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before, mainly because he does not like Kitchen-Klatter to walk on an uncarpeted area-and (USPS 296-300) (Reg. U.S. Pat. Off.) began barking and growling and pulling MAGAZINE at the covers. All this commotion got Betty's atten­ "More Than Just Paper And Ink" tion real fast and she quickly awakened Leanna Field Driftmier, Founder and came out of her room to see what Lucile Driftmier Vemess, Publisher was going on. The next thing I knew, I Subscription Pnce $5.()() per year (12 issues) in the U.S.A. was in the local hospital with a black eye, Foreign Countries, $6.00. a bruise on my forehead and a cast on my Advertising rates made known on application. right wrist. Entered as second class matter May 21, 1937, at the post Needless to say, this put a screeching office at Shenandoah, Iowa, under the Act of March 3, 1879. halt to our plans to be in Albuquerque in Published monthly at time for my 72nd birthday on May 3rd. At The Driftmier Company this writing, however, I am improved Shenandoah, Iowa 51601 enough to be thinking seriously of Copyright 1982 by The Driftmier Company picking up our plans again. However, through the years I've really learned that it is hazardous to make plans in advance. Once June arrives, James and Katha­ LETTER FROM LUCILE For example: in March of 1963, our rine Lowey will have more time to entire family began to think about how spend riding their bicycles. Dear Friends: we were going to celebrate our parents' For the first time since I was sixteen or 50th wedding anniversary on June 25th. unusual light fixture. I spotted it in the seventeen years old and wrote my first We decided on a home "Open House" window of a store in Omaha when my copy for the Kitchen-Klatter Magazine for none of us were inclined to go out to a husband, Russell, and I were driving by at (then called the Mother's Hour Letter), I club or restaurant for such an occasion. the time we were remodeling this house. am unable to hold a pen or use a type­ Mother wrote at great length in the We bought it and put it in this special writer to write this letter to you. I asked Kitchen-Klatter Magazine for three place where it has been much enjoyed. Evelyn Birkby to come up to the house months telling the readers of all the plans The fixture is of filigreed brass and is and we are sitting here together at the being made for that momentous event. made up of three cylinders about 17, dining room table where I am suggesting But, when the day actually arrived, three inches long and 3 to 4 inches across' what I'd like to have written, and trust members of the family were in the hospi­ Each of the three hangs like a an that from her notes she'll be able to put tal and the celebration had to be can­ from a curved brass piece whi · op­ together those things I want to say to you celled. neot' to a cent

structure was the only hope we had of obtaining our dream house. ALISON'S Mike did all the creative design and blueprint work. He's blessed with a re­ ACTIVITIES markable blend of artistic and practical capabilities, no doubt inherited from his mother, Southwest artist, Connie Wal­ stad. He took great care in designing the house to be comfortable, sensible, and Dear Friends: energy efficient. The windows capture The last time I wrote, I mentioned that the sun's rays to best advantage, and I would have a surprise to share with you present the prettiest mountain views this letter. And so I do! Although I never from every angle. I often teasingly down­ dreamed it would take so many months play his talent, reminding him that all the to become a reality, our project is com­ drawing should have come easily, since pleted, and I am thrilled to tell you the he'd already designed half a dozen saga of how we have come to live in a houses over the years-none of which "new" home. had ever been built. It seems hard to believe, but this last The actual construction was done by April Mike and I celebrated our eleventh local labor, one or two men working on wedding anniversary. And how did we each phase-framing, plumbing, electri­ This is gift-giving month for fathers and grandfathers. Little Lily Walstad spend the momentous occasion? With a cal, etc. Many of our friends are em­ shows great interest in the brightly quiet dinner at home after which we ployed in some fashion by the construc­ wrapped package her grandfather, stained and varnished woodwork until tion industry, (which incidently is flour­ Jack Walstad, is holding. midnight, trying to stay one jump ahead ishing in this resort town) and they put of the carpenters. And thus life has been their hearts into the project. room carpet, and providing conversa­ for the last eight months for the Walstad So let me tell you a bit about the house. tionalists in the kitchen to keep the cook family. I suppose it's a great testimony to It is passive solar in heating design. For company. I feel we have a room which a wonderful marriage which has lasted our sunny Southwestern climate, this is will recapture the old-time spirit of a eleven years. It seems we are able to find ideal. There are windows on the south, kitchen as a gathering place. enjoyment in the common occurrences east, and west facings, and none on the On the west wall of the kitchen is a of everyday life, and likewise are able to north. All of the large windows are double glass sliding door which looks out make special those moments of ordinary thermal-paned. In the winter all the sun's onto a beautiful view of the Hondo Valley passing. If an expensive dinner and night energy does a great deal to heat the and the Rio Ruidoso bubbling its way on the town were required to make every house. In the summer the house gets southward. The doors open onto a 15- by occasion a celebration for us, we'd have quite hot so we found it necessary to in­ 15-foot redwood deck. This was my idea. been in dire straits by now. True cele- stall blinds on all the windows. To help After years of battling incredible winds, '4bration springs from the heart, and can with heating, we also have two wood­ weeds, and grasshoppers, I was bound •iibound from any situation, no matter burning stoves and an electric heater in and determined to have a small area how ordinary the instance appears to be. our little daughter, Lily's bedroom. where I could grow a few summer flow­ · It has been our dream for many years When we started construction, we ers in pots, without having to fight the to build our own home, and through sold the mobile home and moved it away. elements for their meager existence. We planning, hard work, and plenty of good We were left with the two-story addition had to build a cedar fence along one side luck, we have seen our dream realized­ which became the core of the new house. of the deck. This insures our privacy and cause for celebration indeed. We built onto it on three sides to com­ a respite from the ever-gusty New In all actuality we didn't really build this plete the design. The house now con­ Mexico winds. home from scratch. When we purchased sists of three bedrooms, two baths, The entire exterior of the house is the place in 1978, there was a structure kitchen, living room, and utility area. All finished in western red cedar, a style already built, which consisted of an older in all, it's a very nice size for our family of often seen here in mountain homes. It mobile home and a two-story addition three. It's plenty spacious, yet still cozy, was this exterior finish which helped to built of wood and attached to the rear. with a lived-in look about it. tie in the old house with the newly built The mobile home section contained the My favorite room of all is the kitchen. It additions. I have to admit the finished kitchen and bedrooms and the frame has a high ceiling and many windows to product looks quite stunning. structure housed a living room down­ keep my plants growing and thriving. I will always remember the first night stairs and a master bedroom upstairs. The windows also give it a light, airy we spent in our new home. My cousin, The place was quite liveable, and al­ feeling. Equipped with all the modern Juliana Lowey, and her family arrived in though a bit unsightly and energy in­ conveniences and appliances, it is a real mid-afteroon for a visit. Things were efficient, we called it home and set about joy in which to work. This is the first running late, and the place was ghastly in planning a series of goals for the place. really nice kitchen I've ever had, and it appearance. The men were laying carpet First we would clean up and landscape has been so much fun planning its design. that day, and furniture was stacked to the yard, and eventually remodel the The walls are painted a creamy white, the the ceiling. Juliana looked a little dis­ house. cabinets are oak, and the formica coun­ mayed upon arrival, and consequently It took us nearly four years to "get our tertops are a deep royal blue. We had the the Loweys decided to spend the remain­ act together", and early last fall we carpenter build us a large table which der of the afternoon sightseeing. When undertook a major remodeling project seats about eight, and it is the center of they returned later in the day, the carpet which has virtually given us a completely attraction in the house. Located off the laying was completed. I immediately new home, and left very little with which front entryway and right beside the large pressed the whole family into service as to remember the building as it looked in wood heater in the kitchen, it is a favo­ furniture movers. With five of us lifting past years. With the cost of new con­ rite spot for friends to share a cup of and carrying, we were set up for enter­ struction a staggering $65 per square coffee. It serves its purpose well, keeping taining in record time. foot in this town, remodeling an existing muddy feet detoured off the living (Continued on, page 22) PAGE4 KITCHEN-KLAITER MAGAZINE, JUNE, 1982

treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves trea­ sures in heaven ... For where your trea­ For Father's Day sure is, there will your heart be also. Matt. 6:19-21. A - Ask, and it will be given to you; by seek and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. Matt. 7:7. Mabel Nair Brown Y - You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind . .. You shall love your neighbor as yourself. Matt. 22: 37 and 39. (All hold letters up in a row to spell out FATHER'S DAY.) AWARDS BANQUET FAITH OF OUR FATHERS Leader: "Faith of our fathers, living (A Dinner for Dads) (A Father's Day Acrostic) still ... We will be true to thee till death." Set theme for your Father-Son Setting: Place a large family Bible, (Daughter or Children) Banquet around opened to the Book of Proverbs, at the WHAT IS A FATHER? an Academy Awards dinner. center front on the altar or a small table. A father is a best friend with love Trophies gathered from various sports In a semicircle behind the Bible, arrange shining in his eyes. He's a warm hand events make excellent centerpieces. ten red candles in low holders. The can­ that tousles your hair when you've done They will act as conversation starters dles are lighted as each letter in the something to please him. He's a tired once everyone is seated at the tables. acrostic is mentioned. Each speaker grin at the end of the day and a "Hi ya Use the local high school or college holds up the appropriate large red letter kid," as you come to the breakfast table. colors for streamers and other as the ·scripture for that letter is given. He may be rich or poor, young or old, decorations. Otherwise, red is always Leader: "Faith of our fathers, living or in between. He's a teacher, a pal, a pretty used with gold or white. Use it to still, in spite of dungeon, fire and sword; critic, a hero and a counselor. He is the decorate the podium where the awards 0 how our hearts beat high with joy security, love and devotion which makes speeches and responses will be given. whene' er we hear that glorious word." the wheels of life turn 'round. Nut cups in the chosen color scheme We know that this faith of our fathers Father is a fixer of tricycles, wagons, can each have a card tied or stapled to it. was founded on the Bible, which was toys, household appliances, and black Let the card be made up as a certificate their guidepost and has come down to us eyes. A father is always busy. He mows of award to the "Greatest Dad", "Great­ through the generations. Hear, then, lawns, paints the house, mends a fence, est Daughter", and "Greatest Son". If these pearls of wisdom from the Scrip­ prunes the hedge, changes a tire, runs names of the guests are used, these will tures which we offer as our tribute to our errands and earns the primary income to serve as place cards. fathers today. support his family. Following the style of the Academy F - For the commandment is a Father likes to complain about taxes, Awards, different persons can be used in lamp and the teaching is a light and the politicians, grocery bills, toys left in the the presentations of awards. Prepare reproofs of discipline are the way of life driveway, lingerie hung in the bathroom, award envelopes ahead of time so those ... For the Lord reproves him whom he TV watching when homework isn't making the presentations can read the loves, as a father the son in whom he de­ finished, dainty tea sandwiches at a "nominations" and then the names of lights. Prov. 6:23, 3:12. party, long telephone conversations, winners. If everyone will enter into the A - A cheerful heart is good medi­ going shopping and getting dressed up. spirit of this affair, it can be a hilarious cine but a downcast spirit dries up the Father likes sports, music, drama and evening. Of course each recipient is bones . . . A perverse man will be filled speech contests when his own kids expected to make an impromptu accept­ with the fruit of his ways and a good man appear in them so he can brag about it. ance speech. with the fruit of his deeds. Prov. 17:22, He likes to hear the toddler first lisp the The sillier the awards, the better. 14:22. word "Daddy". Father likes Mother, a These might include: best dressed, T - Truthful lips endure forever, but daughter's and son's kisses, "A's" on the heaviest beard grower, most hobby a lying tongue but a moment. Prov. 12: report cards and Grandma's cooking. minded, greatest sports addict, most 19. Father likes to brag about his good competent at the barbecue grill, superior H - He who is slow to anger has grades in school, how hard he had to dishwasher, slickest alibier, one most great understanding, but he who has a work to earn his spending money when often late to any event, biggest grouch, hasty temper exalts f oily ... He who has he was a boy, how far he walked to best smile, neatest baby sitter, etc. Com­ a bountiful eye will be blessed, for he school as a kid, and how old he was parable awards could be planned for shares his bread with the poor. Prov. 14: before he had a car of his own. sons and/or daughters: most pleasant 20, 22:9. A father fusses about daughters' boy laugh, best helper around the house, E - Every word of God proves true; friends and sons' girl friends, loud stereo finest runner, greatest tree climber, He is a shield to those who take refuge in music, Saturday jobs, finding the daily superior bug catcher, exceptional Him. Prov. 30:5. paper mussed up before he has read it. puddle jumper, etc. R - Righteousness guards him A father isn't afraid of haunted houses, For the trophies to present, buy whose way is upright but sin overthrows ghosts or loud sounds in the night. He ceramic or plastic replicas, or make mini­ the wicked. Prov. 13:6. has the smile, the wisdom and the loving atures from wood, or large ones from S - Serve the Lord with gladness! arms to soothe fears and solve prob­ cardboard cutouts. Tin cups or soda pop Come into His presence with singing! lems. He is full of kindness, caring and bottles could be decorated with seals, or Know that the Lord is God! It is He who willingness to sacrifice when the well­ inscribed with a marking pen. Cut forms has ·made us, and we are His. Psalms being of his family is involved. from styrofoam are inexpensive and 100:2-3. He is the best, the greatest man decorate easily in a silly fashion. D - Do not lay up for yourselves around-a father. KITCHEN-KLATTER MAGAZINE, JUNE, 1982 PAGES

