A HERITAGE LANDMARK
At Plymouth They Counted Blessings
Their unceasing efforts paid
off, and by autumn of 1621 the
Pilgrims had built a rather
prosperous community. Just a
few months before, from an off
shore island where they had
spent their first Sunday in the
New World, Mayflower passen
gers had looked longingly across
the water — anxious to settle
where crops would grow.
Sick with fever, they crossed
the harbor the next day and
made their historic landing on
Plymouth Rock. There were
cornstalks — evidence of an
abandoned Indian Village.
Here the Pilgrims stayed,
facing disappointment and se
vere winter which, with the
fever, brought death to around
50 of the group. But those who
survived were blessed with uni
form good health.
The Harvest Was Good
By winter of 1621 there ap
peared in Plymouth seven dwell
ing houses and four public
buildings. Corn had yielded a
liberal harvest, forests abound
ed with game, the waters round
about teemed with fish. More
over, the Pilgrims had signed
with the Indians a satisfactory
peace agreement.
Although the people were fond
of social enjoyment, they had
declared no holiday since leav
ing Europe; nor had they known
a time of rest except their regu
lar weekly day for worship. So
Governor Bradford set a special
day when they could combine
recreation with thanksgiving to
God who, in His mercy, had met
their needs.
Friendly Indians came on in
vitation, and for several days
joined with their hosts in feast
ing, games of skill, marksman
ship contests, and good fellow
ship.
Today, just two miles from
the original site near the harbor,
where Mayflower II lies at
anchor beside Plymouth Rock,
is another Plimoth, so carefully
reproduced that it is almost
identical with the first settle
ment.
Are You Still Gambling?
Millions of people in this
country are gambling with polio.
Despite the proved protection
of the Salk vaccine—and the
promising merits of other vac
cines—millions of people under
40 years of age have not begun
any protection against this crip
pling disease.
Use of the Salk vaccine for
the past five years has brought
a marked reduction in polio
cases. Dr. Jonas Salk says that
about all that is needed to wipe
out polio is for the unprotected
to get the vaccine, especially the
90 per cent of all children under
ten years.
This, he thinks, would elimi
nate 85 per cent of the present
incidence with the number of
victims steadily diminishing over
the years.
The Salk vaccine is about 90
per cent effective on three shots
or more, and 96 per cent on four
or more.
The gamblers are those who
are not immunized. Are you one
of these? Are others in your
family in this group? Putting off
protection means risking dis
ability—even death. See your
doctor or your local public
health department now.
History Along Leyden Street
On the main street which Pil
grims called First Street and
later Leyden Street after the
Dutch city they had left behind,
there are today houses repro
duced authentically to bear
famous names like Bradford,
Howland, Brewster, Warren and
Fuller. Roofs are of bundled
marsh-thatch or handmade
shakes, and each house has
Indian shutters, a stone chim
ney, fence and herb garden.
Today’s traveler goes inside
to see the family Bible box
where valuables were kept, and
other furnishings such as rope-
strung bedsteads, trenchers from
which the whole family ate, and
combination chairs with con
vertible table-top backs. Over
the fireplace is the match-lock
gun so necessary to Colonial
survival, and bunches of Indian
corn and kitchen herbs for “sea
soning”.
In each house, visitors can
have their questions answered
by staff hostesses, dressed in
colorful Pilgrim garb, as are the
craftsmen who re-create such
activities as peg-driving, pit-
sawing and shingle-splitting.
On Friday afternoons in late
summer the town of Plymouth
puts on “Pilgrim’s Progress,’’ a
full-dress march from the water
front to the Fort for religious
services. The plantation also has
an Indian village and a recep
tion center where visitors can
see special exhibits and a movie
of the construction and Atlantic
crossing of Mayflower II.
Plimoth, begun as a non-profit
educational organization in 1947,
is on the last major phase of de
velopment of its 100-acre site
two miles south of Plymouth
Rock. It is open to the public
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. every day
from mid-April to the weekend
after Thanksgiving.
