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THE NEW CANADIAN
Ah independent Organ for Canadians
VOL. XXIII. — NO. 13

of Japanese Origin

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1960

TORONTO, ONT.

More Understanding Needed

Were Friendship is Unlimited
By KEITH WALLIS
Vancouver, B.C.
Imagine yourself in a large living room. Off in one corner a
University teacher, a lawyer, an engineer and a stenographer are
discussing the situation in South Africa. In the middle of the room
several couples are practising the cha-cha, while over at the record
player three young men are selecting the next record. Other groups
are" discussing dancing, food, and the state of the weather. From
the kitchen conies the rattle of dishes as the Social Committee pre­
pares for the coffee break.
Sounds like a typical evening for a typical group in a typical
community doesn’t it? But in this case there is a difference, and
one that is immediately obvious. The teacher is of Norwegian origin,
and the stenographer is Chinese Canadian. Among those dancing,
Harry is from Trinidad, Margaret is Canadian of Scottish-English
descent, Ichiro is Japanese Canadian, Kathleen is Canadian of Irish
descent, Ed is a Canadian Negro, Midori is Japanese Canadian, Fred
is Australian, and Anna is Jewish. Sorting the records, Bill is a
Negro from the U.S., Dalwari is Sikh, John is of Mennonite up­
bringing. And so on with practically every group represented that
goes to make up this country.
Something else is equally obvious. That beyond these differences
of background all these people are friends. This- is Friendship Un­
limited in action.
Throughout Canada, in early February, all those organizations
interested in improving inter-cultural friendship observe Brother­
hood Week, but over the years has come a growing wish to extend
the’thoughts and feelings from that week to the remainder of the
year. While organizations, such as the Canadian Council of Chris­
tians and Jews and the Vancouver Civic Unity Association have
programs which make it possible for adults to participate it was
felt by several leaders in this field that no organization existed
which specifically appealed to the young adult in the age range from
20 to 35.
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From the growing need for such a group was born the wish to
finally do something concrete. In December of 1954 a meeting was
held between Knute Buttedahl of the Vancouver Civic Unity Asso­
ciation, Dyke MacMillan of the Y.M.C.A. Young Adult Program De­
partment, and Boris Eteiman of the Jewish Community Centre, to
discuss the ways and means. As a result of this the inaugural meet­
ing of the group took place on January 19, 1955 at the Headquarters
of the Chinese Benevolent Association to set up a program of activities, to elect a steering committee, and to adopt the temporary
name of “Inter-Cultural Group.”
By the Fall of 1955 the program was underway and doing 'well.

(continued on page eight)

Inferior Japan Goods Claim Spoofed by Writer
A booklet entitled “'Canada
and Japan in Contrast,” written
for the Canada-Japan Traders
Association by Mr. Geoffrey J.
Wasteneys, concerns itself to
comparing the two countries in
terms of wages, hours of work
and living conditions generally.
It is written against a back­
ground of simultaneous, but not
similar, trends of industrial develdpinent in the two countries
since 1867, and prepares to an­
swer, in part, the statement not
infrequently heard, that the low
prices at which Japanese goods
are sometimes sold on the Cana­
dian market result from low
wages and sub-standard working
conditions in Japan.
Countries Dissimilar
No two countries, the pamphlet
indicates, could be more dissimi­
lar physically than Canada and
Japan. Canada is a large country,
rich in a wide range of natural
resources with a small popula­
tion. Japan is relatively a small
country with few resources and
a large population. The basic
problem of Canada is to develope
and market abundant raw ma-

terials for which the Canadian
domestic market cannot utilize a
tenth part. Japan has only tim­
ber, coal and water power as sig­
nificant resources and most raw
materials must be imported.
The problems of Japan include
the necessity to import each year
a certain proportion of the food
required to feed her population
and in addition much of the raw
materials for industry.
The Canadian population is in­
creased regularly by immigra­
tion. The Japanese annual in­
crease in population brings added
problems and emigration is one
solution, but many countries will
not admit Japanese settlers.
Bad Feelings Persist
Mr. Wasteneys’ research reveals that for many years, there
was: a virtual suspension of
original development of the in­
ventive arts in Japan. The Japa­
nese became known, not quite
fairly, as a nation of copiers, fre­
quently with the stigma of copy­
ing without credit to the orginal
manufacturer. A long era of bad
feeling in international trade,
which is still felt today, came