world into which you walk and the prob­ THE lRADING POST lems you will face, but faith keeps these concerns from becoming fears_ Your by father and I have, in our bumbling way, Dianne L. Beetler tried to provide a foundation for your life which will help you meet each day with The Peoria Junior Guild and the Lake­ the strength for that day through a view Museum in Peoria, Illinois, have co­ knowledge of the Source of your operated to provide children and adults strength. with a unique opportunity to learn more I feel a desperate need to give you about nature. hours and hours, pages and pages of last­ Two years ago, the two organizations minute advice. I want to say something began operating The Trading Post. The profound like, "Preserve your integrity." Trading Post is located in a room on the Fram my love, I want to give you wisdom lower level of the Lakeview Museum and to save you from mistakes, failures, or is staffed by members of the Peoria suffering. But, these are part of life. So, in Junior Guild, who volunteer their time to spite of my longing to do more, you can help others learn more about natural And~ Brd,.,e tie your own shoes and I must keep my history. hands off the shoelaces. People may bring natural objects such A LETTER TO A SON You go forth with our blessing-it is a as pine cones, dried flowers, seashells, great day for us all. birds' nests, and rocks to The Trading (A letter to Andy Brase from his Love, Post. They receive a certain number of mother, Kristin, written on the occasion Mom points for each item they bring. If they of his high school graduation.) can tell a few facts about the object, they My Dear Son, CHILDREN'S DAY receive even more points. If they know nothing about them, they are encour­ In primitive cultures, elaborate by Marjorie Misch Fuller puberty rites mark the passage from aged to search natural history reference child to adult. In our culture, nothing de­ Traditionally, the second Sunday in books in the study area of The Trading fines this transition more clearly than June is observed as Children's Day in Post to learn about the article they graduation from high school. As I watch many Protestant and Catholic churches. brought. you walk through this symbolic door be­ Since early church organizations, there The natural history items are then dis­ tween two worlds, I am beset with many have been celebrations for children but it played on The Trading Post walls and emotions which can hardly be sorted is not exactly known when the idea shelves. Each object is assigned a point out. sprouted to devote a particular Sunday value. People who bring in items are al­ I feel deep gratitude and joy that God's to the boys and girls. lowed to choose an item of equal point grace and love have brought you to this It is thought the idea may go back to value. If they wish, they may accumulate day. I am pleased and happy with your the Old World May Day when children points until they have enough to take accomplishments along the way-you've participated in bringing flowers and home the item they want. (A few of the chosen to spend your time in positive branches to decorate the churches. It acquisitions were donated by Lakeview and productive ways. I'm thankful that was originally called Flower or Rose Day, Museum and cannot be traded.) you have set a good example for your but was later shifted to June when more "We want it to be a spontaneous learn­ younger brothers. flowers were growing in the northern ing experience," says one volunteer. My emotions are mixed; I'm grateful countries. Some parents use The Trading Post to for the eighteen years I've had you It is believed the earliest celebration of help their children improve mathemat­ around, yet feel the aching sadness of a special Children's Day was in 1865 in ical skills by adding and subtracting their letting go. I wouldn't hold you back from Chelsea, Mass., held on the second points. finding yourself and discovering all life Sunday in June. Arranged by Rev. Since The Trading Post opened over a holds for you, but I'm human enough and Charles H. Leonard of the Universalist year ago, it has become a popular place selfish enough to want you around for Church of the Redeemer in Chelsea, he to visit. Although children mainly patron­ another eighteen years. baptized a number of boys and girls as ize The Trading Post, occasionally adults Your jokes will be missed at the supper part of the event. This first day was bring in something to trade. School table and your roll up pancakes on Sun· known as Rose Day. groups and children's organizations are day mornings. On the other hand, I'll Also in 1865, the Methodist church always welcome. probably get along just fine without your recommended the observance. At the According to a volunteer, ''The kids drumming. No-I'll even miss the nationwide General Conference of the really love it." drumming; the house will be too quiet. church in 1868, a resolution was passed Even if they don't have something to The tears you see in my eyes on your to the effect that all Methodist churches trade, children and adults can both learn big day are both happy and sad. Perhaps should recognize the second Sunday in much by examining the accessions dis­ my thoughts hold more memory than June as Children's Day. This pattern has played in the room. On a second visit, anticipation, but the excitement in the air continued ever since. In its General they are almost certain to bring some­ is contagious, and I recall how I felt at Assembly meeting in 1883, the Presby­ thing along to trade. eighteen with my whole future ahead of terian churches set aside the second me. Sunday in June for the children. You've voiced your concerns about Children's Day is still observed in most Take Special Note the future, but I am not afraid for you. churches and the denominational of the Fear is not one of the emotions I feel, be­ publishing houses provide special mate­ cause I know you will remain under rials for the day. Some churches RENEWAL DATE God's care and protection. You have combine this Sunday with promotion on the label of your magazine. learned to seek His guidance and light for Sunday and confirmation class recog­ Renew at least 2 months in advance. your path. However, that is not to say nition. It remains a vital, yearly, Christian Only one notice will be sent. that I don't have concerns about the festival. PAGE6 KITCHEN-KLATIER MAGAZINE, JUNE, 1982

ABOVE THE ARCTIC down the 120 miles to the factory where CIRCLE the boulder is cut into smaller pieces to be finished there or sent away to be made by into jewelry and other intricate items. Lula Lamme Some is sent to Taiwan; even so, it is still Once upon a time, to the child sitting in Alaskan jade. the small one-room country school in After our lunch, we visited the mid-Missouri, reading Stories of Other museum and saw many interesting arti­ Lands and Places, actually being in facts and displays of native animals in Alaska above the Arctic Circle seemed their natural habitats. We were enter­ an impossible dream. Yet, last summer tained by Eskimo dancers in native cos­ found me there. I thought, "Is this really tume; I could feel my blood begin to stir me, the little girl to whom traveling the as the tempo of the drums and dancers few miles to our small inland town increased. seemed an adventure?" It really was, Boarding our plane for the return trip showing that life is unpredictable and to Anchorage, we were presented with a wonderful. certificate showing we had crossed the At loose ends after the death of my Our welcoming committee when we Arctic Circle on August 3, 1981, en route husband, I was persuaded by my daugh­ arrived at Kotzebue, Alaska. to Kotzebue. This certificate is now ter to join a tour group going to Alaska. framed and hangs on my bedroom wall My first plane ride included Denver, pied seal meat, raw! We were taken out as a reminder of that wonderful trip. Seattle, Ketchikan, totem poles, ferry on the tundra where not a tree could be trips, glaciers and a kittiwake rookery. seen anywhere, and the ground felt Panning for gold at Dawson Creek, Jack spongy underfoot. I picked arctic cotton HINTS FROM THE MAH.. London's and Robert Service's cabins, and wild rhubarb. The leaves of this Dip the bottom of rough vases or the museums, the mountains, top-of-the­ rhubarb are small but can be eaten like flowerpots into paraffin to keep them world highway and the miles of beautiful greens. We saw the Norad installations, from scratching furniture. wild scenery, all formed a kaleidoscope which house our farthest north line of de­ of memory I will enjoy as long as I live. fense. *************** I especially like recalling our trip to At the outer edges of Kotzebue was Did YJ:>U know a nail makes a good Kotzebue located on the Alaskan sound, their national forest-one tree! It was stopper in a tube of glue if you lose the 15 miles above the Arctic Circle, 26 miles ringed about by ornamental fencing and cap? -M.M., Thurman, Iowa from Siberia. This was the farthest north bore the proud sign, KOTZEBUE *************** point of our trip. We flew from Anchor­ NATIONAL FOREST. This tree was age to Kotzebue where we were met by a planted as a joke and surprisingly it grew Candy-Coated Strawberries: Melt lovely Eskimo lady, Helen Sebeck, and and is now several feet tall. With my need white almond bark; add some Kitchen­ her granddaughter. Both were wearing to rationalize everything, noting the suc­ Klatter strawberry flavoring. Dip ripe, their native parka costumes. Helen cess of this tree, I wondered why more washed, well-drained, whole straw­ spoke no English, but her granddaugh­ weren't planted. berries in the melted mixture. When dry, ter fluently gave us a warm welcome. In the town of Kotzebue, there were arrange on a pretty plate to serve guests. Helen smiled a lot. no sidewalks, just a gravel road on which For variation, use chocolate bark with A bus was waiting to take us on a tour to walk. Most of the houses were small Kitchen-Klatter mint flavoring added. of the countryside. Although rather for easier heating and many were built up -J.L., N. Mex. chilly, the sun was shining brightly. Much off the ground to keep the permafrost *************** was made of the sunshine; it seldom cold so it wouldn't melt and cause the Instead of using expensive strips of shines for long, so we felt lucky to have buildings to sink or shift. Some of the aluminum foil around my pies to keep arrived on such a beautiful day. newer buildings have "heat exchangers", them from running over in the oven, I use A few impressions come to mind a sort of metal coil affair that brings the dry-goods sacks. A grocery sack is too readily: the salmon fishing boats, put­ heat up out of the ground. heavy. When unfolded, one will reach ting out chum for bait, glimpses of a We were taken on a tour of the Jade around a pie plate plus 1 or 2 inches. Cut walrus, a Dairy Queen-sign of Mountain Products building, and given a into 2~-inch strips. Place in a glass or pan commercialism, which our guide an­ talk on Eskimo money matters. A co­ of water (rolled loosely) when you start nounced with pride, was the only one operative has been set up for the better­ to make the pies. When the pies are above the Arctic Circle. We saw Cape ment of the native Alaskans. Jade ready to go into the oven, squeeze the Blossom, where the last battle of the Civil Mountain Products come from Mt. paper gently to get out most of the water, War was fought months after General Ayleska in Kobuk Valley. Jewelry, statu­ and unfold. Place a strip around each pie Lee had surrendered. The Shenandoah, ettes, and such are produced. This is so there is a good inch or a little more a Confederate vessel, had been sent to nephrite jade, not as good in quality as above the edge and pull lightly, just the far north to waylay Yankee oilers. Chinese jade, and doesn't have as wide a enough to fit, and pin with a straight pin. The crew didn't know the War had variety of colors, but beautiful, nonethe­ The paper draws up tight while the pie is ended until finally convinced by a French less. I prize my necklace and earrings baking and keeps the juice on top of the ship's captain. purchased there all the more knowing pie. -Mrs. R.J., Riverton, Iowa We met Elmer and Lois, an old Eskimo they are Kobuk Valley jade. couple, at a fishing camp where they It takes months to get a piece of jade *************** were fishing and drying meat for winter ready to sell. The first step is taken in The other day I heard a lady say she use. They are presently living in a shabby summer to find a jade boulder-some of keeps a clean powder puff in her shorten­ hut, but nearby was the dugout where them are huge. Then, a fire oflogs is built ing can and uses it to grease pans with. I they had lived. Standing inside, I soon felt to thaw the ground, the boulder is bull­ keep a clean powder puff in my flour con­ the cold begin to creep up my legs from dozed out and loaded onto a sled. Then tainer. I use·it to dust"baking pans; my the permafrost, about 12 to 18 inches comes a wait until winter for the ground rolling pin and breadboard. under the surface of the earth. We sam- on top to freeze so the sled can be hauled -S.E., Maryville, Mo. KITCHEN-KLATIER MAGAZINE, JUNE, 1982 PAGE7 DOROTHY WRITES FROM ~- THE FARM Dear Friends: We couldn't ask for a more beautiful day. It is warm, sunny, the grass is green and sprinkled with both blue and blue and white violets, and there are beds of bluebells and sweet williams along the roadside. The cattle are so happy to once again have green grass to eat instead of the dry hay they've eaten for many months. Spring is truly here. Several weeks ago, Kristin said that Aaron and his friend, Kris Mickey, were hard at work on a project for the National History Day Contest they had entered. The theme this year was "Trade and In­ dustry", so the two seventh graders de­ cided to do their project on the history of Kitchen-Klatter. The district contest was held in Torrington, Wyoming. Aaron was Aaron Brase (left) and Kris Mickey enjoyed working together on the history of a very happy boy when he called us right Kitchen-Klatter for a National History Day Contest. Dorothy tells of the outcome after the judging to tell us their project in her letter. had been chosen to go to the state con­ test in Rock Springs. Aaron said, teries. A couple who rented a farm near sured her she had a cataract which could "Grandma, if we win there we get to go to Chariton last December had started to be removed so she made an appoint­ Washington, D.C." clean up around the place this spring. ment that day for the simple surgery. We Yesterday was the big day in Rock They were tearing down an old wooden felt like celebrating all the way home. Springs and when the phone rang at shed when they came across a head­ It doesn't seem possible that a little 10:30 last night and I heard the happi­ stone lying under about three inches of less than a month ago we had an 8-inch ness in Kristin's voice I knew that Kris dirt. The stone was for a child, a boy aged snowstorm. The little magnolia tree, and Aaron had won and were going to one year, ten months, six days, who died which we thought had been killed by the Washington, D.C. Aaron had called his July 15, 1864. They could find no record storm, is now in full bloom. This tree was mother long distance and told her, and of the name in Lucas County, but did find planted many years ago and has been she couldn't wait to pass the good news a similar name of a family who had lived broken off several times but always has along to us. near the gravesite. The administrative come back up. For years it had leaves I was unfamiliar with this history pro­ officer for the State Historical Museum but no blossoms. The last two years it gram until Aaron became involved. It is a archives reported that family plots are has finally had a lot of flowers. program that encourages young people scattered in many areas, especially Bernie and Ruth didn't know what to to explore a historical subject related to a through central Iowa on the old farm­ get us for a joint birthday gift so they fin­ theme. There is a different theme each steads. He said the headstone would ally decided to get something useful that year. Students in grades 6 through 12 indicate that the family had probably they would get some good out of too. may enter in any one of six categories. been settled in the area for a length of They ordered two loads of gravel deli­ (Aaron and Kris entered in the Group time, rather than just early pioneers vered and spread on our long drive from Project category.) Entries in the Junior traveling through Iowa. the road to the house. It was a happy sur­ Division-grades 6, 7, 8-were judged Yesterday Bernie, Belvah Baker, prise when the big trucks pulled in. separately from those in the Senior Divi­ Dorothea Polser, and I made a trip we Frank has been working hard on the sion-grades 9, 10, 11, 12. Each cate­ had really been dreading simply because yard this past week. There is so much to gory in each age division is judged sep­ we were afraid of what the outcome do, he feels as if he is getting nowhere. I arately. might be. Sincewewereallsoelatedwith haven't been any help to him because I I must mention my other two the report, I'll tell you about it. Several have been so busy with other commit­ grandsons. Our oldest, Andy, who is years ago, Bernie lost the sight in one eye ments. Frank got a new lawn mower for graduating from high school on Mother's because of a bloodclot. For several his birthday that is lighter in weight and Day, has been very busy with all the months now, her other eye has been easier to push than the old one, so this activities for seniors at the end of the getting progressively worse and we were helps. year. He was especially honored when he all becoming alarmed. She had had some The last session of the turkey-hunting was chosen King of the Junior-Senior conflicting reports about what was season is on now, and although we have Prom. Julian, our little first grader, has wrong with the eye-one was an ex­ had friends hunting during all three ses­ been winding up his first year of school tremely discouraging diagnosis. She sions, they haven't been having any luck. attending and competing in the Little finally decided to make an appointment They have seen a lot of the big birds but Kids wrestling tournaments. He has had at the well-known Wolfe Eye Clinic in haven't been able to get a shot at them. a good win-loss record and undoubtedly Marshalltown, Iowa, and find out We don't know if the turkeys are getting has gotten good coaching at home from definitely the cause of the problem. We smarter or if it is because last year every his big brother, Andy. arose early and got Belvah to Marshall­ one of the men who hunted here got a There was an interesting story in our town in time for a 9:00 o'clock appoint­ bird. The other evening, when Frank and Chariton paper last week that ties in with ment. The doctor, one she had seen I were still outside, we could hear tur- what I wrote last month about old ceme- once before about ten years ago, as- (Continued on page 22) PAGES KITCHEN-KLATIER MAGAZINE, JUNE, 1982

