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mmWednesday, Dee. 10, is the 92nd birthday of Mrs. Clara Kemp, who resides with her daughter, Mrs. Susan Schams, at 909 Vine St. Mrs. Kemp was born Mary Kar-nick in Breidel’s Coulee, Town of Greenfield, Dec. 10, 1866, her par* ents Mr. and Mrs. John Kamick. When she was married to Victor Kemp, a native of Luxemburg, she continued to reside on the Karnick farm, the family moving to La Crosse in 1914. Mr. Kemp died in 1920.Mrs. Kemp’s four children are Mrs. Carl (Susani Schams, John, Mrs. William (Bertha) Meyers and Mrs. John (Eleanor) Breide!. All are of La Crosse. She resided at the Breidel home until 1950, when she went to live with Mrs. Schams. She has 17 grandchildren, 67 great-grandphiidren and two great-great-grandchildren.\v!'.v.v*y'Making of quilts is Mrs. Kemp’smain pastime, and she turned out 17 the past summer. She also crochets edges on pillow slips and her grandchildren have received both quilts and pillow slips for gifts.Mrs. Kemp was one of four girls in the Karnick family. Her three sisters, Mrs. John Jungen, Mrs. Stephen Hickey and Mrs. Robert Moore, are all deceased.She recalls many events of her childhood days in Breidel’s Coulee, among them the frequent visits of famished Indians, who used to beg for food or help themselves in the gardens.Among recipes Mrs. Kemp has from her mother, Frances Karnick, is that for making head cheese, and she has handed it down in the family. Right now her daughter, Mrs. Schams, is making it for the family of her son, Walter. who resides on St. Joseph’s Ridge.S X'Xx.v'.-X'rs. Kemp takes a hand at the head cheese which Mrs. Schams is making this week from a recipehanded down in the family.—Tribune Photos.The recipe calls for threepounds of pork shoulder roast withthe fat cut off; two pounds of veal leg taken from the bottom, because it is the bone and joint that furnishes the jellying quality; one large onion; one teaspoon of whole spices containing two bay leaves, two or three cloves and a little pepper, (a finger of pepper may be substituted); vinegar to taste; salt to taste. Tie the spices in a piece of cheesecloth.Boil the meat with the onion and spices until the meat is tender. Drain juice in which the meat is cooked through a cheesecloth twice. Dice meat and drop into the drained juice. Add vinegar and salt to taste. Store in a coid place to set.WAUKON, Iowa (Special)-Bet-ty Lou Crippen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Crippen, and Richard C. Schnor, son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Schnor, Elgin, were married Sunday, Dec. 7, at Aurora. The bride attended Pitze’s School of Beauty Culture, Waterloo, and is employed by the Althea Beauty Salon here. Mr. I Schnor is employed at the Riverside Garage, Clermont. The cou* i pie’s home will be in Waukon.Mrs. Clara Kemp, 92 Wednesday, is the head of five generations. She holds two-months-old Deborah Stoltenberg, while Richard, a year and a half, is held by his mother, Mrs. Fritz Stoltenberg, 20. Mrs. Susan Sohams, Mrs. Kemp’s daughter, is 62, and her son, Walter Schams of St. Joseph’s Ridge, is 41.
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La Crosse Tribune
La Crosse, Wisconsin, US
Wed, Dec 10, 1958
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