The Frontier Woman —
Mrs. Henry Benze, of Emmet, First to Get
‘Thank You’ Gift from This Department
By BLANCHE SPANN PEASE
Hi there, all you nice people .•
Here it is April and, goodness, j
doesn’t the kitchen look grand
since you papered it, painted,
the woodwork, and got up
those crisp, new curtains? Just
cheers you up to look st it,
doesn’t it?
Of course, it does make you
want new yurtains foi some of
the other rooms but,j;heer up,
Blanche Spann
Pease
launuer me
old ones
and wash the
windows un
til they shine,
clean the
blinds and
frankly you’
ll be surpris
ed at how
nice those
windows are
going to look
after all.
And if the
curtains are
in tatters ana simpiy can i uc
laundered once more, have you
thought of'using paper draper
ies? A set of these can usual
ly be purchased for a dollar, and
they are nice for Spring and
Summer. These are usually
treated to shed dust, resist flam
ing. They can be purchased for
living room or kitchen.
There is something new under
the sun in the curtain line this
year, particularly nice for the
homes which are very “lived
in,” where there are small chil
dren, and dogs. These are plas
tic curtains and they may be had
now for kitchens, bathrooms and
bedrooms. Most of them repel
water, dust and stains and won’t
crack or peel. They will char
but will not flame. They do not
need to be laundered. To clean
them you simply wipe with a
damp cloth. That means no iron
ing. They may all ready be
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purchased in quite a variety of
styles, designs and colors. If
you are buying new curtains,
you might investigate their pos
sibilities.
Plastic yardage may also be
bought in a rainbow array of
plastics, in flower fresh col
ors. solid colors, dainty de
signs, multicolor fruit and
floral patterns and with ac
cessories to finish your work
up in grand style. So if you
like to make your own cur
tains, better investigate these
possibilities, too.
Today we have two subscrip
tion winning letters and as a
little extra dividend, we are
bringing you a third letter. The
writer of this letter has been
sent a small gift, from your
editor, as a “thank you” for her
letter. From time to time now
in future issues, when we can,
we may bring you an extra let
ter, and in payment for this, the
writer will be mailed a small
gift. As usual, we will use at
least one subscription winning
letter in each issue, usually two,
if we have another letter on
hand.
In line with The Frontier edi
tor’s policy of bringing to his
readers the best he can afford,
The Frontier Woman has been
expanding these past months
and from now on will be a bit
larger and will bring you that
much more help and enjoyment
for all its readers. We know you
will greatly enjoy these extra
dividends.
Mrs. Dean Perry, of Emmet,
wins a three-months’ subscrip
tion to The Frontier for her let
ter, as does Mrs. W. J. Wilkin
son, of Atkinson. Mrs.
Henry Benze, of Emmet, has
ben sent a surprise gift for
the use of her letter.
Mrs. Perry’s letter:
Dear Mrs. Pease:
You said you were getting at
the last of the letters* so I
thought I would try my hand at
writing again. I sure do enjoy
your column more and more
each time I read it.
Yesterday was like a Spring
day so I washed my curtains
and washed the woodwork and
was wishing I had some paint
to start painting with but the
weather today changed my mind
so I guess I’d better not try and
hurry up Spring before it gets
here.
This kind of weather makes
a person hungry for fresh
meat, so I am writing a few
recipes.
MEAT BALLS
One pound hamburger, two
tablespoons chopped onion,
cup corn meal, one teaspoon
chili powder, 1% teaspoon dry
mustard, one teaspoon salt, one
egg. slightly beaten, two table
spoons chopped green pepper,
cup bread crumbs, three table
spoons butter. Mix meat thor
oughly with other ingredients,
excepting bread crumbs, fry in
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butter and serve with tomato
sauce.