famous for her homemade candies. Each Christmas for many years, she has given us a big box of her finest. Last Christ­ LETTER mas, thinking that we would surely visit the church during the holiday season, she left our box of candy at the church office, and then she left for Florida. We did not know the gift was at the church, Dear Friends: and we did not go there during the holi­ We had a wonderful visit with our son, day season, so the candy ended up in the David, and his wife, Sophie. Betty gave church freezer. Now at last we have the two big dinner parties in their honor, one candy, and we have found it to be just as for members of the family in this area, good as always. Irene Greene dips most and one for friends from the Boston area. of her candies in a bittersweet choco­ We had roast beef for the first dinner, late, and how I do love every bite. and for the second one we had barbe­ Frederick Driftmier was given this I am writing this letter down in my cued chicken. cake-church as a gift. Made by Gloria study, and up on the next floor in our Scussel, it was used as a coffee table Having grown up here in New Eng­ centerpiece during the church home­ family room, Betty, my sister, Margery, land, David just had to have some good, coming in Springfield, Mass. and her husband, Oliver Strom, are fresh lobsters, and so one night we had a watching television. The Stroms arrived lobster feast with a first course of try to describe the music we heard on for a two-week visit a few days after steamed clams in melted butter. At least that Sunday, words fail me. Again and David and Sophie left for Calgary. For three times during their visit, we had again I was reminded of how important it three years we have been begging Mar­ David's favorite vegetable dish-arti­ is for a church to have the finest music gery and Oliver to drive out here to the chokes in melted butter. To add pound possible. The organ and the choir Connecticut shore to visit, and at last upon pound, Betty served fresh, hot rolls brought the Holy Spirit right into our they arrived. They decided to fly out, and three times a day! hearts. When the choir sang my we drove up to the Hartford-Springfield The one thing that our Calgary, mother's favorite hymn, "Count Your airport to meet them. Alberta, family wanted most to do while Many Blessings, Name Them One by We are doing some sailing, but we are on this visit was to go sailing. In spite of all One", many of us were moved to tears. doing more sightseeing. Yesterday we the wind of late spring, we were able to Betty and I have seen many beautiful drove over to Newport to show Margery have several days of perfectly beautiful flower arrangements on altars and com­ and Oliver the picturesque harbor with sailing along the coasts of Rhode Island munion tables, but when we went back all of the navy ships and commercial ves­ and Connecticut, and every minute on to South Church, we actually gasped at sels coming and going, and to give them the water was a joy. Both David and the beautiful flowers we saw. I am a great an opportunity to visit some of the fabu­ Sophie love sailing, and they do quite a believer in the giving of memorial flowers lous mansions for which Newport is bit of it on the fresh water lakes in to decorate a church, and the members noted. On another day, we took them to western Canada. of the church in Springfield have a repu­ Battleship Cove at Fall River, Mass. If On the day that Sophie and David left tation for making the memorial flowers everything works out, we are going to for home, Betty and I drove to Spring­ something very, very special. Their cus­ drive to Boston tomorrow. The car will field, Mass., where I was the guest tom of giving unusually large and beauti­ be parked in a downtown lot, and th~n preacher in the 140-year-old South Con­ ful arrangements of memorial flowers the four of us will walk the historic Free­ gregational Church, where I am the has proved a blessing to thousands of dom Trail. Many of you undoubtedly Minister Emeritus. It was a marvelous persons. Each Sunday after the final walked that trail through the ancient, experience. My old friend and colleague, service, the flowers are distributed to the narrow streets of old Boston. Margery the Rev. John Willard Ames, and his sick and the aged. and Oliver will enjoy it since both of them Associate Minister, the Rev. Wilbur There was a coffee hour following the are real history buffs. Green, were so gracious in the way they service at which I preached, and Betty Almost always, when some of our Mid­ welcomed me back to the pulpit where I and I expected to meet and shake hands western family is here in the East, we visit had preached for 24 years. with many of our dear friends. What we Old Ironsides, probably the most famous After having been away from the did not expect was standing in one spot navy ship our country has ever owned. It church for three years, it was quite an shaking hands with hundreds of persons is a gorgeous sailing vessel which played emotional experience for Betty and me for one hour and fifteen minutes. I don't a big part in establishing America's rights to return to the people we love so much. know how many persons we greeted on the seas. Today, the ship is berthed in Since our retirement, we have been there in the parish house dining room but Boston Navy Yard where she is visited attending many different churches of all the numbers were sufficient to cause my by a whopping 600,000 enthusiastic fans denominations, and this familiarity with right hand to swell. It was a marvelous every year. We shall see that Marge and other churches and their styles of wor­ homecoming. Oliver join their ranks. ship gave Betty and me a very good per­ One of our very good friends, Mrs. When the Stroms return to Iowa, we spective for looking at our old church Victor H. Scussel of Enfield, Conn., are going to have visitors from Hono­ home where we had given so much of our made a lovely model church for the lulu. Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Lloyd are professional life. coffee table centerpiece. It was made of the godparents of our son, David Lloyd, The first thing we noticed as we pastry and candy and was a perfect de­ and about once every ten years they pay entered South Church was the big con­ light to see and she gave it to us to bring us a visit. The Lloyds were so good to us gregation. There were hundreds of per­ home. when we lived in Honolulu, and our sons present. Then we were inspired by We were given another unexpected friendship has lasted over all these years. the beautiful music. Mr. David E. Marge­ present. It came out of the freezer in the When the Lloyds leave, another very son, the Minister of Music of the South church kitchen, and it happened in this dear friend is coming to spend a week Congregational Church, did his graduate way. One of our dear friends in the with us, Mrs. Jane Umla Troy of Chat­ work in sacred music at Yale University, church is a Mrs. Clifford W. Greene of tanooga, Tenn. We were her guests in and his church music shows it. When I the village of Agawam, Mass. She is (Continued on page 15) KITCHEN-KLATIER MAGAZINE, JUNE, 1982 PAGE9

"DIG BAGS" people we meet," she explained as she by dug through piles of purses to straighten them customers. ''But the farm Evelyn Tuller between still comes first. If I could, I'd be out I first met Grace Dorman at the Art digging in the dirt," Digging comes and Craft Fair in the north-central naturally and that led to an explanation Kansas town of Kirwin. It was a bleak of the name of her product: "I originally day, and the Community Center was planned on a contest to find a trade name filled, both with booths and a milling but decided I didn't have time, so I de­ crowd of buyers, lookers and mer­ veloped the appropriate trademark from chants. Even with the crowd, the "Dig the reversed initials of my name, Grace Bag" booth wasn't hard to locate. Irene Dorman." Craft fairs are fun, and especially a It is appropriate, for what woman good diversion when one must be away doesn't appreciate an arrangement of from home, as we had been last year. But pockets to organize the contents of a the Kirwin fair was a new experience for Grace Dorman and her display of purse she must constantly dig into in the my husband and me and we wandered "Dig Bags". course of a normal day? By the activity from booth to booth, talking to the exhi­ at the craft fair where we visited with bitors and taking pictures. It soon woman helping her, and together they Grace, a great many do. became apparent to both of us that the turned out approximately thirty bags a So, if you are making the art and craft center of attraction was the Dorman dis­ day. Today she works alone, and it is a fair circuit in Kansas, and catch the "Dig play of "Dig Bags". The display offered a busy operation. Bag" display, stop and say "Hi" to the wide range of samples, for the Dormans "I've been urged to expand," Grace Dormans. If you are passing through Wa­ offer a rainbow assortment of more than said, "but I want the business to stay Keeney on Interstate 70, look up the a hundred colors of the lined, vinyl "Dig within limits we can manage ourselves." Double D Ranch and tell Grace I sent Bags". They are available in three sizes Much of the selling and display is now you. and feature four pockets on the inside done at art and craft fairs in their region. and four more on the outside of the The Dormans have a camper which they purse. load with merchandise and travel from There is a story behind the ''Dig Bags", one fair to another. Their reputation is which Grace shared with us between often there before them and customers GARDEN ROMANCE customers. Ten years ago, Grace Dor­ are waiting for the "Dig Bag" display. (A shower game) man was a busy farm wife in partnership The bags are a bond between Grace with her husband, Orval, on their Double and her customers, even those who have (Fill in the blanks with name of a flow­ D Ranch outside of WaKeeney, Kansas. originally ordered by mail. "They'll ask in er, fruit or vegetable.) When a severe allergy made it increas­ WaKeeney where the 'Dig Bag Factory' The romance of ( 1.) and (2.) did not get ingly difficult for her to help with the is. They expect it to be in town." off to a smooth start. outside work, Grace was not content Today, her second-floor workshop is "I am (3.) tired of seeing you hanging with a routine of idle hours between just as organized as her purses. One around here, ("4.) it," Pa yelled at the running errands to town. room contains two sewing machines, boy. "I want my daughter to (5.) and you "I'd always liked to sew," Grace told margarine tubs filled with material don't have a (6.)." us. "So I began to make gifts for family samples and row after row of finished But still the young man (7.) and she and friends. It all crystallized when I ran purses. Spools of thread in rainbow said, ''Yes". Theyweremarriedat(8.)by across an advertisement in the news­ colors are neatly arranged near the (9.). They made a lovely (10.). The bride paper. A woman had bought a purse for sewing machine; thirty-yard-long rolls of wore (11.) and a (12.) to match her (13.) fifteen dollars, ripped it apart and made soft vinyl upholstery fabric fill another blue eyes and "dainty (14Jon her feet. patterns from the pieces which she sold room. The vinyl, originally purchased The groom wore (15.), the (16.) fashion for ten cents. I bought the pattern." retail, is now obtained wholesale from for men. (17.) was the bridesmaid and Grace used the pattern and made a dealers in Texas, Arkansas, and her friend, (18.), was matron of honor. purse using scraps of vinyl upholstery Colorado. Grace has experimented with There were (19.) of people at the fabric. A friend saw it and wanted to buy cloth and velvet but says, "Materials wedding and all called ("20. ") as the it, then came back with orders for eight other than vinyl slip, and are so time· couple left. They kept (21.) about where more. As the orders increased, Grace consuming to sew that I'd have to raise they were going on their honeymoon. saw the potential and decided to plunge my prices if I used those fabrics." Soon they were home and in the into the purse-making business. Grace is proud that she has been able routine and the bride's first job was to The back seat of the family car became to keep her prices down, even to the sew on his (22.). She (23.) bravely to the a delivery van. The Dormans mapped point where customers have told her she occasion with her (24.) smile and said, out a route, offering the bags for sale as isn't charging enough. "I may have to "Do you need any (25.) mended?" they stopped at shops along the way. raise them," she says, "but we do not (26.) reigned in their little cottage. Today, the route sales continue, but re­ employ a salesman and much of our ANSWERS: 1. SWeet. William 2. tail customers are also supplied as her advertising comes word-of-mouth from Heather. 3. Plum 4. Beet 5. Marigold 6. markets have been built up. When Grace satisfied customers, so we keep our ex· Bean 7. Aster (asked her) 8. Four-o'clock offered her bags to a Nebraska shop penses as low as possible." More than 9. Jack-in-the-pulpit 10 Pear 11. Queen which sold fabrics, as well as the model 12,000 of the purses have been sold, Anne's lace 12. Bluebonnet 13. Corn­ of sewing machine on which she makes many by mail, since Grace started. Many flower 14. l..adyslippers 15. Dutchman's­ her bags, they reluctantly gave an order. have traveled far from the Double D breeches 16. Currant 17. Brown-eyed Today, that shop is not only a good cus­ Ranch. Susan 18. Lily 19. Phlox 20.Forget-me­ tomer but Mrs. Dorman has purchased And Grace has traveled far from the not 21. Mum 22. Bachelor's buttons 23. additional machines there for her shop first purse created "with a ten-cent Rose. 24. Cherry (cheery) 25. Pansies and family members. pattern-but not from her original love ("pantsees") 26. Sweet peas (peace). At one time, Grace had another for their ranch. "I enjoy the fairs and the -Mabel Nair Brown PAGE 10 KITCHEN-KLAITER MAGAZINE, JUNE, 1982

