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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (May 11, 1944)
A- N A* N N N (V <v. (V. (v | Mg ME 9 ; ; ANOTHER [ { f A General Quiz 7 f'" f^* A- N N A* A- A* A- A* A* A* N The Questions 1. How many times has the title Progressive party been taken by a third party movement in the Unit ed States? 2. Who was the last of the French monarchs? 3. Back in 1845 what city made the use of bathtubs unlawful ex cept on the advice of physicians? 4. What is the ratio of gasoline used in this war as compared with World War I? 5. You are most deeply asleep after how many hours of sleep? 6. How many acres does the great pyramid of Gizeh cover? The Answers 1. Two-1912 and 1924. 2. Napoleon HI. 3. Boston. 4. Eighty to one. ' 5. After 1% hours of sleep. 6. Thirteen acres. • CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT Nurses* Training Schools MAKE UP TO *U-S3S WEEK as ■ trained practical nurse I Learn quickly at home. Booklet free. CHICAGO SCHOOL OF NURSING, Dept. CW-1, Chicago. 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Spring Notes 'Tia the season for foods to don spring dress—to try on new colors, to keep Mrs. Home maker cool while the sun becomes warmer and brighter, to perk up appetites that lag because ‘‘it's too warm to eat.” I’m not advo eating any sulphur and molasses diet because you can do a better Job in a much smarter way, that is, by serving foods keyed to the season and making the most of them. The first rule to follow in pepping up menus is to take foods which are choice and fresh. In the vegetable group you'll find asparagus, peas, carrots, radishes, lettuce, spring on ions, beets, string beans, spinach, endive, chicory, dandelion greens, escarole and wild greens. In fruits, there is not as much variety, but the quality is lovely. You can have delicate pink and ten der rhubarb, apples, pears, pine apple, cherries, strawberries and or anges. Keeping Cool. It’s the smart homemaker who cooks her food quickly and stays out of the kitchen J during the hot weather. Use the refrigerator as much as possible and plan meals that cook in an hour or less. If it’s possible, make ready in the cool hours of the morning, and then just before dinner, pop foods into the oven, broiler or surface units to cut down preparation time. It’s a good recipe for remaining cool and crisp. Here is the first suggestion for to day. The ham is cleverly extended with a dressing and may be baked with the garnish and dessert. MENU I. Ham on Dressing Raked Pears Green Salad Rolls Strawberry-Rhubarb Pie Ham on Dressing. (Serves 6) 1 ham slice, I inch thick 1 cup chopped celery 2 cups soft bread crumbs 1 teaspoon salt M teaspoon pepper % teaspoon thyme or marjoram H medium-sized onion, minced H cup bacon or meat drippings Toss together celery, bread crumbs, salt, pepper, thyme and on ion. Add bacon drippings. Put into slightly greased baking dish. Top with ham slice. If desired, spread slice with thin layer of prepared mustard. Bake in a moderate (350 degree) oven for 1 hour. Sore Used Fats! Crauberry Baked Pears. Pare, halve and core large, firm pears. Place in baking dish and fill j hollows with cranberry sauce. Cov er bottom of pan with water and bake covered in a moderate oven about 20 minutes or until tender. Strawberry-Rhubarb Pie. 2 cups strawberries, washed and hulled 2 cups rhubarb, cut in 4-lnch pieces 1H tablespoons quick-cooking tapi j oca Lynn Says The Score Card: Egg supplies are at an all-time high, so scram ble them, poach, fry, boil them. Use them in custards, puddings, or pies, but use them for econo my’s sake and for health. Cheese production is in for an other cut, and there will be less cheese, except cottage cheese, of course. Use it wisely. Fat supplies and oils for civilian use are getting smaller. Use them sparingly, and salvage what you can to turn in to your butcher for points and money. On the Also i Save list are tin cans aid waste paper. Salvage all that you pos sibly can. ,1 SAVE VITAMINS! When you’re preparing vegeta bles for summer meals, observe these cautions for conserving vi tamins: As soon as food comes in from the garden or market, wash and refrigerate. Don’t prepare vege tables ahead of time for cooking and let stand In water, as this destroys vitamins. Prepare fruit cups and salads just before serving. Cut surfaces exposed to air destroy vitamin C. l’/i cups sugar % teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon melted butter 1 pastry recipe for 9-inch pie Mix strawberries and rhubarb to gether. Blend tapioca, sugar and salt together. Mix with fruit. Add melted butter. Let stand about 10 minutes while pastry is being made. Make pie crust and line pastry tin. Add filling, cover with top crust, cut ting slits in top to permit steam to