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22 THE SUNDAY NEWS, NOVEMBER 20, 1 977 I Know a Story Childhood Games Of Yesteryear 4 -Ary j-j I rts Exhibit At Host STAUFFER signs his watercolors R. LaMar Stauffer and is a popular semi-professional local artist as well as Host Farms in-house artist. Stauffer prefers watercolor but works in several media. His watercolor scenes were used as Christmas card designs for Host Enterprises in both 1975 and 1976. The show is open to the public without charge.

Employees of Host Enterprises will display their skill art and crafts at the second Annual Host Enterprises Arts and Crafts Show Sunday, Nov. 27, from 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Host Farm Resort Motel, 2330 Lincoln Highway East. Representative of the artists and works included in this show is Rhoads Stauffer, pictured here with his old mill watercolor.

By RAYMOND PICKERING After seeing in the paper a picture of an Amish youth playing kick the can, 1 could not help comparing the frantic pace of todays youth, searching for thrills and excitement, to say nothing of the expense, against the slower tempo of my childhood. Things were done within the neighborhood, a four-block radius in any given direction. Football and baseball, in season, were always the most popular of course, but when there were not enough kids around to make up a team, we would play Wall Ball. The street was marked off in areas of single, double, triple and home run. The ball was bounced off the wall, and if it landed in any one of those areas before the catcher caught it, that was your score.

You continued to bounce the ball until the catcher managed to shag threef lies, then it was your turn to catch, while he tried to compile runs. Usually, anything over the head of the catcher was a home run. Then there was Nips, a game played with a short five-inch piece of wood cut from a broom handle and tapered at both ends. The other section of the broom handle, about 18 inches long, was used as a club. The pointed end of the Nips was struck with the club, causing it to leap Into the air, at which time you tried to hit it with the club.

If you suceeded in hitting it, you had three tries, you would tell your opponent, how many feet you judged the Nips had landed from the ring you had started from. If you over guessed the number of feet, you were out, if you under guessed, that would be your score for that inning. The only cost of this game were the windows you may have broken. ANYONE REMEMBER mumblety peg? It was played with a jack knife, which was carried in the pocket of your high top boots. The two bladed knife was opened up, the longest blade straight out and the small blade open only half way.

forming the leg on which you rested the kmle on the porch. With one finger you would flip the knife into the air, if it landed on the big blade, it was a single base hit, if it landed on the two blades, it was a two bagger and if it landed on the back, it was a home run. Any other position was a strike. This was a good game to play on a rainy day on the porch where it was dry. The Author ijij No stranger to I Knbw A Story is ijlj ijij Raymond Pickering.

Rays forte is nostalgia and he does ijij it very well as witness todays piece ijij about the games that children once played. Many jij: readers will un-jiji doubtedly re-jiji member and jij: identify with at jiji least one or more of the games that are called up from the not so jij: distant past, jij! A resident of jiji Lancaster for the past 16 years, jj Pickering is a tive of Shamokin, jij Pa. He is manager of the Weis food mar- jij; ket at Park City. ijij Pickering and his wife, Mary, are jiji. the parenu of two children.

The family jij jij: lives at 348 Dahlia Road, cause there were no holds barred. Who of us can forget the old Juggy; hole, where we did our swimming? No fancy swimming pool with but a mud hole, fed by springs and Summer storms, which by the end of the day was so stirred up that you came out dirtier than when you went in. Skin was the uni- form of the day, no suits and no girls. MARBLES WAS THE ONLY game at which you could lose anything and if it was your favorite agate, that hurt. No, there was one other game I recall where you could lose and that was when you were flipping election cards, the ones given by politians.

Even our parents would get into the act of playing after supper. The women would sit on the porch and discuss the days events, while our dads would go over to the quoit boxes, which were a part of every neighborhood, and soon the sounds of quoits hitting the pegs would resound through the neighborhood. Sunday was really a day of rest and church going. No stores were open to dis-r turb the quiet of the day. It was time for walking and hiking in the mountains, a day! of being together as a family.

