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tX GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, UK GRANDE. PRE.
j Grande Ronde Valley!
I- News of Interest I
Blue Mt. Grange
; Transacts Much .
Business Wed.
1 OitAKOE HALL (Upeclai) h. P.
Wright, Jay Rmhtaxw and Clarence
Outer were elected to act on the
Blue Mt. grange executive committee
when that subordinate met Wednes
day. Primary election (or Hate grange
officers wan alio held. O. C. Pleshman
was appointed as fire lasurar.ee agent
for Blue Mountain. It a voted that
the executive, committee dispose of
the old bam vhlcii was built on the
grange property many year ajo. Mrs.
Clarence Carter read a letter written
by Mr. and Mra. E. L. Eckley who
went to California and are located in
Los Angeles for the winter. On the
evening of Jan. 0 the local organiza
tion will hold a Joint Installation of
officers with Pleasant Grove grange,
the ceremonies to be held at the hall
Of the latter, with Charles Wlcxland
er acting as installing officer. During
Uie lecture hour, Clarence Carter, lec
turer, displayed a beautiful picture of
George Washington which had been
sent as a gift to the grange by Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Pierce, the heme
economic committee was asked to
have the picture framed. Trie if. P.
committee held an auction sale, a
continuation of the one they held at
the meeting before. Jay Bresheart
was the auctioneer. At me rext
Alumni Team At
Imbler Includes
Many Old Stars
IMBLER (Special) Imhlers bas
ketball season will open Friday alyht
with a game against the Alumni. The
Alumni boast a strong team this year
with such former stars as Oe-je Per
ry, Arnold Masters, Charlie Lewis,
Lyle Ledbetter, Cub Wagoner. Dwlght
Conklln. etc., from which to select a
team. On the other hand It is doubt
ful If Lyle Crouser, veteran center,
will be In condition to play for the
high school. He was absent from
practice last week.
OKAS OB J J ALL PKKSONALS
Twenty-eight members of the Oek-
eler connection gathered at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gekeler on
the national holiday and enjoyed a
day of "thanksgiving. Mrs. Gekeler
served a potluck dinner at 1:30 at
two long tables. Visiting was the di
version following dinner.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Anson and two
children, Saxon and John, of Wat-
sonvllle, Cal., arrived a few days ago
and are visiting among relatives in
the valley and with his father, James
Anson, of Telocaset. The Calif or ruana
will spend two weeks In Grande
Ronde valley and then they plan to
Plum Puddings
Have Big Place
In Holiday Plan
By KUter Mary
NEA Service Staff Writer
Plum pudding - seems almost as
much a part of Christmas as holly
snd carol singers and is one of the
viands which dates back to the days
of the Normans.
The housewife who likes to follow
traditions would have her plum pud
dings made ready for "Stir-up Bun-
f- CV . 1 y l uaj. Accuraing to iraamon, mince
VOVe ACnOOl UlSt, meat and plum pudding should be
la Cntnliinrt 1 1 n I tlrre1 Dv each member of the family
MB VaiCnmg tp ! that they may share in the good
Guessing Games
Add to Holiday
Cheer in Homes
Queuing game, always fun, have
their place In Chr&tmae holidays.
Tafce a spray of mistletoe, hold It up
and let the children guena the num
bers of berries. The ciU!4 who comes
closest or gets the right answer wins
ft prize of a chocolate Santa Claus.
This can be done a IO wtth holly or
the number of branches on the tree.
OOVE (Special) School district No.
Id has Just received special tax mon
ey of 11776 that will wipe the slate
clean of last year's warrants, and
luck allotted to the household for
the coming year.
Few women of today make plum
puddings so long In advance of the
time when It will be wanted. A week
RELATIVES VIKIT
Orange Hall Mr. and Mrs Leo
Winn and Gerald rt<ed relatives .In
this locality and In La Grand for
two or three days. They were called
to La Grande by the death of Mr.
