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COVER STORY The KMA GuideHow to keep cool on a hot August after-noon . . . Jamie and Malia, 7 and 4 year oldyoungsters of KMA station manager TonyKoelker enjoy a hot summer afternoon intheir backyard wading pool. However, thechildren prefer the municipal pool wherethey both take to water like ducks. Maliatook her first swimming lessons this yearand learned to dive under the water thefirst time her teacher gave her instructions.She has a big wicker chair high upon apicnic table in the back yard where shelikes to emulate her swimming instructorwho is also a lifeguard at the municipalpool. Jamie's big interest is just getting wet,including everything within range. Mostchildren are initiated to water in their backyard. In addition to dispelling fear of water,it's mighty cooling.

AUGUST 1, 1961

Vol. 7 No. 8

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.

In the 11arch issue of the Guide we introduced Jerry Elton who had just joined the KAIAannouncing staff as your nighttime host. Here is Jerry's fine family . . . wife Pat andchildren Mike, 21/2, and Ruth, 1 year next month. Mike likes to go on outings to thestudios during daddy's daytime off hours. Ruth is just arriving at the early stages oflearning to walk. The Eltons have an apartment next door to Ralph Childs. Jerry's homeis Arkansas City, Kansas. He met Pat in New Orleans while on duty with the MedicalCorps. Jerry's favorite interest is music, which he pursues as a hobby as well as a ca-reer. Tennis is his favorite participation sport. He has been in several tournaments inKansas and was entered in the 4th Army Tennis Tournament at San Antonio, Texaswhile in the service. He also likes golf and an occasional game of chess. Jerry has an in-teresting background in dramatics and musical education along with a major in Radioand Television at Oklahoma University. Pat was very active in DeMolay and RainbowGirls in New Orleans. She was Worthy Advisor of the local Rainbow Assembly. 1957Grand Fidelity of Louisiana Order of Rainbow Girls, also DeMolay Sweetheart of NewOrleans that year. Pat likes to experiment in cooking and likes to paint but has littletime now. Her "green thumb" is getting a workout. She enjoys growing things anduses spare cash to buy plants and flowers for the apartment. If you want to keep upwith all the artists ht the musical world, where they are, what they're doing, and theirlatest releases, join Jerry every evening on "Night Flight", 7:00-10:00, and the "LateShow" at 11:00.

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We can probably refer to this issue ofthe Guide as our "Open House" issue, asmany of the articles and pictures pertainto the Open House at our Trial Groundswhich was held Sunday, July 23. This wasthe Fourth Annual Open House, and, forthe benefit of you who might not be fa-miliar with our Open House, we maintain a78 -acre Trial Grounds located on Highway2 on the south side of the town of Shenan-doah. During the growing season we grow,observe and test literally thousands ofvarieties of flowers, vegetables, hybridcorn, grasses and legumes and forages.During July and August the flowers areparticularly beautiful and we pick a Sun-day when we feel the majority of theflowers will be at their best and by meansof KMA and KMTV, invite folks to cometo Shenandoah and visit our Trial Groundsto observe the flowers and other thingswe have growing. We don't sell anything atthe Trial Grounds, and a person can spendas little or as much time as he so desires.Many come back year after year, and thisyear-which was our fourth for having theaffair, we had over ten thou-sand people at the TrialGrounds. The flowers were abeautiful sight and everyoneseemed to have a wonderfultime looking at the variousitems, taking pictures, jot-ting down the names of someof the All-American Winnersamong the roses, annualflowers and vegetables. It isa wonderful affair and, ifyou weren't able to attendour Open House this year, Ihope you will be able to nextyear.

When this issue of theGuide reaches you I hope tobe with the family enjoyinga vacation in the northernwoods of Wisconsin. We al-ways have a very good timeenjoying the many activitiesrelated to the Lake Region.Eddie has indicated he wantsto do quite a bit of fishing,as he had his first taste offishing last summer and hadgood luck. Both Annette andKaren enjoy fishing, if the

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fish are biting, but the girls also enjoywater-skiing. I drive the boat while thegirls ski. They say learning how to ski isn'ttoo difficult and both Annette and Karenare able to go on just one ski, but even so,I maintain someone has to drive the boat,so that is my particular job. You might bewondering What my good wife does whilethe rest of us are water skiing. Eleanor hasher own sport-which is pedaling her waterbike. This is a lightweight bicycle framemounted on two aluminum pontoons, andyou pedal just like a regular bicycle andpedal around the lake. Eleanor thoroughlyenjoys this and says it also is good exercise,and since she is weight-conscious-like somany women-she feels it is a good oppor-tunity to exercise and enjoy it all at thesame time. We spend a great deal of timearound the water swimming, fishing, andwater-skiing, and each member of thefamily looks forward from one year to thenext to going to Wisconsin where we do somany things as a family.

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High School Students attending summer drama workshopat University of Iowa take part in production, "The Lifeof the Insects", a satire on man's inhumanity to man.Pictured 1 to r - Annette May, Judith Hughes, Elkader,and Sally Catterson, Oskaloosa, Iowa. The play was pre-sented at the Studio Theatre at the Television Center inIowa City.

