Banner Graphic, Volume 14, Number 75, Greencastle, Putnam County, 2 December 1983 — Page 4

The Putnam County Banner-Graphic, December 2,1983

Dear Abby

DEAR ABBY: Recently, my husband and I had our first child, which happens to be my parents’ first grandchild. Two months before I was due, my mother called and said she wanted to be with me during the delivery. (She and Dad live 1,200 miles away.) I thanked her and said that I preferred that she wait until the baby was at least 2 weeks old. She pouted, her main concern being, “What will I tell my friends?” After the baby was born, I called to tell her and Dad that they were grandparents of a healthy girl and to come in about two weeks. The very next day they flew to be with me! Maybe I had better explain that my mother and I were never close. She is a perfectionist who found something

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wrong with everything I ever did. I really love her, but we can’t get along. Mom and Dad stayed at our small home for eight days. She tried to take over caring for the baby and made a total wreck of me, so I finally had to ask her to please go home and come back in a few months when things were calmer. All she could say was, “What will my friends think of me flying all that way for only eight days?” Now she’s angry with me. It’s been three weeks and she refuses to speak to me. How can I reach her, Abby? This silence is very painful. NEW MOTHER DEAR MOTHER: Write and tell her that you really love her and want to have a good motherdaughter relationship, but she must realize that even though you are her “child,” you are a grown, mature woman—and a mother yourself now—and she must treat you like an adult. Counseling (here we go again!) from an objective professional could do wonders for her. * * * DEAR ABBY: What do you think of a mother who, when she drives her kids around, never bothers to tell them to buckle their seat belts? When I say something to her about it, she says her children are “covered by prayer”—that if anything did happen to them, it would be “the will of God.” I am these children’s aunt, and I am ... WORRIED SICK

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DEAR WORRIED: Inform the woman that seat belts are now mandatory in most states because statistics show that they have saved many lives and prevented serious injuries. And tell her that if she fails to provide her children with seat-belt protection and something were to happen to them, she could attribute it to her negligence—not God’s will.

Heloise Gallon jugs save messy oil change clean-up

OIL CHANGE Dear Heloise: I have a great hint for us guys who change our car’s oil sometimes. I cut the top off of old plastic gallon milk jugs. I then drain the used oil into these. It works great! You can just throw them away and nothing is wasted! Saves money and time, and no messy clean-up. Keith Pytlak ICE CUBES TRAYS Dear Heloise: Recently I had to use a wheelchair to get around and this is something that I did to make things easier for me. To fill ice cube trays, I used a teakettle to carry the water to the refrigerator. (Of course, the teakettle can be used even if you are on your feet.) Another tip I would like to pass on: While I was fixing some round rods for my kitchen curtains, my daughter found them too short for the width of my window. That’s when we decided to try putting a knitting needle in between the two parts. It extended the rod to just the right width. M.G. Porter PILLOW STUFFING Dear Heloise: If you sew and make your own throw pillows and cushions, save all the plastic bags you get from the produce department in the grocery store.

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The 1983-84 Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast Schedule. Live From The Met, Saturdays, Beginning December 3rd:

DATE OPERA (EST) 1983 Dec. 3 The Met Marathon 2:00 Dec. 10 Dialogues of the Carmelites (Poulenc) 1:00 Dec. 17 Ernani (Verdi) 1:30 Dec. 24 Tristan und Isolde (Wagner) 1:00 Dec. 31 Hansel and Gretel (Humperdinck) 2:00 1984 Jan. 7 Fidelio (Beethoven) 1:30 Jan. 14 La (Puccini) 1:30 Jan. 21 R ise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (Weill/Brecht) 2:00 Jan. 28 Macbeth (Verdi) 2:00

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I save all I can get and have some friends save theirs for me too. I find that they are more resilient than the commercial foam and the best part is they are free. Happy sewing. A Well Wisher NYLON NET Dear Heloise: The other evening in a posh restaurant, I saw something that may be a new use for nylon net. When my order of fish arrived, half a lemon was prettily tied in pale blue net. When I squeezed the juice over the fish, no seeds fell on the fish and no one, including myself, was squirted with lemon juice. Dinalda Pennell ★ * * Well, it seems our nylon net is turning up everywhere, isn’t it. Heloise SEAL A MEAL Dear Heloise: For all of you bag-sealer owners, I have found a great idea. Seal mustard and ketchup in the bags. Seal the lines lengthwise in the bag, then fill with ketchup, mustard or anything else needed. Then seal off top and cut them apart. Voila! Single serving packets to take on picnics and other outings. It’s really nice not to have to tairp the whole jar. Connie