VAMA DEAL TELLS HOW
This Spiced Chicken
Is A Taste Delight
Whether an “old hand” in the kitchen or a
faltering beginner, you’ll find that chicken is
well adaptable to your culinary talents. Because
so many people like chicken, there’s hardly an
end to the interesting ways it can be dished up...
For example, this recipe for Spiced Chicken
yields a gourmet’s delight, yet is simply and
quickly prepared in a skillet on top of the stove.
And you can serve it in the same skillet.
It takes less than an hour to prepare the dish.
Brown the chicken in vegetable oil and let it
simmer for about 20 minutes in a flavorful sauce
which combines peaches, orange juice and spices.
What You'll Need
1 cup orange juice
1% cups sliced canned or frozen peaches
2 tablespoons brown sugar
2 tablespoons vinegar
1 teaspoon mace or nutmeg
1 teaspoon sweet basil
1 clove garlic, minced
6 each fryer chicken legs and thighs, or 1 fryer
chicken (21/2 to 3 lbs.), disjointed
Vi cup flour mixed with 1 teaspoon salt and Vs
teaspoon pepper
COMBINE orange juice and peaches with next
five ingredients listed; cook slowly in saucepan
10 minutes. Meanwhile, dredge chicken in season
ed flour and brown in hot vegetable oil in large
skillet.
Remove chicken to pour off oil, but keep
flavory brown bits in skillet. Replace chicken
and pour fruit sauce over top. Cover and simmer
about 20 minutes. Four to six servings.
S M m it
WHEN FROST lays a chill finger on the pumpkin and rustles
the fodder in the shock, Indian Summer comes to New England.
At Plimoth Plantation in Plymouth where the Pilgrim Village of
1627 is being re-created, a Pilgrim farmer shocks corn in prepara
tion for winter. Children play, as members of the plantation go
about their daily chores.
A PILGRIM WOMAN
shells Indian Corn before the
open hearth in the kitchen of
Richard Warren House, one of
the reproduced buildings of
Plimoth Plantation's Pilgrim
Village. When completed, the
Village will consist of 19 houses
representing the homes (as they
were in 1627) of those residents
who were passengers on the
Mayflower, plus two common
houses and a storehouse. To
date, five houses have been com
pleted, and work has begun on
the Edward Winslow House.
—Photos: Plimoth Plantation
NEWSWEA VERS:
PEOPLE, PLACES, THLNGS
Sales manager J. V. Darwin was named vice president of the
Gastonia Kiwanis Club, when members of the civic group finished
their voting for new officers October 18. Other officers named
were city school superintendent Woodrow B. Sugg, president; and
W. Roy Robinson, treasurer. Mr. Robinson is vice president-cashier
of National Bank of Commerce. The Kiwanis Club also chose a
board of eight directors in October.
Albert Meeks, conveyor man, and Mrs. Meeks spent a week end
in late October visiting a son in High Point, N. C.
In late October, Arthur FaUs was undergoing treatment in a
Kings Mountain hospital. Warehouse employees were expressing
their best wishes for his recovery. Mr. Falls is father-in-law of
Albert Meeks, this department.
W. R. Rainey, wastehouse employee and son of Rosevelt Rainey
of the cotton office, is recovering from a hip operation. For several
weeks the younger Mr. Rainey has been in a cast, which he is
hopeful of having removed in late November.
Mrs. Deal, Firestone splicer, prepares spiced
chicken in her kitchen at 908 Warburton street,
Gastonia.
Mrs. W. R. Turner Sr. was one of four Gastonia women who par
ticipated in judging entries of the Fall Flower Show at Charlotte
Park Center, October 12, 13. Her husband is a second hand in
Weaving. The exhibits, presented under the theme “Around the
Clock with Flowers,” made up the main feature of the eighth
annual flower show sponsored by the Charlotte Garden Council.
—More on page 5
NOVEMBER, 1960
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