The Mail-Journal, Volume 23, Number 46, Milford, Kosciusko County, 12 November 1986 — Page 12

THE MAIL-JOURNAL —Wed., November 12,1986

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Business improvements Ma • » i ptw |HBr , r *| BEACON RECOGNIZED — The Syracuse-Wawasee Chamber of Commerce has been recognizing local businesses with “Certificates of Appreciation" for improving the business by expansion, remodeling or other improvements. Recently Don Hayes, owner of The Beacon, Kale Island, Syracuse, was recognized for the remodeling of the restaurant on Kale Island, Lake Wawasee. Shown in the photo is Jim Evans, chamber president, presenting the certificate of appreciation to Hayes.

It happened . . . in North Webster

10 YEARS AGO. NOV. 10.1070 Jay. Harreld was host for the November 7 meeting held by Senior High Youth at North Webster Church of God. Mrs. Sherman Bryant was hostess for the November 1 meeting of Charm ‘N Chatter Home Extension club. Olive Locke assisted the hostess. Iva Lou Turner is activities chairman for the United Methodist Women at North Webster United Methodist church and is in charge of planning the upcoming ham and turkey supper to be held at the church. Sunday dinner guests at the

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home of Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Willman and family, Leesburg, were Sharon Llewellyn, Nanty Gio, Pa.; Fred Bechtel, Canton, Ohio; and Mrs. Ruth Boyer, Barbee Lake. Members of Miriam circle from North Webster United Methodist church met November 8 in the home of Mrs. Dan Watson. Mrs. A. C. Underwood was hostess for the November 8 meeting of Lydia circle from North Webster United Methodist church. Isabelle Shidler was hostess for the regular monthly meeting of

Smoothing the road to grandma's house

I By BETSY HENRICKS Guest Feature Writer “Over the river and through the woods” has evolved for most of us into over the bypass and through the toll gate as we take to the highways at Thanksgiving time, bound for grandmother’s house. For our family, it’s an arduous 14 hours from Goshen to my parents’ home in the mountains of North Carolina. While we love it once we get there, the trip down in our four-passenger Escort with restless six-year-old twins is nothing to croon about. By now, Dave and I rank as veterans of life on Interstate 65, and we have honed certain survival skills for traveling with kids. The first “Are we there yet?” occurs as we’re pulling our of our driveway onto CR3O. “Not yet, ” I say calmly, because calm is still possible the first 15 or 20 times I answer that question. It’s the following 870 times that cause my eyes to narrow and my voice to snap. Keeping those “Are we there yets?” to a tolerable minimum is job one. We make a chart for each child on an 8” x 11” sheet of poster paper, listing about 20 landmarks we will pass along the way. Each time we zip by a particular spot, they mark it with a star, and we talk about how far along we’re getting. (“That’s the Hiwassee River. We’re close to Grandma and Grandpa’s now. Count how many ‘star spots’ we have yet to go, etc.”) Unfortunately, this activity comes without warranty against serious grief should it happen (and it usually does) that Sarah

Esther circle from North Webster United Methodist church. The ladies met at 9:30 a m. this morning (Wednesday) at the Shidler home. 2» YEARS AGO. NOV. it. IM6 Mrs. Nat House and Mrs. Nettie Mock entertained last Wednesday with a waffle and sausage dinner at the home of Mrs. House. Guests included Mrs. Ruth Rothenberger. Mrs. Rhoda Mock, Mrs. Hattie Fidler. Mrs. Rachel Morehead, Mrs Opal Rodibaugh, Mrs. Bertha Likens. Mrs. Myrtle Lewallen. Mrs. Gertrude Caskey, all of this community and Mrs. Inez Mock of Syracuse. The regular meeting of the Herbert Kuhn Unit 253 was opened in the usual form by the president. Mrs. Elinore Enyeart, at 8 o’clock last Tuesday night The budget was presented to the unit by Mrs. Maxine Pifer, finance chairman. It will be revised and reread at the next meeting Mrs. Basil Miller was hostess to the recent meeting of the Backwater Friends home extension club. The meeting was opened in regular form by the president who read an article entitled "Autumn Cleans House ' The song of the month, “Auld Lang Syne.” was reviewed by Mrs. Arthur Iden followed by Mrs Nor man Rhodes reading of "On Order" and "Lie The Grass" for meditations. The health and safety lesson by Mrs. Ralph Bennett was on dentures. Mrs. Russell

