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Monday, Jan. 14. 1985 Post-Star. Glens Falls, N.Y. 7 LI Survey proves fascinating ding What's in a name? I have broken the code and Choila f.lapoo reason to cooperate, saying, "Why should we be the only ones in your column.

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I. -ii mill EaiiiiiiiIi' fur nil. BOOOOQQQOOQQOOQQ t. Clarkson Goodenough Alison Hudnut Clarkson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

William Melbourne Elliott Clarkson of Buffalo and North Creek, was married Saturday to Oliver Ramsdell Goodenough, a son of Dr. and Mrs. Ward Goodenough of Wallingford, Pa. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Dr.

William H. Hudnut Jr. of Phoenix, great-uncle of the bride, and by her cousin, the Rev. Robert K. Hudnut of Winnetka, 111., in the Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York City.

Bridesmaids were Mrs. Duo Dickinson of Madison, Conn. Mrs. D. Pike Aloian of New York; Tamara Evans of New York; Laurie Gibbs of New York; Caroline A.

Jones of Cambridge, Mrs. Roger Rihm of Washington, DC; and cousins of the bride, Carolyn Bischoff of New York, Helene and Kyra Clarkson of Toronto, Ontario, and Heidi Hudnut of New York. Junior bridesmaids were Julia Clarkson of Wellesley, and Sarah Hudnut of Ross, cousins of the bride; and Jenny Gordon of Millington, N.H., niece of the bridegroom. Garrick Gallagher of Phoenix, was best man for his brother. Groomsmen were David Beecher Clarkson of Chicago, 111., and Andrew Elliott -Clarkson of Cambridge, brothers of the bride; Michel illeKonkoly-Thege of New York; CjPuo Dickinson of Madison, Peter Green wald of New York; Robert Lobue of -'m 91 Glenwood Glens Falls 793-5353 ADULTBEGINNER RACGlilf BALL LESSOIJS STARTING TUESDAY January 15th SIX (6) LESSONS Each generation has its own favorites.

I read recently in a paper from another part of the state that a survey of local birth an-noucements showed Sarah and Matthew to be the big winners for 1984, with Jessica, Jennifer and Michael running close behind. I was so intrigued by this information that I decided to conduct by own, highly informal, survey of The Post-Star birth announcements for the last three months of 1984. As you can see, the first problem with my certainly unscientific survey was that I was far too lazy to go through 12 months worth of papers so I settled for three. The second problem immediately became apparent. The Post-Star doesn't generally print names with the birth announcements it receives from Glens Falls Hospital.

But announcements from out of the area or from several neighboring hospitals did include names, so I settled for that. My next discovery was that there were a lot more names given for boy babies than for girls. I'm not sure what to conclude from that. Are we about to be overrun by boys? Are grandparents calling in announcements about grandsons more enthusiastically than they are about granddaughters? Or, more likely, is my statistical sample so small, that the difference doesn't mean anything at all? One thing is clear. With 59 boys and 28 girls, I have a better survey of male than of female names.

My main conclusion is that there is a lot of variety out there. Parents are really individualists when it comes to naming their children. The winner for boys' names is Matthew wih four entries. Eric, James and Michael have three entries each. Of course, some of these are also used by other children as middle names, but I'm not nearly ambitious enough to start counting the middle names.

Adam, Andrew, Bradley, Brian, Christopher, Patrick, Ryan, Timothy, Scott and Stephen each were chosen twice. The other 26 names all were single entries: Alexander, clothes Are your parents too strict? Hard to reach? Ann Landers' booklet. "Bugged By Parents? How to Get More Freedom," could help you bridge the generation gap. Send 50 cents with your request and a long, stamped, self-addressed envelope to Ann Landers, PO Box 11995, Chicago, Illinois 60611. a ft Mm! twice a weak (or 3 weeks BEGINNER IESSONS: Tuesday Thursday Evenings 8:15 p.m.

to 9:00 p.m. compiled a partial list of Glens Falls High School nicknames. Football Coach Paul Bricoc-coli is, of course, and his son is Little or as John suggested with a grin, Beewee. Weight coach Al Roberts is Big Al. My kids' friends include: Goober, Bildo, Flynner, Spidey and Gowzer.

Gowze." "Hi, DEV'S SEWIHO WORKSHOP BRIDAL GOWNS ADULT CLOTHING DRAPES CURTAINS FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL 747-2415 or 747-6797 CENTER SO. GLENS FALLS Join The Most Effective -4 Mir- i STOP or CALL for Registration 793-5353 Brent, Brett, Brandon, Corey, Craig, Daniel, David, Dennis, Elisha, Gregory, Jeffrey, Jeremy, John, Joseph, Joshua, Kellen, Kieran, Nathaniel, Nicholas, Richard, Rodney, Stephen, Webster and William. In my smaller sample of girls' names, I couldn't find any trend at all. Amanda wins by default, with three entries. Second place goes to Elizabeth, with two children given that name.

