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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2005 3D SPOTLIGHT ON HISTORY Life featured Brevard tromonist in 1939 Purses in restaurants should always be secure 1 BY WEONA CLEVELAND FOR FLORIDA TODAY Homer Rodeheaver, the choir director and trombonist who traveled with early 20th century evan gelist Billy Sunday for two dec ades, once owned property in Brevard County. The land he bought was on the barrier island just south of the Aquarina devel opment. He bought the property in 1945, dividing it into 40-foot lots, and distributed brochures about his Christian colony in Florida. He thought retired missionaries would snap up the lots, but few takers came to buy. Rodeheaver named two streets in his subdivision: Rody for himself and Winona for his home at Winona Lake.Ind.

In reality, the lots were too small on which to build. In the late 1950s and into the 1960s, Eleanor Dillon began to buy up the lots and put them together to make them large enough so people could build. membered that Rodeheaver came to Melbourne in 1939, singing and playing his trombone at vesper services at Melbourne's First Methodist Church. Rodeheaver also spoke and sang at a Kiwanis Club meeting in Melbourne. Vaughn recalled that Ro-deheavor "was in and out of Melbourne quite a lot." Well-known retired missionaries Eugene and Julia Lake Keller-sberger, who were acquainted with Rodeheaver, bought land in Brevard just south of his holdings.

The same year Rodeheaver bought land in Brevard, he was featured in a five-page spread in Life magazine. The two streets Rodeheaver named and the oceanside cottage, now in private hands, remain as reminders of his time in Brevard. Send spotlight suggestions to Communities Desk, FLORIDA TODAY, P.O. Box 419000, Melbourne, FL 32941-9000; fax 242-6620; or e-mail community flatoday.net. Include a daytime phone number.

Dear Abby: In response to the question of where to place one's handbag in a restaurant, you replied: "If you're carrying a small, dressy evening bag, place it on the table. However, if you're carrying a large handbag, put it on the floor next to your chair or beneath the table so the server won't trip on it." I keep my smaller purses between my body andor trusted companion or the wall, and I place larger bags on the floor, making sure my foot is in contact with it at all times. (Usually between my feet.) I was in a service business for many years, and customers would confide the most outrageous details of their personal fives. Once, a young woman told me she visited large churches when it rained because she could use her umbrella to reach under pews and hook purses. Then she'd slip out before the final prayer.

Women need visual contact with their purses at all times. Older And Wiser Dear Wiser: It's sad to think that not even a house of God is safe from purse snatching. I received a lot of mail about that letter. Not everyone agreed with my answer to that question, nor do they agree with each other. Read on: Dear Abby: Sadly, there are purse snatchers in restaurants, food courts, picnic areas, etc.

I have seen women sling their open bag over the back of a chair and swoosh goes the handbag or wallet. Other than an evening clutch on the table, I place my handbag either underneath the table, between my feet where I can feel it at all times, or sling the strap over my knee and let the bag hang or rest on the floor. It may not be the most comfortable option, but I still have my bag when I'm ready to pay my tab. Rocklege High seeks 'Reader's Digest's FLORIDA TODAY file No elbow room. Homer Rodeheaver bought property in Brevard County in 1945.

But since the lots were to small, few takers came to buy. Rodeheaver built a three-room house for himself on the ocean side of State Road A1A, but never lived there. Attorney Jackson Vaughn re Doug Lang Help! Columnist '40s, and various other fiction and nonfiction books. I'll be happy to donate them to anyone who'll come and get them. R.

C. Hock, Indian Harbour Beach Hock is downsizing in anticipation of moving. He can be reached at 777-0258. Dear The column about mailing paperbacks to our soldiers prompted my writing to let you know the Postal Service has what's called a Priority Mail Flat Rate Box. One price covers up to 70 pounds packed for delivery anywhere in the U.S., including military APO and FPO addresses.

The boxes come in different sizes. I have used the one measuring 12-x-3V2-x-14 inches, and it cost $7.70 to mail. You can mail a lot of paperbacks that way. Connie Lowe, Merritt Island The Priority Mail Flat Rate FLORIDA TODAY HOROSCOPES ARIES (March 21-Aprll 19): Jf you don't fear being wrong, Tooiish or unpopular, then you are able to do what few people can accomplish these days that is, talk less and say more. What a difference you'll make.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Because you know what it means to struggle, you have an increased appreciation for the people who touch your life. Suddenly, all the effort you put into a relationship seems worthwhile. GEMINI (May 21-June 21): Banish habits that block your potential. Recreate yourself, if that's what it takes. Rewards for your self-improvement efforts may include rapturous love.

You can make an impact on Scorpio. CANCER (June 22-July 22): A scenario in your love life could make you feel rather smug. (Cue up the Pussycat Dolls lyrics "Don't cha wish your girlfriend was hot like me?" in the background You'll never be sorry about doing the righteous thing. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You're hard to resist now, so make requests and issue invitations.

You need allies. Projects with group support take off like wildfire, bringing recognition and artistic validation. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Business as usual gets boring, but as long as a Capricorn is involved, you'll still make money.

Spice it up in the p.m. by acting on a whim even an unreasonable one will bring luck. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23): Returning to a more playful and carefree time may be just what relationships need.

Trust the intuition that comes from the periphery of your mind. Your amazing perceptive abilities will impress everyone, including you. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21): The spark of romance finds you yet again, but this time, there is no way you can get burned.

