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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1959
Page
3
The Associated Press reports supermarkets display holiday wares as shoppers seek bargains. Turkeys and hams lead the lineup with roasts and beef cuts on sale, while steaks and butter see price cuts. Fresh vegetables include onions, potatoes, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, kale, and mushrooms, with fruit like avocados and citrus treated as good buys for holiday decor and meals.
A Birmingham Post Office tale recounts how a long legged, silly looking dog became the key to delivering a Christmas card to Anne Kimbrough in Homewood. The cartoonish canine prompted a local mail route rumor, illustrating the enduring belief that weather and even dogs won’t halt the U.S. mail.
A 21-year-old Auburn University senior mailed a letter to the postmaster, praising the post office detective work. The note mentions a dog with long legs living at 412 Windsor Drive, Homewood, Alabama.
A sieve with an extremely fine wire mesh proves handy for kitchen tasks. It helps strain seeds from frozen raspberries when preparing a peach Melba sauce.
Some cooks marinate vegetables such as carrots snap beans and broccoli after cooking then toss them with crisp greens to create a flavorful salad.
No shoulder seams. Two main parts plus facings. Half sizes 14 16 18 20 22 24. Size 16 requires 4 yards 39 inch fabric. Printed directions on pattern parts. Send 35 cents plus 10 cents for mail. Anne Adams Pattern Dept Ottawa Herald NY 11 NY. Include name address zone size style number.
Socialettes note a pre Christmas dinner at Earl Conner's home with Dolores Sewell Dean and Esther Conner as guests and Esther Conner leaving December 22 for a hospital lab technician job in Everett Washington. Omicron Chapter Beta Sigma Phi held a Christmas party at Beverly Hjorths. Friendship Club hosted annual dinner at Mrs Virgil Jones with a gift exchange and charity boxes to Pilot Point Nazarene rest cottage and Cedar House nursing home. Mr and Mrs Russell Crites hosted a company dinner at the North American Hotel for employees.
A readable recipe for spiced apricots offers a easy project to brighten a candy plate. It guides rinsing apricots, simmering with cinnamon or cloves, sugar and tartar, then drying and rolling in sugar for a glossy finish.
Crites Body Shop held a social gathering with gift exchange games and dancing attended by forty eight employees and guests.
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