WLU lunch draws crowd
The Woman’s Literary Union annual Salad Luncheon on June 13 was a popular affair. It was held at 11:30 a.m. at the Deering Masonic Hall, Portland.
Members made and donated the food, which was excellent. Also the freshly baked donated bread was appreciated, as was the huge frosted cake for dessert.
Alice Allen was busy snapping photographs. Mary Kibbee was program chairman. Proceeds were to benefit the Eunice Frye Clubhouse Fund.
At our table were Colleen Reed, Shirley Cobb, and Helen Martin, Westbrook; Mary Martin, Saco; Nora Stetson, South Portland; Louise Whitehead, Portland, and Anna Brown, Sebago.
The pretty floral arrangements were done by member Anna Brown, who is treasurer of the Maine Iris Society. On each table were small vases with daisies, chive, johnny-jump-ups, and hosta leaves. At the serving table were large vases of iris and a large bowl of rhododendron blossoms. These all added so much to the nice luncheon, too.
The salad dishes and their contributors were: broccoli salad, D. Auston; stuffed eggs (always popular), Phyllis Stickney; five cup salad, Joan McCormack; chicken salads, Gertrude Parker, Dot Lane, Madeline Frend, and Nora Stetson; chicken salad curry, Pat Shapazian; Chinese chicken, Kay Weidhas; Jell-o salad, Aase Kjos-Hansen; Greek salad, Arla Cohen; Italian tortellini, Mary Kibbee; shrimp salad, Marilyn Spencer; fruit salad, Joan DeRice; pasta, beans and tomato, Louise Whitehead; fruit salad, Anne Chapman; bean salad, Joan O’Toole and pickled beets, Gloria Stover.
The Red Hat ladies hear Daniel O’Donnell
Polly Spencer, a Grange friend of mine, who is a Daniel O’Donnell fan, as I am, sent me a list of a group who traveled to Bangor to an O’Donnell concert. He is a famous Irish singer, 45 years old, and is from Kincasslagh, Ireland.
Polly hopes that he might come to Portland.
The Red Hat Chapter from this area, the Flopsie Topsies, included Polly Spencer, Mary Webster and Cheryl Robbins, Gorham; Betty Huff, Scarborough; Debbie Brookings, Westbrook; Beverly Hagar, Pownal; Maxine Hodgkins, Gray; and Sherry Thompson, Windham.
They stayed overnight in the Fairfield Inn, Bangor. All had a very enjoyable trip, and I think that Daniel O’Donnell now has a few more fans.
Lupines still in bloom
Last week, Shirley Lowell of Westbrook and I enjoyed the short walk on the Capisic Pond Park trail to view the lupines. They are a beautiful flower. The next day my cousin, Betty Stearns, and I took the same walk to admire the purple lupines.
My latest view was in Cape Elizabeth, on the Two Lights Road, going out. They included several pink lupines among the purples, and also there were a few white blooms.
A visit to Anna Brown’s garden
Last Saturday, Alice Allen and I visited Anna Brown’s home and extensive gardens at Sebago. What a treat it was! She is a member of the Woman’s Literary Union and had invited the ladies at our table at the club’s annual salad luncheon to drive to Sebago and visit her there. On Friday, Colleen Reed and Helen Martin had been there too.
We all agree that it is a spectacular place. After a look at the grounds and the extensive rock gardens, we spent a pleasant hour in Anna’s screened summer house on the side of a hillside of plants, and looking down and out to Sebago Lake.
I knew a few of the blooms – many irises, white, lavender, and deep purple and yellow, and lupines, and Anna pointed out many familiar plants – foxgloves, coral bells, meadow rue, daisies, poppies, lilies, ferns, hosta plants, to name a few.
The plants are growing around huge rocks on the side of a hill, and Anna’s husband has added several smaller rocks to enhance the garden’s appearance. It is a handsome site.
Behind the summer house on this hillside, are a forest of large trees which would also be fun to explore. These acres must be attractive to many birds, too.
Anna is secretary of he Maine Iris Society, and she explained the varieties of irises to us.
We thank her for her invitation to us.
After our visit, we returned to Alice’s Sebago home, and I had a chance to admire her pink lady’s slippers growing near the house in a wooded area. They are a graceful flower, one we don’t see in the city.
RECIPE
Today’s recipe is a great one, given to me years ago at an Oxford Pomona Grange meeting, in Fryeburg. It was made by Margaret Wentzell. I still make this big recipe, which lasts our now-small family for three meals!
MARGARET’S ZUCCHINI CASSEROLE
2 lbs. zucchini, sliced and pre-cooked
1 grated carrot
1 onion
1 cup sour cream
1 can cream of chicken soup
6 oz. sharp cheese, grated
Mix these ingredients all together. Melt one stick of margarine (or butter) and pour it over an 8 oz. package of herb stuffing mix, or make your own stuffing. Add half of this to the vegetable mix and spread the rest on the top. Bake 20 to 30 minutes at 350 degrees.
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