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8 Bennington Banner, Monday, November 11, 1974 A real sailboat nut scorns the chilling winter winds A neglected topic, children's rights, gets serious attention because ynu can sail at least RIVERSIDE, R.I. (UPI) used for Hie races vanes. Ttie chilling winds of winter are "No matter what it's like if no barrier to a tull Hooded it's snowing or drizzling we'll "sailboat nut," right to laugh. Frostbite sailing is best Any child has a right to a described as racing small, tippy coriuTtuiilly that cares for him. boats over a predetermined and his family.

i course with the objectives of involves defining what children have a right to. "One of the things the organization would do is list these rights and thai would By PATRICIA MC CORMACK for the weekend. climate for his development, UP1 Family Editor Docs Timmy, have a right to should he be subjected each NEW YORK When disobey (lie Judge's order? weekend to the trauma of life parents were divorced the Children's rights, a much leaving his mother, his toys, his judge ordered Timmy, 9, to neglected topic, came into focus playmates, his room, a place in Any handicapped child has winning, staying dry and help set a Hum below which a a right lo professional help for keeping warm. child would have recourse in himself ana his family to The frostbiters at Narragan Ihecourts," Mrs. Soman said.

spend weeXcnds with his Dad. nt the urst national symposr wmcnneieeis secure: Every Saturday, the boy urn on Child Advocacy in New And what 3bout a child's kicks and cries and tries to York early this month. right to good health care? Do stay in his home when his If Timmy, for example, has a the 5.8 million preschool chil attic comes to take Timmy rluhl to the best emotional dren who have not been once a week," he said. Frostbiters use every trick in racing books and a few not found there to gain the competitive edge heading for the nest marker buoy. Some skippers lie almost flat to reduce wind resistance.

Others wax the bottoms of their coats like snow skiers anxious for a downhill run. It looks like some seasonal form of masochism. Persons ranging in age from 12 to 50 jumping up and down at the end of the dock to keep warm between the seven races. (Thermal underwear is a must.) "When you feel the cold is criming down here," Desrnchcrs said, "It kind of hurts to get the boat in the water and get It all loaded up, but when you're racing you don't frei a tiling, even if itsonly 10 15 degrees," sail anyway," said Roland Desruchers, a local insurance man. "The only thing that really stops us is ice on the cove." Frostbiters start in mid fall, as soon aslhe big boats moored in harbors and inlets for the summer season are pulled uut, providing space for Hie dinghy races, Trie sailing continues through late April, when the yachts and cabin cruisers are returned lo the lvnter.

"The (summer) season is too short for somebody who really likes lo sail," says Desturtrers. "It's great because 1 don't have to sit home and have a nervous breakdown waiting for the sailing season to coirie." "If you like sailing that much, you hale to give it up for the miller. This is really good Presidential pardon enable the family to slay and sen Terrace Yacht Clubrepre grow together. sent one of clubs active on Any child has a right to a Rhode Island's NorraganseU government that protects him Bay. They gather for three from neglect, cruelty and hours of racing every Sunday, exploitation of any kind and yet Winter sailing in dinghies recognizes a child's needs for From eight to 12 feet long began independence as well as depen one idle winter day about 40 dence.

years ago on Long" Island Sound. Any child, whatever his "Once you're a sailboat nut, condition has a right to just keep sailing," said unders landing, tolerance, ac Tuber of Riverside, ceptance on the part of all builder of the fleet of eight foot, adults. four inch White Horse dinghies Any child, born alive, lias used in competition on Bullock's the right to live. Cove. The class of small, boats TWWR A a.

I INFLATION immunized against possibly crippling and fatal diseases have a right to such protection? Shirley Camper Soman, chairperson of the Child Advocacy Symposium, In an Interview pointed to those gaps in protection for children. She also said children aren't guaranteed an adequate education, proper nutrition, and a lot nf other things necessary to achieve goals stated in the Hill of Rights. Mrs. Soman, an author and social worker with a master's from Smith College, called for the formation of a National Organization on Children's Rights. 'Actually," she said, "I have been beating the drums for an iimeiidment to the constitution that would guarantee children rights they do not have now but need for survival and proper development." Mrs.

Soman, a member of the Acailmey of Certified Social Workers, was a family life consultant for the Family Serv ice Association of America for many years and worked for the Bureau of Child Guidance, New York City Board of Education. fs Stop Destroying Our Children" is the title of a book in winch she details all the ways society shortchanges children. Cither participants in the Child Advocacy Symposium Included Dr. tee Salk, the psychologist and children's rights advocate. He wrote 'Pre paringfdr Parenthood." Also: Nat Hentoff, social critic and author of "Our Children uro and Barbara Seaman, (he feminist and author of "Free and Female." "For example, a child has a right not to be bealen, to ample food." She said if the definitions are set, then society can move forward lo provide the tools to deliver the Ihings in the list of rights.

"Take health care," she said. "If society does not provide easy access lo iinrnunUations for the pre schoul child, the most susceptible to childhood diseases, then is it the parents who are irresponsible or society?" Mrs. Soman said government agencies often abuse children as in the case of courl orders that set visitation situations in divorces or in the way children are moved around in foster care. "I feel you cannot get adequate advocacy for children inside governmenl and thai is why I am calling tor some agency outside government some agency full of trained persons who can look at the child welfare agencies independently and the home scene and say the child is or isn't getting what he's entitled lo." The child advocacy aimpesl uin was held during the Annual Conference, of the American EducationalStudies Association a group involved In policy research and basic educational issues at schools of educ at Ion. Mrs.