As I look around me today, I am not envious of the Now generation, for in their frantic haste to be always on the think they have missed something. Whats Doing Printmaking Kick the Wicky'1 was another game. It consisted of two rocks placed fairly close together and a stick to span the Interval. One person stood out in front and tried to catch the stick as it was sent flying into the air by a kicker from the opposite team. If he caught it, the kicker was out.

three outs being an inning, however if it was not caught, the kicker would run for a base, just as in baseball and.the game was scored in the same manner. The catcher had to retrieve the stick and place it in the stones, before the runner reached the base, and called him out. Cowboys and Indians were played with rubber band guns, made from old inner tubes and a piece of wood, along with a half of a clothespin. You just didnt say Bang, youre dead, you had to get close enough to your opponent to hit him with the rubbers that flew from your gun when you pulled the trigger. If you pulled the clothespin trigger too hard, the gun flew apart.

Sometimes we loaded three shots In the gun, two on the top and one on the bottom. The bottom shot called for turning the gun upside down to shoot it. Those rubber bands holding the gun together were stretched very tight and if the gun exploded, it stung the fingers for a little while. IN THE EVENING with our parents looking on from the high porches, we played May I and Simon Says, along with a game of Break Your Back, in which one boy would stand with his back to the wall and two other guys would bend over, the first one with his head in the stomach of the one standing against the wall and the second one directly behind. All the other players would take running leaps landing as hard as they could on the backs of the boys who were bent over.

When every one was on, the leader would raise his hand and say How many fingers up? If you guessed correctly, you could do the running and the jumping, if not, you stayed down and they did the jump- ing all over again. Deer was a hide and seek game with one person It. The tagger would try to find us and when he found one of us, he would tag us at which time we became his helper, and it was our job to help him find the other deer. If we suceeded in finding one, we had to hold on to him until the tagger came and put the touch on him. The struggle to get away from the holder resulted in many bruises and bloody noses be- Continued from Pago 21 Thursday St.

Annes Church, Duke and Liberty Lancaster, holding annual Thanksgiving Dinner at the parish center for people who have no one to share the holiday. Meal will be served from noon to 1:20 p.m. If transportation needed call 392-2225. Friday" 1950s style dance marathon for benefit of Lancaster YMCA outreach program, at Lancaster YMCA Field House, 555 Prince starting 7 p.m. and continuing to 7 p.m.

Saturday. Teen dance at Lancaster YWCA, 110 N. Lime for 7th to 12th grades, 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday Travel film, Sweden: A Midsummer Dream, with Ric Dougherty, sponsored by Willow Street Lions Club, at Lampeter-Strasburg High School auditorium, 7:30 p.m. Young World SEE OUR NEW FALL SELECTION CHUBBETTEAnd TRIM TEEN FASHIONS Coots Jackals Sportswear Drassas lingarla Jaans fc3 (Frozen Yogurt, Sherbet, etc.) 23rd annual Miss Solanco Scholarship Pageant, sponsored by Quarryville Teenage Club, at Solanco High School auditorium, Quarryville, 8 p.m.

Lancaster Bicycle Club 25-mile ride leaving MountJoy New Books A Lane. Co. Library NON-FICTION THE STATIONARY ARK, by Gerald Durrell A warm and funny account of the authors struggles to create a perfect zoo. FOXFIRE 4, edited by Eliot Wigginton Part 4 of the Foxfire books dealing with fiddle making, spring houses, horse trading, sassafras tea. berry buckets, gardening and further affairs of plain living.

THE DIVORCE EXPERIENCE, by Morton Hunt and Bernice Hunt This book discusses the world of the divorced and divorcing in America including changes in attitudes, laws, customs, sexual behavior and so on. THOSE PHILADELPHIA KELLYS, WITH A TOUCH OF GRACE, by Arthur H. Lewis A narrative of the Kelly family of Philadelphia whose members include Princess Grace of Manaco. FICTION THE SILMARILLION, by J.R.R. Tolkien Tolkiens story of the creation of the world and the happenings of the First Age.

