“Sweetie Pie” And Other
Ways To Cook A Chicken
MISS VIRGINIA BLOUNT
HOME SERVICE DEPARTMENT
VA. ELECTRIC& POWER CO.
■-o
Individual Chicken Pies
Plain pastry, 1 c. Sliced mush
rooms, 4 T. fat, 6 T. Flour, 3 c.
chicken stock, 3 c. cooked chiken,
cut small. Few grains pepper, one
half t. salt.
Line individual pie pans with
pastry. Set another pan on top
of the pastry to hold it in shap,
Bake in a hot oven (425 deg. F)
about 10 minutes. Remove the top
pan and bake about 5 minutes
longer. Brown mushrooms in fat,
add flour and stir until well mixed.
Add chicken stock and bring to
the boiling point, stirring con
stantly until thick . Add chicken
and season to taste with salt and
pepper. Fill the baked pastry
shells with the chicken mixture.
Cover the tops with pastry. Bake
the pies in a hot oven (425 deg. F.)
about 10 min. or until top is brown
ed. Serve immediately. Makes
6 to 8 pies. (Suggestion: Serve
wit buttered artichoke hearts, cran
berry or currant jelly, celery and
coffee mousse.)
Curried Chicken Souffle
4 T. fat, 2 c. ctok chicken, cut
fine, 2 c. milk, 2 T. flour, 1 t. salt,
Few grains pepper. 1 t. Curry
powder, 3 egg yolks, 3 egg whites.
Heat fat, add flour, salt, pepper
and curry powder. Add milk,
Cook ntil thick, striring constant
ly. Add chicken and mix thorough
ly. Pour this mixture over the
beaten egg yolks and mix well.
Cool slightly. Fold in the stiffly
beaten egg whites. Pour into a
greased cassrole. Bake in a mod-|
erate oven (325 deg. F.) 1 hour or
until set. Serve immediately.
Chicken Chow Mein
Two-thiirds c. shredded onion, 4
T. fat, 2 c. celery, cut in pieces, 2
c. cooked chicken, cut in pieces,
Chinese fried noodles, 1 one- half c.
chicken stock, 2 c. bean sprouts,
1 t. Chinese brown sauce, 2 T.
Chinese soy sauce, 3 T. cornstarch.
Cook the onion in the fat until
a delicate brown. Add celery, and
cook a few minutes longer. Add
the chicken, chicken stock, bean
sprouts, brown suace and soy
sauce. (Chinese ingredients may
be bought at Chinese or fancy gro
cery stores, or order by mail).
Cook about 10 minutes. Add the
cornstarch, mixed to a smooth
paste with a little cold water, and
stir until thickened. Heat the
noodles. Serve thie chicken mix
Little Girl Blue
This fascinating new tunic
dress, in navy blue taffeta with
white polka dots, is displayed
to advantage by Ginger Rogers.
Closely fitted at hip and skirt,
the suit features deep raglan
sleeves of three-quarter length,
with wide cuffs: rows of wide
ruchlng, of self material, which
line the tunic, the Pierrot collar,
and the navy blue straw bat:
and a belt of velvet ribbon.
Bag and gloves are in navy
blue suede; pumps in matching
kid.
ture on the noodles.
Anna’s Chicken A La King
4 lb. roasting chicken, 2 c.
mushrooms, sliced, 4 T. fat, 1 c.
chicken chicken stock, It. salt, 4 T.
flour, 1 1-2 c. top milk, 1-4 c. chop
ped pimento, 2 egg yolks.
Clean, singe and wash the chick
en. Rub surface with a little fat,
and rub surface and inside with
sat and pepper. Put in a roast
ing pan, breast side down, and
sear in a hot oven (450 deg. F.) 15
min. Add 1-2 c. hot water. Cov
er pan, reduce heat to moderate
(350) and cook until blunt fork
pierces flesh to breastbone very
easily and joints tend to loosen
from body. Baste during' cooking'
about every 20 min. with the water
Big Crop Contest Announced
By Fertilizer Distributor
j/^i'UNUUN<JEMENT has been
made locally of a $5,000 crop
contest, open to all farmers. This
contest, which is sponsored by the
Agricultural Development Bureau
of a large distributor of American
nitrate of soda, provides for 338
cash prizes. These awards range
from the substantial first prize of
$1,000 to $5.00.
An interesting feature of the con
test is the calibre of the men who
ore to act as honorary judges.
They are: Senator Ellison D.
Smith, Chairman of the Senate
Committee on Agriculture; the
Hon. Allen J. Ellender, Speaker of
the Louisiana House; and Dr. B.
W. Kilgore of Raleigh, N. C., for
mer director of the North Carolina
Experiment Station and Extension
Service.
Since the prizes are to be based
on the answers to five simple ques
tions, with spelling and grammar
not counting, the sponsors of the
contest feel that every farmer who
follows the rules will have an equal
chance, regardless of the size of
his farm or the fertility of his land.
