The Frontier Woman —
Holt County Woman Enjoys
Christmas Season in California
By BLANCHE SPANN PEASE
Hi there, all you nice peo
ple. How about ham this
week? You can maybe buy a
whole ham and then you’ll
have the where-with-all for so
Blanche Spann
Pease
many good
meals. The
ham can be
cooked in
water, pres
sure cooked
stuffed and
baked, or
baked. But
w e thought
we’d tell you
how to use
just parts of
the ham as
you go a
long.
You can braise the ham
butt. Cook the ham butt in
boiling water, allowing about
20 minutes for each pound.
Take ham, drain, remove
rind and put butt into a
baking dish. Pour a pint bot
tle of tart grape or pineap
ple juice over the ham and
bake in a moderate oven of
350 degrees, allowing 10 min
utes to the pound. Baste fre
quently. Add a little ham
stock to the sauce, thicken
with browned flour, seaspn
and strain sauce over ham.
Serve at once.
Or you can cook the ham
butt in water, allowing 20 min
utes to the pound. Let cook in
water. Make a quart of ap
ple sauce, add one cup brown
sugar and % teaspoon ground
cloves. Remove rind from butt
and place in baking dish. Cov
er fat surface of butt with the
thick apple sauce. Bake in a
moderate oven of 350 degrees
Fahrenheit for 45 minutes.
Serve hot or cold. Serves six,
Or maybe you’ll like to serve
a ham slice with orange? It
will take a one-pound slice of
star ham. one pint milk, two
oranges, % cup brown sugar
six to eight cloves.
Place ham slice in baking
dish. Cover with thin slices
of orange, each stuck with a
clove. Cover with brown su
gar. Pour over milk and
bake in a moderate oven of
350 degrees Fahrenheit for
one hour. Baste often. Serves
four.
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“Grandma,” o f Atkinson
wins a three-months’ subscrip
tion to The Frontier this week
Portrait of a
Wonderful Woman—
She was a plain Irish woman
who had many startling char
acter traits. She was a true
pioneer, coming to the country
when it was new. The closest
railroad was at Neligh and thcj
closest church was at O’Neill.
She grew up in the East in a
small mining community. On
hearing of the Middle West be- |
ing the land of milk and hon- ,
ey, she and her miner husband
migrated to Nebraska. Like
many - a - couple they were
doomed to disappointment and
; cursed the day they heard of
| this land. This woman longed
! to go back to see her people
I but it tvas not for her.
She reared a large family
amidst the greatest of pri
vations. Her husband passed
away shortly before her
youngest child was born.
Hers was now indeed a hard
life with no pension or state
aid to help. Fuel was so
scarce that the child even
had to scour the country for
"prairie roses." They also
burned dried corn stalks and
j hay. Lots of buffalo bones
were picked up on the prai
rie—bringing in a few nick
els.
This mother reared her fam
ily with a great respect for the
church. I imagine she stressed
honesty in all things for she
was known to say: “Be honest
and you will always have a
friend.” She had a word of
welcome to every stranger w'nr
came to her door.
Although I am no advocate
of women taking up the habit
of smoking, I can make an ex
ception in these early pioneer
lives, if they could find even
a night of comfort in smoking
a cob pipe, they were surely
entitled to it. It was surmised
that someone in that house
hold smoked a pipe and it
wasn’t the man in the house
On one occasion a caller found
the room filled with smoke
and had heard the noise as the
ashes were knocked from the
pipe.
»ne enjoyed visiung witn
young and old and it was her
custom to treat a child who
would sing or dance for her
She believed in sharing good
i things with her neighbors and
j friends.
I We mourned her passing, but
knowing her leaves Dleasanf
i memories imprinted i n our
lives.
“GRANDMA,” Atkinson.
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“Just Me” also wins a three
months’ subscription to The
Frontier.
1 Dear Mrs. Pease:
Been quite a spell since I
1 wrote you my last letter that
brought the three-months’ sub
scription. Thank you so much.
The family enjoyed every bit of
, it. On account of bad roads
| snow and all, the paper didn’t
arrive on schedule but when it
! got here it got twice - over
reading. As I have only been
; home from California a short
| time I missed reading much of
the papers. Also missed most
of the snow but not to any
i disappointment to me. Just
doesn’t seem like it could have
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Sandhill Sal
Your best helper is whal
keeps your spine from unrav
eling and your ears apart
Next best helpers are at the
ends of your own sleeves.
Nothing is so rare as a Sun
day afternoon in June when
there’s a freezer of homemade
ice cream and one of Mom’s
super angel food cakes!
Ice cream you freeze with
a hank crank is twice earnec.
and therefore tastes twice a;-1
good.
One of the reasons why pic
nic food tastes so good—you
nearly starve before the food’s
ready.___ I
been so bad in this country j
this Winter as it really was 1
Pictures of snowdrifts and sto
ries in the papers and told by
people are almost unbeliev
able.
