—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 4, 1972
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Mrs. Karl (Dick) Linde . . .
Family from Germany Learn to be American “Do-it-Yourselfers”
By Mrs. Charles McSparran
Farm Feature Writer
The life story of Mrs. Karl
Dieter (Else C ) Linde of
Colerain Township who came to
America as an exchange student
is most interesting. Today she
has this to say: “This better
understanding of the people
between nations is good. You
never learn from books, you have
to live with the people.”
Else, the daughter of the late
Mr. and Mrs. Wilhelm Lohmann,
was born in Costa Rica, Central
America Her father, a geologist
with a Doctor’s Degree, was from
Germany He went to Costa Rica
to test the soil for a man who
thought his clay was suitable to
make china He tested his soil
Ladies,
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By Doris Thomas,
Extension Home Economist
IF IT ENLIVENS AND
ENRICHES MAYBE
IT’S AN EGG!
Eggs are enliveners, enrichers
and enticers.
They enliven meals with sunny
brightness and incredible ver
satility. And while they’re at it,
they also enliven the job of
cooking for a family ; a carton of
eggs sitting in the refrigerator is
an open invitation to do
something creative in the kit
chen.
For instance, a hot and hearty
omelet for breakfast is a not-so
novel way to rouse drousy ap
petites. But go creative with
fillings. An applesauce
cranberry sauce mixture is sure
to please a sweet tooth. A cheese,
ketchup, and parsley filling
punctuates breakfast with a
wake-up exclamation point of
color and flavor. A calico omelet,
made with green pepper and
pimento, is another perky choice.
Be sure to limit any spice, herb,
or vegetable additions to the
subtle stage, so the rich flavor of
the egg mixture is enhanced and
not overshadowed
Eggs are enrichers. Their
presence in any recipe heightens
it’s nutritional worth. Did you
know that protein comes in
varying degrees of nutritional
value? Eggs are an excellent
source of a near-perfect type of
protein. They also provide
significant amounts of vitamin A,
iron, and riboflavin, as well as
smaller amounts of many other
nutrients. Eggs can also help
and found it was not suitable but,
nevertheless, he remained there
and worked for him on his coffee
and sugar plantation. It was
there he met his future wife who
was a nurse from Germany . They
married and had five children.
At that time a child could only
get four years schooling in
elementary schools there so they
returned to Bremen, Germany.
Else was six years old at that
time.
Under the Hitler regime a girl,
upon graduating from high
school, had to serve one year as a
volunteer for her country. They
had a choice of working in a
hospital, on a farm or for a poor
family ,v*h many children
helping the mother with
Have
You
Heard ?
enrich your pocketbook, while
they’re in ample supply at
reasonable prices.
Eggs are enticers. Where
would teasing, tempting, luscious
desserts be without them? Cream
pies, cakes, mousses, meringues,
puddings, and custards all
depend on eggs to make them
what they are.
Here’s a gleefully golden
dessert idea called
PUMPKIN-ORANGE
CUSTARD:
1 cup fresh or canned pumpkin
puree
2 eggs, slightly beaten
cup light brown sugar
V 2 teaspoon salt
Dash of ground ginger
V 2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
cup light cream or milk
Vs teaspoon grated orange rind
TO PREPARE RECIPE: Mix
pumpkin with eggs, sugar, salt
and spices. Stir in cream and
orange rind, and pour into four
custard cups. Set cups in a
shallow pan of hot water high
enough to come almost to the top
of the cups. Bake in a 325 degree
oven for 40-50 minutes or until a
knife inserted in the center comes
out clean. Remove from oven,
and set custard cups aside to
cool. Makes four servings.
BEFORE YOU COMPLAIN
Before you complain about
unsatisfactory appliance repairs,
be sure you are right. Sometimes
an appliance doesn’t work
because it’s not being operated
properly Before you call again
Doris Thomas
household chores. In 1938 Else
was drafted and she chose to
work on a farm. She had to help
raise small animals such as pigs
and chickens and to milk cows by
hand. She also helped .the far
mer’s wife with cooking and
household chores. For this she
received free room and board
and about 20 marks (in our
money about $5) a month from
the farmer. Else says, “I think
it’s good for all city girls to spend
half to one year on a farm.”
