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COVER STORY The KMA GUIDEChristmas season is here with toys, gifts,shiny decorations, and color galore. KimNaven, five -year -old daughter of programand news director Dean Naven, is en-chanted by the tremendous size of thisjumbo Panda bear. Kim's real interest wasdolls. If youngsters could have everythingthey wanted, chances are Santa couldn't getit all in a freight car. It is interesting tonote that most children have just onething they want most, everything else isincidental . . . . but most welcome whenfound under the tree on Christmas morning.Next to birthday parties, Christmas andSanta are the high points of the year foryoungsters like our pretty blonde cover girl.

DECEMBER, 1961

Vol. 7 No. 12

The KMA Guide is published the first of eachmonth by the Tom Thumb Publishing Co., 205North Elm St., Shenandoah, Iowa. Owen Saddlereditorial chairman; Duane Modrow, editor; DorisMurphy, feature editor; Monica Tiemeyer, copyeditor. Subscription price $1 per year (12issues) in the United States, foreign countries,$1.50 per year. Allow two week's notice forchange of address and be sure to send old aswell as new address.

Our feature family for December is the Carl"Andy" Andersens. Andy is our accountexecutive, calling on business establishmentsservicing their advertising on KMA. He isalso your KMA play-by-play sportscaster,being a well-known figure among sports en-thusiasts throughout the area, Andy ispretty much at home in most of the townsin the region; in fact he says he gets hisgreatest pleasure and enjoyment visitingfriends and acquaintances. Andy gets kiddeda lot about his "head of hair" (or lackthereof), but he takes it in his usual jovialstride . . . and usually dishes it right backwith, "It's a sign of virility"! Golfing isAndy's favorite recreation. DAN, 8, is in3rd grade at Central School. Andy says themost you can say about Dan is "He's allboy". He likes running, jumping and wearin'out shoes. JANIS, 10, attends 5th grade atthe Church Street School. Janis has started

piano lessons. She is a Brownie Scout andenjoys the handcrafts, homemaking andsuch activities in the scouts. She likes toskate at every opportunity and sings inthe junior choir at the Methodist Church.BARBARA will be six on December 31st.She's in Kindergarten at Central School,is still just a little one. She likes toy games,Monopoly in particular, and is showing aninterest in books and learning to read.JOANNE is a former school teacher witha major in Home Ec. She gets the greatestpleasure sewing for the family. She is veryactive in Brownie Scouts as an assistantleader. This takes quite a bit of time butthe work is most rewarding. Jo spends fulltime looking after the needs of the family.Andy and Jo are natives of the KMA area,Andy hailing from Omaha, and Jo a Shen-andoah girl. The Andersens are members ofthe Methodist Church.

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A Chat With. Edward MayEvery Sunday afternoon at exactly 5:30

at our house you will hear Eddie comeforth with, "it's popcorn time." Immediatelysomeone in the family commences theenjoyable task of popping our Sunday nightsupper. The picture on this page is almosta typical Sunday night family scene. Mymother joins us frequently because she, too,is fond of popcorn. The only missing itemis a glass of milk. As long as I can re-member, I have always liked popcorn andmilk. (Put the popcorn in the glass ofmilk and use a spoon to eat it.) We havehad a lot of enjoyable evenings as a familyand we have eaten our share of popcorn too(Earl May Popperized, of course). Inci-dentally, Annette is sitting on my left,then Karen, Eleanor and Eddie.

The table in the picture has a ratherinteresting background. It is a "banco",or coffee table, and was purchased duringthe ten months we lived in Lima, severalyears ago when I was with the office ofForeign Agricultural Relations. The tableis handmade covered with leather. The tophas three large seals-one is the seal ofFrancisco Pizarro, the conquerer of Peruin the sixteenth century, another is theseal of Lima, and the third is the seal ofPeru. The table is quite unique and isgenerally a conversation piece for thosewho see it for the first time.

We have reached the month when wewill hear the beautiful Christmas Carolson KMA. I am sure everyone likes to hearthem.

Do you know the word "carol" comesfrom the Greek word choraulein and refersto a dance accompanied by the playing ofthe flutes. Christmas carols may be dividedinto many groups. A few examples are:

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Nativity Carols-those whose main themehas to do with the Nativity itself.

Prayer CarolsMystery Carols-These pertain to legend-

ary events supposed to have happenedto the Divine Child.

Shepherd Carols-Have to do with the visitof the shepherds to the manger.

Noels-These songs flourished in Germany,Austria, England, France, Ireland,Italy, and Spain.

Macaronis-A carol written partly in Latin,partly in the vernacular.

Lullaby Carols-Mostly in German.Dance Carols-These are dance carols,

usually ring -dances, accompained bysinging.

Cradle Rocking Carols-From Germany.Christmas Yodeling-Popular in Austria.

