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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1968
Page
8
Festive butter based cookies for holiday gatherings with gifts ideas and wrapping tips. Recipes include Butter Cooky Slices with almond coating and Chocolate Shot cookies with almond slivers, plus serving and presentation suggestions for gift packs.
Lemons and limes brighten holiday decor with greenery and faux accents. Create 3-D tree ornaments by halving fruit and inserting ornament holders through the squeeze holes. Add mistletoe pine cones velvet ribbons and miniature scenes to craft a festive display.
A holiday table centerpiece called the Jolly Snowman is crafted from popcorn and candy. The recipe blends sugar corn syrup water salt butter and vanilla to coat popped corn then shapes it into three balls for head body and base with decorative eyes nose mouth and buttons using raisins gumdrops and marshmallows.
Frances Madler, city billing clerk in Kalispell Montana, broke her leg causing water bills to be late and the city to lose about $800. With replacement help unavailable the city council voted to purchase a computer costing $800 plus 10 cents per month per account to prevent future delays.
Libby Jarvinen and Phylliss Sidebotham share a retrospective on their “Getting Ready for Christmas” project. They describe the effort as a challenge to detail creative methods so beginners can recreate each family heirloom, noting the Tennessee Valley's many talented women and inviting more participants next year.
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