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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (July 23, 1953)
T!*.e Frontier Woman . . . Spring Best Pickle Season Br BLANCHE SPANN PEASE It’s pickle-making time. Every one is thinking about making dills or sweets or some other kind of pickles. But the time to start thinking about them was really last spring when you or dered cucumber seed. We hope you ordered types particularly suitable for different kinds of pickle making and also ordered plenty of dill seed—and planted both! Now there are things to think about when making pickles. First of all, if the recipe calls for spices, buy FRESH spices. That doesn’t mean bargain spices. Buy them from a dealer who sells enough that you are sure there is a turnover of his stock and that it is fresh. It takes good, rich, full flavored spices to make top quality pickles. Next be sure you get a good cider vinegar of a little more than standard strength for mak ing pickles. Cider vinegar is best for most pickling purposes, al though “white vinegar” is some times used to make fruit pickles, since fruit already has a rich flavor. When buying the cider vinegar for making pickles, ask for the 50 to 60 grain vinegar. That is best for pickle making. Put spices in cloth bags when you cook the spice in the vinegar and then the bag can be removed before the pickles are put into jars. If you want cucumbers to have a good green color and a good flavor, try adding grape leaves or cherry leaves to the brine. Horse radish root added to some types of pickles will pre vent mold. Add to the pickles after they have been removed from the heat. Use agate or porcelain kettles for pickle making. Use non-iodized, coarse salt for pickle making. Ask for “pickling salt.” In pickle making use only a little alum. Try to pick and wash cucum bers rapidly and get them into the brine or jar as fast as possi ble. Cucumbers that have been allowed to wait for a day or so certainly do not make the best of pickles. — tfw — DILL PICKLES One peck cucumbers (suitable size for dills), five quarts water, one pint vinegar, one cup salt, cherry leaves, dill. Wash cucumbers and pack in stone jar. Cover with enough water to cover cucumbers to which one level cup salt has been added. Soak overnight. To each quart jar place one head dill with about four inches of stem and six large clean cherry leaves. Pack cucumbers tightly in jars. Heat water, vinegar and one cup salt to boiling. Pour over cucumbers and seal. Let stand at least two weeks before using. These pickles are always orittle. 14-DAY SWEET PICKLES Into a clean stone jar put two gallons of cucumbers (washed and sliced lengthwise). Dissolve two cups salt in one gallon of boiling water and pour while hot over pickles. Then cover and weight down pickles and let stand for a week. On the eighth day drain, then pour one gallon of boiling water over them and let stand 24 hours. On the ninth day, drain and pour one gallon of boiling water over them with one tablespoon of powdered alum, and let stand 24 hours. On the 10th day, drain again, pour one gallon boiling water over them, let stand 24 hours, then drain. For the pickling mixture, com bine five pints boiling hot vine gar, six cups sugar, ounce cel ery seed, one ounce stick cinna mon. Pour this over the pickles, drain off for three mornings, re heating it, adding one cup sugar each morning. With third and last heating, pack pickles into sterilized jars and pour hot liquid over them. Seal. — tfw — Tells About Construction— Sutton, Nebr. Dear Mr. Pease: Guess it’s about my turn to write again. It seems like we’re all very busy around our place, and I guess that is true every where. As I look out the window now things are beautiful. Have lots of flowers and our lawn is very nice where it isn’t torn up. We are commencing our build ing and the sewer ditch and foundation ditch are open all around the house. We wonder if we can ever get all the dirt put back that was taken out. The sewer was put in yesterday so they are starting to fill it in again. I expect it will be a mess around here all summer before we can get it finished and cleaned up, then winter will be here again. But I've wailed so long for this. I'm glad to see it this way. Also, I’m thankful it’s like this and not due to a tornado like the one at Hebron. I feel so sorry for the people over there but they don’t seem to be complaining much—they’re so thankful there were not a lot of deaths. I can’t understand why there were no deaths because the buildings and cars were smashed all to pieces. Yes, we all were very fortunate. When I get to feeling very blue because the war is taking our boys, I try to think of things that could be worse. Bill is training at Camp Polk. La. I thought maybe some would like to know. I don’t seem to know any recipes this time. MRS. JOE TIMMERMANS On Vacation— William (“Bill”) Moriarity, as sistant manager of the J. M. Mc Donald company store, Monday began his annual vacation. He intended to visit his mother at Missouri Valley, la. To Denver— Mr. and Mrs. William (“Bill”.’ Bowker and three children and Mrs. H. J. Hammond departed Sunday fcr Denver, Colo., where they were to spend four days. Chambers News Sunday dinner guests in the William Jutte home were Mr. family and her mother, also Mr. and Mrs. Duane Summerep and and Mrs. Leslie Reppening. \ The Chambers Garden club and the Beautiful Valley Garden club of Chambers took exhibits to the flower show at the McIn tosh jewelry in O’Neill Saturday, July 18. They won five first and four second awards and sweep stakes. Mr. and Mrs. Roland Jaekson and daughter, Janie Lou, of Bremerton, Wash., were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Merle Fa gan and family. The following friends gathered at the home of Mrs. Edith Mc Clenahan Friday, July 17, to help her celebrate her birthday anni versary: Mr. and Mrs. Howard LaRue of Pasadena, Calif., Mrs. Valo Edwards, Mrs. Etta Keliar and Mrs. Nellie Starr. Sunday evening, July 19, guests at the home of Mrs. Anna Albers were Mrs. Maude Brion of Ewing, Mrs. A. W. Hubbard and Mrs. Charles Fauquier of Chambers. Mr. and Mrs. Harlan Kock and son of Omaha visited Saturday evening in the Charles Spath home. Miss Angie Spath, who has spent a two weeks’ vacation with her parents, returned with the Kocks Sunday to her work in Omaha. * ivirs. Myrtle rees, wno is em ployed at Mead, spent the week end at her home at Chambers. Mrs. Ruth Humbard of Ken sington, Kans., and Mrs. Myrtle Smith of Yakima, Wash., were guests from Friday until Monday in the Merle Fagan home. The former is a sister of Mrs. Fagan and the latter a cousin. Cpl. Alston Rasmussen left re cently for Camp Eltora, near Santa Ana, Calif., after spending a few weeks with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Rasmussen, and family. Gene Niemand of Grand Island is working in the hay field at the Orle Richard ranch. Mrs. Zada Russ of O’Neill and Mrs. Tom Hutton of Creston vis ited in the R. K. Platt home Fri day. They also called on Mrs. Lillie Herzog. Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Wink and family visited Sunday evening in the Vern Sageser home at Am elia. Mr and Mrs. Milton Grimes of Lincoln came Sunday evening and visited with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clair Grimes. A party was given recently at the Mary Neimand home for her granddaughter, Sharon Neimand of Grand Island. Fifteen guests were present. The afternoon was spent playing games. Irene Brown and Gene Neimand were in charge of the games. A cor sage of pansies with a scripture verse was presented each guest. Lunch of angel food cake, cook ies, sandwiches and kool-ade was served. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Neimand and family of Grand Island plan to move to Missouri about Aug ust 15, where they have purchas ed a farm near the home of his cousin, Joe Serck. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Farrier and son, Richard, of Los Angeles, Calif., came Wednesday, July 15, to visit relatives and friends and to attend the wedding ceremony of her brother, Richard Fees. They left Monday for California. Dale Jarman of Winsor, Colo., visited his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Wood Jarman, and other relatives. He came Friday and left Monday. Cpl. Raymond Walter arrived Wednesday, July 15, from Ft. Bragg, N.C. He will have a 23 day furlough with his wife ar.d his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. O. Walter, and other relatives. Mrs. Charles Grubb and chil dren of McGill, Nev., came Wed nesday, July 15, to visit her mother, Mrs. Mae Hubbard, and To Cambridge S/Sgt. John M. Moler (above) recently arrived in O’ Neill to spend a 23-day fur lough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Moler. Sergeant Moler has been stationed with the air force armament center, Elgin AFB, Fla. He will report to Cambridge, Mass., July 28. Sergeant Moler has been in the service 6M> years and has had duty in Japan and Eniwetok atoll. Film Strips Planned for Junior Group EWING—The Missionary soci ety of the United Presbyterian church in Ewing met at the country home of Mrs. Richard Napier last Thursday afternoon. Fifteen members answered roll call. Mrs. Verle Gunter was the leader for the lesson on “Chil dren and Youth” and was assist ed by Mrs. Lionel Gunter and Mrs. Archie Johnston. The prayer cycle was in charge of Mrs. Willie Shrader. All mem bers participated. The business meeting, consist ing of routine affairs of the soci ety, was conducted by the pres ident, Mrs. Lee Fink. It was announced that the jun ior Missionary society would meet Sunday evening at the church. Film strips