The Frontier Woman , . .
‘How Did We Fare Before Plastics ’
R» BLANCHE SPANN PEASE, Homemakin* Editor
As I sprinkled my clothes to
day, I wondered how many home
makers never have tried the large
specially made plastic bags to
hold their ironing after it is sprin
kled. (The accompanying letter
from Mrs. Holcomb made me
think of it.)
I’ve been using one of these
huge bags for a couple of years
and I find my ironing simply does
not dry out when I use one of
these bags. I usually sprinkle
clothes the night before and have
them ready to iron right after
breakfast.
I sprinkle them so that the
hardest to iron garments come
first to be ironed. I plug the iron
into one of the numerous outlets
in the living room. To the right, I
place the bag of clothing to be
ironed. To the left goes a service
cart on wheels and a number of
wire hangers.
As I iron shirts, I put them
on hangers and hang them in
the living room closet (which
is close by) to be sure they are
thoroughly dry. This goes for
my blouses and dresses also.
Any flat pieces to be ironed go
on the service cart, including pil
low cases, hankies, table cloths
and so on. Then when the iron
ing is done, only one trip is neces
sary to hang everything in its
proper place in the wardrobe
closets and one trip with the ser
vice cart puts everything in the
flat line away.
When I'm ironing anything long,
I set up the card table in front
of the ironing board for the table
cloth, or whatever is being ironed
to extend on.
When folding clothing and arti
cles after washing, the service
cart is handy, too. Socks can be
paired and shorts and shirts fold
ed in their proper places and put
on the cart, towels and such also
placed on it and one trip made to
put each pile of clothing or house
hold articles in its proper place
for storage.
The service cart is useful for
many things besides serving and
clearing a table.
It may be used for cleaning
articles, pushed before you as
you pick up to save extra trips,
when you are canning, at any
time when extra space is need
ed for various uses.
There have been times, in fact,
when I could have usefully put
two of them to use. If made in a
decor suitable for living room use,
they would be just the thing for
storing magazines and newspa-'
pers. Our family takes two daily
newspapers, numerous weeklies
and many, many magazines and
such. We need lots of storage
space for our various newspapers
and magazines.
— tfw —
Chambers, Nebr.
Dear Mrs. Pease:
As I prepared by sons’ school
lunch this morning, I noticed that
there were several plastic bags
in use. In one was a loaf of home
made bread; in another was a
plate of fried chicken, and in a
third were carrot sticks. Before
the lunch was complete I had gone
to the freezer for another plastic
bag, this one being filled with
sugar cookies.
Then I stopped to take inven
tory as the merchants are doing
at this time of the year. But my
inventory was of the ways in
which I was using those handy
little sacks. When all the uses
were checked, I wondered what
we did before the days of plastic
bags!
They are in the freezer. A fruit
cake and a chocolate cake are
there to be seen in their plastic
coverings. In another are rolled
cookies and right beside is one of
drop cookies. Loaves of bread are
in the sacks, the ends twisted and
fastened with a rubber band. The
large size sacks have roasting
chickens, while home-made nood
les are in the quart size bags.
Eeef roasts are stored in plastic
for it is then easy to see just
what kind of roast I am taking
out, nearly all lean meat, one with
sc me bone, or one with consider
able fat. Fresh hamburger is
frozen in bags, too, for it is easy
to pack and a rubber band closes
the top quickly. Vegetables and
berries are in their plastic bags
inside the cardboard containers.
They are in the refrigerator.
Bowls of leftovers are slipped
into bags before being stored in
the refrigerator as it prevents
drying. Carrot sticks and head
lettuce are keeping fresh in
plastic.
They are in my cabinets, too. In
place of a bread box or drawer,
I put each loaf of bread into a
separate bag. The bread can then
go into the freezer for longer
storage or be kept in the cabinet
for immediate use, much easier
than cleaning a box or drawer.
The electric toaster and waffle
iron are in large plastic bags on
cabinet shelves. The bags keep
out dust and moisture.
