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â€"1"â€" #& PMHONE JallAQ . WWiginaGatarrrcoco f Maybe some smart manufacturer will turn out a sort of coverall waterproof suit, disguished as a diving outfit, to assist parents in keeping the youngâ€" sters dry. Heard of a Kitchener lady who slipped and broke her leg while on her way to do some shoppâ€" ing. Being hampered by a cast from ankle to hip she found it hard to find ways of passing the time. She just happened to turn on a quiz program from Hamilton, and having nothing better to do wrote out several entries and sent them in. â€" So perhaps it is inevitable ... a part of grow. Ing up. I will admit that as a child I found puddles Irresistible. But of course what the parent did as a child has nothing to do with what the parent exâ€" pects his or her child to do. That is quite a different _ Not very long after she recgved a phone call from Hamilton announcing that e had won $750! Almost makes breaking a leg wouth while! matter. A friend of mine who lives near a vacant lot with a depressed section that had filled with water, saw two older children wade in up to their knees! Of course they only had the usual size rubber boots on and must have soaked themselves completely through. e s Perhaps I have been expecting too much since I have noticed school aged children actually cross the street because the puddles on that side were bigger and deeper and they could make more of a splash. | _ _ â€" e 8 Several times I have had to pour water out of Steve‘s boots .... he ruined his shoes in that thaw we had in February and I had to buy him a new pair for Sunday best. However I have been putting the old pair, dry and brittle though the leather may now be, on him for play. Lucky that I did ... he could have nicely ruined several pair by this time. I have been wondering if there is any point in punishing a small boy for "puddling"? It certainly doeun‘t seem to deter Steve and I have begun to thfak that it might be along the same line as punâ€" #hing a dog for chasing a cat ... its just doing what Yromes naturally! Well the first signs of spring ‘~~~ ~ *# came last week, followed, naturally, by colder weaâ€" ther almost immediately. However the low temperâ€" atures didn‘t arrive until after vast pools of water had gathered on the streets and in back yards, and a sea of mud lay along the boulevards. Both seemed to dare our children to approach. ... and naturally, they look the dare. & News and Views by helen aikenhead Although the first signs of spring are always a welcome sight, I think that most mothers . PWRA will agree that spring has some :4 : & notâ€"soâ€"welcome features as well. k y Has anyone ever heard of a small child who avoids puddles and ignores mud? If there is such a _yolungater, he must be very unâ€" usual. cuilts Even an inexperienced cook can toss them out like a veteran. There‘s no kneading involved. Ater they‘ve risen for meals ... and budgets, too. PASS THE BISCUITS, MOM Frethâ€"fromâ€"theâ€"oven _ bread ‘ol. 99 No. 11 * â€"‘OF ANTEREST TO WOZ\EN RUMMAGE SALE THURSDAY, MARCH 24th Corner Dupont and Regina Sts. Waterloo Legion Hall 2 to 4:30 p.m. Sponsored By 1st Waterloo Scout Auxiliary s EC 0 NB § E C T I 0 N no â€"£ PAINTS can tailor them to the exact specifications of your family appetites â€" biteâ€"sized morsels to be served with honeyâ€"butâ€" ter or a sweet spread at the afternoon tea or coffee hour or generousâ€"sized affaire so Father can put more stuffing in them when he splits them in two. They can be reheated for an hour, they‘re ready to be spooned into a muffin pan and popped into the oven. You PEPPERMINT FROSTING 2/3 cup sugar 2 2/3 tablespoons water 1/3 cup light corn syrup Ys teaspoon baking powder 2 egg whites ‘% teaspoon peppermint exâ€" tract or Few drops oil of peppermint. Few drops green food colorâ€" ing. . Combine sugar, water, corn