just another job

A closer look at the fellow on the coverwho dares to climb those tall towers -Frank Miller just before he starts his as -

JUST ANOTHER JOBHe's calm, steady, smiles easily and

speaks nonchalantly about his work. Nota large man but muscular and obviouslywell -coordinated, Frank Miller could beyour ordinary everyday businessman, in-stead he tests his nerve and physical fit-ness each day in his hazardous occupation.Because Frank Miller is one of the fewskilled men who paint, erect and repairhigh towers such as the KMA Radiotowers.

For 20 years working first for a largecompany and since 1961 on his own, Frankhas traveled the midwest taking care ofradio and television towers of all sizes. Hehas two brothers who also do the samekind of work; in fact his younger brothergot him started in the field.

Because of government regulations, tow-ers must be painted in alternating stripesof white and International orange. Thisyear the Federal Aviation Agency decreedthat there must be seven stripes on eachtower which meant that KMA Radio tow-ers had to be repainted and consequentlythis brought Frank Miller to Shenandoah.

Painting the towers constitutes a largeshare of the job, but Frank also does theimportant inspection of the towers, scruti-nizing the connections, bolts and guy wires.Emergencies that might arise take prece-dence over the routine.

During the year, this demanding occupa-tion is generally divided into painting forthe warmer months and repairs for the

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cent (at heft), and that dot on the centerKW% tower high above the transmitterbuilding is the same man "doing his thing."

TO FRANK MILLERcooler months. Construction of towers takesplace whenever footings and anchoringbases can be put into the ground.

Weather plays an important role in towerwork, and this year has been frustratingfor Frank Miller. He arrived in Shenan-doah from his home in Topeka, Kansas, tobe stalled by rain. He waited almost aweek, returned to Topeka and came backto Shenandoah the first week of October.When interviewed, he had worked severaldays on the KMA main center tower hav-ing been stopped at the slightest drop ofrain which happened many times.

It was a nippy morning in October asFrank prepared to go up the big tower, hewore a knit stocking cap, paint spatteredclothes consisting of a long sleeved shirtand slacks, no jacket. He carried up twogallons of paint hooked to his utility beltand a round canvas bag which holds extragloves and a canteen of water. Instead ofpaint brushes, he uses a large fluffy mittwith which he can encircle the rods of metalapplying paint to all sides at once. Overthe years, he has developed his own safetycable hooked to another belt around hiswaist. It is one large rope which goesaround the tower in a complete circle snugenough to hold but loose enough to slip upand down. This avoids the time-consumingtask of hooking and unhooking the cableeach time he wants to move vertically.

Because the KMA towers are so-called(Con't. on page 4)

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A CHAT WITH

ED MAYIn October when this column was writ-

ten, we had been having warm, brightIndian summer days ideal for drying thefields in time for harvest.

But we know that winter can't be faraway and the talk of fuel shortages raisesthe question of what kind of winter we canexpect. Will the approaching winter be asevere one, or will it be a mild one? Canwe look forward to heavy snowfall, or awinter comparatively free from snow? Itis anyone's guess at this point. However,I have heard reports from various areapredicting a mild winter. These reports arebased on a variety of forecasting methods.Several have come from those who say weshall have a fairly mild winter because theband on the woolly caterpillar is wide. Thewider the band, the milder the winter istheir claim. Scientific or not, I certainlyhope they are right. Perhaps you have aweather sign or two you have observedthroughout the years. If so what do thesesigns indicate to you regarding the upcom-ing season.

Recently the Shenandoah Home and Gar-den Club held its "Hall of Flame" whichfeatures table settings and arrangementsusing various themes. The club honored thememory of three of its members with aspecial Memorial Table. Those rememberedincluded my mother, Mrs. Earl May, whowas a charter member of the club, Mrs.Helen Clark and Mrs. Kenneth Miller.

When the Shenandoah Garden Club held its biennial "Hallof Flame" in October, the members arranged a beautifulMemorial Table (above) in honor of three of their mem-bers. Those remembered included Mrs. Earl E. May,mother of Ed May, President of Earl May Seed andNursery Co. and May Broadcasting Co., Mrs. KennethMiller and Mrs. Helen Clark.

Another tribute to my mother which hasbeen brought to my attention was printedin the United States Congressional Record.The Record is the daily printed report ofthe proceedings and debates of the ses-sions of Congress; this one being the 93rdCongress, first session. It was read intothe Record on September 25, 1973 by Wil-liam J. Scherle, Congressman from theU. S. 5th District of Iowa, and was printedas follows:

"GERTRUDE MAY, R.I.P.

HON. WILLIAM J. SCHERLEOF IOWA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESTuesday, September 25, 1973

"Mr. SCHERLE. Mr. Speaker, last monthShenandoah, Iowa, lost one of its best andbest -loved citizens. Mrs. Earl May's lifewas such an eloquent tribute to the powerof individuals to influence their communi-ties, however, that it can serve as an ex-ample to the whole Nation.

"Born 81 years ago in the same townwhere she died, Gertrude May contributedto the civic, business, charitable, and re-ligious life of Shenandoah in ways almosttoo numerous to mention. Some philan-thropists are generous with money; othersdonate their time and talents to the causesthey espouse. Gertrude May gave freely ofeverything she had to all who wanted andneeded her.