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actually sees the river and Jessica does not because she is busy drawing with her fingernail on a magic slate, the magic pencil having disappeared irretrievably under the seat. Sarah’s eat-your-heart-out description transforms the modest Hiwassee into a waterway ‘ ‘wider than the whole world, with ships on it, full of gold and stuff. Yeah, I’m pretty sure I saw real gold. Betcha they were royal ships...” Jessica wants to go back. Demands to go back. Threatens to unbuckle her seat belt and leap from the moving car if we won’t go back. For such a moment I save the extra stars, hundreds of them, to present as a consolation prize with the magnanimous suggestion that they may stick them wherever they want. It’s an offer they can’t refuse and buys us another five, maybe 10, miles of peace. (Note. Pre-gummed stars can be removed from windows, upholstery, skin, clothes and hair mpre easily than the kind you have to lick.) We pack with the children’s comfort in mind, knowing that 14 hours in a seat belt is enough to send even the noblest kid over the brink. On the floor of the back seat we pile boxes and grocery sacks crammed with items we absolutely, positively won’t need until we get there. Then we tuck an old quilt or blanket over it all, making it level with the seat. This arrangement provides space to stash toys or to stretch out for sleeping. Slumped on pillows propped against the doors, our kids can rest in semi-comfort with their seat belts safely fastened. We bring along our tape recorder and a few favorite cassettes. It’s essential to leave

Baker gave the garden remarks on tea roses. 34» YEARS ALU). NOV. 12. i»:W> Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Kline were dinner guests. Friday, of Mr. and Mrs. Tanley Morehead. Mrs. James Gilbert spent Tuesday with her mother in Syracuse Mr. and Mrs. J. Garber and family, Mr. and Mrs. A. Likens, and Neva Likens, were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. James Rothenberger. Mr. and Mrs. James Gilbert and family spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. John Kirk. Jessie Baugher called at the J. Garber home, Monday. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Kline visited Mr. and Mrs. Eston Kline. Monday. Arnold Miller called on Royal Kline, Monday Parke Lantz called on Isaiah Kuhn,Sunday. Lee Lantz and family visited relatives in Goshen, Sunday. Dorothy Penn is assisting Mrs. Clarence Mock this week with her work. Syrian dilemma Since Syria went on the U.S. terrorist list as a charter member in 1979. the United States, in deciding whether to crack down on President Hafez Assad's government, has had to weigh the leverage Damascus may have with anti-Western elements in the Middle East.

at home anything you can’t bear to hear repeated. And repeated. And repeated ... We once listened to the soundtrack from “Annie” all the way from Lexington to Chattanooga. Our daughters’ personal favorites, besides “Annie,” are tapes of familiar fairy tales; “You Are Special” and “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” by Mr. Rogers; and “Sing Through the Seasons,” a delightful selection of easy-to-learn songs for pre-school and primary children — plus one blank cassette to be filled with Sarah and Jessica’s own voices, shrieks and giggles. For weeks before a trip, I’m on the lookout for inexpensive toys whose very newness will excite the kids when I pull them out of the “surprise sack” kept up front, underfoot. Since newness alone won’t hold their attention, I try for items with a potential life span of at least 30 minutes. Invisible ink and magic pen fun pads meet that requirement, as do Doodle Balls and Wooly Willy’s which use magnets to pull metal pellets or filings into designs. Plastic binoculars revive interest in looking out the window. Kaleidoscopes or view masters provide something different to With pipe cleaners for limbs and a few round beads for heads, kids can create a family of dolls. By stringing tubular macaroni on shoelaces, they can make necklaces for themselves and the cousins they can’t wait to see. A few toys which can be manipulated without losing the pieces come in handy, too. A couple of old Rubik’s cubes can keep our girls busy twisting and turning for 10-20 miles. We all welcome pit stops. After brief argument over who gets to go first, we file into the

restrooms, then head, relieved and empty, to the pop machines for a refill. However, long trips, plagued by excessive whining, require more than your basic pit stop. Foreven the most congenial family, a time will come when any sane grownup would rather walk barefoot to the next state than remain cooped up with those particular kids a minute longer. That time hits us long about midTennessee. We then veer off the interstate to descend on some sleepy, one-block town where a neighborly ring of stores circles the standard red brick courthouse. The town still has parking meters.

