WATAUGA DEMOCRAT
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omas Jefferson.
THURSDAY, MAY 2. 1946
THE EVERYDAY
COUNSELLOR
| Rev. HERBERT SPAUGH, D. D. |
You may ignore, deny, abuse,
Almighty God. but can never escape
Him. Sooner or later all men dis
cover that, some to their everlasting
joy, others to the everlasting sorrow.
Among those stories told around
the camp fire is that of a man who
lost his shadow. Two men were out
on a hunting trip. The weather be
came increasingly cold so they were
determined to go home. On the way
it became so cold that they arrived
home only with the greatest diffi
culty. What was their surprise to
discover as they stood in front of the
home door, that one of them no lon
ger had his shadow. Realizing that
he could not do without that, they
went back, found it frozen in the
snow. They picked it up, brought
it batfk home, thawed it out. So the
man had lost his shadow found it.
This is a perfectly silly story, al
though told with campfires ela
boration, it offers interesting pas
time. It is silly because we know
that no man can lose his shadow.
Yet the man who thinks he can
lose God, is just as silly. He may
thrust His influence out of his life,
ignore His offer of salvation, head
himself toward eternity in hell,
but he does not escape God.
This fact is a great comfort to all
men who constantly desire the sal
vation, presence and guidance of
God The Bible constantly reminds
us of His ever-ready presence and
help:
"Him that cometh to me I will in
no wise cast out ? I will never leave
thee, nor forsake thee. So that we
may boldly say, The Lord is my
helper, and I will not fear what men
shall do unto me ? Behold, I am with
thee again into this land; for I will
not leave thee until 1 have done
that which 1 have spoken to thee of.
"Be strong and of a good courage,
fear not, nor be afraid of them: for
the Lord thy God, he it is that doth
go with thee; he will not fail thee,
nor forsake thee."
St. Paul has this pathetic but
pointed sentence in one of his epist
les to Timothy, "Demas hath for
saken me, having lov'ed this present
world. At my first answer no man
stood with me, but all men forsook
me: I pray God that >t may not be
laid to their charge. Notwithstanding
the Lord stood with me, and streng
thened me."
Read those wonderful promises
of Jesus, "Lo, I am with you al
ways, even unto the end of the
world ? I am he that liveth, and was
dead; and behold 1 am alive for
evermore. I will not leave you com
fortless: 1 will come to you. My
peace 1 give unto you "
Stalin Says Soviets To
Follow Peace Policy
London. April 30 ? Prime Minis
ter Stalin promised tonight that the
Soviet Union would be true to a
policy of peace and security but
charged that what he described as
"international reaction" was hatch
ing plans for the new war.
In an order of the day broadcast
by the Moscow radio the Russian
leader also declared that "the na
tions of the world do not wish a re
petition of the calamities of war."
He declared:
"It is necessary to be constantly
vigilant, to protect as the apple of
one's eye the armed forces and de
fensive power of our country (Rus
sia)."
Stalin called on Soviet workers to
reach ? and exceed ? the production
goals set up in the Soviet Union's
new five-year plan.
Addressing the Russian people,
Stalin said:
"We should not forget for a single
minute the intrigues of internation
al reaction, which is hatching plans
for a new war."
Soviet armed forces would be suc
cessful in defending peace, Stalin
said, only if there was a "further
growth of military culture and mili
tary skill of the Red army, navy and
air force.
Often the most helpful thing you
can do is to keep out of the way.
State College Hints
To Farm Homemakeri
To get the best use from tat in
cooking as well as to save it for use
again, heed the "no smoking" rule.
When fat reaches tha smoking poiot,
it starts to break aown chemically
and three unfortunate things hap
pen: (1) The flavor of the fat and
of the food cooked in it is damaged ;
(2) Food fried in smoking fat may '
have an unhappy effect on the di
gestive tract; (3) Fat that has reach
ed the smoking point will turn ran
cid more quickly than fat which
has not smoked if saved for use
again.
To prevent fat from smoking, keep
heat low when melting fat for sauce
or pan-frying. Cook meat at mod
erate temperature which is best for
the protein as well as the fat. Re
member, fats vary in the amount
of heat they can stand. Butter, oleo- |
margarine, drippings and olive oil 1
all tend to smoke quickly.
Hosiery hints: Ravel some yarn
from an old stocking to get the best
possible mending thread for snags
and runs in hose. The stocking
yard is of lighter weight than or
dinary mending thread, and will be
less conspicuous. Thread from old
nylon st>jckings (if anybody has
them old enough to be retired)
makes the best and strongest mend,
but a heavy, not so sheer rayon
stocking gives an excellent thread
for mending.
"If each American family would
save just half a slice of bread a
day, the savings would amount to
half a million loaves of bread daily,"
says Dr. Hazel Stiebeling, chief of
the bureau of human nutrition and
home economics, U. S. department of
agriculture.
Removing the stems of strawber
ries before washing causes some loss
of vitamin C.