UTILE DID I REALIZE being were also taught during this intro­ by ductory year. Craig Birkby With this background, the second year began the study of disease and the As the music began to play, I became changes that occur with illness, as well as acutely aware that this was a momentous an introduction to the treatment of occasion in my life. The tension of the people with these diseases. ceremony grew as one by one, my fellow The third year was the time of classmates had their names called and assuming the role of a physican. Formal they proceeded to walk across the floor lectures became fewer and fewer, and to receive their diplomas. most of the time was spent in the hospi­ Watching my classmates, my mind tal with the patients. Obtaining histories, drifted over the last year: the seemingly doing physicals, deciding on appropriate endless amount of classroom work, the tests, diagnosis and management, and high degree of technical finesse which I assisting with surgeries and other pro­ had achieved, and the wide variety of cedures, comprised the bulk of the time. people that I had come to know. My The fourth and final year of medical thoughts also turned to the future-the school is considered by many to be the continued amount of work, study, and most enjoyable, for with the basic prin­ experiences that lay ahead of me in the ciples well instilled, and the logistics of year to come. And then the moment of patient care and the workings of the hos­ truth arrived and I advanced forward to Doctor Craig Steven Birkby. pital well established, time and effort can receive my diploma. be directed towards specific areas of in­ "Maybe now he'll keep his room sionally stung). He would also take us on terests. Many students also use this time clean," I can recall my father saying as I hikes in the bluffs, where our lessons in to experience other types of health-care returned to my seat. botohy, ornothology and ecology would systems. I spent six weeks at a public Yes, a lot of responsibility goes along nurture the seeds of curiosity and health service hospital in Alaska work­ with being a kindergarten graduate. But amazement in the thing we call life. ing with the natives in that area. Others with the hurdles of working with scissors But in addition to working in the life in my class spent time in England, Africa and paste now behind me, I was ready to sciences, I wanted an area in which I and India. Not only did we learn how take on the challenge of being a first­ would work with a wide variety of people. medicine is practiced in a variety of re­ grader. My experiences at Philmont Scout gions, but it was a tremendous oppor­ Little did I realize how the challenges Ranch, and as head resident of the men's tunity to learn about other people and would continue to grow, and that I would dormitory at college, had strongly cultures that are part of this world. be going through graduation three more affirmed the reward and learning that Through my four years of medical times-first from high school, then from comes from working with people of school, there were times when my ideals, college, and now this spring from medi­ diverse personalities and ideas. and my faith in medicine were severely cal school. Finally, medicine offered the self­ tested. I had learned long ago with the My choice to become a physican was satisfaction that comes from helping tadpoles that nature has its own course not an easy one. For, as is true with most others. It's an area with immense oppor­ that cannot always be altered. Yet, the worthwhile undertakings that one tunity to provide relief from suffering, gnawing feeling of helplessness as a chooses, I knew there were numerous and a direct means for making a positive fellow human slowly and painfully de­ difficulties and times of personal sacri­ contribution in improving the quality of teriorates strikes an emotional cord with fice which lay in the road to becoming a persons' lives. an ache that cannot be overcome by any physican. But for me, the reward of medi­ It was on the basis of these motivating amount of logical thinking or ration­ cine appeared to far outweigh the disad­ factors that I began my medical school alization. vantages. It includes that one quality training four years ago at the University But much more frequent were the which is needed in anything to which we of Iowa Medical Center. times when my ideals were strongly re­ ·ommit ourselves-enjoyment. The first year was spent studying the inforced. The excitement and joy of deli­ Part of this enjoyment for me came basic sciences and the anatomy and vering a healthy baby and knowing that I om a strong interest in the life sci­ function of the normal body. All aspects had helped get him started successfully _nces. As youngsters, there were of the body, from the molecular inter­ on his road of life, the satisfaction of help­ numerous times that brothers Bob, Jeff actions of the biochemical reactions, to ing a patient with a disabling and debili­ and I would bring home a plastic bagful of the larger microscopic study of the differ­ tating skin disease return to a happy and mucky pond water teaming with a mass ent types of tissues, to the dissection of productive life, and watching a man of tadpoles. the body, where arteries, veins, nerves, leaving the hospital for home, knowing "Look!" we would squeal with delight muscles and internal organs were all that only a short time earlier his heart to our mother as we dumped the identified, were included in this phase of had stopped working properly, are ex­ squirming amphibians into the bathtub. study. amples of such times. At other times it would be a monarch In addition, various aspects of the psy­ And now the fourth year is over and butterfly chrysalis, a bull snake, or a sala­ chological, social, and cultural inter­ it's graduation time again. It's been quite mander that we would gleefully hold in actions which effects a person's well- awhile since I walked across the stage in front oi her. She amazingly encouraged kindergarten. My robe is now longer and us in these endeavors, for Evelyn held more colorfully decorated, but just like the same fascination of the diversity of INFLUENCE so many years ago, as I move across the life that her sons were discovering. floor to receive my degree, there are She was not alone in this regard, for Each life must touch so many lives thoughts of the accomplishments of the our father Robert's explanation of the From morn 'til set of sun- past and of the challenges of the future. intricate socialization and life style of the So leave many marks for right or wrong And, just like then, my father once honeybee colony while he was working By things that you have done. again is wondering aloud, "Maybe NOW on his hives left me wide-eyed (and occa- -Sunshine he'll keep his room clean." KITCHEN-KLAITER MAGAZINE, JUNE, 1982 PAGE 11

even after death one's belongings must a shortage of paper, she would turn this MARY BETH be assessed. register into a scrapbook and the impor­ My girls, Katharine and Adrienne, and tant happenings in the world have been REPORTS I went through Mother's house to begin clipped from the newspaper and duly the task of sorting out keepsakes from pasted over many of the signatures of the Dear Friends: things of little value which were ear­ guests. Prominent among the clippings is By the time this letter arrives In your marked for the church's rummage sale. the review of President James Abram mailboxes, the occasions of Mother's We marked with red tape those pieces of Garfield's death and funeral arrange­ Day and possibly Father's Day will have furniture which would be brought to Wis­ ments. been enjoyed by many. Others, like my consin. Before much time had passed, Where the pastings stopped the signa­ sister Marjorie and I, shall have experi­ the two girls were forced to leave and tures are extraordinary. There is a enced for the first time, the fuller mean­ return to their jobs-Katharine to Mary­ column where a notation may be made ing of Memorial Day. land and Adrienne to her final term at concerning the guest's horse, the time Twenty-two years ago on Memorial Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill. this person wishes to be awakened and Day's eve, my family buried our father. There was considerable therapy in the sometimes a notation whether he will be This year, two weeks before Easter and hard work which they accomplished be­ catching the train west or east, and the two days before my birthday, we buried fore they left, however. Mother had record of the person's home town. Sur­ my mother. Now, she who faithfully put specifically left her crystal and china to prisingly where I have begun to remove the flowers on my father's grave, will be the granddaughters, so they had the the pasted-on clippings, the India ink has remembered with flowers by those of us melancholy task of wrapping and pack­ retained itself entirely despite the paste, left behind. ing each piece. It was with almost total and all the information is still there The mind surely is a strange part of disbelief that they noted that in Mother's without a smudge. The cost of a night's one's life with which to contend. My Bavarian china service for 12, there was lodgings was $1.25. My curiosity is mother once said some time after my just one chipped coffee cup. All the other peaked, to say the least, with the consi­ father's death, that it seemed to her that pieces were in mint condition. This china deration of finding a famous signature life was nothing except memories. I had was bought, as I later learned from the someplace in this very large book. to agree in part that despite all of the fantastic records in Father's meticulous­ The day has practically slipped past anticipation we hold for events which are ly kept filing system (Dewey Decimal me all because I picked up a biology class expected, both long-range and short­ System, no less), between the years scalpel and began the process of fine run, when they finally arrive, seem to 1930 and 1932. One place setting of shaving one of the pages from the pass with such swiftness that we are dishes was given as a wedding present in Central Hotel Register. Now I shall have left with only memories. My minister 1923 and when they could afford comple­ to hurry and find something in the refrig­ commented to me that there is seldom a tion of these dishes, they did so. These erator to feed my hungry men when they day which passes that he does not think now priceless dishes were bought at the roll in the driveway. of his father-and his father died ten unbelievable price of $9 for a set of 12 Until next month, I remain faithfully, years ago. Hence, it should come as no dinner plates. Mary Beth surprise to me that memories of Mother As the girls completed each box and flood my mind every single day. I catch taped it securely, they carried it out to myself most unaware when I see inter­ the garage where they began filling the COVER PICTURE esting things which I mechanically store corners of Adrienne's new car. Several One would be hard-pressed to find a away to share with her on our faithfully months before, we had connived secretly lovelier garden than this one which is th·· kept Saturday morning long distance with Mother and my sister's husband, pride and joy of my cousin, Gretche1 i phone calls. A 22-year habit is impossi­ Bill, to have Adrienne's graduation pres­ Fischer Harshbarger. Gretchen and her ble for the mind to bring to a quick halt. ent bought and stored in Mother's husband, H. Clay Harshbarger, live in a Before I returned to Milwaukee, my garage. That car had been waiting for her lovely home located on the banks of the sister and I were caught up in the ava­ June graduation to be presented, but Iowa River near Iowa City, Iowa. lanche of legal work connected with a now we revealed her surprise, pro­ Gretchen, shown in our cover picture mortal's passing from this life into the cessed the papers to secure insurance in her garden, has long been recognized next. Mother had her life and death's and a license for it, and sent her back for her expertise in raising flowers. She conditions well ordered, but neverthe­ alone to Milwaukee with the car filled comes by this interest naturally, for her less settlement is a complicated affair to with treasures. mother, my Aunt Helen Field Fischer, deal with regardless of well-laid plans. Among the other treasures which I was extremely knowledgeable in the way Because of the terribly depressed tucked into the corners of our car for of flowers. Gretchen has authored many economic conditions existing in Ander­ transport to Milwaukee, were the boxes magazine articles as well as the McCall's son, leaving a house filled with furniture of memorabilia which my mother had Garden Book (published by Simon and empty for very long would be folly, so my Kept securely in boxes shut away from Schuster, New York, in 1968). For many sister and I made the decision to sell the the destruction of dust and light. years, she traveled extensively to speak house. In Indiana, before that can be In one of the boxes was a hotel regis­ to various garden organizations. This done, in fact, before anything can be ter from 1879. It belonged to my great­ activity had to be curtailed when she de­ started, the "officials" must come in and grandfather, David Hale, who was the veloped osteoporosis. put a dollar value on everything inside proprietor of the Central Hotel in Three The Driftmier and Fischer girls were the house, on the house itself, on any Rivers, Mich. (It is amazing that this book always very close-friends as well as automobiles, and on the contents of a survived for my mother's home was cousins. Many of our early growing years safety deposit box. Upon this revelation, broken up when she was a girl of four­ were spent in the same Shenandoah I added another occupation to my list of teen upon the death of her mother in neighborhood. those I would not wish on the lowliest 1916.) The hotel's register is a large My daughter, Juliana, has a great love creature. It is truly obnoxious to con­ leather-bound book measuring about 15 for gardening and has an extensive col­ sider the greed of a system which would by 9 inches. The earliest entry is August lection of helpful books on the subject invade the privacy of a family in grief. As 28, 1879, and the final one is dated March but she has said that she finds Gretch­ the saying goes, one cannot escape 26, 1882. Somewhere along the line, en's McCall's Garden Book the most death and taxes but I failed to realize that Grandmother Hale decided that due to helpful of them all. -Lucile PAGE 12 KITCHEN-KLAITER MAGAZINE, JUNE, 1982

