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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1955
Page
12
Mrs. Janette Rovaart Mrs. Russel Van Arkel and Mr and Mrs John Ver Ploeg express gratitude to the Pella Rural Fire Department neighbors relatives and friends for aid after a fire injury stay at Pine Fest and during recovery.
A notice informs residents and businesses that crews will visit homes and workplaces in the coming months to inspect telephone equipment and install dials for dial service. It invites contacting the Business Office for information or additional features such as colored telephones extensions or extra bells.
Multiple families express gratitude to friends and neighbors for support after the deaths of Charles Allen and Grace Wanders. They acknowledge visits, cards, flowers, prayers, and acts of kindness during illness and after passing, noting lasting appreciation from Mrs. John Buitenwerf, John Wanders, and families.
A December 18 family Christmas dinner at the Henry Van Ekeren Sr. home included thirty three attendees from several branches of the Van Ekeren family and friends, with gifts exchanged and a phone installation prepaid for ten months. Out of town guests came from Iowa City Des Moines Junction City KS and elsewhere. Mr and Mrs Gerrit Van Ekeren were absent. Also noted are Methodist Circle activities on December 14, including prayers readings songs a Scripture reading and a planned December 28 meeting with a gift exchange and refreshments.
Leslie Smith of Iowa State College suggests a festive cranberry cheese dip to accompany party snacks. Chop two cups fresh cranberries and blend with two 3 ounce packages of cream cheese and 2% ounces blue cheese, then mix in sugar, chill. Garnish with fresh cranberry halves and serve with an assortment of dippers such as pumpernickel, crackers, chips, celery, fruit, or shrimp.
A vivid kitchen guide presents a lemon glazed spice cake with a moist apple sauce filling and a brown sugar frosting. It details mixing a packaged spice cake, preparing apple sauce filling with lemon rind and juice, thickening with cornstarch, and whipping a sugar syrup frosting to coat the layers and top. The method emphasizes ease for beginners and serving as a delicious dessert.
Department of Agriculture reports plentiful pork beef poultry and dairy items this month. Expect holiday ham sausage turkeys broilers and fryers with late December favoring young chicken for freezing. Potatoes fruits including grapes cranberries winter pears dates and dates and lard for January baking also noted with evaporated milk butter and vegetable fat. Tuna tops fish selections on shelves this month.
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