are to be shown. Mrs. Napier served refresh ments. his sisters, Mrs. William Renin ger and Mrs. Clarence Wyant, and their families. Mr. and Mrs. Roland Jackson and daughter, Janie Lou, of Bremerton, Wash., came Wednes day, July 15. They will visit her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. William Reninger, and brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Wyant. The following members of ex tension clubs from Chambers at tended the county council meet ing in O’Neill Tuesday, July 14: Mrs. Raymond Beed, Mrs. Glen Grimes, Mrs. Richard Smith and Mrs. E. R.'Carpenter. Mrs. Hattie Richardson and sons of Ord visited in the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Whitaker, and family. Sharon Neimand of Grand Is land is spending the week with her grandmother, Mrs. Mary Neimand. Mr. and Mrs. Verle Tuttle and Linda of Clearwater spent Sun day afternoon at the John Hon eywell home. They came to get their daughter, Sherry, who had spent the week here. Mr. and Mrs. Elwyn Rubeck of O’Neill were also Sunday afternoon guests. Their daughter, who had spent the past week in the Tuttle home, accompanied the Tuttles to Chambers. Her parents came for her. Senate Gives Go Signal on Water State Can Negotiate with Neighbors An essential step toward the further development of the Nio brara basin was approved Friday by the U.S. senate. It authorized Nebraska, Wy oming and South Dakota to ne gotiate an interstate compact for use of the water of the Niobrara and its tributaries. The legislation was introduced by Senators Butler of Nebraska, Case (rep., S.D.) and Barrett (rep., Wyo.) After the senators explained the purpose of their bill, the sen ate passed it by voice vote. Senator Butler said that the bureau of reclamation has pre pared a report proposing cer tain irrigation and power de velopment on the Niobrara in Nebraska. So far as he knows, the Ne braskan continued, investigations have not yet been completed re specting possible projects in either South Dakota or Wyoming, which are upstream from Nebras ka. “These states, therefore, would not agree to the authorization of projects in Nebraska unless they were first protected, as is pro- ] vided by interstate compacts," j Mr. Butler asserted. What the measure does is to give the consent of congress for the states to negotiate in order to determine how the waters of the Niobrara are to be apportioned. The bill authorized the ap pointment of a federal govern ment representative to sit in on meetings relative to the compact. Meanwhile, irrigation districts are being legally formed in Brown and Rock counties in an ticipation of Niobrara develop ment. To Pack Mission Boxes July 30— STUART—A missionary work meeting will be held Thursday, July 30, to pack mission boxes. Lunch was served by the host esses, Mrs. Mahlon Shearer, Mrs. Mabel Krotter and Mrs. Donald Krotter. The next meeting will be Aug ust 13 with Mrs. Walter Gill, Mrs. Ima Myers and Mrs. C. R. Myers as hostesses. Mrs. Robert Barnes was hostess at a party Friday, July 17, at Ford’s park, honoring her daugh ter, Deborah, on her third birth day anniversary. There were 25 A guests present. Deborah received many gifts. W.P. DAILEY INSURANCE AGENCY New Location: Office and Residence, located across street West of St. Anthony’s Hospital. Now Open (or Business ★ ★ ★ HILL LIVESTOCK CO. 5 Miles North of Neligh on State Highway, 14 and I Yl Miles East on Gravel Road FOLLOW THE SIGNS ★ ★ ★ We Buy Slaughter Horses of All Kinds TOP PRICES PAID . . . NEW, TESTED SCALES ... Highest Prices Paid - Open Every Day Telephone: NELIGH 250 for Prices Or Write: RURAL ROUTE 2, NELIGH, NEBR. HILL LIVESTOCK CO. L. G. 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The house is mod ern except heat, has a good hot water heater and storm win dows and screens. The garage is 10’x20\ There is a nice utility bldg, with stuccoed finish, size 12’x20\ Also another small utility bldg. This home is nicely landscaped with lots of trees (includ ing pear, cherry, apple and plum trees). The acreage is well fenced. TERMS— 25% Cash day of Sale—Settlement and possession Mon day, August 10th. Warranty deed and abstract will be fur nished. PERSONAL PROPERTY Skelgas Cook Stove Estate Skelgas Stove Frigidaire, s6-cu. ft. Electric Washing Machine 2—Oil Heaters, 10 & 14-in. Set of Double Tubs and Stand Kitchen Cabinet Coal and Wood Range Platform Rocker Table with 4 Chairs Sewing Machine Floor Lamp Chest of Drawers Bed with Springs and Hide-away Bed with Pad Mattress, nearly new Lawn Mower Two-Wheel Trailer Several small cupboards and stands and many other articles too numerous to mention. TERMS ON PERSONAL PROPERTY—Cash. No property to be removed until settled for. Ernie Weller Associates Auctioneers and Clerks Mr. & Mrs. Dwight L. Raymer, Owners Atkinson, Nebraska I I . • • * ♦* * * * 1 ♦ fij] HJ1.