The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965, January 29, 1953, SECTION 1, Page 11, Image 11
\ • o The Frontier Woman . . . Ever Try Using Crevice Attachment for Cleaning Your Bureau Dawers? By BLANCHE SPANN PEASE iisn; iish! Here it is the very . last of January and only 11 more shopping months until Christ mas. And I’ll bet you haven’t heeded my guou advice and got ten part of, your ’53 shopping done. Grin. Has your oven gotten to look tacky from constant use and maybe a little neglect, so that scouring powder will no longer do the trick? Set a sauce dish writh household ammonia in it, in the oven overnight. If there are real bad spots, lay a dish cloth saturated in ammonia over them, or a sponge with ammonia in it. Next day wash and scour thoroughly. If some still remains, repeat the process that night and scour again the next day. If you have blonde or limed oak furniture, you don’t want to use an oiled dusting cloth. It will cause the wood to turn dark or turn streaked as time goes along. Use a soft untreated cloth, and every few months wax the furniture with a good cream wax. Use your vacuum cleaner on the living room drapes. The upholstery attachment is made for drapes as well as uphols tery. If you go over the drapes once a week carefully, you'll find you're going to save lot of cleaning bills — and your drapes will stay in better shape and wear much longer. The crevice attachment for your vacuum cleaner is just the thmg to clean or suck up the dust and sediment from bureau drawers and such every few months. And if you spill some thing in the kitchen, use your vacuum cleaner (the dusting brush) to pick it up. I refer to dry material such as spilled soap flakes or powder, flour, sugar and such. The dusting brush is fine for going over the shades on your table and floor lamps. The brush can be washed. Wash it often, so that the delicate silk coverings on the lamps are not soiled from the brush. This should be done once a week, too. Lamp bulbs will give better service if washed every few months. Don’t get the socket end wet, of course. Coverings for light fixtures should also be washed every now and then— and so should the bric-a-brac about your home. Keep a small bottle of win dow cleaner with attached spray in the bathroom. A spray and a whisk to dry it will keep the bathroom mirror shining clean. You’ll like the idea of keeping each pair of nylons in a waxed sandwich bag. They won’t get snagged, and it’s easy to tell how many wearable pairs you have. Fine for traveling, too. Save those new plastic bottles with plug-in caps which so much medicine and cosmetics are packaged in nowadays. Your aspirins in your purse can be put into one, and they’re fine for soap powder to carry in your suitcase when you are traveling. When traveling I always pack each pair of gloves in one of the waxed sandwich bags, also var ious scarfs and accessories are each packed separately, as are undies and hose. I can tell at a glance just what is in each of the bags. They’re easily stored in my dresser drawers this way, too. — tfw — Mrs. George Johnson Wins Subscription— Orchard, Nebr. Dear Mrs. Pease: It will soon be spring again and time to houseclean. I am sending some strawberry recipes which your readers can use .when that season rolls around, for it will come before we know it. STRAWBERRY CHEESE PIE One and one-third cups sweet ened condensed milk, Va cup lemon juice, 2 egg yolks (beat en), 3 ounces cream cheese (softened), 1 cup sliced straw berries, 1 baked pie shell. Blend milk and lemon juice and stir until thickened. Add egg yolks, cheese and strawberries. Pour into pastry shell. Cover with meringue. STRAWBERRY REFRIGERATOR PIE Two cups sliced strawberries, 2/3 cup sugar, 1 tablespoon lem I on juice, % teaspoon salt, 2 tea spoons unflavored gelatin, Vz cup water, 1 cup heavy cream (whipped), 1 teaspoon vanilla, 1 graham cracker pie shell. Combine strawberries, sugar, lemon juice and salt. Chill. Soft en gelatin in water five min utes, then dissolve over hot wa ter. Fold gelatin, whipped cream and vanilla ir to strawberry mix ture. Pour into pie shell and chill until firm. Garnish with whole strawberries. RHUBARB WHIPPED CREAM PIE Two tablespoons unflavored gelatin, Vz cup cold water, 2Vz cups stewed rhubarb, 1 cup su gar, 1 cup heavy cream (whip ped), 1 graham cracker pie shell. Soften gelatin in water, heat rhubarb and sugar to boiling. Add gelatin and stir until dis solved. Cool. When mixture be gins to thicken, fold in whipped cream. Pour into pie shell and chill. 