escape. Bake in a hot (450-degree) oven for 15 minutes; decrease heat to 350 degrees, and bake 30 minutes longer. Save Used Fats! Springtime is the best time to start getting plenty of those health giving salads into your menus. It’s true that during cooler weather, you usually use salad as a side course, but when warm weather comes along, try it as the main event of the meal. Here's a menu that’s planned to keep the family as well as the cook delightfully cool: MENU II. Supper Salad Bowl Bye Bread Sandwiches Olives Lemon Sherbet Sponge Cake Supper Salad Bowl. (Serves 6) 1 head lettuce t tomatoes, quartered 4 hard-cooked eggs, cut in halves 4 green onions, chopped V4 pound sliced luncheon meat or leftover meat 14 pound American cheese Shred lettuce coarsely, place in salad bowl. Over it arrange toma toes, eggs, chopped onion, luncheon meat and cheese, cut in squares or strips. Just before serving pour over french dressing enough to moisten. French Dressing. (Makes % cup) 1 teaspoon sugar V4 teaspoon salt H teaspoon dry mustard 4 teaspoon paprika Dash of cayenne 2 tablespoons lemon juice 2 tablespoons vinegar Vs cup salad oil Put all ingredients in a bottle; cover and shake well. Save Used Fats! Here is a grand recipe for making that best liked of all sherbets. It may be used as a dessert, or if you like combination salad plates, serve it with that. It’s refreshing and de lightfully cool: Lemon Sherbet. (Serves 6) 4 cup sugar Few grains of salt 1 cup water H cup rich milk H cup lemon juice 2 egg whites Vs cup sugar Combine ¥4 cup sugar, salt and water; cook 5 minutes. Cool. Add milk, then lemon juice. Freeze firm in automatic refrigerator tray. Turn into chilled bowl; beat thoroughly. Beat egg whites, gradually add re maining sugar; continue beating un til stiff and sugar is dissolved. Fold into frozen mixture. Return to tray; freeze Arm. Cel the most from your meat! Get your meat roasting chart from Miss Lynn ('.hamhers by writing to her in care of Western Newspaper Union, 210 South Desplaines Street, Chicago 6, III. Please send a stamped, self-addressed envelope for your reply. Released by Western Newspaper Union. MX W/NKLE GOES 70 MR PRATT W.N.U. RELEASE THE STORY THt'S FAR: Forty-four year-old Wilbert Winkle, who operates an auto repair shop in back of bis home, Is notified by his draft board that he Is In 1-A. He breaks the bad news to his dom ineering wife, Amy, and tramps off to work without kissing her goodby. Neigh bors call the next night after seeing his picture on the front page of the Evening Standard, and commiserate with him. The night before leaving, Mrs. Winkle tells Wilbert she Is worried that he may take up with other women but he tells her she has nothing to worry about. Mr. Winkle takes the lead In the draft parade and on arriving in camp Is given bis “physical." He Is ashamed of his skinny physique. CHAPTER VI J — At the desk of the Chief Medical Examiner, he was informed, casu ally, that he had been accepted for General Military Service. It was a little difficult to realize it. He was dazed. He felt that his dyspepsia had been insulted. He still suffered from chronic indiges tion no matter how lightly it was regarded. All except three of the Springville contingent were accepted. Freddie and Jack were among the successful ones — or unsuccessful — whichever way you looked at it, a matter de pending on how far your patriotism went. After retrieving their clothes and hiding their nakedness, they were marched outside. Lined up in the open, they took the oath of enlist Mr. Winkle saw what his future bedroom was like. ment. Mr. Winkle felt very solemn about swearing to bear true faith and allegiance to this country. In the clothing depot they were turned over to a little Sergeant no larger than Mr. Winkle. He had a wizened face and a great many serv* ice stripes on his sleeve. In a dry good-humored voice he instructed them to change into something more appropriate to their surroundings and new standing. Sergeant Czeideskrowski took them, with more new soldiers from Dther contingents, to a receiving bar racks in the Reception Center. Here they would stay for several days, and here Mr. Winkle saw what his tuture bedroom was like. He was appalled. Not that the quarters weren’t good. Indeed, they were better than those any other Army in the world could boast. Even in his somewhat depressed state Mr. Winkle ate more than he usually did at home, which he knew would not please Amy. He didn’t mention anything about this when the Alphabet, in motherlike fashion, saw to it that they filled out post cards to their families announcing the good news of their being in the Army. Finally, for that day, came in struction in bed making. After an hour of experimenting, during which most of them believed he could make his bed perfectly