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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-05

And my opinion is that, in the
field of public relations, your
Marine officers corps is cheap
and cowardly."
Words" he said, ARE your
business. Mine is fighting"
MY opinions" I said, "such
as they are. are easily put on
paper. I think that your Marine
Corps is the finest fighting out
fit in the world. What makes il
fine is not you or your generals
It's McKeon and the 900 drill
instructors you have on this
post and however many there
are at San Diego. Take them
away and you know you have
got no corps"
Maybe" he said, II will
have another. A short one"
False Prophecy
He got it. We sat in silence.
I told him, chat 1 knew that
other DIS had marched pla-
ICONS into creeks. I knew of two
who had stood on the banks
Of creeks at night and tossed
the rifles of the entire platoon
into the water and then ordered
the recruits to go out and get
them and have them spotless
by sunup.
"What makes your Corps the
finest" / said, sis the toughest
ever devised. If you
soften that training, you are
going to need more than the
Third, Fourth and Fifth on
the next Two Jima."
"McKeon has it coming to
him." the lieutenant said. ITO
my knowledge, all DIS go by the
book and the book doesn't say
to drown the men in a creek"
you'll make a dandy cap
TAIN" / said.
Maybe. he said. "his lawyer.
Berman, will get him of
lightly. But whether he does
or not. I can tell you this,
Matthew McKeon is finished
in the corps. Even if he doesn't
get a DID, nobody in uniform
will ever look at him again."
II never met Matt before !
came here" I said. Il will
probably never see him again.
But this much Il know; he's
the finest fighting Marine I
ever met and whatever punish
ment is coming he'll take. You
won't hear a whimper from
him"
Nobody will ever look at him
again." the lieutenant said
stubbornly.
This was a long time ago.
Last week I read an Associated
Press dispatch. Cherry Point,
N. c." it read. "Pfc. Matthew
c. McKeon has been chosen
Marine of the Month on the
basis Of proficiency, bearing,
disposition and conduct"
(Copyright, 1858.
King Features Syndicate, Incl
Friday: Lessons for Joyns Mons
field.
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ter q nice home. l take care
Of all her clothes and she
doesn't have to do a lick OF
work in the house, outside OF
keeping her own room neat,
She has all the freedom in the
world 20 come and go as she
pleases. I have never inter-
Shirley MI have explained
to my mother, and she agrees,
that If I want to do wrong i
can do it without leaving home
I have no intention of doing
any such thing and feel that
my parents should trust me.
My reasons for wanting to
leave home are quite diff
ferent. I have never been away
from home to go to college, as
SO many girls have. I have
never been entirely on my own.
My mother does too much for
me and I want a feeling of
independence.
THE COUNCILS VIEW
Shirley Seems-to-have some
sound reasons for wanting her
own place. Whether or not her
parents have anything to
worry" about depends upon
how well they know her.
In any case, a financially
independent girl Of Shirley's
age can't be compelled to live
at home If she doesn't want to.
Living away may help her gain
the maturity and self-con-
fidence she evidently feels she
lacks, but she should be aware
that it is not a total answer to
her present discomfort.
Shirley should realize that
she has foolishly allowed her.
self to be placed in the position
of a. leftover, overgrown
child" Apparently, Mrs. D. M.
has taken too many of Shirley's
rightful responsibilities upon
herself. But Shirley should
have fought for her indepen-
dence and self-sufficiency at
home. She should not have
permitted herself to be waited
on like a helpless child. She
should have participated in the
home like another adult.
Whether she remains at home
or moves to her own apart
meht, Shirley should make
active efforts to gain emotional
maturity through lively particle
patton in every phase of her
daily living.
(Copyright 1858.
General Features Corp.)
Tomorrow: Wife's success in her
eoreer Ieods TO bitter FNolp with
husband.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-05

begin giving You injections.
! warn you that you'll be the
guinea pig. I've never used
this treatment before. Try
using an ice bag instead of
the heat. II seems the heat
is irritating your joints in
stead Of helping them"
Well, that's what ] used.
1t seems terrible. to think of
going 10 bed with an ice
bag between your knees, but
that's what I've been doing
now for about q month. The
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-05
FEATURE Pee
JIM BISHOP:
REPORTER
An Argument About Sergt. McKeon

