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Putt land.'Observer
Thursday, November 29. 1973
Christmas Seals fight
lung disease
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Presents In C oncert
asking alms for those in
Children do not come
need.
cheaper by the dozen any
The song honors the 12
Not with today's
more,
days from December 25 to
rusts. Neither do Christmas
Epiphany. January 6. the
Seals. Hut this year they do
day the Three Wise Kings
come in twelves.
arrived from thv East to
The Seals show the twelve
visit the baby Jesus. Christ
days of Christmas, from the
mas Seals continue the tra
partridge in a pear tree, to
dition of giving. Contribu
the twelve drummers drum
turns support today's fight
nting. The fun of the song
against lung disease.
has always been trying to
In contrast to the carol,
remember the long list of
the origins of this year's
“gifts" that “my true love
Christmas Seals are well
sent to me." At midwinter
known. They were designed
festivals in jolly old England,
by twenty three year old
the lyrics were not only a
test of memory but also a Cheri Johnson who says her
creations were the personal
measure of spirits imbibed.
Clara Peoples. Director of Community Care. Inc. (right) thanks Paulene Meyers lor her help
expression of her love for the
Nobody knows how old the
with the Thanksgiving effort. Miss Meyers gave her show. "The World of My America as a
holiday season. She hopes
rollicking folksong is or who
wrote it. But it is a carol of others, she says, “will react
benefit for Community Care.
great charm and antiquity, a to the Seals in another per
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sonal way with a generous
song of wandering minstrels
contribution."
and Christmas fairs. During
Today's fight for clean air
one
period,
the
song
was
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« s K relegated to the nursery as a and healthy lungs is every
forfeit game. Each child had one's problem. As you live
to give up something when and breathe, give more to
The Outside In will spon
Portland Community Col
December 3: Community
the lyrics were forgotten. At Christmas Seals. They fight
sor a Rummage Sale on
lege will present two free Development Working I om
another time, the song was air pollution. TB, emphysema
December 8 and 9 from 12:00
evening program s demon
mittee. 5329 N.E. Union,
accompanied by dancing and and cigarette smoking.
p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at 12:16
strating attractive yet eco Model C ities Conference
S.W. Salmon.
nomical Christmas wrappings Room *226, 7:30 p.m.
December 5: Employment
November 27 in North Port
land and November 28 in Working C om m ittee. 5329
N.E. Union. Model Cities
Hillsboro.
Newberg artist Ginny Ad Conference Room «226. 7:30
dlesheim will conduct the p.m.
December 5: Vernon Com
programs, adopting techni
ques from the Japanese for munity Association, NDO «2.
creating unique gift wrap 3605 N.E. 15th Avenue. 7:30
pings.
Oriental influences p.m.
December 6: Recreation &
including oragami (folded
paper) decorations and boxes Culture Working Committee.
will be demonstrated. Papers 5329 N.E. Union. Model
can be last year's Christmas Cities Conference Room «226.
wrap. When assembled col
7:30 p.m.
lage style, the finished box is
already wrapped! Ordinary
household item s can be
The Portland Association
quickly transformed into fes
for Childbirth Education
tive decorations. Scraps of
(P.A.C.E.) will be presenting
paper become ribbons. Even
several classes this winter
weeds make attractive orna
throughout the metropolitan
ments for gift packages.
area. A Saturday class will
The November 27th pro
be offered as well as regular
gram will be held in the calli
weeknight classes.
graphy studio, PB 22. at
Classes consist of lecture,
PCC's Cascade Center, 705
discussion and exercise ses
North Killingsworth.
The
sions.
Various stages of
program on November 28th
labor and proper breathing
will be held at Hillsboro High
and relaxation techniques to
School.
Everyone is wel
use with each stage of labor
come, projects will be easy
are taught by trained per
and fun for families to do.
sonnet.
Both programs begin at 7:30
A special "Early Bird"
p.m. For more information,
class
is also being offered
contact PCC Community Ser
after the first of the year.
vices, 244-6111.
This is a special three hour
class to be attended during
The Contemporary Crafts
the first six months of preg
Association will hold its tra
nancy. It helps to increase
ditional HOLIDAY TEA and
the awareness and accep
BENEFIT as an opening
tance of the emotional shifts
preview for its CHRISTMAS
that inherently come during
GALLERY at the Contem
pregnancy and birth.
porary Crafts Gallery, locat
P.A.C.E. will also be show
ed at 3934 S.W. Corbett
ing "The Story of Eric", an
Avenue, on Friday, Novem
enlightening film of one
ber 30, from 1:00 to 5:00
couple's prepared childbirth
P.M., with the public cor
experience at the Public Ser
dially invited to attend.
vice Building, 920 S.W. Sixth
The Gallery will be open to
Avenue, second floor audi
the public through December
torium. on Monday evening,
24 and will feature a variety
December 3. 1973, at 7:30
of decorative items designed
p.m.
for the holiday season by
N orthw est craftsm en and
volunteer members of the
Margaret Kuhn, leader of
T h e J e r r y R u m b o ld s
T h e H o w a r d N e lse n s
Association.
the Gray Panthers, will ad
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dress a conference on Age
Barriers to be held at the
Portland Memorial Coliseum
on December 14th.
The conference, which is
being sponsored through the
Center for Urban Education,
will address problems of age
discrimination faced by old
and young in Oregon. Ms
Kuhn will speak at a general
session beginning at 10:00
a.m. In the afternoon there
will be five work sessions to
explore age discrimination in
employment, credit, health
care, transportation and
housing.
