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PAGE 14 - PLAINDEALER - WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3,1980 FOft SALE HUNTING BOW for sale. Complete with arrows and accessories. Like new $50. 815-385-6437 after 6 pm. 12-3- 12-5c LIKE NEW FRIGIDAIRE washer & dryer $150. 815-338- 6865 12-3-12-5C Next to new Lowry Organ, double keyboard, has everything, cost $6800. will sell for $4200 or reasonable offer. 815-344-0573 12-3-12-5c LADIES CLOTHES 18-20Vi dresses, 1 & 2 pieces, new, 1 long pale blue dress. Slacks, slack set, red wool coat size 16, brown wool coat with mink collar size 18. Blazers, some tops, all very reasonable. Call 385-3436 12- 3-12-5C YA News Editor's Note: Following are representative questions answered daily by VA counselors. Full information is available at any VA office. Q. - What is the maximum amount I can borrow on a VA guaranteed home loan? I've been told it is four times the $25,000 guaranty. Is this correct? A -- There is no legal limit on the amount of a loan. 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Eligible is any veteran entitled to receive com­ pensation for a service connected disability for which he or she wears or uses one or more prosthetic or orthopedic appliances, including a wheelchair, which the VA determines tends to wear out or tear clothing. Worst A sign in a Missouri bank reads: "The worst place in the world to live is just beyond your income." -Coronet, WHAT S NEW This wrap-around duct insulation has an inner layer of closed-cell insulating foam covered by an outer layer of thick, heat reflective aluminum foil. It's self adhesive and easy to cut. From Macklanburg-Duncan Co., Box 25188, Oklahoma City, Okla. 73125. Oral Histories Help Offset Decline In Letters, Diaries Historians and archivists are concerned: Americans are writing fewer letters these days and for the most part no longer keeping diaries, once invaluable research sources for piecing together the past. To help counter this loss, however, many professionals are turning on their tape recorders to capture the recollections of the nation's decision-makers and pace­ setters. Pioneered at Columbia university in the late 1940s, the first so-called oral history interviews recorded the memoirs of political and military leaders who had participated in World War II, Gens. Dwight D. FMsenhower and Omar N. Bradley among others. Since then, the technique has become a valuable resource for such organizations as the Smithsonian's Archives of American Art, /.where millions of original research materials deeded by artists, collectors, critics and others document U.S. cultural history. The Archives' collection of talks-on-tape, for example, helps chart how New York City became the world capital of con­ temporary art in the 1950s. And now thousands of families and local history buffs also are finding tape cassettes useful tools for puzzling together their own heritage. The principles and benefits-not to mention potential pitfalls-involved in taping the histories apply to both the professional researcher and the amateur genealogical sleuth. "At its best," says Garnett McCoy, senior curator of the Ar­ chives, "the method stimulates spontaneity which, under informed probing by a detached but sympathetic questioner, produces unstudied and revealing recollections." The secret of the suc­ cessful interview, one veteran of the technique maintains, is "an abiding interest in people, an in­ terest which puts them at ease and encourages a good flow of conversation." But things can and do go wrong. "A 1959 interview in the Archives' collection with the American realist painter Edward Hopper produced Seldom successful at the polls, third party presidential candidates often do add a good deal or color and zest to election year campaigns. The 1884 race, for example, of the second woman presidential candidate, lawyer Belva Ann Lockwood, inspired ridicule, as seen in the above engraving. Teddy Roosevelt's 1912 "Bull Moose" campaign was colorful, too, but it also shaped the outcome of that election, won by Woodrow Wilson. McHENRY HEARING AID CENTER 15 years of service to the Hard-Of-Hearing in McHenry 3937 MAIN ST. 385-7661 SERVICE CENTER HOURS: Wednesdays ft Fridays 10 to 5 EVENINGS BY APPOINTMENT Sales & Service All Makes BATTERIES v2 PRICE Dec. SPECIAL SALE I Zenith Behind-the-Ear Hearing Aid SAVE $50 REG. 345.00 $OOC00 ALE PKKII Mtm J StenSland-Mfr. (35 Yrs. 