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Page 8 THE BATTALION TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1978 cN V THE FORTUNE COOKIES 1313 S. College Ave. Bryan, Tx. 822-7661 Wednesday Lunch Buffet (11:30-2) Chicken rice soup Tacluen Chicken (hot) Fried wonton Beef with tender string beans Sweet and Sour Pork Steamed rice Sc Cities’ treaters outnumber tricksters DINNER SPECIAL! We serve "Aggie Menu" at evenings on request. Only; $2.50 and up you get Wonton Soup, 2 egg rolls and onej dish of your choice. TRY IT! YOU WILL LOVE IT! l &? M 9B9MS£ M 9£ M 9B N Qap l *y*Q£ N H M Si0 M Q£ N Qp*2] i5B»»eB«flSii3Bw5WM5P»i>3p»»g5McR»5SMw»»3K»»5l United Press International CHICAGO — Fewer Halloween tricks and more treats were re ported by police chiefs in 125 U- nited States cities questioned in a re cent survey. The cities ranged in population from 6,500 to more than 2 million. Among them were Yarmouth, Mass.; Pierre, S.D.; Missoula, Mont.; Everett, Wash.; Texarkana, Texas; Ternpe, Ariz.; Omaha; Seat tle, and San Diego. More than 90 percent of the chiefs said their cities had experi enced far fewer incidents of tam pered treats or no incidents at all in the past year or two. The same percentage reported a decrease in or an absence of hoax calls to police about treats that had been tainted. The survey was made by the Na tional Confectioners Association, a trade organization representing candy and confectionery makers nationwide. The study indicated most reports RECORD COLLECTION HALLO WEEN TAPE SALE! EVERY WEDNESPAY <3)a 10% discount is not valid on merchandise already on sale or tor FERTI LOME products HARDY GARDENS 1127 Villa Maria Bryan 846-8319 of tainted treats in past years were either honest errors or attempts by children to gain attention by tam pering with the treats themselves. Widespread reporting of such in cidents has a ripple effect, the chiefs said. About 80 percent of the chiefs said the effect is being counteracted in their cities with the cooperation of newspapers, radio and television stations that now check with the police about reported incidents be fore printing or broadcasting news of them. The study also showed a strong trend toward more organized treat ing hours and community events to keep children in chaperoned groups and out of mischief long associated with Halloween. It was made in con junction with the confectioners’ Meet n’ Treat program, launched in 1972 to promote a safe holiday. Forty-six cities reported special events, some sponsored by com munity centers, clubs and other or ganizations or by the city govern ments. Twenty-two percent of the cities hold Halloween parades and 13 percent establish haunted houses. In Newport, R.I., the police de partment said vandalism has de creased 80 percent since it began holding an annual Halloween party at a football field. The programl eludes movies, dancing, gaiJ sports, refreshments and a i cream fight between chap«n and kid. In Reno, Nev., | Portsmouth, Va., the polictp away candy from cruisers andp stations. The cruisers carry sj “Don’t trick, we ll treat.” In Livonia, Mich., policec write tickets for safe Hallowmj tivities — a police department^ house and “deli” tray dinnerj children and their parents. The Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.,i tion department sponsors a parti a local park with games, rides([ carnival booths. Not all witches worship Satan on Halloween night h United Press International COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo — Chris Richards, a male witch, says at midnight on Halloween he and his wife will dress in deep purple hooded robes to celebrate one of their religion’s major sabbath days. Richards, 27, said Sunday he and his wife, Tammerlayne, 29, will be joined by “4 to 12” persons for the midnight “Samhaim” ritual at the couple’s home. He said the gather ing will communicate with “those yet to be born and those who have passed on.” Richards said he previously had been successful in communicating with a deceased “maternal relative who gave him some practical advice. “I have done it before,’ he said. “It’s like the line in the motion pic ture Star Wars, ‘trust your feelings,’ which is one of the premises of witchcraft.” Richards said contrary to popular belief about witchcraft, he and his wife do not practice Satanism but rather are worshipers of nature. “We believe that anythingoccinj in nature is acceptable, he “We are not devil worshipers, can do what we want to do hi! don’t want to hurt anyi Everyone has potential to lean work with the powers of nalia said Richards. Richards, who as a small hot cepted witchcraft as a religion,! he had been a “high priest the; three years and that his wifewa dained a "high priestess” 10 ago at Stonehenge in England, AH 8-Track and Cassette Tapes On Sale! Vt AH 7.98 List Tapes $1 Bloody Marys 11-2 Happy Hour doubles 4:30-6:30 Mon.