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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1940
Page
3
Practical eight step plan to run a church or club supper for 200 with a $25 profit. Appoint a general chair, assign food leads, optimize kitchen layout, prep ahead, have utensils and garnishes ready, designate a hostess, standardize serving, and plan menus in advance. Includes recipes for Ham Loaf de Luxe, Beef Stew, Meat Balls with Rice, Cider Raisin Sauce, and salads.
Finely cut mint leaves add to orange juice and chili. Just before serving add one cup pale dry ginger ale to two cups orange juice. For variety sprinkle grated cheese over raisin apple or mince pies and heat five minutes in a moderate oven. Serve at once.
Holiday safety tips warn that the season brings auto accidents burns and falls. Avoid dangerous toys and candles near trees use safe wiring supervise electric toys boost tree stability soak the trunk with a fire resistant solution trim the tree discard dried branches and keep walks salted or sanded during cold weather use care while driving in 1941.
Guidance on stopping fireplace smoke, painting and maintenance tips for homes. Topics include flue size, chimney height, sealing, and air drafts. Advice covers removing old paint, priming with aluminum paint, wax removal from linoleum, tank size for heaters, priming metal window frames, staining on siding, and beetle extermination with kerosene.
Christmas in New Orleans centers on nightly fireworks along Canal Street where Creoles celebrate with rockets, Roman candles and firecrackers. The spectacle lasts weeks before Christmas as families, rich or poor, join crowds of children who parade the streets with tin trumpets and bells, lighting the sky and marking a citywide holiday custom.
Practical tip advises cutting the base to expose fresh wood and placing the tree in a shallow water pan. Add a teaspoon of sugar to the water to provide moisture and nourishment, helping needles stay on longer.
Christmas week beliefs mix forecasts and folklore about coming weather and harvests. Propositions claim sunshine foretells crops, ice bears strength, and wind or rain predicts later seasons with various cautions about frost and surplus.
Armine von Tempski recalls Christmas in Hawaii described by horseback arrivals and cowboy serenaders. She notes memories from Maui on Haleakala cattle ranch days with Americans Hawaiians Japanese Chinese Portuguese and diverse neighbors gathering under one roof to share a universal birthday.
If you doubt certain lamps in a Christmas tree string, remove the regular lamp from a five cell flashlight. Screw in the lights one at a time. They will glow faintly with low current if good, while burned out lamps do not glow at all.
Ruth Wyeth Shean notes the public has used Sewing Books 1 to 5 to create gifts and refurbish homes. Book 6 is ready, mailing begins, and she thanks hundreds of helpers who share their projects and questions, including furniture refurbishing and home decor ideas.
A reflective quote from Caird on the meaning of life and consciousness. It contrasts the enduring span of an oak with the transient life of a thinking human, asserting that longevity alone does not define existence. The passage emphasizes value in human experience over mere duration.
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