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14 Daily Record, Monday, April 30, 1973 'Beating The Blahs1 Joyce Armpriester A Bride iff -Jitmn nnn. tf in i niiuim'm rnmr. MALVERN. Pa day six years ago, Catherine Lanham Miller stood on the doorstep of her suburban home and waved her usual goodbyes to her husband and three teenagers. They were off to challenging jobs and classes; she was suddenly wondering what she would do with the rest of her today, tomorrow and the rest of her life.

"I was really at a low point," she recalls now. "I would like to say I immediately whipped into action and said to life, but it took me a couple of years of dialogue with myself before I finally settled on my long-time dream to be a free-lance writer." Numerous magazine articles and a full-length book later, she tells her story to encourage other women to get out of their doldrums and fight back. Her book, "How to say YES to Life: A Woman's Guide to Beating the Blahs" is addressed to every woman who knows she must do something about improving her life, "but doesn't know how to start. Are You a Sleepaholic? "She may have to begin with her physical appearance, to build her self-confidence," says Mrs. Miller.

"It may sound superficial to worry about hair, nails, skin and figure, but if you're a woman who looks in the mirror and says 'I'm too old, I'm too grey-haired, I'm too then you'll go right back to bed and pull the covers over your head." Many women do just that, Mrs. Miller notes. She calls them "sleepaholics." In order to cope "they sleep 14 or 16 hours a night. It's frightening." Other women escape by watching television or they become cleaning "addicts," scrubbing away at a house that's already spotless. Four-point Program What does it take for a woman to come to grips with herself, to "beat the blahs?" Author Miller maintains that even though each woman has her own lifestyle, there are simple guidelines that can make the going smoother.

She describes them in this four-point program: 1. Dig for the dream, "the thing you've always wanted to do, that you've hidden inside you. Get it out. Examine it." And if you don't have any buried hopes? "Set a goal for yourself. It could be as simple as losing five pounds or as complicated as getting your Master's degree or learning to "play harp." 2.

Find the time to fit the goal into life. "Don't make excuses and say you're just too busy to possibly handle anything else. People who aren't the least bit busy say that. Do you really have to make the beds promptly at 9 a.m. if that's your most creative hour? Why couldn't they be made at 4 p.m.?" 3.

Plan a schedule of how you're going to accomplish your goals. "Even if it's just one thing at a time, figure out today's activities, tomorrow's, next week's and so on. And put it down on paper. It gives you a sense of order." 4. Start right now.

"Don't wait 'till fall or when the kids are away or after the house gets painted really begin this minute. Just going to the library and reading through a few books on a subject that interests you perks up your mind and it's a wonderful way to start." "Wake up," Catherine Miller writes in the preface to her book, "there's a great big world out there! Goodbye yesterday. Hello today!" Couple Married Friday Bethany United Methodist Church was the setting for the Saturday wedding of Joyce Marie Armpriester, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roland S.

Wood, 333 Frederick Court, and Donald El wood Rohrbaugh, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elwood L. Rohrbaugh, York RD 6. The Rev.

Edward H. Yarnell, pastor, performed the double ring ceremony at 2 p.m. following a reception for 100 guests at Sportsman's Dining Room, the couple left for an Orlando, honeymoon. The bride wore a floor length gown of white organza and cluny lace with a high neckline, bishop sleeves and a slightly gathered skirt, which fell from a natural waistline. Columns of lace and pearls trimmed the front and a ruffle of lace edged the hemline.

A matching Juliet camp held her three tiered veil of illusion and she carried a white orchid ith yellow roses, carnations and baby's breath. Mrs. Robert Anderson was matron of honor. The bride's cousin, Diane Paules, Hialeigh, and the bridegroom's sister, Debra Rohrbaugh, served as bridesmaids. Lisa Shaffer, the bridegroom's cousin, was flower girl.

