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The Oil City Derrick from Oil City, Pennsylvania • Page 5

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YOUNG STYLEMAKERS Winners in the three age groups at Thursday's Young Style- maker contest and style show at St. Stephen hall were: (from left, front row) Mary Lee McGraw, Teen group; Mrs. Roberta Williams, Miss and and Leatrice Osterman, Tween group. Robert Mazzeo, manager of Singer Sewing Machine, and Mrs. Donald Wynkoop, sewing instructress, are in the back row.

At Style Shoiv Sewing Contest Winners Are Named Th'e best young stylemakers Oil City were named Thursday night at a fashion show and judging held at St. Stephen's Hall under the auspices of the. Singer Sewing Machine Company. Winners in this year's Young Stylemaker Contest were: Beatrice Osterman, Mary. Lee McGraw and Mrs.

Roberta Williams. As winners in the first phase of the contest, each of these girls qualifies for the next judging stage, which will be held at Pittsburgh. After the area judging and a further screening of the garments in New York, 15 girls from throughout the country are chosen to go to New York with their mother for a run-ffled visit, cour- tesy of the Singer Sewing Machine Company. A Stylemaker Awards in New York, one girl from cadi of the three age divisions in the contest is picked as the grand prize winner and is awarded a prize trip to Paris for tlie grand prize winners in the two older divisions, to United States historical spots for the one who comes out on top in the younger division. AH and all, 29 young style- makers modeled the garments they made before an audience of friends and relatives.

Mil's. Roberta Williams of 111 Oak Road was adjudged winner in the Miss and Mrs. Division, the 18 to 21 year old category. Mary Lee McGraw, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Jack McGraw of 214 Hone Avenue, walked off with the honors in the Teen Division. (1417). Leatrice Osterman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs'. Arnold Osterman of 1038 Grandview Road won in the Tween Division, for girls from 10 through 13.

Each of the winner's was presented a fitted sewing case. Mrs. Donald Wynkoop is the local sewing instructress. Judges for ihe event Sister Mary Philip, OSB, home economics teacher at Venongo Christian High School; Mrs. Mary Kay, professional seamstress; and Miss Elizabeth Jack, home economics teacher at Cranberry High.

Receives Savings Check ENOX A former Knox Derrick carrier received a check Friday for $595 saved from his weekly carrier earnings over a three- year period, Tom Siverling, son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Siverling of Knox, saved the money under a Venango, Newspapers Inc. (VOT) carrier program which enables interested boys to save and collect interest on a small percentage of their earnings each week. A Derrick carrier from 1960 until this summer, when he gave up his route, Tom will be a senior at Keystone Joint High School in Knox this fall.

He is a member of the Keystone varsity football, basketball, and baseball teams, and has played American Legion baseball for two years with the Knox entry in the Clarion County Legion League. Tom saved 'approximately $4 weekly under the VNI program, according to Charles Reed, VNI district carrier advisor, who presented him with his check. Tom's route has been taken over by David Kurtzhals, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Kurtzhals of Knox.

CARRIER SAVINGS CHECK Former Knox Derrick carrier Tom Siverling (left) is presented a check for S595 by Charles Reed, Venango Newspapers' district carrier advisor. The check represents a percentage of his weekly carrier earnings Tom saved during his three years as a Derrick carrier. Records Iii Review Br MARY CAMPBELL AP Writer BLIND Joe Mooney sat at a New York party in his honor, playing the organ and singing "Tea for Two," "Prelude to a Kiss" and 'Rhumba Shmumba" in sweet, kioft tenor. Artie Shaw and his wife Evelyn Keyes were there listening; also Tony Bennett; Father John, who played bass in a Joe Mooney quartet before, entering the priesthood; Neal Hefti and his brunette wife of 18 years Frances Wayne. Mrs.

Hefti, who was a vocalist with big bands before her marriage, reminisced. "I remember laic at night when we'd finish working, we'd go over to one of the music places on 52nd Street and listen to Joe. We loved him. "Then, when the business changed, he left New York." Mooney played in New Jersey and upstate New York, did some touring, then settled down to playing in Miami. That's where some old friends heard him earlier this year, and decided he should have a wider audience.