Winn's brother whose funeral was
held Sunday. The visitors returned to
their home near Wel&er Tuesday
morning.
meeting which is on the third Satur- f Jf"' ? "P c"
dev of the month, a Chrtstew pro- " ' AaBOn? r?"' "
gram will be presented. Mrs. locum
Redhead, chaplain, is chairman of ar
rangements.
NORTH POWDERITES
WED, WALLA WALLA
NORTH POWDEJi FrIendB of Hen
ry Hartgerink, prominent dairyman
of Haines, were surprised when on
Thanksgiving day they learned tha
he and Mrs. Myrtie Jackson of Un
ion wre quietly married at Walla
Walla the previous Tuesday. The
ceremony, witnessed by a few rela
tives and friends, was performed by
Justice of the Peace H. J. Williams
of the Washington city. The bride
wai formerly of North Powder, where
she Is well known. The newly rods
are making their home on Ihe O. B.
Mount ranch on the Old Oregon Trail
north of Hrlnes which Mr. lUrtgennk
operates.
Former Cove Man
Passes In Calif.
COVE (Special) Charles H. Mc
Cutcheon died of heart failure at. his
home In Los Angeles, Cal Nov. 29
at the age of 72 yean. He was born
In Marysvllle. Mich.; and came to
Cove in January, 1012, living here for
four years when he went to Loa An
geles. He Is survived by ftls widow,
two sons both living In Los Angeles,
and one daughter, Mrs. Eleanor Totvle
of Cove. He was a sufferrer from
asthma and soon wore a climate out,
but on the whole found the climate
of California to agree best with rum.
The Bkyllners of Central Oregon
have filed March 4, 1034, as the date
for their annual ski tournament.
Mrs.
Etliel
George Lawrence and family.
Lawrence was formerly . Miss
Ragaln of this locality.
Miss Bethel Pleshman spent -the
Thanksgiving holidays with her
gr.i.d mot life?, Mrs. J. T. Wnlett, and
other relatives at Wallowa.
Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Roll land, who
have been located at PocatePo. Ida.,
have moved to La Grande where Mr.
Rohland Is employed at the Van
Petten Lumber company. Mrs Rohl
and is the eldest daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. O. C. Pleshman.
Fifteen, all belonging to the Huff
family, met for a happy reunion
Thanksgiving day at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. C. B. Spencer. The day was
spent visiting, with a lovely potluck
dinner served shortly after the noon
hour. .
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Golden and
Mary Ellen went to La Grande Thurs
day and ate their Thanksgiving din
ner with Mr. and Mrs. Louis Larson
and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Ball bury.
FORMER COVEITES
RETURN TO VALLEY
COVE (Special) Mr. and Mrs. Her
man Allen, of El Monte, Cel., have
come here to live. Mr. Allen Is the
son of Mrs. Alice Allen and was born
and raised In Cove. Mrs. Allen was
also a Cove girl and they profess to
being very glad to be back. They
will live on the Allen ranch that 1
Just west of town, and the one occu
pied by the late John Allen. They
arrived just before Thanksgiving, and
in time for the Thanksgiving dinner
at the home of Mrs. Alice Allen.
United States farmers In 1932 sold
less than the equivalent of 6.000,000
hogs abroad as compared with 13.
000.000 10 years ago.
FROM WASHINGTON
Grange Hall Mr. and Mrs. Leslie
Haller and four boys, of Prescott,
Wash., spent Thanksgiving at the
home of Mrs. nailer's mother, Mrs.
Sara Anson. Their visit was a com
plete surprise to the relatives here
and a splendid tlme was paused until
Sunday when they returned home.
RETURNS HOME
Imbler Wllma Billings, who has
been visiting with friends and rela
tives in Salt Lake City the past feW
months, returned home Saturday.
COVE PERSONALS
more than half clear up this year's or so before Christmas allows time
warrants. I for ripening and presents no problem
oi scoring.
The very rich plum pudding Is full
of fruit and spices and many calor
ies. Only small servings should be
given at the end of a "big" Christ
mas dinner.
