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Spectrumhavegoneto Most ofthe staff, howev- I Sarajevo, Moscow, and er,stayedclosetohomeand other world cities to bring examined issuesconcerning excitingfeaturestoourread- your health. In two of our Saturday, September 19 ersinColumbiaandMontour features, we spokewith pro- — counties. fessionals concerning the Yesterday A t—ribute to theBeatles This year, we are proud medicinal use of herbs and to bring you an article with the benefits and hazards of information and pictures vitamin supplemtation. Saturday, October 24 from London. Here, we pre- As always, the staff of To BeAn—nounced sentanostalgic lookattoys Spectrum is honored to — collected from past genera- serve this community, and tions. we hope you enjoy this Sunday, November 22 From the Caribbean, sit Spring issue. Pleasewriteto — back and relax as we take us if you have comments, Ema—nuel Ax you to an exotic paradise questions, orsuggestions. with our back-of-the-book -THEEDITORS Wednesday, February 3 — London City Opera Die Fledermaus Spectrum Magazine — Vol. 12, No. 1 Spring/Summer 1998 Saturday, February 13 — Big Band '99 The Fabulous Dorseys — Editor-in-Chief WalterM. Brasch HallofFameMagazine ExecutiveEditor AssociatedCollegiatePress Friday, March 26 HeatherWilliams Contacting Spectrum Russian National Ballet Swan Lake IVIanaging Editor EditorialandBusiness: LenoreOlsen BakelessCenter106 AssociateEditors BloomsburgUniversity Karson Kiesinger Bloomsburg, Pa. 17815 KarynM.Gandenberger Phone: (717)389-4825 AssistantEditors Fax: (717)389-2607 ChrisBeck $mc30%offregularticketpricesbj EricTalarico Spectrumispublishedtwiceayear bytheProgaminJourr\alism, subscribingtoall 1998-99Seriesevents. ArtDirector BloomsburgUniversityof StephanieKreamer Pennsylvania. 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ISSN0892- call the Box Office at KristinaKett 9459 Circulation Directors 389-4409 (717) JenniferNeumar 1stplace,Societyof BoBeolkiknedaepPerrice 1sPtrpolfaecses,iAomnaelriJcouarnnaSlcihsotlsastic BoxOfficehours: Mon- fri Noon-4:00pm CarissaFoley PressAssociation AdvertisingSales GoldMedalist,Columbia Bloomsburg ChristinePoudrette ScholasticPressAssociation ProductionConsultant V University J DickShaffer Spring/Summer1998 Contents Vol.12 No.1 Spring/Summer 1998 Toy Collecting by Karyn Gandenberger An Ear-y Stretch 28 99 Percenters 11 by HeatherWilliams byVicki Harrison 14 Hockey: Hold the Ice 30 Bagels on the Rise by Chris Beck by EricTalarico 1Q A Growing Concern 33 ATaste of theTropics r\ by Karson Kiesinger by HeatherWilliams 24 Vitamin Supplementation 34 Virtual Sedative by Lenore Olsen by Karson Kiesinger CoverDesign by Stephanie Kreamer "^ ,J«^^ Spectrum MAGEES ^^^ ^ BREAKFAST Air Conditioning MAIN SIKEET INN TV Cable BED & BREAKFAST & Harry's Grille Restaurant Lounge "Closest Facility to Bloomshurg University" 20 W. 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The base ofthe theater plays carry specific themes such V locatedonLondon'seastside is madeofwood andthe sides are as folk-art from America, which once housed the print shop of heavy lithographed cardboard. include "Gollywogs," dating from Benjamin Pollock, a renowned The various pieces of backdrops 1895tothepresentday. maker of three dimensional toy and scenery are put into place by Other displays include toy sol- theatersinthelate 19thandearly sections, each hanging from its diers made by William Britain at 20th centuries. Pollock had own wooden dowel and hung in learnedthetrade from his father- staggered widths. This allows the the turn of the century. These in-law John Redington, who had puppeteer the freedom to change miniature brigadiers kept mis- copied the technique from the sections of the scenery, giving a chievous little boys occupied for inventor of the Toy Theater. three-dimensional effect as the hours. Dollhouses, some with Although severely damaged by puppets are "guided" through the elaboratefurnishings,otherswith World War II bombs, the little set. simple