PAGE 4, KINGS MOUNTAIN MIRROR, WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 1972
^0/^ Of Interest To Women...By Sylvia Holmes
Phone: 739-5829 or 739-3851
Housewives Celebrate!
This should really be a week
of celebration for all local
housewives. For the first
time since I care to remem
ber, grocery prices are com
ing down. That’s right,
DOWN.
For the past tew years we
have watched helplessly as the
contents of our grocery carts
cost more and more as we try
to buy less and less. It
wasn’t just penny Increases,
but when items increase by
several pennies or even nick
els it really hurt the pocket-
book.
Despite posted signs telling
us that base prices are avail
able upon request, food con
tinued to rise in price recent
ly, and we all felt frustrated
about the situation.
But now things are changing
lor the better. We do normal
ly expect some seasonal price
decreases at this time of year
but we should get an unexpect
ed bonus of generally lower
prices in this area of North
Carolina. _
One of our local supermark
ets has discontinued its trad
ing stamp program and ex
pects to pass on the benefits
to the cu^omer in the form of
lower prices. As a conse
quence, there has been a not
iceable rush to the stamp re
demption stores to redeem
bulging books for gifts before <
the stores go out of business.
Another of our local super
markets has become a dis
count food store this week,
closing last Monday in order
to reduce prices throughout
the store. I hope I am not go
ing to wake up and find that this
is all a dream.
Maybe, for a change, I am
going to enjoy grocery shop
ping once more. I will not need
to buy a pocket calculator that
many women now carry with
them. These handy devices
enable the shopper to tally
each item as it goes into the
cart and if the total price ex
ceeds one’s budget, then an
unnecessary luxury item may
be replaced on the shelves be
fore the check-out line is
reached.
Dot and Jake Dixon (hosts) as Daisy Mae and L’il Abner, Caro
lyn and Dick Shaney as Mae West and Wyatt Earp are pictured
here with Doris Howze who is dressed as Aphrodite.
Country Clubbers Hold
Reincarnation Dance
Country Clubbers held a Re
incarnation Dance last Satur
day night. Costumes included
Santa and Mrs. Claus, Rhett
Butler and Scarlett O’Hara,
Jack Nicklaus, A SmileFace
and Superwoman. The prize-
winning couple was Carolyn
and Dick Shaney who were
dressed as Mae West and Wy
att Earp. Charles and Marlon
Carpenter were celebrating
their twenty-fifth wedding an
niversary at the dance.
Lynn Cornwell Is
Miss Student Nurse
Miss Lynn Cornwell has been
selected as “Miss Student
Nurse’’ for the 1971-72 aca
demic school year at Gar-
dner-Webb College, Bolling
Springs, N. C.
Lynn was chosen on the ba
sis of academic standing and
nursing and extra curricular
activities. She also serves as
an officer for the nursing
class as reporter. She is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank W. Cornwell of Route
2, Barrett Road, Kings Moun
tain. She is a 1971 graduate
of Kings Mountain High
School.
Lynn Cornwell
Edith Bunker was excited the
day the package dating code
was broken at her local super
market!
One improvement I am look
ing for may possibly take
place soon because it seems
that legislation may be passed
in order to bring this change
into effect. The Improvement
concerns the packaging of ba
con. It seems that legisla
tion will govern the packaging
and make it possible for the
purchaser to view the entire
slice of bacon and not just that
tantalizing small strip that is
currently in view through the
package “window”.
I confess that I am guilty of
almost tearing bacon pack
ages apart in my efforts to
view what I am buying.
Meanwhile we can all look
forward to shopping with a
smile instead of a frown and
perhaps we can afford steak
again once in a while.
S.H.
Mrs. Biddix
Honored With
Dinner
Mrs. Frances Biddix of 621
East Gold Street was honored
Sunday, May 30th, by her chil
dren at a birthday diimer cele
brating her 70th birthday. She
was born April 27, 1902. Mrs.