The molds must be well oiled so
that the puddings will slip out easily,
because the pudding must be served
very hot.
Rich Plum Pudding
Two cups cleaned currants, 2 cups
seeded raisins, 1 cup ahredtled citron,
H cup each candled orange and lem
on peels, 1 cup ( pound) chopped
suet, cup flour, 3 cups stale bread
crumbs, 4 eggs, 1 teaspoon salt, 1
cup brown sugar, 1 cup blanched
and shredded almonds, cap mo
lasses. 14 cup milk, cup each brandy
and sherry or 4 tablespoons currant
Jelly and cup strong cold coffee
Infusion, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 1 tea
spoon m oneg. teaspoon cloves,
teaspoon sotia. -
Chop fruit and suet with flour.
Add crumbs and spices and nuts. It
was ac this stage of the puddine that
the old-time housewife let the mix-1
ture stand 36 hours or longer over!
sur-up Sunday." Beat yolks of eees i
until thick and lemon colored and
add to mixture. Add. spices, salt, su-;
gar, molasses, milk and either brandy
and; sherry or the Jelly and coffee
Infusion. Add soda dissolved in a i
little cold water. Mix thoroughly and !
fold In whites of eggs beaten until!
stiff and dry. Turn into buttered :
mold, cover and steam six hours.
When ready to serve, steam one hour,
turn out arrdj serve as wanted.
individual molds will steam in
three . hours.
"Flaming" Plum Pudding
A "flaming" plum pudding adds
much Interest to the Christmas din- I
ner and may be accomplished In sev- I
era! ways. Cut a hole In the top of I
the large mold and fit In a box made
of stiff, well-buttered writing paper. ;
Trim the edges even with the pudding
antj fill the paper box with brandy
set on fire and send to the table.
Another way Is to pour brandy over
the pudding Just before sending to
the table and lighting it Just as It
leaves the kitchen. The hostess spoons
the blue flaming liquid up over the
pudding to distribute the flavor.
Hard sauce Is often served with
plum puddings or a combination of
hard sauce and liquid sauce flavored
with lemon Juice ancS brandy is good.
i-mon juice can be used alone with
out the brandy if preferred;
Mra. Lou Payne has gone to Walla
Walla to spend the winter with ner
son, Edward Payne. The E. Paynes
have been visiting In the east since
early In September and have Just re
turned. Mrs. Kayne loves her home in
Cove, but rather dreads the winters,
living alone, so is happy to spend her
winters in Walla Walla.
- Mrs. Juliet P. Dougherty came home
last week, after an absence of more
than- a year. Mrs. Dougherty has
been very unfortunate, inasmuch
when she went away for a visit to
her granddaughter, Mrs. Lillian Merle,
at Free water, she broke her leg In a
fall, and from this Injury has spent
weeks in a hospital and more long
weeks convalescing with her frle.ida.
She has been for several months with
her son. Prank Dougherty, In Pert
land, but has finally returned to her
home here. Her health la very frail
The Pun and Joy Bridge club gave
a no-hostess party at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Grant Conley Friday.
Seven tables of bridge were in play
with Miss Mary Davis and T. C. Hef
ty winning high scores and Miss Beaso
Kelley and Harold Chaffee' low.
Mrs. W. J. Hallmark was hostess at
a dinner Tuesday evening. Covers
were laid for 13 guests, Messrs and
Mesdames Kelley, Orton, Eyers, Conk
11 n. Miss Besse Kelley. Mrs. Berenice
Miller and J. Mclntyre. After the
dinner pinochle was played at three
tables, Mrs. Ruth Kelley and A. H.
Orton high, and Mrs. Miller and J.
Mclntyre low.
In the Malay Islands the period of
the year when Venus is observed
closest to the moon Is regarded as
the most opportune time for mar
riage proposals.
He thought he was tough enough to let her
take the penalty for him she knew she
could do it for his sake and smile ....
