Refugio Timely Remarks (Refugio, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 10, 1944 Page: 2 of 8
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REFUGIO TIMELY REMARKS
THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1944
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Bayside News
MRS. J. S. LANE, Correspondent
Miss Pauline Bowland of Cor-
pas Christi, and Mr. and Mrs.
Pat Autry of Rockport spent
several days with Mrs. Earp.
Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Moody of
Pettus are visitihg in the Glen
Derrough home.
CJhas. Priest and sons of Goose
Creek are visiting his mother, Mrs.
J- S. Lane, and other relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Cummins
©f Woodsboro attended Church of
Christ Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Hap Knox of Cor-
pus Christi spent several days
tiere last week.
Mr. and Mrs. .Frank Mclntire
and children and Mr. and Mrs. Bill
.McCutcheon and baby of Corpus
Oiriati, spent Sunday with home
folks.
Miss Winona Wigginton of
Woodsboro is spending several
<iays with Mrs. Biernie Lynn.
Mrs. Boby Autry and children
apenf Wednesday in Rockport.
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Derrough,
Mrs. RoSs Downs and children and
Mr. and Mrs. Minor Phelps were
visiting in Corpus Christi last
Saturday.
AVOID CANNING MISHAPS BY
FOLLOWING PROPER DIRECTIONS
Wade Fortenberry and Orval
Downs spent last week with
Wade’s mother in Corpus Christi.
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Brady and
children attended the picnic at
Mill’s Wharf Saturday, given by
The Great American Insurance Co.
Mrs. Richard Perkins of Refugio
Is visiting her mother, Mrs. Maud
Moore.
Mr. and Mrs. Z. TV Havens have
purchased the Dr. Bauer store
building and are going to move it
to their lots in the St. Mary Addi-
tion.
Abe Booker has returned from
a business trip in Hot Springs,
Arkansas.
Walter Heinlein of Houston was
visiting friends and relatives here
Wednesday.
E. T. Brady was in Refugio
Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Smith of
Eagle Pass aihd Mrs. Chas. Smith
*>f Mercury are spending the week
vrith Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Gilmore
Although 1043 was a banner year for home canners, it was also a
troublesome one. As unbelievable as it may seem, it was the old-timer,
rather than the novice, who most often lost her way in the maze of
jars and war-time caps. Some of the old-timers were so sure they
knew the road to successful home canning that they struck out alone,
paying no attention to directions. <?>
Others chose to follow uninformed
guides who posed as authorities, but
those who went to headquarters for
information made the journey with-
out mishSp.
The glass top seal cap, consisting
of metal band, glass lid, and sepa-
rate rubber ring, was the indirect
cause of the more serious canning
troubles in 1943. This cap gave sat-
isfaction when used right, which was
and is fortunate because the War
Production Board’s order that at
least forty percent of all jars made
be fitted with glass tops has been
carried over into 1944.
Gladys Kimbrough, Home Service
Director for Ball Brothers Company,
gives five simple rules which will, if
followed, insure successful use of
the glass top seal caps. They are:
1. Examine the top of every jar. It
must be even and smooth..
2. Leave about one inch head space
when fining jars to be processed
(cooking in jar in cannier) and
about one-half Inch head space
when doing old-fashioned open
kettle canning.
3. Fit the rubber around tine projec-
tion on the bottom of the Hd be-
fore putting lid on the jar. The
rubber must lie flat between the
lid and the top of the jar. Rub-
bers cannot slip out of place if
they are put on right.
4. When processing is to be done,
tighten the metal bands, then
loosen them by turning back
about one-quarter turn. The
bands must be tightened after
the jars are removed from the
canner.
5. Remove the metal bands the next
day after the canning is done and
test the seal by pulling on the
lids, gently, with the finger tips.
If the canning is done right, vac-
uum in the jar plus air pressure
on the outside will hold the lid
down in an airtight seal. That is
why it is unnecessary to put the
bands back on the jars.
Each of the five rules given is im-
portant, but failure to observe rule
number four causes trouble.
Every section of the country
“over-subscribed its quota’’ of jar
breakage last season. Too much in-
ternal pressure is the most common
cause of jar breakage while jars are
in a canner and is the only thing
that causes a jar to explode. In-
ternal pressure builds up when a jar
is closed so-tight that steam cannot
escape from it during processing.
So, keep those glass top seal bands
loose while the jars are in a canner,
and there will be, can be, no ex-
plosions!
A jay on which a separate rubber
ring is used should never be closeji
tight before processing. On the
other hand, the flexibility of the
metal lid plus the nature of the seal-
ing compound make it both possible
and necessary to tighten the bands
on vacuum seal, two-piece metal
caps before processing.
Manufacturer’s instructions clear-
ly state that:
1. Jars to be sealed with vacuum
seal caps must have even, smooth,
flawless top edges.
2. From one-half to one inch head
space must be left when filling jars
and anything spilled on the top of
the jar must be wiped off.
3. The bids must be dropped in
boiling water. They need not be
boiled unless they are to be used for
old-fashioned open kettle canning.
