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Worran7s life Richer Since Loss of Arms By JOE McDAVID United Press Correspondent Memphis, Tern. Time has mellowed Mrs. Martin Ch.-inin. Fifteen years ago, she prayed for death. Today, she can look back without de-pair on the ac cident which cost hr-r both arms. "Perhaps my life i? richer," she 5aid. "If I had not lost my irmv I might never have mar ried " It was the summer of 1941 Clhat Mrs. Chanin. then Mis Mar Karet Jones, a dental student at ttel University of Texas, was injured. She and a group of friends had anchored their sailboat in Sfn Jacinto Bay. Margaret and her date decided to go for a swim. Mrs. Chanin jumped into the wa'r-r and grabbed the steel anchor chain. Her date started tugsing at her arm. At that moment, a breeze rocked the boat and the mast grazed some power lines, strung (Tim shore across part of the bay. The young man was killed instantly. Mrs. Chanin was pull ed from the water, both arms badly burned. Back to School Three weeks later, when she rame to in the hospital, Mrs. Chanin realized both her arms had been amputated. It was then Jiat she prayed for death. But her sister, Mrs. W. B. Thorning of Houston, Tex., and her mother, Mrs. R. H. Jones of OscebiX Ark., refused to let her retreat into a shell. "They made me dress like a fashifirj plate," Mrs. Chanin re call They talked her into going back to school, and she won three college degrees. Six years after the mishap, Margaret met and married Dr. Martin Chanin. They now have two sons, Philip, 8, and Robert 6. When she married Chanin Margaret was completely de pendent on others. The doctor made his wife her first artificial arm, so she could hold the baby they expected. Mrs. Chanin quickly became proficient with her mechanical arm. "Now I can do pratjcally everything except dress myself and comb my hair." she .said. "My husband does that." O Mrs. Chanin drives her own specially equipped car, keeps house, and 3$es her own gro cery buying and cooking. She writes letters with the pen held firmly in her teeth. Mrs. Chanin's most delightful conquest over handicap came when she got her driver s li-cen-e-. The state highway patrolman was dubious, even aiter she had passed the written test. Then they got into her car, n and the trooper told her to drive round the block. When they arrived back at patrol headquarters, the trooper took off his hat. 'Idy, mind if I tell you psomethii-g?" he said. "You're the bes driver I ever saw." "Woman Makes Candles in Old, New England Town Sisters Paper Walls With Presley Photos Memphis, Tenn. W Teen ase sisters Oralee and Sharyn Davolt have more than 1,000 Elvis Presley photographs dis played In their bedroom. For Oralee. 15, and sister Sha ryn, 14, it s floor-to-ceiling Elvis Presley, with just about every inch of wall space covered with pictures of the guitar-strumming singer. The girls wanted to continue "Elvsging" the ceiling itself, but mother said "no." They plan to hang pictures of their "darl ing" on strings stretched across the room. The girls feel they can get 500 more pictures of the "hound dog" man into the room in that way. 4 I 1 3 la !ty VIVIAN SANDE Tnited Press Correspondent ; New York It takes Mrs. Bertha Moulton just a few minutes to drive to work. But . this lively grandmother actually goes back nearly two centuries in time in those few minutes. She wears the ankle-length dress and starched white cap of ; the farm wife of the late 13!h j century. She works in the hack i kitchen of a house built in 1735 i and never modernized. ' Horse drawn busgics and ox drawn carts are the only vehi j cles that bump along the dirt I road outside her window. And she works at an early craft, hand dripping candles, or forming i them in simple molds. I Mrs. Moulton is the randle- maker at Old Sturbridge Village, I Mass., a recreated country town of 1 50 years ago. j A Native i Old Sturbridge, an independ ent, non-profit educational in : stitution. was opened to the pub- lie in 1946. It covers 200 acres i and consists of more than 30 buildings moved fom all parts ! of New England and re-erected : on the hanks of the Quinebaug river. There's a grist mill, a saw l mill, bar, blacksmith shop, gen- ; eral store and a varietv of , houses from a salt-box to a man sion house. The houses are filled with collections of antiques ranging from furniture to fire' arms. And in the buildings, skill ed craftsmen demonstrate early American skills. Mrs. Moulton, a born and New