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ROHKBALGH Armpriester from William Penn Senior High School and is employed by the York Bank and Trust Co. A 1970 graduate of Spring Grove Area High School, the bridegroom is employed by York Division, Borg-Warner Corp. Urged For Politics said. "Women in some ways make up the bedrock of our whole political organization they're the ones who lick the stamps, write out the envelopes, hold the teas and canvass door to door and get out the vote and yet the party structure generally ignores them." Of her first months on Capitol Hill, she said: "I think that sometimes there isn't enough of a spirit and enough of a fighting will here. Congress has not been an effective check on the President and we've really got to improve ourselves, our ability to check the President." July Wedding Plans Revealed DEBORAH K.

NICHOLAS DALLASTOWN Mr. and Mrs. Ron C. Smith, Dallastown RD 2, have announced the engagement and July wedding plans of their daughter, Deborah Kay Nichelas, and Terry L. Strickler, Dover RD 6.

The prospective bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Strickler, CO Fair Acres Drive. A graduate of Dallastown Area High School, Miss Nicholas is employed by Gichner Mobile Systems.

Her fiance was graduated from the same high school and is employed by Motor Freight Express. If I iiji. MRS. DONALD nee Joyce M. Atglen, Chester Kauffman, County.

The bridegroom's nephews, Bradley Kauffman and Brian Kauffman, Atglen, carried the rings. The bride was graduated in 19G9 New Deal Women In WASHINGTON (UPI)-At Elizabeth Holtzman, is the youngest woman in Congress and convinced that men will continue to occupy most of the seats around her unless the political parties change their structures. Politics, except for stamp licking and tea pouring, is "deemed to be a man's business," says Miss Holtzman, regarded as some kind of giant killer since her victory in last June's Democratic primary, upsetting Rep. Emmanuel Celler, a veteran of 58 years in Congress. "I hope the examples we've had in this Congress with five new women elected will encourage many party officials to realize the public is perfectly responsive to a woman candidate," she said in a UPI Washington Window interview.

"I'm not confident this will happen. I think the way women will get elected, is the way I got elected, outside of the party structure." To date, "most of the regular party organizations Republican or Democrat have failed to take notice of the many women of talent who are involved in politics," she Women 's Rights Up From Behind CARSON CITY, Nev. (UPI) -Females in a Women's Rights organization here said today they have found a way to stop males in their offices from egling at them on the way to the water cooler. The women, who work in a state building, got together and let it be known they were running a survey among themselves to decide "on the most pattable fanny" among male employes. One woman told a meeting of the Capital Women's Political Caucus, "It was amazing the reaction we got.

The men were so embarrassed. They wouldn't come out into the halls, and if they did venture out they walked sideways so we couldn't see them from behind." ML R. SPRENKLE JR. Anne Ellis a lace-edged hemline. The bride added a complementing cathedral length mantilla edged with matching venise lace.

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Ruth served as honor attendants. Rayejean Eisenhour was bridesmaid and Michael J. Ellis and Michael Smith ushered.

Lori Glatfelter, cousin of the bride, acted as flower girl and John C. Sprenkle, cousin of the bridegroom, carried the rings. The bride attended West York Area High School and is employed by G. McNew Co. Assistant manager of Penn Tire Exchange, Dallastown, the bridegroom attended Central High School.

Mr. and Mrs. Sprenkle are. residing at York RD 9. MR.

AND MRS. DALE nee The marriage of Melissa Anne Ellis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George P. Ellis, 4 Carlisle Court, and Dale Robert Sprenkle son of Mr.

and Mrs. Dale R. Sprenkle 775 Locust Grove Road, took place at 7 p.m. Friday 27 in St. Matthew Lutheran Church.

The Rev. Gordon Folkemer, pastor, performed the ceremony. The Rev. James Wise was organist and Raymond Sollenberger sang. A reception was held at Moser's Restaurant.

The bride, given in marriage by her parents, wore a floor-length empire gown of dotted swiss and venise lace. The fitted bodice featured a square neckline edged with lace columns. The slightly gathered skirl was enhanced with.