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THE BELLAIEE TEXAN
Wednesday, December, 14, 1955
Many Holidays Decorating Ideas
At Plaza Club Christmas Show
Need to jog your imagination
for something unusual in Christ-
mas decorations? There will be
a million ideas at the Plaza
Garden Club’s Christmas Show,
Thursday, Dec. 15.
For example: front door dec-
orations, various holiday wrea-
ths, mantelpiece arrangements,
beautifully wrapped packages,
arrangements featuring candles,
holiday table settings with a
harmony of holiday appoint-
ments in linen, china, silver,
glassware and centerpiece . . .
any and everything to make the
coming Christmas season even
more beautiful and breathtak-
ing will be included.
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In addition, Mrs. Howard
Rolfson, chairman of the show
and inspiration for many of the
outstanding arrangements, is
compiling a conservation exhi-
bit on Texas wildlife. Mrs. O.
L. Rogers is assisting as co-
chairman.
The public is invited to this
free show at the Feld Park Rec-
reation building from 1 until
5 p.m.
On the day preceding the
“Christmas in Bellaire” show
the club is meeting with Mrs.
Eric Moore, 111 Cherry wood, to
receive instruction on holiday
arrangements from Mrs. A. F.
Oden, who will bring many of
the arrangements that will be
used when the Houston Feder-
ation of Garden Clubs’ Christ-
mas pilgrimage is held in her
home Dec. 11 and 12.
Local club members, Mrs. J.
C. Harris Jr. and Mrs. George
A. Meadows will bring arrange-
ments for club discussion.
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By CAROLYN MERCER
Wait a minute. Get yourself
another cup of coffee and let’s
talk a bit about past Christ-
mases. Take a few moments to
remember the most wonderful
one of all.
Mrs. Harry Hedges Jr., of
4929 Holt goes no further back
than last year’s Christmas Eve.
All the kith and kin gath-
ered at the home of the Harry
Hedges Sr. of 1717 Colquitt
for an old fashioned family
party that began with a tur-
key dinner and ended with
everyone singing Christmas
carols to Mrs. Hedges’ piano
accompaniment.
In between everybody listened
to a recording of Charles Dick-
ens’ “Christmas Carol” and to
Mr. Hedges reading “The Night
Before Christmas.”
“We had such a wonderful
time,” recalls Mary Anne, “we
decided then and there to have
just that kind of an old fash-
ioned Christmas each year. This
year the Charles Hedges of Cas-
per, Wyoming, will be here . .
and by all the local signs and
whisperings, the grandchildren
are now in rehearsal for a
Christmas play.”
OPEN
'TIL 9 P.M. 'TIL CHRISTMAS
Donald and Esther Pahl of
4712 Cedar consider last Christ-
mas one to remember since it
marked the first time they had
Christmas in their new home.
There was no rush, rush to
relatives. Instead Karla, 5, and
Kevin, 2, awoke at dawn and
with shouts of excitement a-
wakened their parents Christ-
mas morning.
Not as early as Esther used
to get up when she was Kar-
la’s age and older when she
and her family lived in Lin-
coln, Nebraska. She remem-
bers the cold snowy nights
of the Christmas season .
getting up in the early, early
morning when the moon and
stars still were shining and
driving through the diamond
sparkling snow to the Luth-
eran Church for a candlelight
service presided over by her
minister father.
Indicted For Theft
Ray Raison, former manager
of Sullivan’s Drive-In, who
faked a kidnaping and a rob-
bery to cover up “dipping in
the till” was indicted for felony
theft by bailee last week. He
remains in county jail.
him home.
The real joy of Christmas,
says Melba Eckstrom of 4300
Lafayette, came to her and C.
M. three years ago when their
children were old enough to
realize the significance of Christ-
mas.
And although the family al-
bum preserves the Christmas
morning fight between Madge
and Chuck over a doll cradle,
the sight of the pajamaed young-
sters bounding out of their
bedrooms, Christmas hopes and
fears in their eyes, spelled the
real Christmas for the Eck-
stroms.
Jean and W. T. Loesch of
5304 Valerie think back 10 years
to the Christmas of ’45 when
Papa was home from the wars
and seeing daughter Paula for
the first time.
