THURSDAY. AUGUST 18, 1960
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. ORE.
Resourceful Southern Cooks
Portrayed in 'Receipt Book7
By JEANNE LESEM
United Piesi International
New York UPD The re.
sourcefulness of southern
cooks during the Civil War is
: demonstrat e d
eloquently in
a modern re
print of a rare
. "C o nfederate
Receipt Book."
f They made
apple pie with
out apples
using crackers,
i- tartaric acid,
Jeanne Lesem butter and
nutmeg. Artificial oysters
were a mixture of grated
green corn, one egg, (a preci
ous item in those days) flour,
butter, salt and pepper. Pump
kin bread, made of pureed
pumpkin and flour, was
called "excellent." Another
indication of tolerant tasting
standards was evident in
coffee substitute, parched
Women Keep
U.S. Patent
Office Busy
By HELEN THOMAS
United Presi International
; Washington - Female imag-
. lhations keep the U. S. Patent
Office busy.
. The office said that the in
ventive genius of the girls
runs mostly to home conven
iences and beauty aids., But
some also delve into highly
technical fields.
; The first woman to get a
patent was Mary Kies of Kil
lingly, Conn., who in 1809 de
veloped a new way to combine
wearing straw with silk Or
thread.
The office likes to point out
that patents are on file from
Lillian Russell, a turn-of-the-century
beauty, and movie
star Hedy Lamarr.
Actress Russell in 1B12
patented a dress trunk. Miss
Lamarr's patent issued in 1942
was for a secret communica
tion system-controlling re
mote craft by radio.
More typical of what wo
men invent is a patent on file
from Margaret Rogers, Brook
lyn, N. Y for a new type
foundation garment with stif
fening that won't "cut or dig'
into the wearer.
' Nellie Fidel, Great Neck,
N..Y., came up with a reclin
ing chair with a simplified
means of locking the back to
any adjusted position.
Fitted Sheet
Bertha B e r m a n, Forest
Hills, N. Y., patented a new
fitted bed sheet, while Mar
garet Cullen of Minneapolis
has a claim on an adjustable
holder for recipe cards.
From holding her own in
fants, Susan M. Mahoney of
Salem, Ore., got the idea for
a new bottle supporter in
which the mother wears the
bottle strap around her neck.
Women always are thinking
up now quicker ways of ap
plying make-up. Clara J. Alt
man, Detroit, Mich., patented
a new type of mascara stick
shaped like a conventional lip
stick, but with a built-in
brush.
Margaret Grieve, Glenridge,
N.. J., co-invented with Ben
jamin' Wisner, N. Y., a new
style jewelry display contain
er. It is particularly adapted
for the retailers' mounting
and display of bracelets and
watches.
But all is not "girly-girly"
stuff at the patent office. Mar
garet Bassett, Boston, Mass.,
has been issued a patent for
a "filament positioning means
for electron discharge de
vices."
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Dear to (he heart of every woman, and an Ideal gift for the
bride of this or any other year, is the powder table. Tho
unusual Triune "poudre" in mahogany need not stand
: against the wall like a bad boy. It has a curved completely.
finished back and can face into the rrom. (7)
Drexcl Furniture Company,
acorns ' and bacon fat, de
scribed as "splendid."
This look into kitchens of
the war-torn South comes
from the University of Geor
gia Press. The university li
brary's DeRenne Collection
owns one of the five original
volumes known to have sur
vived the four-year conflict,
The others are in the Library
of Congress, the Boston Athe
naeum, the University of
North Carolina Library and
the Confederate Library and
Museum in Richmond, Va
The "receipts" gathered
from newspapers and other
sources have sketchy direc
tions by today's cookbook
standards. To make Republi
can pudding, "Take one cup
of soft boiled rice, a pint of
milk, a cup of sugar, three
eggs, and a piece of butter the
size of an egg. Serve with
sauce." Do you mix all ingre
dients at once? Separate the
eggs or add them whole? Cook
on an open fire or in a double
boiler? Apparently, Civil War
cooks did not need such ele
mentary guidance. -
Substitutes were the chief
ingredients of many recipes.
Rice flour was used so widely
to replace scarce wheat flour
that the appendix contains
eleven recipes using the rice
product for bread, cake, cook
ies and pudding.
Cooks also produced a
yeast substitute for bread
making, using flour boiled
with brown sugar, salt and
water. They made raised
bread without yeast, mixing
powdered sub cardonatc of
soda and powdered tartaric
acid with flour and water.