CORNED BEEF HASH PUFFS
Empty one pound can of corn
ed beef hash into a bowl. Mash
thoroughly. Beat two egg yolks
until light. Stir into hash and ;
season mixture with salt and i
pepper and a little grated on
ion. Beat two egg whites un- |
til stiff. Fold into hash. Shape ;
into four mounds on a greased ]
pan. Broil 15 minutes. Dilute
1-3 cup catsup with a little wa- |
ter and add two tablespoons of j
chopped pickle to it. Heat and
pour a little of the sauce over
each puff as it is served.
Have you ever thought about
adding meat when making scal
loped potatoes? Here is the way |
11 fix mine:
Peel and slice four or five
medium-size potatoes and three
i or four small onions. Slice four
of five frankfurters or wien
ers. or a person can use bacon
or ham if she wants to. Place a
layer of potatoes, a .layer of
onions and cut up frankfurter
in a buttered casserole. Sprinkle
lightly with salt, pepper and
flour and repeat until all are
used. Add about 1 cups milk.
Bake in a slow oven of 325 F.
for an hour or until potatoes are
tender. Do not have too hot an
oven or the milk will curdle.
MRS. DEAN PERRY,
Emmet.
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Mrs. Wilkinson's Letter —
Dear Mrs. Pease:
I read your request for reci
pes so I am sending in a few
that we like especially well,
MARSHMALLOW DESSERT
Dissolve 30 marshmallows in
one cup of scalded milk and
cool. Add one cup of cream
whipped, one cup of well drain
ed pineapple, Vz cup of chopped
nuts and V4 cup of chopped can
died cherries. Place between
layers of crushed graham crack
ers or vanilla wafers. Put in a
cool place for several hours.
Serve with whipped cream.
DATE DESSERT
One-half cup brown sugar,
one cup dates, and 1 xk cups wa
ter boiled until thick, then cool.
Mix as for pie dough, one cup
flour, one teaspoon soda, one
cup rolled oats, % cup brown
sugar and 4% cup melted oleo
butter. Pat half of crust mix
ture in rectangular pan. Spread
on cooled filling. Cover with
rest of crust mixture and then
sprinkle with chopped walnuts.
Bake in a moderate oven for 20
minutes. Cool and serve with
whipped cream. If made several
days before it is served, it has a
better flavor.
COOKED OIL DRESSING
Two tablespoons of corn
starch, mixed with Vz cup of
cold water and Vz cup of boiling
water and cook until clear. Have
ready four tablespoons sugar, 1
V2 teaspoons salt, two teaspoons
mustard, one egg, V\ cup vine
gar or lemon juice and % cups
of salad oil in a large bowl but
do not heat. Then add hot paste
to other ingredients and beat
until smooth and thick with a
rotary egg beater.
FRUIT SALAD DRESSING
Combine two tablespoons of
corn starch, xk cup sugar, V4 tea
| spoon salt. Stir in one egg, well
j beaten juice each of one lemon
and one orange and % cup of
pineapple juice. Cook in double
boiler until thick and creamy
I stirring constantly. R e ifi o v e
I from fire and add 10 marshmal
lows. Cool. Then stir in 1 xfz
| cups of heavy cream whipped
| when ready to serve or 1-3
| ounce package cream cheese
blended in well.
Either makes a delicious dres
sing for fruit salad.
MRS. W J. WILKINSON,
Atkinson.
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Gift Winning Letter —
Dear Blanche:
With all the snow on the
ground one thinks maybe Spring
will never get here. But in a
few weeks the white blanket
will be gone and then it will
be green again, and that is the
time of year we’ll be out in the
garden, tending to baby chicks
and so on. But to us it will
mean dandelion time for our
family is very fond of dandelion
dishes. Here are our favorites.
Have picked and washed the
amount of greens for your fam
ily, cut the dandelions in small
pieces. I use a pair of scissors.
Add two or three hard boiled
eggs, chopped, one onion minc
ed, salad oil, vinegar, salt and
pepper to taste. Mix all to
gether and let stand several
hours before serving. Here’s an
other change, use the above in
gredients omitting the salad oil
and pouring hot gravy over the
dandelions and let stand only a
few minutes before serving.