Biddix is the wife of the late
R. C, Biddix and mother of ten
children; 6 sons, Selmore,
Clarence, J. W., Jay, and
Earl, all of Kings Mountain,
and Ernest of Bessemer City;
4 daughters, Helen, Bessie
Childers, Betty Hughes and
Pauline Rlppy, all of Kings
Mountain. A total of 64 atten
ded the dinner which was held
at the fellowship building of
the East Gold Street Wesleyan
Church. Also celebrating with
Mrs. Biddix was her daughter,
Helen, whose birthday was
Friday, May 5th. Those at
tending in addition to her chil
dren were: Mrs. Marie Bid
dix, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne
Ledford, Chris, Dawne and
Angela, Mr. and Mrs. Steve
Carpenter and Chad, Mr. and
Mrs. Danny Parker and Todd,
Mr. and Mrs. Rocky Teat,
Mrs. Hazel Hipp, Pam and
Gerri, Mrs. Ruth Biddix and
Donna, Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie
Biddix, Mrs. Audrey Biddix,
Clndi and Penny, Mrs. Brenda
Biddix, Mr. and Mrs. Warren
Deese and Mark, Mr. and Mrs.
Mike Rippy, Mr. and Mrs.
Mike Yarbro, Mrs. Toby Bid
dix, Judy, Robin and Tammy,
Lesia, Billy and Tina Hughes,
Mrs. Evelyn Peavey and Tony,
Mrs. Essie Stepp, Rev. and
Mrs. Edwin Chrlscoe, Steve
and Darrell, Mickle McSwain
and Diana Wells. Highlight
of the dinner wasatwo-tlered
birthday cake with yellow
roses and green leaves and
writing.
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The human race, for all
its boasting and puffing, is
merely standing on the
threshold of knowledge.
Activity
Agenda
BETHWARE SCHCXJL P.T.A.
meets on Thursday, May 11th,
at 7:30 p.m. at the school. E-
lection and installation of of
ficers.
***
TOWN AND COUNTRY GAR-
den Club meets on Thursday,
MayTlth, at7:00p.m. for din
ner at the Country Club. In
stallation of new officers.
MOTHER’S DAY IS ON SUN-
day. May 14th.
POLICE AUXILIARY WtL
hold a covered dish supper at
the City Hall at 7 p.m. on Tue
sday, May 16th. The police
auxiliary will meet on the
third Monday of each month
at 7 p.m. at the City HaU star
ting in June.
STUDY BOOK CLUB MEETS
on Tuesday, May 16th, at
7:30 p.m.
BRIDGE LUNCHEON AT THE
Country Club on Wednesday,
May 17th, at 10:30 a.m.
***
WEEKLY
RECIPE
Barbecued Pork
by Joy Etters
This week’s recipe was given
to us by Joy Etters, wife of
Bobby Etters who is employed
by Frederickson Motor
Express. The Etters have
three children. Bobby, aged
12, and Suzanne, aged 9, are
in 6th and 3rd gi^e respect
ively at North Elementary
School. YoungerbrotherJohn
is four years old.
4-5 lbs. pork (Boston butt) or
fresh ham
1 large onion, chopped
3 tbsps. brown sugar
3 tbsps. dry mustard
1/4 tsp. red pepper
1/4 tsp. black pepper
1 cup vinegar
1 1/2 cups water
1/2 cup ketchup
1/2 cup Worcestershire sauce
1 tbsp. salt
Put meat in roaster. Mix
remaining Ingredients, pour
over meat, cover and cook in
a 325 degree oven for 5-6
hours or until tender. When
meat is done, allow it to cool
and take it iron the drippings.
Remove all lat and skin from
pork. Skim fat from sauce.
Chop meat and put back into
the sauce. This makes about
6 lbs. of barbecue which is ex
cellent lor freezing and can be
readily re-heated when unex
pected company arrives. It
makes good barbecue sand
wiches.
Whenever pork prices are
low is a good time to prepare
this tasty meat.
We goofed last week and o-
mitted the title of our recipe.
It was “Strawberry Salad”,
One of the steps in that reci
pe was a little unclear. It is
necessary to prepare the
Dream Whip according to di
rections on the back of the box
before folding it into the salad
topping. Our apologies to our
readers on these two points.
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Rajni Enjoys Contrast
From India To KM
By SYLVU HOLMES
There has been quite an in
flux of new residents in Kings
Mountain during recent
months. One family of new
comers, now residing on Lee
Street, lives a long way from
home. That is because home
for them is India.
Mr. and Mrs. Prem Sud
moved to Kings Mountain from
Etowah, Tennessee two
months ago. Mr. Sud is em
ployed by Beaunit Corporation
in Gastonia.
How did this couple come to
live so ^ away from their na
tive land? IniUally it was ed
ucation that brought Prem
from India to N. C. State at
Raleigh where he finished his
masters in Industrial Engine
ering. He then went back home
to New Delhi (the capital and
third largest city in India)
where he married Rajni and
after honeymooning in Europe
the young couple returned to
live in Raleigh. After eighteen
months there, they moved to
Etowah where their daughter,
Sony% (now nineteen months
old) was born.