The lieutenant was cordial
and correct. He had a crew cut,
face and a smile that deepened
when he was hurt. He was in
Marine suntans, a tall kid with
q future. / sat with him in the
Offcers Club at ParriS Island,
It was 6 pm, and the late sun
leaned against the window
Grapes. A few officers sat at the
dark bar, pouting over drinks.
A few wives chatted like ex-
citable birds pulling at a con-
versational worm.
''You think McKeon will be
found guilty?" I said. The
lieutenant looked up from the
fat old-fashioned glass. Don't
you?" he said.
I'm prejudiced," ! said. He
crossed the long legs and
leaned away from the table.
The smile deepened. He did
not like Sergt. Matthew Nc
Keen. He liked me less, because
he felt he could handle Nc
Keen. I was a buttinsky New
York newspaperman with opin-
ions.
"Of the record" I said. He
slipped, and looked at the CELL
ing. "There Is no of the rec
ord" he said. Right now, I
don't know as much about the
case as you. I have to work a
platoon. You sit in the court
all day listening to the evil
dence."
Then let me tell you" I said.
"And what I tell you is merely
guessing. Six kids were drowned
in q creek. Sergt. McKeon
marched them into it as a
matter Of discipline for gooing.
He'll pay for it. They'll break
him and they'll send him to
Norfolk to serve time and they'll
find him guilty of drinking"
Bitter Words
The lieutenant stopped smil-
ing. Sounds just" he said. He
nodded to a captain passing by.
I stirred the stirred tea. You
got any work to do tonight?"
I said. "Some paper work." he
said. "Your days work isn't
finished?" / said. He shook his
head no. "Then," I said, why
are you drinking?"
The smile broadened and
went into dimples. "I'm not get
ting drunk" he said patiently.
Neither" I said, was Sergt.
McKeon. This is not my ver-
dict. It's a matter of evidence.
He was not intoxicated"
"Sergeants shouldn't drink in
duty hours" he said. Then,
hastily: II can't argue with
you. Mr.. Bishop" (
I'm not here for an argu-
ment," I said. Have another?"
He declined with shiny teeth.
"As I would not deprive you
of your right to hate McKeon,"
I said, $50 I know you will per-
NIT me to have my opinion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-05
THE GOLDEN YEARS
Mar, 81, Looks Aheod,
Becomes Private Eye

He was tempted, he said. to go
to a competitor. That's where
you're worth most, and I'm not
sure it's a betrayal when your
old company insists it's going
to kick you out at 65." But he
said he couldn't bring himself
to do it. He went with a manu-
facturer in an allied, but not
competitive line. He got the
same salary and a verbal agree
ment that he wouldn't be re-
tired until 81.
MY wife and I went to q
stockbroker and made arrange
ments to invest the $128 a
month pension from the old
company in conservative stocks.
In five years we would have
$3.50, and more If the stocks
grew" They grew over the
five years to a valuation of
$l0,30O and in the last few
months have dropped back to
$4,000
1t is these stocks that are
financing his vacation to Tam
pico. He has borrowed $500
on them at the bank, on a So
month note. He figures divid-
ends. at $500 a year, will pay
1t of.
Mr.. Weathered stumbled into
the private eye. He was getting
close to 81 and growing weary.
Too many years at the same
sort of chores. He was ready to
give it up and settle down with
his delayed Social Security.
But one night the wife and
I went to the house Of q bar
rister friend, and met this
fellow who did the barrister's
undercover work. We got into
an interesting conversation, and
the upshot of 1t was the mutual
discovery by us that a dignified
67-year-old man. who couldn't
possibly mean any harm to
anybody, might put on old
clothes and investigate better
than an expert, :"
copyriuht 1858, General Features Corp
The Golden Yson sppson soeh
Wednesday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-05
BY THOMAS COLLINS