Then, too, there's the wilt
ed dandelions with plenty of
fried bacon and the drippings
poured over the greens while
the bacon is very hot, add or
omit the egg, little vinegar,
salt and pepper to taste. Let
this stand over a few minutes,
also.
If you have never tasted dan
delions before just try them and
I know you will have a sur
prise, any way they are very
nutritious. I am also inclosing
two of my recipes, these are es
pecially good for the children.
CHOCOLATE CHIP
OATMEAL COOKIES
One-half cup shortening, V2
cup brown sugar, one egg, one
tablespoon water, '2 teaspoon
vanilfa, cup sifted flour, V2
teaspoon salt, % teaspoon soda.
1 V2 cups oatmeal, uncooked, one
cup chocolate chips, 14 cup of
chopped nutmeats. Cream the
shortning, add sugar gradual
ly and cream well. Beat in egg
until fluffy. Stir in water and
vanilla. Sift together flour, soda
and salt and add to creamed
Sandhill Sal
Word pictures: the children
followed their mother like
chicks scuttling after a busy
hen.
She clouded up and her storm
of words broke in all their fury.
She was the kind of a woman
who could not bear to have a
capable daughter-in-law.
He was the kind of a man who
did not mind the tin cans in his
yard.
The child was like a mongrel
dog, dirty, disheveled and bark
ing.__
mixture. Add oatmeal, chocol
ate chips and nutmeats. Drop
from a teaspoon onto greased
baking sheet and bake in a mod
erate oven until done. 1 some
times substitute a cup of shred
ded cocoanut for the chips.
SOUR MILK CHOCOLATE
CHIPS
One-fourth cup shortening,
one cup sugar, one egg, two
squares chocolate, melted, one
cup sour milk or buttermilk, one
teaspoon vanilla, 1 M> cups flour,
>4 teaspoon salt, one teaspoon
soda. Cream the shortening and
sugar, beating well. Add beaten
egg, melted chocolate, and van
illa and beat thoroughly. Sift
flour, salt and soda together
and add alternately with the
sour milk. Put in shallow pan
(about tw'o inches deep) well
greased. Bake in moderate oven
for 35 to 40 minutes until done.
Frost or serve with whipped
cream.
Here are a few hints: When
making sweet rolls or cinnamon
roll use powdered sugar to dust
the board when you roll them
out.
When rolling graham crackers
as crackers put them in a pap
er bag and roll, you’ll find they’
ll be easy to pour and no muss.
By adding a small amount of
vinegar to the pot when frying
doughnuts the lard will not
spatter.
I hope these few ideas will
help some one for I do enjoy the
other ladies’ ideas and helps.
And I do enjoy your column
very much.
MRS. HENRY BENZE,
Emmet.
Chambers Carnival
Is Postponed —
CHAMBERS — Due to the
bad roads, the Chambers high
school carnival was not held on
Friday, April 1, but will be held
on Tuesday, April 19.
The music class under the di
rection of Mrs. Victor Harley,
has several numbers to enter in
the district music contest at O’
Neill.
The selections will include:
solos — Armetta Gleed, Betty
Thorin, Marian Tangeman, Ada
DeHart, Lloyd Wintermote, and
Dean Farrier; duet—Ada DeHart
and Carolyn Adams; double duet
—Armetta Gleed, Angie Spath,
Arliss Bly, and Laraine Haake;
sextette and glee club.
Report cards were distributed
Friday for the last nine weeks.
Kin of O'Neillites
Stationed with John L Baker—
In a telephone conversation
with his mother, Mrs. H. J.
Lohaus, John Lee Baker, an
aviation cadet at San Angelo,
Tex., mentioned that William
(“Bill”) Brennan arrived March
28 at the field. Mr. Brennan,
also an aviation cadet, reenlist
ed. He and his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas J. Brennan,
of Lincoln, spent March 26 and
27 at the home of Miss
Bernadette and Mrs. F. M.
