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The Times Guide South Dade Living People Places Participation

Wednesday, May 5, 1976 Section B

Invitations are in the mail for YPO installation

on the town ... pat gabriel 'Tis the season for installations and elections. Y.P.O., Young Patronesses of the Opera, have unique invitations. Reproductions of past presidents and Ball chairmen on the front with Loraine Kayal sharing the center space with Jackee Major. That is only proper for Loraine will be handing the gavel to Jackee Wednesday, May 12 at the Palm Bay Club. Past president Roz Pallot, is reservations chairman. New officers The Gilded Lilies have already named their 1976-77 officers and standing committee chairmen and co-chairmen. Dot (Mrs. David) Walker will continue for another year, her success of the past year. Marge Bolton will again be vice president with Connie (Mrs. Jack) Knowles taking the minutes; Margaret (Mrs. Frank) Guilford sending letters of cheer. Roxy (Mrs. Helmbold) Campell had to resign as treasurer and pretty Joan (Mrs. Arthur) Burns will be adding up the monies taken in. Anne (Mrs. Loring) Evans, with Charlotte Phillips and Joey Trescott, will be dreaming up the projects to raise money for the Crippled Children's Society. Commodore's ball The Fleet of the Country Club of Coral Gables can't post their new Flag Officers yet, they haven't been elected but they did set their posh Commodores Ball for May 15. The invitations are on parchment, all rolled up and sent in bright red cylinders by Betty (Mrs. Joseph) Searcell, handwritten too. Well, they couldn't very well send the note in a bottle could they? Commodore Ed Saunders and his Pat, just returned from the annual cruise aboard the Fairwind and all they could say was; what food. Helen and Ed Swanson dittoed their sentiments, guess all they did was eat. Naturally, there were parties, and out of the 973 passengers, little Pat Saunders took first prize for her creation in the Crazy Hat contest. May luncheon "Yesterday, Today and Tommorrow" or, "Thank you, How do You Do, and Right On," is the theme for the Big Brothers and Big Sisters annual May luncheon. Members and guest will be going to the Four Ambassadors May 10. Marlene (Mrs. David) Berg will be calling the meeting to order and Betty (Mrs. Vincent) Gallagher is taking reservations. Out of the snow Well, Jean and Paul Van Hemert have been on the road, again, or should I say, in the clouds. Paul, an airline pilot up there and an attorney on land, never gets enough of traveling. Pretty soon they will have seen the world. They just unpacked the snow from Montreal, Quebec. Jean made the understatement of the year; it's nice and cool there. They enjoyed the hustle of everyone getting ready for the upcoming Olympic Games. Derby day Derby Day loomed dismal and threatening but as time wore on that lucky old sun peeped through and the patio and grounds at Chez Reichling in Gables Estates became a beehive of activity. The Franklin Bush Chapter, University of Miami Women's Cancer Association held their 11th annual Derby Day celebration. Dottie (Mrs. Amos) Corbett was chairmen with Dr. Ray Richling and his pretty strawberry blond wife Helen, hosts. There were the traditional mint juleps, snacks and dancing to the Lou Weber band. If the outcome of the race was a surprise, the party wasn't. Guests came to have a great time and they did. Lamplighters install The Lamplighters, a small group of dedicated ladies working quietly for the underprivileged and emotionally disturbed, will be installing their 1976-77 president Thursday May 6 at the Alley, in Coral Gables. Dottie (Mrs. Amos) Corbett will be taking over the duties.

