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Journalist Writes Story Of Drug Addiction By PEACE MOFFAT Newsfeatures Writer NEW YORK (AC) Most people would think Sausalito, would be a perfect place for a boy to grow up North of San Fran cisco, it's in Marin County one of the wealthiest counties in the United States Hut Sausalito turn out to be such a good place for Mark Chapin He started smok ing marijuana when he was 14. soon went on to experiment with large doses of LSD and amphetamines, common 1 known as Now Mark is 21 years old and is in a private mental hospital with a schizophrenic psychosis, and William Chapin, a journal- book, My Drug has written a The Story of It is a brutally frank account which he says he hopes will make other parents with the same problem realize not alone Chapin also says he wanted to document some ol the mistakes he and his wife made first thought the not th.d different why write about Chapin recalls. thought it would be an in vasion of my privacy. Hut just thinking was difficult, and I decided not to hold back Basically Mark has done nothing to be ashamed of and. aside from making mistakes, done nothing to be ashamed parents have asked went wrong with their son They have some answers and theories, say they understand that they should have been more consistent and more open ly affectionate with their chi I dren, but that they will never know why Mark yn(l Group Clothes Most Of Country But Gets Little Credit For It Scott City Woman Runner- Up To Mother Of The Year The Daily Standard, Sikeston, Mo.

Wednesday, May 31, 1972 OVERLY (.11 moki island Advance Writer NKW YORK (AIM clothe most ol Amer tea but we don make news ve been ignored by and his sister Pennell (who An Ortenberg, presi experimented with drugs but (d America and a never got heavily involved) consultant succinctly described the group of 70 young Chapin says when he and his designers who belong to the or wife first realized Mark was Kamzation begun live years smoking marijuana, they went the medical route Hut drug use vitality was a relatively new problem of seven years ago and the many doctors they saw had few an swers. As Mark began using i rid ism teacher and Mark lather, themselves over and over what THURSDAY SPECIAL CHICKEN DUMPLINGS TOSSED GREEN SALAD 1.00 LSI) and speed, he began to sell his belongings to pay for drugs and to stay away from home for varying lengths of time. simply not know when the phone was going to ring if be dead, if he'd be in jail Then the not knowing where to turn was pretty Chapin says. At one point, on the advice of Mark's peers, the Chapins threw Mark out of his home hoping to frighten him into changing. Hut Mark came back and, Chapin says, your son comes home, covered with dirt and stands in your doorway, you don't turn him designing as opposed to Paris couture and ready to wear or Seventh Avenue Hut we haven't received much recognition The houses represented by the designers in Design Ameri ca are familiar names Hut the behind the name brands seldom are in the news pretty serious and we don't go in tor hob-nobbing Our membership is talented and professional.

White Stag Bobbie Brooks, Girls. Stretchini. Al ley Hang Cps, ountry Set, John Meyer and Youth Guild are a few of the well-known houses these designers work for The group also has members who are textile designers with their own studios. own boutiques Mainly they are graduates of Pratt Institute, Fashion Institute ol Technology, Parsons and Rhode Island Schools of Design stay close to the schools and arc super involved Many of them teach, and there is a committee within Design America that stays in touch with new graduates, aiding them job placement With the dues, 10 scholarships for underprivileged, talented young people are given annually. Design America has put on benefit bazaars and shows to aid such groups as the Green Ortenberg, relaxing in his Greenwich Village duplex.

Mark in a private school, but he plunked stocking feet atop a only sank deeper into drug use, The Chapins tried putting bi drug ily sanK aeepe and during his senior year he was suspended from school indefinitely. psychiatrist advised putting him in a hospital. but at several private ones the medical directors refused 20" BREEZE i BIG EDIK i REG. POLYESTER DOUBLE KNIT 58" TO 60" WIDE MACHINE WASHABLE ALUMINUM LAWN EASY TO CARRY, FOLDS FOR j. EASY STORAGE 2.99 BAR-B-QUE GRILL 99 1922-1972 AT YOUR STERLING ISTORII FRONT NEW MADRID ST.

DOWNTOWN SIKESTON YEARS OF SERVICE SCOTT CITY Mrs. Jeffie Olivia Mf-Kw, 77, and mother of eight, was named runner-up to the State Mother of the Year award in Jefferson City and was chosen as a Merit. Mother, one of six in the state. Mrs. McKee was nominated for the honor by the Cape Girardeau Rotary Club.

Dr. Mark F. Scully, president of Southeast Missouri State College, wrote the nomination letter which in part said that honoring this gracious lady, we would indeed be honoring the finest qualities of motherhood which we all revere so embodies to the fullest I plexiglass coffee table and explained how through enthusiasm and need the group grew from 12 charter members to its present size in just five years. average age of the de- to admit him saying treat-signers is late 20. We design the ment was voluntary and it was lowest price ranges of clothes doubtful Mark would stay.

