The San Bernardino County Sun from San Bernardino, California • Page 18

Saturday, Oct. 1985 Metro Final The Sun Carrier gets to quit walking today i 1 i Viiiisiiiiii postal service over the years, Stordeur said, "Well, the pay was a lot different. I earned 65 cents an hour ($1,350 a year) in 1936, and I'm retiring at $26,000 annually." There are hundreds of technology changes, he said. "Some of it is all right, but I'm not totally sold on all the automation. Some of it doesn't work right.

"I guess I'm a little old-fashioned. I think in some cases people could do the work better." Stordeur is a widower and lives alone in his modest, but comfortable three-bedroom home on Riverside Avenue. His wife, Florence, died in 1977. They were married 37 years and have two grown daughters, Carolyn Stordeur of Yucca Valley, and Mary Ann Cavalier of Las Vegas. Stordeur met his wife to be, Florence De Rose, when they were second-graders in Wilmette, 111., where Stordeur was born.

His family moved to Evanston, but returned several years later, and he and Florence became By FLOYD RINEHART Sun Staff Writer RIALTO William Stordeur, 68, delivers his last letter in San Bernardino today. He started as a letter carrier 49 years ago, in 1936. "I remember it well," Stordeur said in an interview in his Rialto home. "It was Oct. 28 in Evanston, 111." The only break was two years in the Army during World War II.

"Even then I couldn't get out of walking," he said. "The Army assigned me to an infantry unit with Gen. (George) Patton's 3rd Army. "I saw action at Aachen, Germany, where we took the city from the Germans, they took it back, and we finally retook it from them. It was a real mess." During the last six months of his military service, Stordeur was transferred to duty at the Army Post Office.

After being honorably discharged, Stordeur returned to civilian postal work again as a carrier in Evanston. Asked about changes in the CD A Octoberfest SAN BERNARDINO Catholic Daughters of the Americas, Court Our Lady of Peace 1306, will have its second annual Octo- BMletiii They married in 1940 and settled in Evanston. "My wife needed a change of scenery in 1956, so we moved to Rialto, where my older sister lived," he said. "We bought a house just up the street for $13,350 three bedrooms, real lath and plaster and all oak floors." Stordeur worked as a San Bernardino substitute mail carrier at first. "I lost my employee seniority in moving, so I had to work back up to permanent status out here." Was there ever a day during his long career that he failed to get the mail delivered? "The only time I recall was the day before Christmas, in 1960, when the rain was so heavy I couldn't get across Ninth (Street) and Waterman (Avenue)," said Stordeur.

"It was a torrent at least 18 inches deep. I called my supervisor, and he told me to bring the mail back and deliver it the day after Christmas." Dogs attacked and bit Stordeur twice while he worked. Both dogs were German shepherds, one in Evanston and the other in San Bernardino. He said in the San Bernardino episode the dog was tied to a parkway tree. "The chain he was tied with was too light," said Stordeur.

"The dog snapped it and bit me on an arm. Its master ran over and hauled it off me, but the dog got away and bit me on a leg before it was controlled. "I had a can of 'Halt," (a chemical spray used as protection against dogs), but it happened so quickly I couldn't use it." Stordeur said he has a concentrated downtown mail route now, including City Hall, banks, title companies, state offices and major businesses such as Vanir Tower. "I've gotten to know so many good people on my route," he said. "That's what I'll miss in retirement." He could have retired sooner but kept on, "because my wife had died and I was alone.

"Working and meeting people was good therapy for me." But, Stordeur thinks it's time now to leave not only his job but Rialto, as well. He's selling his home and plans to move to Richfield, about 30 miles southeast of Salt Lake City. "My granddaughter and her husband care for her dad's ranch there," Stordeur said. "The hunting and fishing is terrific and it's beautiful country up there. A great place to retire." Monday, Stordeur plans his final official act, a brief retirement ceremony at the post office branch at Fifth and streets in San Bernardino.

"I think there's to be a retirement dinner that night," he said. "It will close the book on 49 years of postal work for me." I 14 JO. 8 hoard 4. Staff photo by floyd Rinahart William Stordeur returns home after finishing mail route. These young women know all about putting on a good face Neigel: Key issues are growth, drugs S- 4 i i f.f 0-3 an application most men still shu as unmanly.

