Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 103, Number 14, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 5 September 1979 — Page 4

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Nappanee Advance-News Wednesday. September 5, 1979

Oil in Nappanee?

The United States has enough oil to last 10,000 years, and some of it can be found right here around Nappanee. So says “Mr. Doodlebug.” “Mr. Doodlebug,” otherwise known as Clarence Hollet of Plymouth, was in Nappanee last week attempting to interest area farmers and land owners in his oil “dowsing” service. Dowsing, to educate the ignorant, is the art of locating water, oil, even gold with a specially designed rod. “We have outdone the finest scientific institutes in the world with divining rods,” Hollet said. “The problem is that some educated fools

Comment and opinion

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For years, I have been urging a permanent funding solution for highway maintenance needs in order to protect the state’s vital highway transportation system. Recent information from the State Highway Department underscores the intensifying deterioration of the road system. Based upon current projections, highway funding for fiscal 1981 will be S3B million below that for the preceding 1980 fiscal year. In fact, the disparity probably will be greater if fuel sales continue to decrease as a result of more efficient autos, conservation and the price of gasoline. The 1981 outlook is rather bleak, when contrasted to maintenance needs. At a minimum, the state needs to replace 100 bridges each year, repair 320 others and resurface 1,200 miles of roadway. That level of effort is needed to preserve the quality of the highway svstem at it; designed level. Based upon federal and state funds available to the Highway Department, we will fall far short of meeting these

Consumer questions

Q. Is there anything I can do to keep the collar points on my husband's dress shirts from fraying? A. Here are four tips that may help: 1. Check the inside of both your washer and dryer to make sure there aren’t rough or chipped spots which could be causing the fraying. 2. Keep your washer agitation to a minimum. 3. Don’t wash dress shirts in a load with rough fabrics, such as denim or terry. Watch out for sharp items in the wash, such as belt buckles or metal buttons. 4. When drying the shirts, try to remove them from the dryer as soon as they are dry. Q. My neighbor tells me that she always gets bargains in the month of September. Can you tell me what I can

SIDE GLANCES

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Mr. Doodlebug' says he can find it

are so skeptical and brainwashed that they just can’t see it.” How dowsing works is not exactly known, but according to “Mr. Doodlebug,” no explanation is necessary. “I don’t care what the educated fools think about my dowsing. What do they know?” he said. “This is a high science. I can’t expect them to understand because it’s so far above everything they’ve ever seen.” Regardless of how dowsing works, Hollet’s slogan is “I don’t miss” as he offers to work on a percentage of oil and gas receipts, plus expenses, for

Gov. Otis R. Bowen:

Capitol Commentary

needs. Instead oi replacing iuu bridges in 1980, we will be able to replace only 60. In 1981, the replacement rate will drop to 42 instead of 320 bridge repair projects, there will be only 200 in 1980 and only 160 in 1981. That represents only half the rate of effort needed to sustain bridges at their designed levels. Although the state probably will meet the target of 1,200 miles of resurfacing in 1980, the rate will drop to 1,000 miles in 1981. Furthermore, in 1981, we will be forced to deter S4O million in construction projects because the state won’t have the funds to match available federal dollars. The effect of this continued erosion will be a highway network less able to accommodate the movement of people and commerce. Until a permanent funding solution is adopted to deal with highway maintenance needs, deterioration will continue. Further deterioration poses more than possible inefficiency or inconvenience; it presents a genuine threat to safe travel on Indiana’s roads.

look for? A. September is a good month to take advantage of special values offered by almost every store in town. Items such as children’s clothing; winter coats for the entire family; swimsuits and other summer sportswear are usually on sale. Look of indoor and outdoor home furnishings, especially lamps, draperies, garden and camping equipment. There are great values to be found on fans and air conditioners ... and for the handyman there are paint and hardware supplies at bargain prices. For the seamstress ... watch for fall fabric sales. Plan ahead for your fall and winter needs ... then visit, your local retailer for those money saving values this month.