After two and a half years
in Tennessee they were re
cently transferred here.
When asked about adjust
ments she had to make upon
coming to this country, Rajni
said that it was hard to sepa
rate what was due to being
newly married and what was
due to the new environment.
Housework was a new chore
because her family in India
always had at least four ser
vants to take car e of household
duties.
Driving over here is very dif
ferent. Not only are the cars
so much larger but Rajni had
to learn how to drive on the op
posite side of the road with die
driver’s seat on the opposite
side of the car.
The language was no prob
lem at all, because Rajni’s fa
mily spoke English as wellas
Hindi. Educated at a Catholic
Convent school, Rajni learned
to write in English before
learning to write Hindi. Hindi
is a difficult language, written
in a different script with twice
as many letters to its alpha
bet. Rajni also speaks (but
does not write) Punjabi. Let
ters home are usually written
in English because Rajni’s
mother received some of her
education in England (she has
a masters in child psychology
from London Polytechnic) and
Rajni’s lather, now retired,
was with Indian Oxygen which
is a subsidiary of British Ox
ygen. Sonya is learning to
speak both English and
Hindi--to the confusion of
some of her American baby
sitters!
Rajni enjoys the convenience
of American foods. She still
cooks Indian dishes but they
take much longer to prepare.
Using spices ordered from
New York, Rajni makes her
own curry. The Ingredients
include fresh ginger, fresh
garlic, cumen, coriander, ca-
rdomen, cinnamon, cloves and
other spices. ^
Vegetables are usually
steamed with spices. Rice is
used frequenUy and Indian
breads such as chapaUes,
Rajni prefers to make her
own yoghurt.
After completing high school,
Rajni spent four years at a
women’s college in New Del
hi where she earned a B. S.
in home science. She then did
graduate work in food and nu
trition in Calcutta. Before
coming to the States she
worked as a research assist
ant at the All India Institute
of Medical Sciences in New
Delhi.
While in Tennessee, Rajni
went back to school, gradua
ting last summer with a B. S.
Shower For
1 n Science Education. She
hopes to teach chemistry and
physics in the future. As a
nutritionist she was amused to
V
about 110 degrees, which is
higher than here. The mon
soon season is about three
months long.
Miss Wray
The Dover Yarn Clubhouse
was the setting for a miscel
laneous drop-in shower on
Thursday night in honor of
Miss Brenda Wray, bride-
elect of Bobby Peterson.
Color schemefor the shower
was pale yellow, pale green
and white.
The round refreshment table
was centered with a two tier
flower arrangement of daisies
in three colors, with purple
Iris and yellow candles. It
was covered wltha pale yellow
lace tablecloth and the gift ta
ble was centered with a model
bride doll. Lime punch with
cake squares, mints, and mix
ed nuts were served from the
table.
The hostesses for the occa
sion were Mrs. Percy Lynn,
Mrs. Paul Seism, Mrs. Da
niel Williams, and Miss Judy
Wray.
Their gift to the bride was
an avacado teflon coated
steam and dry iron.
Thirty-five guests called be
tween the hours of
7:30 and 9 p.m.
The wedding is to be held at
Buffalo Baptist Church on
June 10th.
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Rajni models an Indian cotton sari. She refrains from using a
red dot on the forehead while she is in this country. (Photo by
Sylvia Holmes)
hear about the “Dlal-a-Dlet”
service which operates in
Knoxville, Tenn.
Prem is a much travelled
person because his father
works with the World Health
Organization which is oper
ated by the United Nations and
this involves changing loca
tion every five years. Cur
rently in Brazzaville in the
Congo, Prem’s father has
worked in many far away
places such as Peking, China,
and Alexandria, Egypt, as well
as in India. Prem has two bro
thers now living in England, a
sister in Tennessee and a
sister in India. There are four
children in Rajni’s bmilyand
they all live in India.
Rajni explained that there are
three seasons in her
homeland—winter, summer
and the monsoon season. The
winters are similar to the
ones here but with no snow.
The summers are very hot-
Desplte differences that have
to be overcome, Rajni is very
happy living here in the United
States. Although she enjoys
wearing pantsuits, you will
recognize Rajni occasionally
by the beautiful Indian saris
she wears. She is presently
taking sewing lessons and will
soon be making her own
clothes. I hope that some of
them will be saris.
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