Quarterly Newsletter

Q: My husband, who was in the U.S. Navy in Paris in 1939, purchased at the time a 1-ounce bottle of Jean Patou "Joy" perfume that has never been opened and is still in its original box. Is it of any value?A: A book that offers an unbelievable perfume-bottle education is "The Art of Perfume -- Discovering and Collecting Perfume Bottles," by Christie Mayer Lefkowith. It is available in a hardcover, large, dust-jacketed edition for $66 postpaid (New York State residents add $4.95 sales tax) from Christie Mayer Inc., FDR Station, P.O. Box 5200, New York, N.Y. 10150-5200.

In Sykesville, a town council race that only a few weeks ago looked like a sure thing for incumbents has become a hotly contested election, with nine candidates campaigning hard for the four open seats.The four incumbents are running on a single ticket, highlighting their claimed accomplishments and promising to see projects through."We are running on a record of accomplishments that entitles us to support," said Michael H. Burgoyne, who is seeking a second term on the six-member panel.In the past few years, the town has started an ambitious plan to revitalize its Main Street and recently annexed 138 acres of state-owned property where it plans to create an employment campus.

THE DIABETIC Traveler" is a quarterly newsletter for people with diabetes who want to start or keep on traveling.Each issue focuses on a specific destination and provides tips for enjoying a country or region without compromising health needs. Among the advice is how to adjust insulin intake for air travel, what to include in a medical history and what kinds of food and weather to expect.''The Diabetic Traveler'' is edited by Maury Rosenbaum, who has had insulin-dependent diabetes for 15 years and who has also worked in the travel industry.

In Sykesville, a town council race that only a few weeks ago looked like a sure thing for incumbents has become a hotly contested election, with nine candidates campaigning hard for the four open seats.The four incumbents are running on a single ticket, highlighting their claimed accomplishments and promising to see projects through."We are running on a record of accomplishments that entitles us to support," said Michael H. Burgoyne, who is seeking a second term on the six-member panel.In the past few years, the town has begun an ambitious plan to revitalize its Main Street and recently annexed 138 acres of state-owned property where it plans to create an employment campus.

Q: I collect Halloween-related items and would like to know how to contact other collectors.A: Halloween collectors can be contacted through the Trick or Treat Trader, published quarterly for $15 a year or $4 a copy from Box 499, Winchester, N.H. 03470.Q: I collect objects shaped like birds, and my favorites are those with long necks, bizarre beaks and other curious features. How can I learn more about such birds and how to identify peculiar-looking species? Also, where can such birds be found?

Q: Where can I find information on elephant collectibles? Are there any clubs I can contact?A: The Ultimate Trunk offers an annual membership and quarterly newsletter for $20, or $2 an issue, from the Ultimate Trunk, Box 1532, Melrose Park, Ill. 60160; or phone Donna Stamatakos at (708) 450-1184 for information.The Jumbo Jargon quarterly newsletter is $6 a year from editor and publisher Joan Huegel, 1002 W. 25th St., Erie, Pa. 16502.Q: Is there a tinsmith who makes new or reproductions of old-fashioned cookie cutters?

Q: I am interested in collecting old milk bottles and related items such as openers, caps, dairy advertisements, signs, toy milk wagons, trucks, miniature bottles, etc. Where can I find more, and are there any clubs, books, publications or other sources for collectors?A: The National Association of Milk Bottle Collectors offers an annual membership and monthly newsletter for $15, or $2 for a current issue, from 4 Ox Bow Road, Westport, Conn. 06880. Creamers, a quarterly newsletter devoted to the collecting of individual glass creamers marked with dairy names that once were used in restaurants, is available for $4 a year or $1 a back issue, from Lloyd Bindscheattle, Box 11, Lake Villa, Ill. 60046.

Maybe you have something to say about the new order in Russia and the breakup of the Soviet Union, and you'd like to say it directly to that country's leaders. Or you've been itching to write to the high commissioner of New Caledonia or the national leaders of Afghanistan, Germany or Japan.In today's instant-information society, it seems like a small world -- until you try to write to someone, particularly a national leader, in another country.Sacramento, Calif., writer Rick Lawler has made it easy for ordinary folks to give the powers that be a piece of their mind, or even a compliment, about the way they're running things.

Headache sufferers now have their own home on the Web, www.headaches.org.It costs $20 to join the organization that sponsors the site, the National Headache Foundation, based in Chicago. The membership fee includes a headache relief video. The site also offers a comprehensive guide to headache types, such as tension, migraine, cluster and hormone, and tips on how to choose a headache doctor.The foundation was started in 1970 as a nonprofit organization focused on three goals: to offer information to headache sufferers, their families and the physicians who treat them; to promote headache research into potential causes and possible treatments; and to teach the public that headaches are serious disorders and that sufferers need understanding and continuity of care.

Biologist Ann Brice coordinates the Psittacine Research Project at the University of California, Davis, where students care for a colony of 500 cockatiels and 70 orange-wing parrots and has made advances in nutrition sure to improve the health of many birds while easing the lives of their owners.Meanwhile, Ms. Brice's field work aims to better the survival rates of wild ones. In places like Guatemala, young birds are taken from the nests and sent north for the U.S. pet trade. Wildlife and humane groups have documented that thousands of birds are taken illegally -- wings and feet taped to keep them from struggling, beaks taped to keep them silent.

