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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1954
Page
11
Holiday feature lists small gift ideas for each family member. Vivian Brown suggests inexpensive items like bubble bath, cologne, and nail polish for Mom and junior sets, after shave, scent soaps, and hair products for Dad, plus sachet and face cream for Grandma. Wrap small gifts with intrigue and use bold contrast for large packages.
Instructions to decorate a pale green tablecloth with white ball fringe edges and moss fringe Christmas trees in each corner. Use brown cotton cord trunks and white balls for trimmings, with steps for cutting moss fringe branches and stitching. Encourages exploring color schemes like white trees on red cloth or red trees on charcoal gray cloth.
Tana Mincey and Roxie Sue Hamilton presented a musical program at 8 p.m. in the Hamilton home at 1705 Gore. Pupils of Mrs. E. R. Thompson, they each played piano solos before duets and were later joined by Mrs. Thompson for carol singing. refreshments followed for numerous attendees including families and friends.
The American War Dads Paul Waddle Chapter No. 55 and auxiliary cancel a 7 PM Friday Christmas party for Gold Star children at the American Legion hall Seventh and E due to the death of Claud Lee Hight, a post member.
Miss Highfill native of North Carolina spoke to three circles of the Trinity Baptist Woman's Missionary Society at a 9 a.m. community missions meeting. She urged support for Japanese missionaries and highlighted need for recruits. Plans included a Christmas basket for a needy family and a December 21 WMU Christmas party with church nursery gifts.
The Mount Vernon hostess recipe, a preserved Martha Washington cake, is sold in boxed form for 2.50. Modernized by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the cake adapts the original handwritten instructions for today’s kitchens, using readily available fruits and simpler steps.
Mesdames P. J. Dixon and Wiley New along with members Mesdames D. E. Davis E. H. Stephens E. B. Haggard Fred Cooke A. E. Sea bolt Robert Hammond Thomas Worth Wayne Elrod Doyle Petti john C. C. Harbor and Claude Hen nesssee named in a local community notice listing participants and attendees.
Mount Vernoon instructions describe a fruit packed bake with 40 eggs and strong arm mixing. The method splits eggs into whites and yolks then cream butter, folds in whites gradually, adds yolks and mixed fruit, mace, nutmeg, wine, and French brandy for a rich batter.
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