He that are original not knock- was admitted to Synanon, a offs (a market term for copies) drug rehabilitation community, or adaptations, but returned home after only a of the designers work few days. in the junior-size market it's Finally the Chapins had their diversified and there is a great son committed to Napa State deal of freedom there. Hospital. After escaping from A few represent there, he was admitted to Men- houses and some also have their docino State Hospital. wieh Village Settlement House, thosc traits associated with made a movie for Cone Mills motherhood and homemaking showing honest fabrics in hon-at jts highest and best, est American clothes, and has Throughout her long life she worked with the Wool Bureau has exhibited courage, and the Alamar knitting company The money from the promotional efforts also goes in the scholarship fund Currently the group is working with the city Economic Development Administration to stage a week in the city Keeping membership up to date probably is the hardest task Young designers tend to move around in the market, and Design America usually revises its list of members and their affiliations every two months or eight years ago.

Ortenberg observed, FIT graduate might become a su perstar overnight Now it much more a system of learning the dreary tools of the trade. most designers are marketing designers, that is, they design in the context of their customer. They have to learn who it is. They make personal appearances; aware of the consumer and constantly are checking out current scene on their own. Sometimes a matter of standing on the corner, watching the girls go cheerf ulness, patience, understanding and Mrs.

McKee was born in Arkansas and was married to the late W. F. McKee Sr. Out of the marriage came eight children, Arneita McKee Wilson, the eldest daughter now living in Fort Smith, General Seth J. McKee, Commander in Chief of the North American, Air Defense Command and International Command consisting of United States and Canadian air defense forces; Edward A.

McKee, Senior Insurance Examiner with the State of Missouri; Willa Dee McKee Kane, now ivirig in California; Glen A. McKee, advertising manager of the Cape Girardeau Bulletin and the Sunday Bulletin Journal; W. F. ih (Jape Girardeau educator and candidate for sta te representative; Olivia McKee Tharp, now living in St. and Al McKee of Cape Girardeau, an independent businessman.

Nearly 135 persons from the state attended the recent luncheon in Jefferson City honoring the candidates for Mother of the Year and during Rae-Sloas JACKSONVILLE, Alfred Rae announces the engagement of his daughter, Jean to Harold A. Solas son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold A. Sloas Sr.

of New Madrid, Miss Rae, formerly of Dundalk, graduated from the banquet the St. Business School Association of America cited Baltimore. She is employed Mrs. McKee for by a law firm as secretary to qualifications as an ideal the senior partner, and named her a special State Merit. Mother.

Sloas, a 1960 New Madrid To be a good mother, Mrs. high school graduate, received McKee said, you must have a his degree in 1966 from the lot of and University of Mississippi pharmacy school. While in also must he able to college, he was a member of stand the hardships along the Phi Kappa Psi social fraternity, way and very important to Phi Delta Chi pharmacy be a Christian mother in a fraternity, and Alpha Epsilon Christian she added. Pi, honorary society. Teen-Age Chess Expert Advises Teaching The Game To Children By JOY STILLEY AH Newsfeatures Writer PORT WASHINGTON.

Y. (AH) Five-year-olds are perfectly capable of learning to play chess and, in fact, that is the best age to start them out, says teen-age chess expert Eric Schiller, who serves as a volunteer teacher to kindergarten youngsters earlier they learn to play chess the more beneficial the ability will be, he says playing helps develop more logical reasoning processes and helps them to think more clearly and evaluate decisions better The 17-vear-old senior at most of the other players I have come in contact with. he con tinues In the United States it may seem early but in the So viet Union it normal Schiller, who gets a halt unit credit per term tor working five pick up chess seriously and bought the tirst of many chess books. I probably buy more chess books than any other junior (under 21 player) in the country. Now chess has become a wav From 1966 to 1971 he served as a nharmacy officer in the Navy.

He is working towards his master of science degree in hospital pharmacy at the University of Florida in Gainesville A June planned Presbyterian Jacksonville couple will I 24 wedding is at Riverside Church in after which the ive in Gainesville. Schreiber High School hen tbe teaches the fundamentals of the defensive things game to kindergarteners at the The youth lists Flower Hill Elementary and a stinct as major prerequisites for the game. Though an aptitude for math often is not days a week with his young 0f life for Schiller, who carries students, starts out by in a toldmg chess board, zipper- troducing the pieces one at a cased playing pieces and basic time and letting the kids be chess books with him wherever come thoroughly familiar with he goes He was an assistant how each moves. One 6-year-old tournament director for the has already played in an under chess Championship, was 13-year-old tournament captain of the Eastern High I give them general prin- school eo-ehampionship team eiples that get them going, he and has won many trophies He explains. They use basically owns seven chess sets, in- the same opening all the time, eluding one huge artistic but they are beginning to get om.

some attacking schemes down ne bridge, hut and occasionally get into some thinks it involves too much luck chess there's a very From I )avid Shy Rph. F( )R TODAY School. He is a volunteer tor HELP (Help Educate Little People a program that places intelligence competitive in- Myrna Hamil CrOWned ISC ysked for the younger chil- MemoriesQueen because 1 high school students in an as- paren, al that agc, he sistant teacher capacity in ele- wh() mentary schools. adds good ILLM) SCOTT CITY Amidst a theme of Miss Myrna Hamil, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

A. C. Hamil, was crowned Memories Queen at Illmo-Scott City High School. Mark Amick was Miss escort. She was crowned by Miss Sally Wadlington, editor of the Memories Yearbook, and its co-editor, Miss Diane Hensley, presented her with a dozen carnations.

