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WELCOME TO NEW STAFF - JANUARY

(Seated L to R): Jennifer Homer. Department of Technical Operations. from Eastbourne.

England; and Marlyn Smee. E.D.l•• from Vancouver. (Standing L to R): Helen Moore.

Technical Assistance and Planning Stall. from Alexandria; Catherine Cooper. Eevnomic

Stall. from Westfield. N.J.; Marion Peters. I.F.C•• from London; and Marie-Therese Clare.

Administration Department, from Dublin.

Vol. 15 No.3 INTERNATIONAL BANK NOlES March 1961

Published monthly by the Personnel Division, International Balik for Reconstruction
and Development, Washington 25, D.C.

CONTENTS
Page
The New Year Honours ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 3
St. Patrick and the City of Armagh......................... 6
The World Bank in Kenya..................................... 9
What number did you call please?......................... 12

BANK NOTES REPORTERS
Office 0/ the President Joyce Johnston Legal Department Verna Via
Europe, A/rica and Office 0/ In/ormation Joanna Slusarski
Australasia Ann Geanacou Treasurer's Department Lillian Cardash
Far East Carol Baber Executive Directors Rida Armbrust
South Asia and Middle East Ursula Zieschang I.F.e. Valerie Rowles
Western Hemisphere Mae McNeal E.D.I. Myrtle Higgins
Technical Operations Ann Fernandez Administration
Economic StaR Cecile Lim Personnel Bridget Langfield
Technical Assistance and Premier Building Diana Drowley
Planning Frances Haughey 8th Floor Jeanne McLennan
Office 0/ the Secretary Hazel Fleming Office Services Rho",a Kelly
801 19th Street Anna Koukoula

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THE NEW YEAR HONOURS
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KNIGHTS BACHELOR

.......... D..IFF, WIl.l.IAM ANGUS BOYD Vice-Pre

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sident. International Bank ror Recon
struction and Development................ .

h i s announcement, which ap aircraft artillery. After the evac
peared in the London ClTimes" and uation from Dunkirk, he was
other newspapers on December 31, called back to Northern Ireland to
1960, must have delighted everyone become Pennanent Secretary of the
in the Bank, and particularly those Ministry of Public Security. Between
who worked closely with Mr. Iliff 1941 and 1948 he filled a succession
during the eight years of the Indus of important posts outside Great
negotiations which, after repeated Britain: first in Teheran, where
frustrations and threats of collapse, he was Financial Counselor at the
came to fruition in Karachi last British Legation; then in Burma,
September. We all join in con as Financial Adviser to the Gover
gra tulating him. nor; and finally before joining
This honour, officially bestowed IBRD, he was U. K. Treasury
on February 7, rewards many years Representative in the Middle East,
of public service both national stationed in Cairo. His first assign
and international. Sir William had ment in the Bank was Director of
a distinguished career before he the Loan Department. Three years
joined our staff in 1948. He saw later he was made Assistant to the
World War I service in India, President and in July 1956 he
Mesopotamia, Iran and South Russia; became a Vice President.
then in 1922 he joined the Northern Sir William, well-known in the
Ireland Civil Service and became Bank for his analytical mind, his
Assistant Secretary, Ministry of quick answers and whimsical
Labor in 1935. The outbreak of humour is also well-known for his
the Second World War put him back dedication to precise and simple
in to uniform, this time in France English. In 1952 he entertained
in command of a battery of anti- and prodded the professional staff

Sir William with MOfarji R. Desai. Indian Minister 0/ Finance ([e/t). and Mohamed Shoaib.
Finance Minister 0/ Pakistan (right), photographed during the 1960 Annual Meeting.