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Frank CommentsBy FRANK FIELD

These pictures of the flower beds weretaken on Tuesday, July 25, after we hadcounted and tabulated the votes whichwere cast during the Open House in theTrial Grounds on Sunday, July 23. As agood many thousand of you who werethere that day know, the sample flowerbeds were one of the big attractions. Itconsisted of about one-half block of lawnwith 51 small flower beds just such as youmight make yourself at home. Each bedwas different from the others. Some wereround, some were square, some triangular,others in the shape of a new moon. Theidea was simply to show what could bedone with annual flowers with very littleexpense. During the Open House the visi-tors were asked to look them all over anddecide which one they liked best. Printedballots were provided so the voters couldwrite down their name and address to-gether with the number of the flower bedwhich most appealed to them . . . in otherwords, their favorite bed. As an incentivefor going to the trouble of voting, all ofthose who voted for the flower bed gettingthe most votes will be sent enough seednext spring to make an exact duplicate ofit in their own yard.

The results were rather surprising asevery flower bed but one received at least afew votes, with top honors going to bednumber nine, which was a square bed withwhite Alyssum as a border; just inside

First Place - No. 9

this border was a row of Dwarf Coxcomb -Toreador; the whole center was filled withred and white Zinnias. Everyone who votedfor bed number nine will be sent a collec-tion of seed to duplicate it in their yardnext spring.

Bed number eighteen was only six votesbehind. It too, was a square bed but con-sisted entirely of Snapdragons in assortedcolors. In third place was bed number fivewith just a few votes less than numbereighteen. Bed number five was triangularand was located in the extreme southeastcorner of the lawn. Each of the threecorners was planted with something blue;Blue Verbenas in one corner, Blue Petuniasin another and Blue Salvia in the thirdcorner. The center was planted to mixedcolor Snapdragons.

All three beds were very attractive andmost people would be very happy with anyone of the three. In fact, all three will befeatured in next spring's catalog; so youfolks who liked them so well, can orderthe seed in a collection to plant for your-self.

This Open House was the most success-ful we have had yet and by noon it wasapparent that a few changes would have tobe made another year in order to handlethe traffic faster. For instance, next yearthe parking area will be more than doubled,so it will not be necessary to let cars parkalong the highway. Also, next year, therewill be two entrances to the Trial Groundsinstead of one. . . all cars from the eastwill come in the east entrance right bythe grove; all cars coming from the westwill use the west entrance the same asthis year. This will do away completelywith cars having to wait in line out on the

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highway for 15 or 20 minutesas was the case this year.

As to how many attendedthe Open House-your guessis a good as mine. We triedto count the people in thecars as they came in theentrance but of course manypeople parked their cars out-side and walked in. We alsotried to get everyone toregister but that too, missedlots of people. My personalopinion is that there weresomewhere between 12,000and 15,000 people. They allseemed to enjoy themselvesimmensely. Most of themwandered over every foot ofthe area examining every-thing-some of them takingnotes and lots of them takingpictures. If you didn't get toattend this year, better tryand make it next year.

Nothing new or interestingto report about any of theField tribe as everything isrunning along about as usual.Jennie and I and our grand-son Bill Field, spent a weekin northern Minnesota themiddle of July but didn't getto do much fishing as itrained every day we werethere. However, we didn'tcomplain, as they needed themoisture desperately. Theregion where we were hadgone seven weeks with onlyone small shower.

Second Place - No. 18

Third Place -No.:,

Patio Picnic BookOffer Still GoodOrders are still coming in strong for thePatio Picnic Cook Book by Martha Loganof Swift & Company. You Guide subscriberswho haven't ordered yours should send inyour 40 stamp right away. Just a stampwith your name and address, that's all ittakes to obtain this outstanding collectionof outdoor cooking recipes and tips for thecook. Every homemaker will find it aninteresting reference for meat buying tipsas well as many recipes just as zesty fromthe kitchen range as the outdoor grill.The offer may go off at any time so sendyour name and address and a 40 stamp(no self-addressed envelopes this time).Do it right now while you're thinkingabout it.

Sidney RodeoOn KMAKMA will broadcast five one -hour remotes,one each day, from the nationally famousSidney, Iowa Championship rodeo. Sidneydates are August 15th through the 20th,Tuesday through Sunday. On Sunday wewill have a special sixth broadcast whichwill be a wrap-up of rodeo activity andthe week's events. Dean Naven, AndyAndersen, and Chuck Bunn, KMA SalesManager, will be on top of all the rodeoexcitement directly over the chutes. TheSidney event will feature TV stars Hossand Little Joe Cartwright of "Bonanza"fame, along with Marty Robbins, popularWestern recording star. There are big rodeonames, thrills, and a lot of cowboys whowill make a jolting re-entry from outerspace, so be sure to join us. Exact broad-cast times will be announced.