Margaret Kuhn, 68, was
born in Buffalo, N.Y., later
attended the College for Wo
men in Cleveland, Ohio, and
has served as an executive
for the Y.W.C.A., the Uni
tarians and the United Pres
byterian Church. Upon re
"FAMILY FOCUS”, a na
tirement she was active in
tional YMCA Parent Educa
founding the three-year-old
tion course using Transac coalition of older adults and
tional Analysis, is now being
youth known as the Gray
offered by the YMCA of Me Panthers.
The Gray Pan
tropolitan Portland.
thers, with a membership
Transactional A nalysis,
numbering over 2000, are
developed by Eric Berne,
committed to fighting “ag
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ism," discrimination against
ple Play”, and lately made
persons on the basis of
popular by Thomas Harris,
chronological age.
M.D., author of the best
The conference on Age
seller “I'm O.K.
You're
Barriers is open to the pub
O.K." is a way of looking at
lic. Registration is free to
interpersonal relationships
persons under 25 and over
and why we do the things we
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do.
for persons 25 to 60.
R eservation s are being
Registration and further
taken for the second session
information is available at
which begins in January.
the Center for Urban Edu
Contact the YMCA for fur
ration. 0245 S.W. Bancroft,
ther information.
Portland.
A neighborhood group from
Northeast Portland called the
Dekum Doers are sponsoring
a holiday party at the North
east YWCA, 126 N.E. Al-
berta, on December 4 from
10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon.
All women are invited to
attend and bring along a
decoration idea and/or holi
day recipe to share with
others.
Materials will be
available at the share-in to
make items for the home and
refreshments will be served.
The Dekum Doers are a
group of neighborhood wo
men who get together to
participate in discussions,
projects and field trips spon
sored by the N ortheast
YWCA.
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“ We thought our electric usage was
as low as it could possibly be but
we still saved!"
It may seem surprising enough that
a family of three living in a three-bedroom
home could have an average monthly
electric bill of just $12 00 But even the
Howard Nelsen family was surprised
when they managed to reduce that
figure even more by cutting their kilowatt
usage by 13 5% m the PGE Watt
Watching Program
How?
They unscrewed unnecessary light
bulbs in multi-fixtured lamps, and
remembered to turn off all lights when
leaving a room
Mrs. Nelsen started her own Watt
Watching Campaign in the kitchen
by using her dishwasher only when it
was full, and by making more efficient
use of her electric oven We enjoy
more candlelight dinners now?
she added, and occasionally use our
fireplace for heating?
Meanwhile, each member of the
Nelsen family helped save energy and
money by spending a little less time
in the shower
We ve always tried to save electricity,
Mrs Nelsen concluded, and because
of the power crisis, we felt we just had
to try even harder!'
Join these successful PGE Watt
Watchers. Your voluntary help now may
help head off enforced curtailment later
during this critical period Here's why:
every kilowatt-hour of electricity you
use means either some water must
be released from reservoirs behind
a dam, or some thermal fuel burned to
generate that power The long-term
solution is the building of new generating
plants, transmission lines and other
badly needed electrical facilities...
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Saved
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Can a family cut its electric usage
by 14% with no inconveniences?
The Rumbolds did' And all it took
was a little organization By planning
all of our daily meals at once. I use
the oven and range less. Mrs Rumbold
observed, and I open the freezer just
once every day? Besides watching watts
while she cooked, Mrs Rumbold saved
still more electricity by doing only
one full load in her electric dishwasher
each afternoon.
Mr Rumbold helped, too "We often
spend our evenings in the family room.
So we turnoff all individual room
thermostats and lights through the rest
of the house?
In addition, the family had their hot
water heater reset 4° lower Window
blinds were kept partially closed tor extra
insulation. The use of all electric
appliances was watched closely
And room temperatures, when the rooms
were in use, were set at 63°
The Rumbold children. Danny, age 6,
and Lisa, 15 months, didn't seem to mind
a bit.
"In fact? Mr Rumbold added, we re
going to cook Thanksgiving dinner on
a grill That should save some watts!”
without imprudent delay PGE joins 109
other utilities in the Pacific Northwest
in urging customers to save energy
now to avoid a scarcity of electricity
or enforced rationing in the months
ahead
The electricity you save now is vital in
avoiding an energy crisis. Please help
... Watt Watching really works.
Saved 12%*
T h e D a lla c e P a ris e a u s
o f C o rb e tt
Saving electricity is no hardship
It's just good common sense
So far. that common sense has fwlped
the Panseau family cut their kilowatt
usage by 12% And we re going to try
to cut it even more wherever we can
When I use my electric oven. I bake
an entire meal all at one time. Mrs
Pariseau said "I can turn the oven
off five or ten minutes before the food
is done, and there s still enough heat
left to finish the cooking
Like many PGE customers, the
Pariseaus found many helpful
energy-saving ideas in the Watt
Watchers Guide Daughters Jan and
Lynn made certain that lights were
turned off when not needed And dishes
were rinsed outside of the dishwasher
In cool water
Mrs Pariseau even decided to dry
most of her laundry on racks in the
basement
Why did the Pariseau family join
the Watt Watcher Program? Mr Pariseau
answered that question: "We just
figured that, unless we save electricity
now. things might get pretty cold
this winter!'
For a free pamphlet of ideas on
conserving energy in your business,
home or community, write:
Portland
General
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Conservation Center
621 3 W Alder St., Portland. Oregon 97206
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