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n ^W-X-XW'XWWXX^X-XWWWWWX^-X-X-rivXvXv.I.v.v.xvAv Let's Talk About BY KATHY SHIELDS (Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of columns about pet care, written by Kathy Shields, owner of Clip and Snip Pet Shop in Clinton.) If you have recently added or are thinking of adding a puppy to your family, you have in store for you an experience of which none can compare. The days ahead for you and your puppy will be filled with pleasure, excitement, joy upon joy, and, none-the-less, a few problems. To the children and father, the new pup will be a bundle of joy, but good ole mom soon finds that this so called bundle of joy has a few bad habits that must be dealt with in the proper manner. The main problem that mom discovers is housebreaking. The first thing to remember is that the puppy is in a strange place with strange people, people who love him but are, none-the-less, strange to him. This strangeness will cause the pup to be fright ened and nervous so lie cannot be expected to behave perfectly un til he has become accustomed to you and his new home. When you first acquire your pup, set aside a warm and quiet place that can become his own. Confine him to this area, giving him room to jump about and play. Place a few papers in this area so that he may relieve himself if the need arises. Remove him from this area only to play with, and win his confidence. In about a week he will have learned that the place you have set aside for him belongs to him and you can remove the barriers, but do not let him roam at will throughout the house. At this point, he should have become accustomed to his name and readily come to you when called. You should now begin to set a routine pattern for your pup. Take him out when he first wakes, being careful on cold days that he is comfortably warm. Re turn him to his bed and reward him. He should also be taken out after he eats. The trouble spots will be when he first wakes and after he eats. While still very young, he should also be taken out several other times during the day. The routine must be set before the pup can follow. As your pup gets older he will be able to go for longer inter vals without the need to be taken out, and soon you will find that he is learning his lesson. One day when you notice his unusual pacing, or whining at the door or nips at your heels, you realize this is merely a message to you. One that you learn to understand as you do a child’s whims. Keep in mind that accidents will happen and don’t hesitate to scold and show your displeasure. Nothing cuts down a puppy’s ego like the harsh tone of your voice, but before being too harsh ask yourself if you did your part in trying to prevent the accident If you do your part in teach ing, and helping the pup to re member his lessons, you will find that you have a well behaved pet that has, believe it or not, become good ole mom’s bundle of joy, too. How To Watch Eclipse On March 7 Indirect Projection yiewinq of the Solar Eclipse. Saturday afternoon. March 7. 1970 fiamaae to the, eves can occur at anv time from looking at the sun, not just during an eclipse. Safe methods you can improvise to view the eclipse are as follows: (1) A "pinhole camera" is made by punching a clean hole in the end of a shoebox S with a pin. Cover the opposite end of the shoebox with white paper. Then f point the pinhole toward the sun so that the rays move through the pin- * hole and projeci a clearly defined image of the eclipse on the white A paper. (2) Another version of the "pinhole camera" is to use two ^ S pieces of cardboard. The piece with the pinhole can be held on the shoulder of a person facing away from the sun and the eclipse image will be projected on a piece of white card- c board held before the person. (3) Sunscope: See large drawing and instructions below. ■Aluminum foil covering square hole WITH A PINHOLE IN CENTER OF FOIL Round hole in bottom for slipping 'sunscope" over the head White paper taped to inside end MOW TO HAKE AND USE A "SUNSCOPE” FOR VIEWING AN ECLIPSE OF THE SUN: 1. Fasten a piece of white p»p*r over the Inside of one of the saall ends of an oblong bo*, about l 1 * 2' * 3' 2. Cut a one-incn-squa re hole in the opposite small end and cover the hole with aluminum foil. 3, Make a pinhole in the foil. 4, Cut a hole somewhat larger than your head In the bottom of the box, so that you can slip the bo* over your head. S, Seal all light leaks with black tape or paper. 6, To use the “sunscope" for viewing, stand with your back to the sun, the bo* over your head, and look at the image projected through the pinhole onto the white paper. 7, Do not look at the sun directly or through the pinno1e --Look at the image projected on the white paper. JTUTH CAROLINA QPTO.’AF.TRIC ASSOCIATION Killian Leads Order Of Arrow Larry Killian of Joanna was elected chief of the Atta Kulla Kulla Lodge Order of the Arrow last week at a meeting in Lau rens. Vernon Anderson of Clinton was elected vice chief and Larry Hansen of Clinton was elected secretary. George Montgomery of Laurens was elected trea surer. The organizational meeting was held Feb. 15 at the First Methodist Church in Laurens. Streetman Returns From Vietnam Tour Navy Petty Officer FirstClass Paul K. Streetman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hoyt F. Streetman of Reeder St., Joanna, returned to Gulfport, Miss., with U. S. Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 from the battalion’s third tour of duty in Vietnam. While serving in the five nor thern provinces of South Viet nam the “Seabees” of his bat talion provided engineering and construction support to U.S. and Allied forces. Osborn Assigned Marine Private First Class Delano L. Osborn, of 101 Cal houn Clinton, is serving at the Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point, N. C. THE CHRONICLE. Clinton. S. C. Feb. 26, 1970—7-B 'Come In Tod HAVING ILLUSIONS ABOUT YOUR ‘ INCOME You'll feel like you're floating on air when you let BLOCK prepare your tax return. Ser vice is fast, accurate, guaran teed ... and you'll love that peace-of-mind feeling. So levi tate on down to H & R BLOCK —anytime you're ready. BOTH FEDERAL AND STATE LIFE UP GUARANTEE We guarantee accurate preparation of every tax return. If we make any errors that cost you any penalty or interest, we will pay the penalty or interest. c°. America's Largest Tax Service with Over 4000 Offices 105 N. 