Canadian Textile Industry Fading
Asian Imports Break For Consumer
NIAGARA
FALLS,
Ont.—
Walter' Gordon, an expert on
Canada’s economic prospects, in­
dicated Saturday he sees little
hope for the country’s textile in­
dustry.
“Perhaps some people are

Posture Queen Is Also Miss Valentine 1960

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right when, they say we shouldn’t
have a textile industry. As long
as we have adequate imports
from Japan, India and perhaps
Red China in the future, it’s a
break for consumers.”
Mr. Gordon made the assess­
ment in answer to a question by
Phil Hemard, 'Textile Workers
union, at an Ontario Federation
of Labor education conference.
Mr. Hemard referred to the Can­
adian Cottons plant in Cornwall
which went out of business,
leaving 1,400 jobless.
Mr. Gordon rioted his manage­
ment consultant firm had acted
for the mill. “We worked harder
trying to bring that mill around
than we did at anything else. We
kept it going four years after
people said it should have been
out of business.”
He suggested the mill might
have survived had it been pos­
sible to scrap old plants and build
“single-storey factories on the
most modern lines. But when an
industry is on the way down and
there are no profits, I don’t know
how we could have raised the
capital.”
And through all this, he told
his labor audience, “wages were
much too low.”

from the Japanese facility at
copying* a western article and the
practice of then exporting it, at
a lower price, to the original
market. In fairness to Japan, it
should be said that the prime fac­
tor in many cases was an un­
scrupulous import ag*ent in a
Western country who sent a
sample product to a firm in Ja­
pan offering a large order if it
could be produced at a sufficient
low price.
There are
0 numbers of
small and medium scale enter­
prises in Japan who are interest­
ed in export markets and a very
large number of export agency
firms as well. This results in a

(continued on page eight)

Develope New Camera
Lens Said Tops Others
TOKYO.—A revolutionary new
camera lens with five times the
effective field of vision of pre­
vious scientific lenses has been
announced by Tohoku Univer­
sity’s Scientific Measurements
Research Institute.
Designed by Professor’ Shotaro
Yoshida, the new f/0.519 lens
surpasses the famous Nokkor
f/1.1 and Topcon f/0.71 (used for
x-raying) and is composed of one
non-spherical and four spherical
lenses.
Where an f/2.0 100mm lens
has an effective field of vision
of one centimeter in diameter,
the new Yoshida lens has an ef­
fective field vision of five centi­
meters.
The new lens can be
made from available optical
glass and therefore can be com­
mercially produced according to
Professor Yoshida.

Japanese Women No
Different After All,
Send Hubbies to School
To Become Better Men
TOKYO:—Tokyo’s
metropoli­
tan government has opened a
school to make better husbands
of Japanese men. The course is
free.
government
said
the
The
course was inaugurated as a re­
suit of complaints from Japanese
women that their husbands were
too “bossy.” In an attempt to
cure this, the government decided
to open a two-month course for
prospective bridegrooms.
Classes are held twice a week.
Subjects taught include political
economy, law, literature, house­
keeping and elementary medicine.

Thousands Annually Leave for South America

—photo by JACK HEMMY

Miss May Nagami, 18-year-old
Oakwood
Collegiate
student
walked off with the crown of
Miss Valentine Contest at the
dance last Friday at UNF Hall.
The decision of the judges
accorded her second title within
a week as she also walked off
^th the posture queen title of

her school.

from
Nisei Anglican Fellowship was
crowned by retiring queen, Miss
Sue Ohtani. Runners-up were
Irene Sasaki, 20, a bank clerk,
representing Toronto JCCA and
Margaret Nakatsu, 18, a hair­
dresser representing Club Rec
Socratic.

The Toronto Young Buddhist
Society wishes to acknowledge its
thanks for generous donations
from the following:
Hyland Florists, Yamada Stu­
dios, Dayton Signs and Mas Tsucontestants.
ruoka. Also,
judges and the various organiza­
tions sponsoring the contestants.

