The Mail-Journal, Volume 4, Number 43, Milford, Kosciusko County, 1 December 1965 — Page 20

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Tovmaker'i Tips For Parents

Christmas Shopping With The Experts

Shopping for Christmas toys may seem almost as much of a | problem today as buying a new family automobile. Thanks to the ingenuity of the toy Industry, Dad and Mom now can choose from literally thous- ! •nds of different toys, priced ; from a fraction of a dollar to ten or more times that amount. But when they start on their annual Santa Claus expedition, they I needn’t be confused by the tre- i mendous variety on toy department shelves, says Gordon E. Batdorf. father of five children who range tn age from 5 to 18. Gordon Batdorf has- unique qualifications for guiding parents on their annual big tour : through the toy stores.-Beside* tw>i ng an experienced father, he is president of Tonka Toys, a leading manufacturer whose steel toy trucks and construction vehicles are known to a generation of Americans. . • What does he look for when he’s shopping for Christmas? • Try to match the toy to the child’s physical and mental development. Pre-school Blri® and boys can be thrilled with the same playthings, whether they’re dolls or dump trucks. Older children require toys tailored to their age and sex. Even if It’s fun for the parents to participate, don’t buy a toy that the child can’t fully enjoy without < grown-up help. • Make sure you understand how a toy — or game — works. If it needs batteries, have a supply of fresh ones. If it'a a game, study the rules in advance. 1 There’s nothing more frustrating tor youngsters than a Christmas present they can’t immediately enjoy. • For younger children — under ten — try to Select toys they have to work with. These should challenge their interest and participation, not toys that work automatically while they watch? Just as in grown up life, it’s better to play and participate than simply sit In the stands and look on. • Good design and construction are important, not only because they guarantee the parent's money is well spent but

Elkhart Social Security Office Will Open Saturday Morning The Elkhart Social Security office wkl be open Saturday mornings on Decen*er 4. 11 and 18’ and on Thursday evenings until 8 15 p. tn. on December 9, 16 and 23 for the benefit of people over 65 who are Mil working and unable to visit the office during regular office hours, according to Herbert O. Buheme>er. district manager. AH people 65 and over must file an application for social security, rs they have not already done so. to establish their eligibility for Med-

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because they help teach the ! child the value of fine workmanship. Inspect the quality of the materials used if you want to be j sure the toy will outlive Christ- i mas day. High grade materials, well finished and accurately assembled mean your toy investment Is good for yearn rather ( than days. • Safety is always a prime consideration. While the American toy industry has made great strides in guaranteeing the safety of the young toy user, we have many imported toys on the < market. Always eheck » toy for dangerously sharp edges or points. If a toy uses electricity. - make sure it has the ’’under-writer-approved’' label. • When even one special toy for each child seems to stretch ,

icare. Many people who are still working have delayed doing *> There is a deadline of March 31. 1966 for those already over 66 to dect medical coverage under Medicare. Bultemewr said that his offine would like to avoid a last minute rush and long waiting lines after the first of the year which are likely to develop He hopes that die additional Saturday and evening hours will accomplish this Workers who are still earning too much to draw monthly benefits are nevertheless eligible for Medicare, liwfwr, an application for social security must first be filed to es- , itibMi this eligibility. Their benefit amount will be refigured later

the Christmas budget, you can round out your Christmas giving with inexpensive but fun-filled packages- Underatandably. more expensive toys get touch advertising space, but any good toy department will have a selection of good quality toys for boys and girls at reasonable prices. • Your safest choice in toys, for all but the very youngest, are things that enable the < htld to Imitate the grown-up world of his parents. By the same token, these are often the most educational because they incorporate exercise in physical dexterity, as well as Imaginative play. • And as a last caution, buy toys with appeal for the children, not tor yourself. The toy that intrigues an adult Is often likel> to b*" v child

to include the additional earnings. Bultemeser also reminded people over 65 who have never contributed Ito the social security program tfiat they too must file an application to establish their eligibility for M«y icare. / The office is located at 515 soup Third street in Elkhart. Mr and Mrs. Virgil Zimmerman and familv were hosts on Thanksgiving Day for a dinner for Clarence Stieglitz. Mr. and Mrs. Michael Zimmerman. Melvin Zimmerman and family, all of the Milford area; and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Gerber md Jackie ot Pausing, Ohio.

CAPITOL fl COMMENTS k US. Senator Vance HARTKE XJriWi«w The World Needs Our Surplus

The time has come for us to stop worrying about farm surpluses and begin to prepare instead to produce ail we can. This may sound strange after we have fought for so many years to hold down production. But in the race between population growth and food supplies, the world is rapidly losing the capacity to feed all its people. For the last seven years the world’s population has grown about two per cent a year, but world food supplies have increased only one per cent annually. Richard Reuter. food for peace director, warns that unless we can reverse the trend "there will be widespread starvation in little more than a decade." That is why on my visit to the Far East in the next few weeks I will be talking in Japan. India and Pakistan with finance and agriculture ministers. We will explore a plan I am suggesting for fighting the food battle through a radical alteration of our farm policy. I believe we can begin to take off the shackles on farm production, sell our crops in world markets for local currencies, and plow those currency receipts back into increasing production in the needy countries.