Robert w. Weathered, age
81. has Just retired on a PEN
sion Of 1923 a month. On
March IS, when he and his
wife get back from a vacation
In Tampico. Mexico, he is 60
ing to work for what the pa
perback novels call a private
eye. He calls it a confidential
investigator.
Mr.. Weathered is a unique
retirement story. He is a liv-
ing, breathing example OF the
magic that is within the grasp
of any person in his COS.
"I don't have to do this,
you understand" he told me.
IT have Sl08 Social Security
and my wife has $54. in addi-
ton to the $l28 pension. I'm
doing 1t because / have been
able to sign a l2-month con-
tract for exactly 500 a month
and thus keep my Social Sc
curity-and also because /
think working for confiden-
tial investigator may be more
interesting than being a five
star general :"
Mr.. Weathered, after "a
years with a manufacturing
concern, decided to take a re-
duced pension and retire at
age 81. "They were going to
retire me at SIS. figured /
couldn't afford to. The pension
was increasing $40 per month
per year at the time, which
would have brought me TO $l88
a month at SIS.
II fgured-with good logic, ]
think-that the smart thing
was to take the $l28 a month
and get another job, while ]
was still salable :"
Most people, he said, can
switch Jobs pretty well up until
age So, provided they have
something to offer. After SO
you're crying in the wilderness
because everybody knows you're
trying to hedge on retirement"
He looked for several months,
meanwhile holding his old job
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-05

complete the group. Acting Di-
rector Theodore Reed of the
Washington Zoo-a lifelong fan
of Mutt and Jeff-officially
named the monkey family in
honor Of an unscheduled visit
by the author to the geological
park yesterday.
Mr.. Smith is spending week
In Washington as the guest of
The Star, one Of 500 papers
which carry the Mutt and Jeff
strip. He is here to promote
interest in The Stars $500
comic cartoon contest for
young amateur artists now go
ing on.
Feb. Is Deadline
(You have until midnight
February is to mail in your
entry. The rules, details and
an entry blank are printed
every weekday in The Stars
big comic section and on
Sunday in TEEN magazine.)
The cartoonist had more
trouble with Nuts monkey
namesake at the Zoo yesterday
than the tall character he
creates ever gives him. The
monkey Mutt made several
efforts to grab Mr.. Smiths
mustache during the picture
taking. 1t almost made the So
year-old cartoonist late for his
television appearance on the
"Pete and His Pals" show in
which Pete Jameson stars on
WMAL-TV. From there, Mr..
Smith went to Gordon Junior
High School. Thirty-fifth and
T streets NV, to address 800
students.
Principal j. Dallas Shirley,
who introduced the cartoon
ist, reminded the students that
Mr.. Smith had been doing
Mutt and JEFF at least 10 years
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-05

The Golden Yssu sppssn soeh
Wednesday,.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-05

The FomiIy Council consists Of q
Judge. q psyehiotrist. three clergy
men, newspaper editor. a women's
editor and two writers. Eoch orticle
is summary Of on actual cose
history. The council reports on
problems thot have been deoIt with
by responsible agencies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-05
FAMILY COUNCIL
She Wants
Daughter
StoyOn
THE PROBLEM

MRS. d. M.-Why should she
want to leave home!
SHIRLEY M feel like a
leftover. overgrown child.
THE DETAILS
Mrs. d. MI am the mother
of four children. My oldest
daughter. Shirley. is % and
recently gave me the shock of
my life by saying she wants
to take an apartment with a
girl friend of hers.
I have done everything I
possibly could give my daugh-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-05
AL Smith Sees Family
Of Mutt, Jeff at Zoo

AL Smith, author Of the Mutt and Jef comic strip has
special interest in Washington now-theres family here
named after his popular cartoon characters
The local Mr.. A. Mutt is large mustached Guenon
monkey from Equatorial Africa There is also Mrs Mutt and
small Cicero Mutt shorter male monk named JEFF to
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1958-01-02
In Rockville From
Business Good
During 1857

ing optimism was a furniture
store owner who reported de-
crease this year in his overall
picture as we'll as in his Christ
mas business. He blamed coun-
try-wide conditions.
However, Marchus o. Cohen,
general manager of Hechinger's,
which made an exhaustive study
of the business potential of this
area before opening its new
branch here, reported that bust
ness at the new branch had ex-
ceeded the surveys predictions.
Also, Cohen said, the Rockville
branch had grown more rapidly
than any of the other Hechinger's
branches in a similar period.
Sol Bendit of Worths; Maui
rice Blanco, JacMar's; Everett c.
Jordon, manager of w. T.
Grants; w. R. Short, manager of
Millers; William B. Stewart, man
ager of Rockville's Coop; all re-
ported a steady increase in the
years business and where a COM
parison was possible, up over last
Christmas.
Both Jordan and Short also re-
marked on the spread of custom
ers coming from the area south
and east of Rockville.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1958-01-02

