Erath Observer (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 26, 1974 Page: 3 of 12
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pack it in the car, Center is halfway
Henry is an excel-
lent driver.
unless latest experiment
By Frances Turney
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invitation for the ,
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keep the lid on
with your ankles.
wearing something
that matches the
chow mein sauce.
made second rounds
and then firmly
declared it was
it froze but the
sweet potatoes
weathered nicely.
She hadn’t lost a
one.
at the Horticul-
ture Center. Char-
les Fitzgerald
? Application to mail at second
class postage rates is pending at
Stephenville, Texas, 76401.
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"The Chinese never
had it so good,"
said a fellow din-
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Carol Loring was
certain it was an
import--maybe we
were eating the
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where he’s going
and then he hits
all the bumps. The
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Linda was generous
with the recipe.
The only problem
was, she remembered
the ingredients--
there were .nine--
but not he statis-
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PUBLISHER.....DARREL ALLISON
EDITOR........BARBARA LANCASTER
Form 3579 should be sent to
Box 611, Stephenville,Texas,76401.
THE ERATH OBSERVER
Longmark Inn _
STEPHENVILLE TEXAS
Dec. 26, 1974 ERATH OBSERVER Page 3
There was a momen-
tary hush, then
awesome sighs, as
if the food crisis
were suddenly over,
world wide.
Associate Editor-Lance Knight
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Special Reporter: Vicki UCH
Reporter: Bobbie Covington
Jerri Evans said
she’d try it any-
way. She has plen-
ty of sweet pota-
toes and can afford
to experiment. She
said she'd left
the garage doors
open every time
Some people
would've hedged,
and then come up
with an un-repeat-
able name, but
Linda was honest.
"It’s sweet pota-
toes ,” she said.
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THE BRINDLE BAKE
Linda Wade sat
meekly through it
all until somebody
held the bowl a-
loft and asked,
‘ "Who brought this?
"I did," said
Linda, stepping
forward to claim
“her accolades.
"Well, what is
it?" we asked.
Of course I have
a can opener and it
works very well
but the way I
-make chicken chow
mein it takes two
days anyway. First
you have to cook
the chicken. You
wait up for it to
get done, shove it
in the refrigera-
tor, then early
the next morning
Farm. I balanced
my pot luck very
well until we got
to the pavilion,
but we were five
minutes late and
nobody else had
arrived. Henry
turned all the
corners he could
find, stopped at
the dairy barn,
stopped several
other places, then
saw lights at John
I think for the
next pot luck sup-
per everybody will
take sweet potatoes
And now I know what
I want for Christ-
mas. A pantsuit
the color of yams.
between Stephen-
ville and Dublin.
There was one park-
ing space left and
we snared it. I
hurried in, wearing
half the chow mein.
Henry brought in
the rest, which was
very cold by this
time. It didn't
matter. We didn't
have to eat it.
Everybody was hov-
ered around another
dish we thought
was oriental.
Marshall Shelton,
• Stephenville City
Administrator,
has received an
advanced copy of
the new Codified
City Ordinance.
Delivery is expec-
ted to be completed
within the month.
Copies may be
bought for about
$25. The City
Library and City
Hall will have
copies for the
■ public to see.
along with the can
and a few extra
morsels from the
deep freeze, while
your hair is dry-
ing. Ten miles
later you unload
it at Hattie Ruth’s
and store it in her
refrigerator while
the two of you go
off to play bridge
for the next five
hours. Back at
Hattie’s, you heat
it and put it back
in the car. This
time you have a
chauffeur, so you
straddle it, to
ment pot luck sup- pumpkin. We
per said at the thought he ought
pavilion. He knew to know, and start-
.where that was. y ed asking around,
It’s on the oppo- who brought the
site side of Step-
henville from Pur- pumpkin? Nobody
ves, at the College had brought pump-
; Porter & SON, Seedsmen
241 N. Belknap St.
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iculture Center," ■
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unworried about • ■
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Lancaster, Barbara. Erath Observer (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 26, 1974, newspaper, December 26, 1974; Stephenville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1528055/m1/3/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Erath County Genealogical Society.