items made from match- shop survived subsequent demoli- Mr. Pollock's love of toys was boxes and spindles of thread, tion and continued to print the not limited to building elaborate challenged the imagination of colorful cardboard scenes and stage sets; he collected a variety theiryoungowners. characters ofthe smalltheaters. oftoysineverycategoryandfrom Encased in glass, an ancient Pollock'sfamilystillprintsand every continent and opened his clay toy mouse discovered in a pttoahrceskmsaanldtlhonevoevbriuctlehkseytwookiprtalsid,nfsostrhaikcpiolpnligenlcgy- musTheeumtoiyns1a9r5e6.displayedin glass bchuirlid'esdtowmibthinoEtghyeprt, thraedasbuereesn cut oputuantd ctahsreosughloocuattetdheinbuvialrdiinogusanrdoomalsl boewlnoenrgifnogrthoitmhetoyoung along the circular, winding, and enjoy in his narrow hallways. Visitors after-life. tothe museumfindthe Toys have rooms nearly intact existed in from the Vict- almost orian era. Cast iron fireplaces in every room add charisma and charm to the displays of toys, setting another three dimensional stage Brutus,Swee'Pea, for stimulat- Wimpy,Popeye, ingtheimagi- andOliveOyl nation. The dis- Spectrum every culture and era since the encouragingthe development ofa the box and agreed. Although toy beginning of civilization. Single- child's intelligence through the collecting was a relatively new movement string-worked toys liberalization of play. Even so, hobby for him, he knew the toys have been found in the Indus onlytheaffluenthadthetimeand were in excellent shape. The Valley Region of South Asia. moneyto spendon their children, items in the box included rare Egyptian tombs contained and the toys during the Victorian clockwork action toys and several board games, dolls, and era were referred to as "rich cast-iron banks, both highly rattles estimated to boy's pretties." sought by collectors. Today, the beover5,000years would Exhibitionsoffolk art value of these items (if sold) at "I old. Toy Roman and toys at The auction could conceivably bring a banks were dis advise any toy Whitney Studio Club five-figurebid. covered in the collector to look of New York in 1924 Lithograph tin toys remain ruins of Pom- started a new trend, Knorr's favorite toy category. "I peii, along for quality andbythelate 1920s like to display my toys, not keep withtoyhorses instead of quan- major exhibitions them packed away in the attic," and chariots were staged by the he says, noting that "tin litho- mounted on tity for their Museum of Modern graphs make beautiful displays wheeled plat Art and the Newark and greatconversation pieces." collection." forms known Museum. Included in his collection are today as pull-toys Collecting societies toys made by Marx, Lehmann, Thesetoysweresim- materialized in the 1960s, 1928"HaroldLloyd ple and few, notably including The Antique Toy FunnyFace"byMarx scarce after the fall of the Collectors of America, the Roman Empire. It wasn't until American Train Collectors the 1700s when Germany, with Association and the Mechanical Nuremberg and Sonnen-berg as Bank Collectors of America. major toy centers, began manu- Since then, toy collecting has facturingwoodenandtintoysas developed into a phenomenal anoffshootoflocal craft guilds. market, and has been called the Seventeenth century colonial hottest collecting field of the Americans didn't have many 1990s. toys because the Puritans con- Although the collecting com- demned both adult and child munity grows daily and the playasasinfulandidlepursuit. valueoftoys areinthehundreds Philosophers John Locke and of dollars, this hobby is young Frederick Froebel were instru- enoughto allownewcollectorsto mental in helping get in at the "ground floor." In a release the few years, toy values will have moralist »~»^^ ^^^ increased so dramatically that hold by ^ new collectors will have to have a small fortune for toys that » / are available today atflea mar- ketprices. Bob Knorr's passion for collecting antique toys was well known around his Bloomsburg office, soit was only