An "excellent paste for
fruit or meat pies" was
whipped up with wheat flour,
boiled potatoes, butter or drip
pings, water and yeast. This
dough also was suggested for
breakfast cakes, with or with
out spices and fruit. :
Butter was so precious that
directions are given for
"curing" it after it went bad.
It is melted in hot water,
skimmed off "as clean as pos
sible" and reworked in a
churn before salt and fine
sugar were added.
Non-culinary "receipts
deal with soapmaking, candlc-
making, dressmaking and
cleaning probems and medical
matters. They include a treat
ment for dysentery (salt and
vinegar solution in boiling
water), cures for corns and
warts, and a "Chinese method
of rendering cloth water
proof" by dipping It Into, a
mixture of melted white wax
and turpentine.
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take plenty of glitter by night
as the designer does a theater
costume in brilliant red and
gold brocade. The semi-fitted
princess dress, with low kick
pleats, is topped by a short.
easy jacket lined in scarlet.
It is stressed that Chanel de
signs are all copyrighted, and
copying is forbidden.
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Farewell Parties'
For Mrs. Maddox
Phoenix - Mrs. Ray Mad
dox, Phoenix, was recently
honored at a surprise shower
and farewell party. Mr. and
Mrs. Maddox and their three
children moved to Eugene
last week to make their home.
Mrs. Maddox, a member of
Beta Sigma Phi sorority, was
honored by Gamma Rho chap
ter of Phoenix-Talent area, at
the home of Mrs. Bill Knips,
Oak Grove road.
Attending were Mrs. Dean
Dorman, Mrs. Pete Hughes,
Mrs. Ray Hansen, Mrs. Wil
liam Kldson, Mrs. Gordon
Logan, Mrs. Robert Myrlk,
Mrs. Clinton Neeley, Mrs.
Charles Rhodes, Mrs. Harold
Sloper, Mrs. Wayne Turpin,
Mrs. David Taylor, Mrs. Jack
Wheeler, and the hostess, Mrs.
Knips.
National Honors
In Camp Fire Go
To Blind Girls
Great Falls, Montana
Memory books kept in braille
have won national honors for
two Camp Fire Girls, Dorothy
Dunn and Janet Kessner, of
the Great Falls council, both
blind since birth. Although It
is unusual for a memory book
to be kept In this medium,
their volunteer leaders said
that tho national Memory
Honor would have been
awarded the girls because of
the quality of the work, even
if they had not been in
braille.
Both girls lake an active
part In their Camp Fire Girls
group program along with the
other 18 sighted members, and
will participate In the Golden
Jubilee celebration of the na
tional organization November
1, 10(10, through March, 1901.
Camp White Club
Announces Winners
Camp White - Players who
gathered for the last Friday
night session of Cnmr) White
Veterans Bridge club used the
Howell movement, or one
winner type, for the evening.
The Howard Boyds scored
80 points to take top honors.
Other winners were Mrs.
Frank R. Baker and Paul Hat
ton, second, 78 Vi; Eugene
Rickcr and John Shortridge
tied with Mrs. Berg Marten
and Thomas Randall for third
and fourth, each pair scoring
76,! points.
Group Fishes
At Brookings
Gold Hill - A fishing and
picnic outing was enjoyed by
a group of Gold Hill and Mod-
ford residents who spent a
day at Brookings, Ore. They
were Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
Boye and two children, Patty
and Bobby Boye, Arnold
Boye, Nancy Meister, Freddie
and Louise Vorsatz, Mr. and
Mrs. Victor Sether, Mr. and
Mrs. Ruben Compton, and
son, Dave Compton, Mr. and
Mrs. Wallace Wascr and Mrs.
Agnes Wcstlund.
Three Are Guests
In California
Miss Elaine Johnson, Cen
tral Point; Miss Sherrl Bcatty,
Medford, and Ray Johnson,
Jacksonville, Ore., are visiting
at tho home of Walter Lindell,
Palo Alto, Calif. They plan
to return home this week end.
Women's News
Come election year, we wonder again how the candi
dates and their families, manage to survive the campaigns.
Elmo Smith, Republican candidate for the United States
senate who spoke for Republican women Monday noon, says
he has already traveled about 18,000 miles by plane, in addi
tion to trips by ear. The Smiths have owned a plane for
several years, and Mr. Smith and his son, Dennis, take turns
at the controls. Dennis, back at home after his stint in the
United States Air Force as a jet plane pilot, says his father
finds it relaxing to pilot the plane.
Both Mrs. Smith and Dennis were with Mr. Smith Mon
day. Mrs. Smith is always most attractively dressed. For the
luncheon Monday she wore a summer suit of the new "no
color" tone which some call green and others call grey. At
a party later in the day she wore a beautiful blue and green
print frock with green crystal beads and earrings which were
extremely becoming.
