People
By CHARLOT M. DENMON
Staff Correspondent
Edie Shaffer of Dallas enjoys cooking, espe-
cially desserts, but since just she and her
husband are the only ones at home, Edie says
they generally enjoy one-dish meals and seldom
eat sweets unless it is some of her homemade
Banana Nut Bread or 6-Week Muffins.
The former Edith Spencer, she was born and
raised on 42nd Street in the West Dallas area
until she married Alvin Shaffer and moved into
their present home on Mill Street, Dallas.
She and Alvin have a daughter, Janis Barrin-
ger, now living in League City, Texas, with her
husband and two sons, Michael and Jason.
Every year Edie spends three weeks with her
daughter and family, a vacation she looks
forward to with enthusiasm.
Until she retired several years ago, Edie was
employed as a sales clerk, first for the late
Charles Gosart, later in the same store for
William Davis, and then for Wayne Schmoll,
who formerly owned and operated Country’s
Best.
In addition to preparing special desserts which
she does for holidays and special occasions, Edie
enjoys working in the yard with the plants and
flowers she raises annually. Assisted by her
husband, they keep their yard beautifully land-
scaped.
Edie also likes to bowl, but decided to give it
up about three years ago because of other
commitments. She was a charter member in one
of the first women’s leagues in the local bowling
lanes.
She and Alvin have been active members of
the Dallas Fire & Ambulance, Inc., Alvin having
been with the Dallas Fire Company for the past
46 years and Edie, an active member of the Fire
& Ambulance Auxiliary.
The recipes, Edie shares with Dallas Post
Entertainment
readers this week are easy to prepare and
relatively inexpensive.
The Plum Conserve is an original recipe of
Edie’s. She tasted some at one time and liked it
so well, she kept trying different ingredients
until she finally had exactly the recipe she
wanted.
The 6-Week Muffins, Edie finds very conve-
nient. You can mix as much batter as you want
to and store it in the refrigerator, using just the
amount you need when you want muffins.
The Vegetable Dish is a meal in itself,
containing all of the ingredients one needs for a
nutritious but easy to prepare and tasty dinner.
For something sweet, Edie suggests a slice or
two of her Banana Nut Bread.
“It’s just enough to satisfy a ‘“‘sweet tooth”,
said Edie.
PLUM CONSERVE
2% lbs. plums
1 4-0z. pkg. walnuts, chopped
11g. orange
5 c. sugar
Pit plums and cut in halves lengthwise, place
in large saucepan. Blend in chopped walnuts.
Cut orange unpeeled, take out white membrane,
dice, and add to plums and nuts; add sugar and
mix. Simmer over low heat for approximately
one hour or until thickened. Makes 6-7 glasses of
conserve.
6-WEEK MUFFINS
31% c. Ready-to-eat Raisin Bran cereal
2% c. All-purpose. flour
1% c. granulated sugar
2% t. baking soda
1t. salt
2 c. buttermilk
1, c¢. vegetable shortening or unsweetened
butter, melted
21g. eggs
In a large mixing bowl, combine cereal, flour,
sugar, baking soda and salt. Using wooden
spoon, beat in buttermilk, shortening and eggs
until just mixed. Pour into a storage container,
cover and refrigerate several hours or up to six
weeks. Makes six cups batter, enough for 30 2%
inch muffins.
Heat oven to 400 degrees, stir batter and fill
well-greased muffin tins two thirds full. Bake 15-
20 minutes or until muffins are puffed and
browned, and a wooden pick inserted in center
five minuts before removing from pans.
BANANA NUT BREAD
Ys c. shortening
34 c. granulated sugar
2 eggs
2 c. Jiffy baking mix
1 c. (2-3 med.) ripe bananas
1/3 c. chopped nuts
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Greas 9x5” loaf
pan. Cream shortening and sugar, combine
remaining ingredients and mix until well
blended. Pour into prepared tin and bake 55
minutes. Cool on rack before slicing. Makes one
loaf.
VEGETABLE DISH
1 med. onion, diced
% 1b. ground beef
3 hot dogs, diced (optional)
1 16-0z. can mixed vegetables
1 pt. cooked tomatoes
1 T. flour
Salt & pepper, if desired
Bisquick topping:
1 c. Bisquick
1 c. milk
vegetables and tomatoes, blend well. Mix flour
as for gravy and combine with vegetable mix-
ture, and place baking dish or casserole.
