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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1940
Page
7
Mrs. R. Wittmayer of Glasgow takes second prize with a recipe for Het Dish Supreme. The entry features a menu idea to serve six with a course of tomatoes and potatoes, ham, hot biscuits, golden applesauce, and sugar cookies, timed for thirty minutes.
Elva Wineman of Stanford Montana won first prize five dollars for Mid Winter Delight. R Wittmayer of Glasgow Montana earned two dollars for Hot Dish Supreme with a recipe included. Honorable mentions awarded one dollar to Andrew Nelson Belt Montana George Hassler Nashua Montana and Musa Tellier Helena Montana. The winning recipe Hot Dish Supreme lists beef pork tomato soup and mushrooms with onions celery potatoes and milk baked until tender.
A detailed recipe by Mira Wineman from Stanford Montana for a ham centered casserole. It covers layering ham with pickled peaches or pineapple, onions, green pepper, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, bacon and bread crumbs, with multiple baking stages and specific timing.
A community recipe lists pound round steak veal and pork ground with molasses onions tomatoes and celery. Fry until tender, boil Chinese noodles then mix and bake thirty minutes to serve 12 to 18 people. Divide quantities for 6.
A Nashua Montana recipe for Spanish American Rice using uncooked rice, ground round steak, mushrooms, peppers, tomatoes, onions and bacon drippings. The method bakes sliced onions first, browns rice and meat, adds vegetables and salt, then bakes in a buttered casserole about 45 minutes until rice is tender.
A recipe from Helena Montana outlines making a deviled crab meat casserole. It instructs melting butter, whisking in flour then milk with cayenne paprika Worcestershire and lemon juice, folding in lightly beaten egg yolks, then crab meat. Bake in a buttered dish at 375 degrees for about 30 minutes.
Construction of a $50,000 home for nurses in training at Billings Deaconess Hospital will start in the spring. Architect Chandler C. Cohagen announced after a hospital directors meeting. The home will be built on hospital property. Washable glazed chintz curtains are highlighted for bathrooms and kitchens as practical brightening decor.
In contrast to Denmark’s quiet New Year customs amid air raid fears, a nostalgic recipe offers comfort. Sweet milk doughnuts use shortening sugar eggs flour spices milk and nutmeg and cinnamon. The method covers chilling rolling frying at 390 F and draining on absorbent paper for warm servings with coffee.
This pattern 941 features a slim waisted two piece dress with puff sleeves and a small collar. Emphasizes the waist with a wide pointed girdle and blousey bodice, recommended in plaid or wool with novelty front buttons. Includes pattern details and ordering info.
Laura Gray recounts Mrs. Leigh’s method of guiding six children through a mix of humor and decisive rules. She explains avoiding constant scolding, using solitary time for misbehaving kids, and staying consistent to prevent chaos and indecision at home.
Del Leeson highlights Na-ta-wis-ta wife of Alexander Culbertson as one of Montana's notable early social leaders. Born to Matose-Tpin, Blood chief, she bridged wilderness life and St Louis society, hosting guests at Fort Union and entertaining Audubon. Five children. Culbertson retired in 1861 to Locust Grove Illinois, but they remained tied to river country life.
Livingston deputy clerk George Mason named to fill unexpired term after W B Calhoun’s death. Anaconda hosts NRMS ski meeting January 14 at Silverlake lodge. Mary H Warren dies on 83rd birthday in Glendive. Montana liquor stores post record $151000 sale day Dec 23. Inland Airlines night flights to begin early 1940 with beacons. Highway patrol lifts certain load and speed restrictions to Idaho. Betsy Thompson observes 99th birthday in Shelby. Kalispell state highway offices moved to new Montana street building. Helen Dalrymple Francis estate tax in Montana totals and values listed. Helena to show four Montana scenes at 1940 Pacific Northwest show in Detroit. Melena 1940 Chamber projects: rec hall at Camp Ayers, airport development, feeding, housing. Great Falls pilots training opens Jan 18 at College of Education. E S McGlone named general superintendent at Anaconda Copper. Daly becomes consulting engineer. Glasgow Major Clark Kittrell to attend Army War College. Butte Mary Clark de Brabant bequeaths five thousand to St. John church. Whitehall monkey fossil revises North American history to 25 million years ago. Helena church attendance survey finds 208,000 in worship in 1939, about one-third of population.
A shallow bowl hosts a winter garden that makes an engaging centerpiece. Its growing moss and small plants spark nature study conversations, especially among youngsters during meals.
A fragment describes a journey from a lodge to a country estate and back again, attributing the deed to Nata Wista as the sole figure capable of such a route and mood. The text implies a contented return and a unique identification with the lodge and estate.
Great Falls and Billings student nurses observe at Sargent nursery school. Montana WPA programs partner with Fort Benton Sidney and university sites to run preschool clinics. Open houses and tours engage parents as teachers cite child development surveys and low cost meal planning.
Dr. R. R. Renne head of the Montana agricultural experiment station travels to the University of Chicago for three months. He will study livestock marketing economic trends in Montana and cooperative marketing while assessing terminal markets costs and price data. He plans to teach a class on western agricultural economics and discuss adjustment with Chicago university economists under the Farm Foundation.
The federal Works Agency will grant Montana 3,031,660 for highway improvements and grade crossing elimination in 1940. Administrator John M. Carmody announced the funds in Washington. An additional 107,034 is allotted for public lands highway work.
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