The Mail-Journal, Volume 16, Number 41, Milford, Kosciusko County, 31 October 1979 — Page 2

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THE MAIL-JOURNAL — Wed., October 31,1979

Ain TEACHING CHINESE ENGLISH — A group of movie extras gathered outside our hotel in Changchun, waiting for a scene to be set up, struck up a “conversation” with Della and were facinated with her pronunciation of Chinese. More, they wanted to learn English and were also taken by our camera and multi-purpose Seiko watch.

China opera — (Continued from page D dowed. There are two counters in the lobby with glassed showcases, but absolutely no- merchandise for sale. Each girl at the counter has her abacus for calculating but little to calculate. An abacus, incidentally, is a small box-type instrument with dines of beads, and rapid calculation is done with the beads in a manner that appears efficient and accurate. The abacus is an-ancient instrument still in practical use. We see them everywhere. When we went to exchange our money in the Friendship hotel at Peking, we found girls forsaking the modern electronic computers in favor of the abacus. A Chance For Acupuncture Della developed an acute case of bursitis in her left shoulder, beginning in Harbin and getting much worse when we came to Changchun. We thought perhaps the cold weather and carrying of the heavy carry-on bags had something to do with it. At any rate, yesterday morning the pain became excruciating, and it became obvious we weren't going to make the morning tour of the city as planned with the others. W’e told our guide of the situation, and he said. “I ll have a doctor come to the hotel.’’ Wow! A house call on Sunday morning. Our group left and in a short time two white-suited doctors came to the hotel for a diagnosis. Here’s our chance to see Chinese acupuncture first hand, we reasoned, but it didn’t turn out this way. The good doctors, Drs. Young and Chen, examined Della. Acupuncture was out of the question since we would be leaving the next day and it would take several treatments, the doctors said. Then our faithful guide accompanied them back to the hospital for the medication. He came back with three packets of pills and two little bottles of powder. Cost: 20 Yuan (about sl2) and about three and a third Yuan for the medicine. The clincher was that our guide walked all the way back to the hotel, a distance of some six miles, taking him about an hour and a half. His name is Chang Kuo-tung. We offered him a 10 Yuan note, he would take nothing. We insisted, and he was just as adamant. This desire to “help out” is refreshing. It wasn’t all lost, for as we sat on the front steps of the hotel waving goodbye to our more healthy companions, they began to assemble a movie scene in front of the hotel. (Note: Changchun is the movie capital of China.) This was very interesting to watch. We ‘ were told it was a documentary film, using la lot of young people. We noted some of them carried camera cases, but when we asked to see their cameras, they showed us empty cases. For these scenes we found the girls to have colorful blouses and skirts, quite a change from the drab blue and green Mao outfits. They were given shoulder bags which no one carries in everyday life in China. The scenes had two cars come to the front of the hotel and leave students and an older couple out. If they had used bicycles, it would have been more like real-life China. As they were getting set up for the two scenes Della got out her small language book with an attempt to brush up on her Chinese. It seemed to work the other way around: the young Chinese wanted to learn English from her. No Love Scene You can bet the movie will have no love scene. China is absolutely devoid of any overt love or affection. Generally speaking, men walk with men, women with women. Ocassionally the women hold hands. We attended a movie, everything in Chinese, at Harbin, and when what seemed to be approaching a torrid love scene, rather the hero looked into the heroines eyes for a long time, then turned and walked off into the sunset. John Wayne would have loved it. . Here in Changchun as elsewhere in China one has the feeling of broad streets, wide vistas and plenty of foliage. We were told Chairman Mao instituted a tree-planting program, and it shows.

