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tivin eisur Holiday press sun-bulletin 1 n.y. Toylattd. The x78 crop beeps and gets a rash and it's called Baby Wet and Care This doll gets a rash on its bottom that the young mother can remove by rubbing it with a -lotion. (How does the rash come back? we asked, but toy store people were apparently -em harassed to discussed this irritating ques--tion Beep, bu2z, tweet iv Electronic games are buzzing this ChrisU mas even though many cost more than $30. Electronic football games seem to be in short supply already.

The Children's Super; Mart is out of them. Montgomery Ward at, first seemed to have them, but this was: illusory. All it had left were football and basketball demonstrators by Mattell. A Montgomery Ward's salesman said a new truckload of games, just arrived, had yet to be unloaded. Perhaps there would be some' football games, he reported.

Kay-Bee toy shop in the Oakdale Mall sold its electronic football game last week. They, pTnpctinff more By EVELYN KIELAR If you're a kid, at Christmas time you wish your father owned a toy store. You could have anything! But if you are an owner of a toy store, like Arthur Lieber, how do you explain to your small grandsons why you are giving them a "raincheck" for Christmas that can redeemed in January, or maybe next June? Lieber is one of the owners of the Children's Super Mart in Endicott. Last year, his grandsons, Brian, 4, and Michael, 7, both wanted Star Wars toys. Lieber said that, after a futile search, he ended up giving them gift certificates.

This Christmas, tiny Luke Skywalkers and R2-D2s spawned by the Star Wars film can be found in every toy store worth its dolls and roller skates. Star Wars and The Hulk are big real big. This year's Star Wars doll generation includes some newcomers. In addition to fair-haired Luke and beeping R2-DZ, eight others have joined the celestial toy force: Walrus Man, Snaggletooth, Power Droid, Hammer head, R5-D4, Death Star and Greedo. That brings the 1978 Star War population up to 20 enough for a small galactic conflict beneath the Christmas tree.

Star Wars figures come in more than one size. The bigger ones are 18 to $20 each at Montgomery Ward. No Farrah dolls this year Farrah Fawcett-Majors is no longer as hot as this hairy she-doll was last year. "Charlie's Angels" dolls are selling well. While Farrah is making cameo appearances on the television show, her doll mold didn't return to the production line in time to crank out Farrah dolls for Christmas 1978.

The underwater games "Wonderful Water-ful Basketball" and others) are new this year, and inexpensive versions can be found, starting at $149. The toy is filled with water. Little figures must be manipulated with a lever in order to toss a ring, catch a fish, or sink a ball. The toy seems to provide minutes of entertainment for youngsters and adults and may well be 1978's most popular stocking stuffer: Guess what this baby does Previous Christmases have seen dolls that ate, burped, wet, grew hair and talked. Previous Christmases have shown youngsters anatomically correct boy dolls and girl dolls that sprouted pubescent breasts.

This year's entry in weird doll tricks is made by Kenner, According to Lieber of Children's Super; Mart, another toy that is going to be hard to! find is "Simon Says." It is supposed tq be this year's No. 1 seller. See TOYS, 2C A toys of Christmas '78 wear The KBTHWKMNS many faces and make many sounds. Asks for your help i to help those iri need Hamuli. The Tioga County Department of So-cial Services contacted Lend-A-Hand for help.

Lend-A-Hand helped Mrs. pay her car insurance premium. By the way, she got that job with the Tioga Opportunities Program and has earned enough to go off public assistance Mrs. W. has no public assistance or social security to live on.

At age 60, she supports herself by taking in sewing. She is also partially deaf and relies on her hearing aid to enable her to communicate with others. But that kind of work is often slow and in some weeks Mrs. receives virtually no money at all. When her hearing aid needed repair recently she was unable to pay for it.

Without her bearing aid, Mrs. would be virtually cut off from the people around her. So the Office for Aging asked Lend-A-Hand for help. Through your generosity, Lend-A-Hand was able to pay for the repairs. Some people need only a one-time boost from Lend-A-Hand to help get them through tough times.

But often that boost keeps on helping for months, even years after it is given. That was the case with Billy, a 10-year-old with a severe handicap. He needed a wheelchair both for transportation and to help him improve his posture. His family had made several futile attempts to get help to buy their son the kind of chair he needed. Then several local service organizations helped them raise the bulk of the cost of the chair.

But even their efforts fell short of the amount needed. So the Broome Developmental Center turned to Lend-A-Hand for help. Thanks again to your generosity, Billy now has precisely the kind of chair be needed to make his already difficult life a little In the weeks before Christmas, some of the neediest cases that have been referred to Lend-A-Hand recently will be described in The Sun-Bulletin and The Evening Press. If you want to help the people whose stories you will be reading, send a check to Lend-A-Hand, in care of The Gannett Newspapers, Vestal Parkway East, Binghamton, N.Y., 13902, or call 798-1340, Monday through Thursday, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Contributions to Lend-A-Hand are accepted all year long and are, of course, tax deductible. The identity of those requesting help will be kept confidential, but the names Of contributors and the amount they donate will be printed in both papers until Christmas. Requests for anonymity by contributors will be honored and only the amount of the-donation they give will be published. By MARY STILLWELL For Mrs. a Binghamton resident who is suffering from a rapidly progress-" 1 ing asthmatic condition, a trip to the Mayo Clinic offered a new lease on life.

She had been hospitalized several times, but her condition continued to worsen. So Mrs. X's doctor decided to I send her to the world-famous clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. But the cost of a round-trip airplane ticket was more than Mrs. could afford.

The Social Service Department at C. S. Wilson Memorial Hospital knew of her plight and turned to Lend-A-Hand for help. Lend-A-Hand paid for the ticket, and Mrs. was able to make the trip.

Thanks to the generosity of people throughout Broome and surrounding counties, thousands of people like Mrs. have been helped in their hour of need. Last year, emergency funds and assist-. ance were supplied to 445 families through the $34,751 collected in the Lend-; A-Hand campaign which is sponsored annually by The Sun-Bulletin and The Evening Press. The eighth annual Lend-A-Hand campaign begins today.

All money donated will go directly to the needy. None will be used for overhead costs or administra-. tion of the fund. Here are some other stories of bow last year's gifts helped people in the community. Mr.

who lives in an apartment in Binghamton with his two small sons, was among those helped by last year's Lend-A-Hand campaign. He has a seasonal job and is trying to make ends meet with his unemployment checks. But most of that check has gone to pay the rent on his appartment Recently, Mr. found his family needed a week's worth of groceries and he had no money. Thanks to your help, Lend-A-Hand was able to provide Lend-A-Hand donors last year also made certain that Mr.

an elderly man who lives alone in a trailer, would have a warm winter. Mr. Z's only income is his social security check. His potbelly stove was not working and needed cleaning badly. Opportunities for Broome, Inc.

asked Lend-A-Hand to pay to have the stove put in working order before last year's bitter winter weather arrived. Using funds donated by his neighbors from around the Broome County area, Lend-A-Hand was able to pay for the cost of repairing the stove. Earlier this year, Mrs. a widow who was living alone on public assistance, needed funds to cover the cost of car insurance. Without the insurance she could not drive her car.

And, without the car she could not get a job that had been promised her with the Tioga Opportunities Program. 1.