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Joel Sater
“A FORD, IS A FORD...BUT NOT ALWAYS"
“Since the early 1900's no
automobile name... has been so
widely used or so widely known
as the Ford signature,” says
George Damman in his new
book "ILLUSTRATED
HISTORY OF FORD 1903-1970.
During the first fifty years of
the twentieth century the Ford
was probably more important
as an American symbol than the
bald eagle. And the most impor-
tant ¥ was the Model T.
Over fifteen million model T's
were build and sold from 1908 to
1927 and that was a lot of cars
for a sprawling nation with no
decent roads to drive them on.
Perhaps that was the magic of
the Ford. The old model T didn’t
seem to care where you drove
it. Somehow or other it got you
there and back, roads or no
roads.
But what most people and
many antique car buffs don’t
know is that during these hal-
cyon years you could build your
own Ford without ever using a
single part manufactured by
Henry’sgcompany. So fabulous
was the’impact of the mass pro-
duced Ford that thousands of
small gnanufacturers establis-
hed t selves in lucrative
business making and promot-
ing parts to be used exclusively
on the Model T.
In short, the brilliant pattern
of standardization established
by Henry Ford created and sup-
ported an entire industry opera-
ting in direct competition with
itself. The industry even sup-
ported it’s own 200 page mon-
thly magazine called ‘‘The Ford
Owner.’ The latter began publi-
cation in 1907 and continued
successfully well into the 1920’s.
It survived on advertising from
industries completely indepen-
dent of The Ford Company.
Each claimed that the addition
or substitution of the part for
the Model T which it made was
superior to and would perform
better, longer or at lower costs
than those provided by Ford as
standard equipment.
Whether they did or not
doesn’t matter. The interesting
thing is the way American car
lovers have come full cycle. The
success of the Model T lay in the
fact that it never wore out. A
replacement could be readily
purchased for any worn out
part. Style didnt matter
becatise it never changed
during all these years. “You
can have any color you want as
long as it’s black,” said Henry
Ford. Today, after half a
century of model changing
every year by Detroit, catering
to our craving for status, we
find the Volkswagon and to
some extent the Jeep offering
the same sort of Model T. time-
lessness.
You old car buffs should make
it a point to add a copy of Mr.
Damman’s book to your library.
It has a picture of every legiti-
mate Ford ever made. I hope he
sells enough copies to make it
worth his while to do illustrated
histories of the other motor car
companies.
(Always. happy to receive
readers stories about antiquing
and collecting. Material sent
becomes the property of this
column and cannot be returned.
For free list of hundreds of
books on antiques send 9x12
self-addressed envelope with 12
cent stamp. Write Joel Sater c-o
this newspaper.)
THE FORD OWNER magazine proclaimed itself to be “...an in-
dependent monthly having no connection with the Ford Motor
Company...serving the best interests of the dealers and owners
of Ford cars...”’ You could build yourself a Ford by ordering
from it’s advertisers without using a single Ford-made part.
—photo by Nlex Rebar
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THE DALLAS POST, DEC. 22, 1970
Seated at the speaker’s table at the annual Christmas party of
the Altar and Rosary Society of Gate of Heaven Church were,
left to right: Mrs. Vincent Correale, Mrs. Joseph Canfield, Mrs.
Frank Savage, the Rev. Thomas Jordan, the Rev. Stephen
McGough, Mrs. Robert Cartier, Mrs. Willard Whalen. Standing:
Mrs. Joseph Gries, Mrs. Donald Hale, Mrs. John Thompson,
Mrs. Thomas McFadden, Mrs. Joseph Gryboski, Mrs. Joseph
Turpak, Kay Kalafsky.
entertain often,
make it simple
One of your resolutions for
1971 could be ‘I will entertain
more often and try to make en-
tertaining simple.”
To help you meet your goal,
you may wish to study a corres-
pondence course on entertain-
ing, suggests Lillian B. Jamgo-
chian, Extension Home Econo-
mist, Luzerne County.