with a lecture on writing which he were present to observe the in
called ItGobbledygook," copies vestiture proceedings in the Throne
of which are still read and circu Room of Buckingham Palace in
lated to remind Bank writers that London. Sir William was "dubbed"
the simple style is best. knight by Queen Elizabeth the
The "London Times" of Septem Queen Mother in the absence of
ber 12, 1960, in a profile of Sir Queen Elizabeth II who was,
William, described him as !tan fittingly enough, paying her first
exemplar of the British Civil Ser royal visit to India and Pakistan.
vice, ...•a modest and gentle man, The Knigh thood ceremony has
with a capacity to relax. Over an been simplified a good deal since
evening's bridge, which he plays the Middle Ages, the traditional
inordinately well, or in a chance days of chivalry when the prospec
meeting at some Washington func tive knight was expected to spend
tion, one would never divine the a night or so on his knees in prayer
scope and complexity of his pre beforehand. The actual knighting
occupation; but his associates was accompanied by elaborate
say that without the patience of religious ceremonies and a long
Job and nerves of steel, and his ritual during which the knight was
sheer refusal to let go, the Indus successively presented with his
negotiations must have exploded robes, arms, spurs and so forth.
years ago, with all the risks of By the time of Queen Elizabeth
war between the two parties." the First, however, the ceremony
These qualities make us all grate of the accolade had been reduced
ful for the honour that has come nearly to its present-day fonn; the
to him. would-be knight knelt before his
Lady Iliff and young son John sovereign, who tapped him lightly

on each shoulder with the flat of being that the service is no longer
a swordblade, saying (in medieval almost exclusively military. The
French) ftSoys chevalier, Saint title ftKnight Bachelor" has nothing
George" and then, commanding him, to do with marriage. It is a sur
ttAvencez!" The invocation to vival of the order of command in
St. George has now disappeared medieval armies. Overall command
and ftAvencez"has become ftRise!", was exercised by the king, through
but the general picture today is his constable and marshals. The
much the same. divisional commanders,so to speak,
Knighthoods are not bestowed were the greater nobility and the
lightly. The twice-yearly Honours so-called ftknights banneret,"
List (one published at the New whose rank was indicated by a
Year and the other in June) are square banner flown from their
long, often including many hun lance-tips. The smaller fighting
dreds of names, but Sir William's fonnations were commanded by the
name appeared in the 1961 New knights bachelor, flying long pointed
Year Honours as one of only 31 or forked pennons from their lances.
new knights. The other 30 had Occasionally a knigh t bachelor
distinguished themselves in a wide who had distinguished himself, or
variety of fields; the list included who had accumulated enough wealth
businessmen, politicians, govern to mark him for promotion, would
ment servants, a judge, four pro petition to become a knight ban
fessors and a theatrical producer. neret, and ifhis request was granted
Unlike a baronet (who is addressed would have his pennon ceremonially
in the same way) a knight cannot chopped short to signify the change.
pass his title to his son or other Whether or not he has equipped
descendents. All knights, in fact, himself with a pennon, our Vice
earn the honour by their own exer President's chances of becoming
tions. Just as in the Middle Ages, knight banneret seem slim. The
the dignity of knighthood was last three were created by the
awarded by the sovereign in recog Lord Protector Somerset on the
nition of outstanding service, the field of the Battle of Pinkie in
difference between then and now 1547.
Sir William and Lady Iliff.
lesser site for his first church and,
When March comes around each although nothing remains of it
year I always think it worthwhile today, it may be of interest to
to pause for a moment or two with know that a branch of the Bank
a thought upon which the Irish, of Ireland now occupies the ground.
North, South, East and West, are I might add, without wishing to do
unanimous - PATRICK IS OUR battle with those from County Down
PATRON SAINT. If, as an who claim that St. Patrick is buried
Armachian, I take special pride in in Downpatrick, that Armachians
the good man, it is not without believe that not only the Sain t
cause; after all, he had a hand in but also his sister are buried at
the planning of my home town and the site of the ftfirst church."
established it as the ecclesiastical Need I tell you St. Patrick even
capital of the country. Today we tually converted Daire and got the
perpetuate his memory, not only commanding site? The story goes
in our hearts, but with two cathe that on the night he received the
drals, both caned after him and gift, St. Patrick had a vision in
locally referred to as !told" and which the angel Victor showed
ft new ," mainly because their building
him how the lands he had been
was separated by about thirteen given should be laid out. (It wasn't
centuries. until 1944 that the City Fathers
History books vary as to where got around to appointing another
St. Patrick was born and how he
came to Ireland. For what it is St. Patrick"s Roman Catholic Cathedral.
worth, my story is that he was born
in Scotland, kidnapped by the Gauls
or their second cousins, and, in
his escape from them, was ship
wrecked on the shores of the Em
erald Isle. There seems to be no
doubt, however, that St. Patrick
arrived 10 Ard Macha (Annagh)
about 444 a.d. and immediately
approached the local chieftain,
a pagan by the name of Daire, to
ask for the most commanding site
in the city on which to build his
church. St. Patrick was given a
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ftcity planner"!) And so the old the See of Annagh. That period
Cathedral was built and remains in our history when we were known
to this day. as an ftIsland of Saints and Scholars"
The centuries after St. Patrick is ninety-nine percent due to
lived in Annagh were full of St. Patrick.
plunderings, pillagings and It would be nice to be able to
burnings at the hands of the North say that St. Patrick plucked his
men and as a result nothing re first shamrock in Annagh, but
mains of the College of Armagh, legend tells us that it was on
founded by the Saint. We know the Slemish Mountain that the sham
student body was 7,000 strong and rock was first used by him to ex
that the College was a haven for plain the Trinity to his pagan
the scholastically minded of Europe listeners. Since I'm Irish at heart
who found the history being made and pay due attention to the lucky
in their own part of the world less and unlucky, I feel a four-leafed
than conducive to study. The shamrock is definitely ftagin" the
manuscripts, with one or two notable good man and so can't be anything
exceptions, were burned, but to-day, but suspect. However, I can re
if you visit Trinity College, Dublin, port that the best place to find
you can see the Book of Armagh, three-leaf shamrocks in St. Patrick's
which contains a life of St. Patrick, city is at his Well, just a little
and is one of the chief relics of bit off the beaten track but worth
the journey.
Looking towards St. Patrick"s Protestant
Cathedral along Scotch Street. It would take a long time to tell
of all the glories of Annagh and
St. Patrick, but it might be worth
mentioning that in making Armagh
his See, it is obvious that he had
already gleaned a gaod bit about
the Irish by the time he arrived in
the city. For centuries before he
came, the area had been considered
holy by the pagans, so all St.
IPatrick had to do was change their
concepts instead of trying to get
the "diehards" to accept a new
place to revere.
People often ask about snakes

