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The Frontier Woman — ‘Ex-School Mann Says Schools Shouldn’t Be Blamed When Children Go Wayward Bt BLANCHE SPANN PEASE Hi there, all you interesting people! My, but your table looks nice, Mrs. Frontier Reader, with those roses in the glass vase. They’re mighty pretty! Some folks don’t grow flow ers to have them in the house, Blanch* Spann Pmm but I like flowers i n practically ev e r y room. Part of the enjoyment of having the flowers to me is that of ar ranging the various bou- ; quets each; morning and although i t does take some time every I minutes is full of pleasure. Life ; holds much that is just plain hard work, so I believe in mix it up with such pleasant things as flowers in the house. As a matter of fact, I’m one of those people who get enjoy ment from many thinks which others might term silly or a waste of time. For instance, I like things touched up with paprika and stuffed eggs, sal ads. and casserole dishes often have a sprinkle of paprika at cur house, or some other such folderol. I like colored marshmallows used in salads and desserts and get a kick out of colored icings on cake. I enjoy paper napkins made for holiday occasions and to me a milk drink tastes twice as delicious through a colored straw. I like pickled beets used as garnishes and pickles of vari ous kinds cut a bit differently sometimes. I'm all for that marshmal low malting in a cup of hot cocoa or tha bright plastic fork and spoons on tha picnic. Just never grew up I guess. But it’s fun to take pleasure from small things and not al ways be whining and griping anp complaining about life. Pleasure and satisfaction can come from the small things and they are usally there if we look for them. —tfw— Moon Has Nothing To Do With It— ’’A Contester, Too," of Atkin son, wins one of our 3-months’ subscriptions today. The other goes to "Ex-Schoolmarm." Dear Friend: Have been intending to write for quite some time, but guess I’m the kind who has to think •bout something for just so long before I can actually get around to doing it. I’d been intending to plant garden today but with this love ly wind and all the dust that has blown in, I think I could easily plant it in the house. Wa'va been arguing pro and con at our house over whether O'NEILL BEVERAGE CO. there is actually anything in planting garden in the sign of the moon. I don't know but the moon does control the tides so it could be. My hus band says the moon hasn’t anything to do with it. that all it lakes is plenty of hard work. I’ve been putting off spring I housecleaning waiting for the ; weather to get nice but finally did start and got 1 storm win dow down. Now I’m wondering if April isn’t going to imitate March and go out like a Lion! No baby chicks yet, either, so don’t know whether I’ll both er with them now it’s so late. Makes so much to do all at once with housecleaning, garden and baby chicks. I get a kick out contests, too. I have lots of fun winning and spending the grand prize until it is all over, and someone else has won. Then I start all over again. It's a good clean hobby, educational, and all it costs is the postage and a few minutes of time. Then maybe (who knows) some day I’ll win. ”A CONTESTER TOO.” —tfw— Don’t Always Blame the Schools— Dear Frontier Woman: We receive The Frontier each week and enjoy your column most. Time goes by so fast, it has been almost 3 years since we left O’Neill, but still feel that it is home to us. I was listening to the radio last evening and "No Time for Junior” caught my attention and how true to life in the towns is his case. Most parents are all taken up with business, parties and clubs and neglect the rnost important part of their life’s work— namely guiding their youngsters in the fundamental facts of life. Then when some great calamity happens to Jun ior, the parents are horrified ; and say, "We can’t believe it, something must be wrong with our schools, for we did every thing for our children.” But how about it parents— did you stay home from club meeting or party to teach or talk to your children or guide them in their activities? I will venture you never take the time to really get acquaint ed with your child and find out if he is building good citizenship habits! “EX-SCHOOLMARM” —tfw— Food* as— Try these for goodness sake: STUFFED FLANK STEAK Stuffing: 2 cups bread crumbs, 5 tablespoons or so of fat, 6 tablespoons chopped celery, 14 tablespoons chopped parsley, 1 tablespoon chopp«l onion, 4 teaspoon savory seasoning, 4 teaspoon salt, pepper to taste. Melt fat in frying pan and add celery, parsley and onion and cook a few minutes. Add to , crambs with the seasonings. Mix lightly but well. . Spread this stuffing on a flank steak of about 14 pounds and beginning on a side, roll the meat like a jelly roll Tie se curely in place with clean string ! BroWn the meat on all sides in the fat in a heavy pan on top of the stove. Slip a rack under the | meat. Cover the pan closeiy MATT'S TAVERN it it it Where Our Many Friends Are Served The World s Finest KEG BEER * it * BUDWE1SER ON TAP * * * Cold Cases of Beer of All Kinds To Go Out I ■ .. I ^ kllOTEL Komami B R- H. SHR1NER „J3 Wind k Tornado. Truck k Tractor. Personal Property Liability GENERAL INSURANCE Livestock REAL ESTATE. LOANS. FARM SERVICE. RENTALS Automobile O'Neill —:— Phone lOt Farm Property ATKINSON BRIDE . . . Miss Arlene Baumeister (above) became the bride of Joseph ; D. Stokley in a nuptial rite at St. John's Lutheran church J in Atkinson on Tuesday, May 16. Rev. E. G. ihrig officiated. The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Theo Baumeist er, a graduate of Atkinson high school and for several year has been employed at Corpus Christi, Tex. After their wedding trip the couple ! will be at home at 610 Ohio street in Corpus Christi.—O’ Neill Photo Co. Cook in oven of 350 F. moderate about 1V4 hours. Start carving at the end of the roll and cut across the grain, so that each serving is a round slice with stuffing in the center. Make gravy with the drippings. Serves 6 to 8. Serve with mashed rutabagas, and apple, celery, and nut sal ad. For dessert have lemon sponge pudding or butterscotch pudding. PEANUT PRUNE SALAD Twelve cooked prunes, one third cup cottage cheese, 1 tea spoon grated orange rind, 2 tablespoons chopped peanuts, salt to taste, mayonnaise. Pit and chill prunes. Combine cot tage cheese, orange rind, pea nuts and salt. Moisten this mix ture with mayonnaise dressing and stuff into prunes. Serve on salad greens. Serves 4. KIDNEY BEAN SALAD Two cups drained, cooked and canned kidney beans, one-third cup thin tart dressing, 2 chop ped hard boiled eggs, 1 small onion sliced in rings, one-third cup chopped celery, cup chopped sweet pickles, salt and pepper to taste. Mix beans and dressing, chill an hour or so. Turn beans in the dressing oc casionally so they will absorb the flavor. Just before serving, * add rest of the ingredients. Mix ' lightly, season to taste. Serve in lettuce cups. Serves about 4 OATMEAL COOKIES One-half cup sifted flour, one-third cup sugar, t* teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon baking powder, h* teaspoon cinnamon, Ih* cups quick-cooking rolled oats, ht cup raisins, 1 egg, slightly beat en, Vs cup milk, Va teaspoon flavoring, 4 tablespoons fat, melted. Sift together flour, su gar, salt and baking powder and cinnamon. Mix in oats and raisins. Combine egg, milk, fla voring and fat. add to first mix- • ture. Stir only until ingredients are moistened. Drop dough by teaspoonfuls onto greased bak ing sheets. Bake at 375 F (mod erate oven) about 20 minutes Make about 3 dozen cookies. —tfw— Send Us a Letter— We need letters for The Fron tier Woman. How about writing us? Each week we use 2 letters from readers in our homemak ers’ department and award each of the writers a 3-months' sub scription to The Frontier. You may write about anything | you like. If you send recipes be | sure to check them over and | make sure you have them copied correctly. Give level measuie I ments. be sure to give method of 1 mixing or preparation, and if the product is to be baked, give ; oven temperature. In other words, be specific. Send your letters to Mrs ] Blanche Pease. The Frontier I j Woman, Atkinson, Nebr. — SANDHILL SAL What is harder to find when you need it than a blotter—un- | less, of course, it's a clean hanky. If you can’t get the attention of the waitress, try waving a 10-dollar bill. You’ll be sur prised how quic* she’ll see that. It’s a funny thing but a wom an who is a terrible cook at home will tell everyone in a restaurant how food should i*e fixed and served. Many a man who resents his wife’s backseat driving is not above cooking from the dining room table. And many a man who mar ried a lemon can tell a peach when he sees one! Miss McClurg Prepares For Alaska Post— STUART — Miss Helen Mc Clurg. daughter of C. E Me Clurg, graduated from Hastings • college Monday. June 5. She will attend the University of Nebraska this summer in prep aration for her work as a miss ionary teacher in Sheldon Jack son junior college in Sitka, Alaska, next fall. Miss McClurg’s engagement to Sterling Rainey, of Louvier, Colo., was announced recently. Hemenway Family Holds Reunion DELOIT — The Hemenway family held a reunion Satur day, June 3. The affair was held at the Earl Van Ostrand home. Other Deloit New* Mr. and Mrs Howard Man son were dinner guests at Ken neth Clarks, on Sunday, June 4. Mr. and Mrs James Wieg and, Mrs Roy Buson and Vera i Dell were dinner guesas Sun day, June 4. at Marvin Fuller's. Marlene Reimers and Lois Rossow returned Saturday eve ning from a 6-day tour over Nebraska, sponsored by Wayne State Teachers college. Farm Bureau met with Mr. and Mrs. James McDonald Mon day evening June 5. Ewald Spahn was guest speaker. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Rossow called at Henry Reimer s Sat day evening, June 3. Mrs. Ralph Tomjack called on Florence Butler on Satur day, June 3. Mr. Davis has been carrying the mail for the past week. Mrs. Saiser has been in a hospital. The HEO club met Wednes day, at the Henry Reimer home Mrs. Cratty was a guest and brought her button collection. Mrs. Anna Sehi, of Elgin, is visiting at Leo Funk’s. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Tomjack and Gene spent Sunday, May 28, with their family in Omaha. Bill Schindler's have pur chased a trailer house and plan to travel. Marlyn Funk left Monday, June 5, for Wayne where she will attend summer school. Mr- and Mrs. G. A. Bauer went to Norfolk Wednesday, May 31, to visit John Bauer and son in a hospital. Aat and Joe Funk, Bill Bow-! den, of Elgin, are doing car- j pen ter work on the J. A. Lar son home in Ewing. Mr. and Mrs. Leo Funk and family and Mrs. Anna Sehi were Bartlett visitors on Sun day. June 4. School meeting will be on Monday, June 12. Stanley Bartak and sons were fishing at Lake Andes, S- D., last week. REDBIRD NEWS Howard Slack and family, were in Redbird Saturday eve ning, May 27. enroute to Lynch. Thomas Hiscocks called in Redbird Monday, May 29. Eva Truax visited here Mon day, May 29. Clifford Wells transacted bus iness here Monday, May 29. Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Sedivy were in Redbird Monday, May 29 Albert Carson was here Mon day, May 29. Mr and Mrs. W N. "Wilson were in Redbird Monday, May 29. Mr. and Mrs. Emil Hrbek and children, of Scottville, were visitors in Redbird Monday evening. May 29. Mr. and Mrs. R. S Cihlar were callers here Monday, May 29. Erva Hull and Robert Bridge were visitors in Redbird, Tues day, May 30. T. C. White, of Scottville, was here Tuesday, May 30. Cecil Grenier, of O’Neill, vis ited in Redbird Tuesday, May 30 Mr and Mrs Clifford Wells and children were in Redbird Tuesday. May 30. Mr and Mrs. Rodney Tomlin son, of Lynch, were here Wed nesday. Mav 31, enroute to O' Neill. Mr and Mrs. Dale Spencer and children, of Spencer, vis ited in Redbird. Wednesday, May 31. Eldon Sedivy motored to Lynch Wednesday, May 31. Elmer Luedtke and family were among the callers here Wednesday, May 31. Bob Wiley visited in Redbird Wednesday. May 31 Frank Carsten and family, of Scottville, were here Wed nesday. Mav 31. Howard 'Slack and family land Wilbur Phelps, enroute to ! Lynch, stopped here to view' the automobile wreck. The following from out-of town were here Wednesday, May 31. to look over the wreck ed car: Mr. and Mrs. Walter Wesc he, of Lynch; H. V. Ros enkrans, of Dorsey; Mr. and Mrs Earl Rosicky, of Lynch; and the Moody Brothers and families. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Snyder, of Page were in Redbird Thurs day, June 1. The Snyders form erly owned and lived on a farm about 5 miles northwest of here. Harold Kopejtke, of Inman, visited at Halsie Hull’s Thurs day, June 1. Alford Truax, of Boyd coun ty, visited his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs Michael Hull, Thursday, June 1. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Barta were in Redbird Thursday, June 1. A. A. Bessert was here on business, Thursday, June 1. Veldon Pinker-man and fam ily, of the Dorsey community, were in Redbird Thursday, June 1. Ronald Carson and family, of Lynch, stopped in Redbird Thursday, June 1. Claude Pickering and fam- j ily visited in Redbird Thurs day evening, June 1. Leon Mellor and family were here Thursday, June 1. Harry and Tom Hiscocks mo tored to Lynch on business Fri day. June 2. Mr. and Mrs. Will Conard and daughter were in Redbird Friday, June 2. Albert Pospeshil, of Oakview Park, was a visitor in Redbird Saturday, June 3. Howard Graham called in Redbird Saturday, June 3. Gun Club to Move To New Location O'Neill Gun club officials Monday announced that regu lar Sunday shoots will be dis- j continued while the club equip ment is being transferred to a new site near the O’Neill mu nicipal airport. Spokesmen for the club said shoots will be resumed in about j 6 weeks. New equipment for the club will include concrete trap houses and flood lights for I night shooting. This equipment j according to many observers, will rank the O’Neill Gun club with some of the best equipped clubs in northcentral Nebras- i ka Gun club was formerly locat- | ed miles southeast of O’ Neill. Miss Arlene Kilpatrick went to Orchard Tuesday, May 30, to visits her brother-in-law, and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Hill. WJAG . . . 780 on your dial. ROYAL THEATER — O'NEILL — Thursday. June 8 MY DEAR SECRETARY Harry M. Popkin present Lor raine Day. 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