"She served as chairman of the board ofher husband's seed and nursery companyand filled the same role in the May Broad-casting Co., parent of Shenandoah's KMA

radio station and Omaha'sKMTV station. Her influenceon these important publicenterprises was paramount.In addition to these obliga-tions, Mrs. May found timefor an amazing roster ofcivic and charitable activi-ties. She is perhaps best re-membered, however, for her25 years' association withthe Hand Community Hos-pital.

" If every community werefortunate enough to have itsown Gertrude May, Americawould be immeasurably rich-er and happier. Those thatdo understand our gratitudeand our grief."

Since this is the final issueof The KMA Guide for theyear 1973, I want to takethis opportunity to wish youa pleasant Thanksgiving, aMerry Christmas and a Hap-py New Year.

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HOSPITAL PATIENTS

Raw!), happy at the prospect of goinghome, takes medicine on last day of hisbrief hospital stay.

Two long-time KMA air personalitieswere sidelined by surgery in October.

Garden expert and early morning weath-erman, Frank Field, who usually fills thispage with valuable tips and advice for thereader/listener, although still at home re-cuperating at Guide deadline hoped to re-turn to his 7:15 a.m. KMA show in thenear future.

From the picture it is apparent thatFrank lost weight, 12 pounds exactly, whilein the hospital. However, he is eating wellagain and had regained four of thosepounds by this writing. Frank spent twoweeks in the hospital in Shenandoah.

A surprising number of school pupilsfrom grades 4, 5 and 6 in the KMA areasent Frank get -well cards and mentionedthat they listen to him while they are eat-ing breakfast, paying particular attentionwhen he gives the school closing list in thewinter months.

Probably "the fastest healer in the mid7west" could be the title bestowed on News-man Ralph Childs.

A recitation of his hospital schedule con-firms his claim to that nomination. Ralphentered the local hospital Oct. 9, was oper-ated on Oct. 10, returned home Saturday,Oct. 13 and was back on the air with thenews, Monday, Oct. 15.

Both Frank and Ralph wish to thankeach and everyone who remembered themwith flowers. cards. calls and visits.

(Con't. from page 2 - Frank Miller)"hot" towers, Frank takes extra precau-tions against getting burned or shocked.

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Frank gets ready to read cards from well-wishers. He averaged 35 to 40 cards a daywhile in the hospital.

He uses a wooden ladder to get on eachtower and even then receives a jolt as hemakes contact with the metal tower. Onceon the tower he is safe (barring an electri-cal storm or fall) as he becomes a partof the tower. In spite of his carefulness,he showed a small burn on his finger re-ceived the morning of the interview.

The center KMA tower is 488 feet talland the other two towers are 240 feet each.He claims there is no sway at the top andthat windy days don't bother him becausethe tower generally goes with the wind ineffect stabilizing in one direction. He esti-mated he was getting about 50 feet paintedper gallon of paint. However to be sure hehad enough, especially since the Interna-tional orange is hard to obtain, he brought32 gallons of paint. Incidentally on windydays, Frank covers his face and neck withvaseline. This makes removal of the painteasier.

At the age of 46, Frank doesn't talkabout retiring although he gave a wry grinwhen asked his age and responded that "hemay be getting old for the work." Hisrecord for not getting hurt confirms hisskill-seasoned with caution. Thirty feet isthe longest fall he has taken and one timehe went over with a tower. In 1955 hebroke his back in three places and his pelvisin four, but he smilingly said "those arethe only bones I've broken."

This daring fellow is married and hasfour children ages two to 22. His older chil-dren have helped him in his work in thepast, but he isn't trying to persuade themto follow him to the top of the tall towers.

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RFD 960By CLIFF ADAMS

Since my last writing, the beef price cell.ing has been removed and the effects ofthat action were not as expected by many.Instead of an increase in beef prices, therewas a decline and the cattleman who hadheld his fed -cattle off the market suffered.Many had thought that since hog pricesclimbed after ceiling prices were removedthat the same reaction would occur forcattle. Prices have since stabilized and arenow fairly steady.

Of great concern as this is being writtenis the weather. Heavy fall rains over a widearea of the Midlands has brought harvest-ing to a standstill. Some crop damage isoccurring as a result with flooding of low-lands being reported. Stalk rot is a problemin both of the main crops - soybeans andcorn, and what had appeared to be a bump-er crop stills remains in doubt. It is almostcertain that more fuel will be required fordrying the crops that are harvested andwith the approach of the colder weather, itappears we may have some real problemson hand with the energy supply.

Speaking at a College of Agricultureseminar on the energy crisis at the Univer-sity of Missouri -Columbia, Stuart Sprad-ling, vice-president for research MFA OilCompany, said "the energy crisis is forreal . . . not just something manipulatedby so-called oil barons." Spradling predict-ed a serious fuel shortage, even with a nor-mal winter. "If it's a tough one," he said,"the situation will be a real bear -cat." Hepredicted even worse gasoline shortagesnext spring and summer. Some of the oilthat would have been refined for gasolinewill have been used for fuel. He also statedthat there would be severe fertilizer short-ages and soaring prices. Spradling notedthat while the U. S. has only 6 percent ofthe world's oil reserves, it uses 35 percentof the energy (and oil) consumed in theworld.

