The Frontier Woman —
Teacher Encourages Pupils to Send
Card to III Member' of Family
By BLANCHE SPANN PEASE
Hi there, all you glamorous
people! What have you been do
ing lately besides washing dish
es 90 times a month and plan
ning at least that many meals,
tOJ?
Do you let the small girls sat
isfy their urge to “do something”
by embroider
ing and hem
ming a tea tow
el? Let them
trace the out
line of a kit
ten’s head or
thing similar
on the tea tow
el and then em
broider it in
simple outline
stitch. It may
Blanche Spann lo°k P,r e/
_ crude but to
pease them it will
look good, and it may make the
task of helping dry dishes a bit
easier to take when they have
their own tea towels to use. The
satisfaction of something we have
f accomplished ourselves is very
wonderful for us alL
Use that old play pen for a
safety fence for the back porch.
You can do it by taking it apart
and adding ordinary screen door
hooks. It will be easier to re
move that way, too. Solves the
problem of getting small fry out
in the open air and still knowing
wjnere they are.
a When the small fry (and the
teen torreadors, too, for that mat
ter) come in asking for some
thing to eat, a good after school
snack is cream cheese and straw
berry preserves spread on crisp
graham crackers.
You may go for this treat your
self if the waist line will stand
it.
Does the family drive you to
biting 10-penny nails by being
late for meals? To keep potatoes
or other vegetables hot with
out too much drying out, set
the pan in boiling water over
low heat and into this put the
pan containing the potatoes,
keeping the lid on the pan. It
may save the day — and your
temper, too.
We think it’s false economy to
buv a cheap grade of coffee.
Cheaper grades lack strength
and you have to use more, so that
a better brand actually is a sav
ing. It doesn’t take as much, or,
at least, you’ll break even and
have better coffee.
If you want to keep razor
blades in the sewing machine,
Ermintrude, for heaven’s sakes
keep them in an empty aspirin
box. It will save your lily white
fingers and leave you blood to
donate to the Red Cross.
Oooops, there, Sallie spilled the
ink on the rug, huh? Quick like
Flash Gordon work cornmeal,
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j salt or talcum powder around the
1 ink spots until it is absorbed. It
will help some anyway—even if
it doesn’t leave the rug absolute
ly spotless.
Sometimes we need to use a
really wide strip of waxed paper.
, You can accomplish this fete by
'sealing two strips together with
a hot iron. The seal will cool in
a few minutes and you can make
any size piece desired. Unless, of
course, you want one big enough
to paper the living room floor.
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Teacher Writes—
Dear Blanche Pease:
Well, school has begun, and
each day, beginning around 8 o’
clock, the kiddies begin coming
to school. And of course, I, a
teacher, am always glad to see
the gay, carefree kiddies enter
my room each day. I have 24 of
the nicest kiddies in the state (I
think) in the first grade.
As a teacher, I feel it is the du
ty of every parent to visit school.
After all, remember teachers are
human and visits help to bring
about a better understanding be
tween parents and teachers.
In the past few years, we
have made a practice of send
ing a card, signed by each
member of our class, to a mem
ber of our pupils' family who
is ill. After sending a card or
two, the pupils have never hes
itated to mention one who is
ill.
This week we shall send a card
to a little girl who was recently
stricken with polio. We have had
three cases here in the past sev
eral weeks.
It seems school has only begun
and yet the first month is gone.
I have received free samples of
tooth powder, doll dress pat
terns (for 22 inch doll), soap,
clown caps, a large cutout circus
tent and animals, and the tooth
paste should arrive any day now.
Just offhand these are all I re- i
call. And are the pupils ever hap
py to receive these samples!
I have cacao, cotton and rice j
seed. I have not been able to get
cacao seed to grow, but cotton
and rice do very well.
I have a plastic kit with cacao
seed and 6 or 7 of its byproducts,
which I received several years
ago. Very good advertising ma
terial on “Transportation by i
Plane.”
We have a special table used
for different scenes. This month
we have the imitation mountains,
decorated with different wild an
imals, a cut-out covered wagon,
log cabin and three dolls, squaw
with her papoose on her back,
the Indian twins and papoose
hanging in the tree. Each month
we have the table decorated dif
ferently.
The pupils are usually surpris
ed by each month’s decorations
as I usually redecorate on Satur
day. These are a few of my ideas.
