THE CARD – Vol. 29, No. 8, Issue 329, August 2018 A Publication of the Lancaster County Postcard Club, Lancaster, PA

Enjoying postcards through education and entertainment. LCPC 26th Annual Postcard Show – August 18, 2018

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JULY PICNIC LCPC members and guests enjoyed the annual picnic at the home of Barb and Walt Mowrer. With a “pot luck” dinner the meal is always a surprise and those in attendance were rewarded with many good things. No one went away hungry.

AUGUST PROGRAM

There will NOT be a meeting on August 20, 2018. Instead plan to attend the 26th Annual Postcard Expo on Saturday, August 18. Come out and support your club!

POSTCARD EXPO The Annual Postcard Expo is the main fundraiser for our club. A successful Expo is the reason we are able to continue to meet at the Farm & Home Center. Below is the work schedule for the Expo. Questions: Call Jere @ (717) 413-6882. Thank you. Friday August 17, Setup 6:00-7:30 – Ed Close, Sharon Gromis, Walter Mowrer Saturday August 18, Tickets/Club Table 08:45-10:00 – Sharon Gromis 10:00-12:30 – Donna Bashow 12:30-3:00 – Barb Mowrer 3:00-5:00 – Annetta Buettner EXPO BOARD COMPETITION SUBJECTS Pennsylvania Views Transportation Advertising Real Photo, pre-1950 2018 PROGRAMS September – Railroad Postcards - Leighton Stover October – A Mostly Trivial View of our U.S. Presidential Families - Don Tribit November – Christmas Traditions on Postcards - Aaron Heckler December – Christmas Party

JULY POSTCARD COMPETITION Three members competed in the single card competition on the subject “Sailboats”. First: Susan Glass Oyster Dredge and Tonger Second: Don Tribit U.S. Frigate Constitution Third: Maria Schurz Operation Sail 7/4/1976 2018 POSTCARD COMPETITION SUBJECTS September – County Fairs October – Farm Animals November – Thanksgiving - board December – Children Playing

FUTURE SHOWS August 4 - Summer Chesapeake Postcard Fair, Havre de Grace Community Center, 1 Lagaret Lane, Havre de Grace, MD, Sat: 9 AM-4 PM. Adm. $3.00. After the show at 4pm a live postcard auction will begin with over 100 lots. August 18 - 26th Annual Postcard Expo. Farm& Home Center, Lancaster, PA, Sat: 9 AM to 5 PM. Admission: $2.00. September 8 - DelMarVa Postcard Club’s Postcard Show is canceled.

1st Place –Oyster dredging on the Chesapeake Bay, Maryland

2nd Place - Old Ironsides

3rd Place – Esmeralda, tall ship of the Chilean Navy

COMIC POSTCARDS Get to the Bottom of a Controversial Subject

By Jim Ward

Janice Prang was the biggest girl in our First Grade Class. She even towered over some of the boys. Janice lived in the same block as the George Ross Elementary School. She seldom was on time and Miss Cooper had warned her (holding a yardstick so everyone could see it) that she would take “measure” if Janice was late again. She was. And Miss Cooper did. The details have been lost since the incident happened way back in 1939, but we kids held onto our desks with white-knuckled hands, waiting to see. For the rest of the term the broken yardstick lay on Miss Cooper’s desk. Janice was never late again.

The dictionary defines “spanking” as being administered with either the open hand or an implement such as a paddle. At Reynolds Jr. High School in 1941, an infamous paddle passed among the male teachers. It had ¾” holes in it. It swung easier and left a smarter sting and was always used on a covered rump. In homes, in that era, the bare hand or a razor strap were not unheard of in Lancaster. Canes were typical in other parts of the world and still are, though the area has been much reduced in the last generation. Corporal punishment today is outlawed in 128 countries, though remains in sections of Africa , Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and the Southern and Western United States.

In 1783, Poland was the first country in the world to prohibit corporal punishment. CP is random in Egypt. In Germany it is a criminal offense. It is common in most of India, Japan (especially in school sports clubs), and Malaysia. In Burma (Myanmar) caning is common – on the buttocks, calves or palms of hands. In Singapore it’s for male students only and with a “light” rattan cane administered in formal ceremony by the school management. In the United Arab Emirates a teacher using CP will lose his job and teaching license and face criminal charges. Our postcards are of 100 years ago – before the Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children was instituted. We wonder if Janice’s children are ever late for school.