The Frontier Woman —
Tasty Recipes-Natarally-Dominate Letters
During Thanksgiving Holiday Week
By BLANCHE SPANN PEASE
. Hi there, all you hungry peo
ple! This is a time when it’s fine •
to be hungry, huh? And don’t
look now, but our winners today |
are giving us some simply lus
cious date recipes that most ev
erybody is just going to want to
try!
Do you get everlastingly tired
of relining the drawers in the
— cabinets and
such? Well, why
! not cut several
pieces of shelf
paper lining of
equal size to fit
the drawers?
Then when one
is soiled, it may
be removed and
there will be a
clean lining all
in place. Now
Blanche Spann isn’t that a
Pease smartellig e n t
idea? Yep, that’s
a new word I just coined — tell
Mr. Webster about it.
It you have to put some uphol
stery tacks in the furniture, bet
ter put a strip of adhesive take on
the hammer head first. Then you
won’t mar anything and the ad
hesive taped head won’t slip off
round headed upholstery tacks
either.
In an emergency. Ermintrude.
you can mend small tears with
scotch tape. It won't harm the
fabric and it can easily be re
moved if you're ready to make
a permanent mend. Simply
press the tape on with a warm
iron.
If you have some worn winter
blankets and children—well you
can cut down the blankets to fit
the children’s smaller beds. That’s
the Scotch in my blood speaking
up!
If you’re a Smartella you’ll car
ry a tiny mending kit in your
purse. In it there should be a lit
tle braided strand of various col
lars of thread, needles, and pins
and safety pins. Then you’ll be
equipped to make repairs and
save yourself a lot of embarrass
ment. Never go traveling with
out this kit in your purse and in
your suitcase put a razor blade
in an empty aspirin box to use in
pluce of scissors for some of those
mending jobs that may come a
long and embarrass you. Buttons
are easy to lose, hems rip, slip
straps break, hose start runners.
Be like the Boy Scouts—prepared.
When I go traveling I put
• powdered soap and water soft
ener in envelopes and seal. Then
I have the where with all rdeay
to suds out undies and it saves
taking so many extra things a
long.
I Seal those extra pairs of gloves
in clean envelopes. Pack in your
I in clean envelopes. Pack your
nankies that way, too. Keeps them
spotlessly clean and unrumpled.
Hose can be packed the same way
—and you can carry an extra !
pair in your purse that way, to
isave if one springs a run that
I can’t be repaired.
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Subscription Winners—
Mrs. W. J. W., of Atkinson,
| wins our three months’ subscrip
tion for one of the letters. “A Stu
i art Reader” wins the second
three months’ subscription prize.
Dear Blanche:
I am sending several desserts
that we often make during the
| fall and winter.
REFRIGERATOR DATE
DESSERT
Two cups rolled graham crack
ers, 4 tablespoons melted butter,
1 teaspoon cinnamon, Vi teaspoon
salt, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract,
Vi cup sugar, 1/3 cup flour, 2 cups
milk, Vi teaspoon almond extract,
Vi cup chopped dates, Vi cup
chopped nuts.
Mix crackers, butter, vanilla,
cinnamon and salt. Reserve Vi cup
and pat remaining mixture into
a greased shallow dish. Chill.
Scald milk. Combine flour, sugar
and remaining salt and add to
scalded milk. Beat eggs until
lemon colored. Add a small a
mount of hot mixture to the eggs.
Blend well. Then add to the hot
mixture. Cook 2 minutes longer.
Cool clightiy, add chopped dates,
nuts and almond extract. Pour
into the crumb lined dish. Sprin
kle with reserve crumbs. Chill.
Serve with whipped cream.
