Banner Graphic, Volume 17, Number 168, Greencastle, Putnam County, 19 March 1987 — Page 6

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THE BANNER GRAPHIC. Thursday. March 19,1987

Calendar of events Friday AARP meeting speaker Dr. Sherry Smith of the DePauw School of Nursing will be speaking at 1:45 p.m., March 20 at the Senior Center. There will be a Square Dance from 8-11 p.m., March 20 at the Putnam County 4-H building. Guests, bring cookies. Callers will be Russ Catterson and Ron McPherson. Carol Smith will be the cuer. Saturday Connie Kelley of Jeffersonville will be the speaker at a Womens Aglow meeting at 9:30 a.m., March 21 at Laughners Cafeteria in Plainfield. For more information call Joan Michel at (317) 248-2829. The third in a series of Lenten breakfasts will be at the Otterbein U.M.C. at 7 a.m. March 21. The church is located on Highway 59, south of Bellmore. Rev. Albert Williams will be the speaker. All men are invited. For more information, call Rev. Dixon, 653-5532. Sunday The Gobin United Church Mens Club will meet for their monthly breakfast at 7:45 a.m., March 22 at the Walden Inn. Ted McKnight will give an update on the United Methodist Church in Mozambique. Monday The Boston Club will meet at 7:30 p.m., March 23 at the home of Mary Jane Monnett. Aileen Murdock will have the program. Chapter CB, PEO Sisterhood, will meet at 8 p.m., March 23 at the home of Marilyn Myers. All members are encouraged to attend. The Democratic Womens Club will have a meeting at 7:30 p.m., March 30 at the home of Terry Hall, 712 E. Seminary St., 653-8349. The Putnam County Republican Womens Club will have their March meeting at 7:30 p.m., March 23 at the Waldron Company, 1013 Indianapolis Road. The program for the remainder of the year will be discussed. Dues can also be paid that night. The Putnam County Hospital Guild spring coffee hour will be at 9:30 a.m., March 23, in the downstairs classroom of the hospital. Reservations are needed and may be made through the hospital gift shop or by calling Lenore Sutherlin, 653-9669 or Edna Howlett, 653-5352. Tuesday The Four Seasons Club will meet at 7 p.m., March 24 with Bernice Ray. The Civil War Roundtable will meet at 7:30 p.m., March 24 at the Julian Science and Math Center. The program will be “George McClellan, Wrong place, Wrong time,” by Dick Skidmore. Doors open at 7 p.m. The public is welcome. Wednesday Chapter 1, PEO will meet at 7:30 p.m., March 25 at the home of Gerald Warren. Greencastle Commandery No. 11 will meet at 6:30 p.m., March 25. A pitch-in dinner will be served. All knight templars and their familes are urged to attend. Tuesday The Progress History Club will meet at 2 p.m., March 31 at Asbury Towers. Evelyn Heller will have the program. Saturday Stilesville Chapter No. 554,0.E.5., will have an open installation of officers at 3 p.m., March 28. Brenda Fellows will be installed as Worthy Matron and Robert Hansen will be installed as Worthy Patron. The public is invited to attend. The Indiana State Society pf the National Society Daughters of the Union, 1861-65, Inc., will have the 62nd annual state convention at the Holiday Inn, southeast, 1-465 and Emerson Ave. exit, Indianapolis. Registration will begin at 9:30 a.m., March 28, business meeting begins at 10 a.m., lunch is at noon. Any lady with a blood line ancestor that served in the Union Army during the Civil War is welcome. For reservations write or call Audrey Birtchman, Route 2, Coatesville, In. 46121, or (317) 386-2858. Sunday Beech Grove United Methodist Church will have a homecoming carry-in dinner at 12:30 p.m., March 29. Sunday School at 10 a.m. and church service at 11 a.m. The Golden Circle Club will celebrate its 50th anniversary with an open house at the Reelsville Fire Station from 1:30-4 p.m., March 29. The public is invited to attend. Friday Temple Lodge No. 47 F&AM will have a called meeting at 7 p.m., April 3 at the Masonic Temple, Greencastle, for Conferral of the Fellowcraft degree. Visiting brethren are invited. Officers and members are urged to attend. Refreshments will be served following the meeting.