VEGETABLE CHEESE BAKE 1 can Cheddar cheese soup 1/2 soup can milk 1 regular-size pkg. frozen mixed vege­ tables 2 cups shredded cooked ham, chicken, turkey, or tuna 1 tube refrigerator biscuits (10- to 12- biscuit size) Mix soup, milk and frozen vegetables. Heat until very warm. Add the meat. Pour into a buttered 2-quart casserole. Top with biscuits which have been sepa­ rated. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes in a 350- degree oven. -Verlene

MOCKROSEANGELFOODCAKE DOROTIN'S CREAM CHEESE EASY LIME PIE 2 cups sifted cake flour COOKY 16-oz. ready-to-use purchased choco­ 1/2 tsp. salt 1 cup margarine late-flavored pie crust 2 tsp. baking powder 1 cup sugar 16-oz. can frozen limeade concentrate 4eggs 1 3-oz. pkg. cream cheese, softened 1/4 tsp. Kitchen-Klatter lemon 2 cups sugar 2 eggs flavoring 1/2 tsp. Kitchen-Klatter almond flavor­ 1 tsp. Kitchen-Klatter vanilla flavoring 1/4 tsp. Kitchen-Klatter vanilla ing 1/2 tsp. Kitchen-Klatter butter flavoring 1 cup hot milk flavoring 114-oz. can sweetened condensed Sift flour, salt and baking powder to­ 1/2 tsp. Kitchen-Klatter lemon milk gether three times. Set aside. flavoring 3/4 cup sour cream Beat eggs while gradually adding 2 1/2 cups unsifted flour Few drops green food coloring sugar, beating until mixture is thick 1 tsp. baking powder 1 8-oz. carton frozen whipped topping, enough to hold peaks. Add flavoring. 1/2 tsp. soda thawed Fold in flour mixture in small amounts. 1 cup chopped pecans Grated chocolate and additional Add the hot milk gradually, mixing 1 cup chocolate chips or plumped whipped topping for garnish quickly. Spread batter in three greased 8- raisins In mixing bowl, combine limeade inch paper-lined cake pans. Bake for 30 Cream the margarine and sugar. Add (undiluted and frozen), flavorings and minutes at 350 degrees. the cheese, eggs and flavorings and beat sweetened condensed milk. Add sour For filling and frosting, combine sweet­ well. Combine the flour, baking powder cream and food coloring. Fold in the ened whipped cream and fresh crushed andsodaand add to creamed mixture. whipped topping. Spoon into crust, strawberries. Chill and serve. Stir in the pecans, chocolate chips or mounding high above rim. Chill until set, -Juliana raisins. Drop by teaspoonfuls on lightly about 6 hours. Garnish with grated greased sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 12 chocolate and additional whipped BUITERMll..K-PECAN CHICKEN to 15 minutes. Makes 4 to 5 dozen topping. -Betty Jane 2 frying chickens, cut up cookies. -Dorothy 1/2 cup butter or margarine RHUBARB MUFFINS 1 cup buttermilk STRAWBERRY-PRETZEL 11/4 cups firmly packed brown sugar 1 egg DESSERT 1/2 cup oil 1 cup flour 8 ozs. crushed pretzels 1 egg 1 cup ground pecans 3/4 cup margarine, melted 2 tsp. Kitchen-Klatter vanilla flavoring 1 This. paprika 1/2 tsp. Kitchen-Klatter butter 1 cup buttermilk 1 This. salt flavoring 1 1/2 cups finely diced rhubarb 1/8 tsp. pepper 3 Tbls. sugar 1/2 cup chopped walnuts 1/4 cup sesame seeds 1 8-oz. pkg. cream cheese, softened 1/4 tsp. Kitchen-Klatter black walnut 1/4 cup whole pecan halves for garnish 1 pkg. dessert topping mix, prepared flavoring Cut up chickens. Melt butter or according to package directions 2 1/2 cups flour margarine in 9- by 13-inch baking pan. 1 cup sugar 1 tsp. soda Combine buttermilk and eggin a bowl. In 2 3-oz. pkgs. strawberry gelatin 1 tsp. baking powder separate bowl, combine remaining 3 cups boiling water 1 tsp. salt ingredients (with exception of whole pe­ 1 large box frozen strawberries 1 tsp. melted butter cans). Dip pieces of chicken in butter­ Mix crushed pretzels, melted 1/3 cup granulated sugar milk mixture, then in flour mixture. Put margarine, butter flavoring and 3 This. 1 tsp. cinnamon skin side down in pan with melted butter sugar. Press into 9- by 13-inch pan. Bake Combine the brown sugar, oil, egg, or margarine, coat well, tum over and for 10 minutes at 350 degrees. Cool. vanilla flavoring and buttermilk. Beat leave with skin side up. Place a pecan half Mix together the cream cheese, well. Stir in the rhubarb, walnuts and on each piece of chicken. Bake at 350 prepared dessert topping and 1 cup black walnut flavoring. Sift together the degrees for about 1% hours, or until sugar. Spread over cooled crust. flour, soda, baking powder and salt. Add tender. Garnish with fresh parsley and Dissolve gelatin in the boiling water. to beaten mixture. Spoon into about 20 cherry tomatoes, if desired, for a pretty Drop frozen strawberries into gelatin. greased muffin tins. Combine the melted serving platter. Allow gelatin to partially set. Pour over butter, granulated sugar and cinnamon. This is an unusual way to prepare cream cheese mixture. Let set until firm. Sprinkle a · little over each muffin, chicken for a covered dish dinner or a Additional crushed pretzels may be pressing lightly into batter. Bake at 400 picnic, or your own family. -Evelyn sprinkled over top, if desired. degrees for 20 to 25 minutes. -Robin KITCHEN-KLAITER MAGAZINE, JUNE, 1982 PAGE 13