Enriched, restored fortified are
words often seen on food labels these
days. Many homemakers think these
words all mean the same thing. But
actually, each one has a different
meaning say nutritionists.
"Enriced" is a word properly used
only for bread and flour. Definite
standards, set up by law, of certain
food values must be added. Iron and
two 'B' vitamins ? niacin and thia
mine ? are put in about the amounts |
lost in milling white flour from the
whole grain. A third B vitamin, rib
oflavin ? is added in even larger am
ounts than arc found in whole wheat. |
Under war food order No. 1, all
baker's white bread and rolls must1
be enriched. This will apply to tho
bread baked with the new 80% ex
traction flour, so that America's dai-1
ly bread will be even better than the
enriched bread we now eat.
In "restored" foods, nutrients ori
ginally present in the food but lost
in processing are put back. Break
fast cerals are sometimes restored to
whole grain levels by the addition
of thiamine* niacin, and iron.
When foods are "fortified" nutri
ents that were not originally pres
ent. are added. Almost all margar
ine is fortified with vitamin A. Milk
is sometimes fortified with vitamin
D, which the body needs to make
best use of the calcium and phos
phorous n the mlk.
The rules of modern poultry cook
ing are few and easy to follow, food
specialists say. Rule no. 1 is: Cook at
moderate heat so that the meat will
be juicy, tender and evenly done to
the bone. This rule holds for birds
of all kinds from the spring chicken
to the old hen, Turtceys, ducks, geese
guineas and squab have most food
value when cooked at moderate
heut. Moderate heat is economical of
both meat and fuel.
Rule no. 2 is: Vary the cooking
method according to the age and
fatness of the bird. For young, ten
der, well-fattened birds, broiling, fry
ing and open- pan roasting are best
young birds that are very lean, and
for full-grown birds, braising in al
covered roaster or casserole makes i
for tenderness. Old birds need long, j
slow cooking in water or steam to
make them tender.
added, thereby preventing the for
mation of lime soap curds, which arej
insoluble. How may water be soften- 1
ed-' There are many good, inexpen
sive packaged water softening com
pounds on the market. Two types
are generally available ? those that
cause cloudiness and precipitate in
the water and those that leave the
water clear. Non-precipitating soft
eners will give the best washing re
sults.
E stands for
Examination
a necessary precaution for
women every six months,
for men every year.
(jutirvf ifiHj liny
givi to conquer oirnvr
Nation's Neweri Scenic Vacationland
Fontana Village, N. C., an entire community that housed work
ers who built TVA's Fontana dam. It has been taken over and re
modeled as a holiday resort by Government Services, Inc., of Wash
ington, D. C. Airview shows Fontana Village (in foreground), Fon
tana dam, and 30-mile long Fontana lake. This village is to be opened
soon to the public under an agreement with TV A. approved recently
by President Truman. A fisherman's paradise. Fontana will also of
fer hiking, horseback riding, tennis, badminton, croquet, miniature
golf, softball, scenic boat trips, and other sports. Other nearby
scenic attractions are the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
which borders the lake Nantahala National Forest, historic Appalach
ian Trail, Clingman's Dome and Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest.
Lights and Poultry
Provide Egg Profit
Electricity takes much of the la
bor out of poultry and egg produc
tion, according to W. J. Ridout, ex
tension agricultural engineer at
State College.
Ridout said that all poultry houses
j should be adequately wired to pro
vide twilight lights, water heating
j elements and electric brooders as a
regular part of the chicken produc
tion program on every farm.
The first consideration in making
efficient use of electricity, the en
gineer said, is the provision of
proper wiring from the service en
trance box to the poultry house. He
suggested that nothing smaller than
a two-wire No. 8 cable would suf
fice, adding that if the distance
from the switch box to the poultry
house is greater than about 150 feet,
the size of the wire should be in
creased.
It was reminded that a time clock
for automatic control of lights can
be added to the electrical project at
little added expense. Ridout also
observed that a lighted poultry
house is less likely to be burglar
ized.
"The use of electricity in broiler
production does not end with the
electric brooder itself," Ridout add
ed. "It can easily be adapted to
the preparation of the broiler for
market through the use of an elec
tric packer and waxer, instruments
sure to pay good dividends to own
ers of larger flocks.
"Electric water warmers, to keep
I the fowls' water at an even tem
perature the year-round, will prove
: particularly valuable in boosting
1 egg production," Ridout concluded.
j Electrocution has been caused in
the home by frayed cords at the
lamp base. Make sure frayed cords
! are replaced and insulation is in
I good condition.
Tar Heel home demonstration
club women, who will observe Na
tional Home Demonstration Week
May 5-12, canned 19,521,366 quarts
of meat, fruits and vegetables in ]
1945.