In separate bowl, add milk to Bisquick until
mixture forms a soft ball. Drop by spoonfuls on
top of vegetable mixture. Bake at 350 degrees
until golden brown.
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Change in broadcast media and
modern technology is occurring
rather rapidly. Electronic media
depend on technology at every stage
of communication; therefore,
change pervades virtually all
aspects. This change is being evi-
denced in varying degrees now, and
will have far-reaching effects in the
future, especially if the trend main-
tains its present pace.
First of all, electronic equipment
has and will continue to become
more compact and more versatile.
Computers and microprocessors
will have an even greater impact on
production, including cameras,
recorders, voice : synthesizers,
graphics, and animation. Large
screen televisions, stereo television,
video cassette recorders, video disc
players, digital TV, satellite dishes,
and the recently demonstrated high
definition television will continue to
be popular innovations.
Closely asso-
ciated with rapid
change in tech-
nology is thef
increased availa: §
bility of channels,
whether by cable
systems, direct
satellite broad-
cast, or by sub-
scription televi-
sion. Movie
channels now WYSOCKI
include
Home Box Office, Showtime, The
Movie Channel, Cinemax, and Front
Row. Culture channels present
ARTS, Bravo, and the Entertain-
ment Channel. Religious channels
carry Praise the Lord, Oral Rob-
erts, CBN, NCN, and NJT. In the
news and sports area are Ted
Turner’s Cable News Network 1 and
Headline News, ESPN, and USA.
“Superstations’ are becoming more
popular - WTBS in Atlanta, WOR in
New York, and WGN in Chicago.
Nickelodeon and Calliope can be
found on children and adult chan-
nels, Other cable channels worthy of
mention are Modern Satellite Net-
The Black Entertainment Network,
aimed at the black audience; C-
span, focused on government-
related material, and Playcable,
created by Mattel.
Engineers and telecommunication
specialists have also been exploring
ways to make better use of availa-
ble channel spectrums. One of the
most imminent is teletext. A portion
of the bandwidth of the television
picture is unused for the video
itself; consequently, it is possible to
place pages of text onto the unused
portions. Broadcasters are pres-
ently using three areas for ‘closed
captioning,” allowing a specially
equipped television receiver to dis-
play captions at the bottom of the
picture for people who experience
difficulty hearing the audio segment
of a program.
Videotex is still another system
The 73rd Annual Reunion of the
Crispell Family (Pennsylvania
Branch) was held recently at
Dymond Grove, Noxen, with
approximately 46 attending.
The Crispells are descendents of
Antoine (Crespel) Crispell, who
came to this country in 1660 and
along with 11 other patentees,
founded the village of New Paltz,
N.Y., near here. Around 1825
Thomas Crispell and his wife settled
in the Noxen-Beaumont area, and it
is the descendents of this couple
who gathered for the event.
Earl Crispell of Noxen who had
served as President of the National
Crispell Family Association for
many years was named President
Emeritus at the Annual Meeting
held in New Paltz on July 5. John
Sidorek served as Vice President of
the National Association this past
year, and Dr. Leon Sidorek, as
Hoffmans
celebrate
anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. George N. Hoffman,
Sr. of 45 Shaver Ave., Shavertown
celebrated their 50th wedding anni-
versary. They were married in St.
Mary’s Syrian Orthodox. Church,
September 5, 1936 by the late Rev.
Mitchell. The late Victoria Matta
servd as maid of honor and best
man was the late Henry Hoffman.
Mr. Hoffman, prior to retirement,
worked for the Stegmaier Brewing
Company of Wilkes-Barre for 38
years.
Mrs. Hoffman was employed by
the Jon Art Manufacturing Co. of
Wilkes-Barre for 10 years.
The couple resided in the Lee
Park section of Hanover Township
for 28 years prior to the Flood of
1972.
The couple has three children,
George N. Jr., of Shavertown;
Judith A. Walent of Deer Park, New
York and Kathryn E. Joseph, of
Dallas. They also have 10 grandchil-
dren.
They were recently honored at a
dinner by their family.
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President of the Pennsylvania
Branch. He encouraged family
members to attend the Annual
Meeting the first Saturday in July
and also Stone House Day the first
Saturday in August in New Paltz
where the oldest named street in the
United States with the houses still
standing is located, the houses
having been built between 1672 and
1712.