Available from the Pennsyl-
vania State University, ‘Guides
to Entertaining’ is a course
designed to help make enter-
taining simple and fun. The
course includes numerous
menus and recipes for company
breakfasts, dinners, buffets,
smorgasbords, coffee hours,
teas, and special family occas-
ions. The course also suggests
table decorations, games for
school age parties, and correct
clothing to wear for various oc-
casions.
To get this complete home
study course, send you name
and address with $4.25 to EN-
TERTAINING, Box 5000, Uni-
versity Park, Pa. 16802. Make
your check or money order
payable to The Pennsylvania
State University. All material
will be mailed promptly. You
can study at your convenience
and then file the course for easy
reference.
Lake Brownies
observe Christmas
Harveys Lake Brownie Troop
623 held their Christmas party
at the Lake Elementary School
Dec. 15. Junior Scout Troop 638
of Harveys Lake, under the di-
rection of Joan Davidson and
Marge Garringer, entertained
the Brownies with a play entit-
led “The Pied Piper of Healthy
Town.”” Refreshments were
provided by mothers of Brownie
and Junior Scout troops.
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Gate of Heaven
Altar and Rosary
observe Christmas
The Castle Inn, Dallas, was
the setting recently for the
annual Christmas party of the
Altar and Rosary Society of
Gate of Heaven Church, Dallas.
Mrs. Vincent Correale was
master of ceremonies. Mrs.
Frank Savage was chairman
and Mrs. Joseph Canfield, co-
chairman.
Other chairmen were Mrs.
Joseph Gries, entertainment;
Mrs. Donald Hale, Mrs. John
Thompson, reservations; Mrs.
Thomas McFadden, Mrs. Kay
Kalafsky, refreshments; Mrs.
Joseph Gryboski, publicity,
Mrs. Joseph Turpak, programs.
Moderator was the Rev.
Thomas Jordan. The Rev.
Stephen McGough is assistant
pastor.
A Christmas reading and
movie were presented by Mrs.
Joseph Gries. The evening was
highlighted by the appearance
of the Gate of Heaven Youth
folk group, who also led the
guests in carol singing.
Mrs. Robert Cartier is
outgoing president of the
Society. Mrs. Willard Whalen is
the new president.
Altar and Rosary
enjoy gala party
The Continental Inn, Luzerne-
. Dallas Highway, was the scene
of the annual Christmas party
of St. Therese’s Altar and
Rosary Society recently. Punch
was served as guests arrived.
Chairman of the affair was Mrs.
John Luke.
A musical program was
presented by Sharon Mooney,
Ann Fabian and Mary Stuart of
College Misericordia. They
were. accompanied by Miss
Mooney on guitar.
Mrs. John Carey was intro-
duced as toastmaster and pre-
sented the Rev. Joseph Sam-
mons, moderator, with a gift.
Mame Biltheiser was
remembered with a cake on the
occasion of her 83rd birghday
this month. Mrs. Carey in turn
was presented with a gift on
behalf of the Society for her fine
work as past president. :
Father Sammons formally
installed officers of the coming
year: president, Mrs. Chester
Molley; vice president, Mrs.
Robert T. Yarashus; secretary,
Mrs. Thomas Carr; treasurer,
Mrs. John T. Luke; financial se-
cretary, Mrs. Thomas Ochman;
and corresponding secretary,
Mrs. Frank Wallace. Mrs.
Myron Mickiewicz and Mrs.
Thomas Strum were appointed
publicity co-chairmen.
Mrs. Carey presented a
Christmas reading in the form
of a pageant in which the of-
ficers participated. Christmas
Carols were sung by all, accom-
panied by Jean Inman.
The evening ended when
Santa Claus, Atty. J. M.
Reinert, arrived with gifts for
all.
Judy Carter shares
Christmas cookie secrets
For longer than she can
remember, Judy Carter has
enjoyed cooking with her
mother in their family home in
Loyalville. When just a youngs-
ter, Judy would help stir and
mix all the food that her
mother, Betty Carter, was pre-
paring for the family’s meals.
