The Mail-Journal, Volume 9, Number 39, Milford, Kosciusko County, 25 October 1972 — Page 6

THE MAIL-JOURNAL—Wed., Oct. 25,1972

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Lakeland ! SCHOOL NEWS

w JL I ■ J| Ea* F id w 1 L HOW MANY? — Ulis is the question being pondered by Gary Zell, Daryl Gans, Kim McCarty and Cathie Leonard, all fifth grade students at Syracuse, in the bean guessing contest, a part of the P.T.O. carnival set for Saturday night at the school.

Bffi.SCHOOtO LUNCH ©/ A MENUS 1 WiSnSSHXSXXSQ LAKELAND COMMUNITY SCHOOLS (Oct. 30-Nov. 1) MONDAY — Hamburger sandwich, buttered com, fruit salad, pecan sandies, milk. TUESDAY — Witches’ stew, ghostly orange quiver, goblin sandwich, devil’s cake and spook juice. WEDNESDAY — Fried chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans, fruit salad, bread and butter and milk. Thursday and Friday, no school, IST A meeting. should u father who's struggling with new moth hove o ■fflßE? By all means ... if he wants to keep up with the times! Trendline, the pint-sized convenience phone hands you its own dial when you pick it up. Trendline brings its lighted .. dial to you in wall or desk model. Room-matching colors. Why not order yours today? United Telephone Company Os Indiana A Member Os United Telephone System

College Counselor To Visit Schools Richard Gerig, admissions counselor at Goshen college, will soon talk with area high school students about the overseas study-service trimester, the new study and work program, freshman colloquium, and college life. Gerig is a 1972 graduate of Goshen college and will visit schools next week. On Tuesday morning, Oct. 31, Gerig will visit Wawasee high school, Syracuse, and West Noble high school, Ligonier. In the afternoon he will be at East Noble high school, Kendallville. The study-service trimester gives every student a chance to live and learn in a developing country like Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Jamaica, or Haiti for fourteen weeks. Seven weeks are spent studying the country’s customs and improving skills, and the last seven weeks are spent in unsalaried field work among the people. Students receive -10 credit hours for SST. Study and work is open to every student who wishes to earn money to pay for all or part of his college costs. It also gives the students a chance to develop new skills and interests outside the classroom. Employment is available close to the college. Freshman colloquium consists of eight specialized depth courses. Freshman choose one course for the fall trimester with students receiving 4 credit hours for this course. The number of courses offered this year were doubled because of the excellent student response. Goshen college is a fullyaccredited, four-year liberal arts college owned and controlled by the Mennonite church. This fall GC serves 1,092 students. Milford Girl Scouts Elect Officers By DARCY DEAN Election of officers was held at the first meeting of the Milford Girl Scouts on October 2 at the home of Mrs. Dick Wolferman, Dewart Lake. Officers are as follows: President — Nikki Dean Vice president — Kathy Nordin Treasurer — Janet Walton Secretary — Darcy Dean The group had a cook-out on October 15 at the home of Janet Walton. A bake sale is being planned for November. A discussion was held on what activities to do this year. They included tandem bike riding and winter camping. Mrs. Wolferman served orange juice and cookies to the following girls: Nikki Dean, Darcy Dean, Debbie Tyler, Lonna Wolferman, Nancy Wolferman, Beth Wolferman, Kathy Nordin, Janet Walton and Debbie Joyce. Next meeting will be held October 30 after school at Mrs. Wolferman’s home.

Annual PTO Halloween Carnival Saturday, Oct. 28 5:30 P.M.-9 P.M. SyrariKP School ■■ Fun For All!