Soman said the Bill of Hights she advocates as part of a constitutional amendment might include the following: Any and every child has a right to a family who wants him. Any child has a right to the kind of physical safety and health care that insures the best growth and de velopment. Any child has a right to learn, to be educated about himself, the human race and the world In order to find ways fur self protection, self support ways to live with elhers. Any child has a right to enjoyment, a right to play, a saved the gobbler WASHINGTON The when the average bird tips the headlines didn't mention It, but scales at about fo 20 pounds, one Thanksgiving it took a This year's turkey crop is Presidential pardon to save the about Yi'l million, close to the neck of a White House favorite record tn 19GU of 134 million, headed for a rendezvous with About per cent of them will destiny. end up on the dining table Ihis Abraham Iincoln, giving in to Nov.

23, another IS per cenl at the tearful beseeching of his Christmas time, and the rest son, Tad, solemnly rescinded arc eaten throughout the year, the scheduled execution. Thus, Each American eats about Jack the turkey was saved from nine pounds of turkey a year, ax and oven to live and gobble At this year's Thanksgiving day. dinner the average family of Jack had strutted the White lour will eat more Ihnn (6.50 House grounds for several worth of food, according to months that year of 1863, and government figures. But the was fat and magnificent pet at turkey a family of four will Thanksgiving. Official records eat about three pounds, dark do not disclose how long he meat and while will be survived after his reprieve, or cheaper this year while amost what other iuest of honor look everything else in market his place on the First Family's basket will he higher, dining table.

In Colonial America, not long But, according to the National after the Pilgrims ale their first ReographicSociety, accounts of wild turkeys at Plimouth other Presidents' Plantation, housewives paid 6 to Thanksgivings reveal that: 35 cents a bird. Andrew Jackson always Unlike thusc enormous insisted on a wild turkey, turkeys of history book Grover Cleveland once found illustrations, the Pilgrims' his in ill nl 5 tattooed by the cook turkeys were a relatively into the bird's breast, and, to scrawny 12 to 15 pounds, assure a nutty tenderness, Nutritionists say lurkey is Benjamin Harrison's turkey higher than most meats In was foi ce fed three walnuts and protein and among the lowcsl in a glass of sherry on the last calorics and cholcslerul. days of its life. Dark meat is dark because il Tie condemned bird probably has been well supplied with dirln'l find the nuts as in blood vessels. The white meat digestible as they sound; a of the breasts the muscles turkey's gizzard is so strong that power the wings In called it can easily crush an dicalns that bred for entlng uashelled walnut.

turkeys are weak flyers at best. Tiu'keys gobble about 2iths Wild turkeys, on the other hand, iiouiirl of feed for every pound may able to fly a mile, hlt they weigh at market lime, ting to miles an hour. Particularly fine textured white, meal, according to some ST. JOSEPH CHILDRENS ASPIRIN (FILM PROCESSING AT LOW PRICES FAST EFFICIENT SERVICE) Participants reported that a large scale movement for a children's riehts orRanlzatinn has been growing over the years One of the first steps fkfjfle (to paper growers, results if the turkeys arc fed a diet that includes violets. EFFERDENT DENTURE CLEANSING TABLETS EARTH BORN SHAMPOO AVOCADO.

APRICOT OR UBEEN APPIE Deadline for mailing to overseas military WTable Fashions in HliW YORK (UPI There still are millions of mibtary personnel for whom Christmas will be bountiful or harren oJewter 89c II39 SHOP AT RITE AID FOR ALL YOUR BABY NEEDS HAI KARATE 3 PIECE SET AFTER SHAVE LOTION A FL. 02 DEODORANT SPRATiQZ. SHAVE LATHEH 4 QZ. lovely far uzc with casu.if esN hen rare colorful nlnna Nerval Pflntei is lo.ad ken cnrnp'elcly hyg cmc. A very saptalicaied way lo an aiiMciivt.1 (Hble for rine volthalteries, prerecorded music tapes, small transistor radios; art supplies (paints, eliarcoal sketch pads), model airplanes, shipbuilding kits, first aid kits; Games and puules, dart boards, chess or checker sets, playing cards; paperback books, special interest magazines, pocket dictionaries, notebooks or diaries Candy, canned foods, cheese packages, party snacks, coffee, fruitcake, packaged meats and fruits, powdered soft drink bases, decorative candles, Christmas stockings and deco ralions, inflatable pillows, pock el knives, sewing kits, posters, small flashlights and batteries magnifying glasses.

USO listed no forbidden items but said if a sender were in douht, check the local post office. And, if your donation is intended specifically for either a serviceman or woman, so note on Ihe outside of the package. And remember, USO has no distribution center in Cambodia. USO gave these mailing deadlines: Iceland Airmail, Dec parcel airlift, Nov. 30; space available mail, Nov.

25; Surface mail, ffav.25. Europe Airmail, Dec. 11; parcel airlift, Nov. 27; space available mall, Nov. 24; surface mall, Nov.

11. Far East and Pacific area Airmail, Dec. parcel airlift, Nov. 27; space available mall, Nov. 20; surface mail (deadline past).

For further Information on parlicipationln USO's program, any occasion' it" ilepending on gifts from home. And the mailing deadlines are here. United States' active parlici pution in the war in Vietnam ended in the spring of 1973 but ie still have personnel then. Othe far flung outposts include Thailand, Cambodia, Korea, some parts of Germany and Iceland, called the loneliest alignment. An estimated 2.1 million servicemen and women and 3,5 million of their dependents are scattered around the globe, says United Service Organizations, Inc.

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