I spent the Winter in sunny
California with my three
daughters—two that are marri
ed and have their homes in
Pasadena, a very lovely city
Yes, the weather out there Was
very unusual this Winter
wind, r^in and cold. A poor
introduction for visitors, but I
enjoyed it very much. People
don’t stop for the weather
when they want to go as it
will change in an hour or so.
On the evening of January
10 it had been raining most
of the afternoon.
It began snowing in an
hour or so, the ground was
covered. People, young and
old, ran out on the street
saying, "Oh, isn't it nice?
Hope it doesn't stop." Then
in the morning as soon as it
was light around five o'
clock, we heard voices in
the street calling out "Mer
ry Christmas, happy New
Year!" Everyone was out
throwing snowballs.
On several instances men
and women, 70-years-of-age
were w a s h i n g each other’s
faces with the white stuff, and
rolling it. It was six inches
deep in Pasadena. But up neaj
the mountains in Altadina it
was 11 inches. School was dis
missed. for two days, so the
children could play in it. Mosf
of them had never seen sno\y
before and it was certainly a
thrill for them.
Now for the interesting
things and places I saw while
in California. I cannot begin
to tell about them all, but
here are a few to begin with.
I reached California on De
cember 5 so of course all the
Christmas decorations were in
full swing. And I think I saw
them on all the streets in Los
Angeles, Hollywood, Engel
wood and Pasadena. They were
just beautiful. All the large
store windows, such as Bub
locks, Mays and Broadway. 11
was something to look at.
I thought the main street in
Hollywood was the nicest
small Christmas trees on all
the lightposts, lit up at night
it was very pretty. Most of
the streets and decoration,
reached across, with bright
and shiny bells and stars. We
drove up the mountains one
evening so we could look down
over all the cities. Some sight
with all the lights. We drove j
down Christmas tree lane. Also
saw the 100-foot tree in Los
Angeles all lit up to the top
Then the New Year’s parade)
The rose parade was the most
wonderful think I ever expecl
to see with all those lovely
bands, beautiful horses and
such lovely floats, all made of
flowers as fresh as the day
they were gathered. To say
nolhing of the beautiful Queen
of Roses and the other pretty
girls in the parade. Oh yes
there were pretty cars and
pretty men, too, on horse
back and driving the cars.
I also got to go lo Forest
Lawn cemetery after Christ
mas and was very much sur
prised at the decorations on
the graves there, of Christ
mas trees all decorated in
pretty tinsel and colored
balls and so many nice flow
ers. It was vecy pretty, it
covers most of a large moun
tain, or it seemed like a
mountain lo me.
We went to several radio
programs, saw the Judy Ca
nova show, G. E. Houseparty
got to see several movie stars
Also to the beach. It was fun,
but I don’t especially care for
the ocean.
Last of all, I went to Santa
Anita to the horse races which
I enjoyed immensely. It is a
very pretty place with all iti
pansies in bloom on the green
carpet and there were somq j
wonderful horses there, too.
After a long train ride home
I was glad to be back to good
old Nebraska although there
snow and mud was still knea
deep. The next trip I make to
California will be by car. A1
though I enjoyed the train trip
one meets some very nice peo
i pie and it was fun, but going
by car one could stop at in- ,
teresting spots and see morq
that way. This is getting to be
quite a long letter so will sign
off. Hope all you people who
spent a Winter in California
enjoyed it as much as I did.
“JUST ME."
P S.—I visited several of the
graves of Holt county people
buried in Forest Lawn.
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Saladeas—
Trv those crisp, crunchy lit
tle flowerets from raw cauli
flower for salads. Try them
wjth sliced orange, green pep
per, chopped celery and a *tart
dressing.
Ripe olives are grarid in the
salad dressing — or did you
know that all the time? Es
pecially good with banana and
orange salads. Use a tart
French dressing for the base.
A bit of Roquefort cheese
crumbled into French dressing
adds sophisticated flavor—es
pecially good with fruit sal
ads.
li doesn't take time or a
thunderstorm to make sour
cream. Just add a little lem
on juice or vinegar to sweet,
cream. It's fine for salad
dressings.
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Send Us a Letter—
We’re needing good letter:
for The Frontier Woman. Each
week we give one or twc
three-months’ subscriptions to
The Frontier for letters print
ed. Sometimes we print an ex
tra letter, when we havo
enough letters on hand, and
for that we mail out a small
surprise gift.
Try to remember that it will
be August probably before
your letter can appear in print
and make it seasonable for
then as to recipes and such.
Don't send just a line or two
and a recipe, if you write that
type of letter try to include a
couple of your favorite recipes
and some hints or other ideas.
Of course we always welcome
original letters of all kjnds.