An increase in farm production costs in1974 was predicted by Allen Wellman, as-sistant professor of Ag Economics at theUniversity of Nebraska, Lincoln. Other pre-dictions by Mr. Wellman were that grainprices would stay above the governmenttarget prices and that there would be anincrease in the per capita red meat con-sumption. That consumption went downthis year. Economists were finding it diffi-cult to make predictions this past year be-cause of government actions and the short -

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..3'e psychology that occurred for awhile ast applied to food.

We are adding a new service for our farmlstcriers as we try to improve and keepup to date with this business of farming.KMA has contracted with a commoditynews service to have installed a specialfarm commodities wire. The wire servicewill enable us to give our listeners fasterand more frequent market information. Wehave started to give our livestock estimatesat 6:15 a.m. Monday through Friday. Thisinfermation is again given at 6:45 a.m. and7:35 a.m. The opening market trading isgiven at 10:09 a.m. Monday through Friday.

The Queen Elizabeth It Farm Broadcast-ers tour of the Caribbean next December12th through the 20th is all but filled up.I just received word that only 15 rooms inthe $390 class were still available. Therewill be about 1.000 farmers, ranchers andtheir wives taking the tour of three islands,participating in seminars and enjoying thefellowship with their favorite farm broad-caster. The world's largest passenger linerleaves from New York City harbor for thecruise returning to New York just beforeChristmas.

Fairs and livestock shows again kept thefarm department busy during August andthe first part of September. Recently Icovered a rather unique livestock show inKansas City. This event called the "WorldAngus Forum" was attended by representa-tives of national Angus associations andsocieties from 11 countries. I made taperecordings with representatives from NewZealand and Sweden both aired on KMA.Many of these countries rely principally ongrass for growing their cattle. It was avery colorful event with the flags of thevarious countries displayed in the AmericanRoyal arena where the Angus cattle werejudged.

In September, I attended the Ak-Sar-Ben 4-H livestock show in Omaha. Theshow again lived up to its reputation ofbeing the world's largest 4-H livestockevent. Carcass information on the livestockis an important part of the show. The topbeef carcass was from a steer which re-ceived a red ribbon in the live show.

In October, I plan to attend the NationalAssociation of Farm Broadcasters meetingin Kansas City. I hope to tell you aboutthat visit in the next issue of the KMAGuide.

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GREETINGS

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THIS IS YOUR DAY!HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO:3-Mrs. Ed May9-Terry, husband of Arilla

Hadden18-Larry Hill18-Tim, son of Larry Hill20-Cynthia, daughter of Cliff

Adams28-Marsha Broyles3-Mrs. Henry Schnoor5-John Kidd7-Janet, daughter of Earle

Crowley10-Don Burrichter19-Jordan, son of Mr. and Mrs.

John Kidd20-Mrs. Duane Young20-Dave, son of Earle Crowley21-Barbara, daughter of Andy

Andersen21-Amy, daughter of Ardene

Mullison21-Bill Oellermann28-Ned Dermody28-Mrs. T. J. Mikkelsen28-Ardene Mullison

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO:Nov. 4-Mr. and Mrs. Terry BroylesDec. 2-Mr. and Mrs. Frank FieldDec. 27-Mr. and Mrs. Robert ClineDec. 29-Mr. and Mrs. Mike ShermanDec. 29-Mr. and Mrs. John Kidd

KMA RADIO ISTHE BIG VOICE OFIOWA STATE FOOTBALL

The final games of the exciting Big Eightfootball season for the Iowa State Cycloneswill be heard on KMA - "The Big Voiceof Iowa State" with Warren Swain doingplay-by-play. Preceding each game Swainassisted by Andy Andersen (KMA StationManager) does a pre -game show immedi-ately followed by the Cyclone Coach on theEarl Bruce Show.

IOWA STATE FOOTBALLNov. 3-At Oklahoma - 1:00 p.m.Nov. 10-At Nebraska - 1:00 p.m.Nov. 17-Missouri - 1:00 p.m.Nov. 24-Oklahoma State - 1:00 p.m.Dec. 1-At San Diego St. - 9:00 p.m.

GAME OF THE WEEKKMA Radio will continue to feature its

Game of the Week when the area highschool basketball season opens. Dates andopponents will be announced when sched-ules have been confirmed. Sports DirectorWarren Swain with Mike Goodin assistingwill bring these exciting inter -schoolclashes to you on Radio 960.

POPULAR CHRISTMASCHOIRS TO BE HEARD

One of the most popular programs to beheard on KMA throughoutthe year is the annual Con-cert given by area ensembleson Dec. 24 and Dec. 25.

The four women in this picture are (I to r) Mrs. MarionJones of Emerson, Ia., Mrs. David Angus of Malvern, Ia.,Mrs. Allan Shill of Council Bluffs, Ia., and Enid Wort -man, Extension Consumer Management Specialist ofCouncil Bluffs. They substituted for Brenda Kay recently.

Program D:rector MikeGoodin is formulating the or-ganization to bring the 27thannual concert to the air. Ittakes a formidable amountof travel, taping and sched-uling with gracious coordi-nation from schools, collegesand churches to get the esti-mated 1,250 voices program-med.

