FReeper Canteen ~ Hall of Heroes: Julia Child ~ August 23, 2010

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Julia Child

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Julia Child: 1912-2004

Julia McWilliams Child was born Aug. 19, 1912, and was, she has said, "an adolescent until I was 30." One of her grandfathers left Illinois in 1849 when he was 16 to pan for gold in California. Her mother, tall and lively like Julia, had roots in New England. Julia grew up in Pasadena in a large house with drivers, gardeners, cooks and a kitchen that both she and her mother rarely saw or cared about. She played center for her private-school basketball team and enrolled in Smith College where she lived what she describes as a "butterfly life," driving her friends around in a Ford and graduating in 1934.

To many, Julia Child is the darling grandmother who taught Americans how to appreciate great cooking. Few know, however, that this part of her life came after a high-level stint in the OSS (a CIA precursor) during WWII. Julia Child became interested in military service when she joined the Red Cross after the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941. Before then, Julia was becoming the Paris Hilton of her day -- she would stay out late drinking and socializing and, being from a privileged background, could afford to do so. Joining the Red Cross helped her focus her life on constructive goals. The new lifestyle appealed to her and the Red Cross became her first step toward serving her country.

Julia was eager to do more, but at 6' 2" she was too tall for other military service organizations. Refusing to give up, she a traveled to Washington in 1942 to explore her options. Soon she began working for the Office of Strategic Services. Although she has modestly claimed her duties were only clerical, her performance record suggests otherwise. By 1943 she had been promoted and was working with very sensitive intelligence material. That same year, she was recruited to travel overseas and help manage intelligence activity in WWII’s Pacific theater. Stationed in Kandy, Sri Lanka, she helped the OSS track data on a range of topics including troop movement and espionage. Julia helped coordinate the information necessary to plan the attacks on the Japanese-held islands in the area.

To some degree, Julia was to the service what “Q” was to James Bond -- although her duties didn’t involve undercover work, she helped develop supplies and techniques for spies and clandestine operatives. One of Julia’s first OSS teams was assigned the task of finding ways a spy stranded on a life raft could get water. One particularly unappealing strategy they experimented with was drinking water squeezed from a fish’s body. Unfortunately, the technique turned out to be useless.

Julia’s other surprising contribution to the OSS was a shark repellant. The United States had underwater mines that were being inadvertently detonated by sharks. The shark-induced explosions had two main downsides: There was one less mine and German U-Boats could chart the minefield’s location and know where to avoid. The OSS needed a way to keep sharks away from the explosives, so they turned to Julia. She and some coworkers cooked up a shark repellant that was used to coat the explosives. Unlike her fish squeezing technique, Julia's shark repellant seemed to be successful.

After her service in the OSS, Julia married Paul Child, an OSS operative she had worked with while in Sri Lanka. The two moved to Paris in 1948 where Paul Child worked for the U.S. Intelligence Service. Soon, she began attending the Cordon Bleu cooking school in Paris and developed skill in preparing French cuisine. Julia's cooking interests and abilities grew steadily, and in 1961 she published her first cookbook: 'Mastering the Art of French Cooking.' It was this book and her subsequent television appearances that made Julia Child a household name, but the events were set in motion by her employment in a clandestine intelligence agency.
 

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[oldteen]

You leavin’ so soon? We all just got here :). Have a great evening, G-ma! *hugs* (You bronze bagger, you!) *snicker*

[oldteen]

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[Kathy in Alaska]

Julia Child is quite the character. Good evening, ML...((HUGS))...StarCMC did a good job brings her info from WWII. Glad you enjoyed.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Sand...((HUGS))...how is the sunburn issue coming along? Any mugging today?

[ColdOne]

.there are those in the country that they protect that do not. I do not understand some at all.. I support them always! God Bless Them!

[ConorMacNessa]

Doing great, thanks! Winston is settling in nicely - he's a hit with everyone he meets!

Lamh Foistenach Abu!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, teen...*HUGS*...did you have an allergy free day? The sun has been in and out here all day. Clouds look like rain...we will see.

[MEG33]

Missed one..I don’t remember Blackjack gum..
I am older than dirt indeed! LOL

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Starting Young
August 23, 2010

Addie was a bit worried. Before we all sat down for Sunday dinner, someone had started eating. That’s when our 3-year-old granddaughter said, “We haven’t prayed yet.” She was concerned that we might forget to give thanks.

Her concern was a good sign. It showed that at her young age, Addie was beginning to form one of those good habits that parents teach their children as part of their instructions for life. This little routine, for instance, helps her see the value of prayer and thanksgiving, which can be a powerful resource for her in the years ahead.

Raising children in an age of hostility toward the Christian faith is not easy. Parents wonder how best to help their little ones learn to trust the Savior and live to please Him. Proverbs indicates that a key to directing children is through purposeful instruction by parents (Prov. 1:8) on such things as listening to wisdom (2:2), seeking discernment (2:3), understanding the fear of the Lord (2:5), recalling parents’ teaching (3:1), and gaining insight (4:1). These become habitual when parents give instruction and when children “retain” those words of teaching (4:1-4).

Got kids or grandkids? It’s never too early to begin instructing them in wise living.

God gives us children for a time
To teach them how to love the Lord,
To train them in His righteous ways,
To follow and obey His Word. —Sper

The character of your children tomorrow depends on what you put into their hearts today.

Read: Proverbs 2

My son, if you receive my words, and treasure my commands within you, . . . you will understand the fear of the Lordz. —Proverbs 2:1,5

Bible in a year:
Psalms 113-115; 1 Corinthians 6

[SandRat]

Sun Burn is coming along nicely.... ((HUG))... MrsSR had me slaving most of today with her and the oldest Daughter at Dad's place cleaning it up, putting up a fan in the master bedroom, cleaning the carpet in what will be her work room... I'm bushed! Know that the Lazyboy as planning to ambush me later. LOL

[ConorMacNessa]

Thanks for tonite's Hall of Heroes thread!

Lamh Foistenach Abu!

[SandRat]

Remember the DDT trucks in the summer coming through the streets and fogging for mosquitoes too. We thought nothing of it.

[MEG33]

I don’t remember fogging trucks from long ago..just my daughter’s Houston suburb street fogging for mosquitos when I visited in more recent years...

[SandRat]

We kids used to run behind the trucks and play in the fog too.

[ConorMacNessa]

Thanks for the reminder, Sandy! I'm older than dirt! We had the milkman and the bread man. We also had the Fuller Brush man. We had penny candies and Three Musketeers that were dividable into three parts.

Lamh Foistenach Abu!

[SandRat]

Door-to-Door Hoover Vaccum salesmen, Door-to-Door Encyclopedia salesmen, mail actually delivered to the front door and your knew your mailman’s name.

[oldteen]

The most popular chewing gums at the time...Blackjack, Clove, and Beemans. OMGoodness! That was a long time ago. I see they brought them back recently!

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

Very enjoyable.The banter on this thread is a riot and yes I remember all those things.Thank you so much.