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TRIAL GROUNDS OPEN HOUSE

VOTE

Overlooking the flower sec-tion of the May Seed TrialGrounds - Steady flow oftraffic rolls smoothly throughthe grounds and on to park-ing area. License plates ofcars in picture indicate visi-tors from Omaha, CrawfordCounty and PottawattamieCounty, Iowa. Visitors camefrom a wide area and manystates.

Border block section was cen-ter of attraction. Here wereassorted plantings, ideastarters for visiting flowerlovers. Fifty -One borderplantings received a thoroughinspection by nearly everyisitor. Most visitors casual-

ly inspected all of the flowersand vegetables. Here someare pictured as if they weremeditating over the beauti-ful assortment in this largebed. The sign reads, "Whatwe can do, you can do. Thiswas bare ground May 20".

"Vote for your favoriteflower bed" - almost halfof all the Open House visi-tors took the time to easttheir vote. Only for a fleet-ing moment was the photog-rapher able to get nearenough to the voting boothat left to snap this picture.Winning beds are picturedon pages four and five, inFrank Field's column. Manyvisitors, not bothering tovote, made a mental noteof their favorite. Althougheveryone couldn't win, amajority did, and everyonegot a good look at many pos-sible combinations of flowersfrom which they could selectto suit their particular taste.

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Meet the newest addition toDean Naven's family, a littlepuppy Toy Terrier. Tam,Jeri, and Kim Naven areholding their new pet on anembankment at the rear oftheir home. Dean has alwayssaid if he had a son he'dname him Terry. Since theirnew puppy is a boy dog, Jeriwanted to name it Terry be-cause of her father's wish,So Terry it is. Vern Morhainwho farms near Shenandoahgave Terry to Dean underthe condition that the dogwould get his picture in theKMA Guide. We were happyto fulfill the obligation . . .paid in full, one dog. (In thebackground of the picturemay be seen the new westentrance to the Hand Com-munity Hospital).

'Dja ever wonder how Merl Douglas soundsso peppy and cheery so early in the morn-ing? He's just naturally that way, but onething which helps is an occasional trip outto the Mayfair Fountain for a cup of coffee.Emma Reed who operates the fountain isusually open at 5:30 a.m. for the conven-ience of early risers. Here is Doug, yawningand scratching, with a cuppa coffee inhand on his way back to the control roomto cheer up his morning audience. He kindamakes you think of the sleepy-eyed bugler,or perhaps the little boy in his nightshirtholding the candle selling tires . . . "Timeto retire" is the slogan. Most of -us feelthat way on arising. No doctors we knowof recommend "Doug" and his early morn-ing antics to wake up your tired blood,but we recommend him and many, manyregular followers do too. So, join us everymorning from 5:00 on, and "slirp-along withDoug".

"Wifesavers"How can you prevent ice trays from ad-

hering to the freezing compartment of yourrefrigerator? Easy. Just rub vaselinepetroleum jelly on the bottom of the trays.

Is your rug curling up on you? To cor-rect it, sew rubber fruit jar rings at thecorners of the underside. They will helpprevent rugs from slipping and sliding.

Notice a rip on your curtains? To mendit quickly and invisibly, apply colorlessnail polish; then press the torn edges to-gether with your fingertips. Party guestswill never know the curtains were mended.

To paint bottoms of doors, without tak-ing them off their hinges, use a toothbrush.

AUGUST, 1961

Writes Camping Story"The Nielsons and the Three Bears" is

the title of an interesting story written byProduction Manager Warren Nielson ofKMA, about his experiences camping inCanada, and was published in the Julyissue of the magazine. "A CAMPINGGUIDE". It is Warren's first article to bepublished, and we extend our congratu-lations. It tells of the things fellow campershad failed to mention when giving glowingreports about the Cottonwood Creek Camp-ground in Jasper-such things as crowds ofcampers, unexpected winds, dust, and thebears. They discovered those things forthemselves!

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PARTY LINEBy DORIS MURPHY

The tent you see pictured on this pageisn't just an ordinary one. It is a gaycolorful orange and white striped tentmade out of a nylon parachute. GuideEditor Duane Modrow got the parachutefrom an Army Surplus store in Omaha. Hethrew it over the rotating clothes line in thebackyard, weighted down the sides in a fewplaces, and presto, he had a beauty of atent in just a few minutes. The childrenlove it, and here they are enjoying a sum-mer day "at home." Even their new dog,"Pinky" pictured in the foreground wantedto get in the act, so he had his picturetaken with the girls. At the left is Josie,in the center sitting in a chair is Julie, andTeresa is at the right. If your childrenhave been wanting a tent, you can savemoney by getting one of these orange andwhite striped nylon parachutes. Long sum-mer days will have many more thrills,with a play tent beckoning the children.

It still remains a mystery as to whathappened to the big grip Betty Jane Rankintook with her to Europe this summer.Betty Jane got thru the customs in Eng-land all right, but her big suitcase full ofclothes never arrived at the hotel. And tothink it happened right when she was

Orange and white surplus parachute makes colorful,roomy play tent for Modrow children.