(Both pictures from the Armagh Official
Handbook.)
when they hear you come from if the wind is in the right direction
Ireland. I can only say that just and you listen really hard, you will
because we devote some of our hear the angels sing as they must
time and energy to the production h ave done so man'y centuries ago
of a beverage known for its curing when St. Patrick with his Bacahll
qualities in cases of snakebite, Esu (Jesus Staff) in hand made a
it does not mean we doubt St. similar journey to dedicate his
Patrick did a good job in the church. And who is to say they
banishment. I might add I have will not be singing ftCum Gloire
never feared a snake in Ireland. De agus Onora na hEireann" (To
Now dragons are a different matter! the Glory of God and the Honour
Perhaps one day you will visit of Ireland) which is the dedication
Armagh and see the Cathedrals. carved on the new Ca thedral.
As you climb up Abbey Street,

TEN YEAR STAFF· MARCH

(L to R): Alphons de Leeuw, Gayle Davis and John F. Rigby.

FIVE YEAR STAFF· MARCH
John G. Beevor
A pyrethrum and cattle farm in Kiambu District - African owned and operated.

THE WORLD BANK IN KENYA

In May last year, the World Bank made a 15.6 million loan to assist
the development of African agriculture in Kenya. The loan is helping to
finance the continuation of a program which is being carried out by the
Government to establish settled communities of African farmers on in
dividually allocated land, to assist them in organizing their farms for
greater efficiency and to provide better marketing facilities.
The program the Bank is supporting is known as the Swynnerton Plan
and was begun in 1955. The Plan provides for comprehensive action to
increase production of crops and livestock and thus raise the African
farmers' standard 0 fliving.
In agriculture, the program during the next three years will be con
centrated mainly in areas of high agricultural potential. Land consolida
tion and registration of land rights will be virtually completed. Farmers
will be helped to modernize their farms through expanded extension ser
vices, schools, demonstration farms and the extension of farm loans.
They will be shown how to develop cash crops, to establish small herds
of milk cattle and to improve their beef cattle. Water supplies for farm
use will be developed and cooperatives for marketing and processing
will be organized or expanded.
In transport, 23 roads having a total length of 564 miles will be
built or rebuilt in African agricultural areas. Most of the roads will be
feeder roads connecting production and marketing points with the main
road network, while the remainder will provide both feeder and through
service. The work to he done consists mainly of improving alignment
and drainage and of surfacing.

