The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965, December 28, 1950, 1 SECTION, Page 6, Image 6

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    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.
Return from Texas—
Arthur Allen and son, Ted, re
turned Tuesday, December 19,
from a 12 days’ trip to Texas.
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