Banner Graphic, Volume 14, Number 155, Greencastle, Putnam County, 7 March 1984 — Page 5

Calendar of events Wednesday The Greencastle Chapter No. 255 Order of Eastern Star will meet at the Masonic Temple at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 7. Annual reports will be given. All members are welcome. League of Women Voters will have an open meeting on hazardous waste at 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 7 in the Roy 0. .-West Library auditorium. “The Ticking Time Bomb,” a 28minute documentary, will be shown. The public is invited. The North Putnam Post Prom parents will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 7 in the library. Thursday The Greencastle Gaelic Festival Steering Committee will meet at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March Bat the Central National Bank. Anyone interested in helping with the festival is invited to attend. The Jefferson Township Extension Club will hold its monthly meeting at 1 p.m. Thursday, March 8 at the home of Mrs. Ann Stemler. The roll call is a novel idea for a picnic. The lesson is ‘ ‘Living with Change. ’ ’ Omnes Chapter, Order of DeMolay will hold its stated meeting at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 8 at the Greencastle Masonic Temple. New officers will be elected and final plans will be announced for the all-night party at the Terre Haute YMCA on March 10, for area degrees in Terre Haute on March 17 and for DeMolay Week, March 18-25. Master Councilor Nick App invites all DeMolays and interested Master Masons to attend. A practice for the DeMolay degree will precede the meetingat6:3op.m. The men’s interdenominational prayer breakfast is held at 6:30 a.m. Thursday’s at the Double Decker Restaurant. Order from the menu. The Beech Grove Ladies Aid will meet all day Thursday, March 8 at the church. A pot luck dinner will be served. Putnam County REACT will meet at the Public Service Building at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 8. A weight control and exercise group will start at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, March 8 at the 4-H Community Building and will continue for four Thursdays. It is open to anyone interested free of charge. For details, call Betty H. Sendmeyer, county extension agent, at 653-8411. LWML will meet at 7 p m. Thursday, March 8 at the home of Marilyn Taylor, West Walnut Street. All women from Peace Lutheran Church are invited. The Clinton-Madison Friendly Club will meet at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, March 8 at the home of Daitha Bettis. The roll call is one thing I would like to accomplish. Friday A euchre party will be held at 7 p.m. Friday, March 9 at the Moose Lodge for members only. The Women’s Study Club will meet at 2 p.m. Friday, March 9 at the home of Mrs. Howard Youse. Mrs. Gerald Warren will have the program. Century Club will meet at the home of Mrs. Cornelius Van Zwoll Friday, March 9. There will be a bingo party every Friday night at the Senior Citizens Center, 9 West Franklin St., Greencastle. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. All senior citizens are welcome. Saturday The Cunot Can Do’s will hold their square dance 8-11 p.m. Saturday, March 10 at the Cloverdale Beagle Club. Jerry Workman will be the caller and Jill Williams will be calling the rounds. The Deer Creek Coonhunters will have a euchre party and supper Saturday evening, March 10 weather permitting. Monday The National Association of Retired Federal Employees will meet at 12:30 p.m. Monday, March 12 at the Colonial House for lunch and to conduct business. Members are asked to bring something of interest to show and tell. Putnam County Singles will have the last skating party of the season 7-9:30 p.m. Monday, March 12 at the Skate Place, Greencastle. All are welcome. The price is $1 for observers, $2 for skaters and $1.50 for those with skates. Nadine Burks, 653-9635, is the hostess. A wedding workshop will be held at 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 12 and Tuesday, March 13 at the Posey Patch. Silk, accessories and bridal helps will be on the agenda. Admission is free of charge. Call 653-5113 for more information. Roachdale OES No. 247 will have a stated meeting at 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 12. Installation of officers will follow. Visitors are welcome. The annual meeting of the members of the 240 Water Corp. will be held at 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 12 at the home of Sanford Siddons, 1024 S. College Ave., Greencastle. Tuesday There will be a PEP parent meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 13 at St. Andrew’s Parish Hall. Ladies Auxiliary VFW Post No. 1550 will hold a regular meeting at 7:30 p. m. Tuesday, March 13 at the post home. The Four Leaf Clover Home Economics Club will meet at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 13 at the Public Service Indiana building. Flossie Hatcher is the hostess. Pat Sheldon will give the devotions. Rose Schlatter will give the lesson on ceramics. Parents Anonymous, a self-help group for parents under stress, will meet 7-8:30 p.m. every Tuesday at the First '. Christian Church, corner of Indiana and Poplar streets. For transportation and babysitting, call 653-2645. The Volunteer Sewing Group will meet 9 a.m.-noon Tuesday, March 13 at the First Christian Church in the downstairs classroom. The group is seeking old draperies to be used for stuffing comforters. The Tuesday Reading Circle will meet at the home of Mrs. Joseph Midgett at 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 13. St. Paul’s Fatima Rosary Group will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 13 at the home of Mrs. Rosie Billingsley, 29 Martinsville St., Greencastle. Wednesday A euchre party will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 14 at the Senior Citizens Center, 9 W. Franklin St., Greencastle. All senior citizens are welcome. Saturday The Shamrock Shuffle ’B4, a St. Patrick’s Day Special, will be held 7:30-11 p.m. Saturday, March 17 at the National Guard Armory, Danville. A live music dance featuring the Farmer Stultz Band will be by ticket only. For tickets, call 246-6201. Callers will be Mel Cruse and Nancy Brown. Sheila Mae and the Country Hy-Tones will be featured 7-11 p.m. Saturday, March 17 at the Amo Elementary School gym. Admission is $2 per person. Proceeds go to Amo Volunteer Fire Dept, for new emergency equipment. Putnam County Singles will eat at the Ponderosa in Terre Haute Saturday, March 17. Members are asked to meet at the junction of U.S. 40andU.S. 231 at 5:45 p.m. After dinner, they will go shopping or to a movie.

