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NAPLES DAILY NEWS Wad Pec 1 1S7S 3C Dear By Abby: Closet Queen Could Be Safe Abigail Van Buren a DEAR ABBY: One of the girls I work with has fallen ihead over heels for guy she couldn't know very well Either that or she's led a very sheltered life I've known this guy for years He's a closet queen who uses girls as a cover-up I hate to see this girl get hurt because she is really crazy about him If he should go so far as to marry her it can't last very long because he's the type who never slays with one lover very long but needs nice straight woman to be seen in public with Should I tell her what she's got herself mixed up with? Or let her keep going with him until he breaks her heart? NAMELESS PLEASE DEAR NAMELESS: The guy could be bisexual and it's much to drop her bring your own silverware DEAR ABBY: I am 16 and unmarried Just recently I gave my baby up for adoption I loved that baby more than anything in the world and that is why I didn't keep him I loved him enough to know that he would have a better home and a better chance in life with a mother and father someone who is older and belter able to care for him than I am I still have another year of high school I would not really have been around long enough to give my son the love and care he deserves So when people ask "How could you giveyour baby away" my answer is I loved him" UNSELFISH MOTHER IN KANSAS CITY We have hinted that as long as she washes the plastic I able wear for her next party she might as well use silverware but she doesn't seem to understand Abby if you've ever tried to eat borscht with a plastic spoon or macaroni salad with a plastic fork you'll know what we mean After her last party our husbands told us not to accept another invitation to this couple's home Our hints have done no good and we like her too much to drop her Any suggestions? PLEASE NO PLASTIC DEAR PLEASE: Quit hinting Come right out and ask her to please save the plastic for picnics and to use silverware And if that doesn't help but you like her too also possible that he has decided to go the straight route Since it's not possible for you to know what's in his head I suggest you mind your own business PS Maybe she knows all about him but loves him anyway DEAR ABBY: We are a group of professional middleclass couples who often get together in each other's homes for good conversation Each hostess serves something One of the couples serves on paper plates Her excuse is that she works and must conserve her energy and although most of us work we feel that this is her right However whether it's inside or a barbeque she uses plastic forks knives and spoons which she washes and saves for the next party! Golden Unicorn Goes on a Search By JAN FRAZER "The Catdea Uaicen" Phyllis A WhRaey Pages $7JS central character in this excellent modem Gothic novel is slim blond attractive Courtney Marsh Already at the top of her profesaon at the age of 25 Courtney Is famous for her lively penetrating and Leon Marsh The only clue to her real parents is a pendant on a thin gold chain which had been around her neck when Gwen and Leon brought her into their home The pendant is a golden unicorn a tiny perfect thing its front legs prancing the slender golden horn protruding from the forehead the etched eyes somehow wise and Recently Courtney's loving adoptive parents had been killed in an Italian train wreck near Rome Shuffling through their safety deposit box Courtney discovers a yellowed newspaper clipping of a painting by an artist named Judith Rhodes Although the painting is not clearly reproduced Courtney can make out a desolate nighttime stretch of sandy beach with a full moon A shadow sailing across the Book Review 1 profile pieces about accomplished but relatively unknown American women at work today in the arts and the professions She has developed a knack for capturing the essence of each woman in her articles Ironically the true essence of the real Courtney Marsh continues to elude her When she was two months old Courtney was adopted bv Gwen from the center Winbeckler said he's also been asked about doing birthday cakes for entertainers Lucille Ball and Sammy Davis Jr But In 1971 Winbeckler was just an unemployed baker who was offered a job at The Fantastic Cake Box bakery here decorating cakes Customers soon noticed his imaginative work and he began to think about a career HOW TO EXHIBIT Woodcarver "Danish" McGuri explained to members of Naples Artcrafters the most effective ways to display crafts during a meeting Monday evening Staff photo by Shearer popular Christmas selections and some madrigals The concert will be presented at 8 pm Dec 9 in the Lely High School auditonum Tickets are 50 cents each Staff photo by Moate CHORUS PRACTICE Jerome Edwards directs the Naples Community Chorus during a rehearsal for its upcoming Christmas Concert The event will feature part one of Handel's "Messiah" moon resembles a unicorn In Gwen's handwriting along the margin are the words this the unicorn in our Courtney's Courtney decides to embark on Search" Ever since a poisonous fifth grade classmate had informed Courtney she wasn't real because she have a real mother and father Courtney has spent hours fantasizing about the blood that courses through her veins She lives with an awful ache to know her real heritage Courtney believes it is because she doesn't know who she really is that she has never been able to risk a serious emotional involvement with anyone "The takes Courtney to The Shingles the ancestral home of the Rhodes family in East Hampton Long Island Courtney gains legitimate access to the house and to the Rhodes family by proposing to do an article about the artist Judith Rhodes As the truths of the submerged past begin to surface Courtney finds herself in extreme danger The outer turbulence of a killer hurricane spawns increased action and violence on the part of certain members of the Rhodes family As always Phyllis Whitney handles the complicated plot' with expertise The tension mounts and recedes with the same relentlessness of the waves crashing on shore The suspense builds steadily until the final moment of revelation iLAiium Butter Cream Comes Alive By Baker Turned Sculptor Winbeckler who is married still spends most of his day at the Cake Bax He said he's glad the bakery has remained community-oriented despite national attention for his creations turn out a specialized sheet Cake for 815 and a poundcake bust portrait for 850 Last month Winbeckler appeared on the television show "What's My Nobody guessed Association Of 0 BRIAN NELSON MD Tnkr it from its in' ilrlirrr Cmll 262-3161 While letting in light without heat-glare fading from the sun! 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