syrup and baking powder in saucepan. Place over medium heat and boil, without stirring, until syrup reaches 242 degree F. on the candy thermometer or until syrup spins a thread (6 to 8 inches). Beat egg whites until stiff. Beating constantly, pour hot syrup very slowly in a thin stream into stiffly beaten egg whites. Add peppermint extract and food coloring and continue to beat until frosting holds its shape. tract. Add sifted dry ingredâ€" ients alternately with milk. Beat until smooth after each addition. Turn batter into two round, well greased layer cake pans. Bake in 350 deg. F. oven about 35 minutes. Cool layers 3 to 5 minutes in pans. Turn layers onto cake racks and cool completely. Fill and frost layâ€" ers with Peppermint Frosting. 1%4 cups sifted allâ€"purno«> flour *4 cup cornstarch 8 teaspoons baking powder "4 teaspoon salt Ԥ teaspoon soda !% cup butter or marzarine 1% cups sugar 2 eggs, unbeaten 8 squares unsweetened chocolate, melted 1 teaspoon vanilia extract 1% cups milk Sift together flour, cornâ€" starch, baking powder, salt and soda. Cream butter thorâ€" oughly. Gradually beat in sugar until mixture is light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add and stir in meltâ€" ed chocolate and vanilla exâ€" wish. But for this honor winâ€" ning cake, the simple beauty of the tinted green fluffy frosting in contrast to the rich chocolate layers is all that is needed. Umm ..... fresh as the first breath of spring! Delicate swirls of mint flaâ€" vored frosting ornament this luscious Mint Chocolate Cake. The complementary minglin> of these two flavors ... pepâ€" permint and chocolate ... will delight the palate of those who try it. For a special occasion you may decorate it as yo» _ 1 egz, beaten _ &% cups sifted allâ€"purpose flour. Dissolve sugar in lukewarm water. Add yeast and let stand 10 minutes in a warm place, free from draft, then stir well. Scald milk. Add butter and stir until melted. Stir in sugar, beaten egg, yeast mixture and flour. Beat vigorously together for 2 minutes. Let rise 1 hour in a warm place, free from draft. Beat, then spoon into greased muffin pans. Bake 20 minutes in a 425 deg. F. oven. Makes 12 large tea biscuits. BREATH O‘ SPRING CAKE at snack time and mea! for a really special treat. > TEA BISCUITS MINT CHOCOLATE CAKE Â¥ cup lukewarm water 1 package active dry yeast eup scalded milk % cup butter 1 tablespoon sugar 1 tablespoon sugar WATERLOO, ONT. . MHOURS: 9 a.m. to § g.m. Wednesday and Seterday to 12 ncon, Pridey to 8 po. time Everyone whose occupation has to do with the preparation and service of food to the public is eligible to enter the contest which closes on Febâ€" rugry 28th. Answers to the question, "How can Canadian restaurants help tourists to enjoy their visit even more" can be written in English, Fremch or che writer‘s native tongue. Entires are to be mailâ€" ed to "Tourist" Contest, Canâ€" mdian Restaurant Association, 415 Bloor Street West, Toâ€" ronto. An _ allâ€"expense, â€" fiveâ€"day vacation at the Chateau Fronâ€" tenac in Quebec City, or a holiday at Jasper Park Lodge is in the offing for the person who comes up with the brightâ€" est idea. > ited, and the Canadian Restauâ€" rant Association, are jointly sponsoring a contest. The conâ€" test is aimed at finding out how Canadian restaurants ean help tourists enjoy their visits even more. DIL WAS THE BEGINNING of three things worn by 22â€"yearâ€"old loy Vergette: the dress, the shoes and the necklace. She modeled them for Sir Frank Whittle, British jet pioneer, when he talked w 400 British schoolboys on the byâ€"products of oil. The dress maâ€" terial is the Britishâ€"invented Terylene (Dacron in the U.S.) and it will be at the British Industries Fair, May 2â€"13, in England In â€" tourist ada, 1 tcrers, But times have changed. Modern conveniences in the home have provided time to develop new cooking