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starting her seven week tour! As a resultof her loss, Betty Jane was told by theOLSON CAMPUS TOUR officials to buywhat she needed and they would take careof the expense. We hope Betty Jane couldfind time between sightseeing trips to goshopping. At least, she will have the thrillof sporting a completely new foreign ward-robe upon her return from Europe Aug.16th.

A birthday can be pretty exciting whenyou get just what you want. And that isexactly what happened to Eddie May, Jr.on his seventh birthday, July 6th. He gota brand new bicycle and a set of drums.The bicycle was hidden in his GrandmotherMay's basement for sometime before hisbirthday, but fortunately little Eddie neverdiscovered it. Six boy friends were enter-tained at a birthday party. Refreshmentswere served at a table set with baseball mittdoilies and baseball bats. It took a coupleof gallons of root beer on the hot Julyafternoon to quench the thirst of the boys.

Karenann Falk, daughter of "The Farm-er's Wife" got some diversified experiencethis summer, before going to MaryvilleState Teachers college this fall. The earlypart of the summer she worked in Malvern

at an egg processing plant. . . during August she is a"Car Hop" waitress at theA & W Drive In.

Announcer Jerry Elton haslearned that the little note onmatch covers that says,"Close cover before striking"means just exactly that. Itwas on a Sunday evening,he was gathering news forhis 6:30 P.M. newscast, andnot paying too much atten-tion to what he was doing,when he attemped to lighthis cigarette. The result wasa badly burned left hand! Inthe typical "show must goon" spirit, he dashed out tothe KMA fountain whereEmma Reed rubbed vanillaon the burn, and in a fewminutes he was able to goon and give a 15 -minutenewscast with one hand!Vanilla is indispensible forflavoring foods! but I never

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heard of it taking the fire out of a burn,but Jerry insists it did the job Anothercasualty in the Jerry Elton family recentlywas When his wife cut her hand prettybadly.

Mrs. Tom Beavers, wife of KMA's as-sistant Farm Service Director, attended atwo week work shop at Maryville StateTeachers College the latter part of July.Mrs. Beavers is second grade teacher atthe Nishna Road School in Shenandoah.

Pgm. Director Dean Naven has threelovely daughters. But he always said ifhe had a boy, he would name his son Terry.Apparently his little daughter Jeri feelssorry that her daddy's wish has never beenfulfilled. So she proceeded to take care ofthat little matter recently. When the familygot a new dog, Jeri proudly selected thename for him. You guessed it . . . shenamed him "Terry" and she says: "Daddynow has his boy."

A week's vacation in Denver is plannedby Guide Editor Duane Modrow and family,starting Aug. 17th. They will visit Mrs.Modrow's sister and husband, Mr. and Mrs.James Steuert. Their mother, Mrs. Jose-phine Cook will accompany the family toColorado.

If "anticipation is better than realization"Warren Nielson should have been real en-thused over his vacation trip, as his planswere changed THREE times before hefinally got off. He first planned a familyfishing trip into Utah and Idaho. Becauseof an announcer shortage, he could not go.Then he planned a Michigan -Wisconsinjaunt, up thru the straits into Canada.That trip fell through. His third plan final-ly materialized, and Warren, Florence anddaughter Holly left July 28th for a twoweeks camping trip back to some of theirfavorite spots. First, they stopped in Ne-braska and Kansas for avisit with friends on theirway to Colorado. Next. theyspent some time in RockyMountain National Park,then up into the SnowyRange in Wyoming . . then abit of fishing in the JacksonHole country, then down toBear Lake, and on to SaltLake City so Florence couldhear the organ concert at theMormon Temple. Holly couldhardly wait until they got tocamping out in the nationalparks. On this page you willsee them with their stationwagon and camping equip-ment, ready to head out.Holly's bedroom is in thefront seat, and she has herown reading lamp and placeto hang clothes. With a smalltent or "boot" over the opentail -gate of the big stationwagon an extra two feet of

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length is secured inside the station wagon.Inside there is an inner spring mattress,encased in a plastic mattress cover. Theysleep on sheets with their own pillows fromhome. When they get dirty they make useof a laundramat. When camp is set up,there is room for the full length mattress,plus enough room to put up a card tableand sit around it, before you get to theback of the front seat. Curtains are hungon wire at the windows. Out on the tableyou can see their camp stove, lantern, waterjug, ice cooler, portable campact kitchen.Everything stacks away so neatly in thestation wagon, there is plenty of room leftfor Holly to play and sleep in the backwhile traveling. With everything so wellplanned, I am sure the Nielson's will havea happy vacation.

Two members of the KMA staff attendedmeetings in Washington D. C. lately. JackGowing, KMA Farm Service Director, at-tended the annual meeting of the NationalAssociation of TV and Radio Farm Di-rectors, July 6, 7, and 8. Mrs. Gowing ac-companied her husband, and enjoyed see-ing the wonderful sights. Jack attendedtwo press conferences with Sec. of Agri-culture Freeman. He was disappointed whenthe Press conference with President Ken-nedy for the farm directors, was calledoff. They visited the Lincoln Memorial, theJefferson Memorial, Arlington Cemetery,met both the Iowa Senators, and threerepresentatives including Ben Jensen. Alsosat in on a Senate sPasion. Pauline hadthe privilege of taking a tour through theWhite House. Pgm. Director Dean Navenwill attend a second Foreign Policy brief-ing at the State Department in Washing-ton, August 14 and 15, as a result of a

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Nielson all set for the western camping trip. Compacthome -on -wheels has everything but the kitchen sink.

