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Fishing, by Herbert Hoover

Sporty New Fords for Spring

A Parisien in Washington

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Does anything say "Spring"

better than a Ford con-

vertible at a dock? The

scene is the Yacht Club in

Portland, Oregon, the

clothes are the Northwest's

own White Stag, and the car

is a red Galaxie. The whole

Ford line may be seen at

your Ford dealer, who also

sends you FORD TIMES to

add to your pleasure and

information as a car owner.

REEDSBURG.

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Times

ine

April 1962

Vol. 55 No. 4

CONTENTS

2 Hear an Easter Choir in Brass

RIXIE HUNTER

6 Spring and Ford in Full Bloom

BURGESS H. SCOTT

12 The Easter Fires of Texas

K. N. A. TAYLOR

14 A Parisien in Washington

LOUIS DEROCHE

21 Secrets of a Country Kitchen

GERRY ENGLAND

23 Herbert Hoover on Fishing

26 Great Day at the Preakness

MARY-CARTER ROBERTS

31 America in Flower

36 Crowning of the Cotton Queen

BURGESS H. SCOTT

40 New Cottons for Travel

NANCY KENNEDY

42 Into Wilderness by Road

BYRON FISH

47 Wild Greens for a Tonic

ISABEL MCCRANEY WEATHERSBY

55 Hunting Seashells by the Seashore

BYRON T. CONNOR

61 Greet Spring at Spring Mill

ERMA ESPY

Open House for John Muir-19

Favorite Recipes of Famous Taverns-51

Recreation Unlimited-56

Letters-64

F. MOORE, JR., Chairman, C. R. BEACHAM, J. R. BOWERS, J. D. DAVIS,

TACOCCA, WILLIAM LAAS, E. F. LAUX, M. S. MCLAUGHLIN,

TER T. MURPHY, JAMES O. WRIGHT, F. E. ZIMMERMAN, JR.

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photograph by Kenneth Rogers

During the middle of April, when dogwood is in bloom, scenes like this

are common on almost any street in Atlanta, Georgia, where there are

as many dogwood trees as people. Other of the nation's flower spectacles

are described beginning page 31. Also blossoming out this spring is

a whole new line of Fords. One is the Falcon Futura (shown below) with

Galaxie-styled, vinyl-covered roof. Story on page 6.

Front cover-Paul Hoffmaster's drawing shows a composite Washington

scene of flowering cherries, tourists, and the Jefferson Memorial. For

another viewpoint-our capital as seen by a French visitor-see page 14.

photograph by Robert Boram

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Mainstay of Old Salem village is the Home Moravian C

Hear an

Easter Choir

in Brass

Moravian sect's sun-

rise service, held for 188 years, attracts thousands

to restored Old Salem village in North Carolina

by Rixie Hunter

paintings by Peter Rex Denby

F THE MANY worthwhile restora-

tions of colonial American com-

munities, one that is particularly re-

warding to the tourist at this time

of year is the Old Salem village pre-

Salem, North Carolina.

served in the heart of Winston-

Old Salem was settled almost two

centuries ago, in 1766, by the Mo-

ravians from the Germanic States

of Central Europe. They were reli-

gious migrants who crossed the At-

lantic to Pennsylvania in the 1700s,

and who continued their travels along

the mountains to Carolina at the

middle of that century. They set-

tled in church-controlled groups in

which the villagers were separated

according to age, sex, and marital

tatus. There was much emphasis on

ducation, because the Moravians

elieved that every man should be

able to read the Bible for himself.

Their high education was blended

with a singular knack for what to-

day is called do-it-yourself. When

they settled in what is now central

North Carolina, the sturdy Mora-

vians brought with them little more

than what was on their backs and

in their heads. Yet their know-how

was such that they hewed their own

logs, made their own bricks, and

built structures that still stand firm.

The Moravians also brought a

rich heritage of music. Beginning

with crude trumpets fashioned out of

hollow tree limbs, enterprising towns-

men were soon building or importing

the crisply precise brass instruments

old country.

with which they were familiar in the

Here we come to a strange situa-

tion. At a time when vocal music

Lonely John Vogler finally brought a bride

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it. It comes in one version with a

four-venturi carburetor or, if you

wish, a six-venturi.

The four-venturi delivers 385 hp,

and the six-venturi delivers 405 hp,

both at 5,800 rpm. These tremendous

engines produce torques, or twisting

power, of 444 and 448 foot-pounds

at 3400 and 3500 rpm, respectively.

The Ford 406 engines are of such

exceptional response and power that

Ford Motor Company requires spe-

cial high-performance equipment on

models containing them. The 406-

powered car can be bought only

with special heavy-duty brakes,

springs, shocks, and tires, among

other mandatory requirements. And

it is available only with the 4-speed

manual console mounted shift.