As late as 1823, an English collector ofChristmas lore, William Hone (1842) wrotethat carols were considered a thing of thepast and had no place in the nineteenthcentury. Fortunately, however, the best ofold carols have survived, and new oneshave also been written. Today, in thiscountry, we enjoy the best of them all-Away in the Manger, Hark the HeraldAngels Sing, 0 Christmas Tree (0 Tan-nenbaum), Silent Night, 0 Little Town ofBethlehem, It Came Upon a Midnight Clear,Joy to the World, We Three Kings ofOrient Are, and many, many more, eachbeautiful in its own way, each telling ofthe importance of Christmas to Christianpeople throughout the world.

These beautiful carols and many more,will be heard on KMA during the month ofDecember.

In closing, I would like toquote a few words of CharlesDickens, who said, "And nu-merous are the hearts towhich Christmas brings abrief season of happiness andenjoyment. How many fam-ilies whose members havebeen dispersed and scatteredfar and wide, in the restlessstruggle of life, are then re-united, and meet once again.How many old recollections,and how many dormant sym-pathies, Christmas timesawaken."

Best wishes for a MerryChristmas and a Happy NewYear.

Edward May

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Frank CommentsBy FRANK FIELD

Each month on this page, I try to giveyou an action picture of either Jennie ormyself somewhere around the yard or inthe garden. That just wasn't practicalfor December-the garden is all cleaned offand fall plowed. The Petunias and Zinniasand all the other annuals have been pulledup and worked in around the rose busheswhich naturally have quit blooming, shedtheir leaves and gotten ready for winter.I have already showed you pictures ofJennie in just about every portion of thehouse, including the den, the music room,the recreation room and the kitchen, butI don't remember ever showing you anyshot of the living room.

Yes, Jennie is in the picture but youhave to look very closely to see her. Thispicture had to be taken by flash bulb soI drew the drapes across the picture windowand Jennie was standing there in front ofthe drapes 'superintending' the job. I hap-pened to notice her reflection in the mirroron the wall so I maneuvered around untilshe was centered just right and then

snapped the picture; so that is actually amirror on the wall between the two cup-boards and not a framed picture of Jennie.

We started in accumulating Ethan Allenfurniture a number of years ago; just apiece at a time as it was needed to replacesomething which either became worn outor outmoded. These cupboards are on theeast wall of the living room and are reallymeant to be bookcases but we got them forJennie to use as a display case for hercollection of cups and saucers. We startedout several years ago with the one on theleft but it wasn't long before it was filledso this summer we bought the one on theright to match it. You can see it is filledalready!

She doesn't work at it very hard-thankgoodness-or we would soon run out ofspace. Whenever I go on a trip out oftown attending conventions and the like,I usually bring her back another cup andsaucer and I always try to get one withviolets on it and of course, different fromanything she already has. She can remem-ber where most of them came from andwho gave them to her but I sure can't. Ican't even remember which was the lastone I bought her!

The big debate at our house right now isabout how soon to put up the Christmas

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Little Mark, three year old son of nighttime announcer Jerry Elton, helps daddypick out a Christmas tree from the hugeassortment lining the whole front and sideof the May Seed Company building. Thisone looks like a dandy! It's so big Jerrymay have to hire a pickup to have it hauledhome . . . . Jerry has a Nash Americanstation wagon. These Nashes are given alot of credit for the load they can carry fortheir size. If he strapped the tree on topit would just about cover the top of hisstation wagon. Whatever the decision,Mark will be glad to "help". At the timeJerry and Mark were picking out theirtree, people were buying up trees almostas fast as they were put on display. Somefolks hold to the old tradition of decoratingthe tree Christmas Eve. However, sincethe Christmas tree is the center of decor-ations during the holiday season, manyfolks put them up early so they can enjoytheir beauty longer. Come Christmas morn-ing, little Mark will be under this one,seeing what Santa brought.

Jim Ross Joins KMAJIM ROSS, right, your newhost every afternoon from1:00 till 4:00. Jim joins usfrom K S S S in ColoradoSprings and will take JohnRussell's place. John hasjoined the KMTV televisionnews staff in Omaha. Jimwas raised in Farragut, Iowa,attended the University ofIowa where he worked onthe college radio station,KSUI. He lived in Tulsa,Oklahoma for a few yearsand was on the police forcethere before journeying toColorado Springs and re-entering radio. His wife isthe former Barbara Lavigneof Nebraska City. They havea daughter, Terri. age two.We think you'll enjoy whatJim will have for you in theway of music and conver-sation so join him everyafternoon.

Young Jack McMannama hada real thrill at the WesternSeedsman's Association Con-vention in Kansas City. Hesat at the speakers' tablewith his dad, Wayne McMan-nama (right) and motherDel, not pictured. Wayne isimmediate past president ofthe Assn. On Jack's right IsRobert Pease of Beatrice,Nebraska., the new president.Wayne heads up Farm Seedfor the May Seed Company.

