The San Bernardino County Sun from San Bernardino, California • Page 29

C-2 THE SUN-TELEGRAM (CCC) Sunday, Nov. 22, 1970 TFiies Admire Handcraft 'A i fjo REDLANDS Holiday decorations were on display at the University College Faculty Wives Club meeting Wednesday night at the home of Mrs. James D. Hester, 1049 Dracena Court. Mrs.

Theron Pace, talented creator of handcrafts, shared ideas with the group, explaining how each item on display was made. Popular items were fanciful, decorated cookie lollipops, gilded Advent calendars with 24 shadow box scenes, and a Christmas nut tree covered with nut shells, each half containing a tiny object. Mrs. Richard Andrews introduced Mrs. Pace.

Mmes. James R. Jorgenson and Hester contributed to the display with Christmas banners. Mrs. Hester announced the beginning of a creative playschool by the university community.

Donations of sturdy toys are needed. Mrs. William Sturlaugson announced university events and Mrs. Robert Hunt reported the group's potluck dinner will be held Dec. 12.

Mrs. Wilbur Gregory, refreshment chairman, was assisted by Mmes. Walter Martin, Jack D. Wilson and Erwin E. Jiuff.

llliilllf 'Vs' AP Wlrephota A mu ill JFcM, Nobody Supposed rentagon officials ignored a message chalked on the blackboard behind them "Suppose they gave a war and nobody came!" while waiting to testi- fy before a congressional armed services preparedness investigating subcommittee on the subject of electronic battlefield sensors and their uses. Diane Allen, and winning 4-H Trainer Wins Trophy APPI.K VAI.I.KY A jjeil young sludcnt has trained four other dogs prior j- Rad fi member of the Koadrunners 4-11 Club swept the field with a first-place ribbon and trophy in a recent Guide Dog Competition held in Los Angeles. Diane Allen, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Byron S.

Allen, captured the blue ribbon in the puppy division with a German shepherd, "Jaina." The Apple Valley Junior High School rv iff ifr iffm'fi ifi 'Pennies for Pines' Proclaimed in Upland substance on it. Then if you went to where there's cold water and placed your hand in that water, this substance would become a lather that had a lovely odor. Thus, through this product of nature, the Indians living in what is now Forest Falls obtained good washups. And they also used the chapparal real well. "The chaparral is the low and dense scrub vegetation characterized by shrubs or dwarf trees growing on the mountainside here, and it has a high natural protein which the, Indians here developed ways to use." However, when the whites first came to California, they viewed the Indians as inferior people, according to Ellsworth, and this meant they didn't try to learn the Indian culture.

"Unfortunately, we Caucasians try to understand other cultures only in reference to our frame of thought; and that sort of governs how we interpret or understand the other's ideas," he said. "So, if those first white settlers had sought the Indians' knowledge, California history would have been changed for the better and its natural resources would have been in far better condition than they are now. "I guess that's why I'll never lose my interest in studying nature and how IIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIH Desert Notebook UPLAND Upland Mayor George M. Gibson has proclaimed the last week of November as "Pennies for Pines" week. The project sponsored by the Federation of Women's Clubs, vseeks to re-plant the forests ravaged by mountain fires.

Residents wishing to join in this community project, may do so by mailing contributions to the Upland Woman's Club, 590 N. Second Upland. Donations of glass containers are also being solicitated by the local club as a means of raising funds for Ihe planting projects. Skinner's Kilclicii Damaged ly Flames JYiddy Completes CG Basic Training TWKNTYNINK TALMS Coast Guard Seaman Recruit John M. Priddy, son of Mr.

and Mrs. William M. Triddy, 73424 Desert Trail Drive, has been graduated from basic training at the Coast Guard Training and Supply center, Alameda, Calif. (J By CHARLES COSCROVK Sun-Ttlegram Staff Writer FOREST FALLS One of the major worldwide changes evident during the past few years has been the spread of public awareness regarding the threats to the natural environment. So, as to be expected, this ecology bandwagon is becoming overloaded with politicians who know it is a safe issue as they join scientists in saying these threats include- oily seas and seashores, unbrealhnble air, poison gas, radioactive debris, noisy skies and streets, junkyards, eroded soil, poisoned rivers and deforested watersheds.