Xhe other 23 names are single entries: Carrie, Casey, Chelsea, Christina, Colleen, Corinne, Erin, Erinne, Jennifer, Jessica, Jocelyn, Katy, Kayla, Kristin, Lauren, Lindsay, Mary, Meredith, Nina, Rachel, Rebecca, Starr and Vincescia. I gave a lot of thought to names before choosing them for my own children. In the first place, I spent much of my childhood resenting my parents for the name they had chosen for me. I didn't want my kids to get that mad at their mother. When I was growing up, I liked to watch old movies on television.

In most of the comedies, there was a very nice girl having trouble catching a very nice boy because he had foolishly gotten engaged to a selfish, scheming, snobbish woman named you guessed it Sheila. It didn't seem fair. When the moment came for a choice, I went for the simplest names possible: John, Michael and Susan. Of course, even that wasn't simple. My husband and I were fighting about a name for the baby all the way to the hospital when Michael was born, and the only thing that finally stopped the argument was the severity of the labor pains.

In the end, of course, I won. What husband, after keeping his wife company in the labor room, could deny that she has earned the right to choose the baby's name? But lately, I have begun to suspect that all of the attention we poor misguided parents give to names is wasted effort. None of their friends call them by their names anyway. Among the teenage population at Glens Falls High School, John is known as Geezer or Geeze, a corruption of Magee. His column for the school newspaper is "Dear Geezer." Michael briefly was known as Little Geeze, but for reasons I've never quite understood, that was changed to Baby Huey.

My stepdaughter, Katrina, is Kat. When he joined us this year and started attending Glens Falls, my stepson Erick, was almost immediately named, Psycho. In non-sports situations, this is, sometimes Nace instead, a simple corruption of Nason. When the children objected to my husband's driving style one day, he was dubbed Psycho Senior. When teens start talking about their friends, a parent could get lost.

So I asked my kids for help, and they gleefully agreed penors plan trip. to Proctor's Theater 6 mmm we're The Glens Fa: Senior Citizens Center is sponsoring an Evening trip to Proctors Theater, Schenectady, Friday, 3Warch l. "Seven Brides for Seven a lively stage version of the original 1954 movie IJnusical, will be shown. Seats TO STRENGTHEN OUR HEART AND LUNGS AND FIRM UP OUR BODIES! Join Dotfie Robinson's 8 WEEK AEROBIC Take names off FITNESS CLASS Mondays Thursdays 8-9 pm REGISTER I.3W BY PHCKE 792-2103 $35.00 Non Members $25.00 Salon members MRS. OLIVER R.

GOODENOUGH Brooklyn; Trevor A. McC. Potter of Washington, DC; Hunt Williams of New. York and James Weinstein of Los Angeles, Calif. After a reception in the Metropolitan Club, the couple departed for a honeymoon in the Caribbean.

The bride, who is keeping her maiden name, is a theatrical producer in New York City. She graduated from the Park School of Buffalo and from Harvard College. Her husband, an associate with the law firm of Kay Collyer Boose, in New York, is a graduate of Groton School, Harvard College and the Law School of the University of Pennsylvania. are still available. The Center is, located at 380 Glen St.

More information on this trip or how to become a member may be obtained by calling or visiting the Center between 9 a.m. p.m. Monday through Friday. gives my show an added dimension and makes me feel as if I have real friends out there Radio stations are granted licenses on the premises that they serve the public. When an announcer can't handle answering questions such as "What day did Elvis Presley die?" it's time he looked for another job because it is obvious he doesn't enjoy his work.

By the way, Elvis died Aug. 16, 1977. Dave Scott. KLSY Dear Dave: I'm glad you wrote. I was going to say, "Have a nice day." but when you see this letter in print, you can hardly miss.

HILL'S APRIL 6, 1985 Shackelford Square Saratoga Springs 584-5055 1J FA1(TASY FIQURE 1 SALOl MI3T0WN SHSPPIHG ff7 J5 Dear Ann Landers: Lately rjwe've been reading about an alarming number of missing Children. One way we can help -Is by getting children's names off their clothes! It's a fad these jMays to have names embroiderd jjm collars, sweaters and louses. Don't offer a deranged person the advantage of knowing your name and enabling him IJlo make friends with your child. Anyone who NEEDS to know your child's name will know it br can learn it by acceptable, traditional means. A Concerned Granny in Peoria.

Dear Peoria: Excellent suggestion. Thanks for writing. Dear Ann Landers: This is in preference to the letter from the disc jockey in Ohio. I'd like to present another point of view. I am on the air in Seattle and.

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