This is the ancient history of the characters in Lord of the Rings. THE HONORABLE SCHOOLBOY, by John le Carre A sequel to Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. George Smiley must rebuild the British Secret Service and search for his counterpart in the Soviet Union. DANIEL MARTIN, bu JohnFowles A novel about alienated 20th century man incarnated as famous screenwriter Dan who returns to the England he left 25 yean before and finds new hope for happiness. 13 Complete Firearms Course YHi County Shopping Con tor Opon 13 I 9 M.

Sol. 10 'til 9 Special Christmas Candlelight Tours at Donegal Mills Plantation, south of Mount Joy, off Rt. 141, follow signs, 3 to 8 p.m. All Week Exhibition of works by sculptor Patric Rowan in Sykes Gallery, Breidenstine Hall, Millersville State College, Monday through Wednesday, 8 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m.

iSSCS Show At Next Month Without Canvas: works on paper, an exhibit by ten printmakers from New York City, will be publically displayed in the Dana Room of the College Center at Franklin and Marshall College from Dec. 2-22. The Dana Room is open daily from 1-5 p.m., and on Sunday from 1-6 p.m. There is no admission charge. The show examines the technical possibilities of printmaking.

It emphasizes the innovative directions being taken by such artists as Lucy Hodgson, who prints her etchings on oil canvas', Karen Caraccio, whose prints incorporate multi-colored images influenced by guilt designs, and Sharon E. Sutton, whose prints include embossed fabrics. Sutton, an architect in New York City, taught an architectural design course at last summer. Her prints reflect geometric forms similar to her architectural designs. Other members of the group, all profes- sional artists working in New York City, are orlando Condeso, Nancy Curtis-Malloy, C.

Hunter Carine, Madelon Jones, Merle Leech, Barry Malloy, and Linda Schmaud-erer. A reception for the artists will be held at the shows opening in the Dana Room on Frida, December 2 from 30 p.m. The public is invited to view the show and meet the artists. At 4 the artists will meet informally with those people interested in discussing printmaking. Videotaping Continued from Pogo 2 1 by Barth to the recent filming of the feature focusing on Frank Rizzo in Philadelphia.

Barth, as sound technician, soon found Rizzo took a tremendous dislike to the project. He felt, and rightly so, that if it was about him, it had to be controversial so he would do anything he could to block it. Staff members who agreed to interviews would suddenly call up and cancel their tapings. Barth had a confrontation with Rizzo directly when, he said, We were shooting Rizzo at a memorial service for firemen and police. I found myself with my recorder between Rizzo and a group of police and firemen's widows Rizzo was approaching.

He said quite a few unkind things which I understand are going to be on the film along with my stunned reaction. Hes no warm teddy bear, that man. Ironically, that same project included an interview with State Senator Henry Buddy Cianfrani whom, Barth said, railed about corruption in politics and came out foursquare for honesty. Cianfrani since has been indicated on charges of racketeering, mail fraud, income tax evasion and obstruction of justice. Stanford Hyman In College Senate Stanford D.

Hyman, a sophomore from Lancaster, has been elected by his classmates to represent them on the College Senate at Franklin and Marshall College during 1978. The Senate, comprised of six students, 12 faculty members, the President and the Dean of the College, enacts policies and regulations affecting academic programs and student affairs. Hyman, who is majoring in economics and government will serve on the Senate from January to December, 1978. He is a 1976 graduate of Lancaster Country Day School, and is the son of Mrs. Myma Hyman, 834 Hillaire Road, Sparkling Diamond Clusters for The Holidays Select Now at KJeinBRom MEMGER AINtftiCAN 6E SOCIETY CERTIFIED GEM0L0GIST ACCREDITED GEM IAI0RAT0RV Downtown York ll ette Brendon Landis, 555 W.