4. The metal bands must be
screwed down snugly tight,—that is,
as tight as they will go without
force. The bands must not be tight-
ened after the jars are taken from
the canner.
5. The bands should be removed
from the jars the next day after the
canning is done and the seal tested
by pressing on the lid with a finger.
A tightly sealed lid will not move
under finger pressure.
In spite of these five simple rules,
there were persons who went right
ahead last season and used old
sharp-edged jars or those with
rough, nicked, or uneven top edges,
and there were some who filled the
jars too full. Others tried to make
cast-off lids from commercial jars
serve the purpose of the regular
metal bands, but possibly the most
common of all blunders was that of
forcing the bands so tight that the
tops of the jars pushed through the
ucuc ViVittC s
Place) each Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray McLean of
San Antonio were down fishing
and visiting with Mr. and Mrs. H.
E. Brady.
In the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Boyce Gillespie last Wednesday
were, Mrs. Earl Smart and chil-
dren of Port LaVaca, Mr. and Mrs.
j Pete Gillespie, Mrs. Buddy Gilles-
! Pie, Mrs. H. T. Gillespie, Mr. and
; Mrs. B. F. Mclntire and Mrs. Pit-
i zer.
compound and prevented a aeaL
The metal bands for Vacuum and
glass top seals are net interchange-
able but both should be removed
from the jars the next day after
the canning is done and left off.
Otherwise, they are likely to riist
and be difficult to remove when time
comes to open the jars.
The “war babies” are still with
us, but prospects are much brighter
for the 1944 canning season. More
people will be familiar with the
glass top seal and two-piece vacuum
seal caps. The sealing compound
on the metal vacuum seal lids will
be less easily ruined because of the
synthetic rubber in its composition.
Best news of the season for a great
many home canners is that the one-
piece zinc, porcelain-lined cap is
back from the war.
When asked to give “you-can’t-
miss-it” directions to a successful
canning season, Miss Kimbrough
said: “Select strictly sound, garden-
fresh vegetables; prepare, pack,
and process by Blue Book recipes;
use regular home canning jars—ev-
ery one of them has the name of the
jar molded in the side; and follow
the manufacturer’s instructions for
using jars, caps, lids, and rubbers.”
RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT
IN MEMORY OF Berdie D.
Rooke, who died June 30, 1944.
Once again death hath sum-
moned a member of our Chapter,
and the golden gateway to the
Eternal City has opened with a
welcome to home. The work of
ministering to the wants of the
afflicted, in shedding light into
darkened souls and in bringing joy
into the places of misery is com-
pleted, and as a reward has re-
ceived the plaudit, “well done”,
from the Supreme Master.
AND WHEREAS, The allwise
and Merciful Master has called
our beloved and respected member
home:
AND WHEREAS, Having been
a true and faithful Member of our
Chapter, therefore, be it resolved,.
That Woodsboro Chapter No. 678
ORDER OF THE EASTERN
STAR of Texas in testimony of
its loss, that we tender to the fam-
ily of our deceased Member our,
sincere condolence in their deep
affliction and that a copy of these
resolutions be sent to the family.
Mary J. Dodson
Homer T. Williams
lone Hall
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Lodge Notices
and other relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Haning and chil-
dren of Refugio are among the
week’s visitors and are staying in
the Bavu Courts and are catching
lots of trout.
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Dunlap, Mrs.
Frank Norris and children of
Woodsboro, Mr. and Mrs. J. S.
Lane and Louise Gilcrease went
on a fishing party Thursday and
caught a few nice trout.
Mr. and Mrs. Minor Phelps and
daughter of Houston are visiting
their sisters, Mrs. Maud Downs
! and Lula Derrough"
Jack Roth of the U. S. Army
at Little Rock, Arkansas, is visit-
ing in the home
Fred Cook.
of Mr. and Mrs.
Mr. and Mrs. Carnie Leighton
cool breeze and trout fishing here
of San Antonio were enjoying the
this week-end.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim McCutcheon
were in Corpus Christi and Sin ton
Wednesday on some business.
REFUGIO LODGE No. 100, A. F.
& A. M., held in Woodsboro sec-
ond atod fourth Mondays in each
month.
Homer T. Williams, W. M.
Frank M. Wood, Secretary
WOODSBORO CHAPTER No. 673
O. E. S., meets first and third
Thursday nights in each month
at Masonic Hall in Woodsboro.
Mary Jane Dodson, Secretary
Etta Lee Findley, W. M.
VETERINARY SERVICE
On Wednesday, August 16, a licensed veterinarian,
who is an A. & M. College graduate, will be in Refugio
and make his headquarters at this store. You may
make appointments for his services in advance. If in-
terest demands, we will make arrangements for this
veterinarian to visit Refugio each week.
5000 BUNDLES HEGARI
FOR SALE
All or part of 5,000 bundles of Refugio County
grown hegari is being offered for sale. Samples can be
seen at this store.
FULL-O-PEP FEEDS
A feed for better profits.
Refugio Feed &
Produce Co.
PHONE No. 9
Carl A. Houghton,
Owner
Emil Hausmann,
Manager
Delivery Service
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