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Christmas Stories Written by Second
Graders at School in California
San Francisco-IUPD-Mrs. Pat "Santa Forgot Chriitmu'
Gowan, a teacher at the btl
Aire school in suburban Ti
buron, asked students in her
second grade class to write
Christmas stories, here are
some of the results:
"Baby Jeiut is Born" by Gary
Mitchell
In Bethlehem there was a
baby boy. His name was
Jesus, and the angels came
down to see the baby Jesus.
He had lots and lots of pres
ents, and Mary was happy.
So was Joseph, and baby
Jesus was laughing. It was
a happy day. The camels were
out in the dark. The cows
saw the happy day. The cows
were mooing.
By Mark Defren
One night at the North Pole
Santa Claus was ready for
Christmas, so Santa Claus
went to New Jersey, and he
lived happily ever after.
"The Grouchy Bear" by Mar.
Jorie Houghland.
Once upon a time deep,
deep, deep in the forest there
lived a grouchy bear. He did
not like Christmas.
One frosty Christmas eve
he was startled by an ap
parition. He saw the ghost of
Christmas standing before
him. The ghost said, "come
with me into the other room."
He never hated Christmas
from then on, but don't ask
me what he said. Ask your
friends. I do not know.
I-
by i dolph. Rudolph played races.
Mike Cloud j and do you know who won?
Santa Claus was sitting in nuaoipn
his chair, so he did not know
when Christmas went past,
so he forgot Christmas.
"The Two-lumped Reindeer"
by Steve Lynch
Up by the North Pole there
is a reindeer who has two
big lumps on his back. He
went to Santa.
Santa said, "what are those
to big things on your back?"
"Two big lumps."
"Oh."
"Tha Mystery of Santa Claui't
Sleigh" by Bobby Ward
One Christmas night Santa
went out to his sleigh, and he
discovered that his sleigh was
gone.
"Santa Claul Broka the Chim
ney" by Steva Goorman
Once there was a house.
Santa Claus lived in it. He
said to himself, "December 25
is Christmas. Today is Christ
mas." That night he started on his
trip. He was away for about
one hour when he came to
this house. He landed on the
roof. He sat on the chimney,
and he broke it.
"No Nosa" by Jimmy Crisa hospital
une day a reindeer lost nis
nose. He looked all over. He
found his nose. He laughed.
By Chris Janda
Once there was a red rein
deer, and his name was Ru-
FAMILY
COUNCIL
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trlit, three clfrfymen, three editors
and wtimen't editor. Each article
t a luminary of a family disagree
ment presented to the Council. The
Cotincil dealt with problems, mi tor
and minor, encountered by guid
ance counselor! and social workers
Edited by Mri. Alma Denny. (Copy
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Corinn F. - I can't seem to
get my self-confidence back.
Georgint F. - She'll get it
back if I get real tough with
her.
Lif -
Your Money's
Worth
By SYLVIA PORTER
Copyright, Hall Syndicate, Inc.
Corinne F. - I'm a college
graduate, 35 years old. Back
in the '50s I had three nerv
ous breakdowns, and now I
live with my mother who's
80. and my sister who's 45
and supports us all.
I'm caught in a tight
squeeze now and don't know
where to turn. I can't seem to
hold a job, but my sister has
given me an ultimatum to
either become self-supporting
by March or to return to the
an incompetent.
I thought I was all set last
month when I worked as
check-out girl at the super
market. But one of their old
employees turned up and they
gave her back her old post
tion mine. I've tried baby,
sitting, and receptionist posts
Either I smoke too much or
talk too much to suit the em
ployer.
These experiences make me
more fearful than ever of the
outside world.
Georgine F. - The trouble
with Corinne Is no one has
ever taken a firm stand to
wards her. My mother still
talks of her as my poor
baby" and urges her to "just
come tell Mama all about it
dear" whenever Corinne
meets Willi a problem. Then
Mama agrees with her that
everyone else is mean and
picking on her little angel.
Well, I'm fed up. I could
curl up and collapse too if
I let myself go. But 1 keep
going because there's no one
to come crying to. And now
Corinne had better quit bel
lyaching to my mother and
me. Either she's well or she's
still sick. If she's well, she
must support herself and help
me with our mother. If she's
sick, then she must return to
the hospital for treatment.