in the dark, Ser geant Czeideskrowski observed that none of them would pass inspection, but their efforts would do for them to sleep that night. Lying in the darkness, with some of the men talking back and forth in whispers, Mr. Winkle felt unnat ural. He was no longer Wilbert Winkle, captain of his own soul or body. He belonged to an immense, fearsome, mysterious organization called the Army whose purpose was to fight other men to the death. • • • Mr. Winkle fell in line with the other men on the company street. It was barely light. It was cold. All about were the dim outlines of buildings. A vast rustle of men and their movements and voices spread in all directions, ghostly and weird. Shivering, Mr. Winkle wondered if this could be only a bad dream. Surely he would soon awaken in hi* own warm bed with Amy beside him, telling him it was time to get up after a good night’s rest instead of the fifteen minutes’ nap he felt he had. Instead, he heard Sergeant Czeid- j eskrowski calling his name in the roll. "H-her£,” Mr. Winkle quavered. "Tindall!*’ ‘*1 guess I’m here,” Freddie an swered. "I’m not sure.” "Answer ‘here’ only," the Alpha bet ordered. "We’ll try again. Tin dall!” “Here,” Freddie replied. In a low mutter he added, "What’s left of me.” The Alphabet strode over to stand in front of Freddie. He took out a little black notebook from his pock et, wrote in it, and said: “Private Tindall, because it’s you, and you ain’t had the Articles of War read to you yet, especially Ar ticle Sixty-five providing punishment for insubordination to a noncommis sioned officer—which is me—we’ll just set a record for the camp. You’re getting K P duty on your second day. You will become fa mous for this." Mr. Winkle was almost glad to see how wrong Freddie was in his attitude, and how painful this was going to make it for him. Then he felt guilty at having such an un worthy sentiment. "Pettigrew!” Teeth chattered. Between clicks, Jack called that he was present. Mr. Winkle had a sense of float ing through the rest of that day. He remained in a daze from the shock of entering the Army. He supposed it was the same with the other men, but he didn’t notice them very much. At the dispensary Mr. Winkle was inoculated for so many things that he couldn’t keep track of them all. The faintness induced by being pricked on one arm was counter acted by being pricked on the other arm immediately afterward. He en joyed only one of the examinations. Thfit was the Mechanical Aptitude Test. He was happy to wade right through this, answering nearly ev ery question with ease and certain ty, while others scratched their heads. In the afternoon, when they were given individual interviews, he hoped to learn what might be done with him. The interviewer drew him out about the work he had done in civil life. He showed a mild interest in Mr. Winkle’s his tory as an accountant, but mostly he asked Mr. Winkle to talk about himself as a repairer of anything and the fact that he had his own shop. "I think we’ll have a place for you,” he said, quite as if Mr. Winkle only now had been accepted for the position, and hired. The late afternoon was given to them to do as they pleased—within the confines of their barracks. That is, all except Freddie. An emis sary of Sergeant Czeideskrowski, in the form of a Corporal, arrived to Instruct Freddie to get into his fa tigue denim and follow him. "We’re going bubble dancing,” the Corporal said. Freddie, snorting and grumbling, decided to agree. Jack was with two of the younger men, boys like himself. Solemnly they thumbed through their copies of The Soldier’s Handbook, reading the instructions about what was, for most of them of their age, their first job. Mr. Winkle looked about for com panionship of his own. A few men looked as if they might be old enough for him, but he couldn’t be sure. One of them passed by his cot, and Mr. Winkle, catching his glance, and for lack of anything else to say on the spur of the moment observed: "Well, here we are.” "Hah?” the man asked, staring blankly. Mr. Winkle didn’t pursue it, and the man passed on. He realized just what an outsider he was going to be. He wrote a let ter to Amy. He informed her that his bag would arrive home by ex press collect; it contained his rub bers, which she had better give to the scrap rubber drive. He instruct ed her to tell the Pettigrews that Jack was getting along fine—right now he was having a roughhouse with another boy. He assured Amy that he was all right. He just felt a little funny in his new life. Sitting there alone on his cot, Mr. Winkle reflected that he felt more than a little funny. There was an additional thing con nected with what was going on, which he couldn't exactly analyze or express. It was connected in some way with the broad, general struc ture