The Frontier Woman —
Article Says Housewives Becoming Bored;
Darlings Should Spend Week On the Farm
By BLANCHE SPANN PEASE
Hi there, all you nice people!
My goodness, 1950 already!
Have you gotten used to writ
ing the *‘50’’ instead of “49"?
Probably not! Neither have I.
There is one thing I surely
hope 1950 brings our way and
that’s REA. It would be simp y
Blanche Spann
Pease
super 10 nuvc
electricity a t
our beck and
call. Even de
cent lights
would be won
derful. For
years now we
have struggled
with kerosene
lamps that
give little
light, always
have to be
filled and
trimmed and
with a kerosene mantle light
that has a way of “burning up”
and sooting up things in gener
al They nearly drive me crazy.
The last couple of years we’ve
used gasoline lanterns and
lights which operate under an
air pressure system and require
generators. They are forever
needing a new’ generator and
new mantles!
Electricity would be wonder
ful not to mention all the elec
trical appliances I might hope
to buy and have them help me
with my Work I already have
a start along those lines. I have
a bantam electric range (which
I won). I wish now 1 had kept
one of the radio-phonographs
or the electric radio I won m
the past couple of years, not to
mention that automatic popup
toaster. It does look as though
w'e might get electricity in 1950.
I also won an electric roaster
about a year ago, but traded it
in on a refrigerator. The refrig
erator and stove have been such
a wonderful help in keeping
house that a thousand dollars
wouldn’t buy them if I couldn’t
replace them! How I wish every
Wtlliam w. Griffin
ATTORNEY
First National Bank Bldg.
O'NEILL
DR. J. L. SHERBAHN
CHIROPRACTOR
Complete X-Ray Equipment
V» Block So. of Ford Garage
O'Neill. Nebraska
farm homemaker could have
just that much help. I have an |
electric travel iron but I’ll be
wanting one of these super elec
tric irons that can be set for
various heats. Oh, golly, I hope
we get REA in 1950!
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Lucky Mom' Writes
Excellent Letter—
"Lucky Mom," of Atkinson,
writes an excellent letter for
our enjoyment today. We also
have a really good original let
ter from "Mrs. M, W.,” also of
Atkinson. So today it’s a double
treat of good letters.
Dear Blanche:
Been planning for a long time
to get a lettvr off to The Fron
tier Woman, but things didn’t
seem to work out that way. Aft
er conning was finally finished,
came house cleaning, the kiddies
had a tussle with the flu, and,
say, there’s nothing like a
bunch of sick kiddies to keep
you on your toes!
I was amused over an article
1 read about American house
wives having everything so j
modern and so little to do they |
become bored with life. At first,;
I w'as amused but after looking'
around at the many jobs staring
my way, I became a wee bit
disgusted
Wouldn't you other busy
farm mothers like to hav,-? one
of those bored darlings come
and spend a week with you?
Believe me I would and I’ll
bet ofter she followed me
around for a few days she
wouldn’t be bored. She might
have a few kinks in her back
but as for being bored, well, I
think not!
Guess I do feel sorry for her
though. When you’re busy, you
haven’t time to be unhappy, j
She evidently doesn’t have a
precious baby to love and care
for and what a thrill he gives
all of us with his smiles and
coos.
No youngsters coming home
from school, wide-eyed and hap
py over the day’s events, with
a “Mom, got anything good to
eat? Cookies?, oh boy!”
No little Susie to pull a chair
up close to the work table and
say, “What ya making mom?”
No mischievious little boys
that just love to untie mom’s
strings and tell her there’s com
pany coming up the driveway
when she’s in the worst possible
mess. She couldn’t be bored
while listening to Tommy prac
ticing his music and Judy tell
ing about her latest Bobsie Twin
book all at the same time.
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Perhaps it would be boring to
be able to arrange your furni
ture any way you wanted to. |
But, believe me, it takes plenty
of ingenuity to get the piano by
the wall, where Susie wrote
with a black crayon; to swing
the new’ oil cloth around so you
can’t see those fancy designs a
pair of little scissors made. Then
there’s the place on the dining
room table where Tommy tried
out the sawr, from his new tool
chest. Yep! It worked.