"But salons for men, too, are a big business trend," she said. Treatment costs vary but one $115 package offers a choice of six facials or tanning sessions at an $80 to $90 savings. The tanning booth, a metal "couch" with sunlamp tubes; above and below, provides 10- to 30-minute exposure to a Bikini-' clad or briefs-clad client. Graumann or Moreno keeps an eye on the timer to assure clients don't overstay the treatment. "We recommend it for good tanning in preference to actual exposure to the sun.

Too much sun may give a great tan but it also exposes you to skin problems ranging from just dryness to can- cer," Graumann said. She and Moreno had to take 600 hours of study to qualify for their state certifications as cosme- tologists, and Graumann added more study and practical experi-; ence to qualify for instructor and obtain her license. "People think this is easy, that we just sit around all day. It isn't so. We're putting in regular business hours.

We work here. We're sort of on a month-to-month basis building up the business. I have to pay Darcy for my lease space and I have loans to repay, too, for my own equipment," Moreno said. Both believe their salon pro- vides stress relief, age control, im- proved self-confidence, improved appearance and, yes, acne control. "Helping a client feel and look better is very, very important to us," said Graumann.

"Esthetique" hours are from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. weekdays, after 7 p.m. by appointment only. It is in Suite 116 at 1826 Orange Tree Lane east of the San Bernardino County Museum.

The phone number is (714) 824-9050. for School Board "The well being of our state and our nation depends on a well educated population." Paid for by Shelby Obershaw for School Board Committee Larry Harvey, Treasurer. By HOWARD A. ELLIS Sun Staff Writer REDLANDS It's a tale of two young women and three not-so-young cities. It concerns Darcy Graummann of Rialto, Maria Moreno of San Bernardino, both 20, and the trials and tribulations of opening their first business, "Esthetique," in Redlands.

"Believe me, it wasn't easy," Graumann said Friday in the comfortable lounge of her European skin care and tanning salon in a suite at Cape Cod West on Orange Tree Lane. It opened in June and celebrated a grand opening Oct. 16. "I was only 19 when I decided to open the salon. I celebrated my 20th birthday last month.

The leasing people were considerate, but I was a young person with no business credit status. It took three months, and enlisting a 'family to get the lease OK'd and other arrangements approved," she said. "I think the main thing is that someone in our age category opening a business needs a lot of encouragement, moral support, as well as the hard finances aspect. "I had a small inheritance from an aunt and used it to open the place, but I got a lot of support from my parents when other people thought it was foolish of me to do this. They thought I was too young for the responsibility of my own business.

"If a person is dependable and capable, that's what should matter," Graumann said. "I really couldn't have done it without my mother and father," said the daughter of Harry and Donna Graumann. The Eisenhower High School graduate is the granddaughter of Al and Mabel Stockschleader, who came to Loma Linda in 1912. She provided the salon equipment, her parents provided furnishings, and they and friends did carpentry and painting. Moreno, an Aquinas graduate, By HARVEY FEIT Sun Political Editor SAN BERNARDINO Lawrence E.

"Larry" Neigel is pointing to his record and talking about meeting the problems of growth, drugs and students who transfer frequently from school-to-school in his campaign for a third term on the school board here. Neigel, a sergeant with the San Bernardino Police Department, is winding up two years as board chairman and is not eligible to succeed himself. Since his election to the board in 1977, Neigel said, he has provided quality leadership, remained sensitive to community concerns, communicated freely with the media to keep the public informed and instilled an atmosphere at public meetings that encourages public participation. Growing enrollment will require the district to reopen some schools shortly, Neigel said. One high school, four elementary schools and two junior highs are now closed.

The district will have to build at least one new school in the north or northeastern part of the city by 1990, he predicted. Children who transfer frequently from school-to-school have a tough time learning, he said. The transfers usually cut whatever ties there were between parents and the schools, further handicapping the child. In some schools, up to 80 percent of the students transfer during the year, he said. Many of these children are in the Aid to Families with Dependent Children Program and Neigel suggests efforts be made to obtain money from the program to transport the children to their old schools when they move.

The law now provides for money to meet juvenile hall costs when AFDC youngsters are housed there, Neigel said. Neigel would like to streamline the bus transportation system by requiring students to walk two or three blocks and by permitting elementary, junior high and senior high students to ride on the same bus. Neigel created a stir recently when he and board member Howard Grossman proposed that the berfest at noon Oct. 26 at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 1729 E. Base Line.