Theme for the event, also the senior prom, featured a florescent volcano and a water fountain stocked with a goldfish. Each guest received a multi-colored lei. Eddie Brown, president ol the junior class, and Tony Varnon, vice president, welcomed guests. Other queen candidates were Miss Nancy Spain, daughter of Mrs. Nina Spain, escorted by Kim Eifert; Miss Brenda Green, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Lloyd Green, escorted by Chuck Goodale; and Miss Debbie Held, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Held, escorted by Joe Hanschen. Sponsor of the junior class, which was host for the occasion, is Mrs.

Harold Hatings. The Riot of Cape Girardeau provided music. Ed Higgins To Retire BENTON Edwin Price Higgins, who lias been teaching elementary music in the Scott County R-4 School system for two years, plans to retire at the end of this school year. Higgins graduated from Phillip University, Enid, Oklahoma, in 1930. He served six years in the Navy.

He has taught in Balboa, Canal Zone, Nogal, New Mexico; Sparta, Gravette, West Palm Beach; and Prairie Grove, Ark. His subjects have included industrial arts, English, special education, elementary and secondary hand and chorus. He and his wife, Mildred, two sons, Jim and Mike, wit! make heir home in Fayetteville, Ark. to work with and more you can teach someone says Schiller always had the idea of introducing chess to kids and felt the best place was on the kindergarten level. I learned at that age and Bobby Fischer did and so did chess will be good in math Schiller recalls that from the time he was 4 or 5 he played chess with his father or guests in a casual way.

In the middle of junior high he joined a group of 9th-graders who played it a little more seriously. We entered a tournament and had a crushing defeat, he admits, and then 1 started to a small percentage of luck, he says The only reason people lose in chess is because they make a mistake themselves Schiller plans to attend the I Jniversity of hicago next year and major in Russian, a language he became interested in from reading books about chess, but which he now enjoys tor its own sake In addition to speaking Russian, he speaks Serbo-C roatian and can read German. Portuguese, Spanish. French, Czech and Swedish, all of which he familiarized himself with through reading chess magazines. Time will tell on a man.

Especially a good time. Do not share prescriptions. Uncle Joe's prescription may have done wonders for him, but that mean it will work equally well for you. A prescription is meantly only for one person see a doctor for your own. Use a prescription drug only for the patient for whom the physician ordered it.

When all is said and done, the wife has said it and hubby has done It. Architect Designs Furniture Of Corrugated Fiberboard By VIVIAN BROWN AP Newsfeatures Writer Would you believe furniture of corrugated fiberboard That is so durable you can jump on it? Designer of some 27 pieces of this furniture, well-known architect Frank Gehry of Los Angeles. says he was inspired to design the inexpensive line when he built some architectural models of it for some of his projects, including his award-winning Merriweather Post Pavilion of Music in Maryland An innovator. Gehry is widely known for his determination to explore new directions. Jarrell Chosen For Who DEXTER A Dexter youth has been chosen to have his biography published in the sixth annual edition of Who Among American High School Students.

Glvn Jarrell, son ot Mr. and Mrs. Clyde M. Jarrell, won this honor through his performance in the 22nd international Science and Engineering Fair held in May, 1971. Jarrell is a 1971 graduate of Dexter high school and completed his freshman year at Southeast Missorui State College in Cape Girardeau.

Students selected for this award comprise one-half of one per cent of the national high school enrollment. sept staring at the edges room table, and soon people of the material in my office. were asking whether I could and one dav 1 decided to expen- make a chair or something. And ment with it. making a desk for that was the beginning nly I th i-i de a dining he explains.

471 0285 MIDTOWNER VILLAGE Area Students On Honor Roll JONESBORO, Students from Rollins. southeast Missouri on the Hornersville, Carl Robinson spring semester honor roll at and Sherry Wilkins. Arkansas State University. Kennett, Rhonda Benson, Campbell, Barbara Legate, Michael Holt, Melinda Howard, Nancy Reed, Pamela Jean Loranco, Carlton Jean Stewart and Marilyn Montgomery, Ruth Shelton, OPEN FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHTS TIL 7:00 PM Whitfield. Cardwell, Evelyn Jones, a straight A student.

I a a Hollandsworth and Larry K. Richardson, both straight A also Phyllis Howard and Stephanie Todd Dexter, Norman Robinson, Jr. Holcomb, Anita Rav, straight A student and Nancy Margaret Slack and Bonnie Yount. Barbara Freeman, Cynthia Tarver and Nina Tippen were all straight A st udents. 1 It ii a i Squalus sank off Portsmouth, N.H., in 1939, 33 of the 59 men aboard were rescued with a diving bell Cato Downtown Sikeston HOT PANTS SETS SHORT SETS 4.69 reg.

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