NEX T WEEK IN THE LAKELAND SCHOOLS Thursday WHS SWAP Day open house Open house at North Webster Open house at Milford elementary 5 p.m. — WHS C team football vs Manchester at Wawasee Friday 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. — Syracuse elementary fourth grade field trip 7:30 p.m. — WHS varsity football at North Wood Saturday WHS regional invitational speech contest at Wawasee 5:30-9 p.m. — Syracuse PTO Halloween carnival Tuesday 7 p.m. — WHS open swimming Tips On Judging Quality Clothes By JOYCE ROARK Copley News Service In our fast living society, fewer women have time to sew their own clothes. The trend is to purchase ready-to-wear clothes. How can you tell if the garment you’re buying is good quality? The inside of a garment is more representative of its quality than is the outside. Check to be sure there is at least %-inch seam allowance used. Be sure the seams are finished in a manner appropriate to the fabric used: Firmly woven fabrics should be pinked or edge stitched. Loose weaves should be overcast to prevent fraying. Heavy-weight fabrics should be bound. Sheer fabrics should have a French seam. There should be no puckering in seams or darts. Broken seams represent weak thread used and-or an uneven tension. Loose thread ends should be tied securely. Dart ends should be securely fastened to prevent unraveling of the stitching. They should taper to a fine point for a smooth fit. Stripes and plaids should be matched exactly at all seams especially center front and back, and side seams. Check the hem to be sure that it’s even, flat, and that the stitches are invisible on the right side of the garment. Skirts and dresses should have at least 2-inch hems. Pants should have at least a IVfe-inch hem. A lining or under lining (lining and garment sewn as one) gives a better fit and appearance. Straight skirts and pants should be lined to prevent them from bagging or stretching out of shape. Jackets and coats are usually lined. Dresses should be lined (or under lined) unless they are meant to fit very softly. Hand stitching of the lining at the shoulders, armholes and around the edges is common in better garments. Buttonholes should have no loose thread ends or frayed edges. They should be evenly spaced. All trimmings, buttons, zippers, etc., should be compatible with the garment fabric in colorfastness and shrinkage. Examine the fabric in a garment, too. Check the hang-tag for manufacturer’s name and address, fiber content, and care instructions. Check the hang-tag or neck label for colorfastness: “Fast to sun and washing,” “fast only when drycleaned” or “fast to perspiration.” The term “vat dyed” indicates good colorfastness.

American Education Week, 1972 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Daniel Webster said: “On the diffusion of education among the people rest the preservation and perpetuation of our free institutions.” Webster was right. Not only will the quality of our young people’s future be determined by the quality of the education they receive, but a nation of free institutions depends for its gieatness on the knowledge and understanding of its people. Therefore, nothing matters more to the future of America than the strength, the vitality and the success of its educational system. Throughout the Nation, citizens are engaged in a massive effort to maintain and improve the quality of our education, and to ensure that it keeps ahead of the growing challenges it faces in an ever more complex society. Our continued success as a Nation will depend in large measure on the readiness and capacity of our schools to meet their new tasks in new ways, while holding fast to the fundamental virtues of our democracy and the integrity of the learning process. NOW, THEREFORE, I, RICHARD NIXON, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate the period of October 22 through October 28, 1972, as American Education Week. Education is the doorway to opportunity, and the theme of American Education Week, “Make Education Top Priority,” carries with it a commitment to provide equal educational opportunity for every individual in this Nation. I urge all citizens to help our schools honor this commitment. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-sixth day of July, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventy-two and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred ninety-seventh.

Sad Songs Make Him Feel Better

By JOHN SINOR Copley News Service When I get moody, I pull out the old blue guitar. I sing songs that are so miserably sad, pretty soon I feel better. “There’s a memory that lingers in our hearts still, “And a pick-churr that’s turned toward the wall ...” Other people in the household think my singing is pretty sad, too. But it doesn’t make them feel any better. They say things like: “Why don’t you go out in the backyard where it’s quiet. I think I ought to vacuum this room.” I don’t think they are listening to the words. “Oh, the volley was fired at sunnn-set, “Just after the break of the daaaay; “And while the echo lingered, “A soul had passed awaaaay ...” It’s a story about a guy who was ordered to stand at attention in front of a firing squad. However, he was NOT guilty. It was a bum rap. The real kicker was, the governor had granted him a pardon that very morning. In fact, there was a messenger pounding on the prison walls, trying to get in with the pardon. But the prison people could not hear him, what with rifles clicking and everything down in the yard. “Into the arms of his maker, “And there to hear his fate. “A tear, a sigh, a sad goodbye; “Oh, the pardon came too late.” Man, I sing a few verses of that to myself and nothing seems bad to me anymore. Grandma taught me a lot of those old songs. I’ve mentioned some of them before. A lot of people wrote in and said: “You can’t know that song. You’re not that OLD!” I ignored the letters. What do they know? (You’re as old as you feel. Right? Right. And sometimes I feel pretty ancient.) Grandma sang songs of pure woe and misery. “It makes times seem better when you think of other folk’s Manchester College Woodwind Recital October 27 The music department of Manchester college will present a woodwind trio recital on Friday, Oct. 27, at 8:15 p.m. in Winger Recital Hall. Performing will be Robert Jones, clarinetist, Stephanie Jones, oboist, and Thomas Owen, bassoonist. Jones is assistant professor of music at Manchester college and teaches woodwinds, music theory and music literature. Mrs. Jones is a member of the Fort Wayne Philharmonic, playing oboe and English horn. Owen is employed by the Fox Bassoon Company in South Whitley. The program will include Divertissement, by Jean Francaix; Suite Breve, by Eugene Bosza ; Divertimento in B flat, by Mozart; and Sonatine, by Michael Spisak. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Swager of Syracuse have returned from a two-week western vacation. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Sautbine of Portland arrived today (Wednesday) to spend the day with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Sautbine of r 3 Syracuse.