TOKYO.—Thousands of Japa­
nese are annually leaving their*
bustling, jam-packed homeland to
settle in South America..
There just isn’t enough land on
Japan’s four main islands say
emigration authorities. One farm­
er put it this way:
“We have made our living out
of little more than an acre of
land and charcoal making. We
could keep our bodies and souls
together in our village, but to
give a better future to our child­
ren, we have decided to go to
Brazil.”
Becoming a settler in another
country is still no easy road.
The ocean voyage takes 40 to
60 days and it is said to take at
least five years and as many as
10 years of strehous labor before

the emigrants can become fullfledged settlers.
Emigration officials in Japan,
who screen all candidates, see to
it that the prospective settlers
are taught something about the
country they are going to as well
as a smattering of either Portu­
guese or Spanish.
The Japanese government pays
the transportation costs of many
of the emigrants but they even­
tually are expected to pay it
back.
Each year, the number of emi­
grants to South America is in­
creasing. Last year, more than
7,800 were estimated to have
headed to the open spaces of the
southern continent. A majority
of the emigrants go to Brazil,
where the vast Amazon region is
in great need of settling.

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PAGE 7

SPORTS

Furuya Travel Will Plan
N.Y. Tour to View Kabuki

Japan Athletes Arrive to Compete at Squaw Valley
Nisei Students' Club to Discuss Own Necessity
While At Same Time Elect New Executive
A panel comprised of four stu­
dents will discuss the topic. ‘Ts
Anything Wrong With the Nisei
Students’ Club,” this Fridav
evening.
Following* the discourse by the
panelists, the discussion will be
open to the floor. If you have any

Toshiko Elected RYBA
President For New Term

A Kabuki play will be staged
this spring at New York, Wash­
ington. .Boston, Chicago, Los An­
geles and San Francisco, it was
reported here recently.
The American promoter asked
that the Japanese productions in­
clude “Chushingura,” ‘’Asagaonikki” and “Dojoji” which are
most suitable for the American
public.
The Furuya Travel Service
here, with the cooperation of the
New York Travel Service, will
conduct a ‘‘Kabuki Tour” to New
York when staged at that city.

opinion about the club, we would
be very interested to hear them
in order to aid the incoming executive. Friday
nomination's
night.
ure to come out- to
nominate your candidate for the
1960-61 executive.
Members of the executive will
give reports on the NSC finances
and on the grand banquet. At that
time, any questions about the
NSC may be put forward to the
executive. Any fifth formers who
wish to attend will be welcomed.
_ Date is Friday. February 19th;
time, 8^30 P.M.: place, Women’s
Union, 19 St. George Street: ad­
COALDALE, Alta.—Mr. G. N.
mission, 50 cents for members Shimoda, an expert on bull rais­
and 25 cents for non-members. ing', is reported to be raising live­
Refreshments will be served.
stock which are winning blue rib­
bons at yearly livestock exhibi­
tions at Lethbridge, Calgary, Ed­
monton and from competitions in
Saskatchewan.
Besides his work, Mr. Shimoda
is devoting his spare time to com­
munity affairs such as being pre­
sident of the'YUA and Nisei Kai,
an organization similar to that
of the JCCA.