Above, closeup of the Sports Coupe's

chrome console; below is a view of

the front seats, showing vinyl pleat-

ed upholstery and instrument panel

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When the hilltops blaze into flame, are

the Comanches on the warpath, or

is the Easter rabbit coloring his eggs?

by K. N. A. Taylor

paintings by Warren Hunter

While youngsters in the rest of

the nation are out hunting col-

ored eggs, children in Fredericks-

burg, Texas, observe Easter with a

unique tradition that is nearly as

old as the town itself.

When a handful of German pio-

neers settled in the Pernales River

section of the Texas hill country

125 years ago, they braved hunger,

cold, and disease, but worse than

any of these were the fierce Co-

manches who charged over the hills,

many settlers. To warn against these

raids, stacks of wood were piled at

strategic points on the hilltops which

were instantly lit by guards when

the Indians were on the warpath.

destroying the crops and killing

As the warning fires sprang up

on the surrounding hills, the chil-

dren sensed the terror of the raid.

One resourceful mother quieted them

by telling the familiar tale of the

Easter rabbit. She explained that

The

Easter

Fires

of Texas

the fires had been lit to start the

kettles boiling so the rabbit could

color his eggs. The coloring, she

explained further, came from the

wildflowers that brightened the

fields. The story was repeated often,

and even after a treaty was drawn

up with the Comanches in 1848, it

became the custom on the eve of

Easter to gather wood for the fires

blue and yellow flowers.

and to roam the hills in search of

Today Boy Scouts and the men of

Fredericksburg drag wood and brush

up the steep hills for the traditional

Easter Fires which are lighted at

dusk and often burn all night. An

Easter rabbit pageant is held to

commemmorate the town's early

struggles, and afterwards families

gather about the blazing fires for a

picnic supper. Visitors from many

states come to Fredericksburg, lo-

cated eighty miles west of Austin,

to see the unusual Easter scene.

Above right: Boy Scouts light Easter fire on Cross Mountain above tou

Below right: Pageant of the Easter Rabbit, annual event in Fredericksburg

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Whether you ride through the bustling downtown section,

with the soaring needle of the Washington Monument nearly

always present, or look toward the towering white dome of the

Capitol to which wide, tree-lined avenues lead, the past is ever

near and great landmarks rise in all directions.

A white city under the glaring sun for almost six months of

the year, Washington is warmer than Rome or Lisbon. Then,

for many months, it may be white under a covering of snow-

and even Oslo could not be colder. Thus, a novel experience

was awaiting me in Washington when I arrived one summer:

I found it about as hot as West Africa, where I had been two

weeks before. When the long winter came I was to make liberal

use of the heavy Air Force boots I had previously thought I was

wearing for the last time at Little America V, Antarctica. And

yet, Washington displays more azaleas and camelias during a

short spring, more flaming gold during a short fall, than one

could behold in fifty years across the Atlantic.

In Washington, glove-shaped Rock Creek Park is both the

Bois de Fontainebleau with its mossy boulders and gnarled old

trees and Hyde Park with the orderly crowds minding the

daffodils. It has impassable walls of trees and vines and thorny,

bush-like jungles that would be undreamed of in Europe.

Tourist boat on the C. & O. Canal

So unused was my family to laws and flora in the District of

Columbia that my wife spent her first three weeks here paying

parking fines, and the children went through theirs nursing

poison ivy rash. Personally, it has taken me longer than that

to solve the mysteries and

intricacies of streets

named according to what

should be the simplest sys-

tem in the world, since it

is alphabetical and nu-

merical. But in Washing-

ton streets suddenly

change names or num-

bers, though their direc-

tion may be straight as

an arrow. With surpris-

ing docility they reappear

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Open House

for

John Muir

by Jeanne Van Nostrand

painting by Muriel Backman

John Muir, the famous naturalist,

never had what he called "the

house habit." His true home was

roofed by open sky, walled by can-

yon cliffs, and floored by pine

needles. His outlook was always to

be from a mountain top, not through

a window pane. Yet, for twenty-four

years, this sixteen-room mansion on

a hilltop in Contra Costa County,

California, sheltered him between

wilderness wanderings, and is now

known as the John Muir home.

The house was built by Muir's

father-in-law, Dr. John Strenzel.

When Dr. Strenzel died in 1890, his

widow asked the Muirs to move in

with her. John immediately rehung

the upper hall windows so that he

could step out onto the roof of the

front porch to sleep under the open

sky.

In a bedroom-study on the second

floor, using a quill pen cut from the

wing of a golden eagle, Muir wrote

ten books and hundreds of articles

and letters on the wonders of nature.

Writing was drudgery for him, but

he persevered. Through his in-

fluence the National Park Service

was established and Yosemite Val-

ley, which he had explored and

where he had lived, was made a

national park.

After John Muir's death in 1914

the house became a gloomy, shut-

tered shell, stripped by vandals and

untended. Finally, in 1955, it was

acquired by Mr. and Mrs. Henry

Saxe, of Martinez, who are grad-

ually restoring and refurnishing it.

In the meantime, the house is open

to the interested public, and every

April an open house honors John

Muir for his service in saving the

great natural beauties of America.