APPLE CRISP
Five peeled apples sliced in a
buttered baking dish. If apples
are quite sour sprinkle over 2 ta
blespoons sugar. Over this spread
this mixture made of Vi cup each
of flour and oatmeal, 1/3 cup su
gar, Vi teaspoon salt, Vi teaspoon
baking powder, Vi teaspoon cin
namon, 2 tablespoons melted but
ter. Mix with a fork until consist
ency of cornmeal. Spread over the
apples and bake 40 minutes at a
moderate temperature. I
To improve creamed carrots,
add a little chopped onion to the i
carrots when boiling them. I
Grab d orange rind gives glaz
ed sweet potatoes a delightful <
flavor. About Vi cup chopped cel- 1
ery and 1 tablespoon chopped on- 1
ion to 1 pint string beans gives a
different flavor.
MRS. W. J. W.
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Stuart Reader's Letter—
Dear Mrs. Pease: .
As you have been asking for J
letters for The Frontier Woman, (
I thought I would do my bit and .
send a few recipes.
Most every housewife has time
to do some baking now, and I ,
think there are some the whole |
family will like.
DATE SQUARES
Boil until soft, 1 box dates, 1 ,
cup of water and 1 cup of sugar. \
Cream IV2 cups of brown sugar,
1 cup lard. Add 2 eggs, then 3 I
cups sifted flour, 1 teaspoon salt ;
and 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
that have been sifted together. 11
Add 1 cup oatmeal, 1 tablespoon :
hot water, 1 teaspoon soda and 1
teaspoon vanilla. Put layer of;,
dough in pan, cover with date j
mixture, then put another layer ; j
of dough over dates and first (
layer of dough. Bake 15 minutes.
Cut in sqoares while hot. ,
SPANISH CREAM CAKE (
Cream Vz cup butter, add 1 cup ,
sugar and cream again. Add well (
beaten yolks of 2 eggs. Sift 1%, ,
cups flour with 3 teaspoons bak- (
ing powder, a tablespoon of co- (
coa, and a teaspoon of cinnamon. ^
Add alternately with \ cup of
milk. Bake in moderate oven 35
minutes. Put cake together with (
cocoa whipped cream.
COCOA WHIPPED CREAM
Mix 4 tablespoons of cocoa with ,
tl/3 cup of powdered sugar. Add j
a little boiling water to blend the
two and form a smooth paste.
Add Vz teaspoon of vanilla and 1 \
cup thick cream and whip until J
stiff enough to spread. More co- J
coa may be used if desired.
NUT BREAD
One cup of sugar, 1 egg, Vz tea
spoon vanilla, 1 teaspoon of grat- ,
ed orange rind (may be omitted), (
1V4 cups milk, 3 cups flour, 4 tea
spoons baking powder, Vi tea- (
spoon salt, 1 cup of chopped nut- ,
meats. Place the sugar, egg, va
nilla and orange rind in a bowl
and beat until smooth. Add the ‘
milk and mix thoroughly, then ’
add the flour which has been
sifted with the baking powder
and salt. Mix quickly, but do not
beat. Fold in the nutmeats and
place in a greased loaf pan and
let stand 20 minutes. Bake in a
moderate oven of 350 F. for 45 to
50 minutes. Allow the bread to
cool in the pan since this makes
a tender crust.
STUART READER
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have only one letter ahead to use
in The Frontier Woman.
Hadn’t you better get busy and
write us one? Write about any
thing you like.
If you send seasonable recipes,
try to send at least two good sea
sonable recipes, and copy them
carefully, rechecking them to
make sure you have them right.
include at least a couple of
good household hints, ideas, la
bor savers or what have you.
But whatever you write about,
do it now and send the letter to
Mrs. Blanche Pease, The Frontier
Woman, Atkinson, Nebr.
SANDHILL SAL
Bachelor Bill thinks this is an
awful life. He says the parking
meter takes his nickels, the fed
eral government took his dollars
and now Uncle Sam Is taking
him.
Little paycheck, we wonder
why, you never cover what we
buy.
A Russian scientist has just in
vented a machine to dig potatoes.
And here Harry has had one
that buries them all this time.
How does it happen that no
body has been able to think up
a nice sounding name for taxes?
Scouts to Mark
Start of New Year—
The O’Neill Girl Scouts will
mark the start of the new scout
ing year with a party in Decem
ber after all the dues are collect
ed.