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with Stuart Erwin in
"HOLD YOUR MAN"
(Strictly Adult Entertainment)
"MENU"
10 Minutes of
Odd Things
PLUS
"Cap'n Henry's Radio Show"
A screen prewntatlon of Cnp'n Henry's Show Boat featuring
n the rnt LANNY HOSS, MAV IXMJ. MOI.ASSES 'n JAN
UAKY, ANNE1TK I1KNH1IAW nnd DON VOOHHEE8.
LIBERTY
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GIFT ITEMS
39c To$l.l9
- 19c - 29c
17c - 79c
17c no25c
25c - 98c
15c - 29c
19c - 49c
House Slippers
$1.19 to$1.29
- $1.25 to $1.85
59c to 85c
LINGERIE
Assorted
TOWELS
Real value
HOSIERY
Ladies' .
HOSIERY
Children's
TIES
Knit or Cut Silk
SOX
Fancy patterns .
SOX
Heavy Woolen ...
For
I.ADIE.S
For
MliX
For
CHILDREN
Tie and Kerchief Sets
Put up in
Fancy Boxes
49c
He Will Be Pleased With
DRESS SHIRTS
Famous brands. Pre-shnink.
Seven button front, fast-color
broadcloths. How inexpensive
nt
98c to $1.49
SantdSays:
It Will Be a Merry and a Most Practical
Chtisimas if You. Shop at
for .....
Practical Gifts
Bright, new merchandise awaits your holiday selec
tions here at Breier's. Check the prices and quality
and you will realize the values and opportunity of sav
ings. This is a time for practical gifts and you'll
find many at Breier's.
We're Playing Santa On These Fine
Ladies' & Misses' r?D frf C
SILK1 IYW.rw
New shiny- satin or crepe frocks. Attractive "new
styles. Every one a value. Arranged in two groups.
.77 $.77
and Qj)
and a most opportune offer in
WOOLEN OUTFITS
V
These are one, two and three
piece sets. Unusually well made
and patterned. Regularly $7.95,
now
$C-95
Oregon Wool BLANKETS
Double Bed Blankets, 100 per cent Oregon
wool. Ribbon bound. Regular er extra
size. The pair
$6.90 and $7.85
ROBES
Double thickness, two-tone robes. Ribbon
bound. Individually boxed
Oregon
Wool
$5.90 to $8.90
DOUBLE BLANKETS
Wool mixed, ribbon bound. Big, generous 72"x84." size.
Much service at moderate price. The pair
$2.95
QUALITY CORDUROYS
Sizes 20 to 36 tn these fine cords of tan or cream color. Tlie popu
lar ivlile leg.
BOYS CORDUROYS
For the youngster of 8 to 14 years. .Shades of tan, cream or grey.
Still at the old price. , ,
Nite Wear for Men ,
$1.19 to $1.29
Oulliig flannel night shirts In nssorteil
MriiH1 with bnttim una frog trim. For
HOYS - - c
FOOTWEAR
For the Older Miss
Fine new Brogues of heavy grained
.leathers. Double soles in blacks or
browns.
Shoes for Men.
Dress Oxfords or Shoes of black calfskin
such as these make a most ' practical ;
gift.
A Gift of Service
$2.48to$3.48
$1.98to$4.48
TOYS - - - TOYS
DOLLS - DISH SETS - DONKEYS - GAMES - PAINT
and CLAY SETS - PISTOLS - WAGONS - DOGS - ETC.
25c to $1.49
' Come! Shop at the House of Practical Gifts!
Men's Sweaters
-All wool, bright shades. In round
Vneck -....-$1.95
Sleeveless Slipovers
For men. All wool, sth- a
letic style. Bright shades Otf C
yrBREIERCo.
JUNIOR
HELMETS
or horsehlde. suede
leather or leather
tex. Warm linings
and goggles.
29c to 79c
$2.79
$1.39
NiteWearforWomeny jj
89c to $1.39
Warm outing ftnnnel gowns of medium
or heavj weight. Well made garments.
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