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12-A PRESS, Binghamton, N. Y. May 15, 1967 Keeping Up With Changing Times Dear is v-Yf- Elderly Nurse Feels 'Wanted' day's young people and their willingness to participate in their social responsibilities. "In the last ten she pointed out," young people have become much more socially oriented. The rebellious youngsters are a very smell group.

"The seriousness of today's students was particularly brought out in a conference I attended in Boston two weeks ago. Students and adults participating were not lined up on issues according to their age groups rather, the students disagreed with each other. "These youth were concerned with social responsibil- Continued on Page 13 A) That statement of purpose includes the phrase "Christian and open to women and girls of all faiths and no faiths." The YWCA has also been long known for its interracial charter, and in some areas of the south, the local YWCA is the only building in a community in which interracial meetings may be held, Miss Mohr said. Although the charter has been interracial for a long time, racial acceptance has improved since her first year at the YW, Miss Mohr said. She recalled an incident which was told to her by a girl who lived in the that first year, an incident which "would never happen here today.

"Some of the residents went I Is' i ---CAY By AUDREY RAYNER Women's Editor When Miss Catherine A. Mohr first came to the Young Women's Christian Association, the had a policy of not letting any girl live in its residence rooms for more than three years. Now it's unusual to have a girl stay for as long as a year. THAT'S A sign of the changing times, of the greater mobility of today's young girls, says Miss Mohr, who's retiring July 31 as executive director of Binghamton's Y. "Someone once said that the YW must respond to life's demands or die," she explained.

"The doesn't intend to die." The institution, in fact, has been changing to meet life's demands ever since it bought typewriters and taught women to use them in protest of the belief that typewriting was a man's job. But that was a long time ago. There are more recent examples. Like the young women who came from the rural farm areas to work in the industries and businesses in the city, and lived at the during the '30s they were concerned with practicalities such as minimum wage laws and fair labor standards, and the was a platform for their expressions of womanhood's demands. For one thing, the girls of Abby: should realize they are inconveniencing you, and clear out.

DEAR ABBY: A guy at school likes me, but I don't like him. There's nothing wrong with him, he's just not my type. He calls me for dates months ahead so he knows I couldn't possibly have a date for that night. What can I tell him? If I say I'm he asks me for the next Friday night, and the next, and the next, and so on. I hate to hurt his feelings, but I hate going out with him even more.

I feel sorry for him. Please help me. NOT MY TYPE DEAR NOT: When he calls, tell him you're busy. And if he asks you for the next Friday night, and the next, and the next, give him the same answer. He'll catch on.

It isn't as cruel as it sounds. At least you're turning him loose to ask someone who might be more his type. It's far more honest than going out with him because you feel nothing but sorry for him. CONFIDENTIAL TO "A DISTRAUGHT MOTHER" Your daughter and "her kind" are not necessarily "the scum of the earth." You need to replace your ignorance and prejudices with some enlightenment and understanding. Send me your name and address, which will be held in the strictest of confidence, and I will recommend some educational reading on homosexuality.

For Abby's booklet, "How to Have a Lovely Wedding," send $1 to Abby, co The Press. FLOWERS FOR SPRING The Young Women's Christian Association offers crafts, recreation and fellowship for all girls and women, from preschoolers to mature women. Here, Miss Catherine A. Mohr, retiring executive director of the Binghamton inspects flowers being fashioned from construction paper by Robin Robbins (left), 12, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Fred Robbins, 157 Susquehanna Street, and Geri 12, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Weiland of 89 Susquehanna Street. Household Hints DEAR ABBY: I have a neighbor lady who is 78 years old.

She's a registered nurse and served with the U. S. Army during World War 1 in France. She has pictures to prove it. She claims that she was called up to take a physical as they want her for active duty in Vietnam! Now Abby, this is kind of hard to believe.

We may need nurses over there, but do we need them that badly? ASKING IN SHREVEPORT DEAR ASKING: Good nurses are always "badly" needed. But not at 78 and (probably) not in Vietnam. If your friend was "called," a computer must have "regressed" about 30 years. DEAR ABBY: My father and his second wife arrived here last January for a six-month visit. We have four children, ages 7 to 17.

Our eldest, a student in high school is married, and he and his wife are living with us. (She is expecting.) Our meager savings are dwindling away, I'm growing more nervous, have a twitch in my eye, my hands shake, and I cry over nothing. I scream at the children and pick on my husband. Some mornings I hate to get up and face the day! We are terribly crowded. During my calmer moments I feel ashamed of myself.

What is the matter with me? Am I selfish? FEELING GUILTY DEAR FEELING: Selfish? For coining unglued because nine (going on 10) people are living in quarters meant to accommodate six! I would say you are normal. Don't feel guilty. Under the circumstances your father and his wife I Wv Heloise's DEAR HELOISE: Just a note for mothers who want to teach their child to button his shirt and coat before he starts going to school: Take buttons of different sizes from the button box, from the small ones to the great big ones, sew them on a piece of cloth and cut button holes to match. the same age are not working in the city's industries now they are young home-makers. Therefore, the programs of the are concerned with cooking, sewing, crafts, children.

