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1 The Swiss hove a word for it. . . alter luiechli By DOROTHY KREBS Acker kuechli (acre cakei) it traditional Swiss Christ mas pastry that dates back to the 13th century, when it was made by the people who had their home In the Alps. Entire families would get together and spend a day making enough for all. When the Swiss came to America, they brought acker kuechli with them, and the practice of making this paper-thin pastry during the holiday season Is common today in many Swiss descended households. Acker kuechli-making-day for the Henry Krebs family of lone is an annual event presided over by Mrs. Annie Krebs. She learned the art from her mother-in-law, Mrs. Lena Krebs, who was Swiss born. Annie is now passing the tradition on to the members of her family. The following is her description of how it should be done. Mix the following together: 8 eggs, well beaten; 2 cups heavy cream, slightly warm ed; one-fourth pound butter, melted; one-half cup black coffee; and one-fourth cup wine. Stir in enough flour to make an elastic dough. Knead the dough vigorously "until your arms ache and then knead some more." Mrs. Krebs emphasizes the kneading is very important, otherwise the dough will not stretch paper-thin. She says the dough can be smacked against the table, thrown against the wall, or pounded Oeef-O-Rama planned by CowBelles . , A mlni-Beef-O-Rama is be "( mg planned in March by the Morrow County CowBelles, reports Birdine Tullis, chair man of the event. Linda Baker, home econo mist for the Oregon Beef Council, will be the guest speaker and she will give informal demonstration on the economical uses of beef. She twill present techniques and information on how to prepare different cuts of meats. "... Door prizes along with samples from the demonstra tions will be given. Morrow County housewives are en couraged to attend the event. "Efforts are being made to permit high school home economics classes in the. county to attend the one-day event," said Birdine Tullis. The time and place will be announced later, 80KOPTIMISTS HAVING CHRISTMAS BAKE SALE , The Heppner Soroptimist club is sponsoring a Christmas baked food sale Saturday. Homemade holiday candies, fruit, and nut breads, and assorted pies will be for sale. The sale begins at 9 a.m. inside the Turner-Van Marter Bryant Insurance office. HAPPvemAs The Wagon Wheel will be closed Sunday, Monday and Christmas Day so our employees can enjoy the Christmas season with their families. But for now... mGn40lhnaGndLeisind Bonnie- and Charlotte and Corky and Betty and $ Linda and Laurie and Lindia and Leonard y and Dusty wish for all of you a with the fist, but Just be sure plenty of air is worked into It. The kneading period should take about an hour. Put the dough to rest in warm place for about another hour. Now, the hard work begins. Divide the dough into I sections. Take each section separately and roll it as thin as possible. Cut it Into squares about 2" x 2" and roll each again. The squares must be paper-thin. If you can't see through them, they are too thick. After rolling as thin as can be done by a rolling pin, pick them up and stretch them thinner. Place the squares between layers of cloth to dry for about an hour. Drop the dried squares into hot fat for two or three seconds, no longer than that. Remove as soon as they are golden brown and full of air bubbles. Sprinkle the warm acker kuechli gener ously with sugar. If possible, find a hiding place where It can be stored a few days to age. It has a way of disappear ' tng if the hiding spot is not kept in closest secrecy. Mrs. Krebs says that the making of acker kuechli is time-consuming and hard work, but that it has its reward. The real highlight of the job comes when the finished product Is offered to the family members for their comments. If a smile appears and a comment such as "Yup, you got a good do on It this year" is uttered, then the hours of kneading and rolling has been made worthwhile. All Saints Christmas services Services at All Saints Epis copal Church will be held as follows: Sunday, Dec. 23, 7:30 a.m., Holy Communion and 10 a.m., morning prayer; Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, 11 p.m., Eucharist, carols and sermon; Christmas Day, Dec. 25, 10 a.m., Holy Communion. CAROL RAE HUGHES TO BE MARRIED Mr. and' Mrs. Homer Hughes, Lexington, are an nouncing the engagement of their daughter, Carol Rae, to Jon Martin Collins, Pendleton. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. James Collins, Payette, Idaho. The couple plan to be married Feb. 16, 7 p.m., at the Christian Church, Lexington. The Mental Health Clinic will be closed Friday after noon, Dec. 21; Monday, Dec. 24; Tuesday, Dec. 25; and Wednesday, Dec. 26. Dave Mitchum will be taking vaca tion time through Christmas week. The office will be open Dec. 27-28. Christmas at the lone Garden Club The lone Garden Club met at the home of Mrt. Fredrick Martin, Dec. 12, with Mrs. Martin and Mrt. Gar Swsnson as hostesses. Mrt. Lee Pettyjohn, presi dent, conducted the business meeting. The program was given by Mrt. Martin. Each member related her most memorable Christmas exper ience. There was a handmade gift exchange. Members brought Christmas arrange ments for showing, and these were later presented to the local lone business houses for holiday decorations. Mrt. Pre-Christmas party at the Collins' home Thirty Soroptimistt and husbands and two guests were seated at dinner during a gala pre-Christmas party at the Bill Collins home Thursday evening, Dec. 13. Mr. and Mrs. W.W. Weath erford III, who are visiting from San Diego, were the guests. Nadine O'Brien was in ducted into the club in a ceremony conducted by Elea nor Gonty, Evelyn Sweek and Justine Weatherford. Gara Gertson provided the after- Holidays begin Friday The annual Christmas pro gram will be presented to Heppner High School students Friday, Dec. 21. The program will begin at 9:35 a.m. with the band and chorus performing their Christmas concert for the student body. A short student body meeting will follow. At 10 a.m. the movie, "Shenandoah," will be pre sented. School will be dis missed at 1:30 p.m. for the holidays. Mr. and Mrs. Neal Penland of,Beaverton were here over the weekend visiting Mrs. Penland's parents, Dr. and Mrs. E.K. Schaffitz. Mr. Penland, son of the former owners of the Gazette-Times, is a radio newscaster for stations KPOK and KUPL in Portland. I On r hi" mrcxs I -Drawing by Linda Keithley A JOYOUS HOLIDA Y SEASON TO ALL OUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS. from Marlene and Randall Mary Jean and Shirley I I TV' Store Kcurt: I A.M. to S t-H. 177 MAIN ST. HEP?NE t S7S J200 Martlp gave a slide presenta tion entitled "Flowen and Music." The annual Twelfth Night burning of the green will be held Jan. 7. The traditional 12th night falls on Sunday, but the group voted to hold the ceremony on Monday Instead. The next meeting of the Garden Club will be held Jan. at the home of Mrt. Gar Swsnson. The program, "How to Start Seeds Indoort," will ' be given by Mrt. Elsie Fox and Mrt. W.H.I. Padberg. All garden club meetings are open to Interested persons. dinner program which was a review of her 1973 visit in Palestine. Mrs. Gertson cir culated colored postcards postcards as she spoke about the places she saw and her experiences there. The Collins home was dec-, orated outside and inside. They gave a Christmas wreath made of dried ma terial as a guest door prize. Bill Weatherford had the winning number, and carried home the prize. CHEF SUPREMES DISH IT OUT' There's nothing like plan ning ahead ... When the Chef Supremes, 4-H cooking club, met at the Art Lindstrom home Dec. 15, they dined on a menu planned at their November meeting at the Gordon Meyer home. The main dish was prepared by Paula Lindstrom and Kim Pettyjohn. Lisa Meyers, Kelly Pettyjohn, Teena Lindstrom and Margaret Kincaid pre pared the dessert, and Mary Kincaid and Margaret Ann Doherty fixed the sandwiches. CANNED GOODS SOUGHT FOR SENIOR CITIZENS The Neighborhood Center is in need of canned goods to complete Christmas packages for senior citizens. Any person wishing to contribute canned goods may do so by leaving them at the Neighborhood Center no later than Dec. 20. "Somtiuiitf from the itweWn U alwoyt Mmtthina special" JEWELERS Library hours