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DEC 1 1980 SOUTHQN ILLINOSAN Southern Illinoisan- Page Six MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1980 Mti uw truth it Cute poem with little Ann ffSA Landers LJ jr A fssic 7 Dear 'Ann Landers: I was amused by the reader who matched up song titles with wedding anniversaries to indicate the frequency of love-making. Here's an old poem that tells the story even better: "From 20 to 30 if a man lives right, It's once in the morning and once at night From 30 to 40, if he still lives right, He gives up the morning or skips it at night From 40 to 50 it's now and then, From 50 to 60 it's Lord knows when. From 60 to 70, if he's still inclined, He's faking it, Sister, it's all in his mind." San Diego Sage Dear Sage: Cute poetry, but there's very little truth in it beginning with the fifth line. And the notion that "it's all in his mind" at 60 is nonsense. Today a man of he lives right," ought to be in the prime of condition.

The experts tell us that both men and women who are healthy and stay in shape should be able to enjoy sex as long as they live. Dear Ann Landers: Recently you advised a wife whose husband had confessed to a one-night stand, "Never bring up the subject again." The woman wrote because she was agonizing over the incident. Why didn't you stand up for her right to be angry? Why is the wronged wife expected to swallow her pain and be Maybe her husband didn't want to talk about the incident, but she NEEDED to. You could have at least advised her to see a therapist, with whom she could talk out her anxiety. If she pushes it aside she may release the anger in some other way and end up even more confused about her unusual behavior.

For someone who has had years of experience with people's emotions, you certainly have a skill for ignoring the consequences of repressed ones. Demanding Fair Play in Illinois Dear Fair: At long last a letter from a reader who is annoyed because I didn't say, "Seek professional help." At Wit's End gallon and a-movie-cost-a-nickel routine. That always impresses them. From across the room, a young man said, "Think of the stories our generation will have to tell in just five years." "How do you figure that?" I asked. "Okay, assuming that the current rate of inflation is compounded annually over the next five years, you can pretty well figure out that if a postage stamp cost 15 cents this year, in 1985, it'll cost 35 cents.

Or a pack of cigarettes that cost 85 cents will zoom up to $1.95." The group began to drift over to where he was speaking. "Can you imagine what kind of attention you're going to get in five years by saying, 'Why, I bought a home and only paid $150,000 for it in 3 One advantage to growing Plioto by JERRY LOWER Frances Walker with some of her "Patches" omemade quilt bos I've been accused hundreds of times of copping out because I suggested therapy, counseling, a talk with a clergyman, etc Of course you are right but I hated to sound like a broken record. I should have done so anyway. Thanks for getting mad enough to write. Dear Ann Landers: I am a 17-year-old girl who has no trouble getting dates.

The problem is my mother. She insists on fixing me up with sons, nephews and acquaintances of her friends. The guys she picks for me are not my type. I have asked her to cut it out, but she pays no attention. I've gone ape over a young man Mom doesn't like, so she has me booked up for the next three weekends.

Is there any way I can get her to stop this humiliating matchmaking? Not one dude has been worth a second date. Sign me Miss-mated in Chambersburg, Pa. Dear Miss: Tell your mother that from this day forward you refuse to go on another fixed-up date and she will have to explain the "problem" to the young man when he shows up at the door. You have every right to do this, and I'll back you all the way. Can't you hear someone saying, 'What kind of a dump could you buy for Why, I looked at one" the other day with one bath and a carport for The whole group got caught up in the spirit of what he was saying.

"People will never believe I once bought a slice of pizza for only 75 cents or a ticket to a movie for $5." "Think of it! A suit I bought this year for $235 will cost a guy $540 in just five years." "Imagine, they'll be paying $3.35 for a quarter-pounder, $2.99 for a gallon of gas and $6 for a copy of Playboy." Finally, a young girl intent on counting on her fingers said, "Good grief! A bra that cost $8.50 this year could run as high as $19.50 in just five years." I didn't think anyone heard me as I mumbled, "That could bring Dolly Parton to her knees." I had the attention of the group once more and didn't know what to do with it. Field Enterprises, Inc. bright LED. The big. brilliant viewfinder has an LED that lights when your flash is fully charged and then blinks to confirm correct flash exposure.

