Thursday, D«c«mb«r 23, 1971 Th« Nyssa Oat« City Journal, Nyssa, Orason Pag« Six NU ACRES HAPPENINGS APPLE VALLEY **>BY FRANCES SMALLEY** APPLE VALLEY-John Sells and Ron Marosticaandtwo boys from Vallivue School left by bus on Sunday for Portland to attend the General Motors Mechanics School for three The next time you have a coolie - "Christmas Fruit”. days. “cookie making urge” or your They have all the holiday spar­ Mr. and Mrs. Ed Sells at­ youngster says “I have to take kle you need to grace your Tea tended the annual Sells family cookies to school for a party” Table. 1 like to make a lot at Christmas dinner held Sun- please try these Carrot Drop a time. That’s another reason day in the Carl Sells home at Cookies if you haven’t already I like to make them-there will Nyssa. made them. They're so good! be 12 dozen if I make the whole Mrs. Bob Jones had the Tues­ There’s no special magic in recipe. This should be enough day Morning Young Ladies Bible mixing these gems. Just the for the whole neighborhood - Study Hour in her home this plain cream, add, stir, fold as well as for the little old past we. k. routine. They're nice and moist lady down the street. Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Seward and a good cookie for grand­ were shoppers in Boise on Fri­ children. CHRISTMAS FRUIT COOKIES day and also visited in the Hugh Pierce home. CARROT DROP COOKIES 1/2 cup butter Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Seward 1 1/2 cup brown sugar, firmly visited with Mr. and Mrs. Tom THE JAKE FISCHER HOME 1 cup shortening Apple last week. packed on Alberta Avenue features the 1 cup sugar Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Pitman 4 eggs usual original creations by Nona eggs and Kemet of Boise were Sun­ 3 tbsp, milk Fischer. At right is a close­ 2 cups flour (sifted) day dinner guests of Mr. and 1/2 cup fruit juice up of the window scene, which 2 tsp. baking powder Mrs. Charles Pitman 3/4 tsp. rum flavor mg is on a revolving platform. 1/4 teaspoon salt Mr. and Mrs. William Knox 3 cups flour, sifted Thousands of people drive by 2 cups grated carrots visited in the Loyd Dibble 3 tsp. soda each year to see this beautifully 2 tsp. vanilla home Saturday evening. 1 tsp. ground cloves decorated home. 1/2 cup chopped nuts Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Walburn 1 1/2 tsp. salt 1 tbsp, water and Mr. and Mrs. Albert Ni­ 1 tsp. ground nutmeg COMING EVENTS Cream shortening, Add 1 1/2 lb. nuts, chopped chols visited Sunday afternoon sugar, beat until again creamy. 1 lb. glazed cherries, cut up with Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Ni­ THURSDAY, TODAY, DEC 21 Add eggs. Sift together flour, 1 lb. dark seedless raisins chols. Ruth Robinson Circle, Par­ baking powder and salt, and 1 lb. white seedless raisins Mrs. Betty Bolton and sons sonage with Mrs. Bob Hutchin­ add to above mixture. Add 1 lb. glazed pineapple of Huntington Beach, California son, 2 p.m. water and vanilla and fold in in Saturday to spend Rummage Sale, Methodist Cream butter, add sugar and flew carrots. Drop by teaspoonsful mix until well blended. Beat in Christmas vacation with her Church, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on greased baking sheet and eggs, one at a time. Sift to­ parents Mr. and Mrs. Earl Bos­ Job's Daughters, Masonic bake at 400 degrees for 10 to gether flour, soda, cloves, salt, ton. On Sunday all of them Hall, 7.-30 p.m. 12 minutes. Ice. Christmas Concert, Cafe­ and nutmeg. Add liquids to were guests in the Robert Shippy ICING: teria, 7:30 p.m. creamed mixture. Stir m sifted home in Weiser. 