troubles,” she said. Grandma was an armchair psychiatrist. “Billy Vanero heard them say, “In an Arizona town one day, “That a gang of Apache warriors “Were on the trail of death ...” That’s another saddy but goodie. Billy Vanero gets on his horse and heads out of town to warn his sweetheart, Bess. Well, as fate would have it, Billy ALMOST makes it. He gets right up to Bess’ door and stumbles in. But he’s got an arrow in his back. He warns Bess and then dies in her arms. Little Bess is saved, but has to settle for the ranch foreman. Billy moves to Boot Hill. I sing a few verses of that song. I think about the words. I think about the poor guy with the late pardon, and poor Billy V. having to fight Apaches. Then I realize all I really have to fight are little things like indoor plumbing, telephones, bank computers, tax sheets and sixth grade homework. I tell you, a little music sure brightens things up around here. “There’s a brand new box of pine, “Leavin’ on the five-oh-nine ...”

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Youngster Must Be Taught A Lesson

By DR. WILLARD ABRAHAM

Q. The kid who lives next door likes to come to our house to visit, and I can’t figure out why. We have no children of our own. He has the habit of kicking, and I just kick him back. But he keeps coming back just the same. He’s four years old. A. And how old are you? It sounds to me like it’s all a game, and you and he are participants in it. Try ignoring him for a while when he kicks (if you possibly can), and if that doesn’t work, then place a ban on visits to help teach him that his behavior interferes with good times he can have at your house. Q. We often receive preparation for our jobs and professions, but one occupation that takes so much of our time and energy is entered with no training at all. I’m talking about parenthood. That’s a sad commentary on our socalled advanced society. A. It has often been said that the only competency many of us have for being parents is the biological ability to conceive a child. We spend more time on learning to add a column of figures, analyze a scientific concept that may be worthless to us, or memorize a date in history. The factors of child growth and development, family relationships, health and disease problems of children — these and many other topics of concern to a family are [Tactically never part of our educational program. They seep in only if we prepare to enter teaching, nursing or other occupations that touch the lives of families. Requiring certain child development and related courses in colleges may help — but only if the instructor is competent! And they may even be approached as part of the secondary school curriculum. Parents who want to be informed needn’t restrict themselves tq the formal school course route, however. Libraries are a source of help, and a basis of some confusion, too, because of the differing opinions of so-called authorities in the field. But at least it’s better to be aware of the alternatives in family living than to muddle through in ig-

OUR CHILDREN

Q. Our children all drink at least three or four carbonated canned or bottle drinks every day. It’s a habit to go to the refrigerator after school and in the evening, help themselves to a drink, and leave the containers lying around in front of the TV. It’s a pretty messy situation. Any suggestions?

Chili Supper Wednesday, Nov. 1 4:30 Till 7 p.m. Wawasee High School Commons Adults |1.25 Children 12 and under 75c Sponsored by Girls Sports Club

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CARL'S DRIVE-IN In Milford Is Closing SUNDAY, OCT. 29 For The Season Thank You For Your Patronage See You Next Spring BECKY and CARL HEPLER

A. You’re upset for only one reason, when you should be aware of at least three of them — the sloppy habit, and the more important ones of too many soft drinks and your apparent inability to enforce your wishes. There’s an easy solution to the specific problem you presented: Stop buying the drinks. Re-introduce them to milk and water.