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Family and friendsare in for a surprise when yon treat them
to warm, “freah-from-the-oitBn” Yum-Yum Muffins. Delicately
sweetened with brown sugar, these nut-topped muffin cakes
are full of munch/ pecan bits and flevorful pieces of date and
apricot. Dusted lightly with confectioners sugar, Yum-Yum
Muffins are pretty enough for company.
Yum-Yum Muffins combine two convenience products -
self-rising flour adds lightness and tenderness to each golden
muffin, and self-rising com meal puts crispness into the crust.
Both save mixing, measuring and sifting time since salt and
baking powder are exactly preblended into each cupful.
And, you’ll want to include nutritious Yum-Yum Muffins in
your family’s diet because they’re iron rich. Enriched self
rising flour and com meal and the dried fruits all contribute
significant amounts of iron, a vital mineral significantly de
ficient in the majority of American diets. Self-rising flour and
com meal provide additional nutrients, too: three B-vitamins,
thiamine, niacin, and riboflavin, and a second mineral,
calcium.
YUM-YUM MUFFINS
12 muffins
1 cup boiling water
Vx cup chopped dried apricots
% cup enriched self-rising
flour*
% cup enriched self-rising
corn meal
1 egg, beaten
% to 1 cup milk
2 tablespoons oil
V* cup chopped dates
Vi cup chopped pecans
Vi cup light brown sugar Confectioners sugar
Pour water over apricots and let stand 10 minutes; drain.
Stir together flour, com meal and brown sugar. Blend together
egg, 3/4 cup milk, oil, apricots, dates and 1/4 cup nuts. Add
liquid all at once to flour mixture, stirring until well blended.
If necessary, add more milk to make medium thick batter. Fill
paper lined or greased muffin cups 2/3 full; sprinkle with
remaining pecans. Bake in preheated 425° oven 20 to 25
minutes, or until golden brown. Sprinkle with confectioners
sugar.
*Spoon flour into dry measuring cup; level. Do not scoop.
A IS FOR AMBROSIA
Sunny flavors come through in q)l threi
dal pie. There’s orange rind in the easy c
coconut in the Jell-t> Coconut-Cream Puddh
and orange sections for the pretty garnish.
AMBROSIA PII
1 package (#54 oz.) coconut 't 1 baked 8
cream pudding and -pie Crum
Prepare pie^ filling mi* with milk as directed on package,
adding orange riwl ajtey~«fnoying4rom heat. Cool B rnlnutes,
stirring twice; then pour into crust. Cover surface.with-ww
paper; chill 4 hours. Remove paper and garnish with orange
sections and prepared whipped topping. Sprinkle with flaked
dhconut, if desired.
Orange Crumb Crutt. Combine 1 cup fine Vanilla wafer
crumbs,-# tablespoons sugar, and 2 teaspoons grated oraflge
Rural-Urban Gap Widens Says
North Carolina Native at Conference
. The gap between rural and
urban America is growing wid
er, says a North Carolina native
who la now vice president of the
University of Missouri.
Speaking at the 1909 Agricul
tural Outlook Conference in
Washington, D. C., Dr. C. Bfice
Ratchford said:
.“Rural communities are lag
ging, and Oils shows up in ev
ery field where measurement is
possible — education, health
services, housing, protection
and, yes, even recreation. A
higher .percent of the rural peo
ple live in poverty than in met
ropolitan areas.”
“There probably has always
been a lag; the disturbing point
is the widening of the gap.”
Rpral institutions are under
little pressure to catch up, said
Dr. Ratchford, because the rural
residents refuse to admit that
there is a gap.
“Most people in rural areas
still firmly believe that the ru
ral community is a better place
in which to live, that it has bet
ter churches and schools^ less
crime and poverty, greater mo
rality, more recreation, and
more of everything else that
is good. Obviously, the facts do
no substantiate this picture and
the real danger of such a view
is the legitimatizing of the fail
ure to bring about institutional
cnange."