But in spite of the workinvolved for all concerned,the Concert has proved to beone of the most rewardingand inspiring events of theChristmas observance.

Be sure to listen to all thespecial Holiday programs onKMA Radio.

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OWNER'S NIGHTTAKES OVER KMA

EVERY WEDNESDAY

Remember "Sherlock Holmes" - thatpremier sleuth of all times. Now he's backsolving mysterious riddles in his fabulousadventures on KMA Radio.

If you haven't already gotten the Wed-nesday night habit, tune in this comingWednesday for the next episode of "Sher-lock Holmes."

The half-hour mystery is only part of theincreasingly popular OLDTIMER'S NIGHTwhich kicked off Oct. 3rd on KMA withT. J. Mikkelsen and Dave White as co -hosts. The series runs from 7:05 p.m. to 10p.m. every Wednesday through its finalshow on December 19.

In addition to the mystery, a "WordJumbo" game is played on OLDTIMER'SNIGHT. Jumbled letters of a word alongwith clues are given on the program. Thefirst listener to call in with the correctword -answer wins a prize with a maximumof two 'Word Jumbos" for each Wednes-day show.

A third prize each Wednesday will begiven to the first listener to identify themystery song in the "Name That Tune"contest. Throughout the program, OLD-TIMER'S music from all fields dating backto the 30's, 40's and 50's will be played.Listeners can request songs explaining in25 words or less why a particular numberis their favorite memory song and if chosen,will receive a record album.

As a special feature of OLDTIMER'SNIGHT, the "Talent Hunt" will take placeonce each month in October and November.Talent from the KMA area will be aired"live" over KMA direct from the KMAstudios. First, second and third place prizeswill be awarded.

PUBLIC INVITEDFor the grand climax to OLDTIMER'S

NIGHT, the top six winners, three eachfrom October and November, in the "TalentHunt" will compete in a show to be givenDec. 12 at Park Playhouse in Shenandoah.Date and place are tentative.

The public is invited to attend the eventto be emceed by Dave White and T. J. Mik-kelsen. It will also be broadcast over KMA.

Preceding the final competition, plans arenow being made to showcase former KMAentertainers in a nostalgic program from7 to 8 p.m. that same evening at the ParkPlayhouse.

At 8 p.m., the contest will begin for thechampionship trophies. Judges will be Ms.Barbara Jackson, Essex vocal music in-structor, Dennis Dau, Farragut instru-mental music instructor, and Nelson Crow,head of the Music Department at IowaWestern Community College at Clarinda.

READER WRITES: "Enclosed is a checkfor $1.00 for renewal of the KMA Guide.I enjoy the magazine, first read recipes asthat's my hobby, then Edward May writeup, then Frank Field's. From there I takepages as they come. All in all - goodreading." . . . Milford, Nebraska

TREES FOR GLENWOOD

These two OLDTIMERS will give away a bunch of prizesin "Word Jumbo," "Name That Tune" and "Talent Hunt"contests on their Wednesday night specials. That's DaveWhite on the left and T. J. Mikkelsen.

The annual drive for fundsto provide Christmas Treesfor the Glenwood StateHospital -School at Glenwood,Ia. will begin soon overKMA Radio.

For the 13th consecutiveyear, KMA will ask its lis-teners to contribute tobrighten and enhance theholiday season for the pa-tients there. Ninety-fourtrees are needed to give thatspecial fragrant and twink-ling atmosphere that onlyYule trees can give. Withthe contributions from thealways generous listeners,the trees are bought at costfrom the Earl May Seed andNursery Co., which in turnprovides the truck and helpto get the trees to the schoolearly in December.


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BEST WISHES FOR THE HOLIDAYS

FROM KMA RADIO AND GUIDE

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Makes wedding plans.

The engagement of Miss CAROL LEAKLING to MARK MILLER has been an-nounced by her parents, NORM and MAR-GARET KLING. Norm is one of the KMAengineers. Mark is the son of Mr. and Mrs.MAX MILLER of Shenandoah.

The couple plans to marry in September,1974 after Carol Lea completes her LPNtraining at Iowa Western Community Col-lege at Clarinda. She is a 1973 graduate ofShenandoah High School, and Mark wasgraduated from SHS in 1971 and alsograduated from Iowa Western in 1973. Heis employed by Brown Shoe Fit Co., inAtlantic. Ia.

BILL and LOUANN OELLERMANNwere getting little BILLY ready to go overto visit their neighbors one evening, andBilly says "ANGIE." Seems Billy's thoughtsturn immediately to his favorite playmate,ANGELA GOODIN, daughter of MIKE andJACKIE GOODIN.

CLIFF ADAMS' daughter, KATHY, hasgone out for girls basketball and reportedfor first practice late in October. She is ineighth grade.

ED MAY, JR. thinks his little Porschecar is great for traveling to college. It isan eye-catching bright red with a remov-able black top. Ed is a sophomore at DoaneCollege at Crete, Neb. this year.

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Shades of Abe Lincoln.

The "old rail-splitter" himself sits on hisnew backyard fence. Actually the logs arenot split, but MIKE GOODIN, KMA Pro-gram Director, did build it. He also plantedthat tiered strawberry bed in the back-ground.

