MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 11)63
'Why Don't
They' List
Of Interest
By Gay Pauley
ii
If
NEW YORK (UPI)-A. wom
an in St. Louis wants to know
who, now that they've made ev
erything else instant, we don't
have instant eggs for the home.
A woman in Los Angeles asks
why in an age of waistline
watching that calorie counts
aren't stamped on most foods.
These are some . of the re
sponses from readers to a re
cent column from this desk list
ing a series of "why don't
theys?". to help manufacturers
improve their products. .
Powdered Eggs
It was Mrs. 0. E. Gloessner
of St. Louis who wrote she had
a "why don't they?" that had
been bothering her for years.
"Why don't they make pow
dered eggs available for home
use, now that everything else is
in instant or powdered form?"
she asked.
"When eggs are high," she
continued, "my family would
gladly make do with scrambled
eggs of a morning. And how
wonderful to have them always
on hand when you get a sudden
urge to bake and have only a
couple of fresh ones on the
shelf." . '
Mrs. J. G. Collin of Los An
geles said she wanted to "reg
i s t e r complaints concerning
pointed - toe shoes, package
weights such as 2 516 ounces,
and items whose outer wrap
ping is much larger than its in
ner contents."
1'hen she added, ". . . now
that we are nearly all greatly
concerned with calorie count,
all foods dealers would profit
if they had caloric count infor
mation." To go with the letters from
these women, there's a new
list of suggestions from National
Family Opinion, Toledo, Ohio, a
consumer research firm which
lists 85,000 part-time home
maker consultants. Its women
ask, "Why don't they?"
Put two red crayons in
children's crayon boxes.
Offer lined fancy stationery
for people who can't help writ
ing upnui.
Put something besides plas
tic buttons on all-cotton gar
ments. The garmens are laun
dered at high temperatures imd
the buttons melt out of shape.
Make sure the label "twin"-.
or "double is easy to locatev
on sheets. Some manufacturers
already make this labeling easy
to find; others are negligent.
But easy-to-find labels would
save many a minute in a house
where both sheet sizes are used.
Make inside breast pockets
in women's coats as they do in
men's suits and coats. .
Make cup measurements on
coffee percolators easier to see.
The same suggestion applies to
many ot tne cookme utensils
which have cut labels hardly
visible.
Make little girls' snow leg
gings with a wide band of elas
tic around the top and elimin
ate the straps so that a dress
could be worn over them more
easily. ,
Put a pouring spout on de
tergent boxes.
Make colored salt for those
who don't see too well to pre
vent over-salting from t h e
shaker.
Sell men's stockings with a
small piece of yarn to match
so that a mended spot doesn't
show.
Put an identifying mark on
all substances that are danger
ous and-or poisonous. Children
recognize the meaning of skull
and crossbones, but not the
printed words.
50-Plus Club
Holiday Party
To Be Planned
A Christmas party for Med
ford Fifty Plus Club members
will be planned at the group's
next meeting, Friday, Decem
ber 13 at 12:30 p.m., in St.
Mark's Episcopal Church Guild
Hall, Fifth Street and North
Oakdale Avenue. The party date
is set for December 20.
This Friday's program will in
clude readings, group singing,
cards and dancing until 4 p.m.
The slate of nominated officers
will be announced. The elections
are to be held later this month.
On the date of elections, nom
inations from the floor will be
solicited and voted on.
Sack lunches should be taken
and coffee will be furnished.
1 All interested senior citizens
are invited to the club's meet
ings and activities. More infor
mation may be obtained by call
ing .Mrs; Kenneth Bowker, 664
1022. ',
-The nominating committee
was appointed at a recent meet
ing by L. L. Davis, club presi
dent. Over 60 members attend
ed the potluck luncheon meet
ing. Dr. Frank Roberts, Mrs.
Lillian Edwards and Mrs. Agnes
Furch were committee mem
bers in charge.
Cole Slaw Standby
For Holiday Meals
Cole slaw is a holiday stand
by because it goes with meat,
poultry, fish, cheese entrees.