Dr. Ratchford pointed out that
the same accelerating technol
ogy that is reshaping our farms
and1 industries is having an
equal impact on institutions and
public services. Not many
years ago, for instance, most
health services were rendered
by a general practitioner in his
office or the home. Today, min
imum health service takes a
team of specialists, hospitals,
and very expensive equipment.
This health team needs a large
population and a public invest
ment beyond the means of most
rural local institutions. The
same situation is found in edu
cation, public utilities and even
churches.
“Small communities are nec
essarily tied to larger ones. The
local rural institution stands no
more chance of being self-suffi
cient in the last third of this
century than the modern com
mercial farmer.
“But small communities tend
to vigorously fight large ones—
which chokes the larger commu
nity and brings slow death to
the small one."
Dr. Ratchford said rural com
munities have lost much of their
influence in recent years. They
have lost population. As farm
ers have become more specaiiz
ed they have lost their common
causes. And the power to de
cide many-of the most import
ant aspects of a community’s fu
ture has moved from local con
trol to state, regional or na
tional levds. Rural populations
have continued to decline, and
most rural areas have net been
able to boost their non-farm em
ployment. “Rural areas have ei
ther ignored what has been hap
pening or reacted violently."
Dr. Ratchford said rural com
munities have largely failed to
take advantage of the .Federal
programs that were created to
help lagging areas. They have
simply not applied for the- aid
available to them. •- *. ^ j
Ratchford said regional plan
ning commissions bold real
promise for rural areas.—They,
pool resources from several
smaller institutions, they pose
no immediate threat to existing
menu.
Dr. Ratchford, 49, is a native
>f Gastonia ,and a graduate of
Nf. C. State and Duke universt
ties. He was a former assistant
iirector of the N. C. Agrlcul
tural Extension Service in 1959.
He was later made vice presir
lent of the University of Miss
juri and placed in charge of all
extension activities. /
Mrs. Jack Hogarth
Art Council's
March Exhibitor
The Kinston Arts Council will
tionor Mrs. Jack Hogarth, exhib
iting artist for March, with a
reception from 3 until 5 Sunday,
March 8, at the Art Center,
108% West Caswell Street
Mrs. Hogarth, a teacher at
Harvey Junior High School, re
ceived a Master's Degree in Art
Education from East Carolina
University.
Her work was chosen for the
North Carolina State Art Socie
ty in 1964 and was, also select
ed for -the North Carolina Trav
eling Exhibit. She is an exhibit:
ing member, of the Associated
Artists of North Carolina.
LEGAL NOTICES
, NOTICE TO CREDITORS
The undersigned, having qual
ified as Executrix of the Estate
The same thoughtful --— —
complete dignified service is accorded all
regardless of the cost of the funeral selected.
ONE
HIGH
STANDARD
Gamer's Funeral Home
Dial JA 3-2124 or JA 3-2125
Kinston, N. C.
of C. Mamy uray, jr., aeceasea,
late of Jones County, this is to
notify afl persons having claims
against said Estate to present
them to the undersigned before
the 27th day of August, 1969,
otherwise, this notice will be
pleaded in bar of their recovery.
All persons indebted to said
Estate win please make imme
diate settlement.
This the 27th day of February,
1969.
FaytieC. Gray,
Executrix of the
Estate of C. Manley
Gray, Jr.
Brock and Gerrans
Attorneys at Law
P. 0. Box 219
Trenton, N. C. 28585
J—$6,13,20,27
..i
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
The undersigned, having qual
ified as Executor of the Estate
of Iris Green Howard, deceased,
late of Jones County, this is to
notify all persons haying claims
against said Estate to present
them to the undersigned before
the 20th day of August, 1969,
otherwise, this notice will be
pleaded in bar of their recovery.
All persons indebted to said
Estate, wffl please make imme
diate settlement.
This the 20th day of Feb
ruary; 1969.
Robert E. Cox,, Executor
of the Estate of
Iris Green Howard
Brock and Gerrans
Attorneys at Law
P. 0. Box 219
Trenton, N. C. 28585
JJ—2-27; 3-6,13,20