They sold shares in a company a produce a record, "Joe Mooney and His Friends." It is planned for the friends Hoagy Car- Tony Bennett, Paul rVhiteman, Sy Oliver, Gordon Jemktas, Artie Shaw, Frances Wayne and Hefti, Ed Sauter and Bill Finegan, Johnny Burke, Johnny Mercer to talk about relationships with Joe on a seven-inch LP packaged with the LiP of Joe's performances. Joe Mooney was born in Pat- N.J., and held his first ob when he was 12 playiiig honed-in requests on the piano 1 at a local radio station. His first record, a 78 i some 20 years ago, was "My Troubles Are Over." If you wander whether anybody really counts the vinyl records hat add up to one gold one the answer is yes. Recordings are certified by the Record Industry Association, of America, on the asas of an audit of sales figures lave to sell a miHaon copies; an independent firm of certi- ied public accountants. Singles have 'to rack up $1 million ui factory billing.

At the end of the first six months of 1963, one single made "Hey, Paula, by Paul and and 10 LPs the orig- nal soundtracks of "West Side Story," "Exodus" and tfusfc Man;" "The Glorious Sound of Christmas" by the sons Greetings from Perry Com Philadelphia a and "Seasons Greetings from Perry Como." The Minneapolis Symphony's "1812 Overture;" "Calypso," Harry BeMonte; "GI Blues," Elvis Presley, "Viva," Percy Faith, and "Time Out," the Dave Brubeck Quartet. Best-selling records of the week tesed on The Cash Box Magazine's nationwide survey: HELLO MUDDAH, HELLO FADDUH, Sherman MY BOYFRIEND'S BACK, Angels FINGERTIPS, Wonder CANDY GIRL, Four Seasons BLOWIN' IN THE WIND, Peter, Paul Mary IF I HAD A HAMMER, Lopez JUDY'S TURN TO CRY, Gore MORE, Winding MOCKINGBIRD, Foxx HEAT WAVE, Martha Vandcllas SAFE TEEN TAG DAY Pat Rybak, Oil City Opttmfot Safe Tccn Club member, receives a donation from Oil City resident on Tag Day which held Friday, In Oil City. All from the day to URd to renovate the newly-acquired addition to the club room ami to purchase new recreational equipment for the Safe Tccn Club, Over J30 teen-agers are club members. Tea Dances Advocated By Duchin Another musical artist who would like to encourage tea danc. ng for young folk is pianist Peter Duchin, son of the late society pianist, Eddy Duchin.

"Anything that organizes the ives of young people and offers them security should be encouraged," he says. "We are ready for tea dancing. There are not enough forums for children in most stales. A certain element meets in dark alleys, others meet in drug stores, and some meet in posh living rooms." Tea dancing could get people together in-a healthful atmosphere as Ihey become acquainted with each other, their primary purpose for gathering anyway. Music is always a great ambassador for young people, Duchin says.

"They can relate to it because ihey can become part of it. They can hum, dance, sing, whistle," 10 points out. There is more interest today in ig bands rather than Email com- DOS, he observes. "In thai resp'ect we are in a social climate similar to that of the '30s, There are more young people coming to evening dances, and they want to dance. They are not so interested in being enter- he says.

Duchin, a Yale graduate, plays liano in a New York hotel from 8 to 3 in the morning, six nights a week where such old time songs as "Star Dust," "Night and Day" "Tenderly" are popular, Saturday, August 31, 1903 Oil CUMTttkllfl-CUrlon, Pi DERRICK --5 Ail Education Holds Many Values By NANCY G. SHOUP Ceuity 'joinc Economist If you are grooming your children to become latter-day Horatio A 1 don't count on the strength of the old fashioned virtues alone. In tomorrow's world they'll need a good education too. The Horatio Alger rags-to-riehes stories were written during Victorian times, when a high school education let alone a college degree was beyond the means or dream of most people. While today nearly 7 out of 10 17-year olds get high school diplomas, the proportion in 1890 was about I in 30.