Brennan, his aunts.
Celebrate Anniversary—
CHAMBERS— Mr. and Mrs.
Edwin Hubbard celebrated
their first wedding anniversary
as guests-of-honor at a dinner
March 27 in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Hiram Hubbard. The
Edwin Hubbard’s were mar
ried March 30, 1948.
O’NEILL LOCALS
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Ford, of
Butte, spent Monday, March
28. visiting at the horn# of Mr.
and Mrs. Theodore Strong.
Miss Vivian Stevens, of Nor
folk, spent the weekend visit
ing at the home of Mr. and
Miss. Robert Stevens.
Mrs. LeRoy Vussey, of Om
aha, spent the weekend visit
ing at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Gene Sanders.
Elwin Rubcck spent Friday
in Wayne visiting his grand
mother.
Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Russ re
turned last Thursday after
spending a week visiting in
Norfolk. Wayne and Omaha.
The Jack & Jill
CORNER
Needs Good
PHOTOGRAPHS
• The Frontier's Jack &
Jill Editor told us just
the other day that MORE
photographs — good studio
photographs — are needed
for use in the Jack and Jill
Corner. Each week The
Frontier publishes two or
more pictures of children
under school age. Why not
arrange for a sitting now?
And your child's photo will
appear soon in the Jack &
Jill Corner.
O’NEILL PHOTO CO.
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Spring Arrives in
Southern Arizona
By A. STROLLER
PHOENIX. ARIZ., Mar. 22—
Spring has arrived in Phoenix.
A multitude of signs proclaim
the unmistakable and obvious
fact.
It came all at once, it seem
ed, at the end of an unusually
long, cold, rainy Winter.
When we speak of long, cold
Winters in this country, of
course, it must be remembered
that the words are used in a
comparative sense, A long, cold
Winter in Southern Arizona is
something quite different than
the same kind of a season in
Nebraska, for instance.
In Nebraska and other parts of
the Midwest, in some of the
Western states, in the Northern
states and in various sections of
the East, such a description
would suggest a long period of
severe cold, deep snow, ice cov
ered lakes and rivers, blockaded
roads and highways, stalled
trains, etc., etc., but not in this
mild climate. Here the words
simply signify weather which is
colder than usual, white frosts
| for a number of nights and con
j siderable rain.
The writer has never seen
snow in Phoenix but once and
; that only lasted for a few
I hours.
In Nothern Arizona, up
around Flagstaff, for instance.
Winters are really cold and
the past Winter was an unus
ually severe one with a heavy
snowfall and very low temper
ature.
Well, in any event, the cold,
cloudy, rainy season is past in
the Valley of the Sun and Spring
has arrived.
Spring is always a glorious
season in Phoenix and the pic
ture is just as bright and beau
tiful as ever this year.
In February, the suh came
out from behind the clouds and
began to shine again and this
month all Nature is awakening
to life and beauty again.
A warm, genial sun is shin
ing in a clear, blue sky, the
trees are putting forth new
leaves, the birds are beginning
to sing, fashion shows are be
ing staged, people are sitting in
the parks, baseball practice has
started, the mercury has already
recorded over HO and there are
many other suggestions of the
return of Spring.
It is a delightful season.
(Next week: The Idea Is Too
Big.)
Arrive from New York —
Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Cohn, of
Astoria, N. Y.. arrived late Fri
day for a visit in the home of
Mr. ancl Mrs. Phil Cohn.
Frontier for printing!
O'NEILL LOCALS
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Porter
left Sunday for Omaha, where
they spent a few days on bus
iness.
Mrs. Ben Cunningham and
children spent Sunday visiting
at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Horace Sholes, of Inman. Mrs.
Sholes is a daughter of Mrs.
Cunningham.
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