of the state of human affairs. It went beyond the possibility that man was a warring animal in spite of all his civilized refinements. Nei ther was it to be found in the con current theory that at certain inter vals man needed to make war in or der to pull himself down to his nat ural level, which he had made the mistake of exceeding. Perhaps, thought Mr. Winkle, what he felt was contained in the fact that man had a will to die as well as a will to live, and that the present war was merely a grand expression of this. The world was bent on a mass suicide-pact, whose impulses would be spent only when mfllions had done away with themselves by the oblique methods employed. Yet not even in that did he dis cover an explanation of the thing he felt. It was to be found in some thing much more simple than any such objective ideas, which were perhaps a little crazy, anyway, or at least too dangerous to entertain. But he was sure there was some thing to express the situation in which he found himself, and that he would ultimately run across it. He decided to be on the lookout for it. Private Tindall came in shortly after five, looking hot and not cut ting a very attractive figure in his soiled dungarees. His thin line of mustache did not seem to fit this garment at all. Several of the men wanted to know what he had had to do. Freddie glared at them disgusted ly. “I washed floors,” he snarled. “Me!” Jack led the laugh that followed. Freddie strode over to him and without a word, drew back his fist and hit him. , Jack sat down on a cot, not hurt but angry. Mr. Winkle had time to think that it was a good thing he had finished his letter mentioning Jack before the boy rose, again to battle Fred die. From the doorway the voice of Alphabet was heard: “For fighting you’d be surprised what there is, Private Tindall. But this time we’ll make it just the garbage detail for tomorrow.” After the Alphabet had written in his notebook and gone away, Fred die promised, “I’m going to kill him. From A to Z.” "If I don’t get you first,” Jack muttered. “You,” Freddie demanded, “and what other part of the Army? You and Pop, maybe?” Mr. Winkle reflected that this was not the right outlook at all. It was hardly the true spirit of the reason they were here. Mr. Winkle did not find a friend of his own age until he was shipped on .a train to his Replacement Training Center. Camp Squibb was a thou sand miles away from home. Mr. Winkle understood that this great distance was for the purpose of get ting him away from family ties. He was no happier at this than was Freddie Tindall when it was learned that Sergeant Czeideskrow ski was to accompany and stay with them. It seemed that the Alphabet had been champing at the bit for having been put in what he re ferred to as the “desk job” of re ceiving draftees. He wanted active duty, and now he looked at it as a step toward this when he was as signed to new training troops. Camp Squibb was a great deal like their first camp, except that it was much larger, stretching for miles across the flat bare land. It was the general belief that no one knew how large it was, nor where it began and ended. It had simply “For fighting you’d be surprised what there is, Private Tindall . . .” continued to be built until there were no boundaries at all. Men, it was said, had become lost in it and not yet found. Another rumor had it that in case of invasion the enemy was to be lured to Camp Squibb where, once caught in this trap, it would never And its way out. On the first afternoon in their new barracks, Mr. Winkle discovered Mr. Tinker. He was among those mak ing up the platoon quartered on the ground floor. Mr. Winkle eyed the thickset man with a scowl on his broad face sitting on the next cot, and saw that here was a man of his own age. They eyed each other. Mr. Win kle smiled briefly, and was given a frown. That wasn’t encouraging. Nevertheless, Mr. Winkle spoke, in troducing himself. He gave his age, glanced around, and observed, “I guess we’re sort of two of a kind here.” “Yeah,” the other man said in a deep voice. Mr. Winkle offered the informa tion that he was a married man. His look inquired if the same situa tion held true with his acquaintance. “Naw,” the man said. There the matter rested for a mo ment, until the man suddenly an nounced his own name, which was Tinker, and his age, forty-two. He said he was a plumber. Mr. Winkle asked him how he felt about being in the Army. (TO BE CONTINUED) 7040T-X JUST a few easy-to-crochet me *-* dallions joined together mak* this cool-as-a-breeze calot and bag set. Use any color straw yarn to highlight any costume. • • • Crochet for pleasure In odd moments of leisure. Pattern 7040 contains directions for hat and purse; list «f materials. 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