See page 64 for news of a special

"Western Southland" issue next

month. It will include the story of

a pack trip along the crest of the

Sierras on the John Muir Trail.

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GREAT DAY

AT THE PREAKNESS

Enjoy Baltimore's famous annual race as a family party-

eight hours of pomp, pageantry, and picnicking for a dollar

by Mary-Carter Roberts

paintings and decorations by Marvin Friedman

OR THE PAST forty years, the three classics of American

F three-year-old horse racing-the Kentucky Derby, the Preak-

ness, and the Belmont Stakes-have been everywhere known as

"Racing's Triple Crown." Actually, the Thoroughbred Racing

Association has, officially designated the trio as a series. The

Pimlico encourages relaxed living on its infield during races

21.11

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CROWNING

OF THE

COTTON

QUEEN

by Burgess H. Scott

paintings by Dolph Smith, III

In Memphis early each May, thousands join in this

colorful tribute to a VIP (very important product)

HIS IS the setting: cotton seeds

have been planted in the rich

Southern earth, and gentle spring

rains have coaxed out the young

green stalks that soon will bear the

fluffy white bolls.

grown

Now it's time to celebrate the

coming crop of cotton, and the scene

of the celebration is Memphis, the

world commercial center for this im-

portant commodity. For five days in

early May, Memphis presents its fab-

ulous Cotton Carnival that has

into a major American festival.

Memphis is the logical place for

honoring cotton because of its loca-

tion at the head of the Mississippi

Delta, that storied and fertile land

which spreads southward toward the

Gulf, and which produces cotton at

a rate seldom equaled. The word

"Delta" is a misnomer for this area

now, but in the geologic past it

was actually the delta, or mouth, of

the Mississippi River. In the ages

since, the big river has punched out

its present open mouth to a point a

hundred miles south of New Orleans.

But the name "Mississippi Delta"

sticks, and if you ask around Mem-

phis for a definition of its extent,

you are likely to be told that the

Delta extends from the lobby of

Peabody Hotel in Memphis to Cat-

fish Row in Vicksburg, Mississippi.

This year's Cotton Carnival is the

thirty-second in present form, though

its history can be traced back to

1872 when happy maskers began

parading, and mule-drawn drays and

tallyhoes were festooned in praise of

the plant that clothed whole nations

and created the economy of others.

In 1931, the start of the present

series, old ice wagons were beauti-

fied to become the forerunners of

the elaborate floats of the present.

Now the festive vehicles are built

in Memphis in the world's largest

parade float factory, and are a year

in the planning.

Another name for the Cotton Car-

nival is "The Party with a Purpose,"

which means that the extravaganza

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A "greens walk" takes you through lovely spring foliage

wild greens for a tonic

Walk in the fields and find

the finest spring salads. A guide to

nature's tasty free foods

by Isabel McCraney Weathersby

painting and decorations by Adele Bichan

ow is the time, when, back in

the mountains, you hear on all

sides: "Let's go gather a mess of

poke sallet!" For now, along with

violets, martins, and spring courting,

appears one of the very best gifts

dandelion, dock - they're weeds to

some, gourmet's delight to others.)

Many a hardy pioneer was vict-

ualed by these healthful vegetables

of field, roadside, and stream. They

were his iron tonic, his vitamins and

of the season: wild greens. (Poke, minerals, in a day when such words

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painting by Harry L. Baker, Jr.

Fred Abood's Steer Room, Florida

Started in 1946 as a lunch counter for farmers in the Jacksonville

produce market, Abood's has grown into a nationally famous steak house

where beef is king. Open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner every

week day; closed Sunday. Located at 1780 West Beaver Street, at the

foot of the Viaduct, it is a quarter-mile from the Beaver Street

or Stockton Street exits of the Jacksonville expressway.

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painting by Helen Fleming

Bottle Hill Restaurant, New Jersey

The pretty town of Madison, now within commuting range of

Newark and New York, was once an important stagecoach stop known

as Bottle Hill. The original post-house, built in 1812, has been carefully

preserved since a visit in 1825 by the Marquis de Lafayette, and

now houses an excellent restaurant. Located on Main Street

(State Highway 24) in Madison, it is open every day

for lunch and dinner. Reservations necessary.

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painting by Peter Rex Denby

MORAVIAN FOUNDERS of Salem, North Carolina, early set

Taside a plot of ground for a graveyard in which they separated

the dead according to sex and marital status, just as they sepa-

rated the living. They called the cemetery God's Acre, or the City

of the Equal Dead. Identical recumbent white gravestones mark

each grave, symbolizing the Moravians' feeling for the equality

of the hereafter.

God's Acre is the scene of the final portion of the annual

Moravian Early Morning Easter Service. It has been performed

for the last 188 consecutive years and attracts thousands of wor-

shipers. Of special note in this service is the antiphonal playing

of the Moravian Band of more than 600 instrumentalists. A story,

with additional watercolors, on the reconstruction of Old Salem

(now part of Winston-Salem) begins on page 2.

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