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Thanksgiving
Preparations
By OLIVE ST ARCHER
'Thanksgiving, a holiday celebrated by people of the United
States since the Plymouth colony first observed it in 1621, will find
Rogue valley folk prepared with all the traditional food. Families
and friends from near and far gather together to offer prayers for
the blessings they. have received during the year, and to feast on
fine turkeys, geese or hams, delicious sweet potatoes and spicy mince
meat or, pumpkin pies., .
Not many couples raise their own turkeys any more, but Mr. and
Mrs. L. B. Nelson of 1184 Morrow road did. Wondering about the
weight of the bird he had selected for the big day, Mr. Nelson (upper
left) carried the fowl into the kitchen and using the family bathroom
scales, weighed both himself and the turkey. Then by deducting his
weight from the total, presto, the Nelsons know how much turkey
they'll have come Thursday. . .,.
Mrs. Ina Huson (center left) 505 Summit avenue, started her-,
holiday cookery last week by baking cookies and fruit cakes. Thurs
day she will roast the turkey for a family dinner at the home of her
son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Darell Huson.
Thousands of. turkeys are raised in Jackson county every year,
and last week they were being processed by the hundreds in many
plants. At Northwest Poultry and Dairy Products company, 334 East
McAndrews road, workers were busy Monday afternoon with a con
signment of Silver broadbreast turkeys. Harold Sieg, 2624 Waldon
place, (lower left) places the prepared bird in a cellophane bag from
which the air is pumped by a vacuum machine, and Mrs. Merna
Schaffer, 788 Cherry lane, then dips the package into boiling water
which shrinks the. bag. Other workers weigh and. tag the package
and 'the turkeys are then ready for cold storage..
Favorite flower for the home and table at Thanksgiving time is
the chrysanthemum, still in bloom in many valley gardens'. Mrs. L. G.
Gentner, 22 South Groveland avenue, is shown (upper right) with
a few of the blossoms from the thousands she grew this year. The
Gentners have more than 300 varieties, and they try several new
ones each year to determine if they are suitable for this particular
.climate. Mrs. Gentner is a past president of Siskiyou district, Oregon
Federation of Garden clubs. - - - :
'""'"''v'When Mrs jonn Henson' (center riglit) makes dressing for the
Thanksgiving bird, she uses cornbread. Mrs. Henson usually makes
a batch of cornbread a few days before turkey-stuffing time, and
lets it dry. Then in preparing the stuffing she crumbles the cornbread,
adds chopped walnuts, celery, onion, the chopped cooked giblets and
the giblet broth, and seasoning. Mrs. Henson prefers poultry sea
soning over sage, and makes the cornbread with bacon grease in
stead of shortening. Mrs. Henson doesn't use a recipe, but her friends
rave over the results when they ecft her cornbread stuffing.
Thanksgiving is a family holiday, and family members some
times travel a long way in order to be with relatives. Mrs. Lucy Ly
man, (below, right) 423 King street, left a few days ago by United
Airlines for Dallas, Tex., to spend the holidays with her nephew,
Arthur Lyman Schoeni, who formerly lived here. It was the first air
trip for Mrs. Lyman, who is more than 80 years old, but she was
sure 'the trip would be enjoyable. Mrs. Lyman is shown with Miss
Leora Andrews, United Airlines ticket agent, at the airport just be
fore take-off time. (Brainerd photos)
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