Serving our country

I | i »/ \ DOUGLAS D. POLLOCK Douglas D. Pollock, son of Paul D. and Marlene K. Pollock of 121 E Shore Drive, Syracuse, has been commissioned a second lieutenant in the US Air Force upon graduation from Officer Training School at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. The 12-week course trained selected college graduates to apply communicative skills, professional knowledge, leadership and management in positions of responsibility.

“Come And Experience The Sigh ts And Sounds Os Christmas...” is your special invitation to a personal showing of our Christmas decorations, gift items, and much WWW JHHL more. We will be serving refreshments throughout the festivities. Each person L attending will receive a flower and will b* able to register for our special gift IT XJ drawing. “CHRISTMAS VISIONS” Open House 1986 . Fri., Nov. 21 9-5:30 Sot.. Nov. 22 9-5:30 Sun.. Nov. 23 12-4:00 t Count/ty Shoppe TOW 624 N. Huntington r 1 Q1 Jiff fcW SYRACUSE 457-5131

We get everybody’s shoes on, jackets zipped, and agree to reimburse Jessica for the 45 cents she lost “down the crack.” We further concede that Sarah, who spent hers for a Twinkie at the last gas station, can have a treat here anyway. Then we lock our car, stomp the circulation back into our legs, and look around. There’s nearly always a drug store right out of the ’sos. It’s not redone in the ’sos decor, but undone for 30 years, looking just as it did when a cherry coke and a bag of fritos cost five cents each, with a soda fountain where they serve real sodas, pimento cheese sandwiches, and — anytime of the day or night — grits with red eye gravy. “Yuk,” Jessica groans when we explain that red eye gravy is ham drippings ladled in an eyelike puddle on top of grits which are kind of like cream of wheat, only grainier. “Oh, puke,” adds Sarah; so we order familiar chili dogs and chocolate shakes instead. Refreshed, we ask directions to the local library. Chances are, it’s close enough to walk. Nothing beats a small town library for a free place to relax, air-conditioned in summer and toasty warm in winter; clean restrooms. Quiet — blessedly, soothingly quiet. In the children’s section, we find comfortable chairs or floor cushions and some splendid books we’ve never seen before. We read a few on the spot, let Sarah and Jessica browse awhile, and chat with the librarian. We are, if you can believe it, the high point of her day. It’s us she’ll remark about at supper that evening. “Some folks from up north, Indiana I s’pose it was, came in today ...” We have yet to feel unwelcome in a library. Setting off again, our mood is

almost festive. We settle cheerfully into confinement with each other (and “Annie •) for this last leg of the trip. As our road follows the winding Ocoee River, one of two things inevitably happen: either Sarah and/or Jessica get messily carsick; or (oh, blissl), they both fall asleep. Given the latter, the final miles roll peacefully by. Hills bank the road on either side, receding into range after bluish range of Appalachians. Despite November cold, I open a window to the clean, pine-sweet air and the child in me, a child born and raised in those mountains, comes home.

RICKY L- BRENNAN Sergeant Ist Class Ricky L. Brennan, son of Fred and Norma Personette of Syracuse, was recently selected for promotion to Master Sergeant by the Department of the Army. Brennan was also recently awarded the Meritorious Service Medal, the Army's fifth highest peacetime awards, for service while assigned to the Army Recruiting Command in South Bend. Brennan is married to the former Bonny Fulferd and has two sons, Ricky, Jr., and Steven. They have been residing in Gainesville, Fla., since February. A difference The trouble with many of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism. — Telegram, Worcester, Mass.

