The Capital Journal from Salem, Oregon • 11

Mom could teach forecasters a thing or two a. 1 TL ft fil Ermn Bombeck Syndicated Columnist cle, grab him and put him outside. This is the year we didn't buy firewood, because we figured it was too expensive and besides, we rarely used the fireplace as it smoked up the bricks. This is the year we put the sleds up in the attic on the far side where there is no floor and you have to crawl through the insulation and put the rope in your teeth and slide it carefully along the beam before you fall through the floor. Yep, no doubt about it.

When our 72-year-old milkman got new teeth and began to look more like Robert Redford every day, we knew it was going to be a cold winter. By ERMA BOMBECK With all due respect to the long-range weather forecasters, I'm always interested in what the naturalists predict in regard to the weather. This year, they all hit it right on the button. They knew back in early December that this winter was going to be wet and rotten because: The elk and deer came down early from the high country. Mud-dauber wasps were building their nests higher.

Skunk cabbages grew taller. Woolly bear caterpillars had heavy coats. Bears were fat. vious ones. I knsw it was going to be a bruiser because: This is the year eight pairs of boots in our house didn't match one pair of feet.

This phenomenon occurs only once in every 72 years and can only mean that blizzard conditions are on the way. This is the year we cleaned out the freezer leaving only three snowballs from 1971, five packages of squash which everyone hates, and 12 packages of chicken innards to be thrown away on garbage day someday. This is the year we got the puppy, rationalizing that we could watch him when he started to twirl around in a cir iV. Mjt Squirrels had ravenous appetites in the fall. They should have asked housewives.

They also have an inside track on how the winter is going to compare with pre i i i i 'y: The (Dapntall Life Capital Journal IB, Salem, Tuesday, March 28, 1978 Faces places i I IK1 m. Capital Journal photos by DeeAnn Hall Miss Oregon, Julie Ann Heater Being a beauty is beastly expensive James Sumpter. Mrs. Harold Hines will be in charge of the kitchen helpers. Men in Camp Fire Girls? Of course! There are presently 27 men on the board of directors in Willamette Council.

Do they all have daughters in the program? No, some do but many don't. In fact Bill Tobiassen of Corvallis has four boys and no girls and Kim Worrell of McMinnville has twin boys, no girls. Les Morgan of Salem, with his wife Maxine, just recived his 20 year tenure pin in Camp Fire. Morgan is vice-president of the local board and has just finished his term on the national CFG board. Presently he is engaged in making tipis for the Grand Council Fire where girls will receive their year's recognition in an Indian ceremonial.

Camp Fire had its beginning in 1910 and yes, it was founded by two men. PARTY be shy! Loosen up and have a ball" read invitations for a recent Salem Yacht Boat Club party so the members did. Members showed up in a wide variety of costumes ranging from saloon girls to river-boat gamblers to sailors, to Paris ladies of the evening to American gangsters. Tickets were purchased from the head lady in charge and the female guest talking the most tickets out of male guests was Carol Eyerly who won the title of the best "Lady of the Evening." Sandy Yoder won top female costume award (she wore a slinky blue number with feather boa) and Bruce Headrick won best in the men's costume division. Members said he deserved the award because after 15 years he's still able to fit in his U.

S. Navy uniform Reta Isaac was named "Miss Congeniality." Chairwomen for the party, called by members "the best of the year," were Mrs. Eyerly, Melanie Salter, Mrs. Isaac, Mrs. Yoder, Mary White and Sue Bristow.

By GLORIA BLEDSOE Capital Lite Editor Spring brings tulips and tulips mean it's time again for the annual Tulip Tea given by United Methodist Home. The event will be Saturday, April 7 at the home and calling hours are from 2 to 5 pjn. The benefit is open to the public. During the past few weeks, residents have been busily baking cookies and other "goodies" for the tea table. Welcoming guests will be Martha Scharpf, administrator, and Demma Irvine, president of the Service Club.

Chairwomen of the committees are Ann Hill, tea table; Vida Bowers, kitchen and refreshments; Geneva Estes, name tags; and Elsie Bell, music. Members of the Residents' Association helping will be Mary Boyle, decorations; Ellen Hollenbeck, guest books; Lurene Stowe, guides; Frances Drysdale, invitations and publicity. FASHIONS: The Salem Woman's Club plans a spring fashion show and dessert luncheon and card party for Friday at 12 noon in Knight Me-' mortal Church. The public is invited and the tickets are $1.50 and may be purchased from members or at the door. Proceeds from the event will be used to aid Salem Academy.

Styles will be shown from Lorman's Dress shop and club members modeling are Beatrice Dniry, Mrs. Roy Smith, Mrs. J. Eldon Johnson, Mrs. R.

H. Vincent, Mrs. John Clara Kollock, Mrs. Clyde Tays, Mrs. Robert Temple, Mrs.

William Hamilton, and Mrs. Richard Gerdes. Chairwomen of the event are Mrs. Gerdes and Mrs. Al Ullman.

Club president Mrs. Roy Henderson, Mrs. Mem Pearce and Mrs. Eldon Johnson will greet guests at the door. Pouring will be Mrs.

John Lucker, Olive Miller and Mrs. Ervin Martinson. In charge of table arrangements will be Mrs. A A 'V, ii i wiiii 4imtarmm Capital Journal photo Preparing for the Tulip Tea are Jennie Barton in the foreground and Martha Scharpf V. 1.

Wedding kiss has gone stale By CYNTHIA REINER Capital Journal Reporter Miss Oregon: the title conjures up different pictures for different people. To some it's stands for female exploitation, to others it's a waste of time and energy. Many look upon the title as a road to national fame and a modeling or acting career. For Julie Ann Heater, 1978 Miss Oregon, the title is a dream come true. "Ever since I was five years old I used to watch the pageants and I always thought it would be great to be in one," she said.

