Banner Graphic, Volume 19, Number 257, Greencastle, Putnam County, 7 July 1989 — Page 4

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THE BANNERGRAPHIC July 7,1989

Dear Abby Teen finds lost ring decorating wrong finger

DEAR ABBY: I am in a quandary as to how I should handle the following situation: Last December, my daughter (I’ll call her Bonnie) was involved in a single-car accident on our neighbor’s lawn. During the accident, Bonnie lost her ring. It was a small sapphire, which is her birthstone. At the time of the accident, Bonnie told the neighbor on whose lawn she landed that she had lost a ring with a blue stone in it. (We’ll call the neighbor Mr. Jones.) He said he would keep an eye out for it in the spring after the snow melted. Well, yesterday, Bonnie bumped into Mrs. Jones in the drugstore, and guess what she was wearing on her finger? Bonnie’s ring! Bonnie said she was too flabbergasted to say anything to Mrs. Jones at the time, but our problem is how to handle this. To complicate matters, Mr. Jones is a deputy sheriff with the local sheriffs department. This bothers me because I thought if anyone would be honest, it would be a civil servant. What should we do if anything? SMALL TOWN IN OHIO DEAR SMALL TOWN: Call the deputy sheriff and tell him that perhaps his wife was not aware that Bonnie had lost her ring last winter on their property during an accident. Then advise him that Bonnie had seen Mrs. Jones wearing the ring and name the place and time. After that, I doubt if Bonnie’s ring will be “missing” much longer. ♦ ♦ ♦ DEAR ABBY: It happened today.

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Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Crooks, Route 1, Cloverdale, announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Michele Rose Crooks, to Carl Eugene Everts, son of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Everts, Bainbridge. The bride-to-be , a 1987 South Putnam High School graduate, was graduated from Indiana Business College in 1988. She is now employed at Sherwin Williams Co., Greencastle. The

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And it will happen again and again and again. When a mother has lost a child in death whether it was yesterday, last year or many years ago if someone asks her how many children she has, what should she say? If she includes the child she’s lost, there are more questions to answer then the person who has inquired looks as though she is sorry she asked. If the mother doesn’t include the child she lost, was his or her life of no consequence and not worth mentioning? So how should the mother answer that question? FAITHFUL READER IN FLINT, MICH. DEAR FAITHFUL READER: Obviously, only those who don’t know the mother very well would ask how many children she has, so unless the mother is fully prepared to answer some followup questions about her tragic loss, she should count only those children who are living. Neglecting to mention the child or children she has lost in

groom-to-be, a 1988 North Putnam High School graduate, is a 1989 Lincoln Technical Institute graduate. He is employed at Cross Country Jeep Eagle, Indianapolis. The couple will reside in Greencastle. A 3:30 p.m. ceremony will be conducted Aug. 5 at First Christian Church, Greencastle, with a reception following immediately. All friends and relatives are invited to attend.

death in no way diminishes their importance. DEAR ABBY: Whenever a woman writes about her drinking problem, you recommend that she seek help from Alcoholics Anonymous, which is a wonderful organization. But, Abby, A.A. doesn’t work for everyone. I speak from experience. I attended a few meetings and left feeling depressed and alone. Then I heard about a group for women called Women for Sobriety. They have weekly meetings, so I attended one. I felt so at home with these women and was able to open up with them far more easily than in the A. A. group with both men and women. I have had a happy sobriety for st; years now. Women for Sobriety concentrates on mind power, making the best of the present instead of dwelling on the past. Interested women can write for information to this address: W.F.S. Inc., P.O. Box 618, Quakertown, Pa. 18951. Please enclose a long, stamped, self-ad-dressed envelope, as this is a nonprofit organization. SOBER AND HAPPY “How to Be Popular” is for everyone who feels left out and wants an improved social life. It’s an excellent guide to becoming a better conversationalist and a more attractive person. To order, send your name and aiddress, plus check or money order for $2.89 ($3.39 in Canada) to: Dear Abby, Popularity Booklet, P.O. Box 447, Mount Morris, 111. 61054. (Postage is included.)

