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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1960
Page
7
Simple festive tarts with coconut cream and dried figs served with hot tea. The filling can be flavored with muscatel wine or rum for a holiday accent. Makes six tarts using 4 inch shells and prepared filling mix with milk lemon zest and whipping cream.
Instructions for making coconut fig cream tarts with canned pie filling and milk, heated to a boil, then cooled and poured over figs in baked tart shells. Chill until set and top with whipped cream and dried figs. Optional wine and milk adjustments and spice notes included.
The recipe recalls mixing flour with baking powder salt and nutmeg then creaming shortening with sugar and eggs. milk is added and the dough folded in, then dropped onto sheets and baked at 350 F for 10 to 12 minutes. Each cookie is topped with crushed peppermint and cooled on a rack. The dinner plan lists apple juice meat loaf mushroom gravy baked potatoes broccoli seeded rolls butter celery carrots coconut fig tarts coffee tea and milk.
Childress General Hospital lists admissions including Mrs. Marvin Fisher and Mr. J H Lumpkin with dates noted as Friday, plus discharges such as Mrs P A Preslar and Mr Gary Wynn. The notice emphasizes biannual dental visits and professional care to prevent cavities and protect teeth through brushing and diet.
Dick West jokes that Congress acts as a major loophole factory spending a third of its time opening laws and a third closing them. Foreigners exploit tariff loopholes such as rubber sole duties in shoes, using leather inlays to shift rates. He bets on an electronic loophole detector replacing fixed laws.
The Lets Have Better Mottoes Association outlines December mottoes to boost earnings for workers. Suggested slogans urge raises or kinder words, more money for better living, and witty quips about being handsome yet broke.
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