Nisei Bull Expert
Leads Organizations

RAYMOND,
Alta. — Toshiko
Miyauchi was elected to the predency of the Raymond YBA for
the coming term. Those officers
elected for 1960 to assist her are
as follows:
Japan Air Lines Photo
Vice-president, Haruko Imaha­
JAPAN’S OLYMPIC TEAM, comprising 58 athletes and 11 officials shi; secretary, Helen Yamazaki;
arrived at San_Francisco International Airport via Japan Air Lines treasurer, Reiko Mori; corres­
VMlev
tO the 1960 Winter Olympics at Squaw ponding* secretary, R,ei Takaha­
Ath
of both .sexes represented speed skating, figure shi; religious chairman, Jim Naskating, ice hockey and skiing. The team and accompanving officials kagawa. and Sway Nishimura;
by representatives of the San Francisco Japanese social convenors, Mits Tsuji, Kim
Committee and also by Professor S. Nakamura of the Fukushima, Spud Kitagawa/Yuse
Nakamura is the U.S. Olympics Com- Matsuno and Hiroshi Fukushima.
missioai! attache to the Japanese team. The team is seen disembarkWith the very competent staff,
There will be a meeting* of the
Spe,K.alcharter fU^ht- At the foot of the ramp is there is promise for a successful
PATRONIZE
Toronto
JCCA Choir* Group this
Hitoshi Kihara, chief of the Japanese Olympics delegation, and Miss term.
Sunday, February 21st at Inter­
Junko Ueno, figure skating star, holding the flag.
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national Institute, 709 College
RYBA CONCERT
Street (near Ossington), in the
Everyone is cordially invited to library.
Everyone is welcome to
attend the RYBA Concert at the attend and join.
Raymond Buddhist Church, to be
The group is still without a
held on Saturday, February 27th, choir master and would appre­
SQUAW VALLEY,
Calif.— for eliminations.
commencing at 8:00 P.M.*sharp. ciate any person interested in
Among the first groups to open
Female Help Wanted
Under the new schedule, nine Admission charge is your dona­ leading the group.
Also, it is
the hockey championship elimina­ teams "were divided into three tion.
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urged that any male singers,
tion tomorrow at the Winter teams each. The first two in each
The concert will consist of per­ tenor and bass, come out and par­ executive. Must be proficient secretary,
Olympics in Squaw Valley will pool will advance to the six-team formances by Raymond’s various
well groomed, interested in fashion.
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10, The New Canadian.
place teams will meet in a con­ On Kai, Junior YBA and the
The U.S. Olympic hockey team solation tournament.
YBA. A “shibai” will highlight
Toronto chapter of the JCCA
will play the. first game against
Male Help Wanted
Canada, Sweden and Japan the evening.
will
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lia; Canada vs. Japan; Russia 20—Toronto. Toronto JCCA General Elec­
There will be a special general
tion tentatively set at Buddhist Church meeting of the Toronto Young quiet district, immediate possession and
vs. Finland; Feb. 20—United
Hall. All executives and public are
near transportation and shopping. Call
States vs. Australia; Sweden vs.
urged to attend. Entertainment and Buddhist Society and those in­ RO. 6-0145 (Toronto).
Japan; Germany vs. Finland.
20—Chatham. KJCA general meeting at terested this Sunday, February
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Club get-together at Buddhist Church
Hall. To photo Miss Valentine 1960.
reasonable.
Phone
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Everyone welcome.