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Dear Abby

Ex-soldier blames tattoo for positive AIDS result

DEAR ABBY: The last year of my military duty I decided to have a tattoo on my upper arm. I now have a civilian job and have been in it for the last two years. I was recently tested for AIDS, and I tested positive! I am not a homosexual, I am not a drug abuser, I have never had a blood transfusion and, although this may be hard to believe, I have never had sex without a condom. Abby, please let your readers know of my experience, but please do not identify me in any way. UNCERTAIN FUTURE DEAR UNCERTAIN: It’s commendable of you to want to warn others. I consulted Dr. Arnold Klein, an eminent dermatologist and a director of the American Foundation for AIDS Research. He said, “It is important to know WHEN you were tested, also if confirmatory testing was done to be sure your reaction was not a false positive. Although it’s theoretically feasible to transmit AIDS from a very shallow needle puncture, the incidence on record is rare.” Since you are in none of the

Heloise: Use creativity in table setting

DEAR HELOISE: I recently went to a party and I wanted to write and tell you the way my friend had her table set. It was absolutely eye-catching. She received numerous comments on it all night. Here is the way she did it. She covered the table with two different cloths. She then caught the ends of the top one in a big bright bow. One of the cloths she used was a solid and the other was a contrasting one, it was just great. You really should try it. W.P. * * * Thanks for writing in and congratulations to the great hostess! All it takes is a little work and some imagination, and not much money. Beautiful!! Heloise NECKLACE HOLDER Dear Heloise: In one of your

lifestyle

OES chapter celebrates 50

Stilesvilie O.E.S. No. 554 wUI celebrate its 50th year in 1987. It was chartered in May 1937 with thirty members. The chapter has been involved with several functions to benefit themselves and to help support the Eastern Star home residents. The chapter will be doing many things during its 50 year to honor

Homemakers say goodbye to two long-time members

The Pleasant Gardeners Extension Homemakers Club had its March meeting at the home of Nancy Landes. Jean Hull, president, opened the meeting with the thought of the month, “Youth is a gift of nature, but age is a work of art. ’ ’ Newly elected officers for 1987-88 are, president, Charlotte Jones; vice president and news reporter, Garlinda Mathews; secretary and

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high-risk groups, you should repeat the tests, and if you are indeed positive, then see your physician to determine the status of your immune system and to what extent the virus has affected your body. Then determine what you must do to protect yourself and keep from spreading the virus. Your physician will instruct you. ♦ * * DEAR ABBY: My sister-in-law (I’ll call her Charlotte), 41, and her husband have four lovely boys (ages 10, 8, 6 and 3). Last October they flew to Sidney, Australia, for an “in vitro fertilization” of a baby girl. (It’s a rather new process whereby the male and female chromosomes can be identified and separated, and the parents can select the sex they want. They did this because they didn’t want another boy.) Charlotte has just found out that she is carrying twins a boy and a girl. She wants to keep only the girl! She and her husband have decided to put the boy up for adoption. The doctor has agreed, so

columns a lady wrote that she used cuphooks in her closet to hang chains and necklaces on. I have another idea. This doesn’t call for all the holes to be drilled in the walls either. I bought one of those tie racks. They are about a foot long and hold about 20 ties. It only has two places for screws. A lot of chains can be hung up without the worry of tangling. I have mine on the wall across from the dresser. Carol Wheeler PLASTIC LIDS Dear Heloise: The plastic lids from two-pound coffee cans make great covers for that other half of a grapefruit that must be stored in the refrigerator. Just place it cut-side down and it prevents the edges of the fruit from drying out. Anne Weiler SAVING COUPONS Dear Heloise: A great way to file

