Banner Graphic, Volume 15, Number 368, Greencastle, Putnam County, 14 October 1985 — Page 4

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The Putnam County Banner Graphic, Monday, Oct. 14,1985

Dear Abby

More than repairs on widower's mind

DEAR ABBY: I hope you won’t think I’m foolish, hut I need your help. I am 76 years of age and have been a widow for 20 years. Three years ago I started going with a widower who is now 72. The trouble is he doesn't talk much. All he wants to do is kiss, kiss, kiss. He gets real horny and is ready to jump right into bed, which is all right once in a while, hut he wants sex every time he comes over, which is often. As soon as he walks in, he starts pestering me. He can’t just sit and visit, watch TV or play cards. No, he wants sex; then he’s ready to leave. He used to do all the repair work on my house, but he doesn’t want to help me any more because I’ve been saying no too often. Can you advise me? ENOUGH IS ENOUGH DEAR ENOUGH: Tell this insensitive man that you feel used, and would like a little more love and a little less lust. And if he refuses to work on your house unless you let him work on your body, then he’s buying, and you’re selling, in which case it’s business, not pleasure, and it’s time to say goodbye.

DEAR ABBY: That tears it! In all the years I’ve been reading your

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Calendar of events Monday The Cloverdale Elementary School will hold its annual open house at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 14 with classroom visitation. At 7:30 p.m., the PTO meeting will begin in the gym. Speakers will be discussing the special programs within the school. The DePauw Woman’s Club will meet in East College, Room 106. at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 14. Prof. Sharon Nolte will talk about her travels through Japanese villages. Refreshments will be served in the faculty lounge. Overeaters Anonymous will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 14 at the First Christian Church. Chapter CB of PEO will meet at the home of Mrs. Evelyn Heller at 8 p.m. Monday, Oct. 14. Mrs. Virginia Hanna will assist. The Putnam County Coin Club will hold its regular monthly meeting Monday, Oct. 14 at the Putnam County Senior Center. Dealers tables open at 7 p.m. and the meeting begins at 7:30. The annual results of the members, predictions on gold and silver prices for the past year will be revealed and a summation of actual trends will be given by Julian Jarvis. A club auction will also be held. Anyone interested in coins is welcome. VFW Post No. 1550 will sponsor a special bingo night at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 14. All proceeds will be donated toward the purchase of a new aerial fire truck. Everyone is welcome. Tuesday The Putnam County unit of the American Cancer Society will hold a board meeting at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 15 in the Greencastle High School cafeteria. The Penelope Club will meet at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 15 with Pauline Warne. Members are asked to bring articles for the auction. Deadline for purchase of tickets for the Greencastle Christian Women’s Club annual guest night banquet is Tuesday, Oct. 15. The $lO per person tickets for the Saturday, Oct. 19 banquet can be purchased from Janis Price, 653-6963 or Jean Saunders, 653-5972 or any CWC board member. The 6:30 p.m. “Putin’ On the Ritz” banquet will feature a men and women’s fashion show by Heathcliff in the DePauw University Student Union ballroom. Music will be by the Classics. Lynn and Tony Hodge will be the guest speakers. The Epileptic Support Group will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 15 in the ground-floor classroom of Putnam County Hospital. Sandy McDaniel, Indiana Epilepsy Services area consultant, will attend the meeting and all subsequent meetings. For further information, call Sue Murray at 653-5121. The Good Neighbor Fellowship invites newcomers of the community to the next meeting at 12 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 15 in the fellowship hall of First Baptist Church. Paul Lehe and Gene Sutherlin are the chairmen. The lunch of ham, beans and cornbread will cost sl. Archie O’Neal will be the guest speaker. Greeter will be Dr. Floyd Riggs. Everyone is welcome. Washburn Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, will meet at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 15 with Mrs. John Whitaker. Mrs. Ted Glidewell and Mrs. Louise Fontaine will serve as co-hostesses. The program will be on “DAR schools.” Mrs. Josef Sharp will present the program. Senior Citizens Over 50 Club will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 15 at the VFW building for its monthly pitch-in supper and business meeting. Entertainment will follow. All senior citizens over 50 are welcome. Theta Chapter, Delta Theta Tau, will meet at the home of Mrs. Robert McCormick Wednesday, Oct. 16. The social time will begin at 8 p.m. and the Founders Day service will begin at 9:30 p.m. The first meeting of an adoptive parents support group will be held at 7: 30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 15 at the home of Don and Kay Weaver, 703 S. Locust St., Greencastle. All interested adoptive parents are invited to attend. For more information, call the Weavers (653-9092) or just attend the first gathering. Temple Lodge No. 47 F & AM will hold a called meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 15. Work will be in the MM degree Members are urged to attend and visitors are welcome. Supper will be served at 6 p.m., with refreshments after the meeting. Wednesday The Business and Professional Women’s banquet will be held Wednesday, Oct. 16 at 6:30 p.m. in the DePauw Union. Make reservations with Pat Beer or Doreen Braden. The United Methodist Women of Gobin Church will hold an all-church pit-ch-in dinner at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 16 in the Colonnade Room. There will be special music. Frances Hickman will speak on her recent Korean trip. Parents Time will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 16 at First Christian Church, 110 S. Indiana St., Greencastle. Single parenting will be the topic of discussion. “Children of Divorce,” a film narrated by Barbara Walters, will be shown. Child care provided. All interested persons are invited. For more information, call 653-4789. The Garden Club will meet at the home of Mrs. Ernest Collins, at 9: 30 am. Wednesday, Oct. 16. Mrs. Keith Gossard will have the program. Thursday The Heritage Preservation Society will offer a slide-lecture presentation in Room 114 East College, DePauw University, Thursday, Oct. 17. Michelle Hreha will present the lecture on Philadelphia’s Victorian Architecture. The lecture is open to the public. A social hour will follow.

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