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Mrs.
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rgma recmpe
name is Selena, but
calls her Si.
Myers was born in
and reared in the
specma
area.
Since 1953 she traveled
many states with her
tband, Stacy, until his
from the Air Force
them back to Shelton in
The family lived withMrs.
father until on September
moved into their home
Passage.
Myers have a 19-year-old
Terry, and two daughters.
13, attends Shelton Junior
School. Seven-year-old Mary
is a student in Pioneer
"We all like it here," Si Myers
"After 20 years of living
nailitary bases, it's wonderful
a home of our own."
She enjoys the view of
°billards Cove, and counts
her many blessings a bonus
tree discovered on the.far
of the property.
are loads of flowers
shrubs on the place," she
"But I'll have to wait until
to identify most of them."
e looks forward to
and in the meantime
in homemaking. She sews
she's a handicrafter; she
cakes for family and
but her big interest is free
writing.
as yet unpublished,
has acquired considerable
as publicity chairman
a Wives club in the service and
participant in a college
held in California. She
to write for children.
gi's husband is employed by
and Valley. His deceased
Tom Myers, was linotype
for The Journal from
until 1960.
Among the many recipes
by Mrs. Myers is a quick
Simple one for peanut brittle
in the State of Georgia.
"There," she explains,
are used fresh from the
and they actually make a
Ping sound as they are
Store-bought raw peanuts
do this."
Brittle Georgia Style
• Wate r
RAW peanuts
' white corn syrup
salt
soda (reserve)
ead recipe thoroughly
beginning. Measure each
and place it close at
to be added in given order.
/
SI MYERS make peanut brittle Georgia style.
butter or margarine but never oil.
Heat a large cast-iron skillet to
the smoking point. Add
ingredients in order given, stirring
constantly as mixture boils. Cook
until peanuts turn brown, pop,
and give off an aroma typical of
roasted peanuts, and until a spoon
leaves a depression when drawn
through mixture. At this stage,
sprinkle soda over top, remove
from heat and stir well.
"If the stuff turns green when
you add the soda," says Si Myers,
"forget it! You didn't cook it
long enough and it will be
sticky."
Pour immediately onto
greased cookie sheet and spread
thinly. Break into pieces when
cool.
There are, according to Mrs.
Myers, a few tricks to making
perfect peanut brittle.
"Above all," she warns,
"don't try to use roasted peanuts.
They just won't work. The nuts
absolutely must be raw
to save soda until later. Commercially packed raw peanuts
L~e a large cookie sheet may not pop, but they will split
~rehand, using shortening, down the center and will brown
nicely
She stresses the importance of
I party never using oil to grease the
cookie sheet, and never doubling
the recipe.
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Beauty Sa/on
Merle Norman
Cosmetics & Gifts
=g
Wigs
Shop early for
Christmas
We gift wrap
Open Tues. & Thurs. Eves.
6th & Laurel, 426-4582
by VFW
party of
at, runs of Foreign Wars Post
ts Auxiliary will be held on
21 in the Memorial
beginning with a dinner
will distribute gifts to
and old. Men's exchange
as well as women and
l's gifts are to be tagged
names. Entertainment
member planning to
the mid-winter conference
on January 11, 12
3 should have reservations
Contact president Mamie
!or secretary Far Robinson
on housing and
schedules.
A great idea for'everyone on your list.
Buy gift certificates at...
W On Mt. View
In
"A larger amount is too-
difficult to handle," she cautions.
Although .the approximate
cooking time is ten minutes, she
finds that it takes a bit longer in
rainy weather, and she also omits
salt on rainy days.
"... and that seems to be
most of the time, right now," she
laughs.
Card players / Passing Fancies
slate party
for .hr,stmas Feature Writer, JANDANFORD
All bridge players are
welcome to attend the first
annual Christmas party of the
Shelton Duplicate Bridge Club to
be held Monday in the PUD
auditorium.
Dinner will be served at 6:30
p.m. by the American Field
Service. An evening of bridge will
follow.
North-South winners at last
Monday's meeting were Rex and
Louise Umphenour, Bruce Kreger
and Clyde Ruddell, Pat Byrne and
Bob Quimby.
Winners for East-West were
Henry and Elinor Stock, Ray and
Doris Christy, Gusti Goldschmid
and Nadine Shad.
Iota meets
Mrs. William Andrews, a
special guest, welcomed Iota
members in behalf of the church
at the luncheon meeting held at
10:30 a.m. on December 1 in the
United Methodist Church.
Reports were given and plans
made to present nursing home
patients with Christmas gifts in
accordance with an annual
project.