natural for a co-worker to think of him when cleaning her attic. She uncovered a box of old toys that had been given to her years before, and knew Knorr would be interested. Asking $300 for the lot, Knorr glanced quickly through Spring/Summer1998 Unique Art, Bing, and Strauss "junk."At a recent Lloyd Ralston valued today, without the box or Manufact-uring. Thenamesgiven Toys auction, a 1900s toy clock- accessories, at$2,600(mintinbox these toys are almost as creative work airplane, styled like those wouldbe $3,400-$3,800). as the clockwork action toys designed by Orville and "There themselves - "Let the Drummer Wilbur Wright, brought was only Boy Play While You Swing and aviation toys to new one other Sway" by Marx and "Li'l Abner heights when it sold for bidder; the and his Dog Patch Band" by $26,000.Thistoywasfound others just UniqueArt. at a New Jersey flea mar- weren't Knorr has had other lucky ket. Price? $25. isntearesyteds," encounters while pursuing his In New England, a hobby, earning enough ofa profit young couple cleaning the Adams. to justify other toy purchases. "I basement of the old Cape For new was at the flea market in Cod home they had just Barbie col- Lewisburg," Knorr explains, "and purchased came across a lectors, there was a guy selling mint toys bisque doll lying on the Adams sug- still in the box from the '50s and floor.Atoydealeridentified gests buy- '60s. I asked him where he got it as a 1910 Kammer & ing a series. them, and he told me he bought Reinhardt. The23-inchdoll "Be sure to an entire inventory from a drug was sold for $14,300 at a buy the store going out of business. I Massachusetts auction, first of any asked how much he wanted for purchased for the value of series, they his entire collection of toys, and thehead alone. will always he gave me a figure. I bought Barbie Dolls, introduced increase in them and resold them within two in 1959 at the American value." In weeks for more than twice my International Toy Fair in 1988 she originalinvestment." New York City, have paid $37 for Although not actively collect- become one ofthe mostcol- the #1 ing, Knorr has learned from past lectabledollsonthemarket Christmas Holiday experiences the "do's and don'ts" today. of toy collecting. "I would advise The first "ponytail Barbie; any toycollector to lookfor quali- Barbie" dolls were blonde today it's tyinsteadofquantityfortheircol- and are valued at over worth $800. lection,"claimingthat,"afterfind- $5,000 today. The second version She also stresses never to open ing a rare toy in mint condition, came with brunette hair and is the box, not even just to look at withthebox, youwillneversettle valuedatover $7,000. the doll. Ifbuying from a catalog, for anything less for your collec- Today, hundreds of variations look for 'NRFB'; which means tion." of the doll are available at toy Never Removed From Box, these The old saying "One man's storesforlessthan $20. Somecol- are amongthe mostvaluable. junk is another man's treasure" lectors find the "limited edition" Shirley's first purchase was certainlyholdstrue ataflea mar- series irresistible and pay up to abouttwenty-fouryearsagowhen ket. Although some dealers are $1,000 or more for Barbie Dolls she ran into a woman at a flea well informed about the value of cladindesignerfashionscomplete market who was interested in their items, many people set up withreal diamondtiaras andear- selling her three bisque dolls. shop to get rid rings. "They were in awful condition, of their Shirley Adams, Danville, col- and back then $100 was a lot of 'fie lects dolls andrecentlypurchased money, but I bought them and . '"y to a #2 Barbie at auction for $100. took them home." Shirley bought th, Sew Of "The auctioneer said it was a #3 a book on doll repair and started Barbie edition, but for the price I working on the trio, fixing the paiditwasstillabargain.WhenI composition body and cleaning gothomeandlookeditup,Ifound theoriginalclothingtheywore. it was a #2 Barbie." This doll is This was the beginning of