s TERRACE HERALD, TERRACE, B.C, | Ask Ann landers Pregnant at 40, she needs to be happy “DEAR ANN LANDERS: I nearly dropped my eyeglasses .in the coffee when I read your advice to the 40-year-old woman “who had just learned she was pregnant. You sald she should =be thrilled yet. Have you lost your mind? = The poor thing told you she has a married daughter and 2a Son in college, And now she is going to start in again with “diapers, whooping cough shots, sitters— the whole bit, What's “more she is destined to be a life long member of P.T.A. : T was 40 when my last child was born, When the 15th :person told me how happy [ should be I told her to put that -show on the road. It was interesting that no woman witha child under 12 years of age opened upa mouth— only the dames who had had hysterectomies, T wasn't happy then and I’m nothappynow. The boy is three “years old and driving me out of my mind. Yesterday a woman -on the bus asked me what my grandson’s name was and I got so madi sald, “He is not my grandson, he's my little brother. 1 am helping out my mother for the day,*? So please stop telling 40-year-old women they should be thrilled about having a baby. You haven’t had a baby in 28 years and your memory is shot. Iam living for the day I can put this holy terror in school and getoff tranquilizers and back on food, —A BASKET CASE DEAR CASE; Your letter sounds as if it was written at the end of a miserable day, Write me after you've had a Good night’s sleep—in about four years, DEAR ANN LANDERS: J hope youwill not think this is too silly a question to answer, Ido need your help. My boy friend likes movies. We go a lot, He doesn't see anything wrong with kissing in the movies if we feel like it, He says it is dark and not many people are looking around to see what strangers are doing. They are mostly looking at the movie. He also says he wouldn’t mind if the couple next to him was kissing, in fact. he would be happy for them. He is sure others would feel the same way about us. May I have your opinion? — MARIE. DEAR MARTE: ing about, I would go along with an occasiona? peck, but tonsil swapping in the movies is out, DEAR ANN LANDERS: Our son is ten years of age. Some friends who live in a neighboring city have a little girl who is nine, When wegototheir home for the weekend the mo- ther of the litile girl puts the two children in the same bed, This has been going on since they moved two years ago, I do not like the .idea and I have said so. The mother called me foolish and said this is how kids get the idea sex is dirty. Am I wrong or is she? — RICHMOND MOTHER DEAR RICHMOND: This should not be a matter of de- bate. You are the boy’s mother and if you don’t want him in bed with a nine-year-old girl say so, It’s normal for kids to “explore,*’ No one should become unhinged about the natural curiosity of children but to promote experimentation by providing a setup of this Idind is unspoken condonation. Cut it out, I can’t give you &@ yes or no answer be= cause IT don’t know what kind of kisses your boy friend is talk~ ° — Teatime topics Keep family sate, _ be wary. By JEAN SHARP no “ fi part from seeing to it that everyone in the family has had swimming or survival lessons, or both, there are steps to be taken to ‘help ensure Safety atthe cottage or in a pool, A home rescue unit can have as its base a post about four feet high beside the dock or on land near the water. Paint “Think, then Act?’ on it in red, a Red Cross official suggests, An inner tube attached to a 40-foot length of rope should hang on a hook on the post. A piete of wood at the other end of the rope will prevent it slip- ping through a handler’s fingers. A bamboo pole should also be available, If it is beside a pool it should be the width of the pool. An inverted can nailed to the top of the post so that it can be revolved should have a poster on it giving instructions for rescue and mouthto-mouth resuscita- tions as well as emergency tele- phone numbers, * ££ . Many people keep lifejackets in their boats, and may even wear them, but are relying on them long after the jackets have lost their buoyancy. Rovgh treatment can break down foam cells. The foam shrinks with aging anyway, a pro- cess that is accelerated by ex- ears fenders. ties are, supporting you. * * ¥ a bow, on the back, and know the accepted signals, | tion and training, cidents,’ ‘Vbecause they have been ‘Wed as seat cushions, footstoals or boat When you buy a lifejacket, try it out to find what its capabili- Wade out into chest- high water and bend your knees until you can feel the jacket The two basic types of jacket are the best type and the key- hole type. The vest type may be more comfortable to wear, but the keyhole design is more effic- ient at turning the wearer face up, on his back in the water, If you use a flotation cushion as a life jacket, putthe neck strap over Your head with the cushion worn in front of the body, Then pull the tapes snugly around the body and over the outside of the cushion. Tie them securely with Never wear @ cushion Ié you want to water ski, first be sure you can swim, and wear a lifejacket, Check all equipment before you start, , There should be two peopie in the tow boat, everyone inyolved should Stay clear of other boats andof people in the.water. Don’t stunt ski without experienced instruc- Such hero skling causes the majority of ace cessive