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KMA Listeners Bring Cheer to Glenwood"Funds are not available for such extras",stated Mrs. Elsie O'Connell, director ofspecial services of the Glenwood StateSchool and Institute for the Mentally Re-tarded.However, Mrs. O'Connell quickly pointedout that Christmas trees brightened thelives of the patients at Glenwood so verymuch that they could hardly be considered"extras" in the true sense of the word.Funds needed for operating the Glenwoodschool do run into a large figure and thosein charge of allocating money for thisoperation, in their conscientious handlingof public funds, must as a matter of neces-

sity cut out as many "frills" as possible.However, many little extras are managedsomehow through the kindness of membersof the staff or interested outsiders suchas Mrs. Masker of Council Bluffs who hasworked very hard for years and is nowgetting the help of Bernice Currier's listen-ers to collect cast-off costume jewelry forthe patients.There are many other fine examples ofgood samaritanism which go unheralded yetare so vital in the way of those littleextras for the patients.That, briefly, is the background for theappeal to KMA listeners to send in do-

nations for a Christmas treefund for the Glenwood school.By the time you read thisthe trees will have been de-livered to Glenwood.We want to thank each ofyou who so generously do-nated. Your gift of trees willbe exuberantly received bysome 1400 patients. Wemight add, any funds in ex-cess of actual wholesale costof the trees will be turnedover for the purchase of anyother extras the folks atGlenwood may need. Mayyour Christmas be asas those Glenwood patients'eyes when they receive suchwelcome gifts.

Bernice Currier and Mrs. O'Connell, director of specialservices at Glenwood State School and Institute, for theMentally Retarded, make radio appeal for Christmas treesover KMA.

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Here is a clever little holidayidea which Florence Nielson,wife of our KMA productionmanager Warren Nielson, hasbeen busily working at aslittle favors for guests whodrop in during the holidayseason. Florence has takenpenny boxes of stick matchesand diligently glued onChirstmasy designs in allcolors of felt and bits ofodds and ends of cord, yarn,ribbon, ric-rac, sequins, andany other little thing heringenuity could gather to-gether to make a design.Those along the right sidewere made by seven year olddaughter, Holly.

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Dec. Bride ShoweredAt left, Betty Jane Rankin is pictured withher mother Frances at one of the manyshowers and luncheons held for our newDecember bride. Betty will become Mrs.Michael Sherman on December 29th. Bettyis the daughter of our May BroadcastingCompany Vice President, J. D. Rankin, Jr.Betty has always been a very popular missin the community. Her many friends havebeen most gracious in seeing that the newyoung couple get off to a flying start intheir forthcoming marriage. Pictured aregifts of linen, glassware, silverware, din-nerware and many other beautiful itemsBetty and Mike will be most thankful toreceive.

Damsel Distresser"As Wicked As He Is Wild", that's theway Mike Heuer was billed in the melo-drama "Dirty Work At The Crossroads"presented by the Southwest Iowa TheatreGuild early in November. Yes, this pictureof our KMA deejay was so comical wejust had to show you what he looked likein his portrayal of the meanest, wickedest,wildest man in the world in the play'sleading character, Munro Murgatroyd. Miketook a lot of booing in the play, and a lotof kidding by his co-workers as being "typecasted". But, Mike is one of the nicestguys you'll find around . . . . (however, hedid do an unusually good job. Hmmm!)

ProgressiveHobbyPauline Gowing, wife of ourKMA Farm Service Director,Jack Gowing, is pictured atright with her first two at-tempts at oil painting. Theblack and white photo doesn'tdo them justice; they arevery colorful and a very goodfirst attempt. Pauline haddone several of the numberedpaintings and after gettinggood at that, decided to tryher hand with a "free swing-ing" brush.

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ChristmasTIME

If I Were Santa Claus ...

I'd Qive...EDWARD MAY . . . six extra hands so he

can be a One -Man Band, as he plays anelectric organ, piano, guitar, banjo,and sings in a quartet.

J. D. RANKIN ... an elk rack in place ofthe deer he didn't get.

JAMES SHAUM ... an express subway be-tween Tarkio and Shenandoah, so hisdaily trips to work can be more lei-surely.

ANTHONY KOELKER ... a foolproofmethod of determining football win-ners.

CHARLES BUNN ... a different name sohe will not have to go through lifespelling out B -U -N -N for everyone.

CARL ANDERSEN . . . vocal lessons so hisimpromptu singing will put the officegirls in a more cheerful mood.

DEAN NAVEN ... a case of No -Doze sohe can keep up the terrific pace.

WARREN NIELSON ... an office deskphone that won't fall off the hookevery time he pushes his chair back.

RALPH CHILDS ... good health for hisson Steven recuperating from a recentserious car accident.

MERL DOUGLAS . . . a chance to sleeplate Christmas morning instead of get-ting up at 3:45 a.m.

MIKE HEUER ... more and more countryrecords for his Saturday night show:"KMA BANDSTAND COUNTRYSTYLE".

JOHN RUSSELL ... success in his newposition at KMTV in Omaha.