And yes, I put my nylon hose
in plastic as insurance against the
danger of snagging in dresser
drawers.
Do your other readers have still
more uses for these do-it-all
bags?
Sincerely yours,
MRS. LEROY HOLCOMB
Stuart News
Mrs. Nellie Stephenson o f
Wayne spent several days last
week visiting at the Willard Zahl
and George Minnig homes. Mrs.
Stephenson is a sister of Mr.
Zahl and Mrs. Minnig.
Miss Vesta Mitchell of Butte
visited over the weekend at the
home of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Berlin Mitchell.
Dennis Brewster, student at
the University of Omaha, is
spending the end of the semester
vacation with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. G. Brewster.
Rolland Peterson, student at the
University of Nebraska, spent the
weekend at the home of his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Rollie Peter
son, and family.
Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Coffman of
Eagle, Colo., Mr. and Mrs. John
Strode, Mrs. Anna Meusch and
sons, Carl and John, were Friday,
January 21, supper guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Ed Meusch and family.
Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Coffman
of Eagle, Colo., were overnight
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Menke on Friday. They returned
to their home Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Meusch and
family, Mrs. Anna Meusch and
sons, Carl and John, were Sunday
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Boet
tcher of Atkinson.
Henry Fuelberth was a Sunday
guest of Tom Berry and son,
Warren.
Royal Theater
— O'NEILL. NEBR. —
Thurs. Jan. 27
Family Night
FIRE OVER AFRICA
Maureen O’Hara, MacDonald
Carey. Color by technicolor.
They’ve got a date with destiny—
in Tangier—city of strange plea
sures and sudden deaths!
Family admitted for 2 adult tick
ets; children under 12 admitted
with parent 50c; adults 50c;
children 12c
Fri.-Sat. Jan. 28-29
THE YELLOW MOUNTAIN
Starring Lex Barker, Mala
Powers, Howard Duff, William
Demarest, John Mclntire. They
battled to win a spoiler’s empire
... to loot the golden heart of a
fabulous mountain ... to win a
fiery beauty’s unclaimed lips!
Adults 50c; children 12c; matinee
Sat. 2:30. All children under 12
free when accompanied by parent.
Sun.-Mon.-Tues.
Jan. 30-31, Feb. 1
BRIGADOON
Bigger than ever in cinema
scope, in beautiful color and 4
track stereophonic sound. Starring
Gene Kelly, Van Johnson, Cyd
Charisse, and with Elaine Stew
art. You’re seeing it from a
front-row seat! The big Broadway
musical comes dancing to the
screen. Those big Brigadoon song
hits: “Heather in the Hill”, “I’ll Go
Home with Bonnie Jean”, “Wait
in’ for My Dearie”, “Almost Like
Being in Love”, “There But for
You Go”! . . . and others.
Adults 50c; children 12c; matinee
Sun. 2:30. All children unless in
arms must have tickets.
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Miller Says 20%
Farm Price Decline
With 90% Supports
“There are some who blame the
20 percent fall in farm prices in
the past three years on flexible
farm supports. These folks should
remember that all basic crops
have been supported during this
time at nearly 9 percent. It would
seem that with a $7 billion crop in
storage, the price would have de
clined had the supports been 100
percent of parity.’'
This statement was made this
week by Fourth District Congress
man A. L. Miller (R) of Kimball.
“I would like to see a bushel
quota on wheat plus a two price
system tried. Each farmer would
have a bushel quota based on the
domestic consumption and foreign
exports. The price on this quota
could be 100 percent of parity.
The farmer could raise whatever
he wishes. If he raises more than
his quota, it could be put in stor
age, under bond, fed to livestock
or sold at the world price. The
stored crop could be used as his
quota in case of crop failure. Some
farm experts claim the plan
would not work and is hard to ad
minister, but I hope the farmers
have the right to vote on this in in
1955.”
“Farmers have been getting
less and less for farm products,
but pay more and more for com
modities they buy. This question
cries for an answer: How can
farmers meet the high costs with
falling incomes?” Congressman
Miller added.
