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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 28, 1950)
The Frontier Woman— Step Tenderly on Bathroom Scales After Holiday Food Orgy Is Over Greetings to you all! This is a wonderful week, a week of plenty for no sooner are the left overs finally eaten after Christmas than New Year’s conies along and another feast is at hand. A word of caution. Step ten derly on the bathroom scales! The tale they will have to tell about next week is going to be discour aging, if y«u are one of those middle a g e d people who already weighs too much! Anyway, it seems like the one time of the year when if at anytime one should forget eating frugally for once and eat fatten ing foods with a blythe spirit. As a matter of fact, one can grow very tired of too rich, too fattening, and too expensive foods. You can get where going back to more simple fare seems fine. A simple supper of mashed potatoes, poached eggs, a green salad and a dessert composed solely of canned peaches can seem exactly the right thing. And it is, too. I know some folks, who af ter a heavy holiday dinner, go home and have bread and milk for supper and go to bed hap pily not in misery for having over eaten. One family to whom I sent a Christmas gift always get a wide assortment of foods at Christmas time. The wife is an invalid and can’t cook, hence at Christmas they have a great largess of bak ed foods, candies and other sweets. People mean well indeed, but much of it gels stale and if only some of that came at other times of the year they would en joy it more. Two people cannot cope with six pies. And when food is a gift, it doesn’t seem quite the proper thing to give it away. The alternative is to invite folks in for coffee and pie, but the wife is not able to stand much company or excitement. The other day 1 saw a home maker put warm foods into a refrigerator. Folks, did you know that if you do that you waste gas or electricity as the refrigerator has to work harder to cool every thing off, and besides this in creases the dampness und hu midity in your refrigerator and it will cause food to spoil more quickly. In an electric or gas refrigerat or this moisture collects on the coils and freezes, hampering their efficiency and making de frosting necessary more often. Don’t overcrowd your refrig erator either. If you do it will prevent circulation of air. Your j refrigerator won’t function as it should. It’s blanket washing time for many of us these days. It’s a good J idea to select a mild, clear day for washing blankets, not a hot, cold or very windy day. Extreme temperatures and friction dam age woolen blankets. Fill the washer or tub with lukewarm water. Water that is warmer than lukewarm will be harmful to wool fibers and cause shrinkage and fading. If the wa ter is hard, use a water softener. Use soap enough for a 3- to 4 icnh standing suds. Less soap is required for cotton blankets than for woolen ones. Shake the blanket to remove , excess dirt. If the binding is very j soiled, rub it gently with a soft brush and thick soapsuds. Wash only one blanket at a time, using plenty of sudsy wa ter. If you are using the ma chine, do not run the washer longer than three minutes. Prolonged agitation causes woolen fibers to mat and hard en and may cause shrinkage. If the blanket is still soiled af ter the first sudsing, wash it a gain in fresh lukewarm suds, but run the machine only two min utes the second time. Be sure you rinse the blankets thoroughly using at least two lukewarm rinses. Be sure they are the right lukewarm tempera ture as being either too hot or too cold will cause the blanket to shrink. Loosen the roller tension on the wringer. Hang blanket cross- | wise over the clothes line with top hem even with the bottom j hem. Ease gently into shape, straightening edges. Do not use clothespins. When the blanket it half dry, I squeeze out water collected in j the hems, shake gently and re verse the position of the blanket on the line, hanging lengthwise instead of crosswise. This pre vents sagging and makes for more even drying. Blankets will dry more quickly if hung over two parallel lines, two or three feet apart. When blanket is dry, shake it gently to raise the nap. — tlw — Sense of Accomplishment in Batch Homemade Soap— Mrs. C. W. Sawyer, of Inman, wins one of our three-months’ subscription prizes today. The other one goes to “Cinderella.” Inman, Nebr. f Dear Blanche: I see you are badly in need \ of letters again and it’s been ov er a year since I wrote to you. So I’ll try and contribute my j share to your interesting column, j I made my winter’s supply of ; soap today and it really gives a person quite a feeling of accom plishment to look at those bars of soap. I imagine there are still quite a few women who make their own soap in the rural areas, especially. The modern day method of home soap making are a far cry from the oldtime meth ods when they used to have to use wood ashes and I rather im- i agine the soap they made was far from being the really fine product that homemade soap is now. I'll send you the recipe I used. I got it from a neighbor lady and have found it excellent. I really prefer tallow for making soap but lard that is too stale to use in cooking works well, too. That is what I used this time. It really isn’t hard work making soap, my main objection to making it is the smell, while it is being cook ed, but by opening a window you can prevent most of the smell in the house. I use a 3-gallon jar in which to I mix the