JERRY ELTON ... a sunlamp so he canget the effect of more daylight hoursafter working the night shift and sleep-ing during the day.

DON BURRICHTER ... Spanish dancinglessons to go with the Spanish languagelessons he has been taking.

RALPH LUND ... a shot gun shell loadingmachine that loads shells just by push-ing a button.

JACK JOSEPHSON ... an automatic popvending machine at the transmitterbuilding that will dispose of the bottles,too.

NORMAN KLING ... studio equipment thatnever breaks down and keeps all theannouncers happy.

JACK GOWING ... another prize-winningAngus to replace the one that died lastyear.

TOM BEAVERS ... a larger gun cabinetfor storing his guns, ammunition, etc.

DUANE MODROW ... a baby brother forthe four little Modrow sisters.

MONICA TIEMEYER ... a pair of rollerskates so she can get around to allher jobs faster.

BERNICE CURRIER ... a special vitaminpill that will help her get through hermail more quickly.

FLORENCE FALK . . . a 48 -hour clock soshe can get more time in the day.

EVALYN SANER . . . a fancy new con-vertible to replace her dependable oldFord.

FARRELL TURNBULL ... a big bag ofpennies to use in the peanut vendingmachine during recess.

JOYCE DOBERNECKER ... a never-end-ing supply of Snap -less chewing gum.

HELEN McCULLOUGH ... a great big"Thank You" for many years of fineservice and my best wishes for muchhappiness in her new home in Calif.

GAYLE MAHER ... bigger dividends fromher oil well.

EARLE CROWLEY ... a larger office witha nice view.

JOHN SAWYER ... a "Miss" in the frontseat, rather than a "miss" in the motorof his DeSoto.

FRANK FIELD ... a helicopter for hisdaily trips to KMTV in Omaha, so hecould see more of the country.

ETHEL BALDWIN ... a big sight-seeingbus for showing KMA visitors sightsof interest around town.

LUCILLE LAWSON ... a switchboard thatlights up only one at a time.

JIM ROSS ... Preferred stock in a trailercompany.

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KMA GangBY for's Murphy

Yes, it would be fun being Santa Claus!Because Christmas is many things. Christ-mas is fun, gaiety, gifts and a touch ofsolemnity too, as the special season shouldhave. Christmas is decorating the home . . .

the tree. Christmas is when wide eyedyoungsters press their noses against storewindows, thrilled with the fairyland oftoys, gaily colored decorations and spar-kling gifts. The pretty little blonde, blue-eyed miss you see pictured on the frontcover, enthralled with a big parade on a toycounter in a local store, is 5 year old KIM,daughter of KMA Pgm. Director and News-caster Dean Naven. Kim is trying to de-cide what she likes best. When I asked:"Lots of things," then with twinkling eyes,told me she would like a beauty parlorkit for her doll, which sounded very modern.I am sure whatever he brings, it will warmthe heart of Kim. Kim's mother has beenmaking a few items we can't mention be-cause they are to be Christmas surprises.

Remember back in the olden days,when Mother delighted the children bymaking stuffed rag dolls? When Pat, wifeof KMA Station Manager Tony Koelker,saw a picture in a magazine recently ofold fashioned "Faceless Dolls" she immedi-ately got her shears in hand, and cut outa pattern. After searching thru her bagsof scraps of yard goods. she came up withenough material to make four. They areso simple to make, the fourwere made in one afternoon.Pat thought shredded plasticfoam rubber would be idealfor stuffing the dolls, butsince none was available inShenandoah, she cut scrapsinto shreds and soon had thebig lovable dolls stuffed withsoft rags. As Pat says: "Thesillier the material, the cuterthe dolls." She even madeone out of green and blueupholstery fabric and gave itpale blue hair. The hair ismade out of yarn and youcan use any color you wish.One has bright orange hair.They are similar to pillowdolls and just about any agechild would enjoy them ontheir bed. They can be madeany size. Malia, 5 year olddaughter of the Koelkers,

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loved the dolls but it worried her a little,because the dolls had no face. She thoughtthey could see better with eyes, so motheraccommodated, and on two of the dolliesyou will see button eyes, and nice smilingmouths made with a red pencil. Now,Malia is happy! Pictured on this page isMalia with her old fashioned rag dolls.

Holiday callers at the home of Mr. andMrs. Warren Nielson will have a pleasantsurprise, when they will be given a gift ofa darling little match box gaily decoratedin keeping with the season. Florence haspainstakingly decorated about three dozenboxes with gay colored bits of felt, sequins,gold paper, ribbon, and bright shinymaterials. Many different designs havebeen worked out, such as tiny Christmastrees, candy canes, snow men, pink mittens,holly, etc. Seven -and -a -half year old Hollyhas entered into the spirit of Christmasgiving, and has made a number of the littlematch boxes that will be given to friendswho come to visit. Florence has also madestuffed toys, aprons, a plastic wreath, andis busy making a bright red cotton dressfor Holly, with a white pinafore aprontrimmed in white cotton lace. She willprobably wear the dress with red or whitetights.