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A Letter From Bernice CurrierDear Friends;

This is the big day for the Earl MaySeed Company. Open House is being heldat the Trial Gardens; hundreds and maybethousands of our friends will be wanderingaround in the 80 acres of flowers andvegetables grown by the company fortesting. There is one large plot of formalgardens, every size and shape imaginablethat you might have in your own yard.

The different flowers are arranged withblending of color, size, shape and heightin mind. It is perfectly beautiful. One bedof petunias will attract a great deal of at-tention. It looks to me to be at least ablock long and almost that wide. On oneside it begins with the pale pastel colorsand shades to the opposite side to a deepdark purple.

It is a comfortable 84 degrees on myfront porch with a brisk breeze blowing.I told you yesterday morning that I wouldprobably be on my front porch nearly allday so if you were driving by to be sureand wave. Sure enough, many of you stop-ped to visit a while; in fact there have beenabout 100 here already.

One visitor from Omaha, Mrs. H. P.Jesperson, brought me a box of bars orbrownies but didn't bring the recipe. Theytaste like the Orange Date Bars I gave youthe recipe for some time ago but I am notsure. I'll mention it in the morning andmaybe she will let me know. They aredelicious.

I enjoy your letters and many of ourdiscussions stem from the things you tellabout; such as the home made soap thatwent on a rampage when poured into analuminum foil lined wooden box. I havenever made soap and so had no reason toread all the directions and warnings on thecan of lye. But some of you had and youimmediately wrote and said that one mustnever put soap into aluminum to cool itbefore cutting. This soap started to boiland spattered onto a newly painted porch,taking off the paint and before it quit ithad consumed the foil too.

One of the topics of discussion has been"Should Latin be a required subject inHigh School and College"? I have con-tended that it should and I've found muchopposition. Some "educators" say that

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Latin is "out of date". But Prof. GilbertHighet of Columbia says that Latin coursesin both High School and College have in-creased in the last few years because Latinis the mortar of our culture as Greek isits foundation, and no person who aspiresto real education ought to ignore it. It isbasic in philosophy, religion, medicine &science; it is a "must" in the study oflaw. Latin is the key to English grammarbecause it is the only language (exceptGreek) which is taught from a purelygrammatical point of view. So when youryoungsters say they don't want to takeLatin, you insist on it.

I have just had both porches paintedsince I wrote you the last letter and alsoI finally had some help in getting thebasement swept. But it needs so much moredone. If Ed were here we could get every-thing thown out and hauled away in oneday. He is a good thrower -outer and rightnow I would tell him to throw out every-thing that is loose!

Some of my visitors yesterday had thosevery narrow and toothpick pointed shoeson and without exception they said "myfeet are just killing me". I could well be-lieve it, after walking around 80 acres ofgardens. In the style news now it saysthat the rounded toe is definitely comingback in together with more sensible heels.I only hope it is in time to save the feetthat are already damaged.

I hope you will try the sandwich recipeson the opposite page. The one for "ChiliFranks" is a variation of the baked beansandwich my children used to particularlylike. On Sunday evenings, we used to makea baked bean sandwich and add choppedpickle relish and sliced weiners.

The uncooked relish recipes are good tooand so easy to make. Another recipe youshould use every year is the "SpecialWatermelon Rind Pickle" given to me byMrs. George D. Cronk of Boone, Iowa. Ihave given that so many times you proba-bly have it in your files.

It's been nice talking to you; be withme tomorrow morning at 8:30 and untilthen,

Bless Your Hearts,Bernice

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Homemaker's GuideHomemaker's Visit

By BERNICE CURRIERThis cake is tops at any time, any-

where. Bake it in an aluminum oblong panwith a lid that fits tightly and your picnic

()friends will love you for it.PEANUT BUTTER CAKE

A- % c. shorteningc. cream style peanut butter

2% c. brown sugar packedB-11/2 t. vanilla

3 eggsC-21/4 c. sifted cake flour

3' t. salt3 t. baking powder

D- 1 c. milkCream "A" until very fluffy. Add "B"

and beat hard. Sift "C" and add alternatelywith "D", begin and end with flour always.Pour batter into greased 13 by 9 by 2 inchpan. Bake for about 50 min. at 350°.

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SANDWICHES FOR SUNDAYNIGHT SUPPER

Use either a loaf of vienna bread or 6frankfurter buns. Split the bread or bunsin half lengthwise and toast lightly underbroiler.

CHILI FRANK FILLINGCombine:

1 can condensed bean with bacon soupc. water

% c. ketchup1/4 t. chili powder

8 frankfurters thinly slicedSpread this mixture evenly over toasted

bread or bun surfaces, covering edgescompletely. Broil about 4 inches from heatabout 7 min. If using loaf, cut halves di-agonally into 5 slices; garnish with pickles.If using buns, serve on plate garnishedwith pickles and olives. Serves 10 to 12.