“Things were in a terrific
uproar in Lakewood, Ohio, re-
members Jean. “Bill was home
from Guam, my brother was
hpme from Germany seeing his
son, David, for the first time,
and more in-laws were return-
ing from war fronts. Everybody
was saving Christmas trees and
turkey and gifts through Janu-
ary . . . Oh, it was something
all wonderful.”
Jerri Reidy of 5326 Patrick
Henry agrees to the 1945 Christ-
mas. On Christmas Day, Bill
Reidy of the Seventh Armored
Division after a year overseas
had arrived at Camp Fannin in
Tyler, Texas, and Jerri was
there to meet him and whisk
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Here are some last minute
Christmas candy recipes. The
Christmas Cream Candy recipe
which Compadre Jinny Landes
says has been in the Landes
family for generations especial-
ly appealed to me. If it doesn’t
harden, or in general turns out
a mess, it can be poured back
into a pan and cooked again-
without the usual sugaring.
3 o. sugar
1 c. dark Karo
1 c. heavy cream
1 c. nuts
Combine sugar, Karo and
cream in pan. Cook, stirring oc-
casionally, to the soft boil stage.
Remove from heat, beat until
light and waxy. Add nuts and
pile into buttered pans, using
hands to spread thick mixture.
Million Dollar Fudge
4% c. sugar
1 tall can evaporated milk
pinch salt
1 eight ounce jar marshmal-
low cream
4 cups nuts
3 pkgs. semi-sweet chocolate
bits
2 tsp. vanilla
Place marshmallow cream,
chocolate bits, nuts and vanilla
in large bowl. Combine milk,
sugar and salt, bring to boil and
cook, stirring constantly for ex-
actly 12 minutes. Pour hot mix-
ture over marshmallow cream
mixture and stir until chocolate
bits are dissolved. Pour into
buttered pans. Makes between
five and six pounds of fudge.
Nut Slices
2 sqs. bitter chocolate (melt-
ed)
2 c. sugar
V\ e. corn syrup
V2 c. evaporated milk
pinch salt
1 T butter
Stir until dissolved over slow
fire. Cook to soft ball stage, 236
degrees. Cool to lukewarm. Add
1 tsp. vanilla, 1 c. nuts. Beat,
then place on board and knead.
Form into roll and slice.
Dr. Tom Currie
Installed New
St. Paul Pastor
Rev. Thomas W. Currie was
installed as pastor of the new
St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church
last Sunday afternoon at the
Cunningham school where serv-
ices are temporarily held.
The chairman of the commis-
sion installing Rev. Currie was
Rev. William Baine, pastor of
the Bellaire Presbyterian Chur-
ch. Delivering the sermon was
the brother of Rev. Currie from
the First Presbyterian Church
at Texas City, Rev. David M.
Currie.
Presbyterians conducting the
installation were: Rev. J. H. M.
Boyce of the First Pinecrest
Church; Rev. Charles L. King
of the First Church in Houston;
Rev. Joseph M. Owen of the
St. Luke’s Church, Malcolm L.
Purcell, Executive for the ex-
tension committee; Rev. C. Rod-
ney Sunday of St. Andrews
Church; Ruling Elder Henry P.
Everts of the Bellaire Church;
Ruling Elder Richard A. Farns-
worth of the St. Phillips Church;
Ruling Elder E. J. Nicklos of
the First Church of Houston;
and George R. Reese, Jr., of
St. Paul’s Church.
Members ordained as Board
of Elders were George R. Reese,
Raymond M. Fox and Frank F.
Haines. Ruling Elders installed
were Miles L. Croom, John C.
McIntosh and Dr. William Wil-
born. Installed as Deacon was
Vann M. Campbell.
Ordained and installed were:
Tom R. Dunn, Stuart L. Ham-
ilton, Albert G. Hatter, John K.
McCarron, Dr. Robert Moore,
Shelby C. Strickland, Thomas
F. Williams, and David C. Wil-
n.
J. V. N. Talmage, a retired
missionary who has spent most
of his-life in helping the Korean
peoples, offered the ordaining
prayer.
C. E. Reitz of 5223 Pine is
home after a stay in the hos-
pital for treatment.
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Mercer, Carolyn. The Bellaire Texan (Bellaire, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 44, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 14, 1955, newspaper, December 14, 1955; Bellaire, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth521675/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bellaire Friends Library & Historical Society.