2 cups powdered sugar Mrs. Jennie Seward returned FRIDAY, DEC. 22 - Siempre dry ingredients. Mix nuts and grated rind of 1/2 orange fruits, add 1/2 cup flour to them home Monday and was an over­ Adelante, Library Meeting Rm., Juice of one orange and fold into cookie dough. Drop nite guest in the Dwight Seward 8 p.m. 1 tsp. vanilla MONDAY, DEC. 25 - Have onto cookie sheet (greased) and home Monday evening. She and 1 tsp. lemon flavoring bake at 325 degrees for 12 to Mrs. Roscoe Kellogg and Ruth a Merry Christmas! TUESDAY, DEC. 26 - Yel­ 15 minutes. Makes about 150 of Nampa went to Woodward, Now for a more glamorous cookies. Oklahoma for funeral services low Rose Rebekah Lodge, 1OOF of her sister, Mrs. Lexie Lea­ Hall, 8 p.m. gue. They were gone ten days TOPS »494, Adrian Grade COUNTY RECEIVES ELECTRIC TAXES on their trip. School, 7:30 p.m. The Department of Revenue tives are included on the tax Mrs. Roy Rookstool's sister WEDNESDAY, DEC. 27 - Se­ has announced the transfer of rolls and subject to ad valo- Mrs. Sarah Yingling and Rus­ nior Citizens, Methodist Church $484,137.44 to the Treasurers rem taxes m the same manner sell Shoemaker, her brother, Social Hall, 10 30 a m. Bring of 31 counties. This moneyre­ as all other property. left for Casper, Wyoming by a sack lunch presents collections by the De­ The amount collected this plane last F nday. THURSDAY, DEC. 28 - Rum­ partment of gross earnings year is about 12^ larger than Mr. and Mrs. Dibble and Mrs. mage sale, Methodist Church, taxes from electric coopera­ last year. Nell Correll were shopping 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. tives throughout the State. The The proceeds from this tax at Karcber Mall on Friday. Toastmistress Club, Library tax is levied in lieu of ad va­ are distributed 75% to the county Mr. and Mrs. William Knox Meeting Room, 8 p.m. lorem taxes an the "transmis­ school fund and 25% to the county visited Mrs. Nell Correll Fri­ Honey. sion and distribution lines'* of general fund. day afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Buel Clement the cooperatives. Other pro­ The amount distributed to Mr. and Mrs. Owen Harlan of perties owned by the coopera- Malheur County is $1,391.69. Boise were all-day Saturday of New Plymouth visited Satur­ guests of Mr. and Mrs. Gene day in the Gene Honey home. NU ACRES - Mr. and Mrs. Owen Wilkerson and daughter Kim of Emmett were visitors at the Ben Payne home Friday afternoon. Ralph Baxter had the mis­ fortune of falling while at work in Ontario and breaking his hip. He is in the hospital at On­ tario. Mrs. CarollShodeen returned from Nebraska Thursday. She spent two weeks with her mother who had been in the hospital. Mrs. Mary Nichols worked for the Shodeens while Mrs. Sho­ deen was gone. Mr. and Mrs. Harley Sager had dinner with the Cecil Evans Tuesday evening. Lunch guests at the Tony Mells home Thursday were Crawford Otto of Caldwell and Mr. and Mrs. Alden Bryan. Mr. and Mrs. Alden Bryan drove to Caldwell Thursday af­ ternoon, visited with Mrs. Bryan's sister and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Roberts.. Mrs. Ben Payne, Mrs. John Slam and Mrs. Armine Hart­ man all enjoyed a potluck din­ ner and gift exchange of the Town and Country Garden Club at the home of Mrs. Ken Kerby at Nyssa, Thursday. Mrs. Effie Nielsen’s grand­ children and families came and decorated her Christmas tree and had dinner with her Sunday. They were the Gary Nielsens of Sunset Valley, Mrs. Bill Niel­ sen of Homedale; Cliff Niel­ sen, Jr. of Ontario; Chuck Nel­ sons of Ontario and Tom Kersey of Fruitland. :■■■■■■■■■■■»■■■■■■■> NEWELL HEIGHTS ITEMS ■ ■ ■ BY DALE WITT ■ ■ ■ PHONE 372-2183 NEWELL HEIGHTS - Friday Mrs. Rollo Fenn went to Home­ dale and visited Elmore Fenn and Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Carl. They left Saturday for Spokane to spend Christmas with her mother. After Christmas, they will return, then go south for the rest of the winter. Mrs. Rollo Fenn was a Sa­ turday luncheon guest of Mrs. Laura Ward. Leroy Churchhill of Vale visited his mother, Mrs. Rollo Fenn, Saturday and Sunday eve­ nings while he was duck hunt­ ing in this area. Mrs. Marie Moore, Mrs. Gladys Newbill, Mrs. Mary Barnes and Mrs. Anna Long ■ ■ ■ attended the Delta Cappa Gamma Christmas meeting held in the Lions room at East Side Cafe m Ontario. Saturday 40 members attended and they had a Christmas gift exchange. Mr. and Mrs. Marion York and girls of Vale were Sunday dinner guests of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Simpson. Mr. and Mrs. Leon Reiman and Keith of Ventura, Cali­ fornia came by plane Sunday afternoon to spend the Christ­ mas Holidays with their son, Mr. and Mrs. William Reiman and son. Their plane was three hours late. Wanda and Cindy Simpson and Linda Austin were Sunday afternoon visitors of Mrs. Carl Fenn. Mr. and tfrs, Jahnnie 1 bmi of Boise spent Wextoesday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Simpson. Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Topliff, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Kriegh and Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Hill at­ tended a potluck dinner at the Ernest Seuell home in Big Bend Saturday evening. Mrs. L. C. McDermott re­ ceived a telephone call from her daughter, Velma Derrick in Canada, Sunday afternoon. She said it was awfully cold and they had a lot of snow there. Mr. and Mrs. Grant Jokl of Boise spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ger­ rit Timmerman. Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Brewer came home from Corvallis, Saturday, where they recently graduated from Oregon State. They are making their home in the Miller place in Big Bend. Mr. and Mrs. Joel Price visi­ ted Mrs. Lydia Worden Sun­ day afternoon. David and Bill Phelps were Sunday dinner guests in the Gene Simpson home and Linda Austin was an afternoon visi­ tor. Linda Austin, Cindy and Wanda Simpson visited in the Ray Simpson home Sunday eve­ ning. from your Dairy (aodmotlM' Real dairy whipping cream is almost as tradi­ tional as the jolty holidays And it works like magic to turn an ordinary dessert into a deli­ cacy Make a quick and easy pie with instant pudding and top with flufty whipped cream Or, open a can of fruit salad and make a yummy parfait—just spoon alternate layers of drained fruit and sugar-vanilla flavored whipped cream into a sherbet glass (chill before serving) Or get a standing ovation from your family for this Holiday Eggnog Pie CRADLE ROLL HOI Y RO6ARY HOSPITAL DEC. 14 - Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Green, Payette, girl Mr. and Mrs. Donald Neglay, Ontario, boy. DEC. 15 - Mr. and Mrs. Dennis D. Daniel, Fruitland, boy. DEC. 17 - Mr. and Mrs. Emerson Wright, New Plymouth, girl. Mr. and Mrs. Gerry Ziegler, Payette, girl. DEC. 19 - Mr. and Mrs. Bob Lassiter, Nyssa, girl. Mr. and Mrs. Francisco Rod­ ríguez, Ontario, girl. Mr. and Mrs. Mantel Bishop of rural Nyssa received word early Tuesday morning, De­ cember 19 of the birth of a new granddaughter to Stanley and Barbara Bishop, former resi­ dents of Nyssa, who now live in Cynthiana, Indiana. She was born a* 5:30 a.m. and weighed in at six pounds and seven and one-half ounces. She lias an older brother, David, seven years old. At the time of the call the baby had not been named as yet. Maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Alexander of Evansville, Indiana. z...—— .. f I I J Holiday Eggnog Pie ■ Pie pan. 9-inch IV« squares (116 ozs ) 1 gingersnap crumb crust unsweetened choco­ late. melted FILLING 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 tablespoon (1 envelope) 1 teaspoon rum extract unflavored gelatin 1 cup whipping cream ’/« cup water 1/3 cup sugar TOPPING 2 tablespoons 1 cup whipping cream cornstarch K cup confectioners ’/« teaspoon salt sugar 2 cups dairy eggnog V» square (16 oz ) unsweetened choco­ late. grated To prepare filling Sprinkle gelatin on water to soften In a 1 -quart saucepan mix together sugar, cornstarch and salt, gradually stir in eggnog Cook over medium heal stirring constantly, until thickened Cook two additional minutes Remove from heat and stir In softened gelatin until dissolved Divide filling in half Add melted choco­ late and vanilla to one half and pour into crust Allow re­ maining half to cool, then add rum extract In a chilled bowl whip cream until stiff, fold in rum-flavored filling Carefully spoon over chocolate layer. Chill To prepare topping In a chilled bowl whip cream until stiff, fold in confectioners sugar Spread over pie and sprinkle with grated chocolate Every body needs milk. A holiday tip from the Dairy Farmers of Oregon