CHEESE CRISPS GOLDEN HONEY ROLLS JULIANA'S BEETS 1 cup butter 1 cup milk 2 lbs. fresh beets 2 cups flour 1/2 cup oil 2 This. tarragon vinegar 1/2 tsp. salt 2 This. honey 1/2 cup butter 1/4 tsp. cayenne pepper 1/2 tsp. Kitchen-Klatter butter 1/4 tsp. dry mustard 1/2 lb. grated sharp Cheddar cheese flavoring 2 green onions, tops and all, chopped 3 cups crisp rice cereal 3 1/2 to 4 cups all-purpose flour 1/4 tsp. tarragon Cream the butter. Sift the flour, salt 1 pkg. active dry yeast 1/4 tsp. salt and pepper together. Using hands, add 1 tsp. salt 1/2 cup boiling water the flour mixture to the creamed butter. 2 eggs Peel and shred beets. Place in heavy Gradually work in the cheese, then the 2 This. margarine or butter pan with the remaining ingredients. cereal. Shape into small balls. Place the 1 This. honey Cover and simmer for about 5 minutes, balls on an ungreased baking sheet and Heat milk, oil, 2 This. honey and flavor­ or until beets are tender. Drain, saving flatten them with a fork. Bake at 350 ing until very warm (120-130 degrees). liquid. Taste-more salt may have to be degrees for 15 to 17 minutes. These Lightly spoon flour into measuring cup, added. Place beets in bowl. Just before freeze well when placed in an airtight then level off. Add 11/2 cups flour, yeast, serving, reheat liquid and pour over container. -Robin salt and eggs to the heated liquid ingredi­ beets. ents. Beat at medium speed for 3 BARBECUED CHICKEN minutes. Then, by hand, beat in the rest BAKED FISH FILLETS of the flour (dough should be soft and 1/2 cup cider vinegar sticky). Cover and let rise until double in 4 nice-sized fish fillets 1/2 cup water bulk. Turn out on lightly floured board Salt to taste 1/2 cup olive oil and knead about 15 times. Divide dough Juice of 1 lemon 1 tsp. Kitchen-Klatter butter flavoring into 20 equal parts. Shape into balls. 1 This. melted butter 1/3 cup honey Place in greased baking pans and let rise 1 This. flour 1 tsp. celery salt again until double in size. Bake at 350 de­ Pinch paprika 1/2 tsp. ground black pepper grees for 25 to 30 minutes. Pinch nutmeg 2 tsp. salt Combine the margarine or butter and 1 can cream of mushroom soup Dash garlic powder 1 This. honey and lightly brush over rolls. 1 This. cream Chicken (whole, quartered or cut up) 1 This. grated Parmesan cheese 4 sprigs parsley Combine the marinade ingredients. GLAZED RASPBERRY Pour over the chicken. Marinate for 2 Wipe off fish with damp cloth. Place in CHEESECAKE hours, turning chicken occasionally. shallow glass baking dish. Sprinkle with a Place over hot coals. Grill until done, 1 cup wheat germ little salt and with the lemon juice. Melt basting occasionally with any leftover 1/2 cup sugar butter. Stir in flour and seasonings. Add marinade. -Juliana 1/4 tsp. nutmeg mushroom soup (undiluted) and stir until 1 pint cottage cheese smooth and mixture boils. Cook over DELIGHTFUL DESSERT 1/2 cup light cream low heat for 3 minutes, stirring. Pour 2/3 cup butter or margarine 1/2 cup heavy cream cream over fish. Then spoon hot sauce 1/4 tsp. Kitchen-Klatter butter 2 tsp. Kitchen-Klatter vanilla flavoring over top. Top with Parmesan cheese. flavoring 1 8-oz. pkg. cream cheese, softened Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes. Do 1 1/2 cups crushed vanilla wafer 1 Tbls. flour not overcook. Garnish with parsley. crumbs 1 cup sugar Serves 4. -Frederick 2 1/2 cups crushed pineapple with 4 eggs, separated SUPER-DUPER COLESLAW syrup Combine the wheat germ, 1/2 cup 1 3-oz. pkg. lemon gelatin sugar and nutmeg. Measure out 2/3 cup 12 cups shredded cabbage 1/2 tsp. Kitchen-Klatter pineapple and set aside. Scatter the remaining mix­ 4 medium carrots, shredded flavoring ture in a well-buttered 9- by 13-inch or 2 small onions, grated 1/2 cup sugar two round baking pans. 2 small green peppers, chopped (op- 3 eggs, separated Put cottage cheese and light cream in tional) 1/2 cup chopped nuts mixer bowl and beat until smooth. Add 1/2 tsp. mustard seed 1/4 cup sugar the heavy cream, flavoring, cream 2 tsp. celery seed Melt V3 cup of the butter or mar­ cheese, flour and sugar. Blend well by 2 tsp. salt garine. Add butter flavoring and crumbs. hand. Add well-beaten egg yolks and 1 1/2 cups salad oil Blend well. Press 1 cup of crumb mix­ blend again. Beat egg whites until stiff, 2/3 cup vinegar ture firmly in bottom of 9-inch square but not dry, then fold into mixture. 2/3 cup water pan. Reserve remainder of crumbs for Spread in prepared pan. Top with the 2 cups sugar top. reserved wheat germ mixture. Bake at 2 3-oz. pkgs. lemon gelatin Heat pineapple and syrup to boiling. 300 degrees for 1 hour. Cool and top with Combine prepared vegetables. Mix in Stir in gelatin until dissolved. Add pine­ the following glaze: seeds, salt and oil. Let stand for one apple flavoring. Cool. Cream remaining 2 pkgs. frozen raspberries, thawed hour. Combine vinegar, water and sugar. butter or margarine with the 1/2 cup 1 glass currant jelly Bring to a boil. Stir in lemon gelatin. Let sugar. Mix in egg yolks, one at a time. 1 This. instant tapioca cool until syrupy and then pour over cab­ Beat well. Add cooled gelatin mixture Drain juice from raspberries into a bage mixture. Refrigerate until time to and nuts. Beat egg whites until soft peaks saucepan. Add jelly and heat until jelly is serve. form. Gradually add the 1/4 cup sugar melted. Add the tapioca and cook, This is an excellent recipe for large and continue to beat until stiff. Fold egg stirring, for about 30 minutes until glaze groups because it can be made a day or whites into pineapple mixture. has thickened and is clear. Cool. two ahead. It is also great when the gar­ Pour into crumb-lined pan. Top with Spread the raspberries over the den is producingquantities of cabbage as reserved crumbs. Chill for several hours cooled cheesecake and pour glaze over this mixture can be spooned into con­ or overnight. -Hallie all. -Betty Jane tainers and frozen. -Evelyn PAGE 14 KITCHEN-KLATIER MAGAZINE, JUNE, 1982 SANDWICH MAKIN'S amount of ingredients to your taste and CHOCOLATE-MINT ICE CREAM moisten with just enough Country Style (Including hints from our readers) dressing to spread nicely. -Evelyn 3 eggs 3/4 cup sugar Beef Chicken Spread 1 pkg. (3%-oz.) instant vanilla pudding Grind up the meat from a tender roast 2 cups cooked boned chicken, ground mix beef. Chill the drippings from the roast 2 Tbls. prepared horseradish 1 13-oz. can evaporated milk and skim off and discard the fat. 1 3-oz. pkg. cream cheese, softened 2 1-oz. squares semisweet chocolate Combine enough of the drippings with 1 This. dried onion 1/2 cup finely chopped butter mint the ground beef to moisten. (If juices jell, 1/4 tsp. celery salt (or seasoned salt) candies (or after-dinner mints­ heat to liquefy.} Salt and pepper to taste. Combine all ingredients. This spread not chocolate) Butter bread, spread with moistened can be used for crackers or for party 1/2 tsp. Kitchen-Klatter mint flavoring beef filling. Store in tight container and sandwiches. Sandwiches can be made 2 cups half-and-half freeze. If several layers of sandwiches are ahead of time, wrapped and frozen. Beat eggs in a large bowl. Gradually made, put waxed paper between each -Hallie beat in the sugar until mixture is thick layer. --Mrs. B., Nebr. and lemon-colored. Add the pudding mix Tuna-Cheese Roll and evaporated milk. Blend well. Melt Interesting beef sandwiches were 1 8-oz. pkg. cream cheese, softened made for a wedding using small home­ 1 small onion, finely chopped the chocolate over hot, but not boiling, water. Add melted chocolate to egg mix­ made silver-dollar size buns. The filling 1/2 cup chopped Brazil nuts ture slowly while stirring constantly. Add was made with ground roast beef, a small 1 small can tuna, drained candy, flavoring and half-and-half. amount of mayonnaise, beef juice, 1/4 tsp. Tabasco sauce mustard and chopped (well drained) Salt and pepper to taste Freeze according to instructions of your sweet pickles. Moisten just enough to 1/2 cup finely chopped parsley ice cream freezer. -Juliana spread well. These freeze nicely. Freeze Combine all ingredients except the REIS' STEAK on tray or cooky sheets and then put in parsley. Sprinkle parsley on a sheet of 1 10-oz. sirloin steak, cut 3/4 to 1 inch plastic bags for storage. waxed paper. Roll mixture in parsley, -Mrs. N., S. Oak. shaping into log. Store in waxed paper or thick plastic wrap in refrigerator. (This freezes 2 Tbls. olive oil Chicken well.) This can be used as a sandwich 2 Tbls. peanut oil Either of the above ideas for beef can filling or served with crackers. 1/2 tsp. Kitchen-Klatter butter also be used in making chicken sand­ -Verlene flavoring wiches. Grind the c::ooked chicken meat 2 or 3 large cloves garlic, mashed (or use canned) and proceed according Swiss & Ham Spread 6 or 7 peppercorns, slightly crushed to directions, using a bit of chicken broth 1 cup coarsely ground cooked ham Blend the oils, flavoring, garlic and in place of the beef juices. 1 cup shredded Swiss cheese peppercorns. Place in a shallow glass A favorite chicken filling is chopped 1/2 cup drained sweet pickle relish dish. Put in the steak, turning to coat on chicken, chopped English walnuts, 1/4 tsp. Kitchen-Klatter orange both sides. Press in the garlic and chopped celery and Kitchen-Klatter flavoring peppercorns. Cover and let stand at Country Style Salad dressing. Vary the 3/4 cup mayonnaise or salad dressing room temperature for 4 hours, or refrig­ Dash cinnamon erate overnight. (If refrigerated, remove Combine all the ingredients and and let set at room temperature for 1 to2 KITCHEN-KLATTER spread on bread. Excellent on white, hours before cooking.) Grill over hot COOKBOOK. whole wheat or rye bread. Also delicious coals until done to your liking. Season on crackers. with salt and pepper after cooking. Slice steak diagonally to serve. -Betty Jane Easy Salmon Spread Combine softened cream cheese, CAl .. JFLOWER & BROCCOLI drained canned salmon and chopped SAI.AD olives. Spread on bread or crackers. -Betty Jane 1 head h?sh cauliflower, broken in smai: ! 1ieces Cheese-Nut Spread 1 bunch fresh broccoli, cut in small 1 cup Cheddar cheese, grated or pieces ground 1 cup chopped celery 1/2 cup cream 1 cup fresh mushrooms, diced 1/2 cup chopped nuts Dad Deserves the Best. 8 radishes, sliced 1/2 cup chopped stuffed olives 8 green onions, sliced Beat cheese and cream until well 1 cup commercial sour cream Experienced cooks will find de­ blended. Add nuts and olives. pendable, interesting and unusual 1 cup mayonnaise recipes. Beginning cooks will enjoy Ideas 2 Tbls. Kitchen-Klatter French salad the simple, easy-to-prepare basic Trim crusts from bread, cut into vari­ dressing dishes. ous shapes with a knife or cooky cutter 1 Tbls. Beau Monde (a seasoning Get one for your favorite dad­ for pretty open-faced sandwiches. found in the spice section of most or anyone else you would like to grocery stores) please. And, if you don't have one, Butter bread to the edge; use filling to get one for yourself as well. edge. This keeps the bread from 1 Tbls. dill weed becoming soaked with any filling ingredi­ 1 This. finely minced onion $6.00, per copy (Iowa residents, please add sales tax.l ents which are moist, and also keeps the 2 tsp. parsley flakes bread from drying out. In a large bowl, toss together the cauli­ KITCHEN-KLATTER For open-faced sandwiches, a variety flower, broccoli, celer,1, mushrooms, Shenandoah, Iowa 51601 !Please allow 3 weeks for delivery. Gift of breads and fillings can be used: Ban­ radishes and green onions. Combine the card will be sent 1f requested.J ana, date and apricot breads are excel­ remaining ingredients and pour over the lent. vegetables. Refrigerate. -Dorothy KITCHEN-KLA TIER MAGAZINE, JUNE, 1982 PAGE 15 ENTERTAINING IDEAS flattering light on dinner guests, should be placed so their flames are at a level by that prevents their flickering to C<1use Erma Reynolds annoyance to the diners. If you enjoy entertaining, here are a 16. Establish a party closet or shelf few tips for you to have up your sleeve: where you will locate in one place any 1. It makes sense, if possible, to give table decorations, holiday fixings, two parties in a row. The house is spic games, cards, score pads, etc. and span, the best dishes down from the 17. Keep a party notebook, listing top shelves, silver cleaned, and the flow­ each party given-who was invited, what ers still fresh. food and drink were served, what sort of 2. When issuing invitations to a party, decorations, etc. This data provides a tell the guests what you plan for enter­ good check list for future entertaining. tainment, what sort of clothes to wear, 18. Most important of all, enjoy your and who's on the guest list. Unhappy the entertaining, then your guests will too. guest who arrives in formal attire to dis­ cover the affair is a backyard barbecue. FREDERICK'S LEITER - Concluded 3. A buffet is one of the easiest and Chattanooga in early December of last most pleasant ways to entertain-avoid year. Jane loves to sail, so while she is serving anything that needs to be cut. Be here we expect to go out often. She is the sure that each guest has a place to rest friend who was with me last year when Betty (Mrs. Frederick) Driftmier is an his plate for it is difficult to balance a experienced hostess. During the my boat went aground in the Pawcatuck food-loaded plate on one's knees. years when she was a pastor's wife, River. We still laugh about that. I know 4. Include ice water with the Betty was responsible for many fine the channel of that river like I know the beverages; there's always someone who dinners and other special occasions. lines on the palm of my hand, but still I Now that they are retired and live in wants to have water with a meal. Pawcatuck, Conn., Betty continues had the accident. 5. Let an electric grill pinch-hit as a hot to enjoy entertaining guests. We expect Betty's parents to arrive in plate. Open it, adjusting so both sur­ the middle of June for a lovely reunion. faces are flat. Preheat at lowest heat and piece, keep the arrangement low. Give We hope they will stay until the middle of it's then ready to keep a couple of light­ them a before-the-party test by sitting at October. weight serving dishes warm. the table and deciding just how high the Betty joins me in all good wishes. Keep 6. An opened-up ironing board, bouquet can be to allow guests a glimpse well, and keep happy. disguised with a pretty tablecloth, can be of each other. Sincerely, used for an extra serving table. 15. Candles, with their glow casting a Frederick 7. An easy way to entertain is to have a "Come for Dessert" party. Serve an out-of-the-ordinary dessert accom­ panied by salted nuts, mints and coffee. Kitchen-Klatter Flavorings 8. For an eat-outdoors party, personalize the plates by marking each D Almond D Butter D Mint guest's name on the edge of a paper plate D Banana D Cherry D Orange with a felt-tip pen. D Black Walnut 0 Coconut D Pineapple 9. Finger foods are often part of the D Blueberry D Lemon D Raspberry menu of an outside meal, so have in D Burnt Sugar 0 Maple D Strawberry readiness a package of travel cleanup cloths to use to clean sticky or greasy D Vanilla (dark) 0 Vanilla (clear) fingers. 10. If you have a garden wheelbarrow, Try your grocer first. If not available locally, then order as follows: put it into use at an outdoor meal. Scrub it thoroughly, line with foil, then fill with ice. It's then ready to keep salads crisp Send check or money order for the offers of your choice to: and bottled drinks cold. KITCHEN-KLATTER, SHENANDOAH, IOWA 51601. 11. Party punch has a way of getting watery and losing its fruity flavor from Box #1 - $8.00 for each box containing 6 bottles of your choice of the melting ice cubes. Overcome this Kitchen-Klatter Flavorings. Please list the 6 flavorings you wish. No. of problem by freezing some of the punch offer #1 desired __ at $6.00 per box. beforehand in ice cube trays. Come Box #2 - $18.00 for the SPECIAL ALL-OCCASION GIFT BOX with 18 serving time, put these cubes in the bottles of Kitchen-Klatter Flavorings: 1 each of the 17 flavorings plus a punch bowl to keep the beverage cold. bonus bottle of vanilla. No. of offer #2 desired --at $18.00 per box. 12. For a substitute relish tray, make compartments on a large round plate Offer #3 - $3.25 for 3 flavorings of your choice. List which 3 Kitchen­ with stalks of celery arranged pie-wedge Klatter Flavorings you desire. No. of offer #3 desired __ at $3.25 per fashion. offer. 13. Flowers add a lovely touch to a NAME ______party, but when a large numberof guests are moving about a room, there's a ADDRESS chance a vase can be knocked over. Avoid such an accident by placing the CITY/STATE/ZIP ------posies where they can be seen but not Total amount enclosed $ ------toppled. 14. When using flowers as a center- PAGE 16 KITCHEN-KLATIER MAGAZINE, JUNE, 1982