Engineer RALPH LUND rushed down toBig Lake, Mo., and found some floodingaround his cottage but was able to close itfor the winter. However, he had to leavehis old car until dryer days as the mud wastoo deep to get out.

Ideal for traveling to college.

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For ten years, ORMAH CARMEANworked at KMA Radio. She was the firstprogram director in the early days of thestation. Now MRS. HARRY MeGLONE ofDelray Beach, Florida, she stands besidethe gallery of pictures of former enter-tainers and employees of KMA (right.)Her picture is up on that wall. In it, she isstanding by Jack Todd and Jessie Youngand the date of the picture is 1926. Mrs.McGlone returns to Shenandoah to renewfriendships almost yearly.

MARSHA BROYLES from Continuitycame back from Kansas City with reportsof a fabulous development built right into abluff in the heart of downtown KansasCity. It is called Crown Center and fea-tures restaurants, shops and an imitationNiagara Falls. She says the walls are dirt,and they have had trouble with snakescoming out when it rains. At least that isthe story she heard. Another place she andher husband, TERRY, visited was theWashington Street Station whose decor isearly day railroads, and at the River QuayMarsha claims they have 10 kinds ofspaghetti. Accompanying Marsha and Ter-ry on their expedition were her uncle andaunt, MR. AND MRS. WALTER KINGwho live in Kansas City.

Managerial Secretary EVALYN SANERseemed to get warmer and warmer as shetalked to WAYNE McMANNAMA of EarlMay Seed and Nursery Co. That day inSeptember was not too hot either, in fact itwas raining, before had she hadthis reaction to Wayne. Puzzled Evie look-ed down to discover the wastebasket at herfeet ablaze. Without saying a word, shegrabbed the basket, ran out the two frontdoors of the KMA building and dumped thefire in the rainwater in the gutter. Waynewho claims he "flusters Evie" called as shewent out the door "don't burn yourself."She didn't.

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A look at past and present.

Two of the youngest members of KMAstaff families celebrated their birthdays re-cently, but we failed to mark the occasionsin the Guide Birthday Box. As it happens,both are connected with the News Depart-ment ono bias, fellows, honest) and weapologize to the little ones. AMY, daugh-ter of News Director NED DERMODY,observed her big No. 1 birthday on Sept.27, and Associate News Director BILLOELLERMANN'S son and namesake, WIL-LIAM JR., celebrated his second birthdayon July 16. We can report they both hadhappy birthdays, and we promise to re-member next year.

It's not often that LARRY HILL'S twosons come to KMA. but one day just beforeschool started they joined their Dad in thesales office. That's TIM, 6, sitting in hisDad's chair. He is in first grade at Essexthis year. Behind him is his big 11 -year -old brother, TONY, who goes to sixth gradeat Essex.

Strong family resemblance.

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Here's hoping your holidays will be joy-ful and full of love. Perhaps these recipeswill make your entertaining easier thiscoming season.

DOUBLE NUTTY COFFEE CAKEPurple Award at Nebraska State Fair 1973

Marla McCoy, Furnas CountyCombine and mix well:

11/4 cup boiling water1 cup quick oats

Let stand until cool and set aside.Cream:

14 cup margarine or butter with 1 cupsugar and 1 cup brown sugar

Add:2 eggs% t. salt1 t. vanilla11/2 cups flour1 t. soda1 t. cinnamon

Add the oatmeal and stir well. Pour intotwo 8x8" square pans or one 9x13" pan,greased. Sprinkle with topping.

Topping:2 t. cinnamon3 T. margarine or butter1/2 cup sugar1% cup flour14 cup grapenuts or % cup chopped

nutsBake in 350° oven for 25-35 minutes.

While still warm, drizzle with powderedsugar frosting.

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COCONUT CHOCOLATE CHIPCOOKIES

% cup soft margarine% cup sugar% cup brown sugar1 egg1% squares unsweetened chocolate,

melted1 t. vanilla1 cup flour% t. salt2 t. soda1 6 -oz. pkg. chocolate chips1 cup finely shredded coconut

Cream margarine, sugars, egg, meltedchocolate, vanilla until light and fluffy.Sift together flour, salt and soda and addto creamed mixture. Stir in the semi -sweetchocolate bits and the coconut. Drop byteaspoon on cookie sheet. Bake at 375° for12 minutes.

APPLE -GLAZED HAM1 3 -lb. ready -to -eat hamWhole cloves2 T. apple jelly1 t. vinegar

t. dry mustard% t. cinnamon

Place cloves on ham as desired. Mix re-maining ingredients together. Bake accord-ing to can instructions. After half the bak-ing time, remove ham from the oven andspread with apple jelly mixture. Return tothe oven to complete baking. Makes a nicesweet glaze. Garnish with baked applerings.

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This recipe came from Josie Nagel ofMarshall, Mo. who formerly lived nearShenandoah, and is now in her 80's.

POPPY SEED BREAD3 cups flour11/2 t. salt1% t. baking powder2% cups sugar1% cups milk11/4 cups salad oil1% T. poppy seed3 eggs1% t. vanilla11/2 t. almond

Mix all ingredients together. Beat withelectric mixer 2 minutes. Grease and flour2 loaf pans and bake in 350° oven for 1hour and 15 minutes.