Time probably would hang
on one’s hands if he could clean
up his house and it would stay
that way all day. That, I could
not say, having never had the
experience. Ten minutes after
1 have cleaned up my dining
room looks like a small tornado
had passed through with blocks,
comic books, colors and such
scattered here and there, with
the chairs arranged to repre
sent a train or some such thing.
Often 1 have to be very quiet |
as we’re having school and I
whoever heard of anyone talk
ing in school?
Course, when you do get
the older ones off to school
and the baby bathed and j
asleep and little Susie quiet
ly coloring in a color book, ,
and yourself sneaking a few
minutes to read a magazine
or write a letter, hubby can '
(and usually does) decide to
saw wood, butcher, brand or
some such job and sends you
into a whirl again.
But that’s home, and 1, for
one, wouldn’t want it any oth
er way. I wouldn’t be surprised
it some years hence, when I’ve
made my nest egg and the kid
dies have grown, some cozy eve
ning I’ll be sitting with hubby,
the dishes will all be done, oh,
happy day! Right after they
were used, too, and not after
Judy’s hair was put up, Tom
my’s arithmetic finished or
Susie’s story was read. Then I’ll
turn to hubby and say, “Gee
whiz, poppy, it’s quiet, wish
something would happen, don’t
you?”
“LUCKY MOM.”
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'Time' by I. M. Today—
What does the clock say?
Tick tock.
Yes, it will say almost what
you want it to. "Time to get up,
time to quit, time to go to bed.”
Remember how time used to
drag along when you were a
cmld and it was such a long
time between birthdays, and
most of all, beflween Christ
mases. Then as a person grows
older the time simply flies in
the words of the poet, “How
long, oh God, is eternity?”
People from other countries
stand aghast at the hustle and
bustle in the United States.
Everyone is in such a hurry
going nowhere fast, hardly be
ing interested enough to help
one less fortunate.
There’s a time for everything,
a time for sowing and a time
for reaping. There’s a time for
work and a time for play.
Did you ever watch the busy
little bee improving each shin
ing hour? I don’t enjoy being
stung by the bee but I do like
the honey and that takes time.
Make the most of today. Yes
terday is gone and cannot be re
captured and tomorrow may
never come.
In the great plan of human
affairs we are forced to take
time to die. Why not then take
time to really live to the full
est for we pass this way but
once. Bye for now.
“MRS. M. W..”
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Letters Needed For
Frontier Woman—
Today I used the last letters
I had on hand for The Frontier
Woman. Let’s hope some more
come in the next few days or I
won’t have letter material for
the next one.
You may write about anything
you like in your letters. We are
particularly pleased to have or
iginal letters, such as the two
used in The Frontier Woman
today. Those are tops!
But you can send us the chat
ty household type of letter, too,
which is full of hints and ideas.
You can include a couple of
your favorite seasonable reci
pes. Make it a recipe that you
have actually tried and know
is good.
Be sure to spell out the mea
surements. Give the method of
preparation. If the food is to be
baked, give the oven tempera
ture. All of these things are im
portant in a recipe.
Each week we give a three
months' subscription to two let
terwriters. Send your letters to
Mrs. Blanche Pease, The Fron
tier Woman, Atkinson, Nebr.
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Foodeas—
LAZY LADY’S CAKE
And aren’t we all? Lazy
ladies, I mean. This jiffy cake
has a self icing. Four table
spoons lard, one cup sugar, one
egg, one-half cup milk, scant
one-half teaspoon salt, one and
one-half cups sifted flour, one
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Summerland
EWING
Sunday, Jan. 8
Don Shaw and
His Trombonaires
Giving Away Red Roses
As Prizes
SANDHILL SAL
Junior wants to know: If you
have to keep milk cold to pre
vent it from souring, then why
f it sour in the cow?
They claim life begins at 40.
You can read it in book and
verse, but at 40 I want to know,
dues it begin to get better or
Aorse?
