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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1978
Page
3
A May 8 1978 Garden City Telegraphing excerpt recounts letters criticizing the Dolphin Dolls of Miami for image shifts toward mature, risqué cheerleading. Readers decry hostile crowds, suggest change, and joke about decency while advising on dating and self confidence.
Buffalo Jones Elementary launches Reading Is FUNdamental with 315 students. The national program supplies books, matching funds, and a catalog of choices for kids, who will receive three distributions next year. Local parents raise funds via fun nights and popcorn sales to cover half the $1,050 book cost, with the other half from RIF matching funds.
Alfred Brown, 26, serves as the only male field director for the Girl Scouts in the Midwest. He says initial teasing faded as Scouts and leaders accepted him, and he now works to expand programs for minority girls while pursuing an elementary education degree at the University of Nebraska. Brown moved to Lincoln from Vicksburg in 1971 and focuses on helping kids stay on the right track through scouting.
Friday May 12 at 1 30 p m 4 H Building a pet care session. Governors Conference on Aging at Kansas State University May 23 24. For info and forms call Extension Office 6 3205. Happy Homemakers EHU earned 5th in State Health Project.
Jeffrey Alan Henderhan is the son of Sam and Laurie Henderhan of Holcomb. He was born on April 28. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Leo Lefort and Mr and Mrs Howard Henderhan of Garden City. Great-grandmothers are Alice Embree of Garden City and Esta Henderhan of Burbank, California.
Ruth Oblander, president of Sew Fit and author on sewing, will teach a ten step fit method in Garden City this week at Purnell's Fabrics. She demonstrates measuring for proper size, fading differences between pattern and body, and easy tailoring steps to ensure a professional look at no charge.
In New Hyde Park, a dentist warns that a baby who falls asleep with a nursing bottle containing milk fruit juice or any sugary liquid risks extensive tooth decay. The advisory stresses early dental hygiene and limiting sugary liquids at bedtime.
A local calendar lists social gatherings through the week including Knights of Columbus, Lincoln goodwill luncheon, Happy Homemakers, Progressive club, Golden Valley group, BuLosena event, Star Club luncheon, Today's Mothers Club, Iris Club. An attached note from Dr Saul Kamen warns against sleeping with a bottle, recommends wiping teeth after bottle feeds, and advocates early weaning and cautious breastfeeding to protect infant teeth.
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