That year, a grand total of 44,000 students graduated from hdgh school and 16,000 from college. Outside of the professions, a college education generally was considered a waste of precious years. Ambitious young men wanted to get an early start on a career, saved their money and eventually struck out on their own. EDUCATION NEEDED Youngsters today still have their dreams of glory, but now the setting is more likely to be a big- a executive suite. For those whose job assets don't include a good education, alas, the dreams may remain just that.

Employers nowadays require a high school diploma or better far just about any job a might offer a real future. The effect of educational level on income is striking. Among men 25 to 54 years of age, those with a tforks iii credit card accounting GAYLEEN CHELTON Teen Of The Week Recent Oil City High School Graduate Employed In Accounting Department By CAROL BLAUSER Derrick Staff Writer Not all teen-agers who graduate from, high school go on to co lege. Some choose to begin work at the end of their basic education. This is what Gaylcen M.

Chefton, this" week's Teen of the Week, chose. Gayleen is employed by the Pennzoil Company in department of credit accounting ivhere she has been working since she graduated in June. She was hired by the company after working with them under the On- the-Job Training Program which is offered to Oil City Senior High students in the secretarial pattment. Under this plan, each student is placed in a position with some organization in Oil City to train for one or two weeks. In this way, they know what type of work they will be entering after school and many receive jobs.

Gayleen made the following statement while commenting on the On-the-Job Training Program: "I think this gives the students an idea of how am office is run and how to get along with other employees." Whiile still in school, Gayleen worked for 13 the Drake Theatre. She was born in Aeushnet, June 24, 1945, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William J. Chelton who now reside at 101 Hiland Avenue.

Gayleen comes from a rather large family -Donna, 16; Sharon, 15; Nancy, 14; Jan, 12, Michael 10; Sherry, and Mary Beth, 3. Gayleen moved to Oil City at the age of six months and has lived here since. She attended kindergarten at South Side Junior High School, grades one through nine at St. Stephen School and grades 10 through 12 at Oil City Senior High School where she graduated this year with a scholastic rank of nine out of 211 students. She plans to continue working for the present and hopes to someday further her education.

She commented, "I enjoy shorthand and typing and hope to make use of my skils in these fields as I progress in the business worfd." If she goes on with her education, she plans to attend a business school. As a member of the secretarial course, Gayleen look such subjects as shorthand, typing, bookkeeping, one year of Latin and one year of algebra. While in her senior. year, she was given The Derrick Medal Award for being the outstanding studemt in the secretarial course. She was a member of the National Honor Society, Future Business Leaders of America, Hunting and Fishing Club, homeroom secretary and Senior Hi News'typist.

Gayleen also did typing for members of the faculty and worked in the office each day during the seventh period. although he gels a groat many requests for his own recordings of new songs, "I Left My Heart in San Francisco," and "What Kind of Fool Am "But the actual fact of the matter is a good band playing whatever it would like to play is never out of favor," says the dark-haired Duchin, who lias been doing hi? present type of hotel performance with his band for about a year. "Young people will buy something is goon," he says. There is less'-rock roll, but good rock roll is still around. They ore more Interested in good music.

One thing we arc trying to do is to take the old and new mu sic and present It in a nice, inter way," She stated, "I think the school has enough activities for the students. If they take an active parl in the club's a activities offered them. and. don't just participate for the name, there is enough for them to do." Gayleen is also interested in dancing, bowling, swimming and sewing. She is 'a member of the St.

Stephen Church. When showing an interest in the teen-age world, which she will soon be leaving behind, Gayleen had the following to say: "I don't think (here are en. nougli activities for teen-agers, but there are enough dances. The trouble at the dances is caused by only a few, and all teen-agers should not have to lake the htame. I think that the ones who are causing trouble should be warned.