KMA GUIDE EDITOR Duane Modrowgroaned when his daughters wanted more

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Malia Koelker with no -face dolls made by mother, Pat.Painting above was also made by Pat, dripping duco(auto body paint) from the end of a knife blade. It isa jazz band, very striking.

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A Letter From Bernice CurrierDear Friends:

I've just been thinking about how nicea Hospitality Tree would be in the fronthall or on a table by the front door. Itcould be a small aluminum tree or madeof driftwood sprayed with white, pink,light green or whatever color you like,with glitter sprinkled on while the sprayis damp. Then you tie up some smallpackages nice and Christmasy to give tovisitors who drop in during the holidays.They could be small bottles of perfumeor cologne, those small lipsticks so handyto carry in your purse, small boxes ofcandy or a midget size fruit cake.

Your last minute preparations for thewonderful day are being made now and Ihope you are being more efficient thanI am. But after all-the rush to get every-thing done is part of the fun. Gettingmy cards sent out is one thing that I can-not seem to attend to until the last minute.Every year it's the same thing. The Post -office pleads with us to mail things earlyand we promise we will try.

Today is the last Sunday in November.It was a very typical almost -winter day.Overcast, the wind blowing high above,the way it does when there is a whiningin the air and you know that means achange is coming. While I was gettingready for church, the sun came out brightand clear about 10:15. But it was only forfive minutes. The wind changed to thenorth and the thermometer started down.

Our minister talked about "Patience, theHardest Virtue". It must have been some-thing we all needed because after churchwe were all saying, "He must have meantthat for me". It is something to thinkabout all week.

I went down to the Hotel for dinner;had a good visit with a friend I hadn't seenfor ages and met some new friends whohad heard me on the air and wanted someof those Christmas Mailers that Carol andI have been sending out. If you want toknow what I do with my spare time-weare mailing these mimeographed sheets,4500 of them, in the self-addressed stampedenvelopes you have sent me. If you areinterested in making one of these Christ-mas trees of chicken wire and nylon net-get about six feet of the small mesh chickenwire. The easiest way to make the treeshape is to measure 58 or 60 inches acrossthe long edge of the wire. Use that asthe diameter of a half circle. From thecenter point of that edge measure straighttoward the other edge about 30 inches.That point is the outside edge of the half

circle. Round the half circle down to thatpoint from the two ends of the diameter.Cut with wire cutters. Then cut away onefourth of the half circle. Now you bendthe two ends together and fasten withedges of the wire and you have your tree.Cut the nylon net into rectangles using 4by 9 inches for the two lowest layers aroundthe bottom. Make them progressivelysmaller as you work toward the top. Pickup the rectangles by the center and pokethem into the hales of the wire. Then youcan decorate the tree with small balls,snow, icicles as you please. Use a Christ-mas tree ornament at the top.

My sister Elizabeth will be here Christ-mas and that makes me very happy. Wehave so much fun visiting. My four chil-dren will be at home with their familieswhich is as it should be, but OH!!! wouldn'tit be the peak of happiness to have themand their families all here together? Ihope you have a soul -satisfying HolidaySeason with friends and family. And forthose of you who are alone-God give youa special blessing.

Bless your hearts, good -by for now.

Bernice

Here is a picture of a nylon net wreathmade by Doris Murphy. Instructions forthis wreath are on the Christmas recipeand decoration sheets we have been offer-ing over the air. We thought you wouldlike to see what the finished product lookedlike.

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Homemaker's GuideHomemaker's Visit

By BERNICE CURRIERHOLIDAY BAVARIAN

Dissolve:1 pkg. strawberry gelatin1 c. hot water

0 Add:1/2 c. ice waterChill until like egg white then beat until

very light and fluffy.Drain -2 pkgs. (10 -oz. each) frozen

sliced strawberries. Save juice, and foldberries into gelatin.

Fold in -2 c. heavy cream whipped. Withtwo forks tear a 10 inch angel food cakeinto very small pieces. Alternately fill a 10inch tube pan or an oblong pan 9 by 131/2by 2 inches with cake pieces and gelatinmixture. Chill until firm. Begin with cakepieces and end with gelatin mixture. Makethe glaze.

GLAZE-Blend 1 T. cornstarch with 1 T.strawberry juice then gradually add 1 c.strawberry juice and cook, stirring con-stantly until thick and clear. (5 to 7 min.)Remove from heat and add 4 drops of redfood coloring and 1 t. soft butter. Cool. Ifmade in tube pan, unmold on large trayand dribble glaze over top letting it rundown sides. If in oblong pan, dribble it overthe top. Oblong pan serves 15 large pieces,20 smaller ones.