Headache sufferers now have their own home on the Web, www.headaches.org.It costs $20 to join the organization that sponsors the site, the National Headache Foundation, based in Chicago. The membership fee includes a headache relief video. The site also offers a comprehensive guide to headache types, such as tension, migraine, cluster and hormone, and tips on how to choose a headache doctor.The foundation was started in 1970 as a nonprofit organization focused on three goals: to offer information to headache sufferers, their families and the physicians who treat them; to promote headache research into potential causes and possible treatments; and to teach the public that headaches are serious disorders and that sufferers need understanding and continuity of care.

Q: My husband, who was in the U.S. Navy in Paris in 1939, purchased at the time a 1-ounce bottle of Jean Patou "Joy" perfume that has never been opened and is still in its original box. Is it of any value?A: A book that offers an unbelievable perfume-bottle education is "The Art of Perfume -- Discovering and Collecting Perfume Bottles," by Christie Mayer Lefkowith. It is available in a hardcover, large, dust-jacketed edition for $66 postpaid (New York State residents add $4.95 sales tax) from Christie Mayer Inc., FDR Station, P.O. Box 5200, New York, N.Y. 10150-5200.

Q: Where can I find information on elephant collectibles? Are there any clubs I can contact?A: The Ultimate Trunk offers an annual membership and quarterly newsletter for $20, or $2 an issue, from the Ultimate Trunk, Box 1532, Melrose Park, Ill. 60160; or phone Donna Stamatakos at (708) 450-1184 for information.The Jumbo Jargon quarterly newsletter is $6 a year from editor and publisher Joan Huegel, 1002 W. 25th St., Erie, Pa. 16502.Q: Is there a tinsmith who makes new or reproductions of old-fashioned cookie cutters?

Biologist Ann Brice coordinates the Psittacine Research Project at the University of California, Davis, where students care for a colony of 500 cockatiels and 70 orange-wing parrots and has made advances in nutrition sure to improve the health of many birds while easing the lives of their owners.Meanwhile, Ms. Brice's field work aims to better the survival rates of wild ones. In places like Guatemala, young birds are taken from the nests and sent north for the U.S. pet trade. Wildlife and humane groups have documented that thousands of birds are taken illegally -- wings and feet taped to keep them from struggling, beaks taped to keep them silent.

Maybe you have something to say about the new order in Russia and the breakup of the Soviet Union, and you'd like to say it directly to that country's leaders. Or you've been itching to write to the high commissioner of New Caledonia or the national leaders of Afghanistan, Germany or Japan.In today's instant-information society, it seems like a small world -- until you try to write to someone, particularly a national leader, in another country.Sacramento, Calif., writer Rick Lawler has made it easy for ordinary folks to give the powers that be a piece of their mind, or even a compliment, about the way they're running things.

Q: I collect Halloween-related items and would like to know how to contact other collectors.A: Halloween collectors can be contacted through the Trick or Treat Trader, published quarterly for $15 a year or $4 a copy from Box 499, Winchester, N.H. 03470.Q: I collect objects shaped like birds, and my favorites are those with long necks, bizarre beaks and other curious features. How can I learn more about such birds and how to identify peculiar-looking species? Also, where can such birds be found?

In Sykesville, a town council race that only a few weeks ago looked like a sure thing for incumbents has become a hotly contested election, with nine candidates campaigning hard for the four open seats.The four incumbents are running on a single ticket, highlighting their claimed accomplishments and promising to see projects through."We are running on a record of accomplishments that entitles us to support," said Michael H. Burgoyne, who is seeking a second term on the six-member panel.In the past few years, the town has started an ambitious plan to revitalize its Main Street and recently annexed 138 acres of state-owned property where it plans to create an employment campus.

In Sykesville, a town council race that only a few weeks ago looked like a sure thing for incumbents has become a hotly contested election, with nine candidates campaigning hard for the four open seats.The four incumbents are running on a single ticket, highlighting their claimed accomplishments and promising to see projects through."We are running on a record of accomplishments that entitles us to support," said Michael H. Burgoyne, who is seeking a second term on the six-member panel.In the past few years, the town has begun an ambitious plan to revitalize its Main Street and recently annexed 138 acres of state-owned property where it plans to create an employment campus.

Q: I am interested in collecting old milk bottles and related items such as openers, caps, dairy advertisements, signs, toy milk wagons, trucks, miniature bottles, etc. Where can I find more, and are there any clubs, books, publications or other sources for collectors?A: The National Association of Milk Bottle Collectors offers an annual membership and monthly newsletter for $15, or $2 for a current issue, from 4 Ox Bow Road, Westport, Conn. 06880. Creamers, a quarterly newsletter devoted to the collecting of individual glass creamers marked with dairy names that once were used in restaurants, is available for $4 a year or $1 a back issue, from Lloyd Bindscheattle, Box 11, Lake Villa, Ill. 60046.

THE DIABETIC Traveler" is a quarterly newsletter for people with diabetes who want to start or keep on traveling.Each issue focuses on a specific destination and provides tips for enjoying a country or region without compromising health needs. Among the advice is how to adjust insulin intake for air travel, what to include in a medical history and what kinds of food and weather to expect.''The Diabetic Traveler'' is edited by Maury Rosenbaum, who has had insulin-dependent diabetes for 15 years and who has also worked in the travel industry.