My letter is getting rather
lengthy. When I sat down to
write I intended only to send in
a recipe, but resulted this way.
A TEACHER.
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Sends Favorite Recipe—
Deaf Blanche Pease:
It’s been some time since I’ve
written to you and I sure am a
steady reader of The Frontier
Woman.
We must always eat so must
bake and cook also. Am sending a
white cake recipe and also a
chocolate which is my favorite
but the family wants a variety.
WHITE CAKE
Preheat oven to 375 F. Have
ingredients at room temperature.
Sift flour before measuring. Fit
round of parchment or wrapping
paper in bottom cake pans. One
half cup shortening, cups
sifted flour, 1% cups sugar, 4
teaspoons double acting baking
powder, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 cup
milk, 1 teaspoon vanilla, 4 egg
whites.
b'ut snoriemng in uuwj. out
into bowl the flour, sugar, baking
powder and salt. Add 2/3 cup
milk and vanilla. Beat 2 minutes
on medium speed of electric mix
er or by hand 150 strokes per
minute. Keep batter scraped from
side of bowl. Add remaining 1/3
cup milk and egg whites. Beat
two minutes. Pour into cake pans.
Bake about 28 minutes. Fros:
with seven minute frosting. Trim
with cherries and colored coconut.
CHOCOLATE CAKE
Cream xk cup shortening with
1 xk cups whitae sugar, two egg
yolks, beat. Add xk cup cocoa,
dissolved in a little water and
one teaspoon soda, add to above
mixture and beat. Sift in two
cups flour, one teaspoon baking
powder, xk teaspoon salt, add one
cup cold water, one teaspoon va
nilla and beat.
Fold in one beaten egg white
and save one for seven minute
frosting. Pour into a greased pan
and bake in medium oven until
done. A white seven minute frost
ing is delicious on this one.
STUFFED HAMBURGER
One pound ground beef, one cup
fine bread crumbs, one onion,
small, one teaspoon sausage sea
soning or poultry seasoning, salt
and pepper. Brown bread crumbs,
onion and poultry seasoning light
ly in two tablespoons fat. Divide
the hamburger into six portions.
Flatten each piece into a 4x4-inch
size. Put a tablespoon of brown
ed crumbs in middle of each
piece. Fold edges over and bake
in a greased baking dish (cover
with your favorite white sauce or
gravy or can be omitted).
Bake until done and lightly
brown in hot oven.
MRS. H. K.
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SANDHILL SAL
Now that Albin Barkley has
gotten himself married and a lit
tle bit out of the headlines, Gen
eral McArthur keeps stealing the
headlines from President Tru
man. How thoughtless of you,
General.
If you have the big head, make
a list of the people who would
really and truly care if you died.
That will cut you down to size.
Propaganda is such artful bo
logna that when you read it you
pass it on as your own thoughts.
I I
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Manson
were Sunday, November 12, din
ner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin
Fuller, south of Clearwater.
Miss Margaret Halva, of Den
ver, Colo., arrived Tuesday, No
vember 7, to attend the Schwisow
funeral and visit her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Victor Halva. She re
turned to Denver on Friday, No
vember 10.
Sunday, November 12, dinner
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Herman
Janzing were their sons, Bernard
and John, and wife, of Emmet
Mr. and Mrs. Don Lyons and
children Bill, Alta and Larry were
were November Hand 12 week
end guests of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald
Smith and girls, of Woodlake.
Venetian blinds, prompt '
delivery, made to measure,
metal or wood, all colors.—J.
M. McDonald Co.. O'Neill, lit!
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kurtz and i
children visited Saturday and
Sunday, November 11 and 12, in
Long Pine with Mr. Kurtz’s par
ents, Mr- and Mrs. Jim Kurtz. '
Mr. and Mrs. George McCarthy
and daughter, Beverly, and Har
old Bumann attended the ice
follies in Omaha Sunday, Novem
ber 12, and visited Edward Mc
Carthy, who attends Creighton
university.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Havran
ek and daughter visited Sunday,
November 12, with their parents, 1
Mr. and Mrs. James Havranek, ;
and Mrs. Dorothy Barrett, of At
kinson.
November 11 and 12 weekend
guests of Mre. Emma Lawrence
were her daughter and husband,
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Straube, of
Broken Bow.