Oh, for a crick in the neck
caused from gazing at our own
U-J -vision set *nstead of gawk
ing at the neighbor’s!
and one-half teaspoons baking
powder, one teaspoon flavoring,
rut all ingredients in a bowl
an I beat two or three minutes
with a rotary beater. The batter
should be light and smooth.
Pour into a deep layer pan and
cover evenly with the following
mixture: one-half cup grated
sweet chocolate and one-half
cup finely chopped almonds.
Bake at 350 F. 35 to 40 minutes.
MILE A MINUTE CAKE
This mile a minute cake is
different. A brown sugar cake
with dates and nuts, it has a
peanut butter frosting. One and
three-fourths cups flour, two
teaspoons baking powder, one
teaspoon salt, one-half teaspoon
cinnamon, one-half teaspoon
nufmeg, one-third cup lard, one
and one-third cups brown sugar,
two eggs, one-half cup milk,
one-half pound dates, one-half
cup nuts. Sift flour, measure
and sift again with the baking
powder, salt and spices. Com
liTne all ingredients in the or
ter given, adding the pitted
chopped dates. Put in 9-inch
square pan and bake in moder
ate oven of 350 F. for 50 to 60
minutes.
PEANUT BUTTER ICING
Two cups confection sugar,
three tablespoons butter, one
teaspoon cinnamon, one tea
spoon nutmeg, four to six tab
lespoons milk. Combine all the
ingredients. Add the milk slow
ly until of the right consistency.
Chambers News
Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Hubbard
entertained the following for
Christmas dinner: Mr. and Mrs.
Chauncey Porter and Dr. and
Mrs. C. M. Eason, all of O’Neill;
and Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Hub-1
bard, of Chambers.
Mrs. Ruby Martin and Bar-1
bara Jean Wilcox left Monday !
for Oakland to visit relatives
for a few days.
C. J. Barnuim, of Norfolk, was
in Chambers Tuesday.
Rev. Duane Hutchinson drove
to Elgin Saturday evening, De
cemlber 24, where he enjoyed
Christmas dinner with his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs- Clyde Hut
chinson.
Mr. and Mrs. Max Jeffers
and daughter spent Christmas
with her mother, Mrs. Ajnna
Young, at Inman.
Mr. and Mi'S- Tom Hansen
spent Christmas day with her
mother, Mrs- Hoef, at Norfolk,
and Monday with his mother,
Mrs. Tom Hansen, sr., at Til
den.
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar DeHart
and daughters were Christmas
day guests of her mother, Mrs
John Cox, and sister, Hazel
Cox.
Mr. and Mrs. Reed Bell en
tertained the following to
Christmas dinner, Mr. and Mrs.
C. E. Tibbets, Walter Richards
and Dale Bell.
Mr and Mrs. Melvin Bell
drove to North Loup at attend
a Christmas reunion of her
family at the home of her sis- \
ter and husband, Mr. and Mrs.
Hubert Rice.
Guests of Mr. and Mrs. Jake
Hoerle on Christmas day were;
Mr and Mrs. Harold Hoerle
and family, of Clearwater; Mr.
and Mrs. Lloyd Hoerle and
family, Mr. and Mrs. La Verne
Hoerle and children, Mr. and
Mrs. Ed Pavel and family and
Mr. and Mrs- Earl Hoerle also
Mrs. Lloyd Hoerle’s mother,
Mrs. Cady, of McCook.
Mr. and Mrs- Edwin Wink
and family drove to Neligh to
spend Christmas with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Hous
ton.
Mr. and Mrs. Dean Stevens
and children spent Sunday
evening, December 25, with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. O.
Stevens, at Atkinson.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Medcalf
, and Bobby spent Monday, De
| cember 26, in the E. H Med
I calf home returning to Sioux
City in the evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Wes Howe, of |
Fremont, and Mr. and Mrs- Har- !
ley Larson and son, of Ewing,
were guests in the Henry
Woods home Christmas.
Mr and Mrs. Bob Star and
boys, of St. Paul, came Satur
day. Dece/miber 24, and spent
until Sunday evening, Decem
ber 25, with his mother, Mrs.
