Bicycle Tour in Denmark Described
It was fun, but never again
This is the reaction of Miss
Shirley Lynch, Medford student,
to a bicycle tour through Den
mark which she made recently,
Miss Lynch, who is visiting rela
tives in Wiesbaden, Germany
was one of four adults who
served as leaders for a group
01 teenagers on tne trip, spon
sored by American Youth Ac
tivities.
The student, a daughter of
Mr. ana Mrs. John B. Lynch, 139
Kenwood avenue, will leave Ger
many the latter part of this
month for the trip home. She
will make stops in New York
and Boston, and in Millis, Mass.,
will visit a relative, Albert W
Hunt, former headmaster of Mil
ton academy ia Massachusetts,
Miss Lynch will enter Lewis
and Clark college in Portland in
September for her senior year
ui the trip she wrote:
The bicycle tour was interest
ing, kind of fun and terribly tir
ing. At Wiesbaden the bicycles
were loaded into an army truck
ana the 20 girls, Grady and my-
seia were dumped aboard an
Air Force bus to go to the bord
er. From here the border is
about 400 miles away on
military bus it seems like at
least a thousand miles. We start
ed early Tuesday morning,
camped out that-night and ar
rived at the border at noon Wed
nesday. Along the way there
was a gradual change in archi
tecture irom yellow and gray
brick with red tile roofs to plas
tered brick with wood bracing
and thatched roofs. The latter
looked like the "old English"
style, like the Sigma Alpha
Epsilon house at the University
of Oregon. The thatched roofs
still amaze me.
We reached the border about
noon and were through customs
by three (long lines!). Then the
groups divided and I was on my
own with ten mid-teen agers. We
went west first to Tonder 25
miles the first afternoon.
Oldest Cathedral
The next day was to be a long
one but we didn't get started
until 10 because the girls wanted
to sight-see and several stopped
at a bicycle shop for minor re
pairs. This time we went north
50 miles worth. We stopped
at Ribe to see the oldest cathe
dral In Denmark. It is a massive
stone building with strange out
croppings of towers which have
been added during the 800 years
the building has existed..
The organ in the church was
a beautiful pipe organ about 200
years old (the guide said). I
wanted terribly to hear someone
play it but the day was Thurs
day and no one seemed about to
practice. We arrived in Esbjerg
about 7 p.m. and had a magifi
cent meal at one of the hotels.
I asked specifically that we be
served vegetables because the
usual dinner is meat and pota
toes. The waiter said it could be
done for 1 kroner 50 extra per
person (a kroner is worth about
14.5 cents.) I figured that an
extra 22 cents per person wasn't
outrageous so I agreed. When
the meal was served, five differ
ent kinds of vegetables appeared
on the serving trays with the
meat. There were, two kinds of
potatoes, beans, peas, carrots
and cauliflower. Not bad at all.
We camped at Esbjerg for two
nights and spent the day in be
tween at the island of Sano. This
Is the place where the beach
goes out so far that people
climb into four - wheeled bath
houses and are drawn out into
the surf by horses. This is also
supposed to be a good place to
get amber. It's expensive as all
heck! Pretty though. I got a
couple of small pieces for not
very much.
Rid Grueling
The next day, Saturday, we
had a grueling ride east to Hold
ing. About noon the rain began
and we were drenched clear
through. I decided that this was
a good night to stay in a youth
hostel. This was a wonerful ex
perience. There were people
from all over the world staying
there. At dinner we sat at a
table with two Australians, a
Dane, and a Scotsman from
South Africa and his friend who
was a Finn. Everyone was speak
ing English wtiich the South
African boy said was quite un
usual (a. whole table-full). A
good many of the young men
were hitch-hiking. Some fami
lies there were traveling by mo
torcycle or auto and there were
a few of us on bikes. We got a
little drier at the hostel but
were still damp when we left
the next day for Odense (still
east). We had gone 43 miles Sat
urday. We met the other group as
planned somewhere east of Mid
dlefort. By then it had been
raining for several hours and we
were all soaked again. This time
the tents were wet, too, and that
was bad. Quite a few of the
girls were getting colds and flu
and various other symptoms. I
suggested that we hop a train at
Middlefort and take all of the
girls back to the border to wait
for the bus. Each group had, by
then, seen half the tour. We got
the train at Middlefort and rode
iii our own second class car to
Padborg.
