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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1939
Page
10
A period style guide item outlining two shrimp based salads for buffets or luncheons. One is shrimp in an aspic border molded and decorated with egg halves lettuce and hearts of lettuce, the other is shrimp in cucumber boats glazed with mayonnaise and garnished with whole shrimp.
A quirky home recipe for an apple cake mixes butter and cinnamon with graham cracker crumbs and eggs. It uses sweetened condensed milk lemon juice and lemon rind plus apple sauce folded into stiff egg whites, baked in a spring mold until set, served hot or cold.
Treasury data show receipts of 7,595,904.34 and expenditures of 18,986,292.18 for January 24. Gross debt reached 39,579,128,422.19, an increase of 4,501,762.67 from the prior day.
Virginia farm women saved money via stitch-in-time clinics in 1938 led by G. D. Kite of Virginia Tech agricultural engineering. He conducted 45 clinics in 29 counties, servicing 445 machines and training 755 women and students.
Cinnamon Cup Cakes describe a light party cake recipe with cinnamon flavor. Ingredients include butter sugar eggs flour baking powder cinnamon milk vanilla. Cream butter and sugar, add eggs, combine dry ingredients, alternate with milk, fold in vanilla, bake in muffin tins at 375 F about 25 minutes, frost with boiled icing.
Mrs. Garnet Jones, 40, a former Washington beauty parlor operator, sued for 1180 over a yacht honeymoon to Yucatan with Paxson Hayes. Judge Coleman dismissed the suit, saying the admiralty court handles maritime contracts not marital ones, and found no coercion in the nuptial arrangement. The yacht was returned and tied up at the Maryland Yacht Club in Baltimore.
Real winter continues in the mountain region as snow begins before eight this morning in Cumberland Maryland. Snow piles on rooftops within two hours and ice coats streets while temperatures drop to 12 above zero after a high of 26 yesterday. Frostburg records zero as the winter low. Railroads and buses run on schedule though drifts form in Parson West Virginia. Rural routes and school buses are closed at some points.
A recipe for English chocolate pudding uses 1 pint milk, 7 tablespoons bread crumbs, 6 tablespoons grated chocolate, 3 eggs plus 2 yolks, vanilla, and about 1 cup sugar. Separate eggs, beat egg and yolks with sugar, mix with bread and chocolate, bake in moderate oven for 3 4 hour, serve hot with powdered sugar.
The weather stays cold with fierce winds making conditions harsh for outdoor work. Lambing season increases farm duties as attendants care for sheep. The community health remains good with no illness reported. The Aid Society will host a soup supper February 3 at 5 pm in the school auditorium. Charles Higgs opens his shop after his father’s death.
The Middleway community enjoyed a PTA program last Thursday featuring recitations by Marion Watson and Mary Stubs, duets by Bonnie and David Dawson and Wanda and Gladys Ruble, piano and instrumental pieces, and a talk by Mr. Herbert Miller. The event showed strong local support for the school and pride in its students and staff.
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