Brownsville herald. [volume], December 18, 1929, Page TWO, Image 2

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School Groups to Sing
Carols Christmas Eve
A candle placed In the window will invite a visit from a merry group
of high school boys and girls who are to make rounds of the city Christ
mas Eve night, Dec. 24, singing Christmas carols. Participating in the
singing will be Girl Reserves, the high school glee club, and the Hi-Y
Glee club, and Junior College Y. W. C. A. members. Plans for the eve
ning were completed at a meeting
of the Girl Reserves at College Inn.
Visits to the invalids and shut
ins are especially planned, and the
singers will be glad to visit any
house displaying a candle In the
window. Mrs. Fessenden. Girl Re
serves sponsor, is directing the af
fair. The group will start at 8
p. m, visiting first the Southern Pa
cific station.
The Tuesday program of the Girl
Reserves was led by Gall McDa
vltt, program chairman, and sto
ries of Christmas customs In other
lands were told by the members.
Plans were also discussed for
the Christmas party Friday after
noon at the high school for Mex
ican children, and the Olrl Re
serves are especially anxious for
, donations of toys and other gifts
for the children.
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Mrs. Taylor Guest
Of Mission Club
Mrs. Volney Taylor, president 'of
the Fifth District Texas Federation
of Women's clubs, went to Mission
Monday as an honor guest of the
Civic league of that place at Its re
gular meeting and luncheon.
She discussed policies of the pres
ent administration of the Fifth dis
trict. and by special request of the
league members, gave highlights on
laws of Texas designed especially for
the protection of its women and
children. Mrs. Taylor stressed heal
th work as one of the paramount
policies of the administration, ar.d
made a plea for more interest in
birth ! tration.
Mrs 3wen Scott of Rio Grande
City, president of the Valley Feder
ation of clubs, was also a guest of
the Mission CMc league, of which
Mrs. Charles Samman Is program
chairman and Mrs. T. J. Caldwell Is
president.
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Athletic Club To
Sponsor Dance
Prominent among social activities
of Christmas week is to be the dance
which will be given by the newly
organized Brownsville Athletic dub
Monday night, Dec. 23 In El Jardin
ballroom.
A popular jazz orchestra Is to be
engaged to p?ay and plans are being
made for an enjoyable evening of
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THURSDAY
El Jardin Progress club meets
with Mrs. Mark French.
Annual Christmas party of Civic
League, Methodis* church, at 3
p. m.
El Jardin Bridge dub with Mrs.
A. E. Harper.
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entertainment. The affair is spon
sored for benefit of athletic club
i funds.
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, Comings And Goings
j Pi Local People
Mrs. W. 8. M do than has as guests
for the Christmas season her par
! ents, Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Adams, and
her sister, Mrs. Russell Hawk of
Miami, Okla.
Mrs. Lenora Howard Is to leave
Thursday night to spend the holl
dajs m Jackson, Term., with her
mother and sister.
Henry Holland has arrived home
from Sewanee university for Christ
mas vacation with his parents. Mr.
and Mrs. R. E. Holland. He was ac
companied home by his father, who
has been In Chicago on a business
I trip.
Among the college girls expected
: to arrive home shortly for the holi
days are Misses Katherine Morton
and Ruth Ernst of the Hockaday
School for Girls. Dallas, and Dorothy
Moore and Esther May Patteson
{from Montlcelio Seminary Godfrey,
XEN Broadcast To
Compliment Valley
XEN, Mexico City super-radio
station Is broadcasting a special pro
gram of dance music dedicated to
cities of the Lower Rio Grinds
: Valley Saturday night, Dec. 2L from
) 10 to 11 p. m., Central Standard
Time. The station operates on a
frequency of 730 kilocycles.
Berreteaga Harmony Kings”, su
preme jazz orchestra of Mexico
are to be the broadcasting artists
and all Valley residents are urged
to tune in on the special program
complimenting the Lower Rio
Grande section.
Menus
o/^ Day
By MRS. ALEXANDER GEORGE
CHRISTMAS CONFECTION
RECIPES
Dinner Menu
Baked Beans and Brown Bread
Buttered Spinach
Bead Lettuce and Relish Dressing
Fruit Gelatin Dessert Coffee
Fondant
(Basis for fancy oandies)
3 cups sugar, 1 cup boiling water.
f-8 teaspoon cream of tartar, 1
teaspoon vanilla. 1 teaspoon lemon
extract, Green coloring. Pink color
ing.
Thoroughly mix the sugar, water
and cream of tartar. Cook gently
and evenly and without stirring I
until a soft ball will keep Its shape
when slowly poured Into a cup of
cold water. Carefully pour into two
shallow bowls which have been
rinsed out of cold water. Let stand
On a flat surface and without mix
ing or stirring until it becomes a
little thick.
Pour the vanilla into one of the
dishes and color with green and
pour the lemon into the other, col
orlrt It pink. Use a wooden spoon
or spatula and mix until thick and
cream}'. Take up in the palms of
the hands and knead until very
creamy. Place in a bowl and cover
with waxed paper and put In cold
place 24 hours.
When ready to shape, knead until
soft and break off small pieces and
knead Into desired shapes. The
fondant should stand for several
hours tnd can then be rolled In
chopped nuts, dates or raisings.
