The Mail-Journal, Volume 9, Number 44, Milford, Kosciusko County, 29 November 1972 — Page 7

Ligonier News By ROSE CUNNINGHAM

Zen Buddhism; Japanese Culture Is Program The Ligonier Study club held its November meeting in the comtnunity room of the American State Bank. Mrs. Leland Calbeck and Mrs. George Kidd were the hostesses. Dr. Sally Merrill, professor at the 1.U.-Purdue regional campus, Fort Wayne, presented an informative program on Zen Buddhism and Japanese culture. She illustrated their concepts with slides. Several classes of West Noble high school attended the meeting besides several adult guests. The next meeting will be at the home of Mrs. Darold McDonald. Kenneth Schuman Heads C Os C The Ligonier Chamber of Commerce met Tuesday morning and elected Kenneth Schuman of Lyon and Greenleaf Milling Co., as their 1973 president. Other officers elected were: Vice president — Carl Wyatt Executive secretary — Arthur Gibson Treasurer >— Gaylord West Serving on the nominating committee were Herb Galloway, Clem Jablonski and Dave Tranter. The vote for special thanks to Kenneth Franks for excellent work done in preparation for the Christmas decoration on Cavin street and his organization of the project, was extended by the group. The committee was assisted by members of the Ligonier Lions club. Ligonier Merchants Associations and the Boy# Scouts of Troop 106. Bob Einsiedel and Sam Patton, Jr., helped with the

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lift trucks. It was also reported that Santa would visit with the small people of the area on Cavin street each Friday and Saturday until Christmas. Time Management Program For Chatterbelles The Chatterbelles Homemaker’s Extension club met at the home of Mrs. Jerry Cunningham Tuesday evening. Mrs. Wayne Moore was cohostess. Thirteen members and two guests answered roll call. Devotions were by Mrs. William Hite and Mrs. Paul Miller gave the thought of the month. The project lesson on “Time Management” was given by Mrs. Cunningham. All committees reported on their part in planning for the community Christmas fair to be held at 6:30 p.m. November 30., in the West Noble cafetorium. The Chatterbelles are sponsoring the event and will have a fine representation from the area in arts, crafts, bazaar items and Christmas decorations. They will also hold a bake sale. Committees reported that enough booths had been reserved to fill the entire cafetorium. Members are planning a Christmas party on December 19 at 6:45 at the V and A Restaurant, Kendallville. At that time there will be a Christmas exchange and revealing of secret pals. Mrs. Dickinson Honored Sunday For Birthday Mrs. Rosalie Dickenson was guest of honor Sunday evening at a birthday dinner given for her at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Dickinson and family. Out of town guests were Mrs. Pauline Curtis, Liberty Center;

