Send your sweetie
a 'marked' card
by Colette Hutchings
Battalion Staff
Valentine's Day — the day for
lovers — is Feb. 14.
That's less than two weeks
away. So if you're planning to
do some serious . Valentining
this year, better get those cards
written and mailed.
Now, if you're really serious
about giving that sweetheart a
special remembrance how about
starting with a one-of-a-kind
postmark?
Loveland, Colorado is one of
the most popular postmarking
stations for such Valentines.
Since 1947, the town has
stamped cards with a special
Valentine postmark.
Only a couple of hundred
cards were sent that first year,
but Mary Dutter, a secretary at
the Loveland Chamber of Com
merce, said 292,000 cards were
sent last year and this year the
town expects to send even
more.
The city features a different
postmark each year, which Dut
ter said makes the postmarks
collectors' items. This year's
red-inked postmark inscription
reads:
"Memories are precious
things/With some especially
fine/With the loving touch of
Cupid;/Tums them into Valen
tines.
To send for the red-inked
postmark, Dutter said to:
1) Fill out card as usual and
put correct postage on en
velope.
2) Put the card inside a larger
envelope and address to: Post
master, Loveland, Colo., 80537
attention: Valentines.
Cupid's Cards is another
Valentine special offered in
Loveland, Colo.,
A special 1982 Valentine card,
with the inscription and Love
land postmark, will be sent to
the person(s) of your choice for
55 cents, which includes 35
cents for the card and 20 cents
postage.
To send for this, make a list of
Valentines, include addresses
and a description of how the
card should be signed.
If the sender wishes to send
more to his or her love, a letter
inside the card, along with the
envelope's inscription, will be
mailed for $2.50.
Senders may dictate the letter
over the phone by calling 303-
669-0854, or mail the message to:
Cupids' Cards P.O. Box 622
Loveland, Colo., zip code 80537.
Dutter said the Loveland
Chamber of Commerce makes
only 10 cents per card in profit,
and uses the money to buy ink
for next years' Valentines and
buy coffee and donuts for local
senior citizens who stamp the
cards.
Feb. 7 is the recommended
mailing date for all Valentines to
insure the cards will arrive by
Feb. 14.
Another Loveland — this
one's in Ohio — also sends spe
cial postmarks for Valentine's
Day.
Doris Pfiester, a secretary for
the Loveland, Ohio Chamber of
Commerce, became known as
the "Valentine Lady" when the
servcie was started 10 years ago.
Pfiester, now widowed, said
her daughters help her with the
Valentining every year.
Last year over 12,000 cards
were received from all over the
United States, and from 12 to 14
foreign countries, she said.
But she still has one Valentine
which she received to mail last
year.
"I found a card that was not
addressed and finally opened it.
It was a beautiful card sent to
"Laurel" from "Chuck." It
breaks my heart to know this
Valentine was not able to be del
ivered."
Loveland's envelope inscrip
tion is "There is nothing in this
world so sweet as love," and a
picture of Cupid adorns the en
velope.
To order this:
1) Address the card but do not
stamp the envelopes.
2) Enclose all addressed cards
in a larger envelope. Include
money for postage, not stamps.
Add 2 cents for each card. The 2
cents goes to the Loveland
Chamber of Commerce fund.
3) Mail to: Valentine Lady,
Loveland, Ohio, 45140.
Since the ink inscription is in
red, Pfiester said it's best not to
use red envelopes.
Pfiester said she has already
received about 2,000 Valentines.
"It just shows me that there are a
lot of wonderful people left in
this world," she said.
Several Texas towns also pro
vide postmarks suitable for
Valentine's Day.
The postmaster in Loving, Tx
— population 150 — will stamp
the city's name on the envelope.
Cathy Oatman, a wife of Lov
ing's volunteer fire chief, said
the town usually stamps at least
100 cards each year. To receive
the Loving postmark, place the
card inside an envelope with a
return address and mail to: Post
master, Loving, Tx., 76062. In
clude money for postage.
Other Texas towns you may
want to try are: Valentine, Tx.
zip code 79854, and Lovelady,
Tx. zip code 75851.
Erwin Center features
wide concert selection
by Colette Hutchings
Battalion Staff
If the local line-up of concerts and special
events aren't enough to satisfy discriminating
tastes. Aggies may want to try The Frank Erwin
Center on the University of Texas campus.
True, Austin is known as "that place down the
road where the other university is," but for con
certs, the Emin Center offers more seating room
than old G. Rollie White and the sound system,
er, well — we won't bother to compare. This
means bigger, better concerts, and more of them.
It's a good deal, if you can stand to hear music
along with several thousand teasips.
Gordon Davies, a public relations director for
the Frank Emin Events Center, said several
music groups are planned for this semester and
whether through sheer salesmanship or true sin
cerity, said, "You're welcome to come on down."
Below are concerts scheduled so far:
* Feb. 15: Dan Fogelberg — top-price tickets are
sold out, others are left.
* Feb. 17: Foreigner — only few tickets are left.
Approximately 12,000 tickets were sold the first
day of sales, Davies said.
* Feb. 23: Kool and the Gang — tickets went on
sale Jan. 21.
* Feb. 24: The Cars — tickets went on sale Jan.
29.
* Feb. 25: The Oak Ridge Boys — tickets went
on sale Jan. 16.
* March 7: Jimmy Buffet
* March 15: Larry Holmes vs. Gerry Cooney
boxing will be televised in the center.
More concerts are to be announced in a few
weeks, Davies said.
No cameras or recorders are allowed during
performances.
Tickets for the events may be ordered by phone
or mail. Visa and MasterCard orders will be taken
by phone on a toll-free number: 800-252-9909.
Davies said there is a 60c! per ticket convenience
charge for phone orders.
For mailing, the address is P.O. Box 2929, Au
stin, Tx., 78769.
Davies said calling insures faster ticket proces
sing. If tickets are ordered in time, they will be
mailed, Davies said, othemise they should be
picked up at the box office.
All tickets are reserved.
Top Ten
More screwball
predictions
You've heard what Jeanne Dixon and her friends had to say
about what's going to happen this year. Untold numbers of
a uestionable psychics make headlines each year with their pre-
iction lists.
So far, California has not slid into the ocean, Dolly and Burt
are not married, and Cheryl Tiegs still has her left leg.
So far so good, but who knows what 1982 holds?
We don't, but we're going to pretend we do so we'll have
something to compile a list of this week.
Save it, and next year we'll say, "Told you so!"
1 — A member of the Texas A&M faculty or administration
will lose his job. This innovative occurence will have no effect
on the student body, faculty or alumni; they too will probably
be gone by then.
2 — The Texas A&M football team will lose a game and the
alumni will be upset.
3—Some lucky people will pass their courses; some may even
graduate. The rest will predict and pray for terrible things to
come their way.
4 — The United States will experience a shortage of shampoo.
5 — There will be a natural disaster somewhere in the world.
People will die, and people with color televisions will gag
during the newscasts.
6 — Something will come between Brooke and her Calvins.
7 — No one will care.
8 — The Osmond family will be hit with tooth decay and be
forced to declare bankruptcy.
9 — Cars will be replaced with spaceships, so it won't matter
that Post Oak Mall has entrances only on two sides.
10 — Jackie Sherrill will rake in the bucks and retire a rich man.
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