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STRAWBERRY'N CREAM SQUARESA-2 pkgs. strawberry gelatin

2 c. boiling waterB-2 ten -oz. pkgs. frozen strawberriesC-1 13 oz. can crushed pineapple and

juice2 large ripe bananas finely diced

D-1 carton (1 c.) commercial sourcream

Combine "A", add "B" and stir to thaw.Add "C". Pour one half of this into a 9inch sq. pan. Chill firm. Spread "D" overit evenly, pour remaining gelatin over.Chill firm. Cut into 9 very large pieces or12 smaller ones. Garnish with a dollop ofsour cream and a strawberry.

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UNBAKED POLKA DOT COOKIESMelt together:

1 pkg. (16 -oz.) chocolate chips2 T. butter

Remove from heat and add:1 t. vanilla1 beaten egg1 c. powdered sugar

1/2 c. chopped pecans1 small size pkg. colored miniature

marshmallowsForm into 2 rolls, then roll them in fine

coconut. Wrap in waxed paper to chill be-fore you slice and serve them.

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If you have house guests Christmas morn-ing and also there are children watching forSanta Claus, set the breakfast things outon the table and let everyone help them-selves and find a place to sit. Use papernapkins for that meal.

I would suggest-Tomato or Orange juiceSausage links steamed in 2 or 3 T.

waterScrambled eggs in electric -fry pan to

keep them warmCoffee cake slicedCoffee pot on table, cream & sugar

And if you can keep the plates warm, doso. What we need here is a good old-fashioned range with warming oven. Huh?

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GERMAN BEEF BIRDSFor 6 servings:

1 beef round steak cut 1/2 inch thickand pounded to % inch thick. Cut it in6 pieces. Place a sausage link on each steak. . . roll up and fasten with toothpick.Brown slowly in 2 T. fat. Pour off drip-pings and season with 1 t salt.Drain:

1 No. 2 can sauerkraut . . Save juiceAdd to the meat:

1 No. 2 can tomatoes with juice1 medium sliced onion2 t. caraway seed

liquid from sauerkrautCover tightly and cook slowly for 1 hr.

Add the sauerkraut and simmer 30 min.longer.

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DATE CAKE WITH ORANGE SAUCEA- 2 c. boiling water

1 lb. chopped dates2 T. butter

B- 2 c. sugar2 beaten eggs

C- 3 c. sifted flour1 t. soda

1/2 t. saltD- 1 t. vanilla

1 c. chopped pecansCombine "A". Let cool. Beat "B" in mix-

ing bowl. Sift "C" and add to "B". Add"D", add "A". Fill well greased muffinpans or paper baking cups, 2/3 full. Bakeabout 25 min. at 350°.Serve with the following:

ORANGE SAUCEE- 2 egg yolks

1/2 c. sugargrated rind 1 orange

F- 1 c. cream whippedCombine "E" in top of double boiler and

stir constantly and cook over boiling wateruntil thickened. Cool. Then add "F" byfolding in.

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"The Farmer's Wife"By FLORENCE FALK

Happy Holiday Greetings to you andyours from the farm kitchen!

BRUNCH BUFFET MENUChilled Cranberry and Pineapple JuiceFluffy Scrambled Eggs with Crisp Bacon

BitsRed Jelly Twist Coffee CakeEasy Mix Fruit CakeFrosted Angel Cookies Coffee or CocoaRED JELLY TWIST COFFEE CAKE

1 cake compressed or 1 pkg. dryyeast

1/4 c. lukewarm water1 c. milk, scalded

1/2 c. melted shortening% c. sugar

1% t. salt31/2 to 4 c. sifted all-purpose flour

2 egg yolks, beaten1 c. enriched corn meal

Soften yeast in lukewarm water. (Re-member to use warm water for dry yeast.)Pour scalded milk and shortening oversugar and salt. Cool to lukewarm. Stir in1 c. flour and egg yolks; add softenedyeast and corn meal. Stir in enough ad-ditional flour to make a soft dough.

Turn out on a lightly floured boardor canvas: knead satiny, about 10minutes. Round dough into ball; place ingreased bowl; brush lightly with meltedshortening. Cover and let rise in warmplace until double in size, about 1 hour.

Punch down; cover; let rest for 10 min.Roll half of dough to form 18 x 9 inchrectangle. Cut lengthwise into 18 x 3 inchstrips spread with 1/2 of filling. Roll eachstrip as for jelly roll, beginning at longestside. Twist several times; coil in greased8 -inch square pan. Repeat procedure usingsecond half of dough and remaining in-gredients. Let rise until almost doubledin size, about 45 min. Dot with REDJELLY. Bake in moderate oven 350° for30 to 35 minutes. While warm, drizzle withpowdered sugar frosting. Makes two 8 -inchsquares.FILLING:Combine:

1/2 c. almond paste (1 small can)3/4 c. granulated sugar1/4 c. butter

2 unbeaten egg whitesBeat until thoroughly mixed.