Glaze:8/4 cup sugar1/4 cup orange juice1/2 t. vanilla% t. almond2 t. melted butter

Mix well. Spoon on bread while still hot.Re -spoon over bread as it runs off until itsets. This bread freezes well.

JACKIE GOODIN'S ANISE CANDYCombine:

3 cups sugar% cup light corn syrup1 cup water

Bring to hard crack stage. Remove fromheat and add 5 to 7 drops of oil of anise,purchased from a drug store. Amount ofoil depends on personal taste. After oil isadded, a smoky vapor will form. Add eitherred or green food coloring. Pour onto but-tered cookie sheet. Break into pieces whencooled.

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The National Turkey Federation sentthese recipes my way. Here are a couple ofnew ideas for your leftover Holiday turkey.

TURKEY SOUP CONTINENTAL1% cup margarine1 cup chopped cooked turkey2 T. chopped onion2 cups diced potatoes1 cup diced celery2 cups turkey broth2% cups cream -style corn1 tall can evaporated milk1 t. salt34 t. paprika

t. ginger% t. pepper2 T. chopped parsley

Melt butter over low heat. Add turkeyand onion; cook until onion is transparent.Add potatoes, celery, and turkey broth;stir and cook until mixture is well blendedand slightly thick. Simmer until vegetablesare tender. Add corn, milk, and seasonings.Heat thoroughly, stirring occasionally. Sea-son to taste with additional salt and pep-per. Serve hot and garnish with parsley.8 servings.

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LUCKY SEVEN TURKEY SANDWICH8 slices rye bread8 slices Swiss cheese8 lettuce leaves16 slices tomato8 slices cooked sliced turkey1 quart Thousand Island dressing2 hard -cooked eggs, sliced8 slices bacon, cut in half and fried8 ripe olives

For each sandwich, place 1 slice ryebread on a serving plate. Top with 1 sliceSwiss cheese, lettuce, 2 tomato slices, 1turkey slice, and finally with % cup Thou-sand Island dressing. Garnish with 2 eggslices, 2 bacon slices and 1 ripe olive.Makes 8 sandwiches of seven layers.

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QUICK TOFFEEBy Mrs. Hugh Loudon, Clarinda

11/2 cups brown sugar% lb. butter (not margarine)% t. vanilla

Cook on low heat in a heavy pan. Stirwell. When it begins to boil, cook 7 minutesor until it comes to the hard crack stage.Have ready a buttered cookie sheet(15x10") and cover it with chopped al-monds. It will take about 2 cups. Poursyrup over nuts. Scatter one 12 -oz. packageof chocolate chips over top and cover tight-ly with foil till chocolate melts. Then spreadevenly over top and chill. You can eithermark the chocolate into squares to be cutlater, or you can break as you do peanutbrittle.

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CHRISTMAS TREATSCOOKBOOK

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100 BEST RECIPES

Cookies, Cakes and otherDesserts

Six prize-winning recipes plusother entries in the recent con-test conducted by Brenda Kayof KMA's "Living Today"show.

Just in time for the Holidays-get your order in now forthese mouth-watering recipes.

Send only 250 to cover thecost of the mailing to BrendaKay, KMA Radio, Shenandoah,Iowa 51601.

GREEN BEANS WITH ONION BUTTER% cup onion butter% cup water% t. garlic powder1/2 bay leaf% t. thyme2 9 -oz. pkgs. frozen green beans,

preferably French -styleOnion butter: thoroughly blend 1 enve-

lope onion soup mix with % pound mar-garine. Makes 1% cups and unused portionmay be refrigerated for use with othervegetables and potatoes.

In skillet, melt onion butter and add wa-ter and seasonings. Stir in green beans andsimmer, covered, stirring occasionally, for8 minutes or till beans are tender. 6 serv-ings.

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PUMPKIN PECAN CAKE1 pkg. spice cake mix (18 oz.)1 cup canned pumpkin% cup salad oil1 pkg. instant vanilla pudding mix3 eggs1 t. cinnamon% cup water% cup chopped pecans, reserving 8

pecan halvesCombine ingred'lnts except pecans and

beat at medium speed for 5 minutes. Stirin 1/2 cup pecans. Place pecan halves in bot-tom of greased bundt pan sprinkled withflour. Secure each pecan with piece of mar-garine. Pour in batter and bake at 350° 40to 45 minutes. Let cool 15 minutes and turnout to complete cooling. Serve with icecream or whipped cream.


PRESERVE COOKIESMrs. Ralph Stamps, Clarinda

Cream:4 sticks butter or 2 sticks butter and

2 sticks margarineAdd:

4 cups flour, a little at a time1 pt. vanilla ice cream, softened

Chill for 3 hours. Roll into 1" balls.Press with finger and fill with favorite pre-serves. Bake at 350° for 10-12 minutes.Sprinkle with powdered sugar.