preferably aloud. and it should
intrigue you even as it has in
trigued me. Read a line and then
stop and say Now just what does
that mean" In other words you
will have to hunt for the beauty
to be found in SMILES, metaphors,
hyperboles and alterations, but.
once you understood what ii
means, the magic of it will thrill
you. No one ever wrote as mas
terfully as Shakespeare or Elmer
son, and, am afraid no one will
ever write that way again.
| wish you would try some
thing. Find quiet spot (if you
can find one) and sit down with
Emerson's Compensation" and
"Self-Reliance.' Read them aloud.
Study each line. Each line is a
sermon in itself.
II you've already read and stud
led Hamlet" and Compensation"
and "SeIf-Reliance," read them
again. The glamour and the beau
ty are still there. They will be
ever there until the end of time.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1958-01-02
In County From p.
Year 81 Was
Eventful One
In County
From p. I

brook store Thomas Moore
Garrett, dairy farmer, dies :.
County sells Sc million bond issue
at 3:5 percent interest to New
York bank (. Montgomery Blair
High captures bi-county basket
ball title, defeats Bladensburg =. :.
Reese proposed record $52.8 mil.
lion budget, would raise taxes Is
cents per 500.
March
County Council hears plea for
centralized command Of all vol
unteer fire departments post
pones action :. (. Property owners
hear county can't help them in
fight against PEPCOs high ten
sion line crossing properties from
Dickerson to Brighton :, Mont
gomery Blair loses race for state
basketball title John r. Lewis,
ex-president of Board of Commits
sioners, dies at 76 r. w.
Janney quits County Welfare
Board.
April
County School Board secs no
reason" to reappoint Norris as
schools head Rockville post.
master announces service cuts for
lack of funds Nina Thonfp-
son, Rockville historian, dies at
SO Rockville bids opened for
water pipe to river :. Air Force
announces plans to build 81 mil
lion building in Rockville 4.
The County Council approves
1884 million budget, S500,000
more than asked \. Rockville
planners put kibosh on AT site.
May
Paul Howard elected president
of County Council Of P.TAs :.
School Board votes TO seek archi-
tects advice on selection Of school
architect Cy M. Campbell ac-
quires controlling Interest In Sen
tinel, buying out Louis M. Leim-
bach Washington Suburban
Sanitary Commission reveals
choice OF controversial Watts
Branch site for river tap :.
Rockville gives final mo" to AT
site in city; others proposed :.
Controversy surrounds reappoint-
ment Of builder Donald r. Gin
gerry, David Soul to Maryland
National Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission.
June
School Board offers superin-
tendent's job to Floridian c. Tay.
lor Whittier Frank II. Hig.
gins, Rockville city councilman
for eight years, died :. Federal
flip-flp switches VA hospital site
from county to Soldiers Home in
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1958-01-02
Legal Advertisement
Notice
BEER AND LIGHT WINE
WCENycE

ALAOE1INoE
Notice is hereby given that APP
plication has been made by:
Nancy Lee Barton
Geraldine S. Lavagnino
Ann Franklin Bowles
On behalf of Belby, Incorporated,
for a Beer and Light Wine Lii
cense, Glass d, On Sale, Gener-
ally, for the premises known as
BELLY House Restaurant and
Rockville S ~ b-Freeze, which
premises are located at:
1856 East Montgomery Avenue
Rockville, Maryland
A hearing on this application
will be held in the County Coun-
ell Hearing Room, County Office
Building, Rockville, Maryland on:
Wednesday, January %, 1858, at
$3.50 A. M.
Any person desiring to be heard
on said application should appear
at the time and place fixed for
said hearing.
Board of License Commits.
sioners for Montgomery
County
BY: f. w. BUCKLIN,
Secretary 2t-3882
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1958-01-02
DickersOn
Boy, IA,
DrOlUns

A 14-year.old Dickerson boy
drowned in the Monacacy River
Monday, near the Furnace Ford
bridge on Rte. %.
He was Thomas Larry Barn
house. son of Mr.. and Mrs. Car
roll c. Farmhouse.
Frederick county police re-
ported the boy had dived into
the river to recover a boat that
had slipped its mornings. He
failed to regain the shore.
His body was recovered at $50
PM, three hours after the trag-
edy. He was removed to the Hill
ton funeral home in GAINESVILLE.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1958-01-02
Roy Lee Yinaer's-
Beauty at Your Back Door
Roy Lee YinGer's-

