—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 5,1970
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Mrs. Brackbill Makes Christmas Cookies by the Dozen
Mrs. Brackbill admires some of her 100. or more specimens- of African violets
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uaiy She does housework for a
Millersville couple two half days
a week She also does five
Jaundues foi other families At
times she did as many as 15.'
She used to sew but doesn’t
have time now to do much sew
ing
Rhoda, the daughter of Jonas
and the late Minnie Sheitzer.
grew up on a faim in Manor
Township and lived on the farm
15 years aftei maruage She
and her husband faimed six
years for her paients They
laised hay, wheat, com and
giew foui acres of tobacco
They kept a few cows For two
years they giew a lot of straw
ben ics
Mr Brackbill always had the
desue to duve a tiuck, so 18
years ago he had the opportunitj
to get a tiuck driving job for
Raub Supply Co in Lancaster
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and has been doing it ever tal farm, Lititz RD3„ They fat
since His runs aie mostly in ten 200 steers a year
the county now Janet graduated from Penn
Biackbills have five children Manor High School last June
The oldest aie twins—Maurice where she was enrolled in the
and Marvin Maurice is mar- Academic couise and majored
ried to the former Arlene Green- in Spanish She wants to take
wait They live on Franklin a business course and has been
Road in Manor Township. He accepted at one college Present
is a custodian for Penn Manor ly she is employed at the J C
School and dnves a school bus Penney Co store in Lancastei
They have a son and a daugh- She does a lot of sewing for hei
tei self and plays the accoidion
Maivin is man led to Dons Bobby is a Junioi at Penn
Ebersole and they have two Manoi Si High School, taking
sons They In eon Nissley Road the Academic course He also
in Landisville Marvin works plays the accoidion He plays
for Vernon Mai tin Punting As- baseball m the summer for Mil
sociates leisville Recreation Association
Anna, marned to Elmer Hess, He has two trophies for being
has three sons They live on the the most valuable playei He is
New Holland Division of Speny catcher for the team
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lersville Mennomte Church
where Mr Brackbill teaches the
men’s class in Sunday School
and Mrs Biackbill is a substi
tute teacher Janet goes to the
Jumoi sewing cucle and she
and Bobby take part in the youth
gioup Mrs Biackbill has help
ed pack clothing at Akron to be
dispensed wheie needed
Bi ackbills have been enter
taining Diexel Institute students
from International House spon
sored by their chuich for sev
eial years They 100 m them and
give them bieakfast and lunch
Then they go to the church and
five church people sit around
the table with them and explain
how the Mennomte church oper
ates and all about it
I’m sure eveiyone is anxious
to get some good old fashioned
cookie recipes from Mrs Brack
bill who bakes them by the
hundred dozen
WALNUT KISSES
3 egg whites (room tempera
ture)
1 cup granulated sugar .
pinch of cream of tartar (Vt tea
spoon)
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% pound black walnuts
Put cream of tartar in egg
whites Beat 10 minutes at high
est speed Add sugar gradually
and beat 10 minutes more Fold
in nuts with rubber spatula Line
2 cookie sheets with aluminum
foil Drop by teaspoon on bak
ing sheets and bake both sheets
at one time Bake Vz hour at
200 degrees
LACE or SCOTCH COOKIE
Vi cup butter ,
% cup firmly packed light
brown sugar
Vz cup light Karo (red label)
Combine in sauce pan and
place on medium heat, stirring
until it comes to a full boil.
Then pour over:
1 cup sifted western flour
1 cup flaked coconut or
ground nuts
1 teaspoon vanilla
Mix well. Cool. Line cookie
sheets-with aluminum foil. Drop
by scant teaspoonful three nich
es apart Bake at 350 -degrees
about 10 minutes or until gold
en brown Makes approximately
5 dozen Let cool a few minutes,
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