SEPTEMBER, 1957
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FIRESTONE FAMILY LIVING
McAbees Are Artists At Food Preservation
LOOKING at souvenir photographs from Newfoundland are
Ronald Gene and his mother, Mrs. Donald Kline (center), with the
child's grandparents. Bill Calhoun of Rayon Weaving; and Mrs.
Calhoun, Spinning.
Cold Weather Adds Sparkle
To Life In Newfoundland
When next winter comes, Don
ald Gene Kline will take to his
fur-lined breeches, storm jacket
and shoes, as apt defense against
the biting wind and low temper
atures, the snow and the bluster
of faraway Newfoundland.
The ten-month-old youngster
came down from the North
Country this summer for a first
visit with his grandparents, Bill
Calhoun, Rayon Weaving, and
Mrs. (Mary) Calhoun, Spinning.
The trip was made from St.
John’s capital of Newfoundland,
where Ronald’s father, Donald
G. Kline, is an Airman, 1/C,
stationed with the 3747 Opera
tions Squadron at a USAF base.
The Klines went to live in
Newfoundland in late 1955,
shortly after they were married
in Gastonia, although Airman
Kline had been stationed there
some time before that. Their
stay on the eastern-most of Can
ada’s provinces will extend to
May of 1958. As a career service
man, Donald may request an ex
tended stay in his present as
signment as an instrument spe
cialist with the Strategic Air
Command.
They made the 1146-mile air
ways trip to Gastonia in July. At
the end of a 30-day leave, the
father returned to his base and
Mrs. Kline with Ronald remain
ed with her parents here until
August 15.
Turners Attend
Graham Crusade
Cotton Weaving Second Hand
W. R. Turner, Sr., and Mrs.
Turner attended two services of
the Billy Graham Crusade in
New York recently. One of the
services they attended was at
Madison Square Garden, the
other in Yankee Stadium.
The Turners journeyed to New
York on a special train from
Charlotte. They took a glass-
dome look around Manhattan
^nd other parts of the metrop
olis, all of which was included
in the “package tour” to the
Graham crusade.
Often we judge ourselves by
what we think we can do. Others
Usually judge us by what we’ve
done.
Whenever you turn green with
you’re ripe for trouble.
THE VISIT with the Calhouns
at 218 Highland street, left be
hind some interesting sidelights
on geography of the 10th largest
island in the world.
The Kline family lives in a
private - home apartment, ap
proved by the Air Force. New
foundland, about 1,000 miles
above the Canadian border
above New York state, and north
of Nova Scotia, is bounded on
the east by the Atlantic Ocean
and is situated near the mouth
of the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
The triangular-shaped island,
some 320 miles at its greatest
length, is peopled mostly by the
English, Scotch and Irish. Much
of the terrain is rugged and
hilly.
In the winter there are bliz
zards, freezing rains, winds up
to 100 miles an hour, and plenty
of snow—as much as 120 inches
in a season. On the high plateaus,
some of the snow remains dur
ing the summers.
“Last winter the temperature
at St. John’s dropped to 10 de
grees below zero,” Mrs. Kline
reported. Because the eastern
shores are washed by the Lab
rador Current, there are great
masses of pack ice coming down
to help lower the temperature.
IN JUNE and July, there is
usually a great amount of fog.
The summer temperature
range is between a cool 40 de
grees at high elevations and a
comfortable 60 to 75 around
St. John’s, at the extreme south
east tip of the island.
Much of Newfoundland is un
inhabited. The many towns and
villages along the coast hold
most of the island’s 400,000 peo
ple.
According to the Klines, the
island has kept pace with the
general progress of the other
provinces of Canada. Well-de
veloped industries include fish
ing, mining, forestry and news
print manufacture. Agriculture
provides less than one per cent
of the employment. With the ex
ception of fish, and potatoes
grown on tiny plots, food is im
ported.
“When we left there in July,
eggs were selling for $1.03 per
dozen, gasoline for 50 cents a
gallon,” said Mrs. Kline.