-Fri. 913 Harvey Rd. College Station Mon.-Sat. 11 a.m. Sunday 5 p.m. What are the signsF Mild winter signaled All Other Tapes 00 Off! Open Late ("til 8 p.m.) Tonight For Halloween dale Tuesday, Oct. 31 Only 211 UNIVERSITY DRIVE 846-3901 TOKYO &7£AK HOUSC AGGIE SPECIAL $295 DINNER Includes: Sweet and Sour Chicken Egg Roll Fried Won Ton Chop Suey Fried Rice Fortune Cookies United Press International MOUNT CARMEL, Ill. — If you want to know what’s ahead in winter weather, don’t toss away that Thanksgiving goose breastbone until you notice its color and length. A white and short breastbone means a mild and short winter, but a long and dark one spells plenty' of service for the longjohns. The goose breastbone is only one in a long list of weather folklore col lected and recollected by' James Gil- lihan through most of his 43 years. Most of this year’s signs, he said, point to a less severe winter than the past two. Gillihan, who left his job as direc tor of South Dakota’s Office of Cul tural Preservation at Pierre last February because of poor health, has returned home as archivist at Wabash Valley. College. “As a boy, I remember what my grandfather told me about the folklore signs,” Gillihan said, “and my father still plants his garden and does his fishing according to the signs.” Gillihan, a Southern Illinois University-Carbondale graduate, has worked in several states where he came in close contact with folklorists. From 1957-65 he was state sal vage archaeologist stationed at SIU, scouting Southern Illinois for an cient cultures endangered by high way projects. He also served as curator at the Evansville, Ind., Museum; director of arts and sciences at the Lake view Center for Arts and Sciences at Peoria, Ill.; director of the South east Arkansas Arts and Sciences Center at Pine Bluff, and director of the William H. Over Museum at University of South Dakota. Folklore about the caterpillar as a forecaster of winter weather abounds, Gillihan said. “Caterpillars seen late in the au tumn signify a very mild winter, but a large number of caterpillars in the autumn is the sign of a cold winter. “If they are so numerous thatth drop down from trees and busln look for an open or mild winter" Ordinarily, Gillihan said, winter will be hard if the wo worms are mostly a dark color will be mild if they are mostlyaS] color. But if the autumn caterpifi are endrely yellow, the winter be very cold. “Conversely, if the caterpil are entirely black in the autu: Specials good for students Tues., Wed., Thurs. & Sun. Closed Mondays 2025 Texas Avenue Towns hire Shopping Center 822-1301 the winter will be mild,” he said I the autumnal caterpillar has a li I yellow on his nose, the winten I be cold in the early part oli I winter. “When the caterpillar has 4 brown in the center of the body is yellow at each end, the middl the winter will be very cold. A low stripe running down theceal part of the caterpillars ba foretells cold weather in the mid part of the winter also, but caterpillar has only a small am« of yellow on its tail, the« weather will appear late in winter. ” Other winter signs from theC han collection: —Dirt piles around ant nests July mean an early and se« winter. —Especially warm weatherinl first week of August means a winter snowfalls. —If earthworms burrow deep the fall, a severe winter is comisj —If blackberries ripen late slowly, the winter will be long cold. —Heavily silked and huskedt means a had winter ahead. —A hard winter is ahead ifdi# ens molt in August or if theirf zards are hard to remove. Other bad winter signs, Gil said, include fat raccoons inthei thick skins on onions, tight walnuts, moss on the south sidt trees, fruit trees that bloom twi« the summer, a large numbet tumblebugs, and if the bark on! sycamore tree turns dark and ro«| Mules laden with Blue Maguey pinas on their way to Cuervo's La Rojena plant. Since 1795we’ve gathered our Blue Magueys for Cuervo Gold itle wav the gentle way Its the old way And still the best. At Cuervo we know that there is only one way to make Cuervo Gold perfect. The way we y ve been doing it for more than 180 years. ThaVs why people still nurture our fields of Blue Maguey plants. And why mules are still used to bring these precious plants to our distillery. Fbr tradition is still the most important ingredient in Cuervo Gold. This is what makes Cuervo Gold truly special. Neat, on the rocks, with a splash of soda, in a perfect Sunrise or Margarita, Cuervo Gold will bring you back to a time when quality ruled the world. Cuervo. 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