At an early morning walk yesterday we had occasion to step off a street and found it to be about 60 feet wide. The bicycles, and a few trucks, were out. Again everyone seemed to be friendly, if only we could get them away from the dreadful habit of spitting in the streets. Coming back to the hotel Arch reported seeing a basketball court near the hotel. Basketball is a universal game and it takes so little equipment to play it. Commune vs. Jade Factory In the afternoon, Della felt some better and we were able to join the tour group. The decision was whether to join one, section and go to a commune, or visit a jade and embroidery factory. We chose the latter, thinking we might purchase some Chinese jade. We were to find that in spite of pitifully cheap labor in China, jade carries a high price. In the embroidery factory girls of all ages sit at sewing machines, others with needle and thread, turning out the most beautiful pieces imaginable. Some of the handwork takes weeks to complete. Likewise, in the jade factory men and women sit at their motor driven grinding wheels and turn out the most magnificently sculpted pieces. We asked one man how long it would take to complete the piece he was on. The reply: About four months. His salary is about $26 per month, and the item goes to the state where it will fetch from S4OO to SBOO. A study of the prices made me uncertain how to judge price, especially in-asmuch as the quality of the jade was a major factor in pricing. Folks returning from the commune told us the people living in the commune owned the land and worked as a unit. They visited some of the private dwellings and reported pitiful living conditions, the sharing of two or at most three rooms with dirt floors. While this is primitive, we were told, all the people seemed happy with their lot in life. Also included in our last evening’s program at Changchun was a visit to the local opera house where we saw what we were told was a famous touring opera. It was a night when the energy level was running low for some of us, and heads began to nod before intermission. It was colorful, all Chinese, and we failed to have the benefit of an interpreter as did a member of our party, Helen Hall Foster, a real estate agent from Corpus Christi, Texas. We asked Helen for her opinion of the opera, and here’s what she gave us: “The opera, ‘Three Male Phoenix Want to Marry a Female One,’ could not have been presented during the Cultural Revolution nor during the time of the Gang of Four, it was so influential. It is a classic opera at least 60 years old.” “It was presented by the Northeast Opera Company at Changchun on This theater, also used for showing movies, was filled. There were 48 Americans there from our tour and the rest were Chinese, all dressed in their blue or grey or light green Mao jackets and some wearing their matching caps during the performance. “When the curtain went up we saw the beautiful setting with beautifully dressed performers. All the Chinese music was played during the opera by eight or 10 musicians who were seated at the far right side of the stage behind a screen. I heard lutes, flutes and stringed instruments. The love story which reminded me some of Shakespeare’s ‘As You Like It,’ because of the beautiful girl disguising herself as a boy, was told in Chinese singing, dialogue, facial expressions and the most graceful body, hand and arm movements. All the performers had beautiful costumes that looked as if they had never been worn before. The sleeves of their clothing had wide-folded cuffs that the performers with one swift movement could make extend gracefully at least one foot longer than their hands. This extra material accentuated the graceful movement of the arms of the performers. Then, as quickly and as gracefully as the sleeves had been extended, the performers could with one movement slip the material back into the folded cuffs at their wrists. “Eight or 10 servant girls in long dresses came across one side of the stage. They moved in

unison and somehow seemed to just slide gracefully past. “There were several scenes in each of the two acts and to my surprise no one ever clapped when the curtain went down no matter how beautifully sung and well acted the scene had been. You could tell that the audience was enjoying the opera as the people were quiet and watching the stage intently and laughing when there were amusing lines. At the end of the opera a few people clapped a very short while when the curtain closed. No one acted as if he expected the performers to come out and make curtain calls and none was made. I had wanted everyone to keep clapping so that we could all show the singers and musicians how much we had enjoyed their most professional performance of the beautiful, funny and happy love story’opera. “It came as no surprise to me to find out later that this opera company is one of the best ones in China.” Election — (Continued from page 1) board, if interested in the town and how it operates. I want to explore the different means or ways of upgrading the police, street and water departments.” Maria Lozano, Republican, clerk-treasurer — “I was nominated by the Republican caucus and accepted. I am very proud and feel that if I’m elected I will do my best and do the job that is expected. I like working with the public and I’m sure I’d be able to do a good job. ” (EDITOR’S NOTE: A little known fact about general elections is that the party of the Secretary of State appears on the left side of a ballot. In a city or town election, the party of the clerk-treasurer is on the left side. Therefore ; the Democrats will appear on the left side of the Milford ballot and the Republicans will appear on the left side of the North Webster ballot. Contrary to popular belief, this decision is not made by the printer. See articles and photos on North Webster candidates on page 10.) Candidates Steve Miller is 29 and a lifelong resident of Milford, living on Schafer Street, Miller and his wife, Sharleen, have two sons, Jason, eight and Jacob, six. Miller is a 1969 graduate of Wawasee High School and is employed at Ralston Purina, SR 15 Milford. Jean Treesh, current president of the town board and the only incumbent candidate, was elected to the board in 1975. She and her husband, Glen, have four children: Mike, Mrs. James (Pam) Rummel, Mark and Jon. The Treeshes live on West Emeline Street. Robert Auer, 48, is also a lifelong resident. He and his wife, I Carolyn, reside at 509 West Section Street and have five children: Roxanna, 22; Jeff, 20; Robin. 19; Jay, 15; and Jerry, 14. Auer is a 1948 graduate of Milford High School and is employed at Brock Manufacturing, Inc., Milford. Gloria Ruch resides at 405 West First Street with her husband, Lark. She is a 1974 graduate of North Wood High School. Republican Candidates Joe Estep, 56, is a native of | Milford and a resident of 219 North Main Street. He and his wife, Anna, have two children, Mrs. Pete (Serita) Melendez, Syracuse and Mrs. Donal (Taceile) Rumfelt, Milford. The Esteps also have three grandchildren. He is a graduate of Milford High School and has worked with the Northern Indiana Public Service Company for 27 years. He also attended International Business College in Fort Wayne. Maria Lozano, 42, has been a resident of Milford for 21 years, moving here from Texas. She and her husband have five children: Mrs. Brian (Diane) Smith, Notre Dame; Rocky, Suburban Acres, Warsaw; Sandy, 16; Alex, Jr., eight; and Erika, three. She is a graduate of Edcouch-Elsa High School, Texas. Farm family — (Continued from page 1) storage facilities for 10,000 bushels of com. On the Hibschman farm, every season is a busy season. Nevertheless, this September the family was host to visiting third grade school children from Hawthorne of Elkhart and New Paris Elementary. Also during this current year, Joe and Donna won trips to the National Grange Convention and the Potomac Grange Rural Leadership session in Washington, D.C. Lt. Gov. Robert Orr was the guest speaker at this year’s annual meeting. Turkey Creek Church of the Brethren of Gravelton and Middlebury United Methodist Church received centenniel service citations. It takes 100 years for the leaning Tower of Pisa to increase its inclination by one foot.