Miss Ethel Harper, Elkhart; Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Cummings, Connersville; Mrs. Allen Hartman, Tony and Bill of Warsaw. Local guests besides the family were Mrs. Lulu Creps, Miss Eva Cook, Mrs. Mildred Vance, Mrs. Marie Chiddister and Mrs. Ruth Jenson. Ruth Peterson Honored On Birthday Mrs. Ruth Peterson was honored on the occasion of her birthday Sunday, by her family, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Schlotterbach, Mr. and Mrs. Ellsworth Peterson and Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Ream, at the Ream residence. Woodrow Risser Funeral services were held today (Wednesday) for Woodrow T. Risser, 58, Goshen and brother of Mrs. Vern (Mildred) Fisher of Ligonier. In failing health for 14 months, he passed away Sunday morning at Goshen hospital where he had been a patient since October 25. Former owner of Home Decorating at Goshen, Mr. Risser was born near Ligonier on December 4, 1913 to Elmer and Clara (Mehl) Risser. He was married July 21, 1935 to the former Arlene Miller, and she survives. Mr. Risser was also a part-time realtor and had been associated with the Farm Bureau and Credit Union. He was a member of the Eighth Street Mennonite church, Maplecrest Country club, Chamber of Commerce, Moose lodge, Goshen Board of Realtors, and past president of Goshen Lions club. In addition to the widow and sister, he is survived by three sons, Jerry of Dunlap, Dennis, Middlebury, and J. Douglas, Goshen; four grandchildren; three brothers and one other sister. Roy W. Rex Death claimed Roy W. Rex, 79, r 3 Ligonier at 4 p.m. November 22. He died in the Veterans hospital at Fort Wayne of cancer following one month hospitalization. Rex was born June 14, 1893 in Kendallville to Austin Oakley and Julia Anna (Wyatt) Rex. He and Treva Marshall were married in Centerville, Mich., April 19,1924. He was a retired rural mail carrier. A veteran of World War I he was a member of the American Legion at Ligonier. Surviving with the wife are a son, James of New Haven and two daughters, Mrs. Lowell (Mary Lou) Poyser of Elkhart and Mrs. James (Betty) Tuvell of r 3 Ligonier; three grandchildren; two brothers, Walt, Sr., of Sturgis and Clarence of White Pigeon; and three sisters, Mrs. Floyd Meroney, Mrs. Ethel Shireman and Mrs. Lilian Fidler, all of Ligonier. Funeral services were held in Ligonier at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday with Rev. Steve Owens officiating. Burial was in Oak Park cemetery. COMMUNITY NEWS Mr. and Mrs. Herb Galloway have announced the sale of “The Town Crier” to Mr. and Mrs. William Pape. The business on Cavin Street will continue under

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the same name. Samuel W. Patton Jr., attended a three day seminar of the Indiana Society of Public Accounts this week at the Indianapolis Athletic club. Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Smith and family entertained at a Thanksgiving dinner for Dee Smith, Wawaka; Mr. and Mrs. Ernie Cripe, Jr., and family, Mr. and Mrs. Eamie V. Cripe, Mr. and Mrs. Terry Cripe, North Webster, and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Cripe, Cromwell. * Sleepware: A Potential Hazard WEST LAFAYETTE — During the Christmas season you’ll probably hear about many potential dangers — Christmas tree fires, outdoor lighting hazards, yule time fires. But there is another hazard that sometimes gets forgotten in the Christmas rush. “Highly flammmable children’s sleepwear is a danger that is not emphasized enough,” says Dr. Jean Goodrick, Extension clothing and textiles specialist at Purdue university. “Because fare hazards are at an all-time high at Christmas, parents should be especially alert to the dangers of flammable sleepwear during this season,” Dr. Goodrick adds. “It’s a hazard that could mean death or severe injury to their children.” There is something you can do to protect your children against possible tragedy. “Buy sleepwear that complies with the new Flammable Fabrics Act for flame resistance,” the specialist urges parents. You may have to search for sleepwear that meets the flameresistance requirements. “Although the flammability standards became effective in July, 1972, some sleepwear that does not meet the standards will be on the market until July 29, 1973,” Dr. Goodrick explains. However, the extra shopping effort that may be involved will be worthwhile. Not wily will flame-retardant sleepwear give protection for your child, but it will give you peace of mind by reducing the hazards involved when he warms himself at the fireplace or in front of a space heater. “You can help insure your children’s happiness this Christmas by providing flameretardant sleepwear,” Dr. Goodrick says. “This is especially important during the Christmas season, for children are often in sleepwear around open fires and Christmas trees.” If enough parents followed this advice, the specialist says, the death and injury toll from fires — 3,000 to 5,000 killed and 150,000 injured each year — would hopefully be reduced. fl LAKELAND LOCAL Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Fuller and Eric, South Bend, Dr. and Mrs. Brad Beiswanger, A. J., Marc, Benjie, Indianapolis, Mr. and Mrs. John Beiswanger, Brian and Robbie, Indianapolis, Mr. and Mrs. Michael Amolt, Mr. and Mrs. James Moore, Meg, John and Beth, Mrs. Charles Stahly and Frank Hamshire, all of Nappanee, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Arlo Beiswanger of Milford for Thanksgiving. Dr. and Mrs. Brad Beiswanger and sons also spent the week end with Mr. and Mrs. Beiswanger.

