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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1982
Page
36
Dear Abby letters express frustration over wedding RSVPs and guests who ignore them. Readers vent about evasive or flippant replies, while some seek blunt advice on handling unresponsive invitees and hospital visits, inheritances, and marital finances.
Reader letters describe a sailboat pullover knitting kit with color options and kit contents, plus advice from Carolee W. on knitting while bedridden or wheelchair bound. Pat Trexler coordinates orders and hints the column uses reader tips for adapting patterns to limited mobility.
A columnist explains a simple dressing stick made from a dowel pin and hooks to help dress and undress. Create one at home or have a friend build it, aiding independence and daily living. Send ideas to the Gazette Focus Dept in Cedar Rapids for possible future publication.
List of TOPS chapters with meeting times and locations in the Cedar Rapids area. Addresses include churches and community centers such as Cedar Christian Church, Springville Methodist, Marion Christian Church, Kenwood Methodist, and St. Stephen's Lutheran, with weekly sessions on various days and contact numbers. The area captain can be reached at 377-3869.
Dear Marylou helps a petite reader in size 4B find shoes in New York at Giordano's offering Centaur instep strap Mary Jane style in sizes 3% to 5% M and 5% to 64% N with prices $66 and $62. The column also cites wider socks, tailored blouses, clipped bow ties, and longer skirts solutions with vendors and mail orders.
A help line is provided for Al-Anon and Alateen at 365 5955. The following weekly meetings are listed: Sunday through Saturday at various churches, schools, hospitals, and clubs in towns including Marion Belle Plaine Center Point Anamosa Mount Vernon and Springville with multiple daily sessions.
About 300 male and female soldiers lost an average of 20 pounds each on what is described as the first mandatory diet in U S military history. An extraordinary high percentage kept their goal weights a year after finishing the program, per Ladies Home Journal October issue.
Cedar Rapids Hairdressers and Cosmetologists Association hosts a fashion show on Tuesday October 5 at 7 p.m. at Brucemore featuring fall hairstyles by Omo. Tangee and Tommie perform while Jim Handel plays the Brucemore pipe organ. Proceeds go to the Multiple Sclerosis Society. For tickets call 364 8539.
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