The girls met Wednesday, No
vember 16, at the Methodist
church basement. Fifth graders
worked on their tenderfoot badg
es and they made bookends and
wall plaques from wax cans and
coffee lids. The seventh and
eighth graders made foil pic
tures.
A birthday anniversary sur
prise was arranged for Mrs. Gor
don O. Harper, one of the lead
ers.
Sings in St. Cecelia
Day Program—
Miss Kathleen Flood, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. E. Flood, of O’
Neill, appeared in a St. Cecilia’s
day program, November 19 pre
sented by the department of mus
ic at Saint Mary college, Xavier,
Kans.
Miss Flood sang the selections,
“Heart Cry ”, bv Giannini; “Vissi
d’ Arte, Vissi d’ Amore” (Tosca),
by Puccini, in the program hon
oring St. Cecilia, patroness of
poetry and music.
Miss Flood, senior, is a gradu
ate of St. Mary's academy, where
she received a “superior'’ rating
in a national music contest at St.
Mary, she is a voice major and
active in the music club.
“Voice of The Frontier . . •
WJAG . . . 780 on your dial!
ROBBERS LOOT
PAGE GARAGE
Early Thursday Break-in
Heavy Loss for
Melvin Held
PAGE — (Robbers gained en
trance into the Melvin Held ga
rage and service station some
time after midnight Thursday
morning, broke into a safe and
escaped with considerable loot.
Mr. Held told authorities he
thought the thugs broke in
through the rear door and forced
the safe.
A shotgun standing two feet
from the safe was unmolested.
Most of the loot included
checks and currency and was not
covered by insurance. Cash loss
amounted to about one thousand
dollars. The checks were recov
ered later south of town along
the road.
Other Page News
Mr. and Mrs. r. F. Hieter and
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Hieter and fam
ily, of O’Neill, were Sunday, No
vember 12, dinner guests of Mr.
and Mrs. J- K. Braddock and fam
ily.
Mr. and Mrs. Lem Webb and
son, of Mitchell, Mrs. Ray Eby
and three sons, of O’Neill, and
Mr. and Mrs. Don Nissen and fam
ily, of Page, were Sunday No
vember 12, dinner guests of Mr
and Mrs. Lorenz Nissen.
A. L. Dorr, Melvin Held, Ger
ald Lamason, Earl Liest and Clif
ford Graves drove to Sioux City
Wednesday, November 8, as blood
donors for O. L. Reed at St. Vin
cent’s hospital.
Mr. ana Mrs. Raymond Beam,
Mary Ann and Allen, of Meade,
spent the Armistice weekend with
Mr. Beam’s aunt, Mrs. Hester Ed
misten.
Mr. and Mrs. Lem Webb and
son, of Mitchell, came Saturday,
(November 11, to spend until
Tuesday, November 14, visiting at
! the home of Mrs. Webb's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Anton Nissen, and
with other relatives.
Pfc- Dale Braddock, of Spokane,
Wash-, air force base, caime Fri
day -morning, November 10, to
spend several days with his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Braddock,
and family. He had a 14-day leave.
Mr. and Mrs. Lem Webb and
son, of Mitchell, and Mrs- Anton
Nissen were dinner guests Mon
■ day, November 13, at the Ray Eby
home at O’Neill. They were af
ternoon callers at the Dale Nis
sen home.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Beam,
Mary Ann and Allen, of Mead,
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Wood and
Noel, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Edmis
ten and Lorence, Mrs. Calvin Har
vey and two sons and Mrs- Ken
ne.h Asher and two daughters
spent Sunday with Mrs. Hester
fidmisten.
Mr. and Mrs. Archie Brobst and
their son and daughter-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Brobst, of
Meadville, Mo., vitited their cou
sins, Mr. and Mrs. Merwyn
French, and family Thursday, No- !
vtmber 10
Mr. and Mrs. Lem Webb and j
son, of Mitchell, and Mr. and Mrs. ■
Anton Nissen were Mondavy eve
ning, November 13, dinner guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Don Nissen and
family. Mrs. Lorenz Nissen and
daughter were evening callers.
