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Newspaper
Carthage Citizen
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1940
Page
4
Mrs Merle Kemple hosted the Margaret Hill McCarter club gathering at her north Arlington home. A noon pitch in dinner was enjoyed by 16 members and 1 guest, continuing the group's small town social calendar.
The noon gathering opened with the flat salute and collect as Bible Quotations were read. Mrs Leonard Sullivan presented a paper on Bible Literature and Mrs Fred McFatridge spoke on Home. Mrs Merle Kemple reviewed The Candle in the Window by Margaret Hill McCarter. Christmas carols followed, a gift exchange occurred, and sunshine friends were revealed around a decorated tree.
Sunday dinner guests included Mr and Mrs Carl Dearinger and daughter Mr and Mrs D M Dearinger Mr and Mrs Clell Dearinger and daughters in a common social note listing local families and their visitors.
The notice lists visitors hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Chester Dearinger in Rushville as part of a social or household event. It records the couple’s hospitality and the local origin of the guests.
Mrs Charles Marshall hosted the Colloquial club Christmas party at her home north of Arlington. A noon dinner preceded carols and a gift exchange around a festively decorated tree with the evening theme What the Club Has Meant to Me in the Past Year.
The Always Faithful Girls of the Christian church gathered after school for a Christmas party with 23 members and teacher Mrs. Dean Stanley. They sang carols, held contests and a gift exchange, then enjoyed refreshments. Mrs. Stanley received a gift from the group.
Mr and Mrs Carl Dearinger entertained the Merry Makers club at their Arlington home Tuesday night. A pitch in dinner followed five tables of banco and a gift exchange. Guests included Mr and Mrs Warren Nelson and family Mr and Mrs Rigsbee Farlow Mr and Mrs Oren Veatch Mr and Mrs Harry Hauk Mr and Mrs Howard Earnest Mr and Mrs Merle Kemple Mr and Mrs Clell Dearinger Mr and Mrs Glen Schroeder Rema and Billy Nelson Janet and Charlene Dearinger and Esther Dearinger.
Word arrives of the death of Oliver McFarlan son of Dr and Mrs C C McFarlan at their Westport home. The family formerly lived in Arlington and moved to Westport last spring. Funeral services are set for Thursday at 1 30 PM in Westport.
Mr and Mrs Bert Jordan and daughter Beaulah hosted a Sunday chicken dinner at their home north of Arlington with guests Mae Sneed Charles Ratliff Ira Eddie Robert and Junior Sneed of Greensboro Pearl Marks and Leon Wells of New Castle. Other visits included Leroy Moore and Wildean Moore in New Castle and Merle Kemple and Howard Earnest in Rushville with Mrs Bert Jordan visiting Rushville midweek.
Instructions describe making divinity candy with sugar hot water corn syrup egg whites and vanilla then shaping on paper or pan with optional nuts cherries or browned coconut. A separate note instructs heating oil to brown bread pieces and boiling pecans before draining.
Robi, a pet robin from St Louis, rode a plane as a passenger and reportedly flew 3 miles per minute to New Orleans. Escorted by airline stewardess Margaret Melton, the bird was released southward after recovery from a broken leg under Mrs. Gilbert Black’s care.
Miss Matilda Swanson of Chesterton Porters celebrates 52 years in teaching. She began in Mosquitotown Westchester in 1888 in a one room school and has taught at five Porter County schools. Now she instructs 8th grade grammar and sophomore history at the high school. She trained at Valparaiso Normal School now Valparaiso University.
Hoosier Local No 415 International Paper Makers Union establishes a club room and headquarters in a newly furnished lower floor room of the Newsom building on the square. Entrance on Mill street.
Mrs Blanche Ketcham of Te Harpe Illinois collects rocks from every state and several foreign countries to craft her own tombstone drawing on a global array of materials.
A short guide describes making Christmas candies with careful steps and clear instructions. The piece emphasizes enjoyable results when procedures are followed precisely.
A recipe describes making creamed caramels by cooking sugar butter corn syrup and cream to soft ball and hard ball stages. Three additions of cream are made before pouring into a pan cooling and cutting into wax paper wrapped candied bites.
A historic recipe shows a peanut brittle method using brown sugar molasses water and peanuts. The instructions detail boiling to hard crack, adding butter and soda, then cooling on a marble slab and breaking into pieces.
A simple simmers mixture lists black walnut meats with two cups water three cups sugar and one cup light corn syrup as base ingredients for a candied treat.
A recipe describes making a hard crack sugar syrup with cream tartar then pouring onto a buttered plate. It instructs adding black walnut meats, shaping as it cools, and rolling the mixture before cutting into portions.
A vintage recipe describes making a date nut candy. Combine sugar and milk, then cook three minutes while stirring until a firm ball forms in water. Add butter and vanilla, fold in chopped dates and nuts, then pour onto a plate to cool and set.
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