If fondant is to be used for dipp
ing. place the fondant after it has
stood 24 hours in the upper part
of a double boiler, heat slowly un
til melted and then add centers
and let dry on waxed paper.
llvlnlty Candy
•Getter eaten within several days)
31-2 cups sugar, 1-2 cup white
corn syrup. 1-2 cup water. 2 egg
whites, stiffly beaten. 1 teaspoon
vanilla, 1-2 cun h-’:en nuts. 1-2
cup candied cherries.
Mix che sugar, syrup and water.
Boil gently and without stirring
until a thread forms when a por
tion is slowly poured from a spoon.
Pour into the egg whites and beat
until creamy and cold. Add the
rest of the ingredients and spread
on a greased pan. When firm, cut
Into squares.
Taffy
2 cups sugar, 1-2 cup molasses.
2 tablespoons vinegar, 1-4 cup wa
ter, 2 tablespoons butter, 1 tea
spoon vanilla.
Mix the sugar, molasses, vinegar,
water and butter. Boil gently ana
without stirring until a hard "click"
ball forms when a portion Is poured
in cold water. Add the vanilla and
pour onto a greased pan. When
the taffy Is thick and cool enough
to handle take up in the hands and
pull until light colored and stiff.
Pull out until tin' string Is 1-2
inch In diameter. Lay flat on a
greased pan. Cut with scissors.
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O. E. S. Officers Are
Guests At Mercedes
(Special to the Herald)
MERCEDE8, Dec. 18.—Mr*. Beulah
Rawlings of Johnson City, worthy
Grand Matron of the Grand Chap
ter o. E. 8. of ’Cfxas, and Mrs.
Bessie Decker of Mission, grand
chaplain, were guests of honor at a
called meeting and a reception
given by the local Eastern Star
Chapter here Monday night at the
Masonic Hall, at which time the
Eastern Star members of Mercedes
were also guests. '
Mrs. Frank Dawson worthy ma
tron of the Mercedes chapter, pre
sided at initiatory services, assisted
by her corps of officers.
The Wer'aco Chapter opened and
closed the meeting.
After the ceremonies a refresh
ment course was served to about
seventy who were in attendance.
Valley Dealert Set
Radio Model Prices
Majestic radio dealers of the Val
ley gathered at a banquet in Ma
tamoros Monday evening at Matt’s
cafe for the purpose of establishing
standard prices for Majestic radio
models throughout the Valley.
Host of the affair was Charles H.
Vaughan, sales manager of the
southern district of Radio Equip
ment company of San Antonio.
About 13 Valley dealers were pres
ent.
After round-table discussions ihe
radio dealers arrived at a set pflc8
to anply for all Majestic radios
completely installed in customers’
homes.
Fruit On Tree#
Sold For $5,00C
McALLEN. Dec. 18—D. W. Rowe,
prominent McAllen realtor, recent
ly closed a deal whereby he sold the
fruit on trees in six acres of his
citrus orchards here. He rtcelfed
S5000 In cash for the fruit and the
purchaser is to pick and pack the
citrus.
The trees in the orchard are 13
years of ace but are given the most
'•arefnll attention and each year.
Mr. Rowe receives special consider
ation because of the unusual sweet
ness and uniformity in sire of the
nredvet of h’s n^rba-d.
TICKLING
THROAT
Th* "tickling throat”
U Irritating enough,
but la often th* fort*
runn ar of eorlqua cheat
and bond colda Stop
th* tlckl# and pravont
further Infection br the
prompt uao of Mother"*
Salve, It penetrntoa
ana vaporize* giving prompt rmiei »»»
cough*, cold* *od catarrh. Mother'» *alv#
iM ploaaantlj getntod. aaag to uao and
quick to act. rail direction* on jar. All
druggUt* ncemmind and Mil Mothar'a
Salv*. Two *Im*. lie and tie.
Vaporise “Mother's Salve" lor Colds
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San Benito Rebekahs \
Confer Degrees Here
Members of the San JJenlto Rebekah Degree team attended initiation
ceremonies for two new members of the local Rebekah lodge Tuesday
night, conferring degrees on the candidates.
After the meeting dosed, sandwiches and coffee were sewed and it
was announced that installation of the new officers of the local Re
bekah lodge will probably take,
place on the first Tuesday night
in January. It is expected that
Mrs. Ada Dean, the district dep
uty president, will be present and
have charge of the ceremonies
The following visitors were pres
ent: Ada Dean, Ima Day, H.
Grace Bumgardner, Essie Beach,
Pearl Kyeer, Anne Wright. Nora
Hays, Nellie Nelderjohn, Gladys
Steck, Ella Keys, Anna Adams,
Lyda Adams, Arabella Nesmith,
Ima Worley, Beth Bumgardner,
Nellie Christiansen. Frances Mil
ler and Ida Bell Noe, all of San
Benito; Edith Puckett of Weslaco;
Hasel Scaiffe of Victor, Coley; W.
H. Nesmith. William Day, J. A.
Bumgardner, B. p. Nelderjohn, J.
R. Dean and A. T. Beach, also of
San Benito.
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Aggravated Assault
Lands Three In Jail
Three men went to jail Tuesday
following conviction of charges of
aggravated assault in the county
court at law. Jesus Martlnes and
baldemero Martinez pleaded guilty
and were fined $25 and ordered to
jail for SO days.
John W. Rattan, nagro, under
took to defend himself and was
fined $25. He was remanded to jail
in default of same. His plea was
«?elf defense.
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