davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1949-05-01
''Ouch, My Hibiscus!''

1t was a nice average
American family of 3.8
people. Then gardening
reared it's ugly head
TUsr two short years ago
s wouldn't have recognized
carnation unless it reposed in the
buttonhole of floor walkers
lapel. If Scabiosa had been men,
toned to me. should have prob
ably diagnosed it as rare tropical
disease; and peat moss would have
sounded like an old friend from
Kansas City.
Small wonder that my botanical
education was so neglected, for
was born, raised and unexposed to
the bucolic life in New York CITY.
My only contacts with Mother
Nature were the keep OF"
signs in Central Park.
Suddenly. with very little prep
aration, my family and l found
ourselves in that gardeners
Utopia. southern California. No
sooner had we arrived than my
wife jumped into slacks and l into
escrow. Thirty days later
emerged with house. lot and heavy
mortgage.
A Peculiar Conversation
l WAS also entering new phase
of my life. although didn't know
it at the time. As l sit here, star
ing at my green thumbs, l am try
ing to recall the beginning, but it
isn't easy. Perhaps it began the
time found myself in the midst
of a rather peculiar conversation.
was about to tell a fellow named
Charlie how did on the seventh
hole when he abruptly turned to
fellow named George and said,
DO you have any Aphis on your
petunias?" Before had chance
to say that l thought that was a
rather personal question, George
quickly answered, mo. and | only
hope my hibiscus is as good this
year as it was last
This talk was Greek to me. l
was just an ordinary father. Pic
ture my family as it was then. just
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-09-15
Mountains Historical Sketches
Cook Learns to Bake
I'm Dutch Oven
By H. GRICE

In the Sept. / issue the author
hold how he and his partner got
a job with the Circle Bar the
spring of 1889 TO round up some
horses that we were running up
Peoples creek. In the early dawn
they had just tackled the deli
cate task of hitching up the cook
wagon team and selecting their
saddle strings from a bunch of
broncs.
Ito be continued next issue)
Nice Cook Wagon Hitchup
Tuckey climbed onto Pigeor
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-09-15

him and Ne Nh On ~ beck, sd
Buck left, dragging the rope, and
putting a foot on Charleys head -
he left.
A couple Of the boys took out
utter Buck and someone threw \
bucket of water IN Charfey's face.
He came 10 in a few minutes, bat
he didn't look 50 gay with that
horse track in red on his face. In
about half an hour the fellows were
back with Buck. The old man didn't
want TO ride him now, 50 someone
got him an old COW pony.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-09-15

boss, Charley, said he thought he'd
ride Whistling Buck. Someone had
whip broke Buck. When you showed
him the end of a rope, he'd come
a running. Charley didn't know 1T,
and when Buck came around, Char
ley twirled his rope, Buck came for
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-09-15

Ire chips Spilled onto the soft white
dough.
After John had mtsfabled 70 HIM
self for awhile, the cook got the
mess on the mess box door. The
bread was gray on top and black
IN the bottom. Most of the fellows
were finicky about their food. Tex
and I worked on 1T with our pocket
knives. 1t was good. There were
plenty of wood and water oA Will
low creek, and after someone wised
the cook up on the pecularities of
a dutch oven, he did himself ap
proud at breakfast, so everyone was
happy.
The wrangler ran the horses m
the rope corral. A few ran over it
but the boys had loops ready. John
f~fontfooted the wagon horse to get
the harness on in a hurry. The big
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-09-15

Charley's private, a big, powerful
wagon horse. It bucked and snorted
10 the end of the rope where 1T
pulled back and waited to be
dragged through the gateway where
gray that could get around, and
dropped his line on one of the mess
it headed for the open at full speed.
Tuckey made a toggle of Pigeon to
save his rope and a loose horse. The
next one was about the same, then
the only two broke work horses the
Circle Bar owned. The cook didn't
see the nice hitchup put together
on the wagon.
When we were ready, John
climbed up and took the lines; he
had been bronc buster for Wallop
IN Wyoming before coming TO Mon
tana. The cook was up behind and
a man on each side of the team to
haze. When John gave the word
they were off on a lope across the
sage brush flat, the cook bouncing
along on the beds.
Tex and I had harnessed and
hitched the team, now we let the
bunch out of the corral for the
wrangler. Tex and l had a little
trouble before we got going. Tex
bronc wiped 1T up and l had to
hand him his hat. The sleepy look
ing sorrel I had turned over on his
back and had me wondering where
they would bury me.
We hurried to help the wrangler.
The broncs were headed for Beaver
head county and the N Bar N ponies
were spread out grazing. We caught
up to the wagon about Is miles from
the ranch between the Milk and
Willow creek. The two broncs on
the wagon were all in, so we made
a dry camp.
Cooking Lesson
We had a 10-gallon key of water
on the wagon, and we gathered
some buffalo chips. The cook took
his first lesson cooking in a dutch
oven. John was too ornery to tel
him how, and the rest of the fellows
didn't want to stick their necks out
The cook poured the dough with
out greasing and heating the over
first. He stuck it on the fire anc
poured the burning chips over i
with a shovel. Too soon he lifted
the lid with a wagon rod. He want
ed to taka . look the lid tilted anf
Courier-herald. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1949-1950, 1949-12-17
Vesper Service
Slated Sunday