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FAMILY OWNED iWg 1916* 2=/ ROOFING.: METAL WORKS you*, HOME IMPROVEMENT (ZeMtcH, < 623 REYNOLDS STREET • 724-5546 BY SALLY SHAW DEAR SALLY: When I informed my parents that I had become en gaged to the young man I’ve been going with for more than a year, my mother raised strong objec tions. Her objections are based on the silly fact that he didn’t go to college, while I did. She says she and my father can’t put an engagement announcement in the newspaper, because it would look “utterly incongruous" for the news item to state that I am a graduate of such-and-such col lege, while he did not attend any. And she says he is my “intellectual inferior. "This is not so, because he happens to have been intellectually-gifted enough to have advanced himself to a very fine executive position in his company. And most important of all, he and I are completely and deeply in love. So . . . how about this? NINA. DEAR NINA: So . . . you go right ahead with your marriage plans. 1 he fact that you two are “completely and deeply in love" is all that matters. Your mo- Check and Double Check Isn’t it about time you up-dated your method of bill paying and record keeping with a Checking Account? We offer Regular and Special Checking Accounts to fit your particular needs. To assure your money is protected yet readily available, see us. BANK OF CLINTON ther’s concern over the news paper announcement is what is really “incongruous.” I have yet to see an announcement stating, “Mary Smith attended such-and- such college, while her fiance did not go to college.” In cases like this, references to the man’s education are simply omitted. DEAR SALLY: Don’t you think a man should pitch in and help his wife with some of the house hold chores when he’s home from work in the evening . . . dish washing, vacuuming, dust, laun dry, and the like? My husband flatly refuses on the grounds that such things are entirely a wife’s responsibility. CYNTHIA. * DEAR CYNTHIA: Depends. If it happens that you, too, are employed during the day, the housework should in all fairness be a cooperative deal. But if you are not, then I agree with your husband . . .the housework is your responsibility. DEAR SALLY: I’m a girl of 16 with a problem revolving around a certain extremely shy boy in ray class at school. I’m very much interested in promoting some sort of friendship with him. And I’m sure he would like to do something about this, too, but is too painfully shy to make any move. I’ve caught him any num ber of times gazing at me, but when I looked at him he’d turn his head away in an embarrassed manner. Finally, though, I man aged to smile at him before he could look away, and he smiled back. Now at least we’re ex changing smiles ... but that’s all. Is there anything else I can do, without appearing too bold or aggressive? FRUSTRATED. DEAR FRUSTRATED: Well, the exchange of smiles is a good start It would be perfectly all right and logical now for you to intercept him in the corridor sometime (in a casual manner, of course) and start a little con versation with him . . . about tie weather, school activities, etc. This just might impress him with your friendliness and encourage him to carry on to better things. Good luck. NOTE TO JOE: I don’t blame your wife for objecting to your reference to her as “THE wife.* This is in the worst of taste! Suppose she began referring to YOU as “THE husband.* Bet you wouldn't like that Makes you sound like a useless, inanimate object! The main deck of the Battle ship USS North Carolina is cov ered with teak wood. Food Stamp Program Enlarged The food stamp program now offers more food assistance to low-income families than ever because of important changes that have lowered the amount each family pays for its coupons and increased the amount of free or “bonus" coupons families re ceive. Now, each family taking part in the program will get enough food coupons to pay for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s “economy diet, "adjusted to allow for increases in the level of re tail food prices. For a family of four, this will amount to $106--compared with a previous minimum of $58. Every family in the program will get a stamp bonus equal to or larger than the bonus it got under the old scale, according to Mrs. Alice Davidson, Director of Laurens County Department of Public Welfare. to expect. And just one more reason why telephone service is one of your best buys. 4* • vof. ■jy. f Southern Bell lot New Camaro. Feb. 26 th. We've never announced a car at this time before. But then nobody^ ever announced a car like this before. i.!A If it were an ordinary sportster, we’d have intro duced it at the ordinary time. Instead, we took the time to build a whole new Camaro. We started with a sleek new shape and a low road- hugging stance. And added more hood. A faster fastback. Wider doors. And new deeply contoured bucket seats. The instrument panel wraps around you. With enough dials to make you think you’re piloting a 747. There are four transmissions. And six power plants up to the Turbo-Jet 396 V8 that you can order. Pick the one that best suits your driving. Then go pick on an open road. And make it one with plenty of twisting turns. Because Camaro has a remarkable new suspension. And standard front disc brakes for a leech-like grip on the road. New Camaro. The Super Hugger. Other sportsters always feared it might come to this. And they were right. Only their tim ing was wrong. Putting you first, keeps us first. C«mro Sport Coupe wiA RS •r . A