The Frontier Woman — Readers Provide Word-Visit to Dam Site and Description of Life in Forest By BLANCHE SPANN PEASE Hi there, all you charming peo ple! Do you mean to tell me that it’s November 2 already? Where did October go? There oughta be a law against the way us middleaged folks are getting older!’ Here it is November. There’s a chill bite in the air, the leaves are piling up in heaps and winter is breathing down the back of our necks. It’s a good time to do some baking and think up some other good things to eat because ev eryone’s appe Rlanrlia Qnatm tite IS b 0 C k Blanche Spann for sure these Paasa brisk days. And the men who are running the cornpickers get up so early that by noon they’re ravenous. Why not make some good wholewheat bread for a change? It’s good for you. WHOLEWHEAT BREAD Two cups milk, 1/3 cup honey, j 4 teaspoons salt, 3 cakes fresh yeast, 2 cups lukewarm water, 10 cups wholewheat flour (graham), 1/3 cup melted shortening. Scald j milk, add honey and salt, cool to lukewarm. Dissolve yeast in luke warm water and add to lukewarm milk. Add half of the flour, mix ing well. Add melted shortening and remaining flour. Cover and set in warm place, free from draft. Let rise until doubled in bulk, about 1 hour. Knead light ly, using as little flour on board as possible. Cover with cloth and let stand on board until almost doubled in bulk, about 40 min- j utes. Shape into loaves and place in greased bread pans. Cover and let stand 30 minutes longer. Bake in moderate oven at 375 F. about 1 hour. Makes 3 large or 4 small , loaves. Needing some lunch box ideas? Well, here they are: Lunch box sandwiches can be V. prepared the night before and stored in the refrigerator. Wrap ; in waxed paper or, better yet, in a foodsaver bag. For instance, you can use a peanut butler and honey spread, yidd enough honey to peanut butter to spread easily. Will keep for a week or longer in a covered jar in your refrigerator —fine for sandwiches. Make a mincemeat spread by grinding left over meat (pork, beef, lamb or chicken). Add chop ped pickle and just enough may onnaise to make it spread easily, i ms can be made the night be fore, too. Egg and ham filling can be made by chopping hard cooked eggs, adding a little ground ham, a chopped pickle, and just enough mayonnaise to make it spread easily. It will keep well for sev eral days. You can also make up an olive and nut filling. Chop stuffed ol ives and nuts fine, moisten with crea mcheese and mayonnaise. It’s expensive, but you may want to try it once in a while. It will keep nicely for several days. When making sandwiches to serve at home for an afternoon or evening serving make them keep in the vegetable pan in the refrigerator. They’ll be all ready to serve and won’t need to be wrapped. It saves time at the last minute. And, speaking of preparing food in advance, most of us like to do that to save time and it is very nice when you are having guests to nave all possible things done. Did you know that stewed fruits and gelatin salads can be made in advance and kept in your refrigerator for an entire week? Green salads can be prepared the day before and held at the proper temperature until serv ing lime. Put them in the veget able pan. or cover with waxed paper if stored in the food com partment. Marinate or add sal ad dressing just before serving. Dough for refrigerator rolls can be prepared and stored in your refrigerator to use as desir ed. Pastry and cookie dough can be used the same way. A quantity of waffle batter can be made up and kept in your re frigerator. It’s a nice convenience when waffles are to be served for breakfast. —tfw— Subscription Winners— We have two subscription win ners today. One is “Happy Moth er" (not the "Happy Mom’’ who wrote a few weeks ago.) Another three-frionths' subscription goes to Mrs. Alfred Ross, Box 148, Wea yerville, Calif. Dear Blanche: At last here comes that long ov erdue letter I had been planning o write for so long but with all he summer work and canning, it cept me busy. Before I start with he main part of my letter, must •ay how 1 admired and enjoyed 'Happy Mom’s" letters which ap jeared in your column not long igo. How right she is! Our little 3-year-old just about natches that song they are sing ng now, "Little Miss Mischief." Well, I started this letter in- ! ending to tell you of a Sunday rip we took not long ago. My j lusband and I and our three lit- | le tots and my husband's bro her and wife and two boys start Cotton Plaids Are Picked for 1950*51 - — _ ... .~ —..