Shirley's doll repair hobby, which grew into a part-time job includ- Spectrum ing giving lectures and offering tan airborne M.R, Air Security select something you like rather advice to auctioneers and muse- set, and Marine Jungle Fighter) than what others may be collect- ums. Repairing bisque and com- are the most sought after and ingorwhathappenstobe"hot" at position dolls requires the use of scarcest. This was the year that the time. Pre and post-war tin an airbrush, which Shirley has also produced the extremely wind-ups, trains, vehicles, games, taught herself. "I've used it on scarce nurse doll, valued at over dolls, marbles, and action figures everythingfrom Roseville pottery $1,000. are just a few categories. Some to composition and bisque dolls. In 1969 Hasbro dropped the collectors narrow the category It's just something you have to military line and substituted the even further and look for brand practice at, and for the bisque to "adventurer series." Most collec- name items, such as Tootsie-Toy look right you really need to use tors tend to concentrate on the vehicles, Match-Box, or Kenner an airbrush." 1964-1969 dolls, which Hasbro StarWars items. Today, thosethreebisquedolls designed after 2. Become familiar with your are worth $500 - $600 each. "The consulting category. Purchase as many toy lady told me I would neverregret military books, referenceguides, tradecat- it, andI haven't!" manuals alogs, and pho- Dolls for girls aren't the only to create tographs as possible. highlycollectible dolls in this cat- the most Consult these ref- egory, the rugged, indestructible raealnisdtic erences frequent- fighting G.I. JOE shares collec- ly. Know the tors'interest and comparable val- authen- trademarks, ues. This first "Action Figure" patent numbers, on the market was created by and re-produc- Don Levine, director ttion ahlertse. of development for 3. Know Hasbro. Levine discarded the direction original sug- you want your gestion of collection to modeling the take. Set lim- toy after the its on what popular you are willing television to spend. Avoid s"eTrihese, real "buys"- toys that are Lieuten- mis-sing a dri- ant." His ver, an arm, idea of a or a wheel. boy's sol- Also, avoid dier with rusted out toys moving or toys that are parts withoutpaint. came to 4. Get ac- him while looking at a 1945"Li'lAbnerAbnerandhisDogpatchBand"byUniqueArt quaintedwiththerating mannequin in a store scale. This determines window. ticboys'doll made. thevalueanddepreciationoftoys. G.I. JOE underwent several The followingis alistofguide- Choosingthe field or category changes during its 11-year life linesestablishedandrecommend- is the first step inbeginningyour span. The first dolls' outfits were edby seasonedandseriouscollec- own collection. Locally, Hess toy based on World War II uniforms, tors. These hints help to make trucks are highly favored and andJoehadpaintedhair.In 1965, toy-collecting a fun and inexpen- priced affordably, ranging be- Hasbro added foreigners to the sivehobbyforbeginners. tween $12 and $15. Their value series which are among the most 1. Toycollectors tendto gravi- nearlytripleswithinayear, mak- valuable. In 1967, the "Vietnam tate to a familiar category they ing them profitable coUec-tor's series" outfits were pulled offthe can pinpoint in time. Sometimes items. shelfvery quickly because of the it's an extension of one's profes- The most important step to negative response to the Vietnam sionortrade, suchasfarmorcon- remember when collecting toys is War. These uniforms (green and struction toys. It's important to ... tohavefun! ^ Spring/Summer1998 REFLECTIONS Yourwayto theLARGEST PAST •PRESENT • FUTURE selectionofofficefurniture in tliearea! 11 'iam H. Selden. Jr Rt.11 S. Class of1943 Exit 3.5Miles ^ WANDELL'S %^ DorisKellerHosier Classof1948 1hese alumni are securing the future of Bloomsburg University by remembering their alma On Line Catalog mater with a portion of their earthly treasures. 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