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EASY MIX FRUIT CAKE1 pkg. Date Bread Easy Mix2 c. diced candied fruit

1/2 c. seedless raisins1/2 c. chopped nutmeats

c. pineapple juice1 egg

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Remove 1/2 c. of the mix from the bag,toss lightly in a bowl with the candiedfruits, raisins, nutmeats. To the remainingmix in the bag and pineapple juice andbeaten egg, mix as directed on the package.Pour over the fruits and mix well. Spread in8 x 4 x 3 inch greased pan lined withheavy paper, (or containers other sizes).Bake in a very slow oven 275° for about2 hrs. Place a pan of water on bottomshelf of oven while baking. This makes a2 lb. cake.

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FROSTED ANGEL COOKIES

1/2 c. butter1 c. sugar2 eggs, beaten1 t. vanilla

1/2 t. almond2 c. sifted all-purpose flour

1/2 c. corn meal1 t. baking powder

1/2 t. saltCream butter and sugar, blend in eggs,

vanilla and almond. Sift together dry in-gredients, stir into butter mixture. Wrapin waxed paper; chill thoroughly. Rolldough, a small amount at a time, to %inch thickness on lightly floured board.Cut into angels or use other shape cutter.Bake on greased cooky sheets in moderateoven 375° for 5 to 7 minutes. Cool. Frostwith powdered sugar icing. Makes about3 dozen cookies.

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CRAN-MELLOW FLUFF PIE1 c. oatmeal (either quick or old-fash-

ioned, uncooked)1/2 c. brown sugar

c. melted butter1/2 c. chopped nutmeats

Toast oats in shallow pan in moderateoven 350° for 10 min. Combine with sugar.butter, nutmeats. Press onto bottom andsides of 9 inch pie pan. Chill thoroughly.Use filling. This all makes 1 pie.FILLING:

2 envelopes unflavored gelatin1/2 c. cold water1 c. hot water2 c. whole cranberry sauce (1 lb. can)

1/2 c. sugar2 T. lemon juice1 pint vanilla ice cream

Few drops red food coloringSoften the gelatin in cold water. Add

hot water and stir until dissolved. Com-bine cranberry sauce, sugar, and lemonjuice in saucepan. Heat to boiling. Removefrom heat and stir in softened and dis-solved gelatin. Refrigerate until mixturemounds on spoon. Stir in 1 pint or 2 c.softened vanilla ice cream and few dropsof red food coloring. Pour into chilled piecrust. Refrigerate until set.

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dolls for Christmas. He said they had GOBSof dolls . . dolls all over the place. SoHelen, Duane's wife, looked around andselected two very nice dolls, that seemedto have been forgotten by the four sisters.She decided to hide these dolls, then makenew clothes and they would seem brandnew . . . Mother hid them in a closet! Yes,you guessed it . . the girls found the dolls,and were so excited! They came runningout to tell Grandmother about their find .and they didn't even recognize their owndolls! And they probably won't recognizethem when they appear under the treeChristmas morn, all decked in pretty newoutfits.

A slip of the tongue by Florence Falkno doubt gave her listeners a chuckle oneday, when she quoted the price of a churchchicken dinner as $1.50 for adults and 50¢for "chickens". Realizing her error, shequickly corrected it to "500 for children".But the error was so imprinted on hermind, she made exactly the same mistakejust a few days later! Homemaker BerniceCurrier also had a frustrating experiencewhile broadcasting one day, when the glassof water on her desk spilled, making hercommercials and other papers she wasusing, soggy and wet. Oh well, ANYTHINGcan happen!

It probably wouldn't happen once in ahundred years, but it DID happen the week-end of November 18 and 19, when BOTHemployees in the Accounting Departmentof KMA, left work at 5:00 on Friday after-noon and both underwent operations, beforetime to return to work Monday morning.Earle Crowley was operated on Sunday eve-ning at the Hand Hospital in Shenandoahand John Sawyer in an Omaha hospitalSaturday. In the emergency Jim Shaum re-turned to his former position, to help outuntil the boys were able to return to work.

Instead of turkey and all the trimmingson Thanksgiving, it was liquids and icecream for Cynthia, age 11, and 10 year oldGregory, children of Mr. and Mrs. CharlesBunn of Farragut. The reason? Becauseboth had undergone operations for the re-moval of their tonsils and adenoids the daybefore, and were nursing sore throats. Mr.Bunn is Sales Manager of KMA.

Every little girl loves a doll house, andJulie Dawn, 4 year old daughter of FarmDirector Jack Gowing, is going to get herwish this Christmas. Daddy is busy duringhis spare time making a doll house out oforange crates.

When KMA made its appeal for contri-

December, 1961

butions to purchase 91 Christmas trees forthe Glenwood Institute, JOHN ALLEY,custodian of KMA, was the first one tomake a contribution. John is a grandfatherand a lover of children, and was the firstto open his heart to the mentally retardedchildren at the institution, so they mighthave a brighter Christmas.