Englander, didn't know what she was in for when she applied for a job at the village in 1953. Her children were grown and she was widowed. She thought may be she could get a job as a host ess. Instead the village curators, who had a lot of antique, candle making equipment in their col lections, asked her if she would try her hand at organizing a can dlemaking demonstration. Mrs. Moulton said yet even though she didn't know a candle-dipping stand from a drying rack. 12.000 Candles The determined grandmother began her studies in the books in the curator's office. In a month she set up her vats, dippers and molds in the kitchen of the old Fitch farmhouse, and began to show visitors how candles were made from bayberry or beeswax. Now, Mrs. Moulton s kitchen shop is one of the most popular in the village. She turns out some 12.000 can- dlf-s during the course of her talks. They're sold at the house I and in the general store, and the money goes back into the educa j tion project which is constantly expanding. i Mrs. Moulton also is an expert on candlemaking equipment, j Sometimes a visitor asks a : question she can't answer. But ! she doesn't mind a bit. Said the 20th century grand , mother, who made a career of j IP.th century candlemaking, "I I just go out in search of the an j swer. The most wonderful part I of this job is the learning." Four Persons Needed For Legal Problems Urbana, 111. TO A wife should know four specific per sons from whom to get financial and legal aid if anything seri ous happens to her husband. says Virginia Guthrie, Univer sity of Illinois home manage ment specialist. These should be a lawyer, banker, insurance agent, busin ess associate or other profession al man. Such persons can make a situation less confusing by handling problems that arise in cases of death, illness or acci dents. Section an orange or a grape fruit over a bowl of crisp salad greens, and toss with oil, salt and pepper. Dice a ripe avocado over all, and toss once. Ex-Stereotyper Lives on $91 Per Month Miami, Fla. IP Eighty-five-year-old Harry Bickford scoffs at elderly people who complain about money. He lives on $91.65 a month and gets along "fine." "The trouble is most old peo ple nowadays want too much," the retired stereotyper said. "I rend the other day about a man retired on S25C a month and couldn't make ends meet. If I was that fellow, I'd think I was a millionaire." Bickford retired at 70 after working on newspapers all over the country. When his last paper in San Diego, Calif., folded and his wife died, Bickford headed for Florida. "All I had, besides my little savings," he said, "was a S58.50 social security monthly and S.?3.15 a month from an annuity. And I get along fine." He bought his one-bedroom cottage and furnished it for a total investment of about $4,000. He did most of the work fixing up the place and he beautified his yard with shrubs and fruit trees. Saves $200 .'.nnually Bickford does all his own He cooks, washes, irons, keeps house and shops. He said he spends about three days a week on the housework. The rest of the week he goes to ball games, relaxes, talks to people and "once in awhile I take in a movie." Bickford said food costs him S5 to $7 a week, and "I eat well bacon and eggs, vegeta bles, stews, soups, cheese; things like that." i And he added that he ha? wine "or something stronger" every night before retiring. He spends about SB a month for electricity; water comes from a pump; he subscribes to a newspaper and his bus fare he likes to ride downtown and look at people runs about a SI a week. Hespends 40 cents a week for cigars. What does this "king in his castle" do with his $200 savings from his annual income of $1,099.80? "I use that for Christmas presents," he explained. When anyone asks him how he lives on his income, Bick ford always replies: "If you've got a little place of your own and can take care of yourself, it's easy. "I wouldn't trade places with anybody." Woman Wears 'Beads Over 3,000 Years Old By VIVIAN SANDE New York 'IP Like most women, Mrs. Aziz Atiya likes to wear beads. But the ones she wears are apt to be 3.000 or so years old and have folk - lore meaning. Take the blue beads on some of her necklaces. They are to "ward off the evil eye," she ex plained. Mrs. Atiya, archaeologist and student of old beads, explained "they were used centuries ago for that reason. And -even now, in Egypt, you'll find blue beads strung around the necks of ani mals or draped somewhere on