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These graduates are now eligible to begin the second phase of the program shooting for National Rifle Association .22 Rifle Qualification Awards, New Firearm Safety Training classes are now being formed. Any person, age 10 or older, interested in this course may contact the Lancaster Recreation Commission. Thirteen boys and girls have completed the nine hour combined Basic Firearm Safety Course and The Pennsylvania State Hunter Course. This program was sponsored by the Lancaster Recreation Commission in cooperation with the National Rifle Association and The Pennsylvania Game Commission. Instructors for the course, Sgt.

David Bolich and Park Ranger Paul Tomlinson presented The Pennsylvania Safe Hunter and National Rifle Association Firearm Safety Certificates to: Terry Edwards, 340 N. Concord Michael Fulton, 430 Nevin Jody Gingrich, 1553 Zarker Road; Brian L. Jones, 522 New Dauphin St. John Kralicek, 628 Lafay Smart Cookies Shop PFALTZGRAFF FACTORY OUTLET 2334 E. Market Street (Village Green Shopping Center) PHONE 757-2200 Waring Ice Cream Parlor Frozen Dessert Appliance Enjoy the new way to make ice cream the old way.

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25-26 Art display by Pat Stoycos, watercolor artist and Tramp Art collection loaned by Mrs. Joseph K. Kindig III, at Lancaster Country Day School, Hamilton Road, during school hours. Guards Continued from Pago 2 1 In Sgt. Quinn case it meant serving ten years as a bandsman in other units of the British army before being auditioned and accepted into the Grenadier Guards in 1968.

OBVIOUSLY the effort to get there has been worth it. This is Sgt. Quinn's third visit to America with the band. He has also tra-geled with it to such far-flung places as Aden, Cyprus, Gibralter, Kenya, Libya, Malta. Somaliland, and various countries on the continent.

Sgt. Stoddart is following family tradition. Bom in Hamburg. West Germany in 1948. he is the son of a former Pipe Major of the Lowland Bngade.

He joined the Scots Guards 1966 and during his career has been stationed in the United Kingdom, the Middle East and Western Germany. He has also traveled extensively around the globe with the Scots Guard. Right now. however, both men's mission is to promote the current American, tour of their two units, which is in honor of their Queen's Silver Jubilee. It's a mission both soldiers thoroughly enjoy.

"Its a great opportunity to meet with all types of Americans and to make friends. they chorused. THEY ALSO EMPHASIZED that the two guards units see their tour as a genuine hands across the sea gesture of tnendship between the two nations. As for the show that will be put on in Hershey next Monday, starting at 8 p.m. the Grenadier Guards, numbering 48 men.

will offer colorful pageantry in their drills and their music that flows from martial, to classical to modem pop. The Scots Guard, a unit of 25 pipers, drummers and dancers, will come out in their traditional kilts and perform ancient sword dancing along with the traditional Highland music of the pipes. ITS A TWO-HOUR show, split into one hour segments. At intermission the members of the two Guards outfits will mingle with the audience as part of their hands across the seas'' operation. Meanwhile, the two advance men are anxiously awaiting the final performance of the American tour in Washington a couple of weeks hence.

Then, for the first time on the tour, theyll be rejoining thar units to participate in the show. They left no doubts that this is what really turns them on. Also For Your Convenience POTTERY HILL 3325 W. Market Street, York, Pa. Phone 792-1440 even-r-TH, Wji SEAMSTRESS 2.00 off Reg.

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Climbing the aenalscope to the cheers of a throng of enthusiastic children. Santa rode to the roof of the Watt and Shand store to launch the holiday season in downtown Lancaster. Meister will retire from the Fire Department Jan. 1. Time to stock up for those Christmas ew America Fabric and Sewing Center (Store name address and hours) 2416 Eastern York, Pa.

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