He Would Like to Be Caught Up a Tree
Hal Leonard of Rosemead is looking for some chewable natural sweet tree twigs ; he says they were about as thick as a pencil and could be obtained some time ago at Knott’s Berry Farm. Can you help before the problem leaves a bad taste in Leonard’s mouth, or will he be up a tree because nobody gave him something to chew on?
Marie C. Platt of Glendale would like to find some thermal-type tumblers (glasses, not mugs) that do not contain an advertising message. Can you clear up this situation for Platt, or will she perceive the message to be that nobody out there will give her a tumble?
Recently Helen Bilbruk of Tujunga saw a card game that was similar to Uno but more difficult; one of the cards was a “fair young maiden” that had to be played with an “escort,” and another card was a “knight.” Can you see to it that Bilbruk learns how to play the game, or will she be in a daze because some escort-less nights may be in the cards for her?
Lee Kahn of Sherman Oaks needs a device that connects two baby strollers , so that she can walk her two young grandchildren at the same time. Can you help her make the right connection, or will Kahn be conscious of a widening generation gap the next time she takes the youngsters out for a stroll?
Reader-to-Reader Help Line: For her daughter, Margaret at (619) 323-3001 would love to obtain a Pebbles doll , which was made about 1962 and is no longer available. Please be a doll and leave no pebble unturned to make Margaret happy. . . . Not to widen the generation gap, but for her granddaughter, Louise at (714) 971-7164 wishes to replace a broken dancing bear napkin holder ; the rest of the set is intact. Please help, because Louise can’t bear to see that barely disguised heart-broken look in the child’s face. . . . Mary Lou at (818) 353-0273 has been unable to locate slide cube cartridges for a Bell & Howell RC 55 projector. Don’t let the matter slide, but focus on this project until an idea rings a bell somewhere. . . . Albert at (805) 947-8227 needs the outside case for a 30-year-old John Oster Butch electric hair clipper, Model 65. Don’t make a federal case out of this hare-brained situation; just see to it that Albert gets clipped again.
Note: The Reader-to-Reader Help Line is only for one-time items or for products no longer available in stores. And you must give us written permission to publish your telephone number, so that others may contact you directly.
Rose Schlesenberg of Los Angeles, who was looking for ready-to-do latch hook rugs, should soon be off the hook. Pam McCardell of Littlerock and several other readers suggested the Rug Crafters in the Glendale Galleria, near Buffums. (This is a chain; other outlets may be nearer to Schlesenberg.) Selma Shultz of Whittier suggested the Craftmart stores. We also heard from the owners of these Los Angeles-area crafts stores, all of whom said they would be happy to help Schlesenberg: Happy Hookers Yarn Center, 9924 Canoga Ave., Chatsworth, (818) 709-3995; Rug Crafters, 225-A Westminster Mall, Westminster, (714) 898-2858; and the Wool Merchant, 123 1/2 Main St., Seal Beach, (213) 430-7029.
In addition, we have some mail-order sources. Pam Allomang of Simi Valley suggests Herrschners, Hoover Road, Stevens Point, Wis. 54492, and Mary Maxim, 2001 Holland Ave., P.O. Box 5019, Port Huron, Mich. 48061. Ann Reese of Bakersfield lists the American Needlewoman, Box 6472, Fort Worth, Tex. 76115. And Sheila Quintis of Lomita, Katie Gatchell of Montebello, Helen Hayward of Garden Grove and Helen Lemaster of Hermosa Beach all suggested Shillcraft, 8899 Kelso Drive, Baltimore, Md. 21221.
For Suzanne Baron of Berkeley, who would like to find a mail-order house that specializes in clothing for tall women, we have a very short list of sources. Phyllis Carter of Laguna Hills says such clothing is available from Lane Bryant, P.O. Box 8301, Indianapolis, Ind. 46283-8301. Carter, who says she is 6 feet tall, also suggests that Baron might consider wearing men’s pajamas, sweaters and socks, which are easily available through mail-order houses.