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The Frontier Woman —
Wet Year in Holt Hard to Believe for
Wadsworth Family Now Living in Arkansas
Br BLANCHE SPANN PEASE
Last call before Christmas I
Only a few days away and a mil
lion things yet to do, huh?
Did Cousin Samantha give you
a gift when you didn't expect one
and Uncle Tutti-Fruti come
through with something for
Christmas you hadn’t expected,
too?
Wall, stop sobbin1 Mehitable,
even if you haven’t any money
left, maybe you’ve got a cellar
full of good things to eat. Traipse
down cellar (watch the steps,
dearie, you don’t want a broken
arm for Christmas) and pick out a
quart of your choicest sweet pic
kles and one of the special dill
ones, a pint of strawberry jam,
and one of peach preserves. And
for goodness sakes, what more
could cousin Samantha ask for?
Wash the jars until they shine
like diamonds, tie some Christ
mas ribbon around their necks
and stick a tag on lop of the jar.
As a Christmas gift, it's super,
for those who haven't these
things.
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And for Uncle Tutti-Fruiti, how
about 10 pounds of popcorn- that
you raised yourself? Or if Uncle
has store teeth and couldn’t man
age the popcorn, he may like a
cured ham, or a slab of farm ba
con, or some of your choice water
melon preserves. Don’t say you
haven't anything to give until you
look to see, gal. You may be rich
in gifts that you'll hardly miss and
they’ll make somebody who hasn’t
those things awfully happy.
If bittersweet grows on your
farm or ranch, and your city cous
in has none, they’ll welcome a
bunch, sure, for their Christmas
centerpiece7 or even some fronts
of evergreen along with your re
membrances.
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\ Former Holt
Resident Wins —
Our 3-months subscription this
week goes to Mrs. Joe Wadsworth,
of Harrison, Ark., a former O’Neill
farm woman, who moved to Kan
sas a year or so ago, later went to
Arkansas.
Dear Nebraskans:
Each week as The Frontier
comes we drop everything, sit
down and for the time it takes us
to read it we are transplanted
back to Nebraska and our Holt
county friends. We never appre
ciated our hometown paper as we
do now, since we are gone from
there.
As we read of your wet weath
er up there, it seems hard to be
lieve, since we went through so
many seasons when rain was a
thing we prayed for rather than
dreaded.
Down here it has been a trifle
dry at times. Just this week we
had an inch of 2 or rain which
was very welcome to our pasture
and fall crops.
The soil here is shallow and it
lakes frequent rains to keep
things going. Shallow though
it is, the pastures here will car
ry almost a cow per acre on the
good land, so you see it's quite
productive and that calls lor
more rain.
We haven’t lived through a
winter yet but I think the mois
ture comes in rain more often than
snow.
We, too, have a new home and
know the problems that arise in
such a situation. We are finish
ing our walls in Celotex but
haven’t got 2 bedrooms finished
yet. We have hardwood floors but
don’t have the sanding and finish
ing done. There is also 2 coats of
paint yet to go on the outside of
the house. So you see we have
plenty to keep us so busy we
don’t have time to get homesick—
not too much so, anyhow.
Our daddy drives the school bus
to a consolidated school east of us.
His route is 18 miles long bo he
and the children leave around
7:15 in the morning. They have
hot lunches served at the school
for 15 cents per pupil per day, so
1 haven’t a lunch box problem, as
I used to have. The children like
this on most days, except when
they have poke salad, which in
northern language means plain
old greens. Yesterday they had
baked beans flavored with ham,
mashed potatoes, turnip greens,
cake and orange juice or milk, so
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you see that’s a pretty good meal
tor 15 cents.
SUGAR COOKIES
I am sending along a recipe
for sugar cookies that I especially
like this season of the year when
eggs are high priced, 50 cents a
dozen and I also like it for my
Christmas cookies. They make a
crunchy cookie for the between
meal snack or the lunch cbox: 1
cup sugar % cup butter, cream
together and add 1 teaspoon van
11a, sift 3 cups flour, with 2 tea
spoons baking powder, add flour
and milk (V4 cup) to the butter and
sugar mixture. Roll out thin and
cut in different designs, or with a
cookie cutter. Bake for 10 min
utes at 275 F. This also makes a
good filled cookie dough. Put
ground raisins that have been
cooked with some sugar, on the
center of one cookie. ° Place an
other cookie on top. For variety
in the filled cookies, press the
edges down with your finger sim
ilar to pie crust edges.
