MEDFORp MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON
America's Teen-Agers
Have Poor Eating Habits
Patrlrla
McCormack
By PATRICIA McCORMACK
United Press International
New York-H'PIi-The nation's
teen-agers ought to hold the
world's loving cup for nutri-
tion-but they
don't. Of all
the globe's ad
olescents, they
have the best
chance to be
the best nour
i s h e d. But
they are not.
One study of
800 boys and
girls, 13 to 15,
shows, for example, the fol
lowing poor state of affairs:
Five out of 10 girls and
two out of 10 boys don't get
enough calcium; half the
girls need more iron; nearly
half need more vitamin C.
"When we say these young
folks are poorly fed, we mean
that they receive less than
two-thirds of the nutrients rec
ommended by the foods and
nutrition board of the Na
tional Research council," Dr.
Evelyn B. Spindler reports.
Dr. Spindler, is nutritionist
with the Federal Extension
service of the U.S. Depart
ment of Agriculture in Wash
ington, DC.
Her diagnosis of the situa
tion is presented in a report
in the current "Journal of
Home Economics." It's cou
pled with suggestions for im
provement. Studies Cited
Studies cited in the report
show:
More girls tend to be
poorly nourished than boys.
The older a girl, the more
likely she is to have a diet
that's not up to the minimum.
Teen-agers with poor food
habits tend to skip breakfast,
fear fat and fill up on empty
calorie snacks.
CALENDAR
Monday:
6:30 p.m.-Junior Degree of
Honor, Girls Community club.
6:45 p.m.-First Presbyteri
an Cruisers club, at church.
7 p.m.-SIimmer Yets TOPS
club, Social room, Sacred
Heart hospital.
7:30 p.m.-Applied arts in
terest groups of AAUW, home
of Mrs. Henry Grossman,
3465 Forrest ave.
7:30 p.m.-Eagle Point Lions
juxiliary, home of Mrs. Glenn
i). Hale, 35 West Sixth st.
7:30 p.m.-Hedrick Junior
Parent Teacher association,
Speech room at school.
7:45 p.m.-Degree of Honor
association, Girls Community
club.
7:45 p.m. - Medford Rose
Society, courthouse audi
torium. 8 p.m.-League of Women
Voters study unit, home of
Mrs. Thomas Rutter, 1033
Queen Ann ave.
8 p.m.-Scottish Rite Wom
en's club, Masonic temple.
Dr. Spindler said the way
to motivate teen-agers to im
prove their nutrition involves
three things: understanding
them, basing the approach on
the needs and wants of the
teen-agers, involving them in
solving their own nutrition
problem.
One program, incorporating
the three principles, has been
operating with great success
in Rock Island County, 111.
Dr. Spindler said Rock Is
land's "Teen Time Food Fare"
- now in its fifth year - is
built around a series of meet'
ings of teen-age boys
girls.
Social Activity
MONDAY. JANUARY 28, 1963
Veni-Vldi
By MARGARET SCHULER
-A 9
Taormina -An unlikely
thing in an unlikely place-a
large Buick!
It bore down on the mean
dering pedestrians on the nar
row C o r s o Umberto who
took-fast-to the wall on ei
ther side. So intent I was, ad
miring the vastness and beau
ty of the car, that it wasn't
until the girl driving it had
passed from sight that the sub
conscious relayed the message
"Pacific Wonderland" to my
surface brain.
I found her two blocks
down, where her Buick with
the Oregon license was being
nd guided into a parking place,
I like a cruiser into a harbor
I with tiny craft. She had
I brought the automobile with
The meetings bring the : her from Vancouver on a
children together in a social freighter, down the Pacific,
activity. I across the Atlantic, through
Nutrition is served up in ! the Mediterranean, right to
a challenging way. Interesting i Messina where she ferried
but nutritious food is served
"From 165 to 199 teen agers
have been involved in this
program each year for the
past .four years," Dr. Spindler
said.
"They are loosely organized
in groups of 20 to 30 teen
agers with a man and woman
counselor for each group."
The affairs with edible
names - Pizza Wingdings, Ka
bob Kapors, Pineapple Whirls
- started when community
leaders met to consider the
problem of teen-age nutrition.
Represented: schools,
churches, Parent Teacher as
sociations, Girl Scouts,
YWCA, 4H clubs, public
health workers, National
Dairy council, dietitians and
other interested forces in the
country.
Suggestions Given
The youngsters were asked
for suggestions. They an
swered: "Make it fun and differ
ent; don't preach and push at
us; don't take away all the
snacks we like; have a hand
some, popular boy conduct
the county kickoff; send
clever and attractive invita
tions." A handbook was prepared
by Geraldine Acker, extension
specialist in foods and nutri
tion, University of Illinois,
Urbana.
Subject matter for six meet
ings was outlines. Presenting
nutrition information through
group quizzes, and directions
for demonstrations of nutri
tious snacks were included.
Ditto for quizzes about calo
ries, proteins, vitamins ,ind
minerals.
At the request of the teen
agers the nutrition teaching
is done by professionals -home
economists, teachers.
The youngsters said they
wanted the information "from
the horse's mouth" instead
of from lay leaders.