to include in the sale. She asked if they OLD WEDDING SAYINGS might have the sale together. Word GARAGE spread down the block. By the time the Marry in white, you have chosen all right. sale date arrived, seventeen families Marry in gray, you'll go far away. SALE were taking part in eight garage sales in a Marry in black, you'll wish yourself back. two-block area. Marry in red, you'll wish yourself dead. Instead of competing with each other, Marry in green, ashamed to be seen. IDEAS they all cooperated by sharing the cost of Marry in blue, he'll always be true. one newspaper ad covering all the sales. Marry in pearl, you will live in a whirl. by The ad listed at least one outstanding Marry in yellow, ashamed of your fellow. Louise Simms item to be featured at each individual Marry in brown, you will live out of town. sale. Marry in pink, your spirits will sink. According to the ad, sales were to Garage sales have become very begin at 8 a.m. But by 7 a.m., people COMMANDMENTS FOR popular for several reasons: they are a started coming and ten minutes later the MARRIAGE good way to convert into quick cash street was lined on both sides with things that are no longer used or needed, parked cars. (Given to a couple 50 years ago.) the buyer benefits by finding something At each end of the street area, shop­ For Wedded Bliss: fitting his or her neeas and the cost is a pers were given a grocery sack which 1. Work hard for a common cause. fraction of the original price. It is also they could fill with everything from fresh 2. Go to bed early. gratifying to know that the useful life of eggs and live puppies to handmade wood 3. Get up early. an article has been extended by recycling items and an antique lamp (which sold 4. Neglect neither business nor pleas- it through another consumer. for $75). ure. Just about anything goes at a garage One neighbor remarked that it looked 5. Forgive mutual faults. sale if it is clean and neatly displayed. like old Maxwell Street in Chicago with 6. Partings are unwise. People involved with crafts are always the sidewalk merchants. 7. Make your own clothes. looking for discarded jewelry and other This was not a "ladies only" affair. 8. Cook your own meals. things for craft work. Many search for Many husbands joined in and apparently 9. Go to church. discarded clothing to make rugs, doll had as much fun as their wives. 10. Teach your children to follow these clothes, etc. One man, who makes wooden rules when they marry. Anyone who likes to do crafts can in­ planters, towel racks, doll beds, picture For the New Husband: clude some items for sale at such an frames, and magazine racks, decided to 1. Don't marry unless you want a fam. event. Homebaked goods, jams, jellies display his work on his driveway. He re­ ily. and garden produce will sell well. Dis­ marked that people are usually looking 2. Don't be dogmatic in your home. play them along with the used items but for "nickel and dime stuff' at garage sales 3. Love your wife as you love yourself. be sure to mark them ''Homemade" or and he didn't really expect to sell much of 4. Strive always to get your wife's "New". his craft work, but it would be an oppor­ Displaying of items is important. A tunity to let shoppers know what he had point of view. 5. Don't lie to your wife about fin­ grocery sack of baby food jars failed to for sale. He hoped they would come back ances. sell at one sale. Later the jars were neatly when they did their Christmas shopping. 6. Remember you married a human displayed in a cut-down cardboard box To his amazement, he had only three and were quickly sold to a lady who pieces left three hours after the sale bein~not an angel! 7. Don't stray from your own fireside wanted to use them for jelly jars. started. too many nights a week. Incidentally, small-size jars of jam and A total of more than $1,000 was taken 8. Kiss and make up any quarrel be­ jelly sell well at church bazaars (and in by all participants in the sale. What had fore going to sleep. garage sales) to people who live alone. been unusable items had become 9. Don't complain about your wife to Small individual pies are quick sellers for treasures and both buyers and sellers any other woman. the same reason. And being able to were happy. 10. Be generous with praise. advertise something "homemade" at The only fault which the participants in your garage sale is a good lead item. the Monmouth sale could find with the For the New Wife: A cooperative garage sale among resi­ plan was that each one was so busy 1. Don't commit indiscretions that lay dents of the same block can prove profit· selling things of her own she had no time you open for suspicion of graver things. able for everyone involved. Drawing to see what the neighbors were offering 2. Don't treat your husband as if he shoppers to one area is the principle on for sale! So, if you like to browse around were omnipotent, and then complain if which malls and shopping centers at garage sales, have enough help at your he comes to believe it himself. operate. There is no reason why the own sale to be able to leave it long 3. Don't sing to him praises of other same psychology cannot apply to garage enough to see what your neighbors are women's husbands. sales. selling. 4. Don't preach continually that your This kind of project affords a great This could establish a trend in the husband is a failure. opportunity for neighbors to socialize, future. And why not? Parking your car 5. Don't discuss your private family make a little money, and recycle usable while you attend eight or more garage business with your women friends. merchandise which they no longer need. sales on one street is certainly better 6. Honor your husband's father and What could be more typical of the good than driving around town to attend sales mother. old American system of free enterprise? at eight different locations-conserving 7. Don't preach economy to your hus­ A group of residents in Monmouth, Ill., gasoline as well as time. band and exempt yourself. tried this plan. The results were beyond 8. Don't hold your husband to a strict their wildest expectations. accounting of promises he made before It all started when one young wife and The optimist sees the world as a place marriage. mother told a neighbor she was going to for opportunity. The pessimist, as a place 9. Permit no loves to come between have a garage sale. The neighbor de­ for doom and trouble. The artist, as a you and your husband-not even your cided she had some things she would like place for beauty and inspiration. children. -Sent in by M.N. Brown KITCHEN-KLATIER MAGAZINE, JUNE, 1982 PAGE 17

and children. After the bride and groom THE IMPORTANCE OF had their share, the part that was left was SAYING GRACE broken over the bride's head (a custom that I am glad has not carried down to the On the table is the dinner, all steaming present day). The guests were then hot and fragrant. Everyone, though tired allowed to scramble for the fragments of and hungry, sits quietly and waits until cake that were scattered about. Anyone Dad has finished saying grace. Can the getting a piece was believed to get a family really have an attitude of thought­ share of the blessings. ful prayer at this time? After Roman times, there is no Some people think grace spoken at mention of wedding cakes until the mealtime, when people are least recep­ Anglo-Saxons took to supplying a basket tive to prayer, is hypocrisy; because of small dry biscuits at weddings. Each everyone is hungry and thinking about guest took one home and the remaining food, there is a hollowness in prayer. ones were distributed to the poor. Still, no gesture is more symbolic of de­ Later, guests began to bring their own pendency on food than that of a family by Ruth Townsend "cakes" to weddings. These cakes were bowing heads together to give thanks for Recently, we had a wedding in our like our buns of today. The buns were what they receive and asking divine family. I discovered that the wedding piled in a heap and the bride and groom guidance. cake was one of the most memorable were supposed to kiss each other over The practice of prayer is a practice of parts of the event-interesting, exciting, the mound. Eventually, the idea of a big faith. It builds a source of strength. It is a and fun. mound as a center of interest at the practice that reminds the family of the It was interesting because there are so reception table led to the custom of one, faith, hope, and love by which we live as many different types of cakes to choose big cake. More time passed and the cake Christians. from. My daughter leafed through pic­ came to be the beautiful, delicate, edible In these days of protest, fear, and con­ ture after picture that the "cake lady" creation it is today. fusion, a simple grace, reminding us that gave her for her consideration. She final­ A hundred years from now, will we live and breathe and have our being ly chose a gorgeous style with pillars and wedding couples still enjoy wedding only because of the Creator, is well a little fountain. What a beauty it was­ cakes? Perhaps there will be some new worth the effort it takes. Prayer time, any both pictorially and in actuality. custom which will be even better, though time, is an important time for the family. The exciting part was seeing the cake what it might be I can't imagine. -Evelyn Witter set up. Each layer had to be placed care­ fully where it belonged and extra icing swirled around to cover any joinings. The result was an out-of-this-world creation SPECIAL SALAD SERVING SET OFFER with blue water dancing up and down and cupids circling all about. Most of you already know how great the KITCHEN­ The fun was in the eating. Wedding KLATTER Italian, French and Country Style SALAD cake always seems to taste so good, DRESSINGS taste. Now we want to give you the opportunity partly, I suppose, because of the happy to get a special salad serving set as a premium. occasion surrounding it and partly be­ cause it is just plain good eating. Any­ way, this one was delicious and though every crumb is gone, the memory lingers on. After thinking about my daughter's cake, I found myself wondering about wedding cakes in general. How did they become an integral part of a wedding reception? A book called How Did It Made of Genuine Acacia Wood, the 7-piece set includes three4-inch Begin? supplied me with some inter­ bowls, three 4-inch serving spoons and one 121/2- by 41/2-inch tray. esting information. This unusual set can be yours as a special bonus for only S&.00 with 3 The idea of a wedding cake seems to "Kitchen-Klatter Approved" seals from around the top of any of the three have had its beginning back in Roman ______Kitchen-Klatter Salad ..... Dressings.______CWe must have these.l _ times. It appeared first at marriages in the upper strata of society at a ceremony known as confarreatio which translates Print the information needed on the following form and send to: loosely as "an eating-together time". KITCHEN-KLATIER, SHENANDOAH, IOWA 51601 After the actual wedding, the bride and Please send __ sets of the SPECIAL SALAD SERVING SET at $6.00 groom would share a small part of the each PLUS 3 "Kitchen-Klatter Approved" seals from any of the Kitctien­ cake, similar to our tradition of the bride Klatter Salad Dressings for each set. and groom feeding each other a bit of NAME ______cake after they have done the initial cutting. SHIPPING ADDRESS ------The "cake" in Roman times was not CITY ______STATE. _____ ZIP _____ what we think of as cake at all. It was a sort of unleavened scone, made of flour, Offer extended to August 31, 1882. Allow 6 weeks for delivery. salt and water, very plain with no deco­ Cit you can't yet buy the dressings at your store, send $2.00 for each 8-oz. ration at all. Eating this scone-cake was bottle. Specify Italian, French or Country Style. Kitchen-Klatter, Shenan­ supposed to secure for the bride and doah, Iowa 51601.l groom a life of plenty, in both happiness PAGE 18 KITCHEN-KLAITER MAGAZINE, JUNE, 1982

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This photograph of my youngest brother, Donald, and his wife, Mary Beth, was taken in 1954 in the living room of our parents, Martin H. and Leanna Driftmier. They were married in April of 1954 and I would guess this picture was taken on their first trip back to Shenan­ doah. While our parents were living, Mary Beth and Donald came every year for a much appreciated visit. They now make their home 1n Dela­ KITCHEN-KLATTER field, Wis., and are the parents of Katharine, Paul and Adrienne. MAGAZINE. -Lucile

AN OUNCE OF made out an inventory. It would help so INVENTORY .. much now." An up-to-date inventory of your furn­ by ishings and personal belongings can be Ruth Townsend invaluable in case of fire, flood, tornado, Did you ever sit do•vn in your kitchen burglary or some other disaster. For the and make a list of everything that's in major items, list serial numbers, pur­ your living room? Try it sometime and chase prices, current value and pur­ see if you can do it without leaving any­ chase dates, if possible. Attach any avail­ thing out. able receipts to your inventory. You can The interesting, informative This is a good exercise to see whether check with your own insurance KITCHEN-KLATTER MAGAZINE you need an inventory of your belong­ representative as to what your particular is the perfect gift to give to a bride and groom. It will give 12 months ings. If you can list everything in each company wants in the way of a record. of helpful guidance as a new home room of your house without looking, To supplement your list, photograph is being established. then you probably don't need one, but each wall of each room in your house, This magazine is different than most of us cannot rely on memory with closets and cabinet doors open. any other publication-it will make alone. We need written proof of what we Such pictures may not be worth a thou­ a different gift for a wedding or a have. This was brought forcefully to sand words, but they can help authenti­ shower. mind when a close friend of mine had a cate a written inventory. Be sure to write $5.00, 12 issues fire in her home. Luckily, no one was hurt the date when the picture was taken on $6.00, foreign countries and the house itself was not destroyed, the back of each photograph, along with [Iowa residents, please add sales tax.J but most of the contents were the name of the room, the major items in Please allow 3 weeks for delivery. We will send gift cards if you ask us to. completely burned or charred beyond it and any other information that might recognition. be helpful in your particular case. Keep KITCHEN-KLATTER As soon as the fire was out, or so it the pictures with your inventory. Shenandoah, la. 51601 seemed, the insurance company wanted Your inventory should be stored in a If you are already a subscriber, a list of everything that had been des­ safe place away from your house. It's a please check the date on your troyed. My friend had no inventory and, good idea to keep a copy at home, magazine and send in your renewal although she has a good memory and so though, so you can update it occa­ at least two months before it ex­ does her husband, they are still not sure sionally. pires so you will not miss a single they are remembering every item. As she Remember, the more complete your issue. said, "You think it won't ever happen to inventory is, the more valuable it will be if you, but sometimes it does. I wish I had you ever need it. KITCHEN-KLATIER MAGAZINE, JUNE, 1982 PAGE 19