JCCA Choir to Meet At
International Institute,
Elections Due on 20th

Canada Will Play Japan in Second Pool at Olympics

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friendship Unlimited

THE

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NEW

Canada-Japan Trade

(continued from page one)
It came to the attention of the group that similar- organizations were
already in existence—the Crucible Club in Winnipeg Friendship Un­
limited in Calgary and Friendship Unlimited in Edmonton—whose high degree of competition for
aims and objects were very similar to those of the Vancouver Group. export markets and this, more
Further meetings were held, and in November 1955. -with the full than anything else, lowers the
welcome of the Calgary group, the “Inter-Cultural Group” became price at which Japanese goods are
the Vancouver Unit of “Friendship Unlimited”. Other similar groups sold abroad.
This is a serious matter as
have.also been formed; L’Accord in Montreal, Canadians Unlimited
sometimes
goods are sold in
in Edmonton, and the Brotherhood Council in Toronto. Friendship
foreign
markets
at prices far be­
Unlimited now spanned the West and its principles reached across
low
the
price
of competitive
Canada.
goods of local manufacture. The
The group is non-sectarian, and completely autonomous, al­ background to - excessively low
though it does have the support of many groups in the Community. prices for Japanese goods sold on
It has no axe to grind no crusade to promote, nothing to sell. It foreign markets is often shrewd
exists simply to provide the opportunity for young adults of differ­ bargaining on the part of the
ent: backgrounds- to mix and become friends, on the basis that under­ foreign importer, combined with
standing has always been reached more successfully by personal a lack of knowledge of foreign
contact than any number of theories or well-meant platitudes. Al­ prices displayed by the small Ja­
though the group is also non-rrofit making, it is necessary to make panese firms to compete to secure
nominal charge at each function in order to be self sustaining.
the order.
Politics are something else the group avoids, although it did
Yen Value More
add its voice to the call for the B.C. Fair Employment Practices Act
It
is
sometimes
suggested that
passed in 1956, and will undoubtedly support the Fair Accommoda­
the
low
wages
of Japanese
tions Practices Act when this is put forward, as well as a Canadian
workers
constitutes
in them­
Bill of Rights.
selves, a threat to Canadian stan­
Over the years the type of program followed has evolved to a dard of living if manufactured
mixture of both educational and social. The educational part is de­ goods produced in that country
signed to further the understanding of the individual of the many are allowed to be sold here with­
different groups that go to make up the community by learning out special restriction.
about their culture, problems and viewpoints. It also presents scien­
The Japanese worker is now in
tific evidence on the attitudes of people towards those differences a position to secure a great in­
so as to more clearly understand the feelings people have and to crease in his standard of living.
discuss the prejudices which come to light. Past activities on this
In contrast with a Canadian
program have included visits to various ethnic group-activities, re­ worker who gets about $1.60 an
ligious festivals, films, conferences, discussions, and informal talks hour and a worker in the USA
by outstanding authorities from the field of inter-group relations. with about $2.00 an hour, the Ja­
The emphasis at all these meetings has always been on complete panese worker is paid, on the
informality.
average, an equivalent of 26 cents
The social program is purely for fun, and enables the partici­ in Canadian currency. Food,
pants to get together to get to know one another, and enjoy each clothes and housing are cheaper
other’s company. It includes house parties, dances, musical evenings, in Japan and the way of life is
beach parties, trips and whatever else comes to mind.
simplex' so that the worker’s pay
The planning for all of these programs are carried out by a com­ goes much farther than it would
Not only are
mittee consisting of certain members of the executive together with in this country.
these consumer goods cheaper
a number of volunteers obtained at the previous meeting.
One of tlie larger and more specific projects undertaken by the but services as well in Japan are
group is the co-sponsorship of what has become known as the “An­ at very low prices. In measuring
nual Banff Conference”, with the Canadian Citizenship Branch and the real standard of Japan, there­
the Canadian Council of Christians and Jews. Delegates come from fore, all these factors must be
many different points across Canada, and even from the United
States, to spend a week in beautiful surroundings at a Seminar CBC Radio Presents
whose purpose is “to stimulate more effective citizenship in our
cosmopolitan communities through a better understanding of our The Story of Japanese
heritage.” In a planned program the delegates learn about citizen­
ship, intergroup relations, personal leadership, and group dynamics Canadian Upheaval
under top-flight resource leaders from University Faculties the legal
CBC Radio, Wednesday Night
profession, the press and from government agencies.
(7:30-8:40 P.M. locally), The
Membership in the group is not an essential for attendance at Enemy That Never Was—a pro­
any of the programs. It has always been felt more preferable to gram based on the experiences of
have a number of people pass through the group and take away with Japanese Canadians during the
them some of the ideas and principles than to have attendance re­ Second World War. Introduction
stricted to an interested core of enthusiasts. This policy is consider­ of the evening’s program will be
ed to have been justified. Average attendance at any meeting is in from 7:30 P.M. until 7:40 P.M.
the order of 40, while the total attendance at all meetings is now
First hand accounts of up­
over 1000 with 8 of the original founding members still active. Re­ heaval experienced by Japanese
presentatives come from many different groups who believe in the Canadians were tape recorded by
same aims and objects and are of various backgrounds, but they newsmen across Canada for the
express their own ideals and opinions and not those of their respec­ production. Program date is Feb.
tive groups.
24th.
As one of the few groups actively working in the inter-ethnic
field, it is expected that Friendship Unlimited fill continue to prac­
tice true brotherhood, promote its aims and objects, and live by its
motto of “Friendship Beyond Differences”.
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GENERAL MEETING
• Sat., Feb. 20th, 1960
• 8:00 P.M.
• Buddhist Hall
—Elections
—Unveiling of JCCA
Honor Roll
x—Presentation of Gold Pin
—Entertainment & Movies
—Refreshments

THE PUBLIC IS
CORDIALLY INVITED
TO ATTEND
—no admission charge—

Published on Wednesday and Saturday of each week
as a medium of expression and news outlet
among those of Japanese origin in Canada
T. UMEZUKI, Publisher
KEN MORI___ - Ja.pa.nesp Section Editor & Advertising
JERRY KUTSUKAKE™___—.—English Section Editor
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479 QUEEN ST. W., TORONTO 2-B, ONTARIO