State College Hints
To Farm HomeMakers -
The new 80 per cent extraction
flour should offer no problem in
home baking, the food specialists
tell us. The cook who has been mak
ing good biscuits with the flour
which has been on the market can
continue to use the same recipes and
methods with the new flour. To the
homemaker starting out with her
first batch of the new Hour, the
specialists suggest: (1) Follow your
own recipe as usual, unless the
manufactures gives specific direct
ions on the package for his particu
lar flour; (2) If the dough or batter
seems a little soft with the familiar
recipe, try using a little less liquid
and a bit more flour in the mixture.
These are minor adjustments that
some of the new flour may need,
if the products do not quite come up
to your family's standards.
One good way to space and share
wheat is to use more potatoes and
less bread for the energy food in
family meals. Potatoes are now
plentiful and at present prices are ah
inexpensive energy food penny for
penny, potatoes offer more ' fuel
value than any other vegetable.
Potatoes are no more "fattening"
than bread. One medium-sized
potato and one thick slice of bread
(or two thin slices) both have about -
j 100 calories. It is the gravy, butter
j or other fat used on potatoes that
| pile up calories ? and put on pounds.
Potatoes fit into any meal ?
breakfast, dinner, or supper. For
I breakfast, a favorite potato dish is
! potato pancakes. To make enough
! pancakes for a family of 5 or 6, grate
2 cups nf raw potatoes and put
immediately into V* cup of milk.
Add 1 egg, beaten slightly, 2 tables
| poons flour, 1 teaspoon salt, and if
| desired, 1 tablespoon finely chopped
onion. Drop from a tablespoon "nto
a greased pan. Cook until well
browned and crisp on both sides.
Serve hot.
The Yukon, 2,300 miles long, is
the largest river in Alaska and the
fifth largest river in North America.
A SHORTAGE
STILL EXISTS
in many items in our line. In fart, the situation shows
little signs of improvement, so get your scarce mer
chandise now, while it is available. We are featuring ?
NEW COOK STOVES, PRESTO AND PRESSURE
COOKERS. PAINTS, VARNISHES, AND CLEAN
ERS, ELECTRIC HOT PLATES, PLOW REPAIRS,
FARM TOOLS, GARDEN AND FIELD SEEDS, ROOF
ING AND ASPHALT SHINGLES.
We are agents for American and Shirley all-steel kitch- o|
en units, Maytag and Easy Washers, Phileo and Emer
son Radios.
See Our American All-Metal Kitchen Display
PAMACNKEY ENSILAGE CORN
WATAUGA HARDWARE, Inc.
BOONE, N. C.
A lot of people get credit for be
ing well-behaved who haven't the
mongjr to be otherwise.
For what do we live, but to make
sport for our neighbors, and laugh
at them in our tum??? Jane Austen.
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION
Having qualified as the adminis
trator of the estate of B. F. Wilcox,
late of the county of Watauga, this
is to notify all persons having claims
against the estate of the said de
ceased to present them to me for
payment within 12 months of the
date hereof, or this notice will be
pled in bar of their recovery. All
persons indebted to the estate are
asked to make immediate payment.
This April 30. 1946.
DEWEY HODGES.
5-2-6p Administrator.
Red, which the Chinese consider
the luckiest color, predominates at
their weddings and funerals.
There were 56 signers of the Dec
laration of Independence.
NOTICE
North Carolina, Watauga County.
Having qualified as executrix of
the will of J. M. Shull, deceased, late
of Watauga county. North Carolina,
this is to notify all persons having
glaims against the said estate to
present them to the undersigned on
or before the 30th day of April.
1947, or this notice will be pleaded
in bar of their recovery. All per
sons indebted to said estate will
please make payment to the under
signed. This 30th day of April, 1946.
ALLIE B. SHULL,
Executrix of J. M. Shull, Dec'd.
5-2-6c
One Cent Sale
Is Postponed
\
Our usual One-Cent Sale, which is being
held in Rexall Stores over the country
this week, is being postponed by us due to
the remodeling program being carried on
at our store.
However, we will hold our One-Cent Sale
in about a month, and due notice of the
event will be given in this newspaper.
Boone Drug Co.
The REXALL Store
BOONE, N. C.
Educational Equipment, Bell &
Howell Motion Picture Projectors
Entertainment, Educational and Religious
Films, Stage Equipment- Window Shades,
Venetian Blinds.
ALSO MANY OTHER ITEMS
DEMONSTRATION BY REQUEST
EDWARD T. COLE- WNC Representative
located Over Boone Drug Co.
BOONE. N. C.
vyui L7 OtU *
FURNITURE
Department
IS NOW OPEN, and we are featuring al
most everything for the home at very rea
sonable prices. Our lines include:
Cook Stoves . . . Sewing Machines
. . . Lawn Mowers . . . Living Room,
Bed Room and Dining Room Fur
' niture . . . Odd Chairs . . . Tables
and Kitchen Cabinets.
Our furniture is in good condition, and we
have many outstanding values.
SEE US BEFORE YOU BUY
Yalle Crucis Co.
Valle Crucis, N. C.