Mr. and Mrs. George Kline and
children visited Friday evening,
November 10. with Mr. and Mrs.
Fritz Lashmett, of Newport.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lawrence
attended a family reunion of Mrs.
Lawrence's family at the home of
her brother, Robert Fleming, of
Ewing, on Sunday, November 12.
Do not go through life with
out teeth. Everyone will like
you better with dentures. —
Dr. Fisher, Dentist. 2ti
Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Shriner
went to Omaha Sunday, Novem
ber 5, and returned last weekend.
They were accompanied by Mrs.
Pearl Riley, of Hay Springs.
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Gettert
and the latter’s sister. Miss Ther- j
c. sa Liable, visited Sunday with
Mr. and Mrs. John Liable and
family and Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Gettert, all of Atkinson.
Mr. and Mrs. Milton M. Krause
have named their new little
daughter Margaret (“Peggy”)
Elizabeth.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Collins and
Curtis went to Omaha Monday.
Leona and Meek schools will
present a program on Monday.
November 20th, at 8 p. m., at the
Leona schoolhouse. There will be
s box social following. You are
invited to attend.—Florence Walt
srs and Doris Stearns, teachers.
28p50 ;
Miss Jane Froelich, of Omaha,
ind a friend, Miss Patricia Kelly,
>f Omaha, visited Miss Froelich’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank
rroelieh, for the weekend.
Miss Veronica Coyne left Wed
lesday for Chicago, 111.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Appleby
ind family visited her parents,
Vlr. and Mrs. David Moler, Tues
iay, November 7.
Mrs. Winnie Barger and Mr.
ind Mrs. Robert Moore attended
he ice follies in Omaha Sunday.
Guests at the Verne Beckwith
lome Sunday were: Mr. and Mrs.
lex Beckwith, of Emmet; Mr. and
Mrs. Ralph Beckwith, Donald
3eckwith, Miss Shirley Brittel,
>f Inman; and Mr. and Mrs. Ar
hur Harley and daughter, Sher
d, of Atkinson.
Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Green are in
Omaha visiting his mother, Mrs.
Mina Green.
Ret. Oran Long, of Ft. Riley,
Kans., spent the weekend witfy
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd
Long.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Reis, of At
kinson, visited Mr. and Mrs. Ivan
Vone Wednesday, November 8.
3.
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I CHAMBERS HIGH SCHOOL
, JUNIOR CLASS
PRESENTS
i f JUST DUCKY!
A Comedy in Three Acts
by
Donald Payton
Produced by special arrangement with
The Art Craft Play Company
Marian, Iowa
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1950
8 P. M.
Chambers High School Auditorium
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Reserve seats: 60c
Non-reserve: Adult 50c, H. S. 25c
Grade School, 10c
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AT
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SATURDAY, MEMBER 18
Beginning at 10:00 A. M.
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AN AUCTION
BECKWITH OIL CO.
and
MODERN HOME
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 27lh AT 1:30 P. M.
The Beckwith Oil Co. will be sold in one unit as a com
plete going business. The very good gas station located at
the West End of Main St., in O’Neill with all equipment, the j
tank truck and tank route, the lease on the bulk plant will
be assigned to purchaser, and the transport truck are all in
cluded in this excellent business. The station sold over 330,
000 gallons in '49. the tank route sold 239.000 gallons in '49,
the transport carried over 1.S00.000 gallons of Socony - Vac
uum Products in this jobbers area in '49. The business gross
eid $210,000.00 in 1949. Inventory of stock will go to purchas
er at wholesale list.
It is seldom that such an excellent money making and
I established business is sold.
THE MODERN HOME
The bungalov^ will be sold the same day ad 4 P. M. Ii
I has 3 bedrooms, living room and dining room which are
I completely carpeted with new carpet, very nice kitchen
I built-ins, full basement with new Oil-O-Malic furnace and
I floor drain. 2 lots and new garage. Located on Benton be
I tween 7th and 8th.
Inspect the very fine business and modern home at any
I time. Possession of each December 15th. 25% down on day
I of sale, balance on or before December 15th. (Owner will car
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VERNE BECKWITH, OWNER
| O'NEILL
! FORKE BROS. & FICKE. THE AUCTIONEERS.
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