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KE

Nardi Agricultural Show at Kapsabet.
A farmer and family at a water
tap on his small holders farm
at Kabimoi in the South
8aringo Scheme.

A demonstration of clipping of a young lamb to prevent "foot
rot" at the Wanbugu Farmers Training Center.
The old method of trans
porting water.

Surveying for Machakos road construction.
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Cattle at trough adjacent to the first water storage tank at
Soas in the South Baringo Scheme.

Pyrethum, used in insecticides, growing on a farm in the Kiambu
District.

Machakos r oad co ns truction.
Telephone company employees. set to pull paperclips from the blocked relays at 7:00 p.m.
on January 27. wear goggles to protect their eyes from flying clips. (Photo courtesy
C. & P. Tel. Co.)

WHAT NUMBER DID YOU CALL, PLEASE?
On Friday, January 27, at7:00 p.m. a test line and 2001 is Mr. Black's
a three-way conference call was extension. The Bank and IFC
made between the main offices of have extensions 2000-2849 while
the Chesapeake and Potomac Tele the Fund has 2850-3400. Every
phone Company, the chief operator extension in the Bank and most
on the switchboard in the Lafayette of those in the Fund had to be
Building and the shiny, new switch changed. And not just arbitrarily.
board in room 2A4 of the newly Consideration had to be given to
compl eted International Bank location of phones, inter-connecting
building. The call's purpose was extensions, future needs for addi
to time the exact moment when tional extensions and a myriad of
paper clips would be pulled from other details.
relays thereby activating 1200 There are 20 trunk lines coming
lines in the Bank, Fund and IFC, in to EXecutive 3-6360 and 27
and in terminating our connection trunk lines for DUdley 1. The
with the General Services Admin direct dialing on DUdley 1 takes
istration switchboard through which care of 70% of incoming calls
Bank calls have traveled since leaving 30% to be handled by the
1955. This moment was the cul switch board.
mination of plans started in No The board was designed to the
vember 1959. Work actually started Bank's specifications and is one
on August 15, 1960 and the job of the few boards in the Washington
was completed on January 27, just area through which the caller may
two hours before the board began get information directly from any
to buzz. operator. The four positions on
The board is designed to accom the board are so located that
modate 1400 extensions with the each operator has a rotary infor
possibility of expansion to 1800. mation rack at her fingertips which
At the momentonly 1200 are active the operators themselves are re
extensions 2000 to 3400. 2000 IS sponsi ble for keeping up to date.

