Show i t I I H- H H I t tj j 1 I J. J I Dads Dad s 1 t y i y i J I CI CO 0 9 j I 1 ie i t i 4 T I M or orK K 4 I A DIFFERENT DAY DAYDREAMS DAYDREAMS DAYDREAMS DREAMS ARE mine to do with as I please No one about to nag at me and tease To tell me this is so and that not true That when it snows a n freezing wind comes too Twill I will not listen when some people say Today is much the same as yesterday rd Id like to tell them If I you only knew This Is the very ery morning you might soo seo sooThe The mountains and blue sky sk of fan fan- fantasy fantasy tasy Imagine wings and fly away p like me Hilda Conkling O 00 04 O w I FROM NEW SIW ZEALAND Saltwater Creek Timaru N. N N Z Z June 11 1947 Dear Dad VERY PLEASED to hear from you and to hear that you ou are not so bad for an anold anold old man Since I last wrote I have re received re- re cei ed two letters from you The first one arrived ed about two days after I had posted my letter to you the other one arrived recently also a bundle of papers of The Salt Lake Tribune Many thanks for same they are very interesting I am glad that some of or the papers that 11 I posted gave ave reached you at last Also received tho the April Record with my letter In it quite enjoyed reading it over Sounds or looks better in print What say you I Lots of happenings In our family since I last wrote to you ou Another son and daughter have got themselves married It was one of ot the nurse daughters and the she and her husband have gone to the North Korth Island to live so 50 I wont won't see hervery her very Tery often and if she gets homesick she I wont won't be able to run home It was a very pretty wedding her sister one of ot them I was bridesmaid and the weather was perfect effect So 60 a nice time was vas had by all j My sons wedding was very ver nice too Also a nice sunny day They 1 l Y live mear me j jand and are busy getting settled in Then another married son and his wife and j two wee children are living li with me at present as they cant can't get into their own I I house The housing problem here hero in New Zealand is very acute seems the same in most parts of or the world today I We have had a very nice winter so far mild mUd with a a. fair amount of sun sun- sunI sunshine I I shine I have been able tp get the gar gar- gardens dens deos dope done up I hope that we get gar I a anice anice nice spring so that I can get early vegetables vege vege- vegetables vegetables tables In I do love gardening I I Have solved the mystery of or The Even- Even EvenIng Evening Evening Ing Post Its It's like this I ordered The American Ladies Ladles Home Journal from my booksellers and some how the order got mixed and I get The Evening Post in In- In stead I was going to cancel it but the family or most of them were all for forThe forThe forThe The Post so I still receive it it Clarissa writes that one of the writers of short stories Is a relation of ours I Iam am and very interested to learn of it Dont Don't say fay aj that your writing days are over I Itee tee you write beautiful letters so do dot t nd me another one soon also your writing itself is better than mine which was vas never very good At times when I write 71 to the family they say they have Difficulty In reading same I say then they they haven't much imagination or they could guess what it was I haven't heard from Kath for a awhile while but all other members of ot the I clan are well vell I often otten hear from Cousin I Laura London England Descendants Des Des- Descendants DesI Descendants I of or the line Jine are mostly I long livers arent aren't they My brother writes from London that things In general over there are grim Many thanks again for the bundle of ot Interesting Tribunes The colored ones especially What magnificent scenery it ItI made me wish that I could see it I I oppose that you have seen most of ot it itin Itin in n your young day Also thank you for forThe forThe forThe The Park Records which arrive with regularity At present New Zealand is suffering from a shortage of ot electricity and its Tery very inconvenient Many things are arc blamed Warned for it but I think think its really sightedness short on the part of ot the government They seldom see far enough ahead in anything However our pioneer ancestors had no electricity and they got along alright so I suppose we can c n. n Well dear Dad I must now close hoping that you are arc as well as a nice old vOld old mm can be Kind regards to all aU your family from my family And love From yours sincerely LILE S. S S IVEY O 0 O O 4 COLD OR on HOT THEY SPEAK now of or a colds war Which is to wage an offensive attack to- to today today day 7 by spending pending 20 billion to further ho ma Marshall Plan It is to give certain European countries enough to build i