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OLD-FASHIONED RAISIN BARSMrs. Max Cramer, Clarinda

1 cup raisins and 1 cup water% cup shortening or salad oil1 cup sugar1% cups flour1 t. soda% t. nutmeg1/4 t. cloves1 beaten egg1/4 t. salt1 t. cinnamon

t. allspice% cup nuts

Combine raisins and water in a saucepan; bring to a boil and remove from heat.Stir in shortening and cool to lukewarm.Stir in sugar and egg. Sift together dryingredients; beat into raisin mixture. Stirin nuts. Pour into greased cookie sheet.Bake at 375° for 12 minutes or till done.When cool, cut into bars. Dust lightly withconfectioners' sugar or frost while warmwith powdered sugar frosting.

PAT NIXON'S CORN SOUFFLE2 T. butter2 T. flour1 t. salt1/4 t. ground pepper1/4 t. paprikaDash tabasco sauce1 cup milk1 pkg. frozen corn3 eggs, separated

Heat oven to 375°. Butter a 1 -quart cas-serole. In a sauce pan, melt the butter.Blend in flour, salt, pepper, paprika, andtabasco sauce. Add milk and cook and stiruntil thickened. Let the corn thaw until itjust separates into kernels and add. Sepa-rate whites from yolks. Beat the whitestill stiff. and beat the yolks until thick.Add the thickened yolks to the corn mix-ture. Fold in egg whites. Turn into cas-serole. Bake at 375° for 30 to 35 minutes.Serves 4.

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Mincemeat peaches make a delicious des-sert. Fill centers of canned peach halveswith a spoonful of mincemeat. Bake in amoderate oven about 20 minutes. Basteseveral times during baking with orangejuice. Top each half with whipped cream.

SNICKERDOODLES(cookies)

1 cup shortening or 1/2 butter and %shortening

11/2 cups sugar2 eggs2% cups flour2 t. cream of tartar1 t. baking soda1/4 t. salt2 T. colored sugar2 T. sugar and 1 t. cinnamon

Heat oven to 403 degrees. Mix shorten-ing, sugar, and eggs. Blend flour, creamof tartar, soda, salt; stir in. Chill dough.Shape dough in 1 inch balls. Roll balls insugar mixture. Place on ungreased bakingsheet. Bake 8 to 10 minutes. Makes 6dozen.

DANISH PUFFSMrs. Kathy Hunter - Clarinda

Step 1 - Cut % cup oleo into 1 cupflour; add 2 tablespoons cold water. Stiruntil well blended. Divide dough in half,and press each into a 3x12 inch piece onungreased cookie sheet. (Both will fit onone sheet.)

Step 2 - Boil 1 cup water with % cupoleo; add 1 teaspoon almond extract andremove from heat. Stir in 1 cup flour andadd 3 eggs, one at a time, stirring wellafter each egg. Spread this over dough,evenly divided, and bake at 425 degrees for50 minutes. If your oven is extra hot, re-duce heat to 400 after 30 minutes.

Step 3 - Mix 3 cups powdered sugar, 4tablespoons cream. 2 tablespoons oleo, 1teaspoon vanilla together. Frost Danishwhile still hot.

CHOCOLATE -PEANUT BREAKAWAYS1 cup butter, softened11/2 cups brown sugar (packed)2 cups flour1/4 cup dark corn syrup1 egg1 pkg. (6 oz.) semi -sweet chocolate

morsels1 cup salted peanuts

Heat oven to 375°. Grease jelly roll pan,151/2x10%xl inch; line with waxed paper.Cream butter and sugar. Stir in remainingingredients. Spread in pan. Bake 20 to 25minutes or until light brown. Loosen layerfrom sides of pan; invert layer onto bakingsheet. Carefully remove waxed paper. Cool;break into pieces.

Variation: Do not line pan with waxedpaper and do not remove baked layer frompan. Cut layer into 2 -inch squares. 35squares.

BANANAS IN NECTARFill 4 chilled sherbet dishes with sliced

bananas. Add enough frosty -cold apricotnectar to cover. Garnish fruit with man-darin orange sections or maraschino cher-ries.

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Mrs. Don Williams and Mrs.Fred Bryson of Villiscashared with Brenda some ofthe items featured at theYankee Peddler Bazaar andArt Show which attractedhundreds of people this fallto the Vililacs event.

To kick-off National 4-HWeek, these Atchison (Mo.)county 4-H'ers were guestson "Living Today."


LIVING TODAY

GUESTS

Mark Poston, Villisca, andGloria Harms, Clarinda, bothmembers of the Page County4-H talked with Brenda Kayabout their 4-H activitiesduring National 4-H Weekin October.

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FEEDBACKBy NED DERMODY

New tools and added personnel will hope-fully increase the efficiency of the KMANews Department. Late this summer, threeprototype teletypes were installed in ourne..sroom replacing "15" units that havebeen in service for almost three decades.The units - called extel printers - havebeen in use in brokerage houses and forspecial use for several years but have onlyrecently been constructed with sufficientstrength to sustain the 24 hour steady flowof print that flows from the bureaus ofUnited Press International and the Associ-ated Press. The extel unit has only sevenmoving parts versus over 500 in the old"15" models. The "print" is produced bymagnetically driven pins that impregnateone-half the depth of a specially treatedaction type paper. The machines are vir-tually maintenance free and for all intentsand purposes .. . silent. An additional bene-fit enables the unit to print up to 300 wordsper minute although present printer speedsare limited to 60 to 65 words a minute. Forpurposes of comparison, a five minutenewscast could be printed fully in one min-ute at optimum speed.