its anniversary. The first event is an installation of officers for 1988. The celebration will be conducted in the new chapter room. The meeting is scheduled for 3 p.m., March 28. Brenda Fellows will be Worthy Matron and Robert Hansen will be Worthy Patron. All O.E.S. members are welcome as well as other friends

treasurer, Peggy Allen; Health and Safety leader, Marlene Hutcheson; song leader, Bonnie Shouse and telephone committee, Shirley Lundy and Jean Hull. Hull also gave the devotion. Roll call was answered by giving favorite seasons and how the choice was made. Garlinda Mathews gave a lesson on conquering clutter. This was the last club meeting for Darla Renner, and Nancy Landes, who will be moving to different states due to the IBM relocation. Landes has been in the club since 1989. The next club meeting will be at the home of Bonnie Shouse.

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when the time comes, Charlotte will see only “the chosen baby.” What is your opinion of this idea? WITHHOLD MY NAME DEAR WITHHOLD: It doesn’t seem right to keep only one twin. I pray that Charlotte and her husband change their minds and keep them both. * * * DEAR ABBY: My 30-year-old sister is finally getting married. She is having a formal church wedding, reception and sit-down dinner for 200 guests, but no children! However, she has made one exception our 7-year-old daughter, whom she has asked to be the flower girl in the wedding. We accepted. The catch is that we also have a 4-year-old daughter whom my sister is specifically not inviting. Naturally, we objected. We told her that we were not about to hurt the feelings of our younger daughter, and if she can’t go to the wedding, none of us (including our older daughter) will attend. My

those money saving coupons! Buy an inexpensive address book at the dime store (or use an old one). Organize your coupons by slipping them in the pages according to the letter the items begin with. This not only provides an easy way to file them, but helps to keep them organized. It also helps me to keep the expired ones sorted and tossed out. Joan Hampton TRAVEL TIP Dear Heloise: I travel extensively and I stay in motels wherever I go. I have yet to find very many where the window drape comes completely together in the middle. Since I travel alone I do appreciate my privacy, so I started carrying clip clothespins along in my luggage. It solved the problem beautifully. Maxine Noteboom

Supermarket Shopper

Store has obligation to make good

By MARTIN SLOANE Dear Martin - What do you do when a supermarket advertisement misrepresents a refund offer? My problem started when our local store advertised a $1 manufacturer’s refund on the six-pack of Jergen’s Soap. The advertisement showed the six-pack on sale for sl, deducted the refund, then said: “After rebate - FREE.” I thought I was getting an even better deal, because I also had a Jergen’s 25-cent coupon. The soap wound up costing me just 75 cents, and the cashier gave me the $1 refund form. It wasn’t until I got home that I noticed that the refund form required 12 Jergen’s wrappers instead of six. I called the store manager, and he admitted that he hadn’t read the refund form. He explained that he assumed the advertisement was correct. He also apologized and offered to give my money back, but that meant driving all the way back to the store, so I decided to skip it and write to you. - Mallory Harrison, Baton Rouge, La. Dear Mallory - I can almost hear the excuses: “Mistakes do happen,” etc., etc. In situations like this, I don’t accept excuses. Merchants should be held to a higher level of accountability, because the mistakes they make in their advertising affect a lot of people. I’m sure you were not the only person in Baton Rouge who thought she was going to be enjoying “free” bars of Jergen’s. When the store manager realized that his advertisement was in error, he should have offered you the bargain that was advertised, rather than telling you to come all the way back to the store to get your money back. You went to the time and trouble to shop at the store, and you were led to believe that the result would be six free bars of soap. That is exactly what you should have received, courtesy of the store. Dear Martin - My local supermarket is refusing to let me use a cents-off coupon on a product, as well as a “buy one get one free” coupon for the free item. I don’t understand why I shouldn’t be allowed to use the two coupons on the two items. Am I wrong? - Linda McGahee, Augusta, Ga. Dear Linda - In small print on every coupon, it says, “one coupon per purchase.” When you turn in a coupon that says “buy one get one free,” that’s the one coupon on the item you’re buying. As for the