At the end of her year on the
farm she spent two years at a
boarding school on a farm. There
she studied such subjects as
biology and German for half a
day and did chores the other half
day. After that she spent one year
at a teachers training school,
then one year as a student
teacncr—or a teacher on
probation Alter each year she
had to pass a state examination.
At the end of her year of
student teaching she was sent to
Drexel Institute of Technology,
Philadelphia, as an exchange
student from the Agriculture
Department of Germany. This
was in 1951. Being alone in a
foreign country her relatives sent
her the name of Karl Linde whom
they knew before he came to the
United States and she started
corresponding with him.
for service, read the instructions
that come with the appliance and
make sure you have followed
them correctly.
Read your service bill
carefully, too. If there are
charges you don’t understand ask
to have these items explained.
Often service persons charge for
their time and labor even if they
weren’t able to fix whatever was
broken. In the case of a new
appliance, check the warranty or
guarantee to see what repair
costs are or are not covered.
When you have checked
everything and are sure you are
justified in complaining, go to the
store where you bought the ap
pliance or one which services
thatibrand of appliance you own.
Before you go, write down the
model number, brand name,
price and other information the
store will need to know. A per
sonal visit is the best policy. State
the facts clearly, telling what is
wrong and what has happened.
Be friendly and don’t get angry.
A pleasant but firm attitude is the
best one for making a complaint.
Keep copies of any letters you
write and save the answers you
get. Make notes on any telephone
calls and personal visits the
dates and what was said. If you
receive no satisfaction from the
local dealer or letters to the
manufacturer, contact our local
or state office of the Consumer
Protection Bureau and ask for
help.
Mrs. Karl D. Linde designed her kitchen and put the wall
tiles on the walls. She is holding a special drip coffee pot she
brought from Germany.
Karl Dieter Linde came to the
United States in 1950 to work for
Arthur Brown on his farm at
Elim. Mr. Brown nicknamed him
Dick for short and he has been
called that ever since. Dick was
Farm Women
Calendar
Saturday, November 4
Lancaster County Farm Women
Convention, Lancaster School
of the Bible.
Tuesday, November 7
Farm Women Society 11, sew
cancer pads, Quarryville
Methodist Church.
Wednesday, November 8
Farm Women Society 9, sewing,
Lancaster General Hospital.
Thursday, November 9
12:30 p.m. - Farm Women Society
9 meeting, home of Mrs.
Wilbur Heller, Conestoga
RDI.
7:30 p.m. - Farm Women Society
14 meeting.
Friday, November 10
Farm Women Society 3, Men’s
Night, Black Horse Hotel.
Farm Women Society 13,
meeting, home of Mrs. Robert
Sayres, Witmer.
Saturday, November 11
1:30 p.m. - Farm Women Society
25 meeting.
6:30 p.m. - Farm Women Society
8, 50th Anniversary dinner,
Hostetter’s Banquet Hall’
Mount Joy.
6:30 p.m. - Farm Women Society
19, entertain husbands, Akron
Restaurant.
Farm Women Society 18, home of
Mrs. Kenneth S. Brubaker.
born and raised in Bremen,
Germany and says he never
milked a cow till he came to
Browns. Before coming to
America he served in the Ger
man army and was a prisoner of
war in England for nearly four
years. Then he served two years
as an apprentice in landscape
gardening, living with his parents
and going on a bicycle to re
landscape parks and places that
were wrecked from bombing in
World War 11.
Dick and Else were married
and lived on Brown's farm for
two and a half years where Else
helped milk and helped with the
500 chickens and taking care of
the eggs.
Itmight be noted that both Dick
and Else studied German,
English and French in school.
They give much credit to Mrs.
Arthur Brown’s knowledge of the
German language in helping
communicate when they were
first in America. The Linde
family speaks German in their
home but they all speak English
quite well now. The children
learned English only after they
went to school.
Mr. Linde, who became a
naturalized U.S. citizen in 1956
says “America definitely is
home. We both desire to stay
here.” Mrs. Linde says “We still
think America is the land of
opportunity.”
They made return visits to
Germany in 1959 and 1971. His
mother made one visit to see
them several years ago. Both of
their parents are deceased now.
Else has one brother and three
sisters in Germany.
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