In the very near future, KMA News willincrease its overall mobile capacity throughthe installation of two radio -telephones en-abling us to file live radio on the scenereports from anywhere in the four -statearea. Mobile reports for radio news is noth-ing new of course but KMA Radio's specialfour -state location and huge coverage areaposed special problems that could not besolved through standard means. FM radio

The KMA GuideNOVEMBER -DECEMBER, 1973

Vol. 30 No. 6The KMA Guide is published every other monthby the Tom Thumb Publishing Co., 205 No. ElmSt., Shenandoah, Iowa. Carl Andersen, editorialchairman: Mary Williams, editor. Subscriptionprice $1 per year (6 issues) in the UnitedStates, foreign countries. $1.50 per year. Allowone month notice for change of address and hesure to send old as well as new address and zip.

special band broadcasts used by most radiostations for on the scene reports is limitedto line of sight distance and thus have arange limited to about 20 miles. The tele-phone company in Shenandoah did not havea radio telephone operation available whichprecluded the use of radio telephones. How-ever, the Southwest Telephone Exchange inEmerson has installed the service, and ournews department has arranged for installa-tion of two units.

Still . . . new equipment and excellentfacilities . . . provide only the tools for ourwork. It takes working journalists usingthose tools to provide the information andanalysis utilized in producing KMA news-casts. To that end . . . Bill Bone, a 22 -year -old native of Iowa, and a June graduatefrom Northwest Missouri State University,has joined our news staff working thenightside with special emphasis on Shenan-doah and Page and Fremont County cover-age. (See next page.)

SHORT TAKES:KMA News received top prize from the

Iowa Associated Press Broadcast Group forspot news coverage. Theaward was for coverage ofthe murder of a Tarkio, Mis-souri girl and the subsequentarrest and conviction of aTarkio College student inconnection with the killing.Bill Oellermann providedmost of the coverage andfollowup material.

Some of the people who filled in for Brenda Kay on the"Living Today Show" while she was gone in recent monthsincluded: Top picture (I to r) James A. Nardini, CandyKrysehnire, Dr. T. E. Shonka and Michael Springer, allfrom Mental Health Institute staff at Clarinda.

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News Director Ned Der-mody has received an invita-tion from the University ofMissouri School of Journal-ism to attend and partici-pate in a symposium on sci-ence in society at the Lakeof the Ozarks. The sympo-sium is designed to explorepossible new approaches incommunicating science newsto the public.

Senior News Editor RalphChilds recovered quicklyfrom surgery at Hand Hos-pital in Shenandoah in earlyOctober and is back at hisdesk and microphone.

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TO KMA NEWS STAFFAll night-time newscasts on KMA are

now being give by Bill Bone, the latest ad-dition to the News Department of the RadioStation.

He comes to KMA from Trenton, Mo.,where he was newsman on radio stationKTTN. Bill is a 1973 graduate of North-west Missouri State University at Mary-ville.

A native Iowan, Bill whose birth certifi-cate designates him as Lorence WilliamBone, was born April 8, 1951 in Des Moines.His parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Bone re-side at Prairie City, Iowa, where Bill grewup. He has one sister, Mrs. Jim Elrod.

With the addition of Bill, KMA now hasthree bachelors on its staff. Incidentallythis dark haired young man sports a mus-tache. He prefers the color brown and sea-food and steak for food. He thinks it wouldbe great to travel extensively in the UnitedStates and abroad with lots of money at hisdisposal.

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Chamber of Commerce President JimArend presents certificate of appreciationto Ralph Childs.

Cited for his work with the youth of thecommunity, Dale Bright was named "dis-tinguished citizen."

UNSUNG HEROES

For the second year, people who havebeen extraordinarily good citizens werehonored as "Unsung Heroes" at the Shen-andoah Chamber of Commerce's annualbanquet held in October at the LegionCountry Club. Again this year, KMA Radioand Earl May Seed and Nursery Companyhad staff members selected for this tribute.

KMA Newscaster Ralph Childs was rec-ognized not only for his years of publicservice through radio but also for his serv-ice as a teacher of an adult Bible class,vestryman and lay reader in his church formany years. His work as treasurer of theElk's Lodge and of the local SalvationArmy committee was also commended. Healso established with his wife, Muriel, andruns The Record Room, a music store.

Dale Bright Is recognized in his profes-sion as the only registered seed technolo-gist in the state of Iowa and is one of just

104 in the United States and Canada. Heis employed by Earl May Seed and NurseryCompany.

For the past 13 years, he has been ac-tively engaged in Scouting, serving as troopcommitteeman, institutional representativeand treasurer. He has assisted Scout-masters for years on various committees,"freeze outs", accompanied boys to summercamp and furnished cars for projects andtrips.

Also active in his church, he has servedas an usher for 14 years, is past presidentand board member of the ShenandoahMen's Brotherhood and works faithfullywith Shenandoah's United Way.

In addition, KMA Radio received anaward for service from the Chamber ofCommerce which was presented to StationManager "Andy" Andersen, who also actedas Master of Ceremonies for the banquet.

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