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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1940
Page
7
Midwinter recipe installment offers casserole dishes for busy households. Notable entry from Mrs. Martin Koppes features flank steak supreme beef rolls with mustard, vegetables, and tomatoes baked in a casserole, with potatoes added near the end and gravy thickened before serving.
Utica Mont recipe outlines a bake with pound noodles canned tuna mushrooms hard boiled eggs and spaghetti sauce style notes. A buttered dish receives a white sauce made from milk and is topped with buttered crumbs then browned in the oven.
Mrs William Witt of Columbus Mont shares a green rice dish using 2 cups cooked rice cup of oil cup of olive oil and walnuts. Bake 40 minutes to an hour in a casserole for serving.
Frank D Nugent of Fort Harrison Montana shares a one pan meal. Peel and halve four medium potatoes and place them in the casserole bottom. Add four to five asparagus stalks per ham slice and roll. Layer rolls over potatoes, add one ounce of Abe and about one pint water, bake fourteen hours in a medium oven. If served on toast, make a cream gravy from one pint milk thickened with flour, and optionally add grated cheese.
Use leftover lamb with diced potato carrot and peas in a rich lamb stock gravy. Sauté onion in fat add meat then vegetables and stock. Season with salt pepper and catsup. Simmer briefly, whip a pastry crust, bake hot until dough is light brown about twenty minutes.
A home style casserole mixes oats chicken peas carrots onion salt mustard bread crumbs eggs milk and chili sauce. Bake in a greased dish at moderate heat for about 45 minutes until set.
Borax whitens when winter sunlight is thin by adding a teacupful of powdered borax to the final rinse. This simple additive helps keep garments snowy white and bright.
A mother helps her daughter Louisa overcome fear of darkness by linking bedtime to a color named purple and a small candle. They focus on the candlelight as a calm, sleepy cue, using the glow on the hearth to ease separation anxiety before sleep.
Housekeepers seek quick sewing project for spring with Claire Tilden Pattern 881 offering two apron styles scalloped waistlines and decorative pockets. Includes sizes small to large, fabric and trim yardage, back strap details and edging options. Send fifteen cents with size and name to Pattern Dept New York.
A mother details a nightly routine to ease her child’s fear of the dark. She introduces a small candle as a comforting focus, guiding the child to watch a steady flame and connect light with security. The approach emphasizes an impersonal, problem solving mindset rather than emotion.
A reader question about mince meat prompts a health focused summary. It describes modern mince as fruit flavored with meat and spices, lists common ingredients, notes two commercial forms, and provides approximate nutritional content including calories per serving and minerals. The piece emphasizes mince meat as digestible and valuable in a balanced diet.
Fire damages shop equipment at Sidney high school vocational department. Farmers plant 25 600 trees in Pondera county in 1939. Betsy Thompson, Toole county’s oldest resident, dies at 90. Mrs William Goldberg of Anaconda dies at 85. Montana teachers retirement system serves 6 131 educators in state. Harlem census shows 938 school age children. 50 from Ma district and 85 from Fort Belknap. Boulder opens hill ski course with power tow and extended rope. Edith Johnson reappointed to Montana board of examiners of beauty culturists. Cascade county births exceed deaths 877 births in 1939. Cowan named to state school for the deaf and blind board. Kaare Bolgen authors The Science of Violin Playing. Lewis and Clark county road work completed with WPA aid. Roundup gym dedicated. Rotary conference planned in Great Falls. MSU winter quarter enrollment 1 939, up 34 from 1938. Haven S Flint dies. Smokey McConnell dies. Great Falls enters ninth National Safety Council contest. CCC train arrives in Butte. detrain at Helena and other cities. Miss Jane Drummond signs 20 weeks in MGM studios. Winnett artesian well connected to city mains. 30 gallons per minute from 2005 feet depth via portable rotary.
The Montana state department reports January 1940 aid to blind assisted 1690 people with average grants of 20.72 totaling 3502.50. Twenty four blind residents received medical and surgical treatment, with 21 gaining sight, 20 in-state and one in Minnesota for a brain tumor. Dr. Peter Potter led the program pro bono, with total costs for the 24 cases under 2800. The administrator lauds restored vision as life enriching.
The text warns that placing a cold glass in hot water can cause it to break. It mentions a glass dish kept in the refrigerator for some time and notes that the household risk increases with sudden temperature change. Also references sweet potatoes to be harvested in October and a survey indicating a bountiful crop.
Ray Grant of Jordan was elected president of the Southeastern Montana Counties association at its annual Miles City meeting. L. J. Onstad of Broadus became honorary president for life after declining re election. Other officers named were G. Re, Kurleigh as president, Glendive treasurer, and E. B. Winter, Miles City, secretary. The association plans its next meeting in Miles City on Jan 26 to discuss water shortage and Big Horn River issues.
Local note describes a Brook Nevada resident named Zede who owns a fruit jar claimed to be made in 1858 and used since a purchase. The brief item highlights a historic artifact linked to a single household.
A vintage classroom column offers practical school day lunches with quick stove top and oven options. Recipes include Creamed Chipped Beef with Green Beans on Toast, Cream of Tomato Soup with Toasted Crackers, Macaroni and Cheese, Surprise Pancakes, Meat Loaf Sandwiches, and Casserole of Left Over Ham. Readable notes suggest using leftover beans and simple methods like choppers for vegetables.
The Montana federation of 139 federated women’s clubs marks the General Federation golden jubilee with pageants contests and honors for pioneer members. Mrs. J. H. Morrow leads state efforts. regional chairmen organize pageantry, flower, march and song contests, and honors for pioneers across Bozeman Billings Helena and Anaconda among others. The celebration runs toward a national award program and ends with the Atlantic City convention in May 1941. Spiders are no more closely related to insects than birds are to reptiles.
Montana State college reports increased enrollment in its January short courses. The agriculture course has 29 students, up from 22 last year, while the diesel engines and tractors track lists 40 students, up from 28. Through Epsilon Sigma Phi two $25 scholarships were given to Harold Louden of Kalispell and Otto Benson of Missoula, both 4 H members, based on leadership and agricultural achievement.
Montanans Inc sponsors a statewide aviation meeting in Great Falls on January 29 to discuss feeder air mail lines linking communities to main airlines. The group also plans advertising campaigns to attract tourists, with support from the Montana Chamber and local tourism efforts.
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