The Cancer or Leo you meet has a true and beautiful heart. Share your love as if you've never been hurt. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You're a guide and a chief.

You do this not by inspiring fear but by rousing confidence in your peers. When you know that others think highly of you, you act in such a way as to support their belief in you. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You're willing to sacrifice, particularly when it comes to family.

The gift of time is far more precious to these people than money, but your current resources are limited. Still, they'll be happy with your best effort. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): There are two sides to every story, and while your dramatic side sees financial crisis as inevitable, your logical side knows that all you need is a little planning to set things straight.

A Virgo or a Capricorn is happy to help. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): When you love what you do, your bank account grows exponentially. When you merely like what you do, the growth is predictable. When you hate what you do, no matter how much you make, it slips through your fingers.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAY: You enjoy the payoff for more than one long-term project this year. Your love life picks up this month, and some of you singles will be married by May. In October, social events are ripe for making business connections. Dear At Rockledge High School where I teach, we read in every class for the first five minutes. This year, I put a Reader's Digest in each desk.

Finding the short articles interesting, students have been taking them out and reading them. Some are finishing up even after reading time. Other teachers are asking for extra copies for their rooms. I'm sure there are some people out there who would like to get rid of old Reader's Digests. Would you let them know we can use them at Rockledge High School? Cynthia Woznicki, Rockledge The writer wears several hats at the school where she teaches art, works with gifted students and serves as business manager for athletics.

She can be e-mailed at woznickicbrevard.kl2.fl.us Rockledge High is at 220 Raider Road. Call 636-37 1 1 Dear Help! I have about 75 volumes of Reader's Digest condensed books, a couple of dozen science and engineering books from the late 1930s and early 'Service recovery' makes it easier to complain Box is available in one other size: ll-x-8'2-x-5'2 inches. For mailings of up to 70 pounds, it too costs a flat rate of $7.70, postal officials said. When going to soldiers overseas, the boxes must be accompanied by Customs Declaration Form PS 2976-A. Dear I read the column about our soldiers in Iraq loving to get paperbacks, and I'd like to donate books and money for postage.

Problem is I have no way of getting them to Jean Leh-mann. Rosemarie Reed, Palm Bay Lehmann is collecting and mailing paperbacks to service people in Iraq, and she said Reed's letter was typical of many outpourings of support received after publication of the Aug. 22 column headlined "Soldiers in Iraq love paperbacks." Lehmann said she would get in touch with the Palm Bay woman to work something out. To reach Lang, mall FLORIDA TODAY, 1 Gannett Plaza, Melbourne, FL 32940. Fax 255-9550.

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You suggested putting the bag on the floor. Floors in public places are filthy. Large handbags should be left at home, but if you have no choice, it should be balanced on your lap, close to your knees. (This can be accomplished by keeping your feet flat on the floor or crossing them at the ankles.) VA.R., Jonesborough, Tenn. Dear Abby: Any purse placed under or next to a chair is vulnerable to theft.

If a woman puts it on the floor, she should put the strap around the leg of her chair, so if someone tries to take it, the strap will be caught on the leg. Better yet, when she arrives at the restaurant, she should take out her billfold and lock the purse in the trunk of her car. David Kansas City, Mo. Dear Abby: A portion of your answer to that question was correct. Abby, in restaurants in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, a chair is always provided to hold a large purse.

Only "ladies of the evening" put their purses on the floor. Granted, not everyone is going to be going to Rio to a restaurant, but it is "food for thought" here in the States. Jan. Beverly Hills, Fla. Write Dear Abby at vvww.Dear Abby.com or P.O.

Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069. D.L. Stewart i Paternity Ward recovery" and it's based on the premise that it is cheaper to make current customers happy than it is to find new ones to make unhappy. So, when customers complain, the employees of these companies are empowered to act as if they care. To see how this works, let's say you check into hotel walk to your room, open the door and discover that the room is uncomfortably warm, possible due to the fact the bed is on fire.

So you return to the lobby to complain you specifically requested a nonsmoking room. Because hotel does not practice "service recovery," the desk clerk has been trained by management to reply, "bummer," and then return to the conversation he's having on the cell phone with his girlfriend. Now let's set the bed on fire at hotel which has a "service recovery" policy and see what happens. When you return to the lobby and complain, the desk clerk will immediately respond to your complaint by groveling at your feet and offering you your choice of a different room or a bag ofmarshmallows. So obviously you would be more likely to return to hotel the next time you travel.

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S. Brevard and 772-562-1771 in Indian River Co. Having completely disregarded my New Year's resolutions for the first two-thirds of the year, I have decided to make new promises to myself for the last one third. So for the rest of 2005, 1 resolve to complain more. there are those people who believe I already do far more than my share of complaining.

But mostly those are those people who are married to me. Besides, complaining is smart. I discovered this fact recently after I was forced to stop payment on a check I had written, because the payee called and said he never received it. So I called my bank, which immediately put a stop on the check. A week later, I received a statement noting that I had been charged $32.

A few days later, I visited the bank to make a deposit and the teller asked if there was anything else she could do for me. 'Well, now that you mention it, I was sort of wondering why I had to pay $32 to stop payment on a check," I complained. 'We'll take care of it," she said. I couldn't have been more shocked if she'd told me the bank had increased its interest rate on my savings account to a full 1 percent. But, according to a story I read the other day, many companies are making an extra effort to respond to customer complaints.

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