Bread facts - 1972-1979 A bushel of wheat provides flour for about 69 one-pound loaves of white bread. v A change of $1 per bushel in the price of wheat affects the net farm value of the wheat ingredients in a one-pound loaf of white bread about 1.2 cents ($1 divided by 69 minus the value of millfeed byproducts). That is, if the farm price of wheat increases $1 per bushel, the net cost of the wheat ingredients in a one-pound loaf of bread increases about 1.2 cents. A 25 per cent increase in wheat prices would add less to the cost of a loaf of bread than would a 4 per cent increase in the processing and distribution costs in a loaf of bread. In June, 1972, the month before the sale of wheat to the Soviet Union, bread prices averaged 24.7 cents for a one-pound loaf and the net farm value of the wheat ingredients in a loaf was 2.6 cents. In June, 1979, bread prices averaged 41.2 cents a pound, while the net farm value of the wheat ingredients was 4.5 cents. In other words, the farm price of wheat in the price of bread increased 1.9 cents since 1972 — but bread prices went up 16.5 cents. Here is a comparison of wheat, flour, and bread prices over that time span: Net farm Average U.S. average va j ueo f , wholesale Average farm price wheat ingred- price per 100 retail price per bushel of i en ( S in j jbs o f flour f° r a 1 I°®* wheat bread 1/ 2/ of white bread June 1972 $1.33 2.6 cents $ 5.77 24.7 cents June 1973 k 2.45 3.9 7.87 26.4 June 1974 • 3.57 4.5 10.48 34.7 June 1975 2.92 3.6 8.96 35.6 June 1976 3.46 4.2 9.75 35.6 June 1977 2.03 2.2 6.22 35.3 June 1978 2.82 3.4 7.89 37.8 June 1979 3.72 4.5 9.43 41.2 1/ Farm value is the payment to farmers for 0.867 pound of wheat needed to produce flour for a pound of white bread, minus an allowance for the value of millfeed byproducts. Farm value is calculated from a 10state average of prices received by farmers for hard winter and spring wheat. Farm value for June, 1972 and 1973 is based on the price of wheat plus the cost to millers of a 75-cent per bushel marketing certificate. 2/ Weighted average wholesale price for bread-type flour in Kansas City, Minneapolis, and Buffalo. This is what has happened to the “spread” — the difference between the average retail price of a one-pound loaf of white bread and the net farm value of the wheat ingredients in a loaf of bread — from June, 1972 to June, 1979: Spread June 1972 22.1 cents June 1973 22.5 June 1974 30.1 June 1975 32.0 June 1976/ 31.4 June 1977 33.1 June 1978 34.4 June 1979 37 5 A special U.S. Department of Agriculture study in 1977 showed that the net farm value of the wheat in a loaf of white bread accounted for 2.7 cents of the 35.5 cent average cost of a one-pound loaf of white bread that year. ► The 1977 study showed that the net farm value of the wheat in a one-pound loaf of white bread represented about 8 per cent of the retail cost of bread. Here are the major costs in the one-pound loaf costing 35.5 cents in 1977: Item Cents Per Cent Net farm value of wheat 2.7 7.6 Net farm value of other ingredients 1.8 5.1 Wheat and flour milling and transportation 1.9 5.4 Bread baking and distribution to stores 26.0 73.2 Labor 12.7 35.7 Profit 1.8 5.1 Advertising , .7 2.0 Packaging 2.5 7.0 Depreciation .8 2.2 Business taxes " .2 .6 Rent * .1 .3 Energy .5 1.4 Repairs .2 .6 Interest .1 .3 Other 6.4 18.0 Retailing 3.1 8.7 TOTAL 35.5 100.0

