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Recipes from Martha Ruth Leonard

Feeding the
Five Thousand

Chinese Barbecue

10-oz. jar of damson plum jelly

1/3 cup soy sauce

2 cloves garlic, minced

2 lbs. country style spareribs

1/3 cup Karo dark corn syrup

1/4 cup chopped green onion

2 tsps. ground ginger

Heat all ingredients except ribs. Pour over ribs, cover and marinate. Place ribs on rack in foil lined pan. Bake in 350 degree oven 1 hour, turning and basting with marinade. Or, place on outdoor grill over medium heat, turning and basting. Serves 4.

Half-Penny Snacks

1 stick oleo (room temp.)

1/2 lb. mild cheddar cheese, grated

1/2 tsp. salt

1 cup plain flour

1/2 pkg. dry onion soup mix

Combine oleo and cheese with fingers. Add flour and salt. Add dry soup mix, make into roll. Chill and then slice into 1/4 inch thickness. Bake on cookie sheet, 10-15 minutes at 375 degrees. Cool 10 minutes until crisp.

Asparagus Fold-Overs

Trim crusts from slices of whole wheat bread; roll flat with rolling pin. Spread lightly with soft butter and sprinkle sparingly with grated Parmesan cheese. Thoroughly drain canned asparagus spears and pat dry with paper towels. Place a spear of asparagus diagonally across bread square, bring up two opposite points of bread and insert a wooden toothpick to fasten. If you prefer a rolled sandwich, place asparagus spear along one edge of bread square and roll tightly. Brush with melted butter, bake at 400 degrees for about 12 minutes. Serve hot. These fold-overs may be frozen after brushing with butter. Place, frozen, in hot oven and bake until lightly browned.

Chocolate Upside Down Cake

Cream 3/4 cup sugar, 1 tbsp. butter; add 1/2 cup milk. Sift together, 1 cup flour, 1/4 tsp. salt, 1 tsp. baking powder, 1-1/2 tbsps. cocoa.

Add alternately with milk to sugar and butter mixture, pour into heavily greased square pan (use butter to grease).

Sprinkle 1/2 cup pecans over this.

Mix 1/2 cup white sugar, 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1/4 cup cocoa. Sprinkle on top of pecans. Pour 1-1/4 cup boiling water over all. Bake 30 minutes in 350 degree oven. Makes chocolate sauce on bottom Serves 8.

T-ball action

Holly Springs Wal-Mart and Bubba’s Bulldogs of Potts Camp had some T-ball fun on the baseball diamond last week. The T-ball action is part of the Marshall County Dizzy Dean League.

Photos by Ronnie Day

Anna Lauren Bain eyes the ball.

Ethan Cook chases Tanner Cook.


Dalton Turner runs hard to the base.	Matthew Callicutt dashes to first base.

Sy McNeer takes a big swing.	Dunn Boatwright plays his position in the field.

Pages from the Past

10 Years Ago - May 29, 1997

Selected to intern in Washington

Marie Austin Moore of Holly Springs has been selected to intern this summer in the Washington office of U.S. Senator Trent Lott. She has worked for the past two years in Lott’s field office in Oxford. Moore, a senior at the University of Mississippi, was recently tapped into the Mortar Board, a senior honor society. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. Rook Moore III of Holly Springs.

Lauren Webb receives awards

Lauren Elizabeth Webb of Holly Springs, a junior at St. Mary’s Episcopal School in Memphis, Tenn., was the recipient of five awards at the school’s Class Day ceremonies.

Journalism award

Amy Hall of Potts Camp received the Dub Shoemaker Journalism Scholarship award at the University of Mississippi. The award is given to a full-time, journalism major. She is the daughter of Larry and Pam Hall of Potts Camp.

25 Years Ago - June 3, 1982

Stennis carries county

To the surprise of few, U.S. Senator John C. Stennis breezed to an easy win of the Democratic nomination to retain his Senate seat, while Republican Party operative Haley Barbour won the GOP nomination in the first primary. Just under 1,500 Marshall Countains went to the polls Tuesday in a race with no local entries.

Phi Kappa Phi initiate

Paul Crutcher of Holly Springs is a new initiate of Phi Kappa Phi honorary at the University of Mississippi. Phi Kappa Phi national honorary fraternity is the highest scholastic honor to be obtained at Ole Miss. Paul is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Crutcher.

New chairmen

Newly elected intramurals chairmen for Delta Gamma sorority at Mississippi State University are Mindy Miller, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Graham Miller of Holly Springs and Julie Bonner of Memphis, Tenn.

50 Years Ago - May 30, 1957

Mrs. Frank Hopkins Sr. receives Butler Award

Mrs. Frank Hopkins Sr. was recently presented a plaque for “Quarter of A Century Continuous Ben Franklin Operation.” The presentation was made for Butler Brothers by Herbert Wollard of Memphis, Tenn., Ben Franklin supervisor in this area. Mrs. Hopkins’ husband bought his first stock of goods from Butler Bros. when he opened the Racket Store in 1909 at the present location of the Golden Rule. After Mr. Hopkins’ death in 1953, their son Frank Jr. returned to Holly Springs and was associated with his mother at the store. In March Mrs. Hopkins sold the business to Fred A. DeBardeleben, who had for a number of years operated a Ben Franklin store in Memphis, Tenn.

Teens Awhirl by Nettie Smith

The time has come for Carole Jean to bid you farewell, but I will try to take up where she left off. I know the seniors are having a wonderful time in New Orleans and the juniors really enjoyed their picnic, Friday, thanks to their sponsor, Mr. Wiggs.

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