Choosing Gifts For Disabled Children One of the delights of Christinas shopping is buying toys for the children — but such a wide variety of toys are available today that making the right choice can also be a headache. Much care must be used when buying a toy for a disabled child. This has been pointed out by the National Easter Seal Society for Crippled Children, which has been serving the handicapped in the United States for more than half a century. The Society advises that relatives and friends first check with a child’s parents about his abilities and play interests. It then makes the following recommendations: The child’s physical development and the type of play in which he or she is interested should be kept uppermost in mind. Give toys that involve the child in making them work. Some battery-operated toys offer only initial novelty interest and are soon discarded. Shop for toys appropriate for the child confined to a wheelchair. Blackboards, easels, child-scale kitchen items, and other toys are adapted by manufacturers for use by children confined to wheelchairs, though gifts need not be limited to specially made toys. Give toys that can be grasped easily and held with little effort — such as stuffed dogs, plastic blocks, suctionspin tops and small autos, trucks and tractors. Give toys that represent familiar things to a child. A mailbox, hook-together train, iron and ironing board, hammer and nail set are good examples. Give toys a child can manipulate, that enable him to use his imagination and to create. Never should a toy be given whose safe use is in question. Manipulative toys likely to cause frustration in a child with problems in coordination and control are. also inadvisable. Toys requiring the use of arms, hands, legs or body need not be excluded, because many toys in this category can be adapted for use by a handicapped child. These could include wheel toys, rocking toys, exercising toys and balls of varying sizes. Toys with many pieces that are likely to be lost should be avoided, because the fun is gone when a gap cannot be filled. Studies of disabled children at play have led the Society to recommend wide* use of toys that can be made in the home. Pieces of fabric—velvet, silk, corduroy, nylon — can be joined or simply put into a box to further a child’s acquaintance with all kinds of textures and materials through the sense of touch, which is an important sensory response to children with cerebral palsy, for instance. Pebbles in a box, rubber bands, clothespins, bean bags, and stones and shells also offer a variety of possibilities for homemade toys. Easter Seal offers this final suggestion: “Give of yourself to the handicapped child. He enjoys playing with grownups as much as other children do.”

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By FRANK MACOMBER Copley News Service America’s toymakers have invoked their own gun control laws for Christmas this year. The trend for Yule toys is away from war and gangster gimmicks to those which please and instruct the kiddies at the same time. And would you believe that this year little Mary and Johnny will be able to hear and see their own “rock” singing group — three dolls, each with its own recorded “now” song? That is, if Mom and Dad can take it.... Mrs. Jerri Jorgensen, educational toy consultant for Mattel, Inc., says most war toys either are dead or dying and consumer interest in space-related toys has dropped sharply in the last year as well. “There is a growing demand for toys that teach children of all ages,” she points out. “It is important, of course, for toys to entertain first and teach second. A toy, doll or game has to be fun first to attract attention and encourage play. • So a learning toy must be amusing to serve its instructional purpose. ...” Among the pre-school toys parents will find on the Christmas shelves this year, says Mrs. Jorgensen, are “talking” storybooks to teach tots how to turn pages and look from left to right even before they can read the words; the “future phone,” to develop color, sight and sound associations, good diction and manners; and a doll who helps the moppets learn to tell time. r

