With her leopard-skin stiletto boots and short black dress she may not bear an obvious resemblance to the radio show host, but she does have a reputation for her spot and stain removers and other handy hints.
Need to get the smell of skunk out of your hair? Try tomato juice.
Lipstick and ink markings on fabric can be removed with hairspray, while hoof oil is great for dry heels.
Miss Small is organising a gathering of expatriate Americans in Waimate on July 5 to mark Independence Day, which falls on July 4.
Originally from Virginia, she has lived in Waimate for 11 years.
She said she had organised other gatherings, at which the topic of food had come up in conversation.
"Americans love to get together and talk and eat," she said.
Americans sometimes had to adapt their favourite recipes, or substitute ingredients, when they moved to New Zealand.
Miss Small was seeking those adapted recipes from people so she could compile a recipe book which would include a helpful hints section.
She had "no interest whatsoever" in cooking, and joked that she always brought the ice and conversation to a party.
However, she was a self-confessed cleaning freak who was usually in the kitchen cleaning up once everyone had finished eating.
She did once own a food processor, she said, but used it to make body lotions rather than cakes.
"Aunt Daisy" (Maud Basham) broadcast a popular weekday morning national radio show - a compilation of news, talks, gossip, recipes, handy hints and good advice - for 25 years until her death in 1963.