Putting it to her this way
may make her stick to a job,
So far. she tries to get fired'.
nuli U AY, DECtMBtR 17, 1962
The Medical Roundup
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Ememtu Consultant In Medlctne
Mayo Clinlr
Emerllua Pruleisor of Medicine
Mayo runic
(Reenter and Tribune Syndicate,
1962)
bitten hand or foot, the pain ly designed small electric bat-.
can be excruciating. The old ' lerv.
theory was to rub frost-bitten j , spite o7fhen7any deaths
skin with snow, but today ex-! attributed to heart trouble, the
perts say no. If your hand is ! heart is a tough organ which
frostbitten, warm it quickly i can s,and lo,s ot overwork.
hv n,,nm it in v..r I 1 "u wl" mucn intorma-
or if possible, place it quickly I
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fell
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Alvarez
Tha Council-Here's a vivid
example of the need for treat
ing a whole family, not just
the patient, in cases of mental
illness. A rehabilitation expert
could "interpret" Corinne
more accurately to her moth
er and sister who, at present
FORCES BEHIND ALL-NUMBER CALLING
In San Francisco, a group of angry telephone users
banded together into the Anti-Digit Dialing League have just
filed a suit with the California Utilities Commission to force
the telephone company to halt its "incipient scheme" to
switch to All-Number Calling the system under which our
familiar, colorful telephone exchanges are to be replaced
by numbers. In cities across the country similar groups of
irate telephone customers are bitterly protesting the change
over, denouncing it as the ADDL suit charges, as one more
"snatching of the human element in our lives which needs
to much protection in this age of the machine."
Why the switch-over? What next? Here, from Eugene
.T. McNelly, president of American Telephone & Telegraph
Co.. are your answers.
Porter: Giving up the familiar exchanges in favor of as
many as 13 numbers for long-distance calls is widely resent
ed. Why are you doing it?
McNeely: First, let me emphasize telephone people regret
having to change the numbering system and we share our
customers' attachment for exchange names. But we must
keep pace with telephone growth, and All-Number Calling
Is the solution which offers the most advantages with the
least change in existing dialing habits.
There are approxiamtely 86 million phones in the U.S.
and Canada today and there will be twice that many in 1975.
As a result, we are facing a shortage of telephone numbers.
All-Number Calling will accommodate telephone growth
Into the next century because it provides almost half again
as many usable numbers as the combination of letters and
figures. This is because numerals are associated with all 10
dial holes while letters are associated with only eight of the j scem to be doing all the wrong
30. I things. One acts over-soft, the
Porter: Has Direct Distance Dialing contributed to the j other over-severe. Since Ihey
shortage? I are well - meaning people,
McNeely: In a way, yes. The U.S. and Canada were di-; each hobbled by her own
vided into dialing areas to enable customers and operators
to dial long distance calls directly. To make this possible, a
telephone number cannot be repeated within a dialing area.
Using letters and figures to form telephone numbers, we
were limited to 540 usable combinations within a dialing area.
But using only figures, there are 800 usable combinations
within a dialing area.
Porter: Weren't there other ways lo obtain more tele
phone numbers?
McNeely: Yes. and we thoroughly studied them all be
fore concluding that All-Number Calling was best.
In New York letter combinations such as LR and LL
are now being used, but these provide only 36 more com
binations, far fewer than an all-numeral system which adds
about 250. We also could obtain more numbers by adding an
eighth dial pull, requiring you to dial a third letter or an
extra numeral. But this would mean that all telephone
numbers in the country would have to be changed overnight
and, most important, it would necessitate extra dialing,
which we don't want to require you to do.
ANC avids thisp roblem, and in changing lo ANC the
loiters in your present telephone number generally are re
placed by numerals in the corresponding dial hole (KL5-2368
become 555-2368). Also ANC eliminates wrong numbers
caused by misspelling and mispronouncing exchange names.
Dials of the future can be smaller and yet easier lo read
with just numerals, and numerals will simplify the intro
duction of worldwide dialing by avoiding alphabel and
lancugae differences.
Porter: Anything on the horizon lo take the sting out of
dialing rows of diqits to make a phone call?
McNeely: Yes. Early next year, telephone companies will
mart nationwide marketing of automatic dialers. These dial
ers will utilize plastic cards or magnetic tape on which the
customer's frequently-called numbers have been recorded.
You'll be able to dial these numbers automatically by doing
little more than inserting a card or turning a knob.
Electronate switching equipment, which we tested in
Morris. 111., and which is now in commercial production, also
will simplify dialing. When our electronic central offices are
In operation the first full-scale office will open in Sue
casunna. N.J., around mid-1965 you'll be able to reach oft
called telephones by dialing only two numbers.
Porter: So U s going to be 112-212-555-2368 just to say
"hi""
McNeely: It s
reason of growth.
going to be because of the compelling
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rigid attitude, we do not con
demn them but urgently ad
vise them to have a few in
terviews with one of the pro
fessionals who understands
Corinne.
The royal road back, how
ever, must be carved by Cor
inne herself. And she can do
it. Enlightened employers in
crease in numbers each
month, Impressed by the testi
mony of physicians, union
leaders, personnel experts
that a history of mental ill
ness is not valid ground for
denying employment. It is or
dinarily to be regarded on a
par with physical illness.