If they refuse to abide by the warning, they should be literally 'thrown out on their car' and not be permitted back in. If too much Iroubie is caused, all the dances will be shut down." college education earn twice as much per year as high school dropouts. As far as average Income level is concerned, a college education appears to outweigh 20 25 years of additional work experience. Well-educated people not only earn more, they make faster irogress up the economic scale. The average income of men between the ages of 45 and 54 is 'ound to be about 36 per cent greater than that of men 25 to 34, among high school graduates, but about 79 per cent greater among college graduates.

GREATER JOB STABILITY Education also tends to increase ob in good limes and ad. People who had some college are half as likely to be out of vork as high school graduates md have one-third the unemployment rale of the high school drop- suts. The problem of finding a job las grown especially i among young people who have cut heir schooling short: teenagers now account for about 20 per cent of the nation's unemployed. If that's the picture now, how vill it be in the future? Today about 2.8 million people, a year their 18th birthday; by 1970 hal figure will have jumped to nearly 4 million, and its expected hat nearly 20 million people under age 25 will in the labor 'orce a staggering 45 per cent increase over 1960. To compound the problem the greatest growth in employment pportunitites will take place in iose occupations requiring the most'education and training.

Be- Aveen 1960 and 1970, for example, member of professional technical and scientific jobs will grow more than twice as fast as other jobs. All this will put an even greater premium oh educational achievement, and young people who have JIB capacity should be encouraged continue with their schooling. A good formal education may be no guarantee of economic success, jut it helps more than ever before in our history. High school girls should realiza that single woman will spend for- years at work, and married women with children i work jiir.ty-one years outside the home. Married women who have chidreh and then go back to work will spend twenty-seven years in labor market.

YOUNG PEOPLE WANT TQ WORK All healthy young people wish to try working at real er full-time or part-time ones. So if you have a young person in your family and he wishes to work, encourage him. Parents should understand the developmental needs of young people and try not to be over-protective. jobs provide many good for young'peo- ple. The pride of earning i own money and really working gives them the feeling of achieving adult status.

Then, too, holding a job and doing good work de- velops responsibility and self-confidence. A part-time job while in school can suggest career possibilities to the young person who hasn't made up his mind about the future. If he tries out various work areas, the 'young person may find the job that looked appealing isn't so appealing after all. Work can open up entirely new areas that he wouldn't have thought aboutother- wise. a and young people should understand there is more competition today for part-tune employment during the school year.

Competition is keen and experienced young people get preference for the job. PLACE AT STONEBORO Three Vo-Ag students of Cranberry Area High School placed second In the Dairy Judging Contest (team event) at the Stoneboro Fair yesterday. Approximately 30 teams were.entered in the event, according to Lowell Morton, Vo-Ag teacher. The hoys arc also members of the FFA. Members of the team arc Robert left, David Amslcr.

The third member of the team, Dan Spar.gicr, was nbscnt when the photo wns, taken. Firster also placed third, us an individual, In the Dairy Judging Contest, while David Amslcr placed sixth, The entry list showed 74 contestants. Catholic Youth Club Organized Michael Vender has been named president of a newly-formed Catholic Youth Club at the Help of Christians Church. Carol Bianchi was elected secretary a Tommy Donze, treasurer, at an organizational meeting in the home of Mr. and Mrs.

Ted Vender, Keith Ave. The stated pin-pose of the club is to -promote spiritual and social activities for young people of the parish in Grades 9-12. A tenlalive program for this eariy fall months was drawn up Thursday night. Rev. Stephen Kotyuk, pastor of the church, will be the spiritual advisor for the group.

An committee to assist in the activities was appointed, Serving on the committee are Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Vonturella, Mr. Mre. Harry Noon.

Mr. and Mrs. Ted Vender and Mr, and Mrs. James Rocss, The next for 8:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept.

8, will be a wiener roast at the Vender residence, i Walk Like Heroes OLASGOW, Scotland (AP) -I Scottish schoolboys arc getting round shoulders from imitating American television cowboysj claims Dr. James Parker. Ho noted that tho television cowboyi walk with hands in pockets and tiwulden slumped.

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