The deadline for calendar of events items is as follows: Monday evening 1 p.m. Friday; Tuesday evening - 1 p.m. Monday; Wednesday evening - Friday evening -1 p.m. Thursday. The calendar is not published on Saturdays. For maximum exposure of calendar items, they should be submitted 10 days in advance of the scheduled meeting.

Dear Abby

DEAR READERS: If you’re not an animal lover, skip this letter. Every year, millions of dogs and cats are abandoned because they’re either too expensive (or too much trouble) to keep. A few of the more appealing strays are taken in by kindhearted strangers; the rest are picked up by local animal shelters, or the city or county animal regulation department, and taken to the pound where they are eventually destroyed. I recently learned about the Pet Adoption Fund, a charitable non-profit California organization that takes in homeless dogs, cats, puppies and kittens, and cares for them until someone adopts them. It never puts an animal “to sleep,” and many animals

Hints from Heloise Carrot cookies recipe favorite of kids, moms alike

DEAR HELOISE: Could you please print the recipe for those delicious carrot cookies? It was printed quite a while back and my children enjoyed them so much. They keep reminding me to bake the Heloise cookies. Mrs. J. Moody * * * 1 hope this is the recipe you have in mind. I sure would hate to disappoint the children. 2 cups sifted flour IV2 teaspoons baking powder V 4 teaspoon salt V 2 cup shortening 1 cup sugar 1 egg, well beaten 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 cup mashed cooked carrots Combine flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside. Cream shortening and sugar until fluffy. Add egg, vanilla and carrots. Stir in flour mixture. Place tablespoonful amounts on cookie sheet about one inch apart and bake in 350 F oven for 15 to 20 minutes or until done. Place cookies on a cake rack to cool. You can frost these delicious cookies with a simple icing of powdered sugar moistened with orange juice, which you spread on the cookies when they have cooled. Heloise

Hyperactivity

Diet one cause of special disorder

Hyperactivity is a symptom of several different problems but hyperactivity is not a specific disorder, says Bill Evers, Purdue University Extension foods and nutrition specialist. Diet is often thought to be the cause of hyperactivity, but the evidence is not conclusive. IN THE MID-1970'5, the late Benjamin Feingold proposed that synthetic food colors, food flavors and salicylates (naturally occuring compounds found mostly in fruits) cause hyperactivity and learning disabilities in children. To control hyperactivity Feingold then developed the KP diet, which eliminates the intake of all foods containing food colors, food flavors or salicylates. After testing, Feingold claimed that 40-70 per cent of the children with behavioral problems and learning difficulties who followed the K-P diet showed a marked reduction in hyperactive behavior and improved scholastic achievement within three to 21 days. But, Feingold’s findings have been criticized, Evers says, because the study observations were made by parents, teachers, and outsiders who knew that the children’s new diets were supposed to reduce hyperactive behavior. Also, the

Roachdale OES to install officers

Roachdale Order of Eastern Star will hold an installation of officers Monday, March 12 following their stated meeting. Installing officers will be: Donald Durham, installing officer; Blanche Durham, installing marshal; Vance Clodfelter, installing chaplain, and Miriam Campbell, installing organist. The following members will be installed: Ruby Everman, worthy matron; Franklin Ford, worthy patron; Marlene Ever-

Pet adoption fund worthwhile charity in need of public support

LETTER OF LAUGHTER Dear Heloise: My dad came indoors to get a glass of cool water. He had been taking the storm windows down and he told my mom that he was dogtired, and she said “Maybe it’s because you have growled all day.” —Billy QUICK THAW Dear Heloise: A quick way to defrost food when you forget to set it out early enough is to place a cake rack over a rectangular baking pan and fill the pan with boiling water. Place your meat on the cake rack and your meat will thaw quickly. Mrs. H. MASHED POTATOES Dear Heloise: Company came and we wanted to tour our local fall festival. I put a pot roast in the oven with the vegetables, etc. We wanted to have mashed potatoes but knew the small children would be too starved to wait for them to cook when we returned. I peeled the potatoes, covered them with water in a stainless steel bowl and put them in the oven next to the pot roast. They were perfect for mashing when we returned home. Saved time and energy. Wini Waite DESSERT DISHES Dear Heloise: At a recent dinner party the hostess did

children were not chosen randomly nor was one specific diet followed by all the children. After examination of the research and based on new studies, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the National Advisory Committee on Hyperkinesis and Food Additives have found that artificial colors and flavors and salicylates do not produce hyperactivity. ANOTHER THEORY, Evers says, suggests that sugar produces hyperactivity because sugar provides calories for energy. Scientific evidence, however, does not support this claim. In fact, a study by Judith Rapoport of the National Institute of Mental Health found that boys given sugar solutions actually slowed their activities compared to a control group of boys who were given a nonsugar solution. Lastly, it has been proposed that hyperactivity can be treated through the use of large amounts of vitamins and minerals, known as megavitamin or orthomolecular therapy. The American Pshychiatric Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics do not recommend this therapy because it has not been proven safe or effective.

