Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 110, Number 20, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 8 October 1986 — Page 2

Nappanee Advance News Wednesday, October 8, 1986

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Honest Erica

Some days it seems like things go all wrong. You stub your toe on the bed post, the toast is burned, the toothpaste falls off the brush. Deak Thornton was having one of those days. To top it off, a whole roll of just purchased stamps dropped out of the package on his way back from the post office. And the post office said they couldn’t do anything about it. But Erica Berkey, 9 year old daughter of Bruce and Sue Berkey, was about to turn the day around. On her way to school, Erica spotted the stamps on the sidewalk and stopped her bike to pick them up. She turned them in to her teacher, Mrs. Tobias, at Central School. called the post office who in turned called Community'&usiness Center where Deak works. Stamps and business were happily reunited. As a token of their appreciation, the store has given Erica a reward: chalk,crayons and drawing markers, a small reward for the big gift of honesty that Erica showed. Here Marge Rozow, salesperson, gives Erica her prize, an photo by Julia Mast

Correction The phone number for Kent Miller, Campus Life Director at North Wood, was Incorrectly listed in last week’s issue. The correct number is 773-3835.

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Happy 16th JOHN Your Family

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FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL SALLY A. BUSS 219-773-3965

Madison Twp. Lions Club plans tenderloin meal The Lions Club of Madison Township will offer a *’fresh cut” tenderloin dinner, Saturday, October 11, from 4-7:30p.m., at Madison School. Tickets are priced at $4.50 for adults, and 52.50 for children under age 12. Road closing U.S. 6.10 mile east of S.R. 15 in Elkhart County will be colsed October 6 - 17 to repair the Conrail railroad crossing. The official detour will be U.S. 33 and S.R. 15, which will add 15 miles.

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'Openers' reports changes

Two changes in the American scene will have a major impact on the way we live, according to the fall issue of “Openers”, available at the Nappanee Public Library. The fall cover story reports that, by the year 2010, one-fourth of the U.S. population will be 55 years of age or older. The article looks at the needs of the growing population and what we can do now to prepare for the greying of America. And that’s not the only part of American life that is changing. A feature on working parents reports that by 1990, both parents of 75 percent of the children in the U.S. will work outside the home. What will happen to the American family? How will parents cope with work and family? Openers discusses the topic with pediatrician Dr. T. Berry Brazelton. The fall issue also offers tips on getting your garden ready for spring, reviews the latest album for Emmy Lou Harris, and previews the fall publishing season. A special feature looks at the importance of sharing books with your children, and suggests great holiday books families can read together. Stop in at the Nappanee Public Library, and ask for a copy of America’s Library Newspaper, “Openers.”

CPR classes at Goshen

Goshen General Hospital is offeering a Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation class on Monday, October 13 and Wednesday, October 15 from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the hospital’s Education Department. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation is an emergency measure which almost everyone can leant in a short lime. CPR may keep the heart attack patient alive until more advanced life support is available. When a person’s heart stops for any reason - heart attack, electrical shock, drowning, smoke inhalation - the first few minutes can mean the difference between life and death. The American Heart Association estimates that 50,000 heart attack victims could be saved annually if emergency care were available at the scene.

CPR can provide that immediate care. It invplves mouth-to-mouth breathing and chest massage to restart the heart. Its purpose is to keep the heart attack victim alive until advanced life support is available. -~i

Anyone interested in CPR can enroll by callling the Education Department at Goshen General Hospital. Py:registration is required as class size is limited. There is a class fee which includes book and materials.

Society visits library

The Elkhart County Historical Society visited the Nappanee Public Library recently, touring the Heritage Center, and hearing a program on Nappanee presented by Evelyn Culp. In the photo at top, one of the 52 persons enjoying the program browses through a scrapbook on Nappanee. In the bottom photo, Mrs. Culp, fourth from left, poses with members of the society, from left, Carolyn McCuen, Lester McCuen, Evelyn McCuen, Sharol Raber, president, and Mrs. Chauncey Baldwin. The society features different cities in Elkhart County for its programs. (AN photos by Fred Culp) 4

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Blood donor day... the way it is