Send your letter to Mrs
Blanche Pease, The Frontier
Woman, Atkinson, Nebr.
Masons to Leave—
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Mason
will leave O’Neill next week
for Des Moines, la., where Mr
Mason will be a city salesman
for Swift & Co. llie Mason*
came to O’Neill from Omaha
in July, 1948. Mr. Mason's sue
cessor here will be Kieth Lan
don, of Ames, la.
Clyde Roberts, 67,
Burial at Stuart—
STUART— Funeral services,
were held Tuesday at 2:30 p
m. for Clyde Roberts, 67, who
died at his home here Sunday
morning. Mr. Roberts had been
in ill health for several
months. He was a long-time
resident and a prominent citi
zen of Stuart.
Other Stuart News
All of Mr. and Mrs. Laur
ence Slaymakers’ children Snri
their families were home Sun
day and Monday, May 29 and
30, at a family gathering.
Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Gauth
anbaugh and Peggy, of Oma
ha; Mr. and Mrs. Laurence
Slaymaker, jr., and children,
of Omaha; Mr. and Mrs. Mel
vin Hickerson, of Wayne; Mr.
and Mrs. Glenn Carlisle and
children, of Atkinson; Mr. and
Mrs. Wesley Slaymaxer and
children, of Atkinson. 'I he two
daughters, Virginia and Avis,
remained for a week’s visit in
the parental home.
Mr. and Mrs. James Allyn
and family, of the Cleveland
community, started Wednes
day, May 1, for the Black Hills
and then on to Sundance, Wyo.
They will visit the P. H. Steck
family there. Mrs. Steck and
Mrs. Allyn are sisters.
Brooke Stuart, son of Mrs.
Dale Stuart, and Rex Coffman,
son of Mr. and Mrs. R. A.
Coffman, are home from the
University of Nebraska for the
Summer.
Mrs. Clyde Roberts and
niece were bu; iness callers at
Springview Friday, June 3
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Weid
ge, of Atkinson, were dinner
guests at the John Krobart
home Sunday.
This Is An
APPEAL for HELP
e
- - from - -
St. Anthony’s Hospital Building
Fund
“A Modern Hospital to Serve the Great Sand Hills Area”
ST. ANTHONY’S HOSPITAL, recently given this new official title, was
conceived about three years ago to alleviate an acute need for first
class rural general hospital facilities in the area. Up until now, 60 thous
and dollars has been raised through subscription and solicitation. The
minimum goal by this method is I 00 thousand dollars. The U. S. Gov
ernment, through the U. S. Public Health Bureau and the Nebraska Depart
ment of Health, is keenly aware of the need for first-class hospital facilities
in this area and will make available I 00 thousand dollars in the form of a
grant for building purposes.
THE SISTERS OF ST. FRANCIS, a Roman Catholic order successfully op
erating a number of large hospitals throughout the country, have
provided a building site in O’Neill, have agreed to operate and staff this
hospital when completed, and, in addition, have agreed to assume up to
I 00 thousand dollars indebtedness, if necessary, in order that this hospital
plan can become a reality.
THUS, AS OF THIS WEEK, only 40 thousand dollars is needed before work
can begin on this medical center. The U. S. Public Health Bureau
and the Nebraska Department of Health estimate that, when completed, St.
Anthony’s 40-bed capacity will meet the hospital requirements for more
than 30 thousand people in the Sand Hills area.
•
II ME HAS COME that the hospital movement needs your help. And your
help is needed badly. After three years of preliminary planning
and limited solicitation, the third—and final—drive is being launched. St.
Anthony’s Hospital will be built, there will be no turn back, the goal is in
sight.
MOST READERS of this advertisement—and their families—reside from
from 50 to I 50 miles away from existing first-class hospital facili
ties. There is every reason why you should be anxious for and willing to
contribute substantially to an institut on that will provide the best in med
ical facilities. We, members of the St. Anthony’s Hospital Building Com
mittee, appeal to you to give the Hospital every consideration. We earnest
ly wish you’d ask yourself: “What will St. Anthony’s Hospital mean to me
and members of my family in time of need?’’ Having thoughtfully answered
that question, we’re confident you will turn to the coupon below, fill it in,
write out a check and mail them.
—St. Anthony s Hospital Building Committee.
ST. ANTHONY’S
HOSPITAL
Building Fund ^
OFFICE HQ.
O'NEILL. NEBR.
(This advertisement has been paid for
by friends of St. Anthony's Hospital
who have provided an expense account
to be used in connection with fund
raising.)
COUPON
ST. ANTHONY'S HOSPITAL BUILDING FUND
"A Modern Hospital lo Serve the Great Sand Hills Area'*
Office lleacfquarlers *”“
O'Neill. Neb.
Enclosed is (my check) (money order) (cash) in the amount of
-- This is my contribution lo St. Anthony's Hos
pital Building Fund.
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