jab JOINS M-J STAFF — Vicki Hyde-Hickey has recently joined The Mail-Journal editorial staff. She will be manager of the Syracuse Mail-Journal-‘the paper* office. A graduate of the University of Cincinnati, she and her husband Richard are new to the area, coming from South Bend. He is employed by the Bowen Center.

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Sentence not yet set for Syracuse man No date has been set for the sentencing of Bradley Schrock of Syracuse who was found guilty October 10 on three counts of possession and distribution of cocaine. A pre-sentence investigation in U.S. District Court, Grand Rapids, Mich., is pending. According to a secretary to Judge Wendell Miles, the sentencing date will be set when the probation department’s presentence investigation is completed. Among the earliest broadcasters on AM radio were educational institutions.

■k ”1 K < * -*! * Wr i ■■l THE TUCKER TEAM — What Warsaw Mayor H. Dale Tucker calls his Tucker Team was in evidence at the Shrine Building in Warsaw Saturday night at the annual Democratic JeffersonJackson Day Dinner. Speaker for the occasion was Second District congressman Floyd J. Fithian, who called Mayor Tucker “a good and honest man who tackled major city problems with integrity and vision.” He evoked the spirit of FDR. HST. JFK and LBJ and said, "this tradition and spirit of the Democratic party lives on in Mayor Dale Tucker.” About 300 party faithfuls attended the dinner. Shown here, in the front row from left. John Kleeman. Democratic candidate for councilman at large; congressman Fithian: Mayor Tucker: Don Bixel. candidate for second district councilman: and Jeff Plank, candidate for first district councilman. In the back row are Paul Kingston, left, candidate for city clerk-treasurer, and county Democratic chairman Stanley Nice.

Fithian lauds Democrats, plugs Warsaw city ticket

About 300 Kosciusko County Democratic faithfuls showed up at the Shrine building at the county fairgrounds Saturday night for their party's annual JeffersonJackson Day Dinner. The occasion served as a rallying point for the incumbent Warsaw city administration of Mayor H. Dale Tucker. Tucker had his whole team of city candidates, present, and Mayor Tucker provided a strong litany of accomplishments his administration brought about during its short time in office. On a positive note. Tucker said, “I’m Dale Tucker, and I want to be your Mayor.” Tucker challenged his Republican opponent, “Mike” Hodges to a public debate time and again, and added, "but he won’t come to the platform with me.” Hear Floyd Fithian The main speaker on this occasion of tribute to the two founding fathers of the Democratic party was given by Second District Congressman Floyd J. Fithian of Lafayette. By now a seasoned speaker. Congressman Fithian evoked the memories of Franklin D. Roosevelt who came to office just 50 years ago at the depth of the Great Depression and gave the country the courage it needed to carry on. He spoke of President Harry S. Truman who rose to the occasion as “the little man filling the big shoes.” And Fithian spoke of John F. Kennedy whose term was cut short by an assassin’s bullet, and of President Lyndon B. Johnson whose broad social reforms were just what the country needed. He spoke in terms of praise for President Carter who is now faced with the serious problems of inflation and fuel shortages. He spoke of the little-noted Trade Act, calling it a “masterful piece of legislation.” Praises Tucker In the same spirit, he had

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praise for the progressive administration of Dale Tucker in Warsaw. Fithian said “the spirit of the Democratic party lives on in Mayor Dale Tucker.” He said the Warsaw mayor cares about the quality of life of the people of Warsaw. In his remarks, county chairman Stanley Nice called the Warsaw city election “Warsaw’s most important election, a choice of progress or regression." Nice said the Democratic party is alive in Kosciusko County. He noted that Silver Lake and North Webster have their first

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