"Christmas Carols" was the
theme of the afternoon program
in which the Iota choir sang and
guitar selections were played by
Miss Terri Minteer. Mrs. Mildred
Keenan led the group in songs of
her own composition.
A ceremony for the annual
contribution to the scholarship
fund was arranged by the
scholarship committee.
Handiwork of members was
displayed.
Party scheduled
Golden Age Club will meet on
December 20, a week earlier than
usual.
A Christmas party and tea will
be held in the Memorial Hall at 2
p.m. The usual 6 p.m. dinner will
be served and an evening of card
games and dancing will follow.
Members may donate food,
gifts or money to be given to a
worthy organization or family.
"Why," I ask bitterly, "do
light bulbs always bum out at
night rather than in the daytime
when I don't need them?"
As this can be considered a
somewhat hypothetical question,
I do not answer. Instead I stagger
blindly toward the drawer in
which my spares are kept.
i grope in unseeing
uncertainty through a tangle of
string, a slipperiness of hoarded
plastic bags, a quandary of
undetermined items and a painful
clutch of thumbtacks. I grasp at
last the bulb and creep a cautious
way toward my stepstool which is
not where I left it.
"Why," I ask, "do otherwise
stationary objects immediately
change places when the lights go
out?"
Another hypothetical
question.
I find the stepstool. I move it
into what I foolishly believe to be
the spot directly below my
kitchen light ftxture.
I climb the three unsteady
steps to perch precariously upon
Luncheon set
Elinor Chapter 177, Past
Matron's Club of Eastern Star,
will meet Saturday in Erna
Martin's home at Hidden Haven,
Shelton.
A noon potluck luncheon will
be followed by a short business
meeting, and a Christmas party
with exchange of dollar gifts•
Grange to meet
The regular meeting of the
, Skokomish Grange will begin with
a 6:30 p.m. potluck dinner in the
Grange Hall on Friday. The
annual Christmas party with an
exchange of gifts not to exceed
$1.50 in cost will follow a short
business meeting.
Always happy?
Being happy-go-lucky around a
person whose heart is heavy is as
bad as stealing his jacket in cold
weather,, or robbing salt in his
wounds.
Proverbs 25:20
the (reacherous ten-inch top. I
reach tentatively upward to touch
my eight-and-a-half- foot-high
ceiling.
No light fixture. I have
forgotten on which side of the
stepstool are the three unsteady
steps.
As I sit painfully on the cold,
dark linoleum floor I determine
that nothing is broken except the
light bulb.
Back to the drawer. Oh, lucky
night! I find another. On the
second ~lttempt I position the
little ladder correctly. Eager
fingers make contact with
reluctant bulb. I remove it. Eager
fingers make contact with empty
socket.
I pick myself up off the floor
and try again. I insert bulb.
Nothing happens• No lights.
"Must be a fuse," I mutter as
I don boots and jacket and go
shivering and sloshing through the
icy muck to the fusebox, which is
located outdoors. The muck
within the house is not frozen.
Yet.
"Why," I ask, "don't fuses
blow on a nice, warm, sunny day
when I'm already outside?"
This one doesn't rate an
answer, either. Fuses seem to be
okay. Back into the house.
The kitchen is ablaze with
light! Poltergeists. I'm sure of it.
Sudden darkness.
"All right, you guys," I yell,
"knock it off! Leave the lights
alone and go play with the dishes
or something!"
As the lights promptly appear,
I see her high on a shelf - my
little bright-eyed blue-point
Siamese, her pixie face aglow with
wicked pleasure and her swift,
soft, silent paw swatting the light
switch.
My cat
excuses
my mistakes
and briefly
arrogance
forsakes,
divine
forgiveness
claimed by her
when 1,
but human,
tend to err.
With Thin
Life's really a big enough gamble these
days ... what with rising inflation, growing
unemployment and shortages of just about
everything.
That's why it just doesn't pay to take
any chances with the most important item
you own.., your money.
Why not join the wise savers and in-
vestors here at TCF. Enjoy the peace of mind
of complete safety.., along with the highest
earning power in our history.
Please don't take chances during these
uncertain times!
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. Your Gift Ideas
Transistor $
Radios
Kodak
Cameras
Record
Players $'
Timex
Watches
Bushnell
Binoculars
up
up
up
up
!i;
* Solid state
circuitry.
* Music for
your dorm.
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Monocular Binoculars
For your coat pocket, reg. $44.50, NOW
Canon f !.4
AUTOMATIC
Reg.
$435.50
NOW
Electric Eye
Solves Problems
MOVIES
Without Lights
M-22
Camera
Reg.
$38.50
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Reg. $124.95
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Kodak
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