chanced Because both Christmas. Eve and New Year't Eve fall on Monday this year, the library board and the librar ian have agreed to transfer the hour and one-half service on these evenings to the Sunday afternoons of Dec. 23 and Dec. 30. Regular Monday patrons will find a librarian on duty as usual from 1 to 8 p.m. on both Dec. 24 and Dec. 31. Suqday afternoons, Dec. 23 and Dec. 30, the library will open at 1:30 and close at 3 p.m. It is possible that the reading public would like library service on Sunday afternoonat least during the gasoline shortage when people will be less able to flee the area. If these two trial days are helpful and if patrons approve-Sunday afternoon openings could be considered ' as a regular practice. Mrt. Charles Patching (Lesley) will be in charge of the library from 1 to S p.m., Saturday, Dec. 22, and during the same hours on Monday afternoon, Dec. 31, replacing Mrs. Weatherford. These hours are temporary. COOKING CUTIES WHIP UP SOME PUDDINGS How to make, serve and enjoy puddings was demon strated when the 4-H Cooking Cuties met Dec. 11 at the A.C. Houghton school. Beth Hellberg was recog nized as a new member. The leader, Mrs. Hobbs, passed out record supplies and pre sented second year books to Jyl Hobbs and Christy Brandt. :. Sharon Abercrombie is president of the club. SANS SOUCI REBEKAHS MEET FRIDAY NIGHT The regular meeting of the Sans Souci Rebekah Lodge will be held Friday evening, Dec."21, at J o'clock. This wilrbe the Christmas party anjl the observance of quarterly birthdays. - - Refreshments will consist of a "treat table," and members are asked to bring their favorite treat for the table. your vsr at Fossil Herb Wright EdAsher Sue Couture at Olex Floyd Anderson at Dick at lone Kenneth Smouse Paul Tews at Lexington Floyd Borman and fall. Ccfafe Hasan Sstfris Heppner, Ore., Thespian club formed The Heppner High School drams department will be come a Thespian Club, nation-wide organization for high school students involved in drama. The public will ttill be invited to perform in the club's productions should special parts come up, or if special interest it shown. At a Thespian Club, the group will have more advant ages than the Heppner Com munity Drama Club, through special advertising, new tech niques and production aids. Membership it obtained only by a student getting a certain number of points for past involvement in drama. This year's officers, elected in late November, are: Greg Davidson, president; John Myert, vice-president; Anita Davidson, secretary-treasurer; and Tonl Toll, point keeper. The other charter members are: Randy Morris, Tom Wolff, Charma Mar quardt, Tom Roberts, Jack Chitty, John Healy, Cyde Allstott, Debbie Yocom and Charlie Rawlins. Drama ad visors are Mrs. Jane Rawlins and Mrs. Lynda Slusher. Mr. and Mrs. Ernie Win chester attended a perfor mance of the Ice Follies in Portland last weekend. IMMdl to all Morrow County residents Knox's 215 East Main - Pendleton ft friends at Columbia Basin Electric at Condon Paul Jaeger Joe Nix Sharon Peterson Bob Fitzsimmons Bill McDowell Peggy Riney at Eight Mile Elmer Palmer at Heppner Vick Wilkinson Randall Peterson Dave Harrison Norm Rickert Elmer Sams Faye Wilson Lucia Cutsforth Karen Palmer Judy Wright Bob Lowe Cecil Krebs It has been enjoyable serving you this past year. The fine co operation from our membership was greatly appreciated. Our hope is that we may endeavor to improve our efforts on your be half in the "New Year." Wo r,rt-ruarlj Gunreciaied your outstanding response in con- servation in our call for curtailment efforts this past GazetteTimes, Thurt., Dec. 20, 1973 anda Mi in51"! from the staff of the ,. Since 1930 shop Open 9 a.m. until 8:30 p.m. until Christmas V 245 S. Main 8 laatacQc I II -Drawing by Troy Borst I Mem) Cutstmas g I R&W Drive In $ 1 ,. . , THE HARRIS FAMILY tmummmmuammmmmtmmimmmmHM atMayville Walter Jaeger atAjax Van Rietmann atHardman Walter Wright at Heppner Robert Duncan Billy Gentry Jim Prock Doyle Key Art Vance Dan James Vern Wilson Bud Marshall Ed Struthers Jack McTimpeny Grant Weatherford Page J Thank you PENDLETON Co-op summer Cg Ph. 676-9146 Heppner HAPPY HOLIDAY & s GREEN STAMPS