sister insists that we are being insensitive to her feelings and her rights as the bride-to-be. Abby, the wedding is two months away, and there has been no compromise. Who is being insensitive the bride, or are we? BIG BAD BROTHER IN HAWAII DEAR BROTHER: You are. It’s the bride’s big day. To “boycott” her wedding by refusing to allow your daughter to be her flower girl and absenting yourselves unless she invites your 4-year-old would, in my view, be a serious mistake. Also, consider the precedent you’d be setting if you arranged for your younger daughter to be invited everywhere big sister went. Think about it. * * * (For Abby’s booklet, “How to Have a Lovely Wedding,’’ send a check or money order for $2.50 and a long, stamped (39 cents), self-addressed envelope to: Dear Abby, Wedding Booklet, P.O. Box 447, Mount Morris, 111. 61054.)

KNITTING HELP Dear Heloise: Here is a hint for people who enjoy crocheting or knitting. Place the skeins of yarn in a wire shoe rack, with the end of the skein having the interior thread pointing toward the front. Place the skeins in order of the colors you use. They will stay in place to the very end. There is no need to rewind the yarn, nor to have the skeins rolling around the floor. The yarn comes out gently and easily as you crochet or knit and when it’s time to put it away, you simply place the object you are working on, on the top and put it in your closet or sewing room until you are ready to work on it again. No hunting through closets, sorting or rearranging needed. Rachel Theriault

second item, since it’s free, there is no way you can use a cents-off coupon against it. You can’t deduct something from nothing. THE SMART SHOPPER AWARD goes to Shawnee Martin of Fort Pierce, Fla.: “K-Mart. had the 20-count package of Contac on sale for $3. I had a Contac coupon good for $3 off. At the K-Mart store, I also found a $3 Contac refund form. It was a wonderful shopping trip, and watching my husband Steve’s face sparkle with amusement at the checkout counter was just as delightful as the savings.” CLIP ‘N* FILE REFUNDS (Week of March 15) Soups, Snack Foods, Candy (File No. 3) Clip out this file and keep it with similar cash-off coupons -- beverage refund offers with beverage coupons, for example. Start collecting the needed proofs of purchase while looking for the required forms at the supermarket, in newspapers and magazines, and when trading with friends. Offers may not be available in all areas of the country. Allow 10 weeks to receive each refund. These offers require refund forms: PLANTERS $1 Rebate Offer from Young America Corp. Send the required refund form and a proof of purchase from one 12-ounce or 16ounce can or jar of Planters Peanuts. The proof of purchase is the cash-register receipt with the purchase price circled. Expires April 30, 1987. HOME COOKIN’ $1 Refund Offer. Send the required refund form and the labels from four different cans of Campbell’s Home Cookin’ Soups (Lentil, Split Pea with Ham, Country Vegetable, Old World Minestrone, Old Fashioned Vegetable Beef, Chicken with Broad Egg Noodles). Expires April 30,1987. MARTHA WHITE $1 Off CocaCola Classic Offer. Receive a $1 coupon good for any multi-pack of bottles or cans (2-liter or 3-liter size) of Coca-Cola Classic. Send the required refund form and four Universal Product Code symbols from any Martha White Pizza Crust Mixes. Expires April 30,1987. NESTLE $2 Refund Offer. Send the required refund form and 10 wrappers from any combination of these Nestle products: Milk Chocolate, Milk Chocolate with Almonds, Alpine White with Almonds, Original Chunky, Deluxe Nut Chunky, Raisinets, Goobers, 100 Grand, Crunch, Oh Henry, Bit-O-Honey. Expires April 30,1987.