At 7:3O pm. Sunday a Christ.
mas Candle1ighting Vesper "The
Service of Lights" will be held
In the Pasco Congregational
church. -
The adult choir, under the di-
rection of Mrs. WinifredsH Hopkins
will give two special numbers.
Mrs. Myrtle Cook will give two
numbers upon the harp.
Others taking part in the SER
vice are Twila White, Norma
Mouda, Joan Davidson, Ruthe
Betty Van Reenen, Bill Mosier,
and Dick Jones.
DR.. Smith will give dramatic
reading presentation entitled:
hThe Well of the Star" The
church nursery will be main
tanned downstairs in the church
during this vesper to care for
children. -,
The Rev. Ivan Robert Smith
will give the Sd sermon in the
series: Christmas Themes from
Bible Scenes" at II. The title
of the sermon this Sunday is:
"The Christmas Secret"
The Sunday School Christmas
program will be held at 1880 or
Tuesday evening, Dec. 20. This
includes all parents and youth
of the church and Sunday school
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Postor Gives
Sermon Topic

"Rejoice in the Lord, Always
"a the theme for the sermon at
both services Sunday morning,
according to Pastor j. MI Grims-
rud of the Richland Lutheran
church. The text is TAX en- from
Philippians 4:4-7. The Youth
Choir will sing 20 How Shall
Receive Thee?" Gerhardt
and Geraldine Stordahl will sing:
80 Holy Night Adam.
At the End service on this pre-.
Christmas Sunday the senior
Choir will sing: christmas
Snow Harvey Gaul, and Mel
Nellermoe will sing Birthday OF
a King Neidlinger.
The children of the primary
department will have their
Christmas program Sunday, a,
4 pm. with Mrs. Nelson Taylor
in charge. The intermediate de.
partment will present their pro.
gram on Friday at 7:3O pm.
and the Senior choir will have
its annual Christmas concert
next Saturday at 9 pm.
me next meeting of. the new
adult instruction class will be
held on the Tuesday evening
after Christmas, and the wed,
nesday evening study of Reveal,
IONS Will also be postponed un.
I'll the Wednesday after Christ
mas.
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TO Heor
tMessiuh'

The Richland Branch OF the
Reorganized Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter Day Saints,
lNHch worships at the Marcus
Whitman school, is awaiting
with interest and expectation
a Yule-tide broadcast of Han.
deTs oratorio, "The Messiah,
from independence, Mo-, world
headquarters of the church,
which will be heard over the
Columbia Broadcasting system,
Dec. Is, from $50 until 10 Cps
II.
The 2SO-voice Messiah choir
of independence, sponsored by
the ReorganiZed Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter Day Saints. and
composed largely Of its mem
bership, will sing this favorlte
oratorio, accompanied by As Sc
lected musicians from the Kan
sas City Philharmonic orchestra.
Franklin S. Weddle, director OF
music and radio for the church,
will conduct. Soloists will be
Josephine Crinklaw Nader, Kan
sas City, Missouri; soprano, Gar
riet Porter Moore, Des Moines,
Iowa, contralto; Garland =.
Tickemyer, Los Angeles, Calf,
tenor; and John Mcdonald, Chi
cago, bass.
Two Richland women, former
ly of independence have sung
in "The Messiah" chorus. Mrs.
Jaunita McDermott of AL Black
Court, who sang three years and
Mrs. Chryatle Crownover OF 1926
Mcpherson.
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Pair Speak
In ViIlqqe