Betty insists that, unlike most
youngsters eager to help out,
Judy really was a help.
The years spent by her
mother’s side in the cozy farm-
house kitchen have stood Judy
in good stead. A june graduate
of Lake-Lehman High School,
Judy had taken a job as a dish
washer at Gus Genetti’s Hotel,
but was advanced to a salad
girl’s position after her boss dis-
covered her flare for cooking.
When one of the three cooks at
the hotel went out on vacation,
Judy was asked if she’s substi-
tute for him. She did such a good
job that she’s been wearing a
chef’s hat ever since.
At Christmastime, the Car-
ter’s kitchen is especially fra-
grant with all the spicy smells
of the yuletide season. Judy and
Betty spend hours and hours to-
gether sharing a friendship that
is unusual between mother and
daughter nowadays and baking
holiday goodies for neighbors
and friends; They usually make
up special packages of cookies
for shutins, widows, and other
persons who might not have a
merry Christmas without a
little outside help.
Each of the delicacies
prepared for Christmas giving
is wrapped separately in small
squares of plastic wrap and
then piled neatly into decorated
coffee cans. A bright bow on top
is all that’s needed to complete
the cheerful package.
Judy and Betty bake most of
the holiday cookies just one
week prior to Christmas.
Baking earlier than that, Judy
laughs, is simply an open invi-
tation for father Bud and
brother Jim—a junior at Lake-
Lehman—to “‘snitch” goodies!
Pecan Cookies, Lithuanian
A professional cook, Judy Carter enjoys baking so much that she
finds time to make Christmas cookies even on her day off.
Butter Pastries, and White
Anisette Cookies are three of
Judy’s Christmastime favor-
ites, and she shares them here
with Dallas Post readers.
Peacan Cookies
2 C. ground pecans
two. thirds C. sugar
1 t. salt
2 unbeaten egg whites
one third C. strawberry jam
18 candied or maraschino
cherries cut in half
Combine pecans and sugar.
Add egg whites and mix until
mixture is completely damp.
Form small balls (mixture
will be moist); place on
ungreased cookie sheet and
press a small hole in each ball
with fingertip. Fill with straw-
berry jam. Top with cherry half
cut side down.
Bake in moderate overn (350
degrees about 15 minutes).
Remove from cookie sheet at
once.
Lithuanian Butter Pasteries
Ys 1b. butter
1-3 oz. pkg. cream cheese
4 t. sugar
1, t. salt
1 c. flour (sifted)
1 can skinned apricots
Cream butter and cheese.
Add 3 teaspoons of the sugar, all
of the salt and all of the flour.
Chill in refrigerator 1or 2 hours.
Add 1 teaspoon sugar to the
can of apricots (Judy uses Solo
apricot cake and pastry filling).
Cook to a mash consistency
(about 10 minutes). Roll dough
out thin. Cut into 2 inch squares.
Place one teaspoon of apricot
mash in center of each square.
Fold over corners toward the
center.
Bake in 400 degree oven ap-
proximately 20 minutes.
White Anisette Cookies
2 C. sugar
11b. or 2 C. white shortening
9 eggs
2-1 oz. bottles anise extract
1, C. milk
7 T. baking powder
7 C. flour
1t. salt
Mix as you would for a pie
crust, using approximately
cup additional flour to make a
stiff dough. Drop from a tea-
spoon onto an ungreased cookie
sheet. (Do not make cookies too
big as they rise in baking).
Bake at 400 for 10 minutes.
When cool, frost cookies and
sprinkle with coconut petites or
cclored sugar. Recipe may be
halved to yield fewer cookies.
PAGE NINE
Diane L. Hozempa and Bradley E. Bryant
area couple plan
August wedding
Mr. and Mrs. Marcus F.
Hozempa, 97 Midland Drive,
Dallas, announce the engage-
ment of their daughter, Diane
Lenore, to Bradley Evans
Bryant, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Joshua E. Bryant Jr., of
Shawanese.
Miss Hozempa is a graduate
the Archer
of Dallas Senior High School
and is presently attending
Wilkes-Barre Business College.