Have you ever wondered, as
have, how some people get any
zest out of living? What do they
like, what do they enjoy, where
do they find stimulation and ex.
hilaration?
I must confess that / have not
yet found any satisfactory answer
to these questions.
My mother and father seemed
content to stay home every night
and work hard every day. / al
ways said that their main inter-
est was the raising of. a fairly
large family the like of which
is seldom seen nowadays. This,
apparently, was all they lived for.
My mother always maintained
that there was not much to do
when she was a girl. There We're
no movies, no automobiles, there,
really, wasn't much else to do ex.
cept have a family.
OF course, nowadays, there's
plenty of everything that is sup
posed to be glamorous and ex-
citing. Our forbears would be as
tonished at the culture" we've
acquired in the last so years.
If the world has become So
phisticated in some important
things, l am afraid it has done
so at the expense of many an
theology which has been with US
since the beginning of time.
For instance there is the apathy
we so-called ''moderns' exhibit
toward the writings which have
always been with us in the works
of Shakespeare and Emerson.
There have been many other
great writers, but for the sake
of brevity let's just talk about
Shakespeare and Emerson.
Shakespeare's and Emerson's
works, of course, existed during
the lifetime of my mother and
father, but / am quite sure that
they had no knowledge of them.
And, the way l look at it, they
definitely missed something in
life.
Say anything about Shake
speare nowadays to almost any
one, and they will look at you
Observation-Disclosures phil0sO-
phies are all but forgotten in u
world concerned with high-pOw-
cred automobiles, fancy teIevision
and an Unsuitable desire to make
a rocket trip TO the moon. Nova
days the word pleasure" Is syn
onymous with money" Almost
everyone thinks we must have
money" to have pleasure"
One does not have to be a high
brow to "understand'' Shake
speare and Emerson. Anyone
who can read and take time to
think about what they have read,
should be able to appreciate the
wonder and the beauty and the
majesty which is Shakespeare.
Pick up Hamlet" read it slowly,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1958-01-02
Sheriff's Sale
OF Valuable Personal Property

VI vahuesOtC u oOthAi AOPCIty
State of Maryland
Montgomery County, to wit:
BY virtue of Distrant for Rent
issued by Rockville Development
Corp, landlord, and to me as
Sheriff of said County directed at
the suit of Rockville Development
Corp. VS. Joseph Pellak, | have
this 23rd day of October, 1857,
seized and taken into execution
all the right and title, claim, in
terest and estate both at law and
in equity of the said Joseph Pei
LAX, of, in, to and about the fol-
lowing described property, to wit:
2 Chest of Drawers
1 Sofa
2 Arm Chairs
Coffee Table
/ Table
3 Table Lamps
81" Philco TV
2 End Tables
/ Double Bed
2 Single Beds
2 DresSerS
dinette Table with 4 Chairs
Refrigerator
3 Scatter Rugs
Whirlpool Washer
l Kitchen Cabinet
l Aft. Metal Cabinet
/ Table
/ hereby give notice that l will
sell all the right, title, claim, in
terest, and estate both at law and
In equity Of the said Joseph Pei
LAX, Of. in, to and about the above
property to the highest bidders
for cash at 405 Blandford St.,
Rockville, Maryland. on
TUESDAY, JANUARY Ia, 1858
AT 1880 A. NJ
Terms of Sale: CASH.
LUKE J. BENNETT, JR.,
Sheriff,
Montgomery County, Md.
$3.50
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1958-01-02
McFee Is Winner
OF EdnOr Contest

Thomas McFee, of Ednor Acres,
was the first place winner in an
outdoor lighting contest spon-
sored by the Ednor Citizens. Asso.
citation. Other winners: Second
place, Donald F. Yost, of Cedar
Lane, Ednor; third place, Alva
C. Pepper, 818 Snyder Lane, Glow.
erly; fourth place, Vaughn B.
Coale, Ednor Acres. fifth place,
Frank l.. BentZ, Jr., Ednor Acres,
and sixth place, Richard Kreger,
Ednor Acres.