Nellie Starr.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Nei
man and family, of Grand Is
land, had Christmas dinner
with his mother, Mrs. Mary
Neiman. They went to the Tom
Englehaupt home in the eve
ning to sipend with her relatives.
Guests in the C. V. Robert
son home for Christmas dinner J
were: Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Ro
bertson, of O’Neill; Mr. and
Mrs. Elwyn Robertson and chil
dren: Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Spann !
John Walter and Mr. and Mrs. 1
H. C. Walter and family.
Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Grimes j
served Christmas dinner to the j
following: Mrs. Lois Adams, ‘
Jim Grimes, Mr. and Mrs. Dan '
Perkins, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde
Kiltz and Phillis, Mr. and Mrs
Louis Harley, and Richard, Mr.
and Mrs. Kenneth Adams and
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Grimes
and family.
Mr and Mrs Harley and Rob
bert had as their guests on
Christmas, her brother and
wife, Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Al
bers and son, of Lincoln; her
sister and husiband, Mr. and
Mrs. Louis Walter and Richard.
Guests in the Wm. Lehmann
home for Christmas dinner were
t!«eir daughters, Mr. and Mrs.
mother, Mrs. Anna Albers, and
Bernard Mozel and daughter,
of Orchard, and Mr. and Mrs.
Emmet Wright and children,
of Ewing, and their son and
wife, Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Lehman.
Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Medcalf
spent Christmas with thteir
daughter and husband, Mr. and
Mrs. Allen Miller and fam- !
lly, at Clearwater.
Pfe. Marvin Green spent
from Friday, December 23, un- '
ti Tuesday, December 27, with
his mother, Mrs. Hamp Smith,
and other relatives He is sta
tioned at Ft. Riley, Kans.
The following were guests in !
the C. W. Rothchild home at
Neligh on Christmas day. Mr.
and Mrs. Harold Shores and son,
of Neligh; Mr- and Mrs. Clar
ence Rothchild and family and
Mr. and Mrs. Otto Hubei, of
Clearwater; Mr. and Mrs. Louis
Rathchief and Mr. and Mrs.
Wm. Good, of Oakdale; Mr. and
Mrs. Ray Sanderson and fam
ily, and Mr. and Mrs. TroxCl
Green and Shirley, of Cha/m
I hers.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Barret, of
Brunswick, spent Christmas
with her parents, Mr and Mrs.
Bert Lybolt.
Marie Tangeman came home
Thursday, December 22, from
Denver, Colo., to spend the hol
idays with her parents, Mr. and i
and Mrs- Arthur Tangeman, ]
and family. They drove to Gr
and Island to meet her.
Mr. and Mrs. Marion Myers
and son entertained the mem
bers of her family at dinner
on Christmas. They were Mrs.
Blanche Edwards, Chas Ed
wards and children, Gene Prim
us, Mr and Mrs. Lawrence
(“Bill”) Edwards, all of Cham
bers, and Mr. and Mrs. Del
bert Edwards and family, and
Mr- and Mrs. Dale Butterfield
and daughter, of Amelia.
Pfc. Chas. Frady, of Scott
Field, 111., is spending two
weeks with his parents, Mr. and
DEALER WANTED
★ ★ ★
Major tractor and imlplement fran
chise will be available in the O’Neill area
in the very near future. This is a well-es
tablished line that is a proven money-mak
er and under proper management will con
tinue to be so in the future. Will take
around $15,000 to handle effectively at
start. If interested, and you believe you
have what it takes to make some real mon
ey, write: BOX X, care of The Frontier,
O’Neill, Nebr.
Mrs- Ned Frady, and other rel-^
atives.
Holiday guests at the home
of Mr and Mrs. W. B. Gillespie
were Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Gilles
pie, Mrs. Eld in Wood, of Al
hambra, Calif , and Mrs. E. J.
Eby and son, Robert.
Mrs. Nora Dailey, of Bristow, j
is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Jack '
| Dailey indefinitely.
HELPFUL
HINTS
Budget and
homemaking
news
by Bonnie
McDonald
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GLASS . . . left a stain on your
varnished end table? To remove
. . . moisten cigarette ash with
water. Rub moistened ash onto
stain with a tissue. Then refin
ish the spot.
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