Mr. Bryant is a graduate of
Lake-Lehman High School and
is associated with his father at
Bryant’s Mobile Homes, Dallas.
An August wedding is plan-
ned.
Mohrs
visit friends In area
by Dottie Beckham
An American couple,
presently living in Belgium
spent last week with friends in
Pennsylvania and the Back
Mountain. One of the most fre-
quently asked questions of them
was what has been the greatest
change in their lives since
moving to the small European
country.
Mr. and Mrs. Archer Mohr,
former residents of Dallas, had
different answers to the ques-
tion.
Better known to a host of
friends and ex-neighbors as
Dee, Mrs. Mohr said the biggest
change for her was that ‘no one
speaks my language.”
The popular couple live in
Liege, Belgium, where Flemish
and French are spoken, Before
settling in the river city, they
both took cram courses in
French. For several weeks they
were taught French eight hours
a day, and were allowed to
speak in French only. The
courses were known as “total
immersion.”
Dee, who also had taken
French in college, is trying to
perfect her skill and proficiency
in the Romance language. She
has lessons in French one day a
week—for two hours. She has
progressed greatly beyond the
“La Plume de ma tante” stage.
Mr. Mohr, who is manager of
RCA’s plant in Liege, has found
working conditions to be differ-
ent from those in the Mountain-
top plant, where he formerly
worked. The overseas plant is a
brand new structure, and ac-
cording to pictures shown by the
Mohrs, is an exceptionally
attractive building with well-
planned grounds There is a
small number of Americans
working there, represeting
approximately 35 American
families, but the majority of
employees are native Belgians.
Although they have lived in
Liege since May, this trip back
to the States was the first one
together for the Mohrs. Mr.
Mohr was here primarily on
business, and Mrs. Mohr just
“wouldn’t be left behind.”
She declared it gave her an
opportunity to buy spices,
special soap and other small
items that she can’t find in her
new home.
How well are stores stocked
there? Many luxury items and
prepared mixes and such foods
cannot be bought, according to
the ex-Dallasite.
“Steak is very expensive and
not as good in quality as here.”
She explained that veal is the
best buy in meats, and chicken
is a fair buy. Each customer has
to bag his own groceries.
“There are supermarkets,
and I was beginning to think
they were fairly good until I saw
the new ones going up or that
are already opened in the Back
Mountain.”
For ten years, Dee and Arch
lived in Dallas. They were en-
thusiastic members of the
Harveys Lake Yacht Club and
participated in many sailing
events. Tey also enjoyed a good
game of bridge.
The Meuse River, flowing
from northeaster France
through easter Belgium and on
to the North Sea, presents a
beautiful scenic picture from
the Mohrs’ ninth-floor apart-
ment windows. However, there
is no sailing on the river, and
this is one activity Mr. Mohr
particularly misses.
Bridge players will hunt high
and low in any new location for
other bridge players, and that is
what the Mohrs did—she
manages to play twice a month
with other American woman;
Mr. Mohr less often.
Twin daughters are complet-
ing their senior year at Ithaca
College, but spent most of last
summer with their parents. The
girls will be flying soon to join
their parents in Belgium for the
Christmas holidays.
The long flights back and
forth across the Atlantic Ocean
seem to be getting routine for
all four family members. It’s
just as well this is so, as the
family will be living in Liege for
at least three years and probab-
ly longer.
A ware of their many op-
portunities for travel, the
peripatetic twosome have visits
to other countries in their plans.
They have motored already
over most of Belgium, and have
made extensive trips to The
Netherlands, Germany,
Switzerland and Austria.
There is not too much time to
be lonesome, Dee assured her
Back Mountain friends—with
the traveling, et al. Also, in the
eight months they have lived
there, they have had 20 to 25
visitors from America—either
personal friends or business ac-
quaintances, as guests in their
home.
While here, both of the Mohrs
tried to see as many friends as
possible. But, as this was im-
possible due to lack of time,
they wanted to wish everyone a
“Merry Christmas and a Happy
New Year.”