soap. I’ve found that it j is about the right size. It takes j 4 Vi pounds grease, 1 can lye, ti quarts of warm water, pack- j age borax, 1 cup ammonia. But the grease into the stone ! jar, pour lye over the grease and add the warm water. Stir. Let set three days in a warm place and stir 2 or 3 times a day. Set the crock on the stove where the soap will melt or you may emDtv into a large dishpan to melt it and keep stirring so it will all melt. Add the borax and am monia. Pour iota mold to cool and when set cut into bars. | Another tning I have dcn« this year that may help some one that has squash or pump kins that didni yet quite ripe ! enough to keep well. I canned some tor pies. 1 cooked it the same way as usual, and then measured the strained pulp and then added the amount of sugar and spices 1 usually use when making pie and brought it to a boil and sealed it. Now when I open a jar of pumpkin 1 just add tne milk and eggs and presto, pumpkin pie filling. Three eggs and 3 cups of j milk are just right for a quart of pumpkin fixed this way. It keeps so well, 1 have never lost a quart of it. Here is my pumpkin pie re cipe — my children think it is tops: PUMPKIN PIE Prepare and bake 1 large or 2 smaller pie shells. Mix together 2 cups strained pumpkin, 1 cup sugar, 2 eggs, 1 teaspoon salt, \ t easpoon ginger, 1 Vz teaspoons cinnamon, *4 teaspoon allspice, 2 cups rich milk. Add the milk at the last, mix ing in gradually to keep mixture smooth. Pour into baked pastry shells, bake in moderate oven at 275 F. for 1 hour or until filling is firm. Makes 1 ten-inch or 2 eight-inch pies. I never bake the pastry shells completely done before adding the filling, just un til they are set enough so they won’t soak up the filling. MRS. C. W. SAWYER. — ttw Spirit of Good Cheer Will Linger— Dear Mrs. Pease: We really have some winter now. The world is all dressed up in a robe of white tonight. Santa Claus has just gone on his way and the spirit of good cheer is still with us. This is the one time of the year when we can count our blessings one-by one, and they usually count up plenty high, when we look a round us and see all the misery on the other side of the world. 1 use plastic containers for al most everything in the ice box and don’t know how I ever got along without them before. They . are fine for bread, too. I use part cream mixed with salad dressing fur salads and we like that a lot better and its a bout time to start making that cornbread for dinner on cold [ days. Cornbread is always wel come at our house and we have j h..d some of the best squash this fall. Put on cream or butter, a , dash of salt, a little sugar and it’s j a real treat. Pies can be made from squash, too. How many of you make a cake and serve it warm with out frosting? It's good and we even spread butter on it, too. Wish you could see our big pail of chrysanthemums, we dug up before the first frost. It’s all decked out now in fluffy blos soms and they are beautiful. We feel repaid for all our work. Our storm windows are going on, one-by-one, and we hope to have them all on before real win ter sets in. The storm this time seems to have passed on for j now, anyway the moon is shin ing through a thin layer of gray j •louds and it looks pretty cold up there. We have brought out the wool quilts and blankets and are getting ready for the cold weath- | er yet to come. Hope everyone has a Happy New Year! “CINDERELLA” — tfw — Send Us a Letter— We are more than usually in need of letters at this time. With Christmas over, I’m hoping our 1 Stuart Pep Clubbers Make New Uniforms — STUART — The Stuart high school pep club members are making their new uniforms dur ing the Christmas vacation. 1‘hey will have maroon cordu roy skirts with white blouses. Other Stuart News Miss Helen Engler and Miss Marvel Jean Johnson, who work in Omaha, came Friday night, December 22, to spend Christmas with homefolks. Donald McNair came from Gordon on Friday, December 22, to spend Christmas with his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. George Mc Nair, and family. Miss Phylis Runnels, student in Midland college at Fremont, is home for the holiday vacation. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Sabesta and family spent the December iti and 17 weekend in Kimball, S. D. Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Gillette, of Chambers, and Mrs. Ellen Gilpin were Sunday, December 17, vis itors with Mrs. Estella Bachman. Mrs. Mary Henning, of Atkin son, spent Monday, December 18, with ner daughter, Mrs. Gus Ob ermire. Frank Bigelow left for Califor nia on Thursday, December 21. Rev. R. C. Goodenow, S. J., who teaches in Xavier universi ty at Cincinnatti, O., arrived on Monday, December 18, to visit with Dr. and Mrs. E. J. Clark. Rev. Goodenow is a brother of Mrs. Clark. Mr. and Mrs. Call cigrand and family, of Cascade, la., came on Saturday, December 23, to visit with Mrs. Cigrand’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mahlon Shearer. Miss Agnes Hytrek, of Chicago, 111., arrived on Sunday, Decem ber 24, to spend Christmas with her sister, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Shearer. Miss Nannette Cowles, Miss 1 Lorraine Coats and Miss Donna j Krotter, students at the Univer- J sity of Nebraska, arrived home \ on Wednesday, December 20, to j spend their vacation with home- I tolks. Miss Leona Fern McNair was a member of the class confirmed ,. in St. John’s Lutheran church in , Atkinson on Sunday morning, ‘ December 24. F. J. .Clark, student of Creigh ton