Christmas Dinner Tips and Recipes for the Season
A holiday guide offers tips for a merry Christmas and presents recipes for ham and turkey stuffing. It describes baking times and temperatures for a smoked ham, glazing steps with sugar and cloves, and a bread crumb stuffing with onions and herbs for turkey.
Left-Handed Delia and Roger Ide Fill Local Gossip Nook
Kathleen Norris recalls a Harrison tale of Delia Kilday and Roger Ide, both left handed, whose courtship started at a ladies aid supper and grew into a quiet union. The story contrasts Delia’s affliction with a gallant gesture by Roger as local talk ranges across history and habit.
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Harrison Hotel
Les Wilton
Walter Raleigh
Queen Elizabeth
Les
Harrison
Delia Kilday
Delia
Roger Ide
Douglas Currier
Douglas
Roger
Ladies’ Aid
Deke Leighton
Deke
Wartime home economy letters urge thrift and care for service members
Kathleen Norris surveys volunteers in Washington who skip home leave to aid servicemen. Mary Bailey of Hot Springs and Freda Martin of Dallas propose cafeteria lines, single-plate meals, and double meals to save food and fuel. Montgomery Alabama families pay debts to support returning soldiers. other letters advise downscaling heating and repurposing living space to conserve energy.
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Mary Bailey
Hot Springs
S. D
Mary
Christmas table bouquet with wired decorations
A festive table décor idea features a dazzling bouquet of Christmas tree balls wired to stems with evergreen branches and silvered twigs. Combine red and green gumdrops, place in a low black bowl or pale blue mirror, and pair with an iced gingerbread house for a seasonal display.
Christmas Dinner Menu and Recipes Snapshot
A list of holiday supper items includes baked ham, orange garnish, yams, fried Brussels sprouts, cranberry relish, cloverleaf rolls, and beet olive salad. Side beverages and desserts feature fruit cake or plum pudding and a hot tomato juice with avocado starter.
Patriots of the Home Front
Kathleen Norris profiles ordinary Americans making wartime sacrifices. Washington office girls stay at work over holidays to free trains for soldiers. an Ohio family moves to the first floor to save fuel. a South Dakota hotel hostess urges guests to finish meals to conserve food.
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Red Cross
Montgomery
Ala
Robert Browns
Pearl Harbor
Colors
Youngstown
Ohio
Dad
America
Kathleen Norris
Washington
South Dakota
Wilson's Phalarope Dives in Water Swallowing Fish
A Wilson's phalarope whirls on the water surface and disturbs fish, then swallows them as part of its feeding behavior.
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Wilson
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