These four racks, and a fifth master
rack in Office Services, are changed
daily and contain the latest infor
mation on approximately 1300
names, extensions, room numbers
and home telephone numbers.
The switchboard is handled by
eight operators. Mrs. Evelyn Steed,
the chief operator, comes from the
Pentagon where she recently re
ceived an award for the training
manual she compiled for operating
procedures. Mrs. Hazel Dishner
and Mrs. Thelma Lambert have
worked for the Bank on the Govern
ment board for fourteen and fifteen
years respectively. Mrs. Lillie
Frick was a Fund employee, while
Mrs. Emily Higgins also comes
from the Pentagon as does Mrs.
Mary Brock. G.S.A. supplied
Mrs. Mildred Flye and Mrs. Hazel
Ballard was formerly with the Thelma Lambert, Hazel Ballard, Emily
Democratic National Committee. Higgins, Lillie Frick and Hazel Dishner.
The switchboard is manned from (Standing in background, L to R): Mildred
Flye, Mary Brock and Evelyn Steed. (Center):
7:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. daily except
Three 0/ the operators relax in their lounge
Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. during a morning "calfee break.·
On off hours three phones are
connected to the guards' desk. information racks and telephone
There is a telephone company books. Hopefully speaking, it
employee on duty almost a11 the shouldn't be too many more months
time in the equipment room, and before a directory can be issued
three or four installers are working without needing the word «Tern..
full-time connecting the miles porary" on the front cover.
and miles of brightly colored wires
strung throughout the Bank and ( Below) Edward Thompson, telephone
Fund buildings. Nor did the job company employee, trouble-shooting in
stop with the opening of the switch.. the equipment room next to the switchboard.
board. Each time a staff member
changes offices, or even exten..
sions, during the next months this
behind..the-scenes staff will be
busy changing wire connections,
A lIinter lisit
ta Ileland
by Rena Zafiriou and Gabriel Lefort
Miss Zafiriou and Mr. Lefort were in Iceland from January 10 to 22
on a mission to review the economy and investment of the country pre
liminary to possible future lending. Bank Notes asked them for their
impressions of this wintry wonderland few of us have occasion to visit.
Iceland in January? Hardly an appealing prospect. We were therefore
pleasantly surprised to discover Reykjavik's climate is similar to the
weather we left behind in Washington. There were snow, gales, rain and
cold during the first week of our stay but during the second week there
was only rain, lots of it, with milder temperatures.
Fortunately most of the offices we visited were only five or ten
minutes walk from the hotel. How pleasant not to have to wait for taxis
or queue up for buses. Indoors was warm and cozy at all times, thanks
to a unique system of heating in Reykjavik. Natura·l thermal, underground
springs in and around the city are tapped and piped into the buildings
and houses providing constant and inexpensive radiant, hot water heat.
The days became noticeably longer and brighter by the end of our
stay. When we first arrived it was still dark at 9:00 a.m. and th e dim
daylight disappeared by 4:00 p.m. There are lots of things to see in
Iceland - hot springs, volcanoes, glaciers, rivers and mountains - but
this was not the time of year for sightseeing. Many roads become im
passable in winter, the days are too short, the countryside is one big
bog and the grass turns a dull brown. We did manage a drive to the
river Sog hydro plants, some 50 krn. from Reykjavik, and we also visited
a farm about 15 km. out of town. By using our imagination we could
visualize how lovely all the greyness must be in spring and summer.
Among the most pleasant memories of our visit are the wonderful
cooperation and forthrightness of the people we dealt with which helped
make our work pleasant and interesting; a most competent performance
in Icelandic of Donizetti's Don Pasquale at the National Theate-r; the
gentle faces of Icelandic sheep and ponies looking at passersby with
eyes full of wonder and goodwill. We welcomed the opportunity to see
enormous hauls of fish being brought ashore or processed in up-to-date
filleting plants. These activities provided a vivid explanation of some
thing that had been puzzling us, namely how a community dependent
almost exclusively on fishing can have attained such a high living stand
ard. We left Iceland with our interest in the country and its people
heigh tened by everything we saw during our stay.
May its hauls always be plentiful and may this tiny nation with its
long cultural tradition and distinct individuality continue to prosper and
to supply the world with its excellent fish, attractive lamb skins and
outstanding literature.
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Herding sheep through typical
Icelandic countryside.

Greenhouses. heated by natural hot
springs. where vegetables. fruits
and flowers are raised.

Thingvellir•. the ancient site of the
Althing. the world"s oldest existing
P arliamen t.

Sal ting fish for export.
NEW PROFESSIONAL STAFF INTRODUCTIONS
Hans Kordik, from Austria, has been an agriculturist with
the Department of Technical Operations since January 16.
He has his B.A. in agriculture and his M.A. in agricultural
economics from the University of Vienna and hopes to com
plete his Ph.D. thesis while in Washington. Mr. Kordik
worked with the Board of Agriculture in Baden from 1953
until he joined the Bank advising farmers on questions of
taxes, land appraisal, crop production and harvesting, con
servation, marketing, etc. Mr. and Mrs. Kordik have taken an apartment 1n
Arlington.