Scores Are Complete For Bridge-O-Rama Scores are complete for the second round of the Syracuse area Bndge-O-Rama, with the standings as follows: Gross - First, , Otis Clyde Butt and James Butt; second, Gene Hall and Dale Allen; third, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Alfrey; fourth. Mr. and Mrs Clifton Kinder; fifth, Mrs. Tot! Prickett and Mrs. Jay Brouwer. / Net - First, Mr. and Mrs. Jack /Alfrey; second, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kroh; third, Otis Clyde Butt and James Butt; fourth, Mrs. Wayne Bucher and Mrs. Arch Baumgartner; fifth, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stevens. Third round games are now in progress and should be completed by this time. There are no games scheduled for December. Play will be resumed in January. “To make the best better” is motto of some 2% million 4-H boys and girls from coast to coast

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Our stares on hand are shrinking. Instead of grain surpluses, there is a surplus of storage bins; the 4.1 billion bushels we stored four years ago has shrunk to 2.6 billion now. Rice, beans, vegetable oil, and butter are no longer available for foreign donation programs because so much surplus has been worked off. > Instead of gifts from the United< States, we should be producing to i sell to foreign lands in need—but with a bask: difference. They are; hampered when they have to pay in dollars. I propose that we sell for their own currency, such as Indian rupees. Then we should insist that they take those rupees and provide fertilizer, skilled assistance of the kind our county agents give, and do everything possible to raise their production toward our own bounteous crops. We can help stave off i famine, but we should do it in such away that they can help themselves : in the long run. So we are off on a five-week trip, i under appointment by Vice President i Humphrey, for discussions vital to feeding the world’s hungry. We plan ! to return just before Christmas, i Next week I hope to send back word i of our first stop in Japan.

Syracuse Man Escapes Injury In Goshen Mishap Cars operated by Everett L. Welty, 43, r 2 Syracuse and Eileen M. Manaham, 30, Goshen, were involved in a traffic mishap in the 100 block of north Fifth street, Goshen, at 10:35 a. m. Saturday. Damage was not extensive according to Goshen city police. LOOKING LT CLASS TO MEET SATURDAY NIGHT . The Looking Up class of the Syracuse Church of the Brethren will meet for its regular December ' party on Saturday night in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Mabie. Mr. and Mrs. Noble Myers of 400 Front street, Syracuse, left this week for Sarasota, Fla., where they will spend the winter. Their address is 5252 S. Tamiami Trail, in care of the Hollyhurst Motel, Sarasota, Fla.

CHRISTMAS SHOPPING CAN BE FUN ... BUY GIFTS AT A Gift Shop ... Try Country Corners A STORE FULL OF NAME BRANDS TO CHOOSE FROM OUR CUSTOMERS CALL US “LITTLE MARSHALL FIELDS OF KOSCIUSKO COUNTY”

March of Dimes Confab Held In Chicago “The March of Dimes fight against birth defects is the fight of all those who hope that every child may be born healthy and live a normal life,” declared Maxine Wiley, Kosciusko county chairman, today. Returning home from a meeting in Chicago of March of Dimes volunteer leaders representing Illinois, Indiana. lowa and Wisconsin, Mrs. Wiley called for volunteers to help bring this goal nearer by raising funds in the January 1966 March of Dimes campaign. “Birth defects are the nation’s second greatest destroyer of life,” said ’ (the March of Dimes leader. “They cause nearly twice as many deaths, both before and after birth, as cancer and nearly twice as many as 'strokes. At least half a million unborn babies die each year as a result of defects. Another 60.000 are bom alive but succumb to those defects in infancy or childhood or as adults.

: “How tragic that each year in the United States more than 250.000 babies are born with serious birth defects—conditions which often kill or cause permanent mental and physical disability.” By attacking birth defects through research, treatment, and education, Mrs. Wiley emphasized the March of i Dimes has achieved significant pro- ‘ gress during the past few years, i Its funds support research scientists in 20 states, D. C., and Canada as they seek to unravel the causes of birth defects and devise means to prevent them. Many victims of birth defects can now benefit from improved methods of care and treatment through a national network of 57 March of Dimes — supported treatment centers. I Mrs. Wilev noted this year for the first time, 'the March of Dimes is supporting a nationwide public education campaign in prenatal care, fits purpose, she said, is to call attention to all prospective parents of the im- . portance of such care in protecting the health of both mother and baby. Attending the meeting with Mrs. Wilev at the Sheraton hotel were Rosemary Parson, county co-chair-man; Edna Black, county secretary: Jean Cooke, county treasurer; and Barbara Sledg, mother’s march chairman. I r MRS. SCHLEETER » ENTERTAINS f BRIDGE <XUB The bridge club at Syracuse was entertained recently by Mrs. Lois Schleeter at supper in the Beacon. ) Following the supper the group s returned to the home of Mrs. Schr leeter for bridge. s Prizes were won by Mrs. W. A. 5 Jones and Mrs. J. Barton Cox. , Mrs. Joy Sims will be hostess for the next meeting.

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SECRETS FOR STITCHING VELVET LAFAYETTE — A fashion first this holiday season is velvet —a rich, luxurious textured fabric for women and children. If making a velvet dress or outfit is in your holiday plans, here are a few construction tips from Mrs. Bonnita Farmer. Purdue university clothing specialist. When selecting a pattern, look for simple designs with few pattern pieces or construction details. Avoid patterns requiring top stitching because the machine presser foot crushes the pile. Match thread color to the pile side of the fabric. For a richer color, and to prevent the pile from matting, cut velvet so the pile runs up. To

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reduce seam bulk, cut fiaongs from color matched light-weight fabrics. Before actually sewing the dress, experiment with the fabric, suggests Mrs. Farmer. You may need to decrease pressure and tension and to lengthen the stitch setting to sew a smooth seam. Loops, snaps, hooks and hand stitched zippers are good choices for closings, since buttonholes are difficult to make in velvet. Press velvet fabrics with care. Press on the wrong side and protect the pile with either a heavy terry towel, a needle board, or a piece of self fabric. Use steam and press lightly by lifting and lowering the iron. To raise crushed pile and to freshen velvet after wearing hang the dress in a steamy bathroom.