Dave Roberts to receive degree

Dave Roberts, Syracuse, has been nominated and is expected to receive the American Farmer degree, the highest degree awarded by the National Future Farmers of America Organization. The award is based on outstan-

"w ■■ MH » PROJECT HELP — Morris Stewart, center, guidance director for kindergarten through eighth grade at North Webster School, explained student academic problems to members of the Lakeland Kiwanis Club, North Webster, at its meeting Monday morning, Nov. 10. The program was arranged by Richard Long, right, principal of North Webster School, while Kiwanis president Curtis Jordan, left, presided. Stewart pointed out that a program called “Project Help” was being developed to help students at North Webster School with academic problems. The project, scheduled for a three week trial period, allows students to seek the help of adult volunteers for one hour after school. Final plans for a pancake and sausage breakfast were also made at the meeting. The breakfast will be held Saturday, Nov. 15. from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the North Webster Church of God dining room.

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Frank Barnett of Kendallville, Indiana, has discovered an easy and ingenious way to convert worn-out bib overalls into a handy shop or garden apron. Take it away. Frank .. "First, cut sff an otherwise useless pair of bib overalls, jusS above the knees, as shown in Figure 1, Then split the leg seams — both the inner and outer ones — all the way up, so that you have a completely separated front and back. Now sew the legs together, as in Figure 2, and hem the bottom. Next, cut the shoulder straps where they attach to the back of the overalls, and sew the cut ends together to produce one long strap with a clasp on each end Finally, cut a strip out of the waist area of the back piece of the bibs (see Figure 3), so that you have a button on each end. This will serve as a waist strap (if it’s not long enough, you can splice in a piece from one of the cutoff legs). “You now have a durable apron with many pockets for seeds, nails, tods, and other small items," writes the inventive Hoosier. “And you've also made good use of an otherwise shot pair

ding agricultural production, processing. and service records, and demonstrated leadership. Roberts will be one of 735 members receiving the award at the National FFA Convention in Kansas City. Mo.. November 13-15. Only one in 600 of the 430.000 FFA members have advanced through Chapter and State Farmer degrees to earn this na tionalward. Roberts is the son of Ron and Phyllis Roberts. He graduated from Lincoln Technical Auto and Diesel School and is currently employed with Precision Automotive Service, Syracuse. He earned the degree on the basis of his total FFA program while attending Wawasee High School He was a member of the Wawasee chapter and his voca-

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of overalls. ” Here’s another idea for getting new life out of old denim. “I came across some duffel bags at the army surplus store that I thought would make good sorting sacks for my family’s, laundry,” writes John Child y>f Ogden, Utah, “but they cost more than I wanted to pay Then my wife — who was in the midst of cleaning out Closets — had an idea : Why not take the old jeans she was about to discard, open the inside seam of each leg. sew the front edges and then the back edges together, and stitch across the bottoms of the legs to create a large sack that could be hung up on coat hooks by the belt loops’’ We’ve found these capacious bags indispensable in our laundry room, and I’m Sure there are many other uses for them, especially when a cord or rope is run through the loops so that the top can be pulled shut and tied." For FREE additional information on MOTHER EARTH NEWS magazine, write to Mother Lore, P.O. Box 70, Hendersonville, NC 28793, or in care of this paper. Copyright 1986 Mother Earth News, Inc. THE MOTHER EARTH NEWS is a trademark reg. in the U S. Pat. and TM Office

tional agriculture instructor and FFA advisor is Randy Warren. Each degree winner receives a gold American Farmer key and an expense-paid trip to the National Convention. The American Farmer degree sponsors are Case IH. Racine. Wis.; Cyanamid Agricultural Division, Wayne, N J ; NA-CHURS Plant Food Company. Marion, Ohio; The Farm Credit System, Denver. Colo.; and Pioneer Hi-Bred International. Inc.. Des Moines, lowa. More than 20,000 FFA members will attend the studentrun 59th FFA convention, making it the largest annual youth convention in the nation. They will see the American Farmer degrees awarded, hear several nationally-known speakers and witness the installation of the six new national FFA officers.