Paolo Leon, from Italy, joined the Department of Opera
tions - Europe, Africa and Australasia as an economist on
January 16. Mr. Leon was doing research on international
oil problems with Ente Nazionale Idrocarburi in Rome for
three years before coming to Washington. He received his
degree in economics from the University of Rome and did a
year's graduate work in economics at Kings College, Cam
bridge. Mr. and Mrs. Leon have found an apartment in
Georgetown.

Romano Pantanali, also from Italy, is an economist with
the Department of Operations - South Asia and Middle East,
joining this department on January 16. Mr. Pantanali has
his degree in political science from the University of Rome
and took a year of advanced work at St. Anthony's College,
Oxford. He lived in Iran for a year while studying Persian
language and culture. Most recently he was a member of the
staff of the Center of Economic Research on Energy at Ente
N azionale Idrocarburi in Rome. Mr. and Mrs. Pantanali are living in north
west Washington.

Willi Wapenhans comes from Germany and has been on
the staff of the Agriculture Section of the Department of
Technical Operations since January 16. He has his degrees
in agriculture and economics from Justus-Liebig University
and was in the United States during 1950-51 as a member of
the National Grange exchange program. Since 1958 he has
been teaching economics at Justus-Liebig University and
doing research at the University on agricultural policies in
underdeveloped countries. Mr. Wapenhans has rented a house in South Arlin
gton and his wife, son and daughter will join him there the end of April.

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Paul Geli, from France, joined the Industry Division of
the Department of Technical Operations on January 18. He
is a graduate of both the Ecoles des Hautes Etudes Com..
merciales and the Faculte de Droit in Paris and was a
Fulbright scholar at Harvard during 1954.. 55. Mr. Geli served
in the French Navy from 1955 ..57 and worked as a financial
analyst with Esso Standard S.A.F. in Paris from 1957 until
he joined the Bank.

Bengt G. Sandberg, from Sweden, has been with the
Department of Operations .. Western Hemisphere since Janu..
ary 23. Mr. Sandberg lived in this country from 1948-52 for
the last year of his secondary schooling and received his
B.A. from Harvard. He has his Licenses Sciences Politique
from the Institut de Hautes Etudes Internationales in Geneva
and his D.H.S. from the Stockholm School of Economics.
While at the latter school he assisted in the organization
of a course in international economic relations. Mr. and Mrs. Sandberg and
their little girl, Ouistina, are living in Falls Church.

UNITED (~\ CHARTER

NATIONS
VB
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FLIGHTS

The V.N. Cooperative reports bookings on their European flights
stand as follows:
11 June .. 19 July .. Approximately 75% filled
1 July .. 12 August .. Approximately 30% filled
2 August .. 14 September. Approximately 35% filled
Staff members planning to take one of these flights are urged to send in
full payment for their tickets as soon as possible to insure a seat on
the flight of their choice.

'The V.N. Cooperative is considering a charter flight to Jamaica in
August. If a plane load of 86 is made up, the fare would be approximately
S 130 round trip. I f you are interested call Extension 2687 for further
details.

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COQNER

Fittingly enough the two recipes offered below were supplied by
Irish lassies in the Bank who think the staff of life of the Emerald Isle
worth duplicating in Washington.

Anna Finan

offers this recipe for

IRISH SODA BREAD
4 cups sifted, enriched all purpose flour X cup butter
X cup granulated sugar ~ lb. seedless raisins
1 tsp. salt n~ cups buttermilk
1 tsp. baking powder 1 egg
2 tbsp. caraway seed 1 tsp. baking soda
Sift flour, sugar, salt and baking powder into a bowl. Stir in caraway
seeds. Cut in butter until the mixture resembles com meal. Add raisins.
Combine buttermilk, egg and baking soda. Stir buttermilk mixture in to
dry ingredients until just moistened. Turn dough on to a floured board
and knead lightly until smooth. Shape into a ball. Place on a greased
baking tin. Cut a 4 inch cross, X inch deep, in the center of the loaf
(to keep the leprechauns out). Brush top with cream. Bake I hour and
10 minutes in a 3750 oven. Cool before cutting.