Our bicycles were in the bag
gage compartment on the same
car so we had few worries about
them. We arrived in Padborg at
11 p.m. and couldn't find the
camping area. Grady's light was
the only functional one so we
all had to follow him. We final
ly camped in what was probably
the only uncultivated, "unpas
turized" field in Denmark. The
next morning we discovered a
Herren and Darner" (rest
rooms to you) just down the hill
but still no campgrounds.
We rode from Padborg to the
border and then into Flensborg
where, after several hours of
hill-climbing and coasting we
found the campgrounds. The
tents were still wet and so were
we, but we put up the tents and
then Grady and Iwent into
town to try to telephone Wies
baden so they'd know where we
were. We stopped for a cup of
coffee and arrived back at the
camp about 9:30.
We had to stay there three
nights because the buses could
not come early. The second night
some five young Germen men
(18 to 23) years) showed up and
we had a good time talking to
them.
Muffler Blows ,
The buses eventually showed
up at the appointed time and we
loaded to go home. The first day
back on the bus was uneventful.
The second day started early
and all of the girls were excited
ooooh, what a din! About 11
a.m. the muffler blew out. The
Air Force buses have the motor
under a little tin roof right by
the driver SO we had our ears
battered by a no-mufflered-bus-motor-under-a-tin-roof
until 7:30
at night. On the way back we
stopped at an Air Force snack
bar .what a mob! The girls
were starved for hamburgers
and milkshakes. Unfortunately
there was a busload of baseball
players there Just ahead of us
seating for 25 people or so and
three waitresses. Oh, my!
It was interesting, but never
again!
I may go to Paris on the 8th
12th of August with a tour
group. There is a possibility of
my going through Bavaria to
Salzburg to catch a weekend of
the Mozart festival there.
I bought a Bavarian hat to
wear on this tour. It is the cus
tom to buy a souvenir pin from
every town visited and pin it to
the hat for all to see. The hat
will be Johnny's when I bring it
home. It will be a little large
but maybe his ears can prop it.
In another letter Miss Lynch
wrote of having luncheon with
four chaplains and their fami
lies, and of attending church
services. She stated that four
young people, including herself,
formed a quartet to sing re
sponses and added that an an
them from a record made at
Lewis and Clark collge by the
choir was played for the offer
tory. "It thrills me to hear the
L and C choir in a foreign coun
try," she added.
Gardener Enters
Marigold Seed
In Annual Hunt
Mrs. L. R. McKee, Box 170,.
Jacksonville, is one of 345 car-
deners in all parts of the coun
try who have submitted mari
gold seeds to the W. Atlee Bur
pee company, mail order seed
house. The company has been
trying for many years to locate
a pure white marigold and
when, after years of professional
hybridizing, its efforts failed to
come close to what they wanted,
the company turned to the pub
lic for help.
The annual hunt for
Gem Club Shown
Colored Slides;
Meeting Planned
Colored slides of pre-historlc
animals were shown by Chester
Fitch at the last meeting of the
Roxy Ann Gem and Mineral
club. He also spoke on speci
mens brought by members to the
club for display.
The next meeting of the club
will be held Wednesday, August
14, at 6:30 p.m. in Hawthorne
park for a picnic dinner. Those
planning to attend are asked to
take something of interest for
discussion. Sardonyx or peridot
are the stones of the month, club
officials noted.
A guest at the last meeting
was M. J. Kounz, science teacher
of Hedrick Junior High school,
who spoke on developing pic
tures of rock specimens to use
in teaching about local rock
specimens in the schools. John
Morrow displayed fluorescent
specimens which he had brought
from Franklin, N.J.
A display sent to the Crescent
City show by the club won a
souvenir blue ribon award. A
case entered by other members
of the club also won a blue rib
bon award.
The display case at the U.S.
National Bank is changed each
month by members of the club
with their own rock collections.
The collection displayed last
month will be replaced by R. D.
Abel.
marigold will be judged this
month. The first person who
sends in seed which grows the
first pure white marigold will
receive $10,000 from the seed
company.
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Cook sweet prunes with thick
orange slices and whole cloves
for breakfast fruit. No sugar is
needed, but add a bit of brown
white sugar.
Woman To Be
In Charge of
Queen's Visit
By JAMES R. NELLSON
United Press Correspondent
Ottawa (IF) Mrs. Ellen Fair-
clough, the first woman federal
cabinet minister in Canada, . is
expected to be in charge of ar
rangements for Queen Elizabeth's
visit to the Dominion.