by Gill Fox

anyone interested in finding such resources on their property. “There ain’t a farm around Nappanee without oil,” he said: “But it takes precision drilling to know exactly where to drill.” Hollet disputes geologists’ theories that oil is found only in pools, saying that some oil is located in crevices that stretch out like the fingers of one’s hand. He also disputes any claim that there is an “energy crisis.” Virtually every farming area in the U.S. can produce enough oil for the area to be selfsufficient, he says, but the major oil

FUNNY BUSINESS

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Al Shifflett:

The Salt Shaker

If a person has his ears and eyes open he can learn a lot. Some interesting facts I learned along the way this summer are listed below. See what you think. In spite of bad press the institution of marriage is still most popular. A larger percentage of Americans marry today than ever before. Psychologists claim it still is the best way for development of a child, that is, with both parents around. Statues are interesting. When you see a statue with a famous man on a horse, look at the horses’ feet. Here’s the code: one foot up means the man died in battle. Two feet up means he was wounded. All feet down means he died in bed—probably of old age. So you think gasoline is expensive in your town. Well, people still want to come to America where it’s cheap. In Greece its $2.93 per gallon. In France $2,45. Spain has it at $2.40. Italy $2.23. Israel $2.01. Japan $1.98. West Germany $1.98. South Africa at $1.76 per gallon. And Great Britain at $1.53. The 1980 census is coming up and should be interesting. The 1970 census revealed that 40 percent of the population had lived at a different

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companies wish to keep farmers ignorant to maintain a stranglehold on the market. , “Mr. Doodlebug” also said that he has wells set up in areas previously designated as “dry” storage areas by the oil companies. An address of Box 15 in Nappanee and a phone number in Bourbon is given for anyone wishing to consult with Hollet over possible oil finds in the northern Indiana area. Skepticism may greet his claims, but if northern Indiana should someday find itself in the midst of an oil boom, “Mr. Doodlebug” would be able to say, “I told you so.”

by Roger Bollen

address only five years earlier. We are a people on the go. Approximately 35 million Americans snore occasionally. Many marriages are wrecked by snoring. Most snorers are overweight, and snore best, or loudest, on their backs. So turn them over! Eating before you go to bed causes excessive snoring. TV snacks have increased the number of Americans who snore, almost to epidemic snore conditions. One irate Architect wants to stamp out snoring. He believes his apartment building is slowly coming apart because of, you guessed it, snorers who reach simultaneously, each night, a high level pitch on the snore scale. “It’s causing' the mortar to crack and crumble!” the architect claims. The rental form now includes the question: “Do you snore?” It’s conceivable, believe it or not, that in the future the Supreme Court will be asked to render a decision on, of all things, snoring. Or, discrimination against snorers. Any action against 35 million snorers is bound to have loud repercussions. And I’m not dreaming.

cSTy®?