such a modern institution as the automobile." Writing Book Lola Atiya is the wife of an eminent Egyptian historian and coptologist student of an an cient Egyptian race. The Atiya family is living in New York, while Dr. Atiya lec tures at the Union Theological Seminary. Last year Mrs. Atiya was asked to join the staff of the Kel sey Museum, at the University of Michigan, because of her knowledge of ancient beads. Now she is writing a book on the museum's collection. Lola Atiya is a petite woman, with large black eyes and straight black hair. She dresses smartly, but conservatively, and Corned Beef Glamour Glazes can be applied to corned beef much the same way as a ham. Remove the cooked corned beef from the liquid in which it was cooked. Place it on a rack in an open roasting pan. Top with a honey-brown sugar glaze or favorite fruit glaze. Place the meat in a moderate oven (350" F.) for about 30 min utes or until the glaze is set. Sunday, June 30, 1957 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBXTNE WWB jCW Uf dry tUee yrr summer cloth. i mni alve th.m Mr Mclwilv SteNe "(Inliklnt feudi". . . TheyH ... Look "Lite Sew" Feel "Like New" Wear Longer Pack Better Resist Wrinkling, Too! Tr.el AH Tovf Clothes Te Our ft.Nw Treatment! Vhen you eximine the results of our careful dry cleaning plus the trie StaN"u "finishing touch," you'll discover why StaNu means magic to your cottons, silks, satins, synthetics ell your clothes. Try our StaNu service you'll be delighted! ALL GARMENTS RETURNED IN PLASTIC BAGS! Dial SP 2-6165 For FREE Pickup and Delivery Servicel The I.atin-4mrrtrasl influence I reflN-irtl in ihi ra.ual coltnn outfit b llene RicUv. lUiile cotton duck pant button to a tap-r jut aboir he ankle. The brief red plaid mock has long full sUe e, aquare neckluie. MEDFORD LAUNDRY t DRY CLEANERS 30-32 NO. RIVERSIDE IleiteA and Beautiful Dry Cleaning rarely is seen without a strand of ancient beads to complement the outfit she wears. Another Collection She is an authority on glass beads, some of which date back to 3,000 B.C. She said archae ology has revealed women liked to adorn themselves with beads then just as they do today. Mrs. Atiya has one of the larg est collections of ancient beads in Egypt but that of the wife of an American professor tops her collection. i She said Mrs. Arthur Jeffery, whose husband teaches at Col umbia university, introduced her to the hobby of collecting strings of ancient beads as well as the old beads themselves. She met the Jefferys several years ago when they were on a trip to Cairo. Mrs. Atiya has glass beads, stone beads, and mosaic gla&s beads in her collection. Some of them were found in tombs where they had been placed cen turies ago to keep the spirit of the dead from rising. Some were used to ward off illness, or pro mote success. Cooking Experts Have Suggestions on Potatoes Champaign, 111. W A class in experimental cooking at the University of Illinois for house wives who want to include pota toes in quick meals. The class found, that french fried and escalloped potatoes, which ordinarily require long cooking, could be sped to the table by partial preparation in advance. French fries should be blan ched in fat in the morning to the point where they are cook ed but not browned. Then they can be browned just hefore the evening meal by a few minutes' cooking in hot fat. A thin white sauce prepared in a sauce pan is the first step in making quick escalloped po tatoes. After adding sliced pota toes and boiling over direct heat for two minutes, they should be placed in a buttered casserole and baked immediately at 350 degrees. They should be done In about 30 minutes. Waffle Variations 1 Start summer breakfast menu plans with tender, light brown waffles. Chopped, cooked bacon and diced cooked smoked ham are always grand when added to the waffle batter. Grated , orange rind and orange juice ' give a tart touch and for still another flavor add grated Amer ican cheese to the waffle batter.: V f A- r'Jf "Since 1908" 6th at Fir St. WATCH... a fired, old room take on a "mitnon-dollcir" look in ls than a day. You do 9 with Super K em-Tone, the almost- magic latex paint that comes in a wide range of beautiful colors . . every one of rhem guaranteed wash able. You apply Super Kem-Tone with Roller-Koater or brush and dries within an hour to a smooth, tough surface. A gallon will probably be plenty Get yours now at Big Pines Lumber Co. 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