Those who seek credit, for stimulating action in time to reverse the disastrous development, also offer advice such as the following: "The economy of death must be replaced by an economy of life." "We must come to enjoy the world gently, remembering the fragile earth is more to be admired than used, more to be cherished than exploited." "Industrial processes must be rationed as to the amount of oxygen, water or minerals they can consume in production." "If it remains greedy, careless, reckless, mankind will not stay alive on the surface of one tight little speck, perched precariously in space, waiting to become a cinder." Well, that's advice worth heeding most citizens have been admitting since 1905. To Rodney Ellsworth of Forest Falls, though, it should have been heeded many years ago, not just recently and he is qualified to speak because he was a pioneer ecology teacher. Kqually important, he spent years studying the California Indians and Discards WW rmn nf Lee (iaUmray something and seeing the finished product in her mind. I gained 10 pounds eating apricots once just to finish a picture frame made out of the seeds," she said. Her creation brilliantly outlines a painting in her home.

Several years ago she gathered her it i I 1 1 1 I I Li $. i I Av i "cu in i ii ii im in i i imam of SAN BERNARDINO The kitchen of Skinner's Restaurant, 515 N. Arrowhead was damaged by fire last night Khortly after 10, the Fire Department reported. Damage appeared lo be confined to Byron Allen pholo '1-11 Member guide dog "Jaina" to "Jama, as part of the 4-11 Guide Dog Project. The Guide Dog Association gives over the puppy for training prior to acceptance at training headquarters in San Rafael.

"Jaina," as with her predecessors "Nola," "Katina," "Vella," and "Empress" were trained by Diana to learn the "commands sit, come down, heel, fetch and stand." i r.M Conservations committee members are Mmes. Arthur Pehl, Paul Dean and John Andreas, with Mrs. Bcrtis in charge of publicity. Pick Handles Uses By jewelry Tlicivcs LONDON (AP) A gang armed with pick handles raided a jewelery store on London's Bond Street yesterday and escaped with rings, necklaces and watches valued at $72,000. The bandits injured three men in the raid.

the immediate area where the fire occurred. The restaurant's dining room and other businesses in the office building where the restaurant is located wero not burned. leaving their trash in my house. They were so afraid someone would steal it before I got home!" She and her husband, Ccdric, visited a dump near Hesperia and there she collected more an old patent leather purse which was used as Japanese lettering on an oriental picture, buttons from discarded clothing, shoe laces, postage stamps. She worked eight months on a huge religious scene fashioned from the postage stamps.

Since 1052 Mrs. Galloway has researched the "science" of discards, taking each room of the average home and itemizing what can be made from items no longer useful in their original slate. From this she has broken down the categories into the persons living in the house, their ages ami sex. She hopes to publish her research as a complete reference volume for occuational therapists. "I've been called the gray-haired housewife says, "but our country was founded by people who never threw anything away.

The American concept has been use quickly, carelessly and then throw it away," but Mrs. Galloway contends that the new emphasis on ecology will change this thinking. "We have to or we'll drown in our own garbage," she warns. Evidence of the forthcoming holiday season can be seen in the Galloway home as the "Garbage Lady" turns the rib cage of a turkey into a Santa's sleigh. She has covered the lop with red felt, used halved toilet-paper rolls for the curled "dashes" and a rim from an aluminum pie tin for the runners.

Old bottles are being turned into "Wise-men" with a little paint, cloth and glass glue. Nothing escapes Mrs. Galloway's creative imagination, which she claims she uses "instantly" by looking at Valley May Regain Status for Films Wishe coming to the conclusion that the whole course of California history would have been changed for the better if the first white men to settle here had sought and acquired knowledge that the Indians could have provided. "Like Theodore Kroeber, who spent 17 years studying California Indians, then produced hooks about them, I feel they were remarkably well-adjusted both as inner and outer men," the retired educator said. "When they first came from Ihe desert on the other sidp of the mountains to this Mill Creek section, which they liked so much that, they named it or the Indian word for paradise, they certainly made a remarkable adjustment to the natural resources here, including what was a real river in the Santa Ana Canyon.

"Above all, they learned to use the natural resources in ways which white people had never known until after Kroeber had completed his studies." To explain, Ellsworth pointed to a tree on which coffee seeds grow, and said, "Although it has been replaced in coffee making by a better brand from tropical countries, the seed grown here is high in Vitamin C. Well, the Indians would peel it, place it in hot water to be dissolved then drink it. "Whites took the acorn to be poison, and it actually was poisonous. But the Indians learned how to mix it. with other products so that they could eat acorns and benefit from this practice.