Good with sandwiches too. Give
it a holiday look like this:
Combine one cup dairy sour
cream with one tablespoon
chopped pimiento, three table
spoons chopped green pepper,
one tablespoon grated onion;
one tablespoon fresh horserad
ish; season to taste with salt
and pepper. Pour over one
quart finely shredded cabbage;
toss lightly.
Date Bacon
Wrap-Ups Make
Holiday Fare
Warm party appetizers are
popular, particularly at this
time of year. For your holiday
party you want to incllude Date
Bacon Wrap-Ups which can be
prepared ahead of time and
heated when you are ready to
serve.
Stuff whole pitted fresh dates
with apple or sharp cheese
wedges and wrap a partially
cooked half-slice of bacon
around each stuffed date.
Secure with toothpicks and
broil one to two minutes on
each side until bacon is crisp.
Serve.
Public Card
Party Slated;
Council Elects
Weatonka Council, Degree of
Pocahontas Lodge, will sponsor
a public card party Friday,
December 13 at 8:15 p.m., in
the Redman Hall on Apple
Street. Bridge, pinochle and ca
nasta will be played.
Refreshments will be served
by Mrs. Charles Dooms and
Mrs. Esther Hobbs.
A regular lodge meeting will
precede the event at 7:30 p.m.
Mrs. Roland Wicker was
elected council president at the
group's last meeting. Mrs.
Ralph White was elected Poca
hontas; Mrs. David Athanas,
Wenonah; Lewis Thompson,
Powhatna; Mrs. Jack Thomas,
trustee and Mrs. Charles Su
sich, reporter.
On December 7 several mem
bers traveled to Anderson,
Calif., to attend a reception
which honored the great trus-1
tees of the State of California.
Attending from here were Mr.
and Mrs. Wicker; Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas; Mrs. Laura Wicker;
Mrs. Leo Mitchell and Mrs. Su
sich. Mr. Wicker and Mr.
Thomas also are great officers
of the Improved Order of Red-
i men.
Conserve Energy While
Holiday Shopping, Advice
Many homemakers work
hard on Christmas shopping and
getting ready for the big day
that they don't really enjoy the
holiday itself. And even those
who like shopping most of the
time often find it tiring now
with big lists to be filled in such
a short time.
If you feel like that, maybe
it's because you do it on a hit-or-miss
basis, without any real
planning. Here are a few tips
that may help you enjoy the
gaily decorated stores more as
you search for just the right
gifts:
Instead of one long tour of the
stores, make it three, or even
four, shorter ones. Concentrate
on selecting just a few gifts
each time. That way you'll
have time to really look around,
window shop and enjoy all the
colorful sights.
Set aside one day for the chil
dren to see Santa and look at
all the toys. Forget about shop
ping that day.
When you get down to serious
buying, go alone. You'll accom
plish more in less time. Get
Grandma to watch the kids or
hire a baby sitter.
Find out when the stores are
the least crowded usually early
in the day and go then. And
if you must take public trans
portation, avoid traveling during
rush hours.
Take advantage of delivery
services. One of the most tiring
parts of shopping is lugging
home all the packages.
When lunchtime comes, take
at least a few minutes to rest.
Most stores have comfortable
areas where you can rest and
eat quickly and quietly.
Working girls who want to eat
and shop both on their noontime
break may also want to have a
quick meal of this type at their
desk and then have most of the
lunch hour free or buying
present or two.
Be careful with your handbag.
Pickpockets always seem to be
more prevalent just before
Christmas.
Many stores set aside special
shopping hours just for men.
Make sure your own Santa
knows about them so he'll have
a chance to shop in comfort, too.
He'll probably fill your stocking
wnn lots of goodies just to say
"thank you."
They're packaging logs these
days three to a carton and
boasting "wonderful spruce aro-
ma." The thick 12-inch-long logs
are actually wax impregnated
spruce chip logs made by a pa
per manufacturer. They burn
for about two hours or more
with no sparks and no smoke,
(Mountain Paper Products Co.,
Bellows Falls, Vt.)