1 MRS. GEORGE JOHNSON — tfw — Letters Needed— We are very much in need of letters from our readers for The Frontier Woman. Each week we use a letter and to its writer we award a three-months’ subscrip tion to The Frontier. You may sign a pen name to you letter, if you wish, but you must also in clude your own name and ad dress for the editor’s informa tion. Write about anything you like, but do try to- make it a worthwhile letter. Send it to Mrs. Blanche Pease, Editor Fron tier Woman, Atkinson. Golden Gleaners Pick Officers — EWING—The Golden Gleanere 4-H club met at the Robert Tams home Wednesday evening, Jan uary 21, for the purpose of re organization for the year’s work. Twenty-five boys and girls were present. The following of ficers were elected: President— Avera Shilousky; vice-president —Judy Cloyd; secretary—-Carolyn Tams; treasurer—David Wrignt; news reporter—Jerry Tams. After a discussion of projects, it was decided . to have a boys’ cooking class, a girls’ cooking class, garden projects and two sewing projects. Eleven dollars and ninety cents were given as prize awards to the following girls in the club for 1952: Frances Noffke, Janet Noffke, Marietta Peterson, Ruby Carl, Tamzam Peterson, Judy Cloyd, Karen Tuttle and Sharon Kropp. Girls who received 4-H awards from Ak-Sar-Ben were Judy Cloyd, Karen Tuttle, Vivian Wright and Carolyn Tams. Mrs Robert Tams is again the leader of the Golden Gleaners and will be assisted by Mrs. Roy Wright and Mrs. Archie Tuttle. First Half of Sewing Lesson Presented— LYNCH—Mrs. Joseph David, jr., was hostess to the Excello extension club on Wednesday evening, January 21. Mrs. Guy Keller was cohostess. Mrs. Leland Moody, the 1953 vice-president, presided over the business meeting in the absence of the president, Mrs. Ernest Six ta, who was ill. It was voted to give a donation to the polio fund. The pennies for friendship fund, the state and county council dues also the kitchen rent for leaders’ training meetings were paid. Mrs. Don Allen and Mrs. Ray Counts demonstrated the first half of the sewing lesson on “The Professional Look in Sewing.” The next meeting will be held on Monday evening, February 2. A two-course luncheon was served by the hostess at a late hour. The Elkhom Extension club will sponsor a polio benefit card party at the American Legion lounge February 1 at 8 p.m. Both pitch and pinochle will be played. A lunch will be served. Admission 50c each. Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Fuller of Crookston, Minn., and Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Fuller of Gentil ly, Minn., spent a week visiting in the home of Mrs. Maude Fuller. Out of Old Nebraska . . . Mrs. Susan Fuller Heroine in ’88 _ — Kept Pupils During Big Storm Each year in January the fad ing memories of the blizzard of January 12, 1888, are revived. The Blizzard club holds its an nual reunion, and newspapers throughout the state generally take note of the occasion. The great blizzard is important in Nebraska history not only be cause of its severity but also be cause it epitomizes the hardships of the pioneers of the plains in building these western states. Some years ago the Blizzard club, under the leadership of W. H. O’Gara, published an excel lent account of the storm, well laden with reminiscences of sur viviors, entitled “In All Its Fury.” Because the storm struck dur ing the middle of the day in much of Nebraska, catching many children at isolated coun try schools, the blizzard of 1888 frequently is referred to as “the school children’s storm,” and many are the tales of courage, determination and even heroism on the part of teachers, children and parents. Among the best known of these heroes and hero ines of the storm was Minnie Freeman, whose story I have told before. There were many others, as the book, "In All Its Fury." el oquently testifies. As a fair example, consider the story of Mrs. Susan Fuller of Stuart: “I was teaching in district 136 about four miles northwest of Stuart, and had only seven pu pils the day of the blizzard. “Shortly before the time for recess one of the boys said, ‘Teacher, it is raining.’ The rain soon turned to sleet and we could see only a little distance. Our schoolhouse was well built and we had a good heating stove, but only a small amount of coal. In the afternoon one of the di rectors came and said we must not try to go home. He helped the boys get in fuel and he then went home, following a fence. “We had two kerosene lamps in the schoolhouse, for use when the literary society met, but the oil lasted only until about 3 o’ clock. It was not very long un til the storm abated enough so that the parents came for their children. Of course, they were grateful to me for keeping all of them there and not letting them try to get home.” Again, the story of Mrs. F. M. Kimbad of Guymon Okla., who was attending a rural school near Belden when the storm broke: “The storm struck about 2 o’ clock, and we stayed in the schoolhouse all night and until the storm broke the next day. We had no food except what was left from our lunches. Mr. Law rence (the teacher) was prepar ing to chop up desks when we heard sleigh bells and father, B. W. Jones, and F. W. Fox arrived to take us home. We always felt that the good judgment of our teacher, who kept us at the schoolhouse, saved our lives.” When You and I . . . Joy, Meek, Blackbird Postoffices to Go Farmers Petition for Free Delivery 50 Years Ago The farmers living north and northeast of O’Neill have signed a petition for a rural free de livery route from O’Neill run ning west two mlies, north 15 miles, five miles east and back to O’Neill. If this is established, 175 families will be supplied with mail. However, the postof fices at Joy, Meek and Black bird would have to be discontin used. . . T. V. Golden traded John J. McCafferty 2,040 acres of land for his hardware and furniture stock and buildings. This is one of the largest busi ness transaction to occur in O’ Neill. The valuation of the prop erties was set at $14,0^0. . . Wil liam Fuller and Mabel Margeitz were married by Judge Morgan on January 20. . . Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Meredith were surprised i ■ ■ -^~~t by friends with a party held in their home. G. W. Smith and Walter Laviollette furnished the music for dancing. 20 Years Ago Merle Sparks and Miss B6r neita Brittell were married by Judge Malone on January 27. . . An attempted robbery of the Chambers bank was thwarted by President Edward Adams when he knocked the gun from the robber's hand and struck him in the face. The bandit is in jail awaiting trial. . . J. P. Mann was elected president of the First National bank to fill the vacancy caused by the death of J. F. Gallagher. . . Frank Phalin won the cribbage tournament at the KC hall. . . Dan Hansen in jured his hand badly while un loading wood last Saturday. 10 Years Ago A fire destroyed the barn, granary and a corn crib on the Raymond Heiss farm north of Page. ’. . Vincent McPharlin was promoted to second lieutenant upon graduation from the anti aircraft artillery school at Camp Davis, N.C. . . R. M. Kurtz leas ed the cream station in West O’ Neill from the Asimus Brothers. . . . Miss Vera Eidenmiller re turned from Denver, Colo., where she spent 10 days visiting relatives and friends. . . Mrs. M. M. Langan went to Chicago, 111., to visit her son and daughter-in . " """■' " 1........ ..——m law, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lang an. . . Keith Abart and Oscar Grunke left for Omaha to take their physical examinations for the army. . . Charles Spangler died following a heart attack. „ „ The students of the O’Neill pub lic school are sponsoring a vic tory book drive to secure booka for the army, navy and marint* corps men. One Year Ago Rev. and Mrs. Samuel Lee andl family came to O’Neill from Barrow, Alaska. Reverend Lee the new pastor of the First Pres byterian church. . . Robert Eby„ recently discharged from the na vy, is employed in Omaha. . » Sgt. Maynard Morrow reached Seattle, Wash., after serving his time in Korea. He was wound ed in action twice during that time. . . Mr. and Mrs. James Donohoe became the parents of a daughter on January 24. . .. Mrs. Harold Strong was honored on her birthday anniversary by a party in her home. . . Mr. anal Mrs. Frank Vlcan of Lynch cel ebrated their 50th wedding anni versary on Sunday, January . . . George Janousek plans to open a grocery store in the far mer Farmers’ Union store a* north Fourth street. Miss Bernice Elkins spent the weekend in Sioux Falls* SJX visiting friends. _i_..mm mm . • t 1 w. F. FINLEY, M.D. O'NEILL First National Bank Bldg. OFFICE PHONE: 28 Perfect Slyeper •*JCQ50 Mattress or Bex Spring America's Finest Smooth, Most Soothing Mattress! 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