To clean cut glass or crys
tal, dampen a soft brush, dip
in dry baking soda, and brush
over the soiled area.
across to Sicily. And it is
probable that it is the only
automobile with a "Pacific
Wonderland," Oregon license
ever to come to Sicily.
"She" is Sara Johnson of
Bend, Ore., a widow with two
daughters, and she lives in
Europe much of her time. I
think she was as glad to see
an Oregonian as I was to see
her.
Describes House
Villa San Pancrazia, where
I live in Taormina, is a large
gray stone house, something
like Carpenter's Topsides. It
has long windows opening out
onto terraces, with little gar
dens at different levels, where
there are tables, chairs, flow
ers, statues and fountains-and
always vistas of the sea.
Of all the places I have
lived in Europe, this comes the
nearest to being completely
satisfactory. Nothing, that 1
can think of, is lacking to
make guests comfortable and
happy. It is not elaborate, cer
tainly. It is the atmosphere (a
policy of the owner) of friend
ly hospitality, and quiet or
derliness that I like. The food
is good enough to be the norm
by which all food could be
judged. (Too good, I am
afraid).
Even on rainy days (and it
has been rainy for four in suc
cession) it is cozy and warm.
Fires are kept ready to light
when guests wish, and there
are snug reading chairs-and
big views of the Mediterran
ean. The guests are varied as to
age and nationality. Ashland
festival people will know two
of them-Bishop Arthur Kin
solving and wife, as their son,
William, was a member and
married a girl, also with the
players. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor
Trumbo are now of Hawaii,
but only for the past two
years. Previous to that he was
the managing editor of the
Los Angeles Times, and she,
Georgia Fiefield, had a radio
program called "Theater of
the Air." I mention her pro-
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gram because at various times
she had been in Medford to
see Helen Norris, the radio
playwright.
Britishers Noted
The four Britishers living
here could well be out of any
English novel you have ever
read. For example: the vicar
tnll, gray, dedicated to the
Church of England and to a
cup of tea every afternoon at
five. Down a block from here
is his little church. It, too, is
something out of a story book.
A bell ding dongs his parish
ioners - about 17 strong - to
service. A wheezy little organ
pumps up the hymns; the aud
ience does the singing, and
there arc no acolytes, but
there is an atmosphere and
sincerity which is moving. Ac
cording to plaques on the
white washed walls, it was
built in memory of the sol
diers who lost their lives in
Sicily. The church, perched
on the hillside, is surrounded
by well kept gardens.
Two titles (and certainly,
no one ever read an English
book without a bit of aristoc
racy in the dramatis-personae)
adorn exceptionally delight
ful, erudite English brother
and sister. I think I feel par
ticularly friendly towards
them, because much to my
surprise they were interested
in me when they knew I was
from Oregon. Usually
knowledge of the United :
States is a triangle-New York i
to Florida to San Francisco
among Europeans, to have :
these two think our state re-1
markable, was joy to me.
Sir Ronald, much to my
chagrin, knew history of our i
early times I did not know.
He regretted, for example, the
blunder on Capt. James Cook's
part that he had not located :
the passage into the Co- !
lumbia river and had left it
to George Vancouver's party
to map it. Both items about
which I was ignorant.
Walking Type
The fourth Englishman, is
the taking-his-walking - stick
type, and strides up and down
hills, discovering all sorts of
oddities.
Three extraordinarily pret
ty Dutch girls complete the
number of guests. Queen Wil
helmina used to sleep at the
Villa San Pancrazia when she
visited Taormina. Auto
graphed pictures are all about
the salon.
We have really good talk
fests; we exchange view
points; we solve world prob-lems-and
all appreciate how
difficult it is in these coun
tries to cash a check. Even
the American Consul couldn't
do it at one time for Mr.
Trumbo. Mr. Trumbo, by the
way is the quiet one. He says
but little. He, who certainly
knows more than all com
bined. He did say, however that he
approved of Wayne Morse's
speech in the Senate regard
ing not giving aid to countries
who would not enter the mu
tual missile program. He also
told me that he wished that
travel columnists would tell
people where to stay and what
things cost. So the next Veni
Vidi will be about prices.
Musical
Announced
The Broadway musical,
"Bye Bye Birdie" is now in
rehearsal at Medford High
school. Presentation of a mu
sical is an annual event of
the music department.
The original production
opened in New York in April,
1960, and starred Dick Van
Dyke and Chita Rivera. It ran
for over 600 performances
and Is now touring the coun
try as a road show. It is also
being made into a motion pic
ture that is to be released
shortly.
The dates for presentation
are Feb. 21, 22, 23. Tickets
for the show go on sale Mon
day, January 28th, and are
available from any choir
member or at the high school.
League To Hear
Two Lumbermen
Ashland - The Ashland pro
visional unit, League of Wom
en Voters, will hold a public
meeting in the Gresham room
of the library Tuesday, Janu
ary 21), beginning at 8 p. m.
Speakers are to be two Jack
son county lumbermen,
George Flanagan and Bon
Evans. They will discuss the
lumber industry in Oregon
and its relation to world trade.
Mrs. Irving Lord, president
of the Ashland unit, announc
ed that there will be an open
discussion period moderated
by Edison Thuma of Southern
Oregon college.
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Marble surfaces should be
treated like any other valu
able piece of furniture. Use
coasters under glasses, and
! wipe up spilled liquid or food
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