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GROUND BEEF SUPPER FILLINGUse bread or buns as for CHILI FRANK

FILLING. Split lengthwise and toast.Combine:

11/2 lbs. ground beef1 can condensed tomato soup

1/3 c. finely chopped onion1 T. prepared mustard1 T. worcestershire sauce1 t. prepared horseradish1 t. salt

0 Spread evenly on toasted bread or buns,covering edges completely. Broil 4 inchesfrom heat about 12 to 14 minutes. Top withsliced tomatoes and sliced sharp cheeseand broil until cheese melts. Serves 10 to12. Serve as above.

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PEANUT BUTTER BROILED FROSTING

6 T. margarine1 c. brown sugar packed

c. peanut butter1/4 c. milk% c. chopped peanutsCream the margarine, sugar and peanut

butter. Add the milk and stir well. Thenadd the nuts and spread this over cakewhile warm. Place under broiler about 4inches from the heat source. Broil a fewseconds until topping bubbles. Watch care-fully to avoid scorching.

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UNCOOKED FRESH CUCUMBERRELISH NO. 1

Wash, peel and remove seeds of cucum-bers. Chop very fine, drain well in colanderfor several hours.Measure out:

2 c. pulpAdd:

1 c. white vinegar% t. cayenne pepper1 t. pickling salt2 T. grated horseradish3 large onions, chopped2 T. sugar

Mix well. Put into sterilized jars and seal.I used prepared horseradish.

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UNCOOKED FRESH CUCUMBERRELISH NO. 2

Wash, peel, remove seeds and chop finecucumber to make 3 quarts.Add:

2 qts. chopped onions2 pts. chopped green peppers2 T. pickling salt

Mix well, let stand overnight then drainin colander 3 hrs.Add:

6 t. celery seed1 t. white pepper

Pour white vinegar over to cover, andmix well (about 1% qts.)

Put into sterilized jars and seal.* *

DILLED PEPPERSWash and clean peppers. Cut in fourths

or strips. Put in sterilized jars and put 1head off dill on top.Cover with liquid made of:

1 c. vinegar2 c. water1 T. pickling salt1 rounded T. sugar

Stir this until well dissolved, then pourit over peppers and seal.

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"The Farmer's Wife"By FLORENCE FALK

From the farm kitchen a few recipesyou and yours will enjoy!

MILE HI PIE(easy and so -o -o good)

1 envelope unflavored gelatin4 T. cold water

Combine and set aside to soak.Scald:

4 c. milkCombine:

3 T. cornstarch1 c. sugar

% t. saltAdd small amount of hot milk to dry

mixture; combine rest and return to heatand cook to thicken. (This won't seem asthick as pie.) Add dissolved gelatin andcool.Fold in:

2 c. of heavy cream, whippedAdd: 2 t. vanilla

Pour into 2 baked 9 inch pie shells (orcrumb crusts) Sprinkle grated chocolateover the top. Chill. This may be made andserved after 24 hrs. For grating chocolatethe German sweet chocolate Works well.Freeze ahead several graham cracker orbaked pie crusts and then be ready forfilling in short notice.

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PICKLED BEAN RELISH1 large can kidney beans1 can French style string beans1 can baby lima beans2 cans Garbanzo beans

Open cans and drain beans well.Slice 2 or 3 small onionsCut up 2 or 3 dill picklesCube one stalk celery

1 c. vinegar (regular type)1 c. wine vinegar

Combine all and put into 1 gallon glasscontainer. Fill with water to cover ingredi-ents.Add:

2 T. chopped parsely1 T. salt

t. pepperGarlic salt, to tasteDash of tobasco sauceCover and chill

These are so very good for picnics andbarbeques.

The above wonderful recipe came to usfrom a KMA Guide reader in California.Those of you outside the broadcast area,let's have some of your recipes to share.

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"NEVER WEEP" MERINGUEMoisten 1 T. cornstarch in 1 t. cold

water. Add % c. boiling water and cookuntil thick. Cool. Beat 3 egg whites with apinch of salt until stiff but not dry. Add

6 T. sugar beating continously. Add corn-starch mixture and beat thoroughly. Spreadon pie and bake in 375° oven until lightlybrowned, about 12 minutes or so depend-ing upon your oven.

The above recipe came to us from a Guidereader in Colorado.

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QUICK BAKE FISH11/2 lbs. fillet of sole

1 t. salt% t. dry mustard1/2 c. milk

1 to 1% t. Worcestershire sauce2 T. butter

pepper21/2 c. whole wheat cereal flakes, slightly

crushed.Mix all the seasonings with the milk.

Dip the fish in the mixture then in thecereal flakes. Place on a greased bakingsheet. Dot with butter and bake in a hotoven 425° for 15 to 20 minutes, or untiltender.

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NOODLE BAKE(try this one!)

2 pkgs. broad noodles2 cans creamed corn2 large onions, finely chopped (add

onion to your family's taste, ifdesired use onion salt.)