CRCC CHRISTMAS
IliLL TREES!
. Yes A Beautiful Douglas Fir Christmas Tree
Your choice of any size, huae or small
will be given FREE with your purchase of $25.00
HOLIDAY AMBROSIA
Make fruit cake ambrosia this
way: slice fruit cake in thin
slices. Place alternate layers of
cake, fresh orange (or grape
fruit) segments, -then shredded
coconut in desert bowl. Repeat
layers in same older as many
times as size of bowl demands,
but make sure last top layer is
coconut. Chill. Spoon into des
sert dishes. Pour on any orange
juice produced in peeling and
sectioning oranges.
Clean rusting garbage cans
well. Dry throughly then pour
melted paraffin in the bot
tom. Do this on that new can
and it won't rust out.
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FINE FOODS AND GIFTS
Farm-Fresh and Home-Made
Fresh Fruft
Persnickify Pastries
Preserves and Syrups
Smokehouse Specials
Creamy Confections
. Chummy Cheeses
or more at
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111 North Central Ph. 773-7S38
Many lovely trees to choose from
This offer is good until December 19
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Beta Upsilons
Slate Party;
Events Listed
The annual Christmas party
for Beta Upsilon Chapter, Beta
Sigma Phi sorority, is planned
for December 17 in the home
of Mrs. Calvin C. McKibben,
Other December activities
have included a meeting in the
home of Mrs. Floyd llostelter,
2290 Corona Avenue, when two
debate teams from the Medford
High School debated on govern
ment controlled medicine. Mrs,
Douglas Plumley was in charge
of the program.
Refreshments were served
and a layette shower was given
honoring Mrs. Laurence Ware.
The annual pledge ceremony
also was held recently by the
chapter at a meeting in the
home of Mrs. Jack Rentz. Can
didates who became members
were Mrs. E. D. Davis, Mrs
John Dies, Mrs. Edward Klim-
ko. Mrs. George Warner, Mrs.
Dale Pruett and Mrs. Leo
Vilarino. Mrs. Robert Bills
transferred her membership j
from California. Mrs. Plumlev I
was rnhnslpss. I
Spareribs Are
Enhanced With
Fruit Stuffing
The delicious flavor of spare-
ribs makes tnem a ireai wnen
ever you serve them, but have
you ever prepared spareribs
with a stuffing?
Vcnnfinllv tocfv nr the mnv
fruit stuffings, for fruit always
enhances me navor oi pom.
Trnnlz-al KtllfFlnff is S DSrtiCU-
larly good one recommended by
Reba Staggs, meat recipe ex
nort It's a sniped mixture of
pineapple, raisins, almonds and I
bread crumbs.
The spareribs are first cut
intn throo.rih fiprtinns. and the
stuffing is placed between two
of tne pieces, iney are covereu
nnri koirAj nno hmir then un
covered for tho remainder of
the cooking time to brown.
CnHke.Tnnl.nt StllffiniT
Four pounds spareribs; two I
teaspoons sail; one-eignin iea-
nsmnnr- trnnipal Stuffing.
bIwm t"-rt'. .
r,,t cnarprihs into DleCeS Ol
approximately three ribs each.
Season with salt and pepper.
Arrange one-half of the pieces,
rib ends up. and spread with
Tropica! Mulling using buuiuai
matolv twn inhlesnoons on each.
Cover with remaining sections
of spareribs, turning no enus
down. Place stuffed spareribs
rart- in rnastina nan. Cover
tightly and cook in a moderate
oven I35U r.J one uuui.
er and continue cooking 45
minutes to one hour or until
done. Six to eight servings.
T,iml Stuff inc
A.rm.rth pun rhonned onion:
one tablespoon lard or drip
pings; one can (13'-i ounces)
crushed pineapple; one-half cup
raisins: one-fourth cup toasted
slivered almonds; two cups soft
hs: one-half teaspoon
ginRcr: one-half teaspoon cin-
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