Banner Graphic, Volume 10, Number 92, Greencastle, Putnam County, 20 December 1979 — Page 7

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Mr. And Mrs. Russell Johnson, Route 2, Clayton, wish to announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Barbara, to Gary Eubank, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gene Eubank, Route 2, Greencastle. Barbara will be a 1980 graduate of Cascade High School. Gary was a 1976 graduate of South Putnam. Both are employed by Marsh Supermarket, Greencastle. A Jan. 12 wedding at 4:30 p.m. in the Clayton Baptist Church is being planned. All friends and relatives are invited.

Abby Faithful daughter still loyal to faithless father DEAR ABBY: I'm a 22-year old married woman with a problem I'm sure is not unique in these times. Three years ago my lather walked out on my mother, leaving her with a mortgage, two children to feed and clothe, and a stack of bills to pay. Of course he had a girlfriend, to whom he is now happily married. This scandal broke up two families, damaged six children and provided this town of 17,000 with gossip for a year. Mother is understandably bitter. Her whole life has stopped since her divorce. She doesn’t have any men friends, and refuses to make a new life for herself. Worse yet, she expects undivided loyalty from her children, which means not seeing or talking to our father and his wife. * Abby, I am not condoning Dad's actions, but I cannot write him off as though he were dead —which is what Mother wants me to do. He was good to me when I was growing up, and as long as he’s living I want to keep in touch with him now and then. Some day he may not be around, and I want no regrets. Mother keeps hassling me to promise never to talk to Dad again, and I just can't make that promise. Am I wrong to insist on the right to make my own decision , about this? My mother is irrational on the subject. TROUBLED IN TENNESSEE DEAR TROUBLED: You’re not wrong. Your mother got a dirty deal, and 1 feel sorry for her, but no one has the right tc tell another whom they shall see or to whom they may speak. DEAR ABBY: I am 53, and thought I had ail the answers, but I'm stumped on this one. I was married for over 29 years. My wife passed away two years ago. I have met a lady and we are thinking of marriage. What I need to know is this: is it proper to have my late wife’s rings made over, using the same diamonds but set in new mountings? Or should I buy new rings? If I decide to use the same stones, should I tell the lady? STUMPED DEAR STUMPED: It is not necessary to buy new rings. Use the same diamonds in new mountings. And there is no need to tell the lady —unless she asks. DEAR ABBY: You are elected to settle a question about which our family disagrees. Each Christmas I mail a gift to a friend in another stale. She sends me one, too, and I always send her a prompt "thank you” to let her know I received and appreciated her gift. Last year, she did not acknowledge my gift. I was going to ask in a letter to her (several months later) if she ever received my gift since I had paid to insure it and still had the receipt. My family feit it would be putting my friend in an embarrassing position if she received the gift and forgot to acknowledge it. They also felt that one gives a gift out of love, not for the sake of getting a “thank you.” Abby, I did not want a "thank you.” I honestly wondered if she ever received it. Would it be wrong to ask if she ever got it? ME IN OREGON DEAR ME: Not in my book. A person who “forgets” to acknowledge a gift could use a little embarrassment. (P.S. Write and tell her that the gift was insured, so if it wasn’t received it could be replaced without additional expense.)

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Hints from HoloiSGl Selecting the right size Christmas tree

DEAR HELOISE: We operate a cut-your-own Christmas tree farm, and I have a suggestion for tree buyers, because judging a tree for height and width out in an open area is quite different from measuring it against a fixed object. Before attempting to cut your own tree, measure the height from floor to ceiling of the room where your tree will stand. Next measure the

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height of your tree stand and the height of your tree-top ornament, adding these two figures together. Subtract the total from the height of your room and you’ve got the maximum height your tree can be! Bring a yardstick with you as trees will seem much smaller in the field but will “grow” tremendously tall in your living room. F. Green Good advice! The same

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information should be kept in mind when selecting a storebought tree. I also suggest you keep in mind how much of the tree trunk you may have to cut off to shape the tree. You’re a luv for taking the time to write during this happy hustle-bustle season of the year. Hugs, Heloise * + * LETTER OF LAUGHTER DEAR HELOISE:

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It’s bad when the soup boils over. It’s worse when it runs into the liner under the stove’s coils and out into the tray below. It’s adding insult to injury when that tray is not removable. I innocently thought the foil I lined the liners with would prevent this final run-over. Why do they make a hole in those liners anyway? So the stuff can run down into that bottom tray?

December 20,1979, The Putnam County Banner Graphic

How else would we ever discover that nice, big place that holds so much soup? Ruth Hobbs ★ ★ * DEAR HELOISE: When making a two-egg meringue for lemon pie, try using an extra white and an extra two tablespoons of sugar. Beat until stiff, then mix one-third of this mixture into the lemon filling.

This is not enough to make a regular chiffon-type filling but it does improve texture. N.N. ★ * ★ DEAR HELOISE: If you don’t have a slip to wear with a long dress, use* a pair of pajama bottoms iivan appropriate or matching color. <1!. Great in colder weather asjt keeps you warmer too. Joyce Roller

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