Family Recipe Friday: Aunt Vera's Molasses Cookies

Aunt Vera (Haley) Stuber made these delicious cookies.   They were a favorite with Weldon LeMaster.  He remembers them being as large as saucers.   Note the quantities of ingredients and assume the recipe made a lot depending on size.   I had no directions for the recipe as to how long to bake and what temperature, so I referred to a modern cookbook.  

    1 1/2 pounds lard                                              
    3 pounds brown sugar                                           
    1 pint sorghum molasses                                        
    12 eggs                                                        
    2-4 tablespoons baking soda                                    
    2 tablespoons cinnamon                                         
    5 pounds flour       

                                          

Mix lard and brown sugar.  Add molasses and eggs; mix well.  Add soda cinnamon and flour.  Chill and roll into small balls and bake at 375 for 8-12 minutes.   Cookies freeze well.  This recipe can be cut in half.


Family Recipe Friday – is an opportunity to share your family recipes with fellow bloggers and foodies alike. Whether it’s an old-fashioned recipe passed down through generations, a recipe uncovered through your family history research, or a discovered recipe that embraces your ancestral heritage share them on Family Recipe Friday. This series was suggested by Lynn Palermo of The Armchair Genealogist.

Business Listings : Jay County, Indiana (1907) : Wehrly

Source: Complete Directory of Jay County, M. & M. Directory Co., Portland, Ind., 1907, p. 27.

Source: Complete Directory of Jay County, M. & M. Directory Co., Portland, Ind., 1907, p. 31.

My paternal great granduncle, John William WEHRLY (1870-1954) was a jeweler in Portland, Indiana.  He was the son of William P. and Olive Jane (SMITH) WEHRLY.

I do not know for sure that he was the same Wehrly involved with the buggy sales at Wehrly Bros.

Wedding Wednesday: Ora Lee Brady Weds Garth L. LeMaster

Source: Commercial-Review, Portland, Indiana, May 11, 1942, page 3

Ora Lee Brady Weds Garth L. LeMaster In Home Ceremony

In a pretty ceremony, performed at 8 o'clock Saturday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. G.W. Logan on East Main street, Miss Ora Lee Brady became the bride of Garth Luman LeMaster, both of Portland.

Rev. J.H. Nall, pastor of the First United Brethren church, read the impressive single ceremony in the presence of Mr. and Mrs. Elvin LeMaster, J.C. Downey and Mr. and Mrs. Logan.

The bride, who is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Brady, wore a blue crepe street length dress with beige accessories.  Her flowers were a corsage of sweetpeas and rosebuds.  Her attendant, Mrs. Elvin LeMaster wore a rose crepe with beige accessories.  The groom, who is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence LeMaster, was attended by Mr. LeMaster.

The bride is a graduate of the class of 1939 from the Portland high school and Mr. LeMaster graduated from the Jackson township high school the same year.

The young couple will reside in Union City where the groom is employed.

Wedding Wednesday – a great way to display those old wedding photos or scan wedding invitations and announcements! Suggested by Carol of Reflections from the Fence and in use by several genealogy bloggers.