A few days prior to the Barth Classic golf tournament annually held in Plymouth, a friend called to invite me to lunch at her home. One of the members of the tour, a young professional golfer, was my friend’s house guest. The.young woman was having a lot of problems with her health and her diet, and my friend and her husband (a local physician) hoped that by talking about the situation together, we might be able to help. Miss “X” is twenty-six years old. She is physically strong, intelligent, attractive and obviously very skilled in the game of golf. She had just com* back on the tour after a number of months ill and discouraged. She had spent weeks in hospitals for tests... not to mention thousands of dollars in medical expenses. Her symptoms were many and varied: she suffered extreme fatigue, anxiety, depressions and mood changes. She experienced severe drops in energy, sometimes to the point where she could not prevent her golf spikes from dragging across the putting surface. “I literally could not lift my. feet,” she said, “I was so tired that to grasp the club was agony.” Miss “X” also experienced weak feelings and a desire for food, headaches, mood swings and outbursts of temper combined with an overall fear-or a feeling of insecurity. Her West Coast physician, after batteries of hospital tests, diagnosed her as a manic-depressive. One of the drugs he prescribed for Miss “X” was a combination of a powerful “upper” with another potent ingredient designed to “soften the rough edges” created by the chemically-induced “high.” A short time after her doctor’s diagnosis, Miss “X’s” mother happened to read a magazine article describing the symptoms of the disease, hypoglycemia. Many of the symptoms were the same as those experienced by her daughter. ■* Hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) is not a disease caused by germs. It is caused by our modern life-style and is a direct result from our desire for sweet and convenient foods. Some authorities say that between 40 and 50 percent of the population suffers from hypoglycemia, with 25 percent having severe cases. I would go further than that. From my own family’s experience, 100 percent of us have, at one time or another, suffered hypoglycemic attacks. In hypoglycemia, the body removes glucose (a sugar) from the blood faster than it replaces it. Quickly assimilated refined carbohydrates, such as alcohol, candy and colas send the victim’s blood sugar level soaring, only to let it drop to an abnormally low level a few hours later. The body releases adrenalin to correct the low-sugar situation, and this chemical change causes peculiar mental, emotional and physical responses. Other causes of hypoglycemia are reactions that can be triggered by stress. Coffee, nicotine or alcohol will also aggravate the condition. The young lady, under the urging of her mother, agreed to take the glucose tolerance test. She said, “I didn’t have anything to lose. I felt that my career as a golfer was over under my present situation.” The Glucose Tolerance Test is a six hour test. It is not painful. It is given in the hospital and always in the morning. You must fast the night before. This allows the doctor to determine your basal blood sugar level. Before the exam, you are given a blood test and then a sugar solution to drink. For the next six hours, your blood sugar level is measured every hour to detect fluctuations. A rapid rise followed by a fall to below normal blood sugar levels within the test time indicates hypoglycemia. The results proved that Miss “X” was suffering from hypoglycemia. Her original physician, well-known among sports personalities on the West coast, had not even tested her for the disease. “Not only that,” she told me, “but he never once asked me what I ate. If he had, it might have made him more suspicious of my problem.” Traveling from city to city, grabbing meals on the run, snacking in the car, or on the golf course ... all of these things can be disastrous to an athlete’s health. Unfortunately, however, the foods she described as a normal day’s intake aren’t very different from that of a life-at-home teenager in Marshall or Elkhart County! Soft drinks, candy bars, hamburgers, ice cream, packaged cookies... Does it sound familiar to you? It will be tough for this young golfer to correct her diet while on the tour.. She is trying hard. She totally eliminated sugar from her diet two months ago, and she is determined to follow the rules of good nutrition. She knows that she must. Her career, as well as her health... depend on it. Miss “X” will avoid the following: —White sugar and everything made with it... ice cream, pastry, cake, candy, commercially baked breads if made with refined sugars, —White flour and everything made with it. Only whole grain products are acceptable. —Coffee, tea, cola drinks ... anything containing caffeine. —Alcohol and tobacco. —All processed, packaged or canned foods. An added note: Our Miss “X” made the cut at the Barth Classic. She played all three days. Her temper was even, her drives were booming and, most important, she felt strong. Unfortunately, there is no combination that I know of. . . (even wheat germ or yogurt) that will help you putt. I wish I had something for THAT condition. I could make a fortune! Two weeks following the Barth Classic, Miss “X” finished in a tie for 4th place in the Patty Berg Classic, St. Paul, Minnesota. Her purse was over $3,000. One of the golfers our Miss “X” beat was Nancy Lopez. I know that, given time, Miss “X” will make her mark on the LPGA tour and in the annals of fine women athletes. She will be back in Marshall County next year. There will be plenty of us waiting to cheer her on. At her pre-game breakfast, Miss “X” made the following drink from an earlier column of THE NATURAL COOK. She prepared an additional thermos of the mixture for quick pick-ups on the course: ATHLETES PEP UP 1. In a blender put: - 1 Tablespoon honey 1 egg 1 small can of orange juice concentrate, unsweetened l l h. cups of milk 1 banana or smallpeach 2. Blend and serve cold. RECOMMENDED READING: DR. ATKINS’ SUPERENERGY DIET, by Robert Atkins (Bantam Press) SUGAR BLUES, by William Dusty (Warner Press) HYPOGLYCEMIA: A BETTER APPROACH by Paavo Airola (Health Plus Press)

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