So Corinne must try to
shake off her defeatism. And
the best way to start is to
focus on (wo or three simple,
attainable goals. As a college
graduate, surely there arc use
ful jobs she can fill. But "he
should lower her sights. Slop
looking for The Perfect Po
sition. A humble post where
she really tries to please,
(rather than to flee by being
fired), may soon grow into
the Almost-Perfect job, for it
will prove a few things about
her which need proving.
Then she might sign up lor
a course, perhaps leading to
a master's degree. Even if
she never gets the big parch
ment, the goal becomes a
bright light in her life. And
it leads to rubbing shoulders
with lots of humans. Also,
she can activate a social life
of sorts through signing up (or
hobby classes at a Y, a li
brary or a museum.
For both sisters we recom
mend a daily dose of patience.
Corinne seems scared that
she can't "measure up." But
once she realir.es her goal
Cold Feat in Winter
Now is the time when, es
pecially in the northern tier
of states and in Canada, many
people are be
ing troubled
with cold and
wet feet. A
tendency to
cold feet can
run in a fam
ily; Mrs. Ra
verat, a grand
daughter of
j the great
vnarit-s uar-
win, wrote once that several
of her uncles suffered from
the typically "Darwinian cold
feet." Such people, who suf
fer from cold feet at night
should wear woolen bed-socks.
I do not know how to cure
such persons, but the socks
can ward off much of their
distress.
During the last two world
wars, many of our soldiers
who walked around all day
in cold mud suffered much
from a trouble they called
"trench-foot." Often the feet
were cold, red, swollen and
painful. In some cases, the
soldier developed changes in
the nerves and arteries of his
feet which caused long-lasting
trouble in the legs. Some
suffered from froslbite on
their feel.
The army doctors felt that
some of the trouble with
trench foot was due to the
wet, some to the cold, and
some to the lack of exercise.
The lack of ability of the sol
diers to get out of their
trench or foxhole and to walk
around and wriggle their
toes cut down on the amount
of blood in the feet, and this
was bad.
The civilian who in peace
time suffers from a sort of
"trench-foot" should, at night,
before retiring, bathe his feet
in warm water and then mas
sage them for a while. Then
he should dry the feet well,
especially between the toes.
Will Study Blood-Flow
When a physician sees a
man (or woman) with cold and
frost-bitten feet, he will want
to know if there is any rea
son why not enough blood is
getting into the foot and leg.
He will study the blood-flow
not only in the leg veins but
in the arteries of the legs and
feel. If the person who is ex
posed lo cold and dampness
has varicose veins, he is more
likely to get into difficulties
than is a man with good veins.
Every night he should put a
pillow or bolster under the
lower end of his mattress so
as to raise it. This helps the
blood in the veins to run
back to the heart.
It is a good idea to get a
physician to see if there is a
normal pulsation in the big
arteries that run just in front
of and behind the ankle. Also
the physician may see if there
is much difference in the
blood supply of the leg when
it is lying flat on the exam
ining table and when it is
pointed straight up in the air.
It is a good sign when, on
putting the foot down, it
quickly regains a good pul
sation in the arteries.
The physician will want In
know if the person can walk
rapidly along the street, or
if once or twice in each block
he has to stop for a minute
because of pain in a leg. Such
intermittent pain means that
one of the big arteries in the
leg is somewhat blocked. In
such cases, the doctor will
check the blood sugar (dia
be(es) and blood cholesterol
(hardening of the arteries).
If a leg artery is badly nar
rowed somewhere, this can be
shown with a special x-ray
technic, and then an artery
surgeon may be able to put
In a dacron tube that will
restore the continuity of the
bood vessel. If this cannot be
done, the cutting of the
"sympathetic" nerves to the
leg arteries where they
run in the back of the abdo
men may give relief, by
enlarging the bore of the ar
teries in the legs.
Mutt Ba Careful
The sufferer from diabetes
must be particularly careful
when his feet give him trou
ble. He is particularly sub
ject to hardening and narrow
ing of the arteries in his legs.
He must keep hie socks dry
and clean; also his shoes
needn't be tomorrow She j
world, but merely tomorrow
an honest try, she'll keep plug
ging upward.
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should be kept dry with the
help of rubber overshoes, j
can cause weakening of the
skin, breakage of the skin, in
fection and even gangrene.
The first sign of frost-bile
is numbness and whiteness of
the skin. On warming a frost-1
tion on the subject in Dr. Al
varez' booklet about heart
trouble. Yu may get a copy
by sending 25 cents and a
self-addressed, stamped enve
lope with your request to Dr.
Walter C. Alvarez, Drpt.
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warm but not hot
water. Don't rub it or mas
sage it. The feet, too, should
be put in warm water.
Some people who are much
distressed when they have lo
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kept warm for at least an a salesman's station wagon,
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