Officers elected for the Pennsyl-
vania Branch for the ensuing year
are: Rev. Theodore Hubbard, Presi-
dent; Eunice Sorber, Vice Presi-
dent; Lois Post, Recording Secre-
tary; Lucy Goss, Corresponding
Secretary, and Alma Brown, Trea-
surer. Nominating Committee for
next year is Helen Crispell, Letha
Schenck, and Ella Cobleigh.
Appointed to Committees next year
are: Games, Sue Carney; Enter-
tainment, Rev. Theodore Hubbard
and Eunice Sorber; Gifts, Effa Cris-
pell.
Oldest man present was Clarence
Shupp, 85; oldest lady, Iva Hoover,
84; youngest baby, Corey Francis
Sidorek, 6 months; couple married
the longest, Earl and Helen Crispel],
60 years; couple most recently mar-
ried, Dr. Leon and Roxanne ‘Sido-
rek; youngest grandfather, Ed Sido-
rek; youngest grandmother, Lucy
Goss; largest family present, Lucy
Goss; family traveling the farthest,
Rachel, Kevin and Debbie Schenck.
August birthdays, Ed Sidorek, Ella
Cobleigh and Letha Schenck:
Eunice Sorber, soloist, enter-
tained with an inspiring selection of
gospel songs. Reunion next year will
be at Dymond Grove, Noxen, the
second Saturday in August at noon.
Those attending this year’s reun-
Sidorek, Corey Francis Sidorek,
Edward and Minnie Sidorek, Lois
Post, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Goss,
Dee Jones, Mrs. Sue Carney and
boys, Albert and Rachel Crispell,
Earnest and Alma Brown, Mr. and
Mrs. Clarence Shupp, Rev. Theo-
dore and Carmel Hubbard, Eunice
Sorber, Bertha Oney, Claude Cris-
pell, Letha and Francis Schenck,
Nellie Marcy, Ruth Newberry, Mar-
ilyn, Tiffany and Keith Crispell.
Also, Dorotha Brandsteltner,
Dorotha Eveland, Mr. and Mrs.
Earl Crispell, Sr., Iva Hoover,
Harold E. Hoover, Dotty Schneider,
Judith and Ed Crispell, Edward W.
Cobleigh, Ella C. Cobleigh, Delbert
E. Cobleigh, Betty J. Strzelczyk,
Cecil and Effa Crispell, Rachel,
Kevin and Debbie Schenck. It was
noted that Edith L. Thompson
passed away on July 15 at 100 years
of age.
Andrea M. Vasil, R.N., has been
named Director of Nursing at the
Meadows Nursing Center, Dallas.
Ms. Vasil is a graduate of Exeter
High School and Wilkes-Barre Gen-
eral Hospital School of Nursing. She
is currently enrolled in the Health
Care-Business Management Pro-
gram at King’s College, Wilkes-
Barre. Ms. Vasil was previously
employed as Director of Training
and Development, Homecare Ven-
ture, Inc. She was also employed by
Wilkes-Barre General Hospital as
Staff Development Instructor,
Department of Education, and
Trauma Nurse Coordinator, quality
Assurance Department.
She is the Chapter President of
the Luzerne-Lackawanna County
American Society for Training and
Development and also Regional Sec-
retary for a five state council.
Ms. Vasil resides in Exeter with
her children, Frank, Mark, Christy
and Brian Bonath.
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being experimented with. Whereas
teletext is a one-way data system,
videotax is a two-way system. It is
an interactive system, which is nor-
mally run through cable television
and establishes a link from a
viewer’s TV set to a data bank. The
viewer is charged for each page of
information that appears on the
television screen, which can turn
out to be quite costly.
In the Warner-Amex two-way
cable system, often called QUBE,
the cable company bills the subscri-
bers for the pay programs they
have chosen to watch. Subscribers
are given a 30-channel capacity.
Ten channels are devoted to normal
public and commercial presenta-
tions. Another ten channels provide
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viewers ‘‘premium’’ selections.
These include special programs,
newer movies, self-help courses,
and local college sports. The third
group of 10 channels are the com:
munity channels through which
viewers can interact with their tele-
vision sets. They can respond to any
issues of the day by pressing chan-
nel-selection buttons, and a com-
puter immediately tabulates the
information. Modern technology is
certainly amazing when viewers are
afforded the opportunity to buy
merchandise, to install fire alarms,
and burglar alarms via the home
video system.
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