Wednesday, August 7,1963
‘Simmon Time 9
Is Coming Soon
By M. E. GARDNER
It will soon be “simmon time”
and most of our native persim
mons are astringent until fully
soft ripe. Even then some of
them may be a little “puckery.”
If you want to pre-ripen some
this fall, try this.
Harvest the persimmons, with
the caps attached, after they
have begun to change color but
before they begin to soften.
Place about 10 persimmons in
a plastic bag with two ripe
apples. Close the bag tightly
and hold at room temperature
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for about four days. The gas
• ethylene) released by the ripe
apples will hasten the ripening
process and remove practically
all of the astringency. The
apples may still be used.
This is the same principle em
ployed by super-market ware
houses to ripen bananas except
that commercial gas is used,
along with relatively high tem
perature and humidity. During
the ripening process, the starch
in the bananas is converted into
sugar.
I might remind you, too, that
you should not store apples and
Irish potatoes in the same stor
age compartment as the gas re
leased ,)>by the ripe apples will
cause premature sprouting of the
potatoes.
If you have bunch grapes,
which have not gedfli dbrnaged
by insect or disease pests, you
may wish to b'dg W@rfi "f(5F"pFb“
tection until ripe.
A No. 4 manila bag is about
the right size. Place the bag
over the bunch and close tightly
as you can at the top. A heavy
pin or a small finishing nail may
be used for this purpose. The
tighter the better in order to
exclude water. In case water
does get in the bag, cut a small
hole in one corner at the bottom
of the bag for drainage. Use
scissors for a clean cut.
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to try this variety, see your lo
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plants. If he can not help you,
let me know, and I will try to
locate a source of supply for
you.
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For Women - Mostly By PAQUITA FINE
If you’ve already had that trip
to the beach or the mountains
but wish there were time and
money for just one more vaca
tion, why not try a “miniature
vacation”? A miniature vacation
is one that involves little more
than packing a picnic lunch and
the kids into the car and taking
off for a day at any one of the
number of unique places to be
found within a 30 to 65 mile
radius of Chapel Hill.
Less than an hour’s drive,
there is the Devil’s Tramping
Ground near Bear Creek (past
Pittsboro) where you can picnic
and regale the kids with the
spooky tales of why nothing,
neither a blade of grass nor a
bit of paper, will remain over
night in this strange clearing in
the woods. Right across the road
is Down’s Shetland Pony Farm.
The kids will be completely fas
cinated by the hundreds of “ba
by” ponies, no larger than dogs,
that come in to the feeding sta
tions. For the more adventur
ous, there is a pony ridingring
for the small fry, and horses and
a bridle for the older generation.
There is also a rustic store with
clay floors which caters to the
needs of the horse-and-saddle
trade.
If it’s the middle of the week
when the "something-to-do” urge
hits you, take off for the Fine
Arts Center on the State Col
lege campus and turn the kids
loose at nearby Pullen Park.
While you’re busy making some
beautiful ceramic creations (no
charge except for materials), the
children can race all over the
park with time-out for hobby
horse and miniature-train rides.
Since you will have to. wait an
hour or so for your ceramic figu
rine or vase to “set” in its mold,
join the children for a picnic
lunch under the shade of one of
the big park trees. Later, spread
a newspaper on the table, pre
■ &nt-ttoe ehiWreft with a handful
or so of plastic clay from the
art center, and give their cre
| ative instincts free rein. They'll
love the idea, especially if you
had the foresight earlier to
"pour” them a few turtles, but
terflies and flowers to decorate
their amateur attempts.
Actually, this “miniature va
cation” to Raleigh will probably
turn into several trips before
I school opens: there's the museum
I downtown with its giant whale
I skeleton, shrunken Indian heads
I and live snakes. If this holds
I no particular appeal for you,
I there are exhibits of colonial
life, Indian villages. Civil War
" THE CHAPEL HILL WEEKLY
relics, ante-bellum carriages and
dressed wax figures, and the en
gine of one of the earliest trains.
Both you and the children will
want to spend hours here just
soaking up the “feel” and the
history of another era.
At Umstead Park, located be
tween Durham and Raleigh, are
picnic areas under towering pine
trees. The underbrush has been
cleared out and the floor of the
woods is covered with a smooth
carpet of pine needles. There
are cook-out stoves, picnic tables,
water fountains, shelters, and
clearings for impromptu ball
games. A path leads down to
the lake where you can rent a
rowboat.
