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Show Sunda. March TT Museum bf dolls hnnnlp'Q JL of life "TT" by 14 La' . Ik l I A couple in their 50s leave the Riding, smiling and nodding, aside, two little girls, about six ad eight, diffidently approach the :ounter. Each lays down a dollar, rjiev cross the threshold into the imiirn. Their eyes widen. They lave entered a magic world of jolB. miniature silver tea sets, children's books, toys and doll fur-- iJ o 1 I ! --1. m04 uture. l iah Page D7 Answers to health T7 f SB THE DAILY HERALD, Provo, 10. 19 questions By MICHAEL L FREEDMAN, M.D. Periodic NEW YORK (AP) screening for breast cancer, yes. Periodic screening for prostate cancer, no. Those are among the latest recommendations for older people by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, a group set up by the feder-a- l government to advise doctors on w hat screening tests should and. shouldn't be done. Routine screening for breast cancer, by mammography or breast examination in women over 50 can detect cancers in the early, most treatable stage, the task force said. tor However, screening prostate cancer by looking for a molecule called prostate-specifi- c antigen or by digital rectal examination doesn't pay because many g older men have tumors that will not cause significant symptoms, its report said. It's also w ise for older people to have a screening test for colorectal cancer (perhaps every 10 years) and to have their blood cholesterol checked periodically, the task force said. slow-growin- ll The Golden Scene One of the little girls looks at of the children's books. It is titled Patty Reed's Doll. Its author, Rachel K. Laurgaard, had inarched the story of the Donner party. She learned that Patty the daughter of Captain John Reed owned a wooden doll'. Laur- gaard's story is told from the point of view of that doll. This is one of only four small rooms where items are sold. The many other rooms in the building contain museum pieces not for sale. Sitting back from the sidewalk 1 about 72 feet, the McCurdy Historical Doll Museum at 246 North 00 East in Provo is heralded by only a small sign at the sidewalk's edge. Its founders and pro- well-know- kid-leath- er Monroe and Shirley both 76, describe its beginnings. "We had these carnage houses. and we had some dolls. That's how we started," Shirley says. The car nage houses sne reters to are "garages." The carriage house that once belonged to the house on the corner of 100 East and 200 North became the property of the prietors, Paxman, (blue-ribbo- If an older person you know seems continually despondent, you could be doing them a literally favor life-savi- by recom- mending counseling or medical attention, because the incidence of suicide among older people is on the increase. The suicide rate among olden people had dropped steadily since the 1940s, but that trend has been J reversed in the past decade. It's' now the third leading cause ofj injury-relate- d death in people over 65, after falls and auto accidents,' according to the federal Centers; for Disease Control and Preven-- j tion. 1 I her offer. After McCurdy died, "We asked her daughter Jessie LaMont if she wculd lend the dolls to a doll museum," Shirley explains. LaMont agreed, and the Paxmans utWi tkww li tfflimfi V iLn r 3 ii Jf i Just because you're FREE SERVICE FREE ENGRAVING Diamond Rings, Mountings, Watches. Clocks, 14K Gok) Chains. Watch Rapav self-employ- tb bin Smart Choice for Health Care The See Drs. Cox, Giovino, and Young J.mies M. Gimino. .MD. is certified by the American Board of Family Practice. L. Cox, MD, James M. Giovino, MD, and Scott S. Young, MD to the faculty of its Utah Valley Family Practice Center He received medical Familv Praolioe. his doesn't ed ed at the exclusive benefits of VALUEcare He completed a resiat the Medical Center in No deductibles. 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They include authentic dolls from the Middle East given to see how they organize their prohouse was next door, connected it fashions in dress from the cave to us by Mr. and Mrs. John Webb grams, light their cases and display to the Coleman home in 1990 by man to the present, national folk from American Fork," Shirley items. I am the plumber, the electrician, the painter and builder of dresses of many countries, rare and says. an enclosed breezeway. "We make our expenses, but we display cases." "We started this doll museum priceless antique dolls dressed to And Shirley adds, "Mothers and because we were able to get 800 represent famous historical people, don't make any money. No museFirst Ladies of America, w omen of um does," the Paxmans explain. It grandmothers come to see the dolls from the Laura McCurdy dolls. They exclaim, 'Oh, it's the family." Shirley explains. Laura the Bible, rare boy dolls, North is a labor of love. Paxman Monroe wax dolls, says, "Many doll I had when I was a child! How McCurdy Clark was a school American Indian dolls, where a former wonderful to see it again!'" wonder teacher in Salt Lake City. She and sets of "little people" in a piopeople The scope of this column canbegan collecting dolls in 1910 as neer kitchen, in a quilting bee and attorney, a judge and a professor of political science at Brigham not do justice to this charming and in a chess eame. an educational tool in the classYoung University learned to repair instructive museum. Its hours are room, researching historical figIncluding the 800 McCurdy ures and clothing, then commisp.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday dolls, the Paxmans have 4,000 dolls. Well, I did it from books from n and a me from them of most make Saturday, during the winsomeone most of through to challenge dolls, Shirley gave sioning show a video and Paxmans ter. The them. artists, in their collection. she gave me to fix them. It's for only $2 for missa tour a to to miniature Dolls she of When McCurdy grew older, give guided replace rewarding try yesteryear, n each adult. Not only is the tour dolls offered her collection of 800 dolls dolls, ing piece or put a doll back togethinstructive, but it also evokes nosto Brigham Young University, the winners), contemporary dolls er again." He continues, "Dolls have talgia and a sense of awe. State Historical Society, the city of and doll dishes, awards, and scrap- Salt Lake and the University of Utah. Not realizing the value of her collection or that one day doll collecting would be second only to stamp collecting, they all refused the latest ff $v E Call or your independent agent for more detaib. 486-BLU- 17 i TI'ESW AMI Ammrrtitvw THE DtCTf MIA AW1 JMro Mhm AHE KVEl THI RSHtt can' be mu. PHYSIUVNS f!r, rmir'i AKC H v A.S. HI olumi fV hi WITH THE FuLIJlWIMi HEALTH I'k,., ' Hll P1A: IHHmlftnirtJ il. 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