He'll have a hand in summer puppet program

By ELIZABETH OWEN Staff Writer "You can't communicate if you don't have the students' attention, and you can't get the students' attention if you don't know where they're at," said Steve Henry, a 26-year-old art teacher and professional puppeteer, with an intense gleam in his eye. Steve, a tan, smooth-faced young man who has a way with children, is conducting a unique camping/learning experience this summer in South Dade for children between the ages of five and eight. The focus: puppetry. Young students will join Steve in learning through the creation and use of puppets the meaning of total self-awareness. In addition to exploring the world of theater and stage craft, the children will swim and take part in sports designed for their developmental and personality needs. Educational Guidance Services, Inc., a 10-year-old organization dedicated to developing learning strengths through prescriptive educational programming, will provide the camp program. Mrs. Norma Banas and Mrs. Isabel Wills, directors, have been recognized for their work with children by "Who's Who in American Women." The pair met Steve through participation in the Dade County Youth Fair and asked him to help. "Steve's attitude, personality and talents impressed us so much... his sensitivity to children and their needs, that we asked him to join us in this program," said Mrs. Banas. Steve, who has taught for six years and spent his summers putting on puppet shows in Dade County Parks, has surprising qualifications for a man his age. Among other activities, he is curriculum writer of multi-ethnic materials for Dade County schools, consultant to FIU and Barry College on American Indian affairs, superintendent of the Fine Arts Department of the Dade County Fair, and is a representative to the State Conference for the Art Education Association from FIU. He has received a Presidential Scholarship from Miami-Dade Community College, and an Honors Grant from the Education Department of FIU. Steve said that puppets have traditionally been used merely to distribute information, and that children in the past have made puppets with a pre-determined symbol in mind. His program, on the other hand, will emphasize the child and his act of creation. "Our activities are product-oriented. I'm stressing the ideas involved in the process of puppet-making," said Steve. "Without the process being emphasized, the product is useless, of no value to the student." Each student will spend two months making a life-sized marionette, using wire and papier mache, in his own image. When the puppets are finished, the class will design and stage a full-feature puppet show that will be open to public view at no charge. "We hope to use the professional puppet to stimulate the students' interests. They will create self-images," he said. Steve said that although the television show "Sesame Street" is educational, children who watch it cannot interact with the characters by watching a two-dimensional screen. His program will aid the child not only in the development of self-concept, but of body awareness. "When the child makes the puppet, he is handling the materials — he is feeling, smelling, seeing and even tasting the wheat paste, paper, wire and paint," said Steve. "It's a whole tactile experience." To make the puppets, the children measure their limbs and body parts and copy them in papier mache. When all parts are done, the child wires them together to form a whole. "When he's finished, the child can step back and perceive himself physically in three dimensions. And when he works the puppet, by lifting it, moving its arms, legs and head, he is learning the meaning of bulk, weight and movement," Steve added. In the end, the child should better understand figure ground (the ability to focus on a particular object in a crowd), body awareness and body schema (how he fits into his immediate environment on a subconscious level), Steve explained. "We're trying to provide kids with the tools of learning. The worst thing we can do as teachers is make students dependent on us." To introduce the public to the program, Steve will stage a puppet show to illustrate the benefit of puppetry as a learning vehicle. Interested parents and potential campers are invited to attend the exhibition at Educational Guidance Services, 7200 SW 39th Terr., Saturday, May 8, at 10 a.m. Teacher Steve Henry works puppets for Bobby Lipman (left), Ricardo Gonzalez (right), and Janna Merkle whose face shows she thinks puppets are great. Photo by ELIZABETH OWEN

Make old fashioned spoonbread with a new fashioned recipe

Melt-in-your-mouth moistness will make this a favorite During bicentennial year it's fun to revive old-time favorite recipes and set a country table. Nudge nostalgia during this heritage year and sample dishes our forefathers relished at quilting bees, barn raisers and threshing time. Dog-eared old cookbooks and recipe albums are bursting with corn recipes, as well as the many bicentennial cookbooks flooding the market this year. From Colonial days to the present, corn has been number one in popularity. In olden times it wasn't uncommon to enjoy corn three times a day, fresh, dried or ground into cornmeal. Who could resist Grandma's palate pleasing corn pudding, cornbread, corn muffins and fritters and spoonbreads of endless variety? A version of this County Fair Spoon bread could have taken top honors at the 1910 County Fair. Its melt-in-your-mouth moistness will make it a supper or brunchtime favorite at your house. A package of corn muffin mix is the easy replacement for old fashioned cornmeal, cans of cupboard ready golden cream style and vacuum packed golden whole kernel corn substitutes for Grandpa's homegrown corn, while a jar of sliced mushrooms adds a texture and surprise. County Fair spoonbread 2 eggs One 8-1⁄2-oz. can golden cream style corn One 7-oz. can vacuum packed golden whole kernel corn, drained 1 cup dairy sour cream 1⁄2 cup butter, melted One 2-1⁄2-oz. jar sliced mushrooms, drained One 8-oz. package corn muffin mix One 4-oz. package (1 cup) shredded Swiss cheese Beat eggs in medium-large bowl. Stir in corn, sour cream butter and mushrooms. Add corn muffin mix and stir well. Pour into a 6 x 10-inch (1-1⁄2-quart) baking pan. Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 35 minutes. Sprinkle shredded cheese over the top and bake 15 minutes longer. Serves 6. Cookstove corn One 12-oz. can vacuum packed golden whole kernel corn, drained One 8-1⁄2oz. can golden cream style corn 1 cup milk 1 egg 1 cup cracker crumbs 1⁄4 cup chopped onion 1⁄4 cup chopped green pepper 1⁄2 teaspoon salt 1/8 teaspoon pepper 1⁄2 cup cracker crumbs 2 tablespoons butter, melted Combine corn, milk and egg: stir in cracker crumbs, onion, green pepper, salt and pepper. Pour into a greased 1-1⁄2-quart casserole. Combine 1⁄2 cup cracker crumbs with butter; sprinkle over top of corn mixture. Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 45 minutes. Serves 6.