By Bil Keane

DATE OPERA (EST) I Feb. 4 La Traviata (Verdi) 1:30 Feb. 11 Rinaldo (Handel) 2:00 I Feb. 18 LesTroyens (Berlioz) 12:30 | Feb. 25 Stravinsky 2:00 Mar. 3 TannhSuser (Wagner) 1:30 | Mar. 10 Don Giovanni (Mozart) 1:30 j Mar. 17 Arabella (Strauss) 2:00 ' Mar. 24 La Forza del Destino (Verdi) 2:00 . Mar. 31 Abduction from the Seraglio (Mozart) 2:00 i Apr. 7 Francesca da Rimini (Zandonai) 2:00 I Apr. 14 Billy Budd (Britten) 2:00 . Apr. 21 Don Carlo (Verdi) 1:00 I All are Saturday matinee performances. Schedule subject to change

Calendar of events

Friday There will be bingo Friday, Dec. 2 at the Roachdale Lions Hall. The event is sponsored by Beta Sigma Phi. Saturday A euchre party will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3 at the Putnam County Senior Citizens Center, 9 W. Franklin St., Greencastle. Doors open at 6 p.m. All senior citizens welcome. The annual deer supper of the Owen Lodge No. 655, Quincy, will be held at 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3. The Master Mason degree will follow at 7:30 p.m. Democrat Women’s club will have a holiday family dinner at the Cloverdale Community Building at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3. This is a pitch-in. Bring an unwrapped gift of $2 value. All Democrats are welcome. Sunday Rev. Marta Benavides, special assistant to Archbishop Romero of El Salvador at the time of his assassination, will speak on the wars now going on in Central America at 9:15 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 4 in Room 114, East College. The discussion will continue with brunch at the Union Building ballroom. These meetings, sponsored by the local churches, are open to everyone. Monday The Fortnightly Club will meet at 1:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 5 at the home of Mrs. Mace Aker. Mrs. Edna Coffman will present the program. Hanging of the greens will be at the Putnamville United Methodist Church at 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 4. The Monday Book Club will meet at 2 p.m. Monday, Dec. 5 with Ethel Mitchell. Members are asked to remember the gift exchange. The Monday Club will meet at noon, Monday, Dec. 5 at the Double Decker Restaurant for a luncheon. United Way of Putnam County Admissions and Allocation Committee will have a meeting at 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 5 at the Public Service Building. Pre-natal classes sponsored by Putnam County Hospital will begin at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 5 in the downstairs classroom. Classes will run for six consecutive Mondays. Participants should come in comfortable clothes and bring a couple of bed pillows. Tuesday Theta Alumnae Chapter of Delta Theta Tau will meet at noon Tuesday, Dec. 6 at the Terrace Room, DePauw Student Union Building. Mary Frazier and Gwen Crawley will be the hostesses. Alzheimer Support group for spouses and relatives of Alzheimer patients will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 6 at the Putnam County Mental Health Association Office, 7 N. Vine St.. Greencastle. The Theta Chapter of Delta Theta Tau sorority will have its Christmas meeting Tuesday, Dec. 6 at the Old Topper Annex. Social time will be 6:30-7 p.m. Dinner will be served at 7. Reservations will be taken until Monday, Dec. 5. Bring a grab bag gift for the dinner and a gift for nursing home residents. The Over-the-Teacups will meet at the home of Mrs. Hugh Glock, 2049 Fairway Drive, Tuesday, Dec. 6. Mrs. John McFarland will have the program. The Greencastle Morning Musicale Group will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 6 at the home of Mrs. Herman Berg Wednesday The Putnam County Historical Society will meet at the Double Decker Restaurant at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 7. David Barr will give the program and his subject is “Three C’s in Your Basket.” Make reservations with Mrs. William J. Boatright by noon Tuesday, Dec. 6. The Greencastle Woman’s Club will meet at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 7 at the home of Helen Loudermilk. Catherine McCord will present the program. Greencastle Chapter No. 255 Order of Eastern Star will have a carry-in dinner at the Masonic Temple at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 7. Bring table service and covered dish. The meeting will begin at 7:30 p.m. Visiting members are welcome. The Crescent Club will meet at noon Wednesday, Dec. 7 for a carry-in salad luncheon with Mrs. Eugene Akers. Please bring a 49-cent gift for exchange and a white elephant gift for the Greencastle Nursing home. Associate Tri Kappa will meet at the home of Chester Coan at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 7. Bring a table service, salad and item for the auction.

Franks, kraut tasty supper fare By CECILY BROWNSTONE Associated Press Food Editor SUPPER FARE Frankfurters & Kraut Potatoes & Broccoli Fresh Fruit & Cheese FRANKS & KRAUT You can make it quickly just before serving. 1 tablespoon butter Medium onion, chopped medium-fine 1-pound can sauerkraut ft-ounce can stewed tomatoes 2 tablespoons light brown sugar 6 frankfurters In a 10-inch skillet in the hot butter, gently cook the onion, stirring often, until lightly browned. Drain kraut and press out remaining liquid; add to the skillet with the tomatoes and the sugar; mix well; heat. Top kraut mixture with the frankfurters; cover tightly; simmer until frankfurters are hot through and some of the tomato liquid has evaporated Makes 3 servings.

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