At Kerr Lake (Buggs Island),
which is about 65 miles from
here, one can go swimming, fish
ing, boating or water skiing. One
section at the lake', owned by
the University has a roped-off
swimming area, a boat ramp,
picnic tables and sheltered cook
outs. A trip to South Building
and a dollar deposit for a key
to the gate will get you in.
Despite the fact that many
Chapel Hillians have lived for
years near the giant tobacco fac
tories in Durham, it’s surprising
how few have visited them. Guid
ed tours are held 8-11 a.m. and
1-3:30 p.m. Monday through Fri
day. If you’d like to make a
day of it while you’re in Dur
ham, check with Bill Allsbrook
at Duke Station about one of the
Monday-through-Friday tours of
the Duke campus.
Taking off in another direction,
head for Winston-Salem and a
visit to the world-famous Mora
vian cemetery and recently re
stored Old Salem. Better dig out
your encyclopedia first and bone
up on the history of the Mora
vians so you'll know what you’re
seeing and can answer the kids’
million-and-one questions.
Only a hop, skip, and a jump
from Chapel Hill is historic Hills
boro, the County seat. See the
sights there and then give the
kids a treat and swim at Holi
day Park. There are picnic
tables too, so don't forget to pre
pare a lunch.
Last but not least is Chapel
The Chapel Hill Weekly,
issued every Sunday and Wed
nesday, and is entered as sec
ond-class matter February 28,
1923. at the post office at Chap
el Hill, North Carolina, publish
ed by the Chapel Hill Publish
ing Company, Inc., is under the
act of March 3, 1879.
Hill. You may have already
toured the campus and investi
gated the byways of a number
of hidden roads, but read Battle’s
or Archibald Henderson’s ac
count of the history of the Uni
versity and you'll be eager to
“see” it again. Have you ever
tried to identify tht? quiet-dignity
of the statue of President Cald
well with the man in a flapping
night-shirt who used to chase
mischievous. student bell-ringers
clear to ,Mt. Bolus? And did you
know that Mt. Bolus got its name
from this practice and the fact
that the students used to call
their chaser "old Diabolus”?
Practically everyone knows that
Gerrard Hall is the second oldest
building on the UNC campus,
but how many know that stu
dents used to camp inside the
hull of South Building before it
was completed as a dormitory?
Chapel Hill has a "special"
picnic area too. There's a path
behind the Forest Theater which
leads alongside the ruins of old
slave-built walls to a picnic
ground deep in the woods which
is complete with log tables, and
a romantic wooden bridge over
a clear, sparkling, babbling
brook. Thus is a “glory spot”
I known only to a few.
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- - - In Chapel Hill—For the Carolinas
Appointed To Commission
Governor Terry Sanford tomor
row will appoint 29 persons to
the Historic Hillsborough Com
mission, which was authorized
by the 1963 General Assembly
for acquisition, restoration and
preservation of historic sites in
the one-time capital of North
Carolina.
Dr. Robert J. Murphy of Hills
boro will serve as chairman.
The Governor will appoint the
following to six-year terms on
the Commission: Mrs. Lyman A.
Cotten, Chapel Hill; Mrs. D. St.
Pierre Du Bose, Chapel Hill;
Mrs. Alfred G-. Engstrom, Hills
boro; Edwin J. Hamlin, Hills
boro; Frank H. Kenan Jr., Dur
ham; Judge L. J. Phipps, Chap
el Hill; Mrs. L. Richardson Prey
er, Greensboro; C. W. Stanford
Jr., Raleigh; and Professor Rich
ard Walser, Raleigh.
The. following will serve four
year terms: Victor S. Bryant
Sr., Durham; E. Wilson Cole,
Hillsboro; Mrs. John W. Labou
isse, Durham; James G. W.
MacLamroc, Greensboro;' Dr.
Henry W. Moore, Hillsbiyo: MljSj.
J. C. Webb, Hillsboro; James
M. Johnston, Washington, D. C.;
John A. Kellenberger, Greens
boro; Mangum Weeks, Alexan
dria, Va.; and Mrs. Ernest L.
Ives, Southern Pines.
The following will serve two
year terms: 'Miss Mary B. For
rest, Hillsboro; Voit Gilmore,
Southern Pines; A. H. Graham,
Hillsboro; Miss Mary Henderson,
Chapel Hill; William S. Powell,
Chapel Hill; Mrs. S. R. Prince,
Reidsville; Ralph H. Scott, Meb
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