Lunch donation is $5. For more information, call Jane Brzezinski, (714)8824562. Campaign '85 district use a drug-sniffing dog to help reduce the school drug problem. The district has hired security officers, tightened up its expulsion policy for drug-related offenses, used undercover officers and instituted counseling programs, he said, but these steps have not been radical enough to slam the door shut on drug use. "Dogs, if nothing else, would draw the line we are not tolerating drugs on the campus," he said.

It may be difficult to bring the dog into the classroom, Neigel said, but he thinks it can be done. He termed as ludicrous the objections by some that the dog program would give the schools an unfavorable image. Carrying that philosophy to the extreme would result in removing uniformed patrol officers from the streets because they give the city a bad image, he said. Most parents will support the program, he predicted, because it would provide reasonable assurance that their children will not be exposed to drugs on the campus. More parent involvement is the key to improving the quality of education offered here, Neigel said.

Parents should get involved in the school setting, spending time at the school. He said merely helping their children with homework is not enough. Parents should be encouraged to seek conferences with teachers whenever they have concerns about how their children are doing, he said. The district has gone far enough in pushing the basics, he said, but the emphasis on them should not be dropped. He said the district is meeting the needs of remedial students, but more attention should be paid to those of high achievers.

Early detection is the key to reducing the dropout rate and increasing the performance levels of minority students, Neigel said. More attention should be paid to between July 3 and July 11, and finally in January last year. Bevan remains in custody at the San Bernardino County jail in lieu of $100,000 bail. Gar Jensen, prosecuting attorney, said Thursday he and defense attorney Donald Ames will appear before Egan on Monday and determine if the case will have a second trial. Egan already has scheduled a tentative trial date of Dec.

17, Jensen said. Jensen admitted some disappointment at the jury's inability to reach a verdict. studied salon beautician techniques at the Richards Beauty College in San Bernardino, where Graumann was one of her instructors. Both are state-certificated beauticiansestheticians. They trust each other implicitly in salon matters and are rapidly developing a strong friendship.

"We get along wonderfully and enjoy working together," they agree. Graumann selected Redlands for her first business venture "because it is an area attractive to my clients, the 'classic Yuppies' in the 25 to 50 age group." "They enjoy being attractive and healthy. Appearance is important to them. "Also, this is a quick-growing business area, I believe even more so than Hospitality Lane in San Bernardino or Cooley Ranch in Colton," she said. Essentially, "Esthetique" offers European facials, body wraps, makeup makeovers, hair removal, massage, color advice and a tanning room.

"We do respectable, I mean respectable, massage only. When I first advertised, we got some weird calls. We quickly explained we didn't offer 'that kind' of massage," Graumann said, laughing. She said an American facial is "a mud pack or cream application," while European is an hour to hour-and-a-half treatment of skin clearance, skin cells cleansing, declogging of pores, steam rinse, massage and relaxing cleansing face mask. "We have men and women clients, but the men at first are a little apprehensive about coming to a salon," Moreno said.

"But in today's business, they are as concerned about looking youthful, looking good, as are the women, and they come on in," she said. Graumann said women have an advantage because they can hide "age signs" with cosmetics, SEXUAL ASSAULT SERVICES RAPE CRISIS AGENCY (Hit eO Sun Lawrence Neigel Lawrence E. Neigel is among seven people running for four seats on the San Bernardino City Unified School District board. Other candidates in the Nov. 5 election are Chuck Christie, a professor and city planning commissioner; C.E.

Ta-pie Rohm a professor and consultant; Dave Ober-helman, a probation officer; and incumbents Elisa G. Diaz, W. Robert Fawke, Lawrence E. Neigel and Shelby Obershaw. curriculum development, he said, and counseling of both the student and parents.

Neigel said some districts are making a mistake in attempting to de-emphasize bilingual education. Students must be allowed to progress in school with a second language until they are proficient in English, he said. He would like to use lottery funds to reduce class sizes, which now average about 32 students in the elementary schools. Class sizes in the 20s, after absenteeism is figured in, would be about right, he said. Neigel said he has never believed teachers are paid enough, but he thinks salaries here are competitive with those paid in other districts.

He doesn't plan to spend any money on his campaign, a policy he adopted four years ago. Neigel said he is the only candidate in the race who attended schools entirely in San Bernardino, including Valley College. He has received basic and intermediate Peace Officers Standards and Training career certificates and several departmental commendations. Neigel and his wife, Phoebe, and their children live at 1345 E. Pumalo St.

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