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taken into consideration. Accord­
ing to a study made by Prof.
Watanabe of Stanford University
and Prof. Komiya of Tokyo Uni­
versity on the comparative pur­
chasing power of the yen and
dollar currencies, the Japanese
consumer can on an average buy
what is worth one dollar in the
United States for only 188 yen.
In other words, the actual pur­
chasing power of the yen in terms
of domestic goods is twice as
great as its dollar equivalent
converted at the official rate of
1 U.S. dollar equalling 360 yen.
The pamphlet, then, deals with
the great changes which has
taken place in Japan following
the end of World War II. The
country has been, to a great ex­
tent, transformed from an almost
feudal military state to a democ­
racy, based on the free enterprise
system. Although the standards
of living is much below that of
North America, improvements
have been and are being made.
The Japanese people clearly
wish to raise their material stan­
dard of life as near to the North
American level as their resources
will permit.

Japan Promises to Aid
In Arabia Oil Drills
TOKYO.-—Two of Prime Minis­
ter Nobusuke Kishi’s top minis­
ters have promised “positive aid”
to the Japan Arabian Oil Co. in
developing oil resources in the
Persian Gulf.'
Finance Minister Eisaku Sato
told a news conference the gov­
ernment would make available
$41,666,666 by the end of the
year.
International Trade and Indus­
try Minister Hayato Ikeda said
he also favors extending a loan
to the Arabian Oil Co.
The Japanese-owned fir in,
headed by Taro Yamashita, said
it had struck a rich oil vein at
4920 feet in the neutral zone of
the Persian Gulf off Saudi Ara­
bia and Kuwait.
Ikeda said the company needed
$175 million to drill 43 oil wells
by 1964. -He said production from
three wells would be equivalent to
about one-half of Japan’s annual
oil consumption.

February Frolic!

Come To A^Soup ’n Cracker” Party

TOKYO.—A leading Japanese
economic
newspaper
reported
that Du Pont Chemical Co. has
a contract with Japan’s
A. E. McKaque, Q.C. signed
Showa Denko Co. here for estab­
lishment of a joint company to
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which has been submitted to the
government for approval, accord­
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Du Pont also is discussing
plans
for formation of joint pro­
INGER
jects for production of polyethy­
lene with ther Japanese firms, it
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was reported.
The paper said Du Pont has
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fore.
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CANADIAN

INFORMAL PARTY FARE

MUSHROOM AND VEGETABLE
February is the month for par­
CHOWDER
ties' Whether you are celebrating
a birthday or anniversary ... or 1 can (10 fluid ounces) condensed
cream of mushroom soup
paying tribute to Cupid, it’s fun to
have a party during this month. IV2 soup cans water
It gives a lift to that mid-winter 1 can (1014 fluid ounces) condensed
vegetable beef soup
slump.
Blend mushroom soup with
Let the affair be very informal.
Bedeck your table with mugs or water: add vegetable beef soup.iwa.
bowls of hot hearty soup. ' -Just Heat, stirring now
open a can or two of your favourite 4 servings.
canned condensed soup and heat.
CHEESE ’N CRAB SPREAD
Try mixing soups, too. It’s fun to
create your own specialties by mix­ 1 can (716 ounces) flaked ”
ing or matching any twosome from 2 packages (3 ounces each i - 3
cheese
your pantry shelf.
Soup and crackers are natural 1 teaspoon lemon juice
go-togethers. Arrange a selection 1 teaspoon grated onion
dash salt
of crisp crackers, tasty dips and
dash black pepper
spreads for a help-yourself tray. As
Drain crab: blend 2 tablesrooa?
easy as mixing soups, with canned
soups, are dips and spreads with liquid from crab with cream cheese
pantry shelf items like canned and lemon juice until smooth, vtij
boned chicken, deviled ham, and in grated onion, salt and peppe*Carefullv mix crab into cheeseseafood.
What could be easier for party Chill if desired. Use as a spread on
fare .. . what could taste belter? crackers or bread. Makes Ibcups-