"And I also wanted to be on the cover of Vogue." She's tal! young (19) and enthusiastic. And her long legs will carry her right to Charleston, S.C. and the Miss USA pageant during the last week of April when she will make Oregon's bid for a chance to represent the United States in the Miss Universe pageant next July in Mexico. Contestants are judged on beauty, modeling, how well they conduct themselves in interviews, their ability to speak and the image they project, according to Miss Heater's sponsor Sue Ferguson, owner of the Cinderella School of Self Improvement and Modeling Agency. About 50 percent of the contest is on beauty, she said.

"Figure is very important because Miss Oregon Universe is much more of a model than Miss Oregon America." Competing is nothing new for Miss Heater. With five sisters and two brothers, she's been competing for attention all her life. And she also competed in the Junior Miss pageant during her senior year at Regis High School in Stayton. "I didn't place at all," she said. "I didn't even know what was going on.

It was just like a big talent show." For her talent, Miss Heater immi-tated Liza Minnelli in a scene from the movie Cabaret. "I'd never even seen her, but everybody said I looked like her. My hair was short then," she added. In the last two years, she has spent a year studying nursing at University of Portland, trained as a professional UNWANTED HAIR DESTROYED SAFELY PfRMANENTLY FROM FACE OR BODY IYAPPT. OR PHYSICIAN REFERRAL DOROTHY VAN TASSELL REGISTERED ELECTROLOGIST 3rd.

FLOOR, FRANKLIN BLD6. 495 STATE PK0NE 3S440S9 By Abigail Van Buren Syndicated Columnist 7 I'll be happy to answer your questions. MMMMMfMMHMMMMMMM) DEAR ABBY: My husband hasn't kissed me since Nov. 10, 1975. That's the day we got married.

When we went together, Fred was always kind of stingy with his kisses, but he did kiss me occasionally. Everybody in our family knows how Fred feels about kissing, and they think he's weird. Yesterday at a family gathering when I went to kiss him (he never kisses ME, but sometimes I kiss HIM), he turned his head away and said, "You know I don't kiss anybody." His mother said, "Fred, your wife isn't just anybody." He just shrugged his shoulders and said, "I don't like to kiss. So sue me," and that was the end of it. Abby, I keep myself immaculate, and my mouth is always clean so that can't be it.

It doesn't seem natural for a man not to want to kiss his own wife. Believe it or not, we have a good sex life, but he just skips the kissing part and gets right down to business. Outside of that he treats me great and is a terrific guy and I really love him, but should a married woman have to live without kisses? Please help me. NO KISSES IN CONN. DEAR NO: Your husband is the one who needs the help.

He needs professional help to resolve his hang-up about kissing. If he vetoes that, your alternatives are obvious: either resign yourself to a kissless marriage, or kiss off Fred. DEAR ABBY: My husband had five children from a previous marriage. Some of them are married with IE8-BIS1 ilk children of their own, and some still live with their mother. I am responsible for buying, wrapping and sending all the gifts for their birthdays, Christmas, etc.

(He pays for them, and I must say he is not cheap.) The problem: I am filled up to the gills with his ungrateful children, who never bother calling him to say, "Thank you," "Kiss my foot," or anything else. For all we know, the gifts weren't even received. I know he's hurt, but he insists on sending them presents year after year for every occasion. Should I continue to buy for my husband's children, should I tell him to do it, or should I buy them all a book on manners? TIRED OF IT. DEAR TIRED: I agree, your husband is foolish to continue sending gifts to ingrates, and I don't blame you for balking.

But look at it this way you are doing it for him, not them. Dear Abby accepts Inquiries from reader. Address your letters to: Dear Abby, Statesman Journal, Box 1MM, Salem, Ore. I7IM. IK model and is working as a temporary clerical assistant for the Department of Transportation, she said.

And she has learned a few tricks to competing. "What a lot of girls try to do is put on a phony appearance. It's a lot better if you just be yourself." Almost all the contestants are models, she said, and the girls who aren't are really at a disadvantage. Initally it doesn't cost anything to enter the contest, Mrs. Ferguson said.

It's open to women age 18 through 28 who have never been married or had children. State finalists are selected from written applications, references and photos. Twenty-eight girls competed in this year's contest, held in Portland last January. Once selected as a finalist, each girl must find a sponsor to help pay entry fees, a place to stay during the pa-gent, and costumes, Mrs. Ferguson said.

How much each girl must pay herself depends on how supportive her sponsor is, she said. For the state contest, each entrant needs a one-piece swimsuit, an interview dress, evening gown and another costume of her choice for the freestyle modeling ca-tagory. The state winner gets 100 in cash, her crown and banner, a coat, two swimsuits, two travel suits, money to make a state costume (Miss Heater will be dressed as a Trail Blazer in the state symbol portion of the national pagent), an evening gown, four days in New York and entrance in the national pagent, Mrs. Ferguson said. "In all, she gets about $3,000 to (4,000 in benefits." Her paid guest appearances and modeling have helped raise extra money for clothes and spending, Miss Heater said.

What will the brown-eyed blonde from Stayton be doing the rest of the year? "I don't know, I'm waiting until after the pageant to decide," she said. "I don't know what it will be like if I win. My grandmothers think I'm going to win. People have a lot of confidence in me, but it's like everyone's their own worst critic." She enjoys modeling, but as for a career, not if she has to move to a big city. Miss Oregon is more comfortable on a farm, she said.

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