick.
this). Set aside. Roll up each fish
fillet, using any white fish;
secure with toothpick. Melt 2
tablespoons butter in skillet and
add onion. Sprinkle fish fillets
with salt and pepper and place
in pan with butter and onion.
Add the wine.
Place circle of paper, butter
side down on top of fish (to
keep surface of fish moist.) Cover
pan and let simmer 10 minutes.
Discard paper circle. Carefully
remove fish to heatproof serv
ing platter. Cook liquid left in
pan until reduced about one-
third. Cream together butter and
flour; add with milk to liquid
in pan. Let simmer, stirring oc
casionally until thickened. Place
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TALK OF GRAPES Autumn Ahead' Season of Harvest Fes
tivals! In Lodi, grape and wine growers are celebrating. Cali
fornia produces practically all of the country's grapes for luscioui
out-of-hand eating, for wine making and for raisins. Today we
talk of ways with grapes and wine including this famed San
Joaquin braised beef.
grapes around fish. Pour sauce
over fish and reheat for minute
or two in hot oven or brown
quickly under broiler. Serve
immediately.
Crisp Cole Slaw
For a generous salad using
plentiful crisp cabbage in a pop
ular slaw to serve six, proceed
like this. (Diced green and or
red pepper will add color and
zest to this.)
Finely shred cabbage to get
about 5 cups. Blend together Vi
cup real mayonnaise, 1 table
spoon cider vinegar, 1 tablespoon
salt, V4 teaspoon pepper, V4 tea
spoon sugar, 2 teaspoons mus
tard with horseradish, Vi tea
spoon grated onion. Just before
serving combine salad dressing
with cabbage, tossing lightly to
completely cover.' Add diced
green or red pepper if you like.
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