q DR.. and Mrs. c. r. Manley,
medical missionaries in India for
.25 years, were in Richland Dec.
1913 to address groups in the
South Side United Protestant
church.
They spoke to the Sunday
school and during the morning
church services they presented a
dialogue between a high caste
Hindu woman and a low caste
native missionary.
The Manleys wore native cos.
TUNES for their dramatiZation,
Sunday evening DR.. Manley
spoke twice, first to the congre-
cation and later to youth group
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. ],
v. Hambley. On Monday the
Manleys were luncheon guests
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. c.
R. Zook and dinner guests at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. j. w
Mercke. Other dinner guests
were the Rev. and Mrs. Paul E.
Hamlin and Mrs. R. G. Swift.
The Manleys were guests OF
honor at the Women's Missionary
Society meeting and Christmas
party Monday night. Mrs. Man.
ley, dressed in a native sari, diff.
ferert from the one she had
worn previously, told of midas
great need. During their stay in
Richland, DR.. and Mrs. Marley
were the house guests of Mr..
and Mrs. r. G. Swift, 1923 Howell.
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Church News Of Posco> Kennewick And Ricf1Iand
Enterprise Group
Schedules Program

munity. Place and date of these
parties will be announced later
Sunday school beginning at
the new time Gas am. every
Sunday followed with church
services at IL o'clock, are held in
the church quonSet hut in
Chubb's Trailer Court. =
All peoples of any faith in the
community are invited to con.
slider all activities of the SUNDAY
school and church, and especially
during the holiday season, as
their own and are welcome to at.
tend and participate.
The. Christmas program com.
mittee chairmen include: Gener.
al chairman, Mrs. Cecil Foust:
stage and properties, Philip Bel.
cher; decorating, Mrs. Max
Creighton; caroling, Mrs. Har.
old Barott; treats, Mrs. Curt Da.
Wis.
These Interdenomin a tional
community activities through
the Sunday school and church
are sponsored by the Council of
Churches and Christian Educa.
ton of Washington and Northern
Idaho and directed by their rep.
resentatives, Mr.. and Mrs. Soren
L. Kring.
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Many residents of Enterprise
through their Interdenomlna--
tionai Community Sunday school
and church are planning extern
siye Christmas and holiday ac-
tivities, the first all-communlty
program Of its kind in Enter
prise. ,.
The Christmas pageant "Whlte
Gifts for the Christ Child" a To-
cal arrangement, will be pre-
sented by large cast including
the whole Sunday school, Dec.
% at 7:3O pm. at, Ted Herrlgs
garage building across the road
from the A&A grocery In Enter
prise
in a fellowship period around
the Christmas tree where Santa
Claus will have left little gift
for all children of the community.
The White Gifts Christmas Of.
fering will be used for a large
picture of Christ for the church
and any additional will apply
on songbooks.
A caroling caravan will be
conducted Dec. 3d.. beginning at
z o'clock, by all young people
assisted by any others interest
ed, the tour through the COM
munity' ending with a party and
refreshments.
Dec. 18th, the Sunday school
and church program will en-
phasize the spirit of Christmas
with special music as well as a
special message.
The whole week between
Christmas and New Years will
be filled with Christmas parties
for each class or age group in
the Sunday school. The Zegin.
ners will start off the weeks fes-
tivities with their "Jesus Birth
day Party" on Monday after
noon, the 18th, at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. F. E. Koeppen, at 2
o'clock. The series of parties
will climax with an all commune
| ity adult Christmas party for ev-
cry man and woman of the COM
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Church States
Yule Program

The Richland Church of God
will have its Christmas program
Dec. 81 at 7:30 pm. in the Spal-
ding school, room 204. -
The children's part of the pro.
gram will be built around the
theme of the Christmas story
and the well known Christmas
carols. The older ones are CIV
ing a play 'The Blue Overalls
Angel" IT,. $751;
Dec. 10, the small children are
having a Christmas party at the
Ed Jansen home, 11O6 Putnam
street,
The Missionary society Will
hold their annual Christmas par
ty at the home H. c. Longheed,
1901 Winslow Ave-, Dec. % at
1:3O pm. There will be an ex-
change of gifts and the Secret
Pals" for the past year will be
revealed.
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Program Date
Change Given