1 green pepper, cut in thin strips11/2 cans tomato sauce

4 T. butter1 large can jumbo black olives

% lb. mushrooms, slicedV4 lb. grated American cheese

Cook noodles in boiling salted water un-til tender. Drain. Mix with the corn andolives, which have been halved and pitted.Saute the onions, green pepper strips andsliced mushrooms in half the butter for5 minutes; add the tomato sauce. Combinethis mixture with the noodles and corn.Sprinkle with half the cheese. Butter abaking dish and pour in the mixture. Coverwith the remaining cheese and dot withbutter. Bake in a 350° oven for 35 minutes.

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PINEAPPLE PUDDING1 c. pineapple juice1 c. water

juice of 1 lemon1/2 c. sugar2 T. cornstarch2 eggs, separated1 c. pineapple cubes

Mix sugar and cornstarch and put indouble boiler. Stir in pineapple juice, waterand lemon juice and cook until smooth.Pour the mixture onto the beaten yolks,then fold in the stiffly beaten whites andlast fold in the pineapple cubes. Pour intobuttered baking dish and bake in 300°oven for 20 minutes. Cool and garnish withwhipped cream.

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"My Best" Recipe Selections for AugustGRAHAM CRACKER DESSERT

24 graham crackers24 large marshmallows1 lb. dates1 c. nut meats3 T. cream, or enough to moisten

Crush the graham crackers, moistenwith cream. Cut marshmallows, dates andnuts and add to crumb mixture. Pack intomold. Chill and serve cold.

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PEANUT FRAPPElb. peanut brittle, run though food

chopperlb. large marshmallows, cut in quart-

ers2 c. heavy cream, whipped but not too

stiff.Fold the peanut brittle and marshmallows

into the cream and serve at once.* * *

CUBED BEEF CASSEROLE2 lbs. of stew meat, cut into cubes (if

short ribs are used, they must bethawed completely, and the boneand most of the fat removed).

3 T. suet (unnecessary if short ribsare used)

1 large onion, diced2 T. flour1 c. chopped mushrooms

1/2 c. diced celery1 c. sour cream or buttermilk1 c. tomato juice or meat stock1 t. salt1 t. accent

dash pepperBrown the meat and onion in the fat

and cook until golden brown. Stir in theflour, add the other ingredients, and blendthoroughly. Bake in a 3 -quart casserole ina 300° oven until the meat is tender-about11/2 hrs. Serves 6 to 8.

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VARIATIONS OF THE ABOVE RECIPE:

1. Sprinkle 1/2 c. grated American cheeseover the casserole.2. Omit the onions and add 1/2 c. waterchestunts to the casserole.3. Rice Casserole: Omit the flour andadd 1/2 c. either brown or white uncookedrice.4. Lima Bean Casserole: Omit the onionsand mushrooms and add 2 c. cooked driedlima beans or 2 c. uncooked frozen limabeans to the casserole with the other in-gredients.5. Meat Pie: Cover the casserole with 2 c.mixed biscuit mix or 1 c. basic mixed piecrust mix or 2 c. seasoned mashed potatoes.

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SAUSAGE CHOPS11/2 lbs. pork sausage

1 c. mashed potatoes2 T. water from cooking potatoes1 egg1 c. fine cracker crumbs or bread

crumbsCombine the sausage and potatoes, mix

thoroughly, and form into six chops 1 inchthick. Beat egg and potato water together.Dip the chops into the egg mixture, theninto the cracker crumbs, place in a shallowbaking pan, and bake in a 275° oven for 1hour. Seasoning must be added if unsea-soned ground pork is used. One cup gratedraw potatoes may be substituted for themashed potatoes and 2 tablespoons of milkused instead of the potato water. Serves 6.

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APPLESAUCE CAKE11/2 c. sugar

1 c. butter1 t. cinnamon

1/2 t. ground cloves2 c. unsweetened applesauce

1/2 t. nutmeg1/2 c. chopped nutmeats1 c. raisins3 c. all-purpose flour2 level teaspoons soda dissolved in

1 tablespoon hot waterCream sugar and butter, add rest of

ingredients in order given. Mix well andbake in 9x13 inch pan in 325° oven 35 to 40minutes or until tested done.

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TOMATO RELISH KETCHUP(makes 3 pints)

12 ripe tomatoes2 large onions4 green peppers2 T. salt4 T. brown sugar2 T. ground ginger1 T. ground cinnamon1 T. dry mustard1 t. grated or ground nutmeg4 c. vinegar

Cut the tomatoes and onions. Chop theonions and peppers fine. Boil all the in-gredients together for 3 hrs. or until softand broken. Stir frequently. Seal while hot.

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QUICK RELISHGrind 6 dill picklesGrind 3 applesGrind 2 pimientos

Heat to boiling 1 cup vinegar, one cupsugar and pour over pickles and apples.Seal jars. May be refrigerated and servedcold if desired.