exposure io heat, If a foam-filled jacket feels flabby or the cover seems loose, the jac- ket should be discarded,. If a kapok jacket feels heavyor if the vinyl. hag feels hard and brittle under the canvas.cover, the lifejacket should be discard- Safety checks often turn up jac- kets only two or. three years old that are damaged and dangerous LONG TRIP ; " VANCOUVER C.P.R, equivalent of 114 miles, | turn trip. -(CP) — ‘The coastal liner Princess Patricia is scheduled to sail the times around the world this summer— 35,000 Tt averages more than 300 passengers & trip on the 1,- 000-mile run from Vancouver to Swagway, Alaska, and the res SE AND PREVACY highlight this bedroom. Using Oriental shadow-plan, sillenori manels of hard act as ‘lor. to- br shutters, as a i ei divider, as weil as an enclosure for an extra closet. Modern furnishings are be- coming more popular, They are emerging from the shad- ows associated with the stark and sterile design of the 20’s and 30's. 1968 will see Modern with a warm new dimension that fits into your scheme of things. ‘Modern interior design to come off well has always de- pended on the intrinsic quality of everything — design, mate- rials, workmanship, scale, color and arrangement — plus the special thing that makes the room like no other. Sometimes this is architectural; or it can_| Even the factory finished walls of 1968 homes will be part of a nationwide color ex- plosion, it is indicated by new ideas unveiled at an industry convention in December, 1967. The color emphasis, along with easy maintenance, stress- 6s elements, most important to homemakers. One exhibitor lifted the cur- tain an new and delicately col- ortoned hardwood plywoods and a vinyl surfaced gypsum drywall i in such decorator ideas as jasper green, or ange, snow- dvift white, honey gold and even a new twist for avocado. The new look in avocado, for instance, comes in a. trio--of- wall.paneling types. One com-- bines toughness of vinyl with fire resistdnee of #ypsum wall- board. ; Ladies’ Aid will serve Thornhill A Ladles Aid Brow is to be formed in Thornhill P An organizational meeting is scheduled for Wednesday June 26 at 8 p.m, in Thornhill s school, A spokesman ‘for the organiz- ers said the purpose of the Lad- tes Aid would be to assist organ- Commission and Ratepayers As- soclation with various projects including fund ralsing, An executive is to be elected at the June 26 meeting to handle the administrative details of the association. According to a spokesman for the group, the aim of the new as- sociation will be to give assist- ance wherever itis needed for the welfare and betterment of the community, The women of Thornhill are being. encouraged to join and ac- tively support the new group and further information {s available hy calling 635-5528, EARLY BEGINNINGS | - The | petroleum industry in Britain dates back to 1850 when Dr. James Young, a Glascow chemist, succeeded in obtaining lamp oil and lubrications from natural mineral oil. - _ ISN'T THIS” THE MOST IMPORTANT ‘JOB IN CANADA TODAY? © Our future aga nation . . the very quality of our lives fas will depend on what kind of education we are able to provide now for those who will inherit our world. That's why good teachers are so important, and that's why more are: needed, Not career offers more rewards, more shallenges, more satisfaction. ; 7 YON ARE A we SCHOOL GRADE, We Once YoU To‘consmR Teac is - voir vor. BC TEACHERS FEDERATION 2295 Burrard Street Vanoouver _ 731-81 at Ready-made walls in fashion colors In another. choice, avacado- toned “natural” oak and pecan are new factory finishing ideas for real hardwoods in a ply- wood wall paneling with wide, Stained random grooves. Build- ers, architects, designers and dealers nationally can choose from more than 30 other pan- elings, all factory finished with & choice to complement virtu- ally any decor. Another color idea with new, delicate overtone color treat- ment is “avocado hickory.” Other factory finished wood choices range from natural maple and teak hardwoods to. pine and cedar in this _fudget- priced paneling. ; 3. <3 ‘ Adding to the “colortexplos- : ion” theme is debut of two new colortones in plywood walls | made from imported hardwood veneers, A very light “drift- wood” and a soft “fawn” tone have been added to “suntan” and “midnight” shades intro- duced nationally in recent months. The random-grooved plywood has a lightly textured wood surface, MEASLES AT LOW The preliminary 1967 total of 62,232 reported cases in the United States of measles is the Jowest number for any year since 1912, New modern has character be a work of art or the display . of a collection. But more often than not, it” will rely on the furnishings — a remarkablefabric or rug, dra- matic accessories or an extra- ordinary piece, of furniture — something antique or. even whimsical. Many times it is a, combina- tion of these things. In any case, this provides the ‘eclectic personality. Historically, modern design can be said to date from the first steam-bent Thonet chair in 1840 and to be very strongly influenced by the experiments and the spirit of the German Bauhaus. . Births: ’ The following births were re- corded in Mills Memorial .Hos- pital: June 14, 2 boy. Mr. atx ‘Mrs, Donald J. Ro- berts, June 19, a boy, Mr. and: Mrs, Allan Pritchett, June 19, a boy, Mr. and. Mra, Jack Hamel, ‘June 19, a girl, *