In order to cooperate with the
public school Christmas program,
Pasco Congregational Sunday
school Christmas entertainment
will be held Dec. 20. The affair
will be held in the church at 7:3O
pm.
After the program the fellow
ship hour and treat for the chill
dren will be held downstairs in
Fellowship hall. All parents and
youth of the Sunday school are
invited.
The Sunday school teachers
and officers will meet this We'd
nesday night in the Parsonage
Recreational room to discuss
plans for the future.
Each morning of the week at
9 am. will be Hymn Time
and Prayer Time" as announced
last Sunday by the Rev. Ivan Ro-
bert Smith of the Pasco Congre-
gational church. At 9 O'Clock
HYMNS will be played on the
church chimes. People OF all re-
ligious faiths are invited to JOIN
in by observing a few minutes
of meditation and prayer. New
chime recordings have been OF
dered to inaugurate this loea.
At the sound of the chimes every
one is invited to spend a lew
n,oments in silent meditation.
The theme hymn, when the new
racordings arrive, will be Sweet
Hour of Prayer" It is suggested,
for meditation during this period
that the Bible be used or such
devotional materials as "The
Timer Room.
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under the leadership of Mrs.
Glynn at the Sis service and the
ST.. Choir will sing at the IL SER
vice under the direction of Mr..
Howard Baker.
Sunday evening, the first of
the S. S. Christmas programs will
be presented at First Lutheran.
Miss Jeanette Njaa and Mrs.
Harold Oakley are in charge of
this program which will be pre-.
sented by the upper grades. The
time is 8 Sunday evening and
the public is invited.
Dec. % the second of the s. S,
Christmas programs will be pre-.
sented with Mrs. Ralph Ring in
charge. This includes the nursery
department through the second
grade. The time for this program
has been set for 7:30. All parents
and interested friends are urged
to come.
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ounce
4.
Lecturer

"Christian Science: It's Work
and Song" is the title Of the free
lecture on Christian Science to
be given at Kennewick High
School auditorium next Sunday
afternoon at $3.50.
Peter B. higgins, C.S.B., the
lecturer, comes from Seattle, and
is member of the Board of Lee.
tureship of The Mother Church,
The First Church of Christ, Scien.
fist, in Boston, Mass. Mr.. higgins
is speaking in Kennewick for
First Church of Christ, Scientist,
Pasco.
In arranging for the lecture,
the members Of First Church Of
Christ, Scientist, of Pasco, believe
they are providing means for
reaching many people with an.
swers to frequent questions a.
bout Christian Science-what it
teaches, how it heals, why thou
sands have become its adherents.
A cordial invitation is extended
to the public to attend.
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between the doctna and practical teaching of the Ro
man epistle OPP Paul is no mere tsors STU ne %
of God This test God applies to our lives.
The sacrifice to be offered is our bodies It remains
sinful We are to be judged by the deeds done in the
body To present the body is to make ourselves avail
His glory So in deepest appealing words Paul addresses
readers not servants disciples, saints but as bret-
servants, and will win for God daily
When Jesus died he swept as it were all dead sacr-
fces from off all affairs Christ lives again riumphanty
and seeks living sacrifices. These are to be holy
Know not that your bodies the temple Of the Holy
Sprit?" When present the body, it is recognition
that it is purchased possession of Christ for which He
paid His precious blood. We redeemed "henceforth
not to live SELF but unto Him who died for and
rose again. Thus done and sustained sacrifice
we learn that it is "well pleasing unto God"
What is the motive of this act on our part? Such an
o. re mercy has
toward us the Cross when Jesus died by works
righteousness which have DONE but according to His
The only claim that a lost sinner or saint may have
upon the mercies of God is that His unmered favor has
planned for us redemption instead of destruction life in
stead of DEATH joy instead of beauty instead of
ashes, and life in His Kingdom, instead of eter-
nal darkness Reason will show plainly that Gods saliva
ton is infinite mercy.
Is such an appeal reasonable? God is willing to
saith the Lord Though your sins be as scarlet they
shall be white though they be red like CRIMSON
they shall be WOOL" 1t that our lives are plac-
ed at Gods disposal in answer to grace It
results in the mastery of Christ instead of the mudde OF
ut is not in that Waketh to direct his steps,
The sacrifice we pays off richly and hencefor
That sacrifice does not take life from us but gives it
back in richer and filled with delights which do
not pale away. t.4 @a
It is such lives that human beings approve-en and
who have given lavishly of their love and time for
the needy everywhere whose praises upraise and
whose eptaph is enduring though not written
marble "Now we through glass darkly, but then
face to face Is it not true to expectations that God
will pick the winner to whom He will say "We done"
from among those only who have been obedient to this
urge of Paul? Why not be among them? It will mean
"joy lnspeakable and full Of glory" =
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Nativity
Play Set