Mrs Loretta Sears, of Omaha,
brought Donaln Braddock and
Maurice Waring to Page Friday
night, November 10. Mrs. Sears
spent tre night at the J. K. Brad
dock home and returned to Oima
ha the next day. Donald spent the
weekend with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. K. Braddock and Maurice
j with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Kenneth Waring. Dale
returned with Maurice, who drove
a car to Omaha.
Mr. and Mrs. Anton Nissen had
as their dinner guests Sunday, No
vember 12, Mr. and Mrs. Albert
Berchsinger and their son and
wife, Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Ber
shinger, all of Creighton; Mr. and
Mrs. Emil Nissen and son, Jerry,
of Plainview, and P. E. Nissen, of
Page.
Mrs. Harry Harper returned
Monday afternoon, November 13,
from Sioux City, where she had
been since Thursday, November
9, to be with her brother, O. L.
Reed, a patient in St. Vincent’s
hospital, and her sister-in- law,
Mrs. Reed, who is staying in the
city.
Special services were held last
week at the Methodist church at
8 o’clock each evening from Sun
day through Friday. Mrs. Ethel
McAninch, of Cedar Rapids, was
the guest preacher.
Miss Effie Lewton, of Milwau
kee, Wise., Mrs. Hannah Stevens
and Mrs. Evelyn Gray were
Monday evening, November 13,
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IIchn R. Gallagher
Attorney-at-Law
First Nat'l Bank Bldg.
O'Neill : Phone 11
dinner guests at the C. E. Walker
home.
Mr. and Mrs. Keith Weyer, of
Essex, la., Mr. and Mrs. Ralpji.
Gray, of Inman, and Mr. and Mrs.
C. E- Walker and family, of Page,
were dinner guests of Mis. Evelyn
Gray Sunday, November 12, Mr.
and Mrs. Weyer returned to their
home Monday, November 13, af
ter spending two weeks visiting
relatives at Page, Inman, Plain
view, Ainsworth and Valentine.
Mr. and Mrs. Winford Wilson
and family, of Orchard, were Sun
day, November 12, noon dinner
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Nissen, Mr. and Mrs. George Lub
bers and family, of Osmond, Mr.
and Mrs. Harvey Halbrook, of Or
chard, and P. E. Nissen, of Page,
were afternoon caller at the Nisi
sen home.
2 O'Neill Men Get
Navy Indoctrination—
Indoctrinated into the traditions
and color of navel life are two O’
Neill seaman recruits, Donald
Phillip Riley, USN, son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. P. Riley, and Rob G.
Erwin, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Woody Grim. They have received
their first military instruction at
the navel training center, San
Diego, Calif., under the navy’s re
cruit program.
Cubs to Register
For Nexi Year— fi
Cub Scout meetings will begin
soon after summer vacation.
Boys wishing to join may see
Mrs. Charles Richter or Mrs. Don
Lyons to register. The date for
parents meeting will be an
nounced later. Volunteer den
mothers are needed.
MORROW IN MARYLAND
A current trainee at the chemi
cal replacement training center,
army chemical center, in Mary
land is Ret. Maynard G. Morrow,
of O'Neill.
Frontier for printing!
MONEY TO LOAN
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AUTOMOBILES
TRUCKS
TRACTORS
EQUIPMENT
FURNITURE
Central Finance
Corp.
C. E. Jones. Manager
O'Neill i Nebraska
& R. H. SHRINER «SE
Rents “* UIUUI,WI Plate Glass
Wind It Tornado, Truck & Tractor. Personal Property
Liability GENERAL INSURANCE Lieestock
REAL ESTATE. LOANS. FARM SERVICE. RENTALS
Automobile O'Neill —t— Phone 106 Farm Property
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Let us give thanks for freedom,
our greatest treasure.
Let us give thanks that we are
the fortunate citizens of a
nation founded in the be
lief of freedom.
Let us pray for wisdom and
courage to continue our
beliefs with honesty and
justice.
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