themselves economically to withstand I the he pressure cf of Communism It is widely Believed if ir Communism wins these coun doun- countries countries tries Over another World War will be fought This amount cf or money sounds mighty nIght big to those of or us who receive a n weekly wage in short figures but we can I view lew the sum in another nother light estl- estl eUI e tt I mated this last war cost us billion l I Jor for or military operations alone On tia ti th i basis it wouldn't take us very long to l I sPend 20 billion in another war Now j the question is is whether it is better to I sPend this last amount right now to toWage j I wage age it be small maU a cold war or let a part Fart of or a huge total to wage a hot war I later Remember we arent aren't even bringing I I UP the loss of precious lives the most important factor of or all l Naturally the question arises of how Jo We Ne can be assured our money will halt the Soviet drive e for control We are re reminded re- re minded of ot certain general elections in inome I some ome of or the oppressed countries which showed the majority didn't want Com Com- Weakened economically coun coun- countries countries countries com I tries are more apt to accept Communism Experts are convinced that help to the 16 countries will have a far reaching I effect on other lands It is a weighty Question Indeed and one that greatly concerns us I O O O 1 AliT AUT OF COOKING A LONG time ago when the first families families lies lived In fn a a. crude world much m ch of the thel I food consumed was uncooked That art l i Continued on rage Page lour Four louri Dads Dad's Column Col mn Continued from Page age One was developed and hassled l d to the present 1 tf day menu of cooked meats and vegetables In fact there was n a step stepIn In our history when forebears thought unless food tood was cooked It shouldn't be eaten We do stress the salad bowl today use many vegetables raw and are aware that the tho old way of ot cooking certain vegetables for hours Is entirely wrong Moro More people are arc inclined to meat In n a Juicy red state Make mine rare Is drawing more advocates to the raw state Cooking Co has become an art along with music painting tho the stage A woman hardly considers cooking as aa an art but buther buther buther her family will testify as to her artistic ability with a n pot holder and a mixing bowl a a. range a sauce pan and a n bag of herbs Though she still has the same efficient tools In the tho kitchen the tho raw materials with which this artist works i cost far more The cook must be I f ally clever er ingenious thrifty When her herI work of ot art graces the family board she shewell shewell I well deserves applause from her audience Her skill at her work be bei Cli m merits r the appreciation at the dining table I i. i O O O I OUR FAVORITE FA VOlUTE HAT IUT ANY MAN can produce an an old dilapi dilapi- dilapidated dilapidated dated slouch hat that has long been dear to him In his fondness for this felt he has grown to cherish It as a a. aI I family heirloom Wives of many havo have much to say about this old favorite Sometimes that hat takes on the per per- perI personality 1 I of Its wearer In their Intimacy 1 I But comes a n warning There seems to be danger of ot Infection on the forehead from 1 these old head pieces unless n a fellow wash washes s tho Inside band with soap and water now and then and replaces es the theold theold theold old Inside band with a new one every few years Women aro apt opt to use this I threat of at Infection to persuade the men men- folk tolk to Junk the favorite felt but most of ot us will wUl use soap and water on the pet slouch before wo we would consent to to part company with It It f f I o o o I FOR lOR OR EVERY NEED I II I WE SOMETIMES wonder how so many kinds of stores can make money In l competitive business of ot today There are arc I II I big stores and little shops all about i However a n. buying public has more than lono I ono one reason for shopping in certain I places Price Is the Important factor in inmost Ini most i cases s buying where you get the most for the money But there are those I who Insist upon name brands certain certain certain tain trade products that are carried In InI I certain stores There Is the buyer who I is more anxious to deal where there Is I delivery service where goods goo s are easily l I I II and quickly exchanged where they have tho privilege of at using a n charge chargo account These people are aware of ot the added cost costI I such service entails but prefer it Tho The ThoI I retail merchants know their business appreciate the foregoing conditions and meet their customer customers requirements In the best possible way This 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