When Potpourri asked Mr. Smith if he didn't find cam
paigning pretty hard on the constitution and nerves, he
said it was tiring,' but that he was enjoying the traveling
and meeting so many voters. During his speech at noon Mr.
Smith said that he was reluctant some times to intrude on
the privacy of citizens, but that in most instances he found
both men and women eager to talk about politics, govern
ment and the coming election.
Mr. Smith believes that a far greater number of adults
are interested and concerned with government than some
political leaders realize, and this year particularly voters are
anxious to meet candidates, and discuss the nation's problems.
As the luncheon hour drew to a close Monday, and ques
tions continued to come from the group, Mr. Smith at length
looked at John Crawford, the local chairman for his cam
paign and inquired if time was growing short. Mr. Crawford
indicated that it was and said "we better get going."
"That's the watchword of
with a smile. "Let's get going!"
When we were commiserating with the Smiths for their
hectic schedule Mr. Smith
'I'll bet you lead a busy life. I
en, and I often wonder how
they do."
Mr. Smith, you might just have something there. If
any one is interested in a count down, the women's editor
of The Tribune covered the Shakespearean festival concert
Sunday afternoon we didn't quite manage the annual art
show in Lithia park but it didn't matter because 3,000 or
so did attend Monday we did the usual stint at the office,
covered the Republican women's luncheon at noon, went to
a party for the Smiths in the late afternoon, snatched a
hasty dinner, went to Ashland to see "Julius Caesar", and
retired late after doing both the breakfast and dinner dishes.
Tuesday morning we were
hardly awake but there, for a
Women of Jackson County,
late, set forth at 10:30 a.m.
Photographer Bob Vroman to do a page of Girl Scout day
camp pictures, arrived back in town at 1 p.m. and at 7 p.m.
guess what we were back at the Country club, this time
for a dinner meeting of the newly organized Medford unit
of the Women's Council of the National Association of Real
Estate Boards. Our day ended about 11:30 p.m.
The only difference between this schedule and the one laid
out for a candidate for a major office is that we have an
occasional quiet day and the candidates won't that is, not
until after election. We heard the other day that Presidential
Candidate John Kennedy planned to give major addresses in
seven states in a period of four days. There's another im
portant difference between a reporter's day and a candidate's
day the reporter just records what goes on and sometimes
"interprets", while the candidate is making the news.
As a matter of fact, Mrs. T. K. Oliver jokingly asked if
Potpourri planned to run for office "you can campaign for
mosquito control" she said. "Think of the support you'd get."
The women's section once had a story which said that
when packing for a vacation, one should "pack for where
you're going and not for where you're leaving." At the
breakfast of the Insurance women Tuesday morning, the
committee was wishing they could have looked into the future
and planned for what was coming, and not been so influenced
by what happened the day they made the plans. Jacqueline
Walker, president of the group, explained that the day the
committee met tho blazing sun was scorching Jackson county.
So the gals decided to hold an outdoor breakfast on the
terrace at Rogue Valley Country club, thinking with pleasure
of the cool, early morning breezes. Came the night before
the event and it wasn't cool it was cold. The capricious
thermometer fell to 45 degrees, and it didn't seem much
warmer than that on the terrace when the women assembled.
But the coffee was hot and good, the company congenial
and the conversation lively, so members and guests didn't
really mind the chilly atmosphere.
Back to Candidate Smith and his newspaper publishing
the paper is called the Albany Democrat-Herald, a name
which it has had for many years and which right now is
causing Republican Candidate Smith a little embarrassment.
-O.S.
Parents Here
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer J.
Whipple, Santa Rosa, Calif.,
are spending a vacation with
their son, Steven Whipple, 503
King street. The Whlpples
plan to return to their home
next week.
Painting Pots
Flowerpots can be painted
in one operation and without
getting splashes on the paint
er if a cord with a large knot
is pulled through the hole in
each flowerpot and they are
suspended upside down from
the clothesline. When paint
ing, it is necessary to use just
one finger on the inside of the
pot to steady it for the brush
strokes. They will dry easily
without further handling.
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Virginia Wickersham, Distributor
this campaign," said Mr. Smith
a newspaper publisher said
know many newspaper wom
they cover as much ground as
at the Country club by 7 a.m.
breakfast meeting of Insurance
arrived at work only a little
for Tomlin Forest along with
Defends Toilers
Burlington, Vt. - flJPD -Should
women work? Dr. Dal
ton Vernon, University of
Vermont human relations spe
cialist, says "if they packed
up and went home our na
tion's industry would stop."