-,,,11 .. jy|AGIC nylons, silky synthetic fabrics and eye-catching rayon blends all have their place in the modem fashion world but for all around usefulness, old-fashioned Dame Cotton still- holds her place in Milady’s limelight. And so small wonder that the all-cotton wardrobes displayed by the National Cotton Council in New York have been fetching “ohs” and “ahs” from fashion fans everywhere. C “Scotch, please,” seemed to be the request of the NCC pattern creators when they designed the ehic scoop-neckline dress, at right, for their 1950-51 collection of winter fashion pieces. Featuring a reversible tuxedo coat with black velveteen on one side that contrasts pleasingly with the Galey and Lord’s metallic striped plaid on the reverse side (right), the dress is ideal for “after dark” occasions requiring sophisticated glamor. Still another masculine type creation embodying plaid appears at left, a smoking jacket done in Farquharson Panama doth. Masculine in flavor, the novelty jacket is paired with black vel veteen slacks to match the jacket’s eye-catching trim. , Scotch plaid patterns are twice-blessed choices in that they can be used in both cocktail costumes and casual “around the house” ensembles. • Furthermore, pleasing cotton plaids can be obtained with warm colors that will ward off Old Man Winter’s cold breath at scotch , thrifty prices. | ed from our home at about 9:30 in the morning. We drove east on highway 2t) until we got to Os mond, then turned and headed to ward Yankton, S. D., to the north. How inspiring the country was, driving along that highway going north—such nice farm places and tall green corn just seemed to wave at us in the breeze as we passed by. After going through Wausa and Crofton and over the large Missouri river bridge we were soon in Yankton. There we ate dinner and vis ited radio station WNAX and also listened to the afternoon get-together broadcast. I ... ... mier looxing me town over a bit, we started northwest on the Ft. Randall highway making Lake 1 Andes and Pickstown our next two stops. They have Lake Andes fixed nice, I thought, as it was my first time being there. I never dreamed it was so large. Pickstown is something to see. The town is all laid out by that big project. It makes one wonder how a town ever grew so fast and as I was told the houses will be taken down and moved away, but I wondered about that. With such nice homes there I believe the town will stay. After leaving there we started back down toward home on high way 54 and 281. I had always thought that most of South Dako ta wasn’t so nice but I sure changed my mind. The farm homes were so nice and neat with the yards and roads all cleaned of weeds and trash. We had to take our hats off to the state of South Dakota—although Nebras ka is still OUR state. We arrived home about 9:30 at night, tired after our day of trav eling but were satisfied. It was really worth it. My letter is probably too long already but just had to tell of our trip. “HAPPY MOTHER” —tfw— Californian Write*— Dear Blanche: It’s been quite a while since I wrote you and it was from Ne braska instead of from California. We live out in the Trinity nation al forest so you see are in a re stricted area. We have to be aw fully careful of matches, bonfires, etc. We’ve had so many fires a round close this year. One was just over the mountain from us and we could feel the heat from it. It was very close by. And another fire—one of Califor nia's biggest—was just about 35 miles from us. It burned a whole town. So you (see we really wel comed our rain we got last week tvvo days before deer season op ened. rm # _a _•__ _ — a. im au vac wcus 5^1115 close all game seasons on account oi fire but the ram came to the uunters’ rescue. .viy husband went out the first morning and brought in a forked horn buck so we are enjoying venison. Yesterday afternoon a neighbor brought us some bear meat. The bunch of men — five of them—got 3 bears, so yesterday evening we had roasted bear. The meat is very dark and sweeter than beef, but personally I’ll take beef. My husband works at a lumber mill and likes it pretty well, but once a farmer, always a farmer. Seems as if there is lots of work to be had here and getting to be more jobs available all the time. Jobs run from $1.50 to $2.50 an hour. Of course, there are jobs a little ways from here that pay $4.50 or more an hour but they are quite dangerous. I guess I’ve rambled on about enough and now my boys are up for breakfast. So bye for now. MRS. ALFRED ROSS, Box 148, Waterville, Calif. —tfw— Recipe of the Week— MEAT PIE One-half cup diced celery, H cup diced onion, Va cup chopped 1 41 een pepper, 2 cups cubed left ! over beef roast. 1 cup cubed left over potatoes, cup cubed left ov er carrots, 1 cup cooked peas, 1 ! cup gravy, 4 slices dried bread, cubed. Brown celery, onion and green oepper in hot fat, add combined meat, potatoes, carrots and peas. \dd gravy and season to taste. Pour into caserole; top with bread j cubes browned in butter. Bake in | moderate oven of 375 F. for 30 I minutes. Serves six. SANDHILL SAL Most men can afford a $75 shot gun, but they cannot all buy their wife a-new linoleum for the kit chen floor. He’s a family man alright if he can successfully change the baby. When a woman complains that she has nothing to wear she us ually means nothing to wear that’s new. If he hangs out the clothes for you hang onto him girls! Kellar Aid Meets at Young Home— CHAMBERS— Kellar Presby terian Aid met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Young on Wed nesday, October 25, for an after noon meeting. Fourteen members answered roll call. There were also one vis itor and