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Another significant toy trend for Christmas this year, according to Mrs. Jorgensen, is the return to “work with your? hands” or craft items. There will be unstructured toys giving children a chance to "do their own thing" with plastics or clay, and structured toys which must be put together, sometimes with snap-ons instead of nuts and bolts. Since ecology looms large on the horizon these days, aquarium equipment and products relating to the environment and pets will take up a lot of room on Yule toy shelves this year. Wooden toys will be much more in evidence this year for the first time since plastics became in such demand a few years ago. Science toys will be big, too, going beyond the usual chemistry set with an electronic hand projector which brings exceptional brightness and clarity to magnified images and permits youngsters to explore the world of the very small. Boys, and even some girls, must have competition. Without it, there would be no baseball, football or marbles. So auto, motorcycle and air racing toys will be right-on this year, according to Mrs. Jorgensen. There will be extra-wide-track race courses, with cars powered by self-contained batteries, to thrill Dad perhaps as much as Junior. And don’t forget aerial toys that can race or fly solo. Mrs. Jorgensen says these toys can teach a youngster judgment and physical skill, yet he’ll be having so much fun he won’t even know he’s learning. Dolls, says Mrs. Jorgensen, will have a new, uncanny realism, some with skin so lifelike it can be bathed. Another doll will “make the supermarket scene,” she adds, picking up her own brand name groceries and moving on to the cash register to check out the items. Mrs. Jorgensen, who has spent years researching toys for Mattel, said they should gjve children “a well-rounded play experience — varied interests and skills developed through play.” > Every toy box, she insists, at one time should include a bike, a ball, a jump rope, a phonograph, musical toys, building toys, games, outdoor play equipment, rainy day projects, arts and crafts, books, racing cars and competitive games. “It’s the best way for children to learn as they play,” she emphasizes. “And this year there will be all these toys available, some cloaked in new forms but all intended to give the child a new experience.” Safety, of course, is a major factor in Christmas toys, just as it is the year-round, says Chuck Williams, Mattel’s director of quality assurance and

safety. “A lot of our best customers eat instructions,” he admits with a grin, “so we print them nontoxic ink. They also munch, gnaw, swallow, bite, chew, masticate, sniff, chomp and lick about every product we make. “So our toymakers must be mechanical specialists with a secondary knowledge of chemistry, and have industrial, electrical and even geological talents as well, to make sure all the toys are safe for the kids.” The Food and Drug Administration, criticized last year by consumer groups for failing to ban allegedly hazardous toys by Christmas, is taking a tougher stance this year. It has banned 150 toys as hazardous and is inspecting 122 toy factories. The FDA says toy builders have modified about 60 types of toys to eliminate possible hazards pointed out by the agency. The 150 banned toys fall into five classes listed by the FDA under the 1969 Toy Safety Act. The classes cover hazards in some rattles, capgun caps, dolls and stuffed toys, lawn darts and other toys with sharp metalic or plastic edges which could cut a child, along with toys containing harmful materials that could be inhaled or swallowed. After consumer organizations stirred up trouble for the FDA last year, it hired Malcolm W. Jensen as a product safety director, with instructions to enforce more strictly provisions of the Toy Safety Act. LAKELAND LOCALS Mrs. Ruth Harris of Warsaw was a guest of her sister, Mr. and Mrs. Alva Ketering, r 1 Syracuse, on Thanksgiving day. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Smoker of Warsaw and Mrs. Hazel Kline of Milford attended the wedding of Miss Susan Moser and Harry Burnstein of Elkhart. The wedding was held in the Lutheran church at Millersburg on Saturday evening. Hie bride is the great niece of Mrs. Kline. Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Barnes of Milford were honored for Thanksgiving with the presence of all their children and grandchildren. Those visiting were Mr. and Mrs. Garland Frazier, Karen and Kent and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Andrews, Kirt and Kyle, all of Cataract Lake; Mr. and Mrs. James Barnes and Kevin and Mr. and Mrs. Brian Barnes, Monica and Jason, all of Pontiac, Mich.; and Mr. and Mrs. Brent Barnes of Ann Arbor, Mich. Mr. and Mrs. Barnes were also presented with a gold plated serving tray in honor of their 56th wedding anniversary on November 8. The tray was engraved with the date of their wedding, November 8, 1916. The tray was from all of their children and grandchildren.

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