Pgm. Director Dean Naven had consider-able explaining to do when 5 year olddaughter Kim wanted to know if it wasChristmas, the very next day after Thanks-giving. When told Christmas was over fourweeks away she replied: "But Daddy, youtold me Christmas came after Thanks-giving, and now Thanksgiving is gone!"Kim also gave her parents considerable con-cern one day when her glasses disappeared.Everyone searched for them. Finally, hermother found them in her clothes closethooked over a coat hanger, with dressesall around so they could not be foundeasily. Kim had hidden them so shewouldn't have to wear them! The Navenswill have their Christmas gifts at 8:00Christmas morning after Daddy has re-turned home from his early morning newsbroadcast.

For one hour and a half, police, herdaddy and even citizens, helped in thesearch for little 4 year old Cynthia,daughter of announcer Mike Heuer, whodisappeared from home about 11:00 A.M.the morning of November 13th. Cynthia,looking like "Little Red Riding Hood" inher red outfit, was found around 12:30 P.M.several blocks from home, by a woman whohad heard her disappearance broadcast overKMA. She immediately called the police,and the little girl was soon back in thearms of her family. At first, she was tootired and frightened to tell them where shegot the little bag of candy she was carrying,but in a few days pointed out the storedowntown. It was her desire for somechocolate candy that had sent her on thelong trip to town. Then she got lost tryingto find her way back home, and waswandering in the east part of Shenandoahwhen her identity was discovered. You cansee a picture of the little "run -away" onpage 2 of the November issue of the KMAGUIDE. She is pictured on her mother'slap, safe and sound from traffic andhazards that could befall a little girl whogoes searching for chocolate "M and M's".

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decorations, how soon to decorate the door-way and how soon to string the lights onthe living Christmas tree. Remember lastyear I showed you a picture of me up ona stepladder just completing the job ?Well that stepladder isn't tall enough to dothe job this year as the tree has grown atleast 2 feet in height and more than thatin circumference, so it is going to take atleast two more strings of lights to get thejob done. I want to get it done while weare having this nice mild weather butJenny says it is at least two weeks toosoon and that too many of the bulbs would"disappear" if I string them up now. Icome right back with the argument that weare apt to run into snowy, stormy weathermost anytime now when it would be toocold to do it.

I think we probably will compromise anddo it next week-that means that by thetime you are reading this, the tree will beall decorated and shining brilliantly everynight. I think I told you when we gradedthe yard when the house was built, I ranan underground cable out to the cornerof the yard at the exact spot where welater planted this little tree. We have anautomatic time switch in the house whichturns the lights on early in the eveningand turns them off again about midnight.

I mentioned last month on this pagethat our daughter Zo was in Rochester,Minnesota for a check-up. They confirmedwhat she already knew, that her heartsurgery two years ago was fine as far asit went, but they didn't complete the jobat that time and that to really get back tonormal, she should go back into the hospitalnext spring and let them finish the jobup completely. She is perfectly agreeableto that and plans to have it done sometimenext spring.

Outside of that I don't have anythingof particular interest to report about anyof the Field Tribe except that Peg, Jimand the three boys are coming up fromFt. Worth at Christmas time which meansof course, that we will have all the childrenand grandchildren together around onetable again for Christmas dinner. I sincere-ly hope you are as fortunate.

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An old country custom will be observedat the farm of Florence and Byron Falk.On Christmas eve, all the animals will getextra rations. As usual, the Falks will havea Swedish Christmas supper, which will bedoubly enjoyed as Karenann will be homefor her first Christmas from college. "TheFarmer's Wife" plans several ChristmasCoffees during the holidays, including onefor the ladies of the Fremont TownshipFarm Bureau, which Florence has headedfor the last 2 years.

KMA Homemaker Bernice Currier islooking forward to Christmas, when hersister Mrs. Lee Craig of Billings, Montana,will come for a holiday visit.

And now . . . to all our KMA Guidereaders . . . and KMA listeners . . . we wisha Holiday Season filled with happiness,good health, and contentment.

KMA To Carry Big 8Basketball FeaturingIowa State UniversityBasketball fans will be happy to hear allthe thrills and excitement of the nation'sfinest college conference. The Big 8 featur-ing the Cyclones of Iowa State Universitywill be broadcast over KMA. There will be19 games, 11 home -8 away. All homegames will start at 7:30 p.m. Here is theschedule.

Dec. 2 Texas WesternDec. 4 MarquetteDec. 18 Drake at Des MoinesDec. 23 IndianaJan. 6 Oklahoma at NormanJan. 8 Oklahoma State at StillwaterJan. 15 ColoradoJan. 20 NebraskaJan. 27 Kansas StateJan. 31 MissouriFeb. 3 DrakeFeb. 7 OklahomaFeb. 10 Kansas at LawrenceFeb. 12 Nebraska at LincolnFeb. 17 Oklahoma StateFeb. 24 Colorado at BoulderFeb. 26 Kansas State at Manhattan

March 1 Missouri at ColumbiaMarch 5 Kansas

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