1 1/2 cup flour

1 1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

2/3 cup chocolate chips

1 cup sugar

2 cups pecans

1 cup chopped dates
1 cup candied cherries

3 eggs

Grease loaf panvery well. Line with wax paper.

Shift flour, salt and soda then stir in nuts, dates and cherries. In a large bowl with a mixer, beat eggs well then beat in sugar.fold sugar and eggs into the mix, and pour into loaf pan. Bake at 325 for  1 1/2 hours (90 minutes) cool in pan.

My grandma named this after receiveing this gift from someone in the church YEARS back. SHe got the receipe from the bishops wife, after asking for it. (like back in the 40s or so)