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Open up your hearts and your closets DEAR READERS: Recently I mentioned cleaning out your closets and passing usable items on to your local Battered Women’s Shelter. A letter has just come in regarding this and I want to share it with you: Dear Heloise, I appreciate your recent recom mendation to have people send their old clothing to a shelter for battered women. Until a few days ago 1 never thought 1 would need this; luckily, I was taken in and given clothing for myself and my children. The donations are appreciated. Along with clothing, food and miscellaneous household articles are needed when you walk out with only the clothes on your back. A Grateful Reader All you have to do is call directory assistance for the phone number, and volunteers at the shelter will be happy to tell you a drop-off point, or may even be able to pick up if you have a large load, as 1 always do. Right now, my office has over 10 bags of clothing adults' and children’s and household items. We are even passing on my first computer. It may be old-fashioned in my office, but can be put to good use there. So please, open your closets, your cabinets and your hearts and pass on usable items to a group who can certainly get better use of them than you can just letting them collect dust and take up space. A big Heloise hug to all the volunteers who give their time and hearts to this cause. And the biggest hug of all to every woman who uses their services. Heloise TIME WASHER AND DRYER Dear Heloise: My washer and dryer are in the garage, so I can’t hear them when they finish a cycle I was always getting busy in the house and forgetting about the laundry. After re-doing countless loads of wrinkled permanent press, I came upon the idea of setting the kitchen timer to go off approximately when a wash or dry cycle would finish. Now’ I get to the clothes before the wrinkles do. Karen Tatsch. San Antonio, Texas My pamphlet. Heloise's Rules of Laundry, has more work-saving hints to make laundry chores easier. For a copy, send $1 and a stamped, self-addressed, legalsized envelope to Heloise/ Laundry, P.O. Box 19765, Irvine, CA 92713. Heloise USE FOR MASCARA BRUSH Dear Heloise: I’d like to pass along a hint for all the women out there who use mascara with the little, round brushes. Clean the brushes and give them to your friends who sew a lot. They are fantastic for cleaning the bobbin and shuttle carriers in sewing machines. The brush can get into those tight places, and by twisting it around, it picks up all the lint that otherwise is really hard to get to. Dolores Williams, Jamesport. Mo.

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/H,. _ It is one of those things we simply know. Plants must have water to survive. So. we provide regularly for their need. II I ll k, ' l "n!r < principle. The spiritual needs of a child are just as il J w urgent and just as continual as its need for nourI! hX _/Pj ishment. shelter, love. As the body grows, so il must the soul. \i* I® y° ur family taking full advantage of the religious training the churches and synagogues ■IMRUiuiLof our community offer? Are you cultivating through weekly worship that spiritual vitality in ■■ your home which will encourage your children's \ I moral and spiritual growth. . . \ //) If not, why not begin today? ~~ ' Scriptures Selected by Copyright 1989. Keister-Withams Newspaper Services P O Box 8005 Chartottesvthe VA 22906 The American Bible Society

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GREENCASTLE OFFSET PRINTING Terry & Pat McCarter, 20 S. Jackson 653-4026 AMERICAN FAMILY INSURANCE Mark Wager Agency 200 N. Vine. Greencastle 653-8344 HUMPHREYS’ WHEEL HORSE Sales & Service, US 231 N. 653-3019 JULIE’S POODLE PARLOR Wayne, Julie & Aaron Bums, 11 Bloomington St. 653-5573 GREENCASTLE FEED CENTER, INC. U.S. Hwy. 231 North, Greencastle 653-4191 CENTRAL NATIONAL BANK Officers, Directors & Staff, 1 Central Square WAL-MART DISCOUNT STORE Management & Associates, 653-2481 25 Putnam Plaza, Greencastle KROMME PLUMBING & HEATING Gene Sawyer & Staff, 1111 S. Locust 653-4694 MAMA NUNZ’S PIZZA Jo Ruth Canciila, owner, 800 S. Main 653-8402 SHADY CREEK HEALTH CARE FACILITY Ted Merrick, Ex. Dir., & Staff, 1306 Bloomington 653-2406 SHUEE & SONS TV & APPLIANCE Sales and Staff 24 N Jackson, Greencastle The Shuee Family and Staff THE WALDEN INN Matthew O'Neill & Staff, 2 East Seminary 653-2761 LONE STAR INDUSTRIES Greencastle, Indiana SYSTECH CORPORATION Quality Control Analysis of Flammable Liquids Greencastle, IN BRACKNEY’S WESTERN STORE The Brackney Family, U.S. Hwy. 231 N. 653-9464 BRANAGIN OIL CO. Gary & Darcella Branagm & Personnel 653-8254 compliments of the GREENCASTLE NURSING HOME 815 E. Tacoma, 2 blks. N. of Armory CENTRAL INSURANCE AGENCY, INC. ’Monty Montgomery ‘Rick Sharp ’Charlene O'Neal 653-2641 DAVES’ HEATING & COOLING Dave Cox & Dave Corbin, props. 124 N Jackson 653-7346 JENKINS STANDARD SERVICE Indiana & Walnut Streets Grencastle 653-9933 GIRTON’S BOOKSHOP Bob Girton & Staff 12 W. Washington, Greencastle 653-2665 IBM (Ind.) EMPLOYEES FEDERAL CREDIT UNION 13 Putnam Plaza, 653-9731 FARM BUREAU INSURANCE Agents Jeff Eslinger, Brian Christy, Larry Grounds, Mike Clodfelter-653-9797 QUANTUM MECHANICAL INC. Heating ‘ Air Conditioning Refrigeration RR 6, Box 45 Greencastle 739-6222 CASH CONCRETE PRODUCTS, INC. •Since 1919* Webb Road 653-6533 PUTNAM INN RESTAURANT Ron Hansen & Staff 400 N. Jackson Greencastle 653-8777 B & E ELECTRIC SERVICE Electric & Commercial Refngeration 1108 So. Locust 653-3953 CROWN VENDING SERVICE CO. 653-8668-dependable food & refreshment vending service for The Greencastle Area

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