FOP ANOTHER thing, there is no need for women to climb on soapboxes to demand their right today. Many don't work, and if they do, they are protected from physical and financial abuse. So the program centers around what can do during their leisure time. For another thing, the girls rarely move to the city from the rural areas instead, they move out from the city into suburbia. Therefore, the offers its decentralized programs in all the areas surrounding the city.

Another change in which the has been in the forefront is the spirit of the ecumenical movement. "The always invited girls of all faiths," said said Miss Mohr. "Now that invitation is included in the statement of purpose of the GOOD NEWS PRESS PHOTO BY JOHN BOLAS. coffee can sticking up above the earth. This not only kept the weeds out but as we watered each plant daily, it held the water.

Plants which have deep roots can grow through the hole in the bottom and grasp the earth that way. Why don't you try it? We got quite a thrill out of the idea. HELOISE DEAR HELOISE: I enjoy your column every day and use many of the hints. But the very best thing you have done for us housewives is to make us think and solve our problems, and get out of our own frustrated ruts. EVELYN HOLLAND DEAR HELOISE: Speaking of the birds, I found an ideal way to keep them away from our fruit trees: I cut some of the plastic cleaner bags into long, 2" wide strips.

Then I tied them to the branches where the smallest breeze kept them in motion. They made a soft rustling noise and it kept the birds away. Worked fine-as-wine on our berry bushes, cherry and peach trees. DEVOTED READER DEAR HELOISE: Is it possible to remove "squeaks" from a pair of my husband's leather shoes? MRS. MARY DEMPSEY Does anybody know? If so, write to us in care of The Press.

We'd sure welcome your suggestion. HELOISE DEAR HELOISE: To insure five eighths of an inch seam allowance when sewing, put a piece of adhesive tape or a tiny magnet on the sewing machine exactly five eighths of an inch from the needle. This serves as a perfect guide. Oh, Heloise, it's so easy to see. The white tape really shows up and you can sew so much faster.

ALLENE CONN For true, Allene. I put reflector tape on mine. When I turn on the light it glows. CYCLE INSURANCE IMMEDIATE FSI Telephone PI 8-7431 on an out-of-town business conference, and this girl got there quite late on Sunday night. She discovered, to her dismay, that her roommate in their hotel was a Negro girl she told me she felt her 'mother would never understand, so she planned to go to the registration office first thing in the morning to have her room assignment changed.

She couldn't sleep at all that night, she was so upset. "IN THE MORNING, she went downstairs to have her room changed and discovered that the registrar was also a Negro girl. Naturally, she couldn't say anything to her. so she thought she'd just put up with the situation. "Well, she attended conference meetings all day long, and when night time came, she was too tired to care about the situation, and fell fast asleep.

"She woke up the next morning, and all of a sudden, she told me, that girl was no longer a Negro girl, but another fellow conference delegate. "This is what happens in a fellowship this discovery that others with different backgrounds are also people. The has enabled girls of all different backgrounds to work together. "The young girls also discuss their various religious faiths, and they gain a better understanding of each other. We don't teach religion or have Bible classes, but we do believe and promote the belief of the human dignity of every individual." "People who may not be very important to some groups are very important to the YW." ANOTHER CHANGE which Miss Mohr is very pleased to see is the seriousness of to FROM :0 OF COLUMBIA GAS Ji.

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You'll be surprised how quickly he learns. The preschooler will have great fun working with the buttons. It keeps him busy and gives him something new to do. And just think by the time he is ready for kindergarten or nursery school, he won't have to ask anyone to button his shirt or coat for him! NANCY NINMAN DEAR HELOISE: When I put my just washed, thin curtains back on the rods I use the thumb from an old pair of cotton gloves to cover the end of the rods. This way, if the curtain is tight or the end of the rod is sharp, the material easily slides right over the rounded end of the cloth thumb.

MRS. M. B. DEAR FOLKS: Let's talk about planting our spring garden today. I don't know why it is, but it seems there is a little self-pride in all of us who plant our own gardens.

We always try to beat our neighbor to the draw and have the first tomatoes, cucumbers, radishes, etc. A lot of us plant our own seeds early, and grow them inside so we can set out our plants before they even come on the market. Growing seedlings and transplanting them sometimes runs into hard work. Besides when transplanting there's al-N ways the danger of root shock. Here is a real dilly I discovered quite by accident last year when I was trying to beat my neighbor to the harvest.

I saved all my coffee cans with the plastic lids, cut out both ends and a the plastic lid back on the bottom. As soon as I was sure my little seedlings were going to live, I transplanted them directly into this coffee can. After they got big, all I did was dampen the plant, tap the can to loosen the soil and then remove the plastic lid from the bottom. You can take your hand and push the clod of dirt right out the top! Isn't that wonderful? This way there is no root shock. These cans can be used over and over again during the season and from year to year.

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Sisters, Mom Are Queens By JAMES F. DONOIIUE Associated Press Writer Mrs. Procter, as Polly L. Connors of Bedford, was third runnerup for Miss America 27 years ago. She has used this experience as a guide for raising her girls.

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"She works on our stage presence by having us walk up and down the living room. She has us walk in our bathing suits so we develop confidence." "And the questions," Kathryn said. "Even in the morning when we're not even awake, we got those questions fired at us." DAUGHTER Pamela, 21, is a Miss Massachusetts for 1967, the one who will be in Miami Beach this summer to compete for the Miss U. S. A.

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