The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-10-19
$500 MAY BE YOURS FOR
RECIPE USING MOLASSES
Company Is Sponsoring Contest
Open To All Readers of The
Republican

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One years supply of groceries
$500 worth-or $500 in cash, can be
yours for recipe! Sounds like a house
wife's daydream But truly, it is So
a chance of a lifetime.
Penick and Ford, Ltd, Inc, manu-
facturers of Brer Rabbit Molasses, IS
sponsoring an original Molasses recipe
contest-open to all readers of this
newspaper The contest will run fo?
one month, and the prizes are posi-
lively mountaineering.
There will be a grand national prize
of one years supply Of groceries,
amounting to $500, or $500 in cash.
Surely this is exciting enough to slim
uIate novices and veteran cooks alike
to test their originality in connecting
new dishes.
Think what winning this prize would
mean! No grocery bills for one year.
No pinching pennies to make ends
meet. An opportunity to store up on
staples for two years. Restock your
canned goods shelf. Fill your preserve
closet to trimming with homemade
fruits, vegetables, relishes and jams.
Entertain your friends royalty without
fear of Gripping the budget. And Sc:
the best table for your family in the
community.
Yes, truly, this is an offering to
strive for-worth all the time, energy
and Imagination you can afford to give
it. But that isn't all!
Each week, Penick and Ford, Ltd,
Inc, through The Republican, will
award 81 for the best recipe submitted
and can of Brer Rabbit Molasses to
each of the four next best recipes
These prizes will be awarded each
week during the four weeks of the
contest.
A local expert on good cooking will
be the judge of the recipes submitted
to The Republican and will select the
five winning recipes each week.
Of these recipes, the one receiving
the S1.O0 or first prize, will be sent to
the national judges of the contest to
compete for the national prize of $500.
So, if you are fortunate and win one
of the weekly $1.00 prizes, you stand
a chance to win again-this time, the
years supply of groceries amounting
to $500. All recipes-the winners and
those receiving honorable mention
will be published in The Republican
each week.
The rules of the contest are simple
Here they are:
l. Write on one side of paper. I'm
der recipe, print or write plainly your
name and address.
2. Send as many recipes as you
wish, but attach to each recipe one
label from a can of Brer Rabbit Mo-
lasses.
8. Mail to The Republican, Oak
land, Md.
4. There will be four contests in
this section, each lasting one week.
Weekly Prizes
Best recipe-$1.00 in cash.
Four next best-Each can OF Brer
Rabbit Molasses.
Grand Prize
of a years supply of groceries. The
winner will receive $500 order on his
or her grocer-or $500 in cash.
5. Entries must be postmarked be-
fore midnight on the date each con-
test closes:
First contest closes October %;
Second contest closes November 4;
Third contest closes November II;
Fourth contest closes November 18.
6. Recipes will be judged for orig
inality, practicalness and good re-
suits. No entries returned. A prize
winning recipes become the property
of the packers of Brer Rabbit Molas-
ses. Decision of judges will be final.
Judges: Miss Clementine Paddieford,
Food Editor of The Christian Herald;
Mildred Josslund, Airline ROLAND.
7. Names of all winners, with