Special prizes are provided for 4-H
Club and Future Farmer chapters
And fertilizer suppliers who help
SENATOR ELLISON D. SMITH
One of the honorary judges in the
$5,000 Crop Contest.
their customers win will also be
rewarded.
Practically all fertilizer manufac
turers and suppliers are active in
the contest and can furnish an en
try blank to farmers. The only re
quirement for entering is that the
farmer buy at least 100 lbs. of the
American product sold by the firm
sponsoring the contest.
and fat mixture in the pan. Cool.j
Remove chicken from bones and
cut in rathier large pieces. There
should be at least 3 c. Place the
skin and bones in a kettle and
cover with cold water. Cook slow
ly for 1-2 hr. Strain. Cook mush
rooms in the 4 T. fat until a de
licate brown. Add flour and mix
until smooth* add chicken stock
and cook, stirring constantly, un
til thick. Add chicken and chop
ped priento. (Pimiento can be
omitted if desired.) Heat tho
roughly. Pour chicken mixture ov
er beaten egg yolks and mix well.
Serve in patty shells or on toast
or waffles. Cooking Chicken a la
King this way gives it an excep
tionally rich flavor. (Serve with
mixed vegetable salad, hot rolls,
lemon ice.).
NOTICE
NORTH CAROLINA
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
HALIFAX COUNTY
V. H. Grantham vs. Mrs. Ada
Kitchins
The defendant above named will
take notice that an action entitled
as above has been commenced ir>
the Superior Court for Halifa
County, North Carolina, by the
plaintiff to recover of the defen
dant the sum of TWO HUNDRED
AND FIFTY ONE and 50-100
DOLLARS ($251.50), alleged to be
due the plaintiff by the defendant
for house rent.
The defendant will further take
notice that the household and
kitcken furniture of the defendant
stored in warehouse in Roanoke
Rapids have been attached.
Let the defendant take notice
that if she fails to answer said
complaint filed in the above en
titled action within or before thir
ty days after the 6 day of May
1935, the plaintiff will apply to the
court for the relief demanded in
Repitition in the complaint filed
herein.
This 26th day of February, 1935
A L. Hux, Cilerk Superior Court
for Halifax County.
4-t-L&C-3-28.
I Would Wrestle Boxer
NEW YORK . . . Dan O ’Mahoney
(above), Ireland’s heavyweight mat
champion, now wrestling here, say*
he will aecept the Baltimore offer
to meet Max Baer in a finish match,
Baer to box and he to wrestle, if the
boxing champ is interested. Baer
has been offered $75,000 for the
match. I
I Denies "Overthrow” Talks I \
CHICAGO . . . John Straehey,
British author, (above), who faced
deportation charges here of adve
eating the overthrow of the Anieri
can government in his lecture tour
He denied the charges
Hospital Nurses
Alumni To Meet
With Mrs. Moody
-o
The regular monthly meeting of
the Roanoke Rapids Hospital Nur
ses School Alumni Association will
be held next Tuesday, April 2nd.
at the home of Mrs. L. R. Moody,
on Hamilton Street. Mrs. Moody
and Mrs. Dave Camp will be joint
hostesses.
NOTICE
Proceeding under the direction
of the Acting Secretary of the
North Carolina State School Com
mission and under and by virtue of
an order of the County Board of
Education as shown in minutes on
record of March 4, 1935, the under
signed secretary will on the 28th
day of March, 1935 at 10 o’clock
A. M., at the Halifax County
Garage in Halifax, North Carolina,
offer for sale to the highest bid
der for cash fourteen discarded
Model T Ford school buses. The
board reserves the right to reject
any or all bids.
This the 4th day of March, 1935
(Signed) A. E. Akers
Secretary.
3-t-3-21-HCS.
-o
Administratrix’s Notice
-o
Having qualified as Administra
trix of the estate of M. R. Vick, de
ceased, late of Halifax County.
North Carolina, this is to notify
all persons having claims against
the estate of said deceased to ex
hibit them to the undersigned at
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina,
on or before the 26th day of Febu
ary, 1936, or this notice will be
pleaded in bar of their recovery.
All persons indebted to said estate
will please make immediate pay
ment.
This 26th day of February, 1935.
ZILLAH G. VICK, Administra
trix of estate of M. R. VICK.
6-t-JRA-4-18
SYSTEM
MUSTARD 20-Ounce Jar 10c
CHEESE Ful1 Cream'lb- 20c
FAT BACK MEAT lb 15c
NAVY BEANS 4lbs 18c
MAXWECL HOUSE COFFEE lb 30c
CREAMERY BUTTER 39c
Fresh Country
EGGS
Per Doz._20c
I 1
WONDER
COCOA
2 lbs._19c
BONELESS BEEF ROAST lb 20c
RIB-STEW BEEF 2 lbs. 25c
ARMOUR'S CLEANSER 3 Can» 10c
AMONIA 2 QtBottles 25c
JELLO Azr 3for 20c
FRESH FISH 4^~- 25^
OYSTERS Quarts 39c
Pkg. - 5c
“M” SYSTEM S
M. D. COLLIER, Mgr. ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C.