"Historically, women al
ways have worked. The dif
ference is that today about
21 million work away from
home for a salary," he said.
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Cheese Sauce
Use evaporated milk to
make a creamy smooth and
rich cheese sauce for vegeta
ble dishes and hearty casser
oles. Mix 3 cups Cheddar
cheese and 2 tablespoons four
in the top of a double boiler.
Add 1 cup evaporated milk
and cook until sauce is smooth
and thick. Makes V,i cups.
Social Events
Band Concert
Set Tonight
Ashland - The Ashland City
band will play its final con
cert of this season tonight at
7:30 o'clock in Butler Me
morial bandshell, Lithia park.
Soloist for the concert will
be Virginia Cecil, soprano.
Mrs. Cecil will sing -"Sweethearts"
by Sigmund Romberg
and "When You're Away" by
Victor Herbert.
Other selections on the pro
gram have been chosen by
members of the band from
concerts which were played
earlier in the season. "The con
cert will conclude with a ren
dition of Sousa's immortal
march "The Stars and Stripes
Forever."
Dr. Herbert Cecil directs
the band. The public is in
vited and there is no charge.
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Children Return
From California
Gold Hill - Patricia, Carol
and Larry Washburn, children
of Mr. and Mrs. Roland Wash
burn, have returned to their
home here following a ten-
day visit at Red Bluff, Calif.
where they were guests of
their grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Alvin C. Lanham.
While in California they ac
companied the Lanhams on a
camping trip to Battle Creek.
Visitors Leave
Mr. and Mrs. John V. Mar
tinez and daughter, Lisa Ma
rie, from San Francisco,
Calif., have returned home
after spending a weeks vaca
tion at the home of Mrs. Mar
tinez parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. P. Graham, 175 Jeanette
street.
Ask
Relatives Visit
At Pierce Home
Week end guests at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Clar
ence Pierce, 3126 Madrona
lane were their oldest son and
daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
Maurice Pierce, Weott, Calif.,
and their sons, Ronny, Jonny
and Tommy.
Another recent guest of the
Pierces was Mrs. Hudson
Reeves, Renton, Wash. Mrs.
Reeves formerly lived in Med
ford. 1
OSC Announces
Rushing Plans
Corvallis - Students enroll
ing at Oregon State college
this fall and wishing to join
one of the 31 fraternities or
17 sororities will come to the
campus several days prior to
New Student week.
Sorority rushing will be
from September 13 to 18,
opening with a general meet
ing September 13 at 5 p.m.
Fraternity rushing will begin
September 15 with an assem
bly scheduled for September
16 at 1 p.m.
New Student week will
run from September 18 to 25
and fall term classes will
start September 26. Fraterni
ties and sororities house more
than one quarter, or 2,200, of
OSC's 8,000 students.
Residence halls will be
opened early to accomodate
students participating in
rushing. Coeds will be as
signed to their permanent
dormitory rooms for the year
at that time. It is possible for
freshmen men to pledge and
live in a fraternity during
the first term here provided
they do not have other hous
ing reservations.,
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Nursing Students
Give Recent Tea
For Supervisors
Students of the Southern
Oregon School of, Practical
nursing recently gave a tea
at Rogue Valley Memorial
hospital' in honor of their
nursing supervisors. Super
visors from Rogue Valley
Memorial hospital and the
Jackson- County Farm home
were guests.
Mrs. Wanda Hansen, pres
ident of the class, was in
charge of the tea. Mrs. Janice
Hasler poured at the punch
bowl while Mrs. Lepha Ev
ernden -: and Mrs. M u r e 1
Thompson served the coffee.
Others on the various com
mittees were Miss Gloria
Ford, Mrs. Ethel Nicodemus,
Mrs. Betty Patch, Mrs. Del
phia Schmelser, Mrs. Ella
Rea Smith, Mrs. Clara Peary
and Mrs. Marion Wonser.
Miss Linda Dysinger was
in charge of the guest book.
This was one of the activ
ities planned by the practical
nurse students in the closing
five weeks of their year's
course.
Manager Plans
Show of Jewels
Mrs. Walter Simons, area
manager for Judy Lee jewels,
has arranged for a fashion
show Friday, August 19, at
8 p.m. at Girls Community
club. Mrs. Simons states that
the event is open to the pub
lic; prizes will be given and
refreshments served.
About 15 models will show
jewelry for fall and winter
wear.
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Meeting Slated '
By Jolly Stitchers
Jolly Stitchers club will
meet at the home of Mrs. Jes
sie Stagg, 611 Berrydale ave
nue Friday,, August 19, at
7 p.m.
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