WRITE YOUR LIFE you have done, family jokes, coinci­ and ignite hopes for those who come by dences and even nicknames you've after. Elizabeth Myhr acquired. Your unique life story can be a price­ Examine your faith in God and your less legacy, a stretching of yourself far Your life IS interesting-truly worth fellow man. This may be something you into the future. I cannot urge you too writing about. You haven't won awards have never discussed with others, but in strongly to start writing your life's record or banked a million or made Who's Who? a book your written beliefs can be wit­ today. Never mind. You are still making a ness to those who follow you. unique mark in this world. In his book, Human Options, an Auto­ When our Gramps died he left some­ biographical Notebook, published in thing we treasure: his autobiography. 1981, Norman Cousins foregoes the STORY OFAN Gramps, who was my husband's father, chronological routine. Instead, he AMERICAN FAMILY told us in his story how shy he was as a records his many life-learning experi­ boy growing up. He determined to over­ ences, what he believes about the great The exciting account of events that happened in the lives of two come his self-consciousness and make a adventure of living and the countless op­ Midwestern American families. success of himself, which he did-as tions open to each individual. Cousins is Many questions regarding these head of a lumber company. At age 65, he affiliated with the School of Medicine at remarkable people are answered was elected mayor of his town and U.C.L.A, Los Angeles. by the author, Lucile Oriftmier served three terms. Whether an autobiography is read by Verness. Autobiographies take as many forms family, is eventually published during $4.25, per copy as there are people to write them. When one's lifetime or upon one's death, my husband's great-great-grandmother KITCHEN-KLATTER doesn't really matter. What does matter Shenandoah, Iowa 51601 wrote her story, she began it this way: is that it was written-an open book, a "Are not all lives turned in the kaleido­ sharing of a life, a flame to light pathways scope we call time? So my story may be old, but in the turning a new light may appear which shall not have grown dim by the shadow of time." Tiffi BEST OF IOWA A person needn't wait until eighty to IOwanEm™G write an autobiography, as Gramps did. Indeed, it might not get written at all if one waits that long. When is the best time to start such a book? Now. Today. No matter what age one may be. Enjoy the Best of Iowa A good way to begin is to jot down in a through the color-filled pages diary or journal each day's happenings. of our state's showcase publication! 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I mention this book to give you nouncing your gift. some ideas for your own story. Subscribe to the Iowan today: Your successes and your happy times Ordered by ------ought to be recorded, but equally impor­ Address ______tant are your failures, your weaknesses City State Zip ____ and trials. Your humanness will endear 0 Please enter my own subscription at $13.25 per year. you to your loved ones. For example in The Vineyard of The Lord, Helen Steiner 0 Please send a one-year gift subscription at $13.25 per year to each Rice tells her life story in poetry and to each of the following: prose. It is a mingling of both her happy Name and sad experiences, published in 1979. Address Humor will- make your book come City State Zip ____ alive, too. Tell the funny events that have 0 Iowa residents add 40( sales tax per subscription. happened to you, the ridiculous things PAGE 20 KITCHEN-KLATIER MAGAZINE, JUNE, 1982 Come Read some "that's the way I feel" thoughts, while a pair of excited robins chattered read A Few Minutes With Andy Rooney and fluttered in the bushes 'round us, evi­ With Me by Andrew E. Rooney. dently very curious as to what we were Daughter Ann and her husband, about, down in their field-corner." by David, now live in Kennewick, Wash. The book is faithfully reproduced in Armada Swanson, David, an accountant, was transferred to full color to delight the eye. As a special Do you like to watch "60 Minutes" on Pasco by his company. They are enjoy­ gift or a keepsake, The Country Diary of Sunday evening? A special part is the ing living in the Northwest. During her an Edwardian Lady would bring much segment by Andy Rooney, with his recent visit, Ann and I headed for the pleasure. The hardcover edition, pub­ explorations of everyday life. He has bookstore where she was checking for lished in 1977, is still available at $16.95. been a part of "60 Minutes" since 1978, helps in her job with four-year-old chil­ A good friend sent me a copy of Iowa but he has written "commonsensical es­ dren. While there, I purchased a copy of The American Heartland because she says" for twenty years. The Country Diary of an Edwardian wanted you readers to know and enjoy it, A Few Minutes With Andy Rooney Lady (an Owl book, published by Holt, too. It is described as a volume of "im­ (Atheneum Publishers, $12.95) is a popu­ Rinehart and Winston, 383 Madison mense beauty and simple truths, told lar book right now. It contains the best of Ave., New York, N.Y. 10017, paper­ through some of the finest photographs his essays, more than fifty in all. His ob­ back, $9.95) by Edith Holden. This book ever taken of our state and people". Iowa servations on junk mail, coffee can was mentioned previously in the hard­ is the heartland where food is raised to savers, elections, and catalogs are just a cover edition. It has established itself as a feed the world's hungry, and Iowa people few of those found in it. best-selling hardcover classic, to the sur­ set an example of willingness to work. Andy Rooney is a saver. This is what prise of publishers. Edith Holden was We are familiar with Hugh Sidey's he writes: "I'm a saver myself. I save born in England in 1871 and lived in the column on the Presidency in Time maga­ everything. I don't think I've ever thrown small village of Olton, Warwickshire. zine. This Greenfield, Iowa, native writes away a pair of shoes, for example. I have Here it was she wrote and illustrated the in the introduction of Iowa: "The golden shoes in my closet that hurt so much or book. Her handwritten observations on ear of hybrid corn, hefty and dented, still look so terrible I'll never wear them again the wildlife environment around her is Iowa's symbol, But I would at this . . . but there they are. There are two home and her sensitive paintings make moment launch a campaign to establish kinds of savers. The first is the practical this a delight for readers of all ages. the fact that the state's best and most saver who keeps string, bags and old Edith's June diary reads: "Went for a abundant crop is common sense, that aluminum foil as a practical matter. And long country walk ... Everywhere the blend of intelligence and humility that then there's the sentimental saver. The lanes were fragrant with Wild Roses, and ripens into wisdom. If studied and sentimental savers can't stand the idea of Honeysuckle, and the breeze came to us copied, if exported in large enough throwing out any memory of their lives. over the hedges laden with the perfume quantities, if borrowed and used, if Unfortunately, I'm both kinds." of the clover fields and grass meadows. I employed more and more, common It is easy to relate to Andy Rooney. found the Meadow Sweet in bloom in sense may yet steady this tipsy world." When daughter Ann was home recently, many places, gathered Self-heal and If you love color and natural beauty, we cleaned the storage room. What to Great Burnet among the meadow grass, you'll be enchanted with more than 160 save, what to toss? We tried to be prac­ and Dogwood and the white, waxen blos­ photographs by Craig Aurness and eight tical, but sentiment crept in. The essays soms of the Trailing Rose from the Iowa photographers. On page after in Mr. Rooney's book are fun to read. hedges. We picnicked under the hedge, page, you'll see skylines and cultural cen­ Through them, we recognize the ring of with pink and white clover blooms and ters, technical factories and Victorian truth in our lives. For some laughs and tall grasses nodding 'round our heads, architecture (such as the Dow House at Dow City). The State Capitol has stood as the permanent seat of Iowa govern­ ment since 1884. Its spired domes domi­ nate the Des Moines landscape. The state's three public universities and 34 All-Purpose KLEANER private colleges are finishing grounds for a school system that has given Iowans the highest literacy rate in the nation. Blue Drops DETERGENT Iowa is written and edited by John Arends. The caption he has written for AH.;Fabric BLEACH two pages about Rural Route, Balltown, is: "A few last chores, warm glowing windows, the rusty creak of the screen door, and it's time to bed down for the night. On a family farmstead, large or small, everyone chips in from dawn to Summer Is a Waltz with dusk to help with the unending circle of chores, whether it's feeding the calf or surveying the yard from a mailbox com­ KITCHEN-KLATYER. mand post." Mr. Arends' family roots are three generations deep in Iowa. One can Turn dean-the-house time and laundry time into leisure time tell by his writing. with the three excellent Kitchen-Klatter products_ They are con­ Iowa The American Heartland is avail­ centrated, sturdy helpers which make your dollars go farther. able from Bankers Trust, Attention: Ed Let them work together to make summer a waltz_ Always help­ Redfern, 7th Fl., 7th and Locust, Des ful, always useful-the three Kitchen-Klatter Cleaning Products. Moines, la. 50304, $24.95. Bankers Trust is to he complimented on presenting this Ask for them at your grocery store. hook to Iowa and to the world. + + + KITCHEN-KIAITER MAGAZINE, JUNE, 1982 PAGE21

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Much of the joy gleaned from garden­ ing comes from growing new and differ­ Oflly ent plants and finding different com­ binations of form and color to please the eye. During the midwinter doldrums, I '698 was sorely tempted to invest in a lighted garden plant stand. The one my heart de­ sired, my pocket book frowned on. It was a cart which cost almost $400 plus shipping charges. My idea was to put it in the basement and use it for growing For Men! seedlings during early spring. When the For Women! seedlings were planted outdoors, I would use the cart for growing African violets. ur Figure Trimmer does Then the new seed and nursery catalogs it at factory-to-you savings. began arriving and my desire for a plant Diets are great, but some­ stand changed to that of ordering some times you need a little more to give your will power that new-to-our-yard plant materials. gentle boost it needs to help Actually, no gardener who gets the you slim down fast! "wants" as badly as I do when I see a new catalog, should ever, ever, be subjected • More Holding Power! 3Tiers Deep! 9" Wide! to looking through the catalog of Way­ • Special Velcro fastener side Gardens, Hodges, S.C. It is enticing­ adjusts to keep shaping ly beautiful and offers superb plant ma­ you as you lose weight! terials from all over the world. Close-up • Tighten Figure Trimmer pictures show the flower detail of before meals, let it out blooming plants; the hardiness zone is al­ after! ways given in the plant descriptions. Flattens your tummy, After checking through the Wayside Fits waist sizes from 26' slims your hips, makes catalog, I found that for just a portion of through 54", for men "spare tire" vanish! and women! Only f Cloud soft, feather light. the cost of a lighted cart, I could buy sev­ Machine washable. eral fine, blooming shrubs. The choice $6.98-or order two for was potentillas. This small shrub grows $13.50 and save! well and flowers abundantly in almost SATISFACTION any garden soil, even in areas where the GUARANTEED winter temperatures drop well below You must be absolutely zero. delighted with your After deciding where the potentillas Figure Trimmer-or you would be planted, I made out an order for may return the garment within 30 days for a four varieties. All are hardy in Zone 4 complete refund of your where I garden. P. fruiticosa 'Klondyke', purchase price (less the first choice, was a deep golden-yellow postage and handling.) GENIE FIGURE TRIMMER bloomer with extra large flowers up to 1~ 411 S. Sangamon St., Chicago, IL 60607 inches across; second choice was P. ___ For Prompt Factory Delivery, Rush This No-Risk Coupon Today! __ fruiticosa 'Katherine Dykes', with grace­ GENIE FIGURE TRIMMER, 411 S. Sangamon St., Dept. A-363, Chicago, IL60607 ful arching branches and shimmering Genie Figure Trimmer in Men's or Women's Styles (Waist Sizes 26" to 54"). Only $6.98 each or Buy any I yellow flowers; third choice was the TWO sizes for only $13.50 and Save! Save More-Buy any THREE sizes for $19.85. Please add $1.45 to cover postage and handling for one garment and 99¢ for each additional garment ordered. I lovely white·blooming P. fruiticosa, Style Mens Womens Wais! Sile Ouan111y Pnce 'Abbotswood' and the fourth was P. Charge to my I fruitcosa 'Tangerine', a bright tangerine­ C Master Charge I orange flowered shrub that originated in Total s___ c VISA Ireland. Iii residents add 6°·o sales tax S ___ Exp. Date ______I Add Poslage & Handling S--- Wayside offers the best size for Account*------I Enclosed IS a check or a money order for Tolal s ___ successful transplanting and the plants I are not very large. With the tender, I Print Name I loving care all of us give them, the poten­ I Address Apt.# --- tillas should make beautiful specimen City State Zip I plants after a few growing seasons. If you L------~ get up on U.S. Highway 71 to Eagle Bend, Minn., this summer, do stop in and Not what .is said but what is done Not what is dreamed but what is lived see our small collection of potentillas makes one goc>d. makes one alive. planted along the walkway to the Little Not what is read but what is remem­ Not what is preached but what is prac­ Chapel. bered makes one learned. ticed makes one religious. PAGE 22 KITCHEN-KLAITER MAGAZINE, JUNE, 1982

discourage the animals: Watch the corn and before it is quite ready to harvest, take a 2-gallon sprayer filled with fuel oil and spray all around the outer edge of the rows. It worked for her. By next week at this time I should be with my little family in Torrington, Wyoming. Until next month .... Sincerely, Dorothy

ALISON'S LETTER - Concluded Mike returned home from work that night, shocked and surprised to see us sitting around relaxing and catching up on the latest news. Who'd have guessed the place was completely torn apart only a few hours earlier. My dishes weren't unpacked yet, so we ordered a carry-out dinner, and in the wonderful spirit of family and fellowship we all enjoyed our first evening in the new home. Julian Brase's seventh birthday was happily celebrated with the help of two close You can well imagine what a busy sum­ friends-Tim Troxel on the left and Gary Cole on the right. mer this is for our family. Lily is almost two years old now, and it would take a DOROTHY'S LETTER - Concluded they saw-more than in one place book to write down all the cute things she keys gobbling all over the timber. before. says and does. News of her develop­ The hunters say they have been A radio friend heard me telling about ment will have to wait until my next watching for mushrooms when they my friend who lost just about all of her letter. Until then .... have been in the timber but haven't sweet corn to the raccoons last year. She Alison Walstad found any; perhaps the weather hasn't said that she, too, lives in an area where been warm enough yet. The men did the raccoons played havoc with the corn LUCILE'S LETTER - Concluded comment about the number of squirrels until they used the following method to hopa crabs have, in contrast, proved to be especially lovely and the huge weep­ ing crab in the back yard is really star­ tling. In a certain degree of light, every branch of that tree turns into a brilliant coral-red glow. Juliana continues to write faithfully To the Friendly every week (how many mothers can say that about their daughters in this day and age?). Her summer plans are geared KITCHEN-KLATTER around August 15th when her children will be plugged back into school. It does RADIO PROGRAMS not seem possible that James will be a freshr' ,;i at Valley High School and Become a friend of the KITCHEN-KLA ITER HOME­ Katharine will be a seventh grade student at Taft Middle School. Whoever said that MAKERS by listening each weekday as we share with you Time goes fast must have been watching helpful hints, recipes, travel and club ideas and our own daily grandchildren grow. experiences. Can be hearcl over the following stations: By the time you read this letter, I expect to be in Albuquerque, N. Mex., KMA Shenandoah. Iowa, 960 on your dial-10:00 AM. with Juliana and her family IF ALL KCOB Newton, Iowa, 1280 on your dial-9:35 AM. GOES WELL. Yes, I'll make that state­ Mason City, Iowa, 1010 on your dial-10:05 AM. ment despite my experiences with such KSMN things as wedding anniversaries and my KWPC Muscatine, Iowa, 860 on your dial-9:00 AM. own recent fall. KWBG Boone, Iowa, 1590 on your dial-9:00 AM. At this writing, I'm not certain what KGGF Coffeyville, Kans., 690 on your dial-10:30 AM. route Betty and I will take. It would be interesting to find at least one new KFAL Fulton, Mo., 900 on your dial-10:30 AM. stretch of highway that we haven't been KWOA Worthington, Minn., 730 on your dial-1:30 P.M. on before. I can't think of any of the KVSH Valentine, Nebr., 940 on your dial-10:15 AM. routes between Shenandoah and Juliana's home that we haven't driven on WJAG Norfolk, Nebr., 780 on your dial-10:05 AM. at least once but, rest assured, if there is KHAS Hastings, Nebr., 1230 on your dial-1:30 P.M. a new stretch we'll find it. (Monday through Friday only.) So, thank you again for your cards, your letters and your thoughtful con- cern. Faithfully yours, Lucile KITCHEN-KLA TIER MAGAZINE, JUNE, 1982 PAGE 23

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