St. John’s, largest city with a
population of some 60,000, is a
modern metropolis. Here tele
vision is an established medium
The chief homemaking pursuits of Mr. and
Mrs. Grady McAbee span the gap between the
domestic arts of a generation ago and that of the
pushbutton age of today. Canning, preserving,
pickling and freezing of foodstuffs have grown
into a science for these employees who together
have spent a total of more than 27 years at
Firestone.
Mr. McAbee, Sales Yarn Twisting, is in his 18th
service year; Mrs. McAbee of the Cloth Room, her
10th year.
The 1501 West Tenth avenue employees make
their summer garden the chief source of supply
for materials to can and make into jams, jellies
and preserves, and to put away in the freezer
locker. Of course they make in-season excursions
to the area orchards, vineyards and farms where
they buy peaches, apples, grapes, pears and
other fruits “just right” for processing.
Stacking away foodstuffs in cans, jars and
glasses was found to have some limitations, so
the McAbees purchased a 590-pound capacity
deepfreeze unit.
“That’s when we had to enlarge the kitchen,
enclosing the back porch,” says Mrs. McAbee.
“And when we did that, we decided to go into an
extensive interior remodeling of the house.”
The project, now finished, was accomplished
mostly on the do-it-yourself plan.
In the freezer unit they preserve hefty quanti
ties of meats, berries, fruits and vegetables. By
preparing large amounts of perishable foods,
such as soups and stews, their food bill is kinder
on the pocketbook, and much time and work are
saved in preparation. The homemakers often buy
large quantities of meat at dealers out-of-town,
and that means considerable price savings.
The outgoing local fruit season has left the
McAbees stocked up on canned and frozen prep
arations. Their backyard garden in late August
was still contributing to the summer’s golden
store.
Favorite recipes? The McAbees have many.
This one, which you may want to save until next
pickling season, has long been a favorite with
them:
1 tablespoon celery
seed
1 teaspoon turmeric
Vz chopped white
pepper
1 tablespoon powdered
ginger
Bread-and-Butter Pickles
4 quarts unpared sliced
cucumbers
1 quart sliced onions
Vz cup salt
5 cups sugar
1 quart vinegar
2 tablespoons mustard
seed
To sliced cucumbers add salt and cover with
water. Allow to stand 3 or 4 hours. Drain off
brine and wash cucumber slices in several waters.
Bring vinegar and remaining ingredients to a
simmer. Add cucumber slices. Simmer for about
4 minutes stirring occasionally. Take care not to
allow mixture to boil. While still hot, pour into
hot sterilized preserve jars and seal at once.
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Spiced Country Pears
8 quarts country pears, 1 tablespoon whole
peeled, cored and cut cloves
in quarters or eighths 2 or 3 sticks cinnamon
8 cups sugar 1 teaspoon allspice
4 cups vinegar
Mix vinegar and sugar; put spice in cloth bag,
add to the vinegar and sugar mixture and boil for
about 10 minutes. Add cut pears and simmer until
they become transparent. This would be 12 to
15 minutes. Pack in sterilized jars, fill with
syrup and seal before cooling.
The Grady McAbees show a variety
of foodstuffs gleaned from the summer's
store and put away for winter keeping.
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of communication, and the su
permarket, drive-in restaurant,
bank and motel are developed
even beyond those in large U.S.
Cities.
“The drive-in movie is not yet
an established part of New
foundland life,” said Mrs. Kline.
Absence of the outdoor movie,
she explained, is due mainly to
the severity of winter, heavy fog
and the lack of darkness in sum
mer—when daylight hours ex
tend to as late as 10 p.m.
Shop Men Save Girl From Drowning
Two employees were credited
this summer with saving a 19-
year-old Spartanburg, S. C., girl
from drowning in the Atlantic
Ocean at Myrtle Beach. Edgar
Foy, Shop lathe operator and
Ernest Austin, electrician, were
swimming at the beach resort
when they were attracted by
cries for help. A girl, unable to
swim, had fallen from her in
flated raft.
Foy swam toward her, but by
that time she had disappeared
beneath the water. Then Austin
swam to the scene and located
the victim by her white bathing
cap. The girl, somewhat panick
ed, pulled him under the water
twice before he managed to
bring her safely to shore.
She had fallen from the raft
in more than seven feet of water
about 40 yards from, shore.