The Sunday school Of the
Pasco. KenneWick Presbyterian
church is preparing for the
Christmas season by rehearsing
a Nativity pageant, to be pre-
scented Dec. % at 1880 pm.
The pageant consists of Sc
ries of pantomimes enacted by
students Of the Sunday school
to tell the story of the first
Christmas night.
AS voices from the past, three
groups of students from remote
places in the sanctuary will
each recite in chorus a prophecy
from the Old Testament which
foretells the coming of the Saw
Jour. Then while the narrator
reads the account from the Bible
the students will portray in
pantomime the Annunciation to
Mary and Joseph, the journey OF
the Holy Family to Bethlehem.
the Annunciation to the Shep-
herds, the Pilgrimage of the
Wisemen, and the Alteration of
the Infant Jesus.
The pantomimes will be In
terspersed with Christmas mu-
sic sung by three Sunday school
choirs and the adult chancel
choir. The congregation will be
invited to join in singing many
of the bestowed Christmas
carols.
The students Of the Sunday
school invite all parents in the
Tri-City area to bring their fam
lilies and behold this festival of
drama and music. The pageant
will be held in the Seventh-Day
Adventist building, Sylvester at
Eighth avenue, Pasco, at 7:3O
Thursday night.
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2 Services
Set Sunday

Two Christmas services have
been arranged for Sunday at the
First Methodist church in Pasco.
Mrs. Harry Cook, harpist, will ID
the guest artist playing "The
Star of Bethlehem" and "a Med
ley of Christmas Carols"
The Rev. Rudolph A. Ander-
son will speak on Living in Ex-
pectation.' New members will
be received. A nursery will be
provided for small children.
At $3.50 pm. the High school
capella choir, under the direc.
ton of Mrs. Harold Woodrow
Epp, will present "A Christmas
concert. Other features will in
clude a talk by the Rev. Ander-
SON on Finding Christmas. Ev.
eryone Is invited.
Monday at 1880 there will
be a choir rehearsal, under the
direction of Mrs. R. Wayne Mel
singer.
Wednesday, at $50 p. m. is
the Young Adults pot luck FAM
lily dinner. A Christmas party
is to follow in Hatten hall. APP
propriate gifts will be brought
for the nursery department of the
Sunday School.
Thursday at $50 pm. is the
Youth Fellowship Christmas
caroling in the community.
They will return to the church
for a party and refreshments.
Friday at 1880 pm, old FASH
toned Christmas program and
party for the Sunday school,
with Santa and treats for the
youngsters.
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.Yule-Tiinne
Play Set
On Sunday

The Christmas program of the
First Christian church in Pasco
will be held Sunday night, in
the Sanctuary of the church at
7:30 pm. The various depart
ments of the Sunday school will
present the children with Christ.
mas songs and readings.
A feature Of the Christmas
program this year will be a play,
"Kay's Christmas Vision" which
will be given by members of the
high school department assisted
by other members Of the church
school.
The play tells the story of a
selfish sophisticated girl who
believes that Christmas time is
just time for begging until
she has a vision of the true
spirit of Christmas and somes
to her senses. The play was writ.
ten by a McMinnville, Ore, wo.
man.
The following people take part
in the play: Rachel Burd as Kay;
Velma Parker as Mrs. Reed, Kay's
mother; Marie Craig Betty, a
friend, and Wanna Purdum as
the maid. Also Dean Allstrom,
Monty Lauritzen, Barbara and
Arlene Furguson, Nova Martell,
Lance Michael, Johnny Cover,
E. A. Burd, Beverly Westerfield,
Linda Lauritzen and Helen Pur-
dunn make up the characters in
the vision.
Assisting with stage, electric
lighting and properties are Dick
Mosier, Lance Michael and Bev.
erly WeSterfield.
Participating in the play is the
Junior Intermediate Children's
choir of the church.
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Nunns Go
10 Finley

FINLEY, Dec. 16-BiIl Num-
moved his house from Hover the
first Of the week to the ranch he
recently bought near Hover.
The Benton county Bookmo-
bile was in Finley Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Kerr and
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Nelson were
Walla Walla visitors Friday.
A board meeting OF the Finley
Methodist church was held at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. G. w.
Brown Monday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs Grant Plant were
in WaIla Walla Monday They
visited her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
VIM. Warden at Touchet.
Mrs. Merton Cochran enter
tanned a group of friends at a
narty Thursday afternoon hon
orinE her mother, Mrs. Buchan-
Mrs. C. w. Brown and Mrs. F
w. Brown visited Mrs. w. A
Cochran Friday afternoon.
Mrs. Carl Schneider and Mrs
| winfield Gilmore were In Walla
! Walla Friday. ~