Iowans Are
O’Neill Visitors—
Mrs. Carl James of Council
Bluffs, la., and Mrs. Melvin John
son of Sioux City were Saturday
guests at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. John Donohoe.
STEPFATHER DIES
O. M. Mark of Lincoln died late
Thursday after a one week illness.
Funeral services were conducted
Monday in Lincoln. He was the
stepfather of D. E. Nelson, super
intendent of the O’Neill city
schools.
To Atkinson—
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Gettert and
family spent Sunday at the home
of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John
Laible, in Atkinson.
Congratulated by General
Sfc. Edward L. Kimball of
Butte (left), receives congratu
lations and a certificate of
achievement in Orleans, France,
from Maj.-Gen. P. E. Galla
gher, commanding general of
the army’s European communi
cations zone. Sergeant Kimball,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward L.
Kimball, was commended for
outstanding service as an equip
ment and maintenance foreman
in company C of the 553d engi
neer battalion. His wife, Mary
Jane, is with him in France.—
U.S. Army Photo.
When You and I Were Young...
Weddings in Leap
Year Show Decline
Firemen May Try
Acrobatics
50 Years Ago
The fire department held a
special meeting last week and de
cided to give the hall to the young
ladies one evening each week.
They have organized a basketball
team and will eventually attempt
acrobatics. . . Marriages during
leap year fell from the 118 of the
previous year to 111, according to
records in the county judge’s of
fice. . . Guy Hamilton is planning
to leave O’Neill for the state of
Washington to hew out his for
tune in the great Northwest. . .
Miss Anna Hopkins, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Hopkins, and
Dr. William H. Mullen of Bloom
field, formerly of O’Neill, were
united in marriage at St. Patrick’s
Catholic church.
20 Years Ago
Three head of cattle belonging
to Walter Richard of Chambers
froze to death one night this week
when the temperature dropped to
2C degrees below zero. . . Armour
and Company have completed
their new hatchery. The incubat
ors are installed and electricians
are now finishing the wiring, so
that everything will be ready to
start operations within a few
days. . . W. G. Beha received
v ord from Washington that the
government had accepted his offer
and that of the Episcopal church
for the grounds on which to erect
the new postoffice building in
this city. . . Robert Hunt, 51, died
at South Pasadena, Calif. A phar
macist by profession, he was born
and reared in this city.
10 Years Ago
Thirteen of the 45 registrants
who left from Holt county for Ft.
Leavenworth, Kans., for physical
exams were men from O’Neill. . .
Page and Atkinson will open the
Holt county basketball tourna
ment. . . Funeral services were
held at Holiness chapel for Mrs.
George F. Wadsworth, who died
at Stuart. She had lived in Holt
county since 1917. . . State Sen.
Dennis H. Cronin, 76, was honor
ed on his birthday anniversary by
his colleagues of the Nebraska
legislature at the statehouse in
Lincoln.
One Year Ago
C. L. Harding, better known as
“Charley,” quietly celebrated his
81st birthday anniversary at his
heme in O’Neill. He and H. D.
Grady are O’Neill’s only two sur
viving Spanish - American war
veterans. . . St. Joseph’s hall of
Atkinson became the 1954 Holt
cage champions. . . The sounding
of sirens and ringing of church
bells will start the door to door
appeal of O’Neill mothers joining
motherhood throughout the na
tion in the march on polio fund
drive.
Mr. and Mrs. Vem Grenier and
family and Roy Lanman spent
Sunday evening at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. George Mellor.
The Nebraska NHCA hairdress
ers convention will be held Satur
d a y, Sunday and Monday in
Omaha.
Dr. Edw. J. Norwood. OJ>.
Optometrist,
from Crawford, Nebraska,
will be in O'Neill on
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11
9 A.M. to 5 PJM.
At the Hotel Golden
Glasses Property Fitted
Eyes Scientifically
Examined
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