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Terra Cotta Ave. (Rte. 176) Mon.-Fri. 8:30TO9PM Crystal Lake 459-8130 Sat. & Sup. 9 to SPA little more than a series of blunt "yes" and "no" replies to questions about the theme of his work-loneliness and alienation in America. At last, when Hopper, eager to talk about prices his pain­ tings were commanding, began to open up a bit, Mrs. Hopper cut in, "Edward! Don't'you discuss that." Besides this sort of in­ terruption, faulty memories and lack of objectivity also can flaw an interview. Then, too, some subjects may insist on their own self- serving version of the past; still others wander through a maze of irrelevant trivia. While written and printed material remains the "bread and butter" of research for most historians, the taped interview, McCoy believes, offers one quality often missing in a collection of paperS-"the vivid detail, the graphic phrase, the element of color expressed in spontaneous conversation." Ideally, he adds, the in­ terviews are supplementary research tools, one record among others in an in­ dividual's personal papers. In taping the interview, Archives' staff members recommend that the subject be questioned in a relaxed, unstructured manner. At the same time, the interviewer must know exactly what type of information is needed in order to guide the con-r venation along. And the interviewer should recognize the significance of off-hand remarks and references so they can be pursued, ex­ panded upon and pinned down. The ultimate success or failure of an interview, McCoy says, depends on the tact, persistence and ex­ perience of the interviewer, but as important as these qualities are, the most important ingredient is preliminary homework. "The more the interviewer knows about the field in which his respondent is a figure, the greater will be the respect and cooperation he inspires." In reconstructing the past, the more interviews that can be taped the better. A talk with one person will provide information about certain events, other individuals and trends-from that in­ terviewee's vantage point. Two interviews touching on the same subject will produce a more balanced picture, McCoy says, and a whole series of talks will enable the historian to sift, compare and analyze with a "reasonable assurance of arriving at the truth." Historians and archivists experienced with oral history projects offer the following additional pointers to persons determined to find out more about the past. ...Conduct the interview where the subject is most at ease, if possible at his or her home. ...Prepare for the in­ terview by reading everything by or about the subject and by developing background information about the person's work and interests. ...Compile a fairly detailed chronology of the person's life to give the interview a logical sense of direction; include biographical data, names of friends and topics to be discussed within that framework. ...Avoid the beginner's tendency to concentrate on the next question rather than listening to what is being said, a possible lead to good follow-up questions. ...Conduct the interview without the presence of the subject's family or friends Who may insist on answering for the subject. ...Postpone food or drinks until after the interview because the sounds can make later listening and transcribing difficult. ...Keep in mind that longer interviews are more rewarding than short ones; rest periods between taping sessions will give the subject time to recall long-ago events, relationships and other aspects of life that will enrich the oral history in­ terview. mm GUARANTEED SATISFACTION OR MONEY REFUNDED PRICES SUBJECT TO CHANGE X-RAVS *6?!, FILLINGS *20!!, INITIAL EXAM $|2°° CHILDREN CLEANING t15to FLOURIDE TREATMENT *5°° ADULT CLEANING '20°° DENTURES REPAIRED WHILE YOU WAIT WITH APPOINTMENT tOBnn CRACKED DENTURE *25°° REPLACE 1 TOOTH EACH ADDITIONAL TOOTH REUNE UPPER OR LOWER DENTURE *18°° •IB* *60" VINYL UPPER OR LOWER DENTURE GUARANTEED NOT TO BREAK FOR 5 YEARS UPPER OR LOWER FULL DENTURE *275 '199 SATURDAY AND EVENING APPOINTMENTS AVAILABLE L ANTIOCH DENTAL CENTER 439 Lake St. Antioch, III. 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