by lAMA DONOR I’m a firm believer in giving blood. It doesn’t hurt, costs you nothing but time; and afterwards, you feel terrific. In case you’ve been putting off donating for any reason, I’m here to tell you just how easy and painless it is. The first thing that happens when you go to the Blood Donor Day is this: some real nice volunteer ladies type out the basic information about you, name, address and such, on a little form. When you get done with that, the volunteer will give you a clipboard, so you can answer some questions about yourself on the history card. You then take this to the nurse and she reverifics the first six questions with you. She then measures your blood pressure and pulse rate. Next, another volunteer takes your temperature and weight. When you get done with that, it’s time for the hepioglobin test (iron test). Here a volunteer nurse pricks your earlobe with a little needle, and, no, it doesn’t hurt, because there’s hardly any nerve endings there to tell your brain about it. She puts the drop of blood in a blue liquid, where it sinks like a stone. Then it’s time to do the deed, and it’s remarkably undramatic. Here’s what happens: you lay down on a comfortable cot and roll up your sleeve. A nurse cleans your arm real well. She turns it yellow in fact, getting that spot so clean that no germ would have a prayer on it. Then they take a pint of blood from you, and that doesn’t hurt, either. The Red Cross folks really have this act together! You don’t see the blood or the needle and the place doesn't smell like a hospital either. It’s that easy. You just lie there for 10 minutes or so, squeeze a little ruibber grip every few seconds, and try not to fall asleep. Couldn’t be simpler. When you’re done, they put a bandaid on your arm and lead you to the canteen. There you must drink 4-6 ounces of water, then you have a choice of Pepsi, coffee and orange juice, along with cookies and pretzels, and everyone tells you how great you are. We suggest that you shouldn’t do anything strenuous for the next few hours. There are those who have managed to stretch those few hours into a few days, when circumstances like cleaning the garage or raking leaves

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warrant it. That-believe it or not-is all there is to giving blood. I don’t see how it could be any easier. The whole process moves a little quicker if you make an appointment in advance. You’ll have done something good! I hope to see you on Friday, October 17, between 1 la.m.-5p.m., at the Nappanee United Methodist Church, 301 E. Market St., Nappanee.

Looking Back...

By Mary K. Knobel

Before we leave the Heritage Center Museum Room, there are a few other interesting items I would like to call to your attention. The wooden file cabinet next to the Coppes kitchen cabinet is from the vault at Mutschler Brothers office and will in time contain pictures, sales material, history, and other information concerning that company. One of lthe two center display cases contains all sorts of early Nappanee memorabilia. The one item most interesting to me is a tin box, about 12” x 12” x 18”, at one time painted white. It is a ballot box, but not just any ballot box. If one looks closely there is printed on the side WOMEN’S BALLOT BOX. In the 1851 Indiana Constitution, voting was restricted to white male citizens over the age of 21. In 1881 the word “white” was eliminated. In 1921 the constitution was again amended to agree with the United States’ constitutional amendment #l9 ratified in 1920 in conferring full suffrage on women as well as men. The most recent amendment concerning voting was ratified in 1976 reducing the age from 21 to 18. Now I am beginning to sound like a school teacher! Sorry! Below the ballot box is a display of doctors’ bags, instruments, and medicine bottles from the Doctors Price. The Nappanee Police exhibit has several articles uSed by previous Nappanee police. Early models of cameras, projectors, radios, and typewriters are on display

Campus note... Mark Miller, 27544 CR 52 Nappanee, has been named to the Dean’s List at the DeVry Institute of Technoloy in Lombard, Illinois. To be elibible for the Dean’s List, students must have between a 3.0 and 3.49 grade point average for the last term of study. Miller, a student in the Electronics Technician program, has a 3.4 GPA. DeVry Institute of Technology is part of the DeVry Inc. network of 11 campuses that specialize in Electronics Technology and Computer Information Systems. DeViy Inc. is one of the largest postsecondary technical education organizations in North America.

along with a large exhibit of early clothing worn by Nappanee men, women and children dating back to 1870. Some are in beautiful large armoir and others on racks. On the south end of the big library table on the east side of the room, under class, is an interesting collection of old post cards. The remainder of the post card collection is in a small wooden file in the archives room. Incidentally, that little file has been around a bit. It was the one I used a varsity debater at DePauw University and as a debate coach at Campbell College in North Carolina, in Aberdeen, South Dakota, and Geneseo, Illinois. Almost all the post cards in the collection bear a 1 cent stamp. Some are of Nappanee scenes while others are greeting cards, Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving, and birthday. As I was putting the exhibit together, I ran across one of the postcards the JCC had sent a World War II serviceman notifying him that the Readers Digest had been ordered in his name as a 1944 Christman gift from the club. I am not certain if they sent them to all Nappanee servicemen or just to their own members. The JCC had been organized in Nappanee about 1940 and many of their charter members were in service after Pearl Harbor. It has been impossible to mention every one of the interesting articles in the museum room. Go down yourself and brouse. Please do not be like one person who told me he enjoyed these articles. For that I thank him and all the rest of you who have taken the trouble to tell me you read them and enjoy them. However when I asked this individual if he had been to the Heritage Center, his answer was, “No. I don’t need to. I know all about it from your columns.” The reason I have been writing this summer is to make YOU want to go and see for yourselves what many of us are so proud to have available. It is the heritage of our town. More next week. . .MKK

Put carters on a drawer from a discarded dresser to make a toy or storage bin that can be rolled under the bed.