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and Mrs. Lester A. Walk of Springfield announce the engagement of their daughter, Sandra to Terry W. Thorn. The prospective bridegroom is the son of Mr.

and Mrs. James Thorn of Makanda. Miss Walk is a 1977 graduate of Springfield Southeast High School and is presently employed by Dr. Maqbool Ahmad of Carbondale. Thorn, a 1970 graduate of Anna-Jo-nesboro High School, is employed by E.

T. Simonds Construction also of Carbondale. A Jan. 24 wedding is planned. products except you have the freedom to it on your own schedule," she said.

Before a person begins working, she is taught production sewing skills, Mrs. Walker said, which helps work go more efficiently. Mrs, Walker likes the idea of "employing the unemployable." "I'm in the business to make money, of course, but I like the idea of helping women earn a little extra money to help make ends meet." "Patches" was incorporated in 1979 as a division of Sassafras Ridge Ltd. of Makanda, which is the farm that Mrs. Walker and her husband own.

"So far, Patches is the only division of Sassassfras Ridge," she said. "But being incorporated helps the banker takes me more seriously." Running a business like "Patches" is both "frustrating and fascinating," Mrs. Walker said, but firmly emphasized that "this is not hobby." Growing up in the foothills of the North Carolina mountains, Mrs. Walker said that quilts and quilting were a part of everyday life there, "I've been around quilts all my life," she said. But after earning a master of fine arts degree from SIU-C, Mrs, Walker began to look at quilts in a new light.

"I came back to quilts from an entirely different direction art," she said, pointing out a quilt on the wall that is "purely ab stract art." And the result of that lifelong in terest produced the business that helps continue an art that is part of the American heritage. help Never before "SO MUCH SLR FOR SO LITTLE." loess "Patches" is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Mrs. Walker is there on Saturdays and usually a night or two during the week to keep things running smoothly. Until recently, Mrs. Walker said she didn't put much emphasis on retail sales, preferring to deal with the manufacturer's representatives who purchase her products wholesale and then distribute them to outlets across the country. Now, Mrs.

Walker thinks it may be time to begin emphasizing retail sales. There is now material available at "Patches," and Mrs. Walker said she has "more calico than anyplace in town." And, if you're interested in learning the age-old art of quilting, which is now enjoying a "tremendous upswing," she said, quilting classes are offered at the showroom. The classes, conducted through a joint arrangement with John A. Logan College in Carter-vllle, are offered periodically and the next one will begin in January.

Approximately a dozen persons are employed to sew for "Patches," but they aren't all older women. "They're mostly young women with children," Mrs. Walker said. Quilts are made to order and all work is done completely by hand, she said. The persons who sew for "Patches" come into the showroom once a week to pick up instructions and supplies and to deliver finished goods.

They are paid on a piece-rate basis, based on the minimum wage, Mrs, Walker said. "It's similar to working in a garment facto DOT LdUMJ2JU2J grow ry, do a ie' By Bonnie Marx Of The Southern Illinoisan WTiile on vacation, perhaps in Michigan, you find a charming old-fashioned quilt in a local gift shop, fall in love with it, and decide to buy it for yourself. If it happens to have a tag on it that reads "Patches," you'll be buying a product that comes from Makanda. Frances Walker of Makanda owns "Patches," a cottage industry that markets a variety of quiit- block inspired products to outlets all over the United States. Boutiques, gourmet shops and gift shops retail "Patches" products that include not only quilts but wall hangings, aprons, potholders, placemats, pillows, bags, wall organizers, key chains and Christmas tree skirts.

The "Patches" showroom is at 213 S. Illinois in Carbondale, but you won't find a factory there. Instead, there may be a couple of persons cutting, packing and waiting on customers, but the persons who do the real work can be found all over Southern Illinois. Mrs. Walker creates the designs for her products, then the material is cut at the Carbondale location.

From there, the materials go to women in Cambria, Gorham, Carbondale, Makanda, Cobden, Marion and even a woman in Tennessee, who quilt and sew in their spare time. "It is a corporation of part-time workers," Mrs, Walker said. And even Mrs. Walker runs her growing business on a part-time basis. During the week, she works an 8 a.m.-.

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