Any of you Holt county friends
who decide on a vacation to the
Ozarks, be sure to look us up as
Nebraskans are a welcome sight
when we see them go through
town and one with a “HL” num
ber would have been doubly wel
come.
MRS. JOE WADSWORTH.
SANDHILL SAL
Let’s carry the good will of
Christmas over into the new year
. . . give folks a Christmas smile,
you’ll find it will be returned
with interest.
Display your Christmas cards.
Get all the enjoyment possible
from them, as they grow more
beautiful every year.
Honored at Pre
Nuptial Shower—
STUART — Miss Avis Papke
was guest-of-honor at a prenup
tial shower given in the Commu
nity church basement on Friday
evening, December 14.
Twenty-five guests were enter
ained by the hostesses, Mrs.
Frances Roberts, Mrs. Warren
Roberts and Mrs. Donald Krotter.
Jiss Papke received many gifts.
The Frontier for printing.
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O’NEILL NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Froelich re
turned home from Chicago, III,
on Sunday. Mr Froelich went
back to Chicago on Monday.
Miss Marlyn Duffy, of Casper,
Wyo., is expected in O’Neiil for
the Christina' holidays. She will
be a guest at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. George McCarthy and other
friends and relatives while here.
'Edward McCarthy is expected
home from Omaha on Monday
and will spend Christmas vacation
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
George McCarthy.
Mrs. Katherine Creig and son,
Leo Carney and son, Jack, had
Sunday dinner at the home of Mr.
nd Mrs. Fred Dostal at Cceigh
on. .
Venetian blinds, prompt deliv
ery, made to measure, metal or
wood, alb colors.—J. M. McDon
ald Co.. O'Neill.
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Stone were
dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Ivan Cone on Sunday, December
9.
Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Determan
plan to leave Sunday morning for
Mapleton, Ja., where they will
spend Christmas with Mr. and
Mrs. John Uhl, Mrs. Determan’s
parents.
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Chaney will
have Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Shade,
of Grand Island, and Mrs. Ann
Chaney and James and Marjorie,
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of Stuart, as their dinner guests
on Christmas day.
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Bamhardt
were Tuesday evening, December
II, diner guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Lowell Culver.
Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Sauers were
Thursday evening, December 13,
j guests of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
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Double S & H Green Stamp*
given for cash purchases this
week, Thursday through Satur
day.—Hagensick Ladies Wear.
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Miss Mae D. Hammond, of
Washington, D.C., arrived Tues
day to visit at the H. J. and
George Hammond and '•Ira H.
Moss homes.
John Phalin, of Los Angeles,
Calif., arrived on Thursday, De
cember 12, to, visit his mother,
j Mrs. Frank Phalin.
Christmas day dinner guests at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Grage will be Mr. and Mrs. John
Walker and son, Bobby, of Ew
ing, and Mr. and Mrs. Charlie
j Regan, of Inman.
Mrs. Arnold Crane, of Chicago,
III. , and Mr. and Mrs. William
Griffin plan to spend Christmas
day at the home of Hugh O’Con
nor in Atkinson.
1/Lt. John Lee Baker, son of
Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Lohaus, who is
in the air force an^ is stationed
at Las Vegas, Nev., arrived home
Saturday, December 15, to si>enH °
a 29-day leave with hi VUJS?
dr. fisher, dentist.
Mrs. Gladys Richardson of
Booker. Okla., arrived Sunday
December 1$, and is a guest at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Blake
Benson.
Mrs. Frank Phalin and son,
ohn, plan to spend Christmas ih
Sicmx Falls, S.D., with Mr. and
Mrs. Gerald Phalin and 2 sons.
Donna Asher Is 9_
Mrs. L. E. Asher entertained 6
girls on Thursday, December 13
in honor of her daughter, Mi«
Donna, who was 9 years old on
Tuesday, December 11.
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C. EL Jones. Manager
O’Neill Nebraska
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Or ,o,. make it this weekend when the lines will still be
relatively clear.
When everyone tries to call at once, as happens on
Christmas Eve or Christmas Day—especially with so
many Service men and women away from home—the lines
•re bound to be crowded. Many calls will be delayed, some
won’t get through at all. And this in spite of a large force of
° operators, each doing her very best.
Rates are lower tonight and every night—and all day
Sunday. By calling a few days ahead you can enjoy your
holiday telephone visit all the more, because the call
will go through much faster.
To ipeed your Long Dbtonco
colt, pleat# give the opera*
tor the out-of-town telephono
number.
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TELEPHONE COMPANY
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