two children present. ^ The president, Mrs. Charles Coolidge, led the lesson which was “For an Unpopular Cause.” ! The scripture was from Isaiah. i'ne whole group sang the I hymn, “Will Jesus Find Us Watching?” Mrs. Coolidge exhibited the dresses, aprons and other articles which had been made to send to missions. It was decided that anyone hav ing canned goods — five jars — t tne chiJuren s home should give to Mrs. Young and those who cud not have canned goods should give $1 instead. Money also goes to Mrs. Young to be sent in. We are also collecting labels and old Christmas cards again this year. Mrs. Art Miller, Mrs. Gene Hal sey and Mrs. Elmer Wandersee were appointed to buy wedding gifts and Mrs. Ray Hoffman is to see about getting trays for the aid. The meeting adjourned by re peating “The Lord’s Prayer.” Aid Will meet at the Ray Hoff man home on Wednesday, No vember 8, for an all-day meeting. The Frontier for prompt de liveries of quality printing. Fairview Church Is Redecorated DELOIT—The Fairview church was painted and redecorated both inside and out last week. Members and the minister, ! Ronald Burt, did the work. Other Deloil News Teachers in this community at tended a convention in Norfolk on Thursday and Friday. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Larson spent Wednesday afternoon, October 25, at Henry Reimer’s. Rev. Robert Hupp, of Omaha, formerly of this community, has been appointed to the Catholic church in Wayne. Beginning Monday, October 30, Chas. Rotherham will be the new mailcarrier. He was transferred from the Tilden postoffice to fill the vacancy created by the resig nation of Perry. Saiser. Larry Lucas and his pupils had a Hallowe’en party Tuesday af ternoon, October 24, at the Sunny side school six miles south of here. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Manson visited recently at the Ivan An derson homes. The Briggs family moved to ! Bartlett on Monday, October 23. j Ronald Burt spent the weekend I at the Roy Beeson home. Mrs. Fred Stearns spent Thurs day in Neligh. Mr. and Mrs- Earnie Spahn ar rived home this week from their trip to Europe. Mrs. James Wiegand and family spent Sunday at Marvin Fuller’s. Mr. and Mrs. Ewald Spahn and Doris Ann spent Sunday at Henry Reimer’s. Venetian blinds, prompt delivery, made to measure, metal or wood, all colors.—J. M. McDonald Co.. O'Neill, lltl Mr. and Mrs. Art Bridge, of Or chard, arrived Saturday, October 28, to spend the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Bridge. Visits Gallaghers— Friday guests of Mr. and Mrs. John R. Gallagher and Mrs. Mil dred Honke were Mrs. Hattie Froelich, of Fresno, Calif., Mrs. Anton Warnke and Mrs. Martin Warnke, both of Butte. Marks Birthday— CHAMBERS— Pamela Shavlik celebrated her first birthday an niversary Wednesday, October 25 T from 2:30 to 4 o’clock in the af ternoon. Those present were: Dickie Mace, Cathie Taylor, Rob ert Harley, Lee Ann Wink and Stevie Corcoran. Also present were the children’s mothers and also Mrs. Edwin Hubbard. Re freshments of ice cream and cake were served. O'NEILL LOCALS Mr. and Mrs. Charles Beilin, Mr. and Mrs. Andy Schacht and Henry Schacht attended, the WNAX program in Sioux City Saturday night, October 28. Mrs. Verne Beckwith and chil- * dren spent Wednesday and Thurs- ’ day, October 2 and 26, in Colum bus on business. Mrs. Charles Beilin and Mrs. Andy Schacht went to Norfolk Monday, October 30, to attend the district PTA convention. (Political Advertisement) (Political Advertisement) r11 11 d FOR CONGRESS 4TH Iff! v.-.-v-XV • -jt t 11 . mu Practicing Attorney ! Overseas Veteran War II • NANS J. JACK HOLTORF ! Gering, Scotts Bluff County, Nebr. SIXTEEN POINT PROGRAM IF I AM ELECTED I want you voters to know that I stand for and w;ll support the following to the best of my ability: 1. A strong preparedness pro gram designed for the pres ent and the future. 2 The full utilization of the Civilian Components of the Armed Forces in the prepar edness program. 3. UNIVERSAL MILITARY TRAINING. 4. A strong effective Bi-Par tisan foreign policy. 5. A United Nations Organiz ation. 6. The control of Communists or other subversive groups who advocate the overthrow' of our government by force. 7. Farm price supports to in sure the farmer a fair return for his labor and investment. (This legislation must be cor rected to alleviate the condi tion now existing with refer ence to potatoes and eggs.) 8. FEDERAL AID TO EDU CATION. (This to be handled in the same manner as the Federal grants to the High way Department.—State Con trol) ’ 9. The Social Security sys tem. 10. A continuing Reclamation construction program. 11. For any program which will insure to the laboring man a just and fair return for his work. 12. A continuing Conserva tion program. IF I AM ELECTED I am a gainst, and will work to over come the following:— 1. A weak and vacillating foreign policy. 2. Any policy of isolationism for our Government. 3. Anv legislation which will have the effect of giving us any form of socialized medi cine. 4. Any encroachment of the government in private busi ness. _ _