"Why, for that matter, they learned how to make the lilacs known as buckhorns serve as soap for themselves. After putting your hand on the flower or brush, you see, you had a green Valuable Sun-Telegram photo Fashions ArC Discards" artifacts and opened a private museum in Apple Valley. She was not financially able to continue running it and closed the doors 15 months later. Mrs. GaKoway would like to reopen the museum some day as a cultural venture under the sponsorship of a governmental agency or private organization.

the Indians worked with it." According to this Forest Falls resident, he became one of the first naturalists employed by the State Fish and Game Department in 1927 after finishing study at the University of California at Berkeley. "In that position, realizing what problems faced the world as a result of its natural resources being over-exploited, we attempted to teach ecology in elementary schools," he said. "But the public didn't give much thought to such problems in the days of old. "Over the years until I retired, I earned my living mainly by teaching ecology in a language that elementary school children could understand; and my last 10 years before retiring were spent as a University of California Extension instructor in Los Angeles County. "Basically, I'm a man of nature, and this means I'm still busy as a naturalist.

But it strikes me that the world would have been in far better condition if my fellow men had become aware of the threats to the natural environment many years ago, not just recently. "They also would have been far better off it they had taken lessons from the Indians on how to keep this Mill Creek section a land of paradise." and screen portrayal of a girl friend of a motorcycle gang member? "I think they were a little shocked when they saw the first screening in Hollywood," she said, referring to the fact that in "Carry Me Home, Brother" she plays the girl friend of a black Marine who died in combat in Vietnam. "After the movie my dad said, Sherry's not like that at all!" Miss Bain wants to stay in the entertainment business but says she is "careful in selecting my scripts. Some of them are pretty rough and I want to do good movies, at least general or mature." What is Miss Bain's suggestion to girls who are seeking careers in films or television? "Be honest with yourself and others. The more honest you are the better actress you'll make.

It's much easier for an honest person to become involved with a role. "Most important, enjoy yourself. If you don't like working, you won't be a success and you won't tbe happy. I can work 16, 18 or 20 hours a day and never tire of it About that time she broke away to talk to a young girl who wanted to know more about the show. Miss Bain isn't the only Hollywood star who has extended her hand of friendship to local people.

Years ago, Victorville played host to many movie greats. But today, it just doesn't seem natural for outsiders to be so downright friendly. 'Trash Lady9 Makes xkS HivM Mgrl Could it be that Victor Valley is returning to its former state as a mecca for movieland people? A quarter of a century ago when old Yucca Loma Ranch was home away from home for film stars the desert horizon served as background for numerous movies. It seems to be happening all over again. At least three times in the past six months, Victorville has been hub for motion picture filming.

Contrary to popular belief, the people involved in getting the show ready for movie and television screens are just common, everyday folks. If they seem indifferent to the mobs of local people it's only because they have much on their minds. Consider for example, Tuesday's premiere showing of "Carry Me Home, Brother," starring Robert Fuller and Sherry Bain. The young actress, who describes herself as "almost local" (she was raised at Lake Arrowhead), chatted with groups of teenagers and penned messages on each extended scrap of paper. If she grew tired of doing it, it was her secret.

Miss Bain, 22, considers herself lucky to be a part of the Hollywood scene. "I never in my life expected it to happen and now that I'm in the business I couldn't be happier," she says. How do her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Rain of Lake Arrowhead, feel about their daughter's success imiiiiiininiiiimiiiiMimtiiiiimimiiiimiiniiimminiin By ELAINE MA It Alt LK Staff Writer II I A once challenged Lee Galloway to figure out a way to put old chewing gum to good use.

She did. She put wads of gum and date pits together, stuck them on a burlap backing and created a fall floral scene. Hesperia's "Lady of Discards" claims she can revitalize just about any throwaway and give it new value. A traffic accident 30 years ago chanR-rd the pattern of Mrs. Galloway's life, which she has since devoted to turning her skills to helping the handicapped.

After months in traction she vowed that upon her recovery she would attempt to teach as many people in as short a time as she could. A nun in a Burbank hospital suggested that she try television. She ultimately got her own radio show, "Do It With Discards." The show featured a panel which discussed various ideas on how to reuse throwaways, Mrs. Galloway has since written a column for a trade paper and has appeared as a guest with such television personalities as Steve Allen and Johnny Carson. She will be one of the featured guests Thanksgiving morning on ABC's AM Interview with John Barber.

Mrs. Galloway says she has never made a dime from her craft. Instead she prefers to pass along her knowledge as a volunteer teacher at veterans' hospitals, the California Educational Clinic for Brain Damaged Children, Sunaire in Tujunga or any youth group that is interested. "The Trash Lady," as comedian Steve Allen dubbed her, moved to Hesperia in 1963. "I never even saw a dump until I moved to the desert," she says.

"I had to lock the door to our house in Burbank because people were always i ir a mi i nn in I 7 1 1.