university, Omaha, son of Dr. and Mrs. F. J. Clark, came home on Tuesday, December 19, to spend the holidays. Mrs. A. J. Gerard, of Grand J Rapids, Mich., is visiting with her niece and family, Dr. and Mrs. F. J. Clark, and son. Bill and Laverne Timmermans ■ went to Sutton on Saturday, De cember 23, to spend Christmas ]. readers can find time to write to ■ us. Write about anything you i like and send it to Mrs. Blanche i Pease, The Frontier Woman, At kinson, Nebr. S/N,'WVV' 1— - i SANDHILL SAL War has taught us a good deal more about geography than the average person knew. But did we have to learn it the hard way? The year 1950 was a perfect •tinker. Let us hope ’51 won’t i turn out to be the same kind of j a clinker! with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. joe Timmermans, and family. urviixe Uupui, ox oiuney, came home on Sunday, December 24, to spend Christmas with his mother, Mrs. Ellen Gilpin. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Shane, of caUrange, ill., arrived on Satur uay, December 2d, to visit with .ner mother, Mrs. Clara Tettijohn. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Johnson went to INorlolk on Thursday, December 21, to see Charles miinar, a brother of Mrs. John I son. Mr. Miinar was a patient in a iNorlolk hospital. Miss Bernelda Engler, of Oma ha, arrived on Saturday, Decem ber 2d, to spend Christmas with ner parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Engler. x>uii Engler, of McCook, came on Sunday, December 24, to spend Christmas with his family and his patents, Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Engler. Euuiund Kaup, college student in INorlolk, is spending the Christmas vacation with his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kaup, jr., and lamily. Cowell Doad, student of Doane college at Crete, came nome on Friday, December 22, to spend the holidays with his parents, ivir. and Mrs. Ernest Dodd. Mr. and Mrs. Konald Dodd, of Gincoin, came on Sunday, De cember 24, to spend Christmas with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. finest Dodd. John Ubermire, Rex Coffman and Gaurence Engler, university students in Gincoin, came on Wednesday, December 20, to j spend their vacation with home lolks. Mrs. Josephine Timmermans went to Brocksburg on Friday, December 22, where she will vis it her daughters, Mrs. Frances inggins and Mrs. Tom Higgins. ivir. and Mrs. Robert Zink, of I Lincoln, came on Saturday, De- i rember 23, to visit over Christ- j nas with his parents, Mr. and j Mrs. Fred Zink. Mrs. F. H. Jstech and children, j iNancy Gee and J. K., of Sun lance, Wyo., arrived on Sunday, December 24, to spend Christinas vith her parents, Mr. and Mrs. s'red Zink. Jim Chaney, oi Chadron, spent Christmas with ins parents, Mi. ind Mrs. Earl cnancj. Hawaiian Muuent Visits Atkinson ATKINSON—Miss Ella Miya noto, of Kau Mana, Hilo, Hawaii, s a guest at the home of Miss Jhylis Rzeszotarski for the holi lays. The two young women are ■lassmates at the University of Nebraska. 'Miss Miyamoto expressed a wish for a white Christmas and i sleighride. She and her broth er, who is a senior at the univer :ity, said they chose Nebraska is a place to furthe their educa ,ion because is was near the cen ;er of the United States and would probably attract students from other states. Friends find Miss Ella a “plea sant companion,” she speaks En glish “extremely well”. The girls are freshmen. Phylis is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sains Rzsezotarski. Spends Christmas Here— Keith Anspach was home from | Central City to spend Christmas with his parents, the Harden j \nspachs. i Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Brinkman and children and Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Brinkman and son, of Kearney, formerly of O’Neill, were Christman guests at the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. August Brinkman, of At kinson. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Arrasmith and family went to Ainsworth for Christmas where they visit ed relatives. Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Becker and family went to St. Helena Tues day to visit his father, Bernard Becker. Venetian blinds, prompt delivery, made to measure, metal or wood, all colors.—J, M. McDonald Co.. O'NeUL lit! Christmas dinner guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Beilin were Mr. and Mrs. Roy Armstrong and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cook. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Brown and daughters were in Spalding for Christmas where they visited their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Brown and family and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sullivan and family. Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Harmon and Gary were Christmas dinner guests of her mother, Mrs. Ralph L. Bauman, and children. Atkinson Firemen Have Busy Month* ATKINSON — The Atkinson volunteer fire department has | been called out several times in the past few weeks. So far only one fire has been I considered serious. Three have ! occured on property owned by I the Methodist church. The department was called to the Albert Lemmer ranch south of Atkinson Friday noon to help extinguish a grass fire that had gone out of control. The same day firemen were busy for a time controlling a grass fire that had reached the city dump. I The only serious fire this* month occurred when the Wood ruff home was burned. 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