man, associate matron; Walter Taylor, associate patron; Josephine Ford, secretary; Lucille Corbin, treasurer; Lynn Ragsdale, conductress; Alice Tate, associate conductress; Madonna Barker, chaplain; Robert Lewellan, marshal; Marilyn McCollough, organist; Joy Gregory, Adah; Jean Taylor, Ruth; Patricia Hedge, Esther; Betty Ford, Martha; Mary Lewellan, Electa; Everett Everman, warden, and Don Corbin, sentinel. Visitors are welcome.

have been rescued from shelters and pounds. Everyone who adopts a pet must sign an agreement stating that if, for any reason, he can’t keep it, he will not give it to another party, take it to the pound or offer it for medical research—he will return it to Pet Adoption. All Pet Adoption animals will have been spayed or neutered, and they leave with collars, identification tags and specific instructions for care and feeding. Although some animals are purebred, none have price tags, but any size donation is gratefully accepted. This organization is staffed entirely by dedicated volunteers; every dollar contributed goes for caring for the animals.

not have enough dessert dishes, so she used wine glasses instead. Her dessert was very pretty and I was impressed with her solution to the problem. Vera M. BASTING MEAT Dear Heloise: I was never satisfied using a meat baster it squirted all over me and a tablespoon was just as bad. I tried using my small gravy ladle and it was fantastic. Now basting my meat is a pleasure. Alice Buttner * * * I like your idea; can’t wait to try it. Heloise FREEZING VEGGIES Dear Heloise: When I freeze corn, beans, berries or anything, I spread them out on a cookie sheet to freeze for about four hours before I put them in bags. This way they do not freeze in a hunk and I can remove as many out of the bag as I need at a time. They cook faster because they are separated and the corn tastes just as fresh as it does from the cob. Catherene Welsh EVAPORATED MILK Dear Heloise: I have a hint for your column that I found to be very useful. When I open a can of evaporated milk and use only a small amount, I pour the remainder into a plastic bowl, cover it, and freeze the milk to keep it from spoiling until I

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want to use it again. It only takes a few seconds to thaw enough to remove what you need with a fork, and refreeze the remainder, if there is any left. Mildred Mumper VACATION MEMORIES Dear Heloise: I had my two grandchildren with me for nine weeks in the summer. I live in Florida, so we did as many interesting things as we possibly could. We took a lot of pictures and put them in a photo album so that when they went home they could share their experiences with their parents and show them the pictures of the places we visited and the people they met. J. Maring DRINKING LIQUIDS Dear Heloise: Here’s a hint for the older person who has a problem with choking when they drink liquids. Using a straw may help since it eliminates having to tip the head back. The plastic straws can be washed and reused. I even cut some down to use in juice glasses. Margaret ★ * * Send your hints to Heloise, P.O. Box 32000, San Antonio, TX 78216. Or, write her if you have a homemaking problem. She probably can solve it. Heloise can’t answer individual letters but she will answer through her column as space permits.

March 7,1984, The Putnam County Banner-Graphic

If you live in the Los Angeles area and want to adopt a pet, visit: Pet Adoption Fund, 7515 Deering Ave., Canoga Park, Calif. 91303. If you live elsewhere and want to start a similar humanitarian agency (every city should have one), write to the above address for the fund’s booklet. It’s free, but please enclose a long, stamped, selfaddressed envelope. And when your ship (or your horse) comes in, be a sport and send a few dollars to this wonderful agency. Like the animals whose lives it saves, it can’t live without people who care. * * * DEAR ABBY: For “Cramped in Burbank,” who didn’t know what to do about people who dropped in when her place was a mess, put this sign on your door: “If You Didn’t Bother to Call, Please Don’t Bother to knock.” I did. It works. RUTH IN LOS ANGELES * * * (If you put off writing letters because you don’t know what to say, get Abby’s booklet, “How to Write Letters for All Occasions.” Send $2 and a long, stamped (37 cents) envelope to: Abby, Letter Booklet, P.O. Box 38923, Hollywood, Calif. 90038.)

Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Hovasse announce the engagement of their daughter, Jodie Ann, to G. William Dehm, son of Mr. and Mrs. George B. Dehm, Greenwood. Miss Hovasse will graduate from Purdue University in May and Dehm is a 1983 graduate of Purdue University. He is employed by Beam, Longest and Neff Engineering Consulting Firm, Castleton. A July 7 wedding is planned at St. Paul-the-Apostle Roman Catholic Church, Greencastle.

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