Mrs. Fairclough, as secretary
of state, is responsible for the de
partment's "special division,"
which in the past has arranged
such state occasions as royal
visits and such major domestic
events as the opening of Parlia
ment. Queen Elizabeth II is expected
here to open the first session of
the new Parliament in October,
before she continues to the
United States to visit the James
town festival. The festival marks
the 350th anniversary of the first
English settlement in North
America.
Cautious
Mrs. Fairclough, a silver-hair
ed woman elected to the House
of Commons June 10, views her
new duties with caution. She
said she would tackle each new
problem as it arises. Plans for
the royal visit, she said, are still
nebulous.
The new secretary's husband,
Gordon Fairclough, runs a print
ing firm in Hamilton, Ont., and
her son, Howard, 25, is a music
ian. Two days after being sworn
iff, Mrs. Fairclough was home
in Hamilton, doing her house
work. During sessions of Parliament,
to which she first was elected in
1950, Mrs. Fairclough spent al
ternate week ends in Hamilton.
In Ottawa, she lives in a hotel.
Sunday. August II, 1957
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE NINE
Preheating of Vegetables
Necessary Before Freezing
Corvallis Blanching vege
tables before freezing them can
spell the difference between a
tough tasteless product and a
fresh flavorful one, according to
Mrs. Ruth Klippstein, Oregon
State college extension nutritionist.
Airs. Klippstein says vege
tables must be heated through
before being frozen to keep ap
petizing ."fresh qualities" in
home freezers or lockers. Exten
sive research has continued to
point out the need for blanching,
or preheating process.
Blanching or heating vege
tables before packing is neces
sary to inactivate the enzymes
which would otherwise cause un
desirable flavor changes in the
food. As these enzymes continue
to 'Tvork," the vegetable loses
color, she explains.
Research shows that prac-
ing with energy, and a careful,
striking dresser.
Started As Alderman
A certified public accountant,
she entered politics as an alder
man in Hamilton in 1946, and
was elected a controller in 1950,
just when the Hamilton west
seat in the House of Commons
was vacated with the appoint
ment of the former Liberal M.P.,
Colin Gibson, to the bench. She
had run against Gibson in 1949,
but was defeated, and won the
1950 by-election.
Sitting in opposition for seven
years in the Commons, she was
the Conservative party's official
critic . of government labor
policy. She also was outspoken
in debates on taxation and na-
She is 52, a trim figure, bounc- tional welfare.
tically every vegetable needs io
be blanched before freezing to
retain its fresh flavor and color
as well as its characteristic tex
ture. Added to this, is an un
pleasant flavor almost "hay
like" that unblanched vege
tables may acquire during frozen
storage.
Example Given
Corn-on-the-cob, currently on
the freezing list of Oregon home
makers, is an especially good tar
get for proper blanching and
cooling techniques. Mrs. Klipp
stein points out that corn is
blanched to inactivate natural
enzymes. Unless these enzymes
are killed, they will cause a
"cobby" flavored product after
a short storage period. The tex
ture of the corn also suffers.
She recommends that home
makers closely follow the time
tables for blanching.
Corn should be cooled in ice
water for at least 10 minutes
and more time should be allowed
if the cob is still not cold. When
corn is cooled and drained well,
each ear should be wrapped sep
arately in foil. For barbecuing
later, let the corn thaw in the
unopened package.
To prepare whole-kernel corn
for freezing, blanch on the cob,
cool, then remove the kernels.
This helps the corn retain its
juiciness. Blanching time is
about as long as for corn-on-the-cob.
Here are some other im
portant points Mrs. Klippstein
makes on freezing:
Whole green peppers do not
usually produce a satisfactory
frozen product unless blanched.
However, green peppers, if cut
Avadado Spread
A bowl of mashed avocado
seasoned with salt, lime or
lemon juice and onion if desired,
is a perfect extra for barbecue
dinners. Spread it on bread,
crackers, corn-on-the-cob, or use
as topper for green salads or
sliced tomatoes.
in small salad size pieces and
packaged in small quantities do
not need blanching. They are
handy for use in mid-winter
salads.
Unfortunately, whole toma-.
toes can not be satisfactorily
frozen. Freezing causes them to
become soft and mushy.
Summer squash is very diffi
cult to freeze and get a good
product. If you do undertake a
batch to freeze, use squash that
has grown rapidly and is mature,
but not oversize, she says. Use
extreme care in blanching and
processing time and follow di
rections for size pieces recom
mended. If you're trying out an unfa
miliar product, freeze only a few
packages. After a week's stor
age, sample them to see how
family enjoys the food. This way
you'll not waste freezer space
on foods the family doesn't like,
Mrs. Klippstein suggests.
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