Jean Russell

sugge s ts thi s re ci pe for

FADGE or POTATO BREAD
1 lb. boiled potatoes 1 cup plain flour
~ tsp. salt
Mash the potatoes (either warm or cold), sprinkle with salt and add
sufficient flour to form a ban. Some potatoes require more flour than
others. Place dough on a well floured board and roll out to about ~ inch
thick. Cut into rounds or squares. Cook on a dry griddle or ungreased,
heavy frying pan over a slow flame. Tum once when underside is a light
grey-brown. Serve either hot or cold. In Ireland Fadge is usually eaten
at breakfast with a combination of bacon, eggs, tomatoes or liver. At
tea it is often served cold with butter and jelly. Easy, inexpensive and
tasty!

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HONORING OUR "STEVIE"
On Friday, February 24, some of "s tevie- Lippinco tt' sold friends
met at luncheon to say "au revoir" but not "goodbye.· (Seated L to R):
Ruth Clark, Polly Pollock, ] 0 Van Gasse, "Stevie" and Maggie Sterbutzel.
(Standing L to R): Lise Cathala, Lacy Carter, Pat Paterson, Doris
Eliason, Camille Cox, Grace E. MacKenzie. Marie Linahan, Ellen Miller
and Mildred Warford.

Peu~

BIRTHS: Betty and Man Mohan grandson's charms won out over
Sekhri's second son, Neil Harest, his and Mrs. Chakravarti decided
weighed 6 lbs., 1 oz. when he put to remain in Calcutta for several
in his appearance on Sunday, more months.
January 29, in George Washington
TRIPS: Inge Jensen will leave
Hospital.
for a vacation in Denmark on March
Eriks Arnis, first baby for Aija
20. This will be Inge's first trip
and Maris Blitte, was born in the
home in over three years.
Washington Hospital Center on
February 2 and weighed 6 lbs., Soprano Monica Ortiz has been
80zs. invited' by the Board of Queen's
Amiya and Nalini Chakravarti Hall to return home to Trinidad for
were delighted to see their first an April recital. Queen's Hall,
grandchild in December while on founded in 1959, has sponsored
home leave. Ranbir, son of the concerts in Trinidad by such world
Chakravarti's son, Subrata, and famous artists as Lily Pons, Tamara
Monjuri Chakravarti, was born in Toumanova and ftSatchmo" Arm
July. Mr. Chakravarti reports his strong.

IN MEMORIAM

Ernest Peters, father of Joan Peters, January 24, in London.

Badi Snaauw, wife of John G. Snaauw, February 9, in Washington, D.C.

William R. White, father of Flora White, February 19, in Vancouver.

DOWN LAFAYETTE LANES

Each Wednesday sees our bowlers reaching new highs and breaking
new records. Unfortunately our Financiers did not have High Team Game
(563) for long as the mighty Executives came through with a team game
of 568, thanks to Noreen Bateman with her high game of the year (137)
and high set (345). And speaking of high games, Thelma Falardeau came
roaring through with four spares in a row to give herself a high game to
date of 114 which is quite an achievement. Our heartiest congratulations!
Doris Eliason still holds the women's high average, high set, high spares
and high flat. Come on, gals, anything can happen in this last round.
Another high for Pete O'Neill- 360 high set. Which means, Lou Pizza,
another try on your part for a higher set. It is good to see Bill Bailey
back on the lanes and in his usual good form. And also Gary Lightowler,
back with us after his long absence, much to the delight of ·his team
mates. Hugh Collier, a r~gular substitute, was a great asset to the Office
of Information in Gary's absence.
A new form of bowling was in evidence a few weeks ago when Bill
Matthews and Tony Perram came through on their hands and knees with
whopping games of 138 and 145 respectively. Hardly tournament style,
but their unique deliveries of the ball gave their team their highest game
for the season. Recommended: one pair of knee pads apiece.

BANK BOWLING BONANZA
On Saturday, February 25, Bank Bowlers "made up· a missed Wednes
day evening- session~ The occasion was turned into a tournament with
Wilfred Lawrie donating the prizes. He is shown here presenting them
to the winners. (L) Olive Shull, winner of the high set for women and
(R) Bill Matthews accepting the prize for Jo Metherate (Inset) who left
early.