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I am pleased to report our daughter,Annette, enjoyed her month at Iowa Uni-versity where she took a Speech Workshopfor high school students. There were about65 or 70 students taking the course, andAnnette said they kept them extremelybusy but she felt it was very worth -whileand made some new friends which shesays she will always remember. She fin-ished the course on Friday, July 14, andwe picked her up in Iowa City, then drovearound and looked at four different col-lege campuses. Annette has two years ofhigh school left, but she thinks it is agood idea to be thinking where one mightlike to go to college; so, we looked at fourdifferent schools and will undoubtedly belooking at several more during the com-ing year. Unless Annette changes her mind,she is of the opinion it might be well tospend a year or two at a smaller schoolrather than a large university, but shemay change her mind several times be-tween now and the time she finishes highschool.

PARTY LINE

Continued from Page 9personal invitation from Secretary of StateDean Rusk. The briefing will be on Berlin,foreign aid, nuclear test ban, and othervital news of interest today. The firstbriefing was April 3 and 4, when TV andRadio newsmen heard sixteen top officialsfrom the State and Defense department,plus officials from the National SpaceAgency, speak.

Interviews with famous people are al-ways interesting. And announcer John Rus-sell had the privilege of making three mostinteresting interviews last month . . . withband leaders Les Brown and Stan. Kentonat Peony Park in Omaha . . . and withMerrill Staton of New York in our KMAstudios. Merrill was born and grew up ona farm near Wiota, Iowa. He now is di-rector of the Merrill Staton Choir and GleeClub, who are heard on many radio andtelevision shows, as well as on many re-cordings. Mr. Staton graduated with a B. S.in music at Maryville State Teachers Col-lege, later receiving his Master's and Doc-tor's degrees from Columbia University inNew York. He works as an arranger, andin the preparation of vocal groups for TVand radio, and recording. All interviewswere aired on KMA.

It wasn't a FISH . . it was a 914 poundWeimaraner puppy that Guide EditorDuane Modrow was surprised to find hungup on his fish hook in the garage. Thepuppy had been in the family only a fewweeks, so was still busy exploring the

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premises. Coming across Duane's fishingrod in the garage, he proceeded to chewup one fish cork bobber, and was workingon the second when he got the hook caughtin his lower eye lid. He was frantic withpain and fright, so Duane, unable to re-move the hook, had to take him to theveterinarian who put the dog to sleep andthen pulled out the hook. Even after he gothome from the hospital, the dog actedwild and spooky for three hours, as aresult of the anesthetic. Poor Pinkylearned the hard way to leave fish hooksalone!

It's a good thing Joyce Dobernecker ofthe Continuity department has personal-ized checks! Otherwise, one of the localservice stations might not have knownwho "Joyce L" was. That was all shehad signed on a check she gave them forcar service. Could it be she's tired of sign-ing such a long name-Dobernecker! Onlyone way to get out of it, Joyce-toCHANGE YOUR NAME.

The only two nights when Ass't. FarmService Director Tom Beavers might havehad a chance to go fishing while on vaca-tion, it rained. So he didn't get to do anyfishing. But he and his wife enjoyed theirweek's vacation anyway, motoring topoints of interest in Wisconsin. They firststopped at McGregor in Northeast Iowa. .

then to Prairie du Chien, Wisc. where theyvisited many historical points of interest,including an old mansion that showed howpeople lived over 100 years ago. Next tothe popular resort, the Wisconsin Dells,then to Madison where they toured theUniversity of Wisconsin grounds, then toDubuque, Iowa and home. Tom's wife, asecond grade teacher at the Nishna Roadschool in Shenandoah, will attend a twoweeks workshop at Maryville State Teach-ers college in August.

KMA CoversAll -Star FootballThe 28th annual College All -Star FootballGame from Soldier's Field, Chicago wascarried by KMA August 4th, via the facili-ties of the ABC Network. This year's an-nual grid classic pitted the National Foot-ball League Champions, the PhiladelphiaEagles, against a team of outstanding 1961college graduates under head coach OttoGraham. Over the years, the College All -Stars have won eight times, the prostaking 17 games, two ending in ties. Thepowerhouse Eagles took this game 28to 14.

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HIKE HEUER -back at the controls. Mike rejoins us from RFOlt Lincoln,Nebraska. Mike will take over the 4:00 p.m. program on which he was sofamiliar to KMA listeners. Time has really flown. It doesn't seem that Mikehas been away nearly three years. He has been with' stations in Minnesota,Iowa, and Nebraska, including TV work. All were in large cities. Mike saysit's good to get back among old friends. He was particulary happy to be ableto walk to work, or just walk wherever he wanted to go, again. Mike saysin the cities he has had to drive his car everywhere be wanted to go andremarked how good it feels to be able to stretch his legs for a change. Mikehas found housing just a bare hundred feet from school. This should suit his'sons Tommy, 10, and Jeffery, 7 just fine. Mike also has a daughter,Cynthia,'31/2. We'll have a family picture for you soon. Meanwhile you'll hear Mike everymorning at 10:00 on "Housewives Seranade", every afternoon at 4:00, andspecial "Saturday Night Jamboree", a Country/Western music Show,' from7:00 till 10:00.