akills. Now restaurants and public eating establishments are goâ€" ing "all out" to make Canadâ€" ian food memorable to visitors. Ganadians have been acâ€" cused of having an indifferent attitude towards food. They‘ve been told that they aren‘t disâ€" criminating where food is conâ€" cerned and that few cooks in the country practise culinary refinements. Batter Chatter Helen Rogers Bahen. leading feed s, Standard B and the Canad Association, t in Car leading Stopping OnAud Dressing in â€"The Gas effort Canada, Brands to help the one of Canâ€" d manufacâ€" New life insurance purchased Canadians in January totaled $229.6 million, up 23.1% from sales of $181.7 million in the first month of 1954, reports The inancial Post. Sales this year were higher than last in all vrovinces except Newfoundâ€" land, Prince Edward Island and Saskatchewan. FUEL OIL LIFE SALES UP 19, 1955. Senator Joseph A. Bradette said, "The European countries gave the world great artists, Jgl'eat sculptors, great philosoâ€" B |phers, great musicians, but Caâ€" nada gave the world one of its fgreat naturalists." old‘ With thousands of similar :s tributes from Kings, Queens, ga.| Presidents and men in every I it wa‘k of life finding their way nd |to the family of the late Jack Miner and with the Book of â€"â€" |Knowledge carrying a bioâ€" graphy within its pages of the late Jack Miner alongside of such men as Edison, Ford. °d | Lindbersh, Churchill, it was ed / only natural that the Canadian m h-fouse of Commons and Senate he Ewould, at his death, make pe | D‘ans to honor this great Canaâ€" ‘dian, Three suggestions were adâ€" vanced. One was to establish 1 large nark in the North West Territorics and name it in his honor. The second was to build a large observation towâ€" _ The Honorable Paul Martin, Canadian Minister of Health and Welfare, said "Jack Minâ€" er, by placing his aluminum bands on the legs of wild geese, wrote Canada across the skies." _ In London, England, the Honorable Sir H. Brent Groâ€" tian Bart, D.L., K.C., said "If you wish to see Jack Miner‘s monument or memorial, look around you." During the week of April 10 to 16 inclusive, all Canada, by a special act of Parliament in April, 1947, will observe what is known as National Wildâ€" life Week. ’ When the late Jack Miner died in November, 1944, Senaâ€" tor T. A. Crerar, who was then Canada‘s Federal Minister of Fish and Game at Ottawa, in paying tribute said, "I doubt if there is in any field of workâ€" in Canada anyone who has contributed more and has rendered a greater National Service than Jack Miner." NATIONAL WILDâ€"LIFE WEFK is LIVING MONUMENT TO JACK MINER BEST AT I1TS derous ovation rolled through ! mily of the late Jack Mine® because first of all tney said it would not cost anyone or the government one cent anc Aprii 10th was such an approâ€" priat time because it was the spring of the year when the birds were returning to Can»â€" da to nest and raise the‘r young. It was the time of the year when everyone was conâ€" scious of our wildlife and naâ€" tural resources in general. One sunny afternoon, April 19th, 1947, to be exact, a thunâ€" naturalist, which was April 10th: °r for the public to view the thousands of birds @t the Jack Miner sanctuary ‘while the third was to create a National Wildlife Week to always fall on the birthday of the late TEND â€"Râ€" FLESH Food Specialties Dial 2â€"8159 KITCHENER 229 King W. For your family or guests this weekâ€"end. We also feature SEA FOODS. Fry some delicious Cutâ€"up Chicken As Near As Your You can depend on TENDâ€"Râ€"FLESH Quality . . . every time. & &E C 0o N D $ EC T ! O N members roundly applauded the approval of legisiation which _ established National Wildlife Week as Jack Miner‘s memorial. It has been stated that it was the first bill sinee Confederation to so unaniâ€" mously pass both Houses. H of Commons and the Â¥ e on 0A y*A