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Evening star., 1960-08-26

not a man-nO matter how
tall he is or how many birth
days he has celebrated,
DEAR ABBY: I was over
at my sisters house for
supper last night and her
husband gave their little boy
the dickens for eating fresh
fruit from the ice box with
out washing it first. I didn't
want to say anything at the
time, but I used to eat plums
and apples right off the trees
many years ago and I never
died. How come?
NEIGHBOR.
Years ago fruit farmers
land grOcersl did not use
insect sprays as profusely as
they do today. The fruit
should be washed BEFORE
it Is put In the ice box"
Mana should have caught
the dickens.
DEAR ABBY: Please set
tie an argument once and for
all. I was taught that teen
ayers did not rush to answer
Evening star., 1960-08-26
You're Still Not Grown Up,' Son!

DEAR ABBY: I am a man
by the laws of nature as well
as the laws Of the land. ] am
self-supporting, 6 feet tall,
and celebrated my 21st birth
day almost a year ago. But
this doesn't mean anything
to my parents. They still try
to live my life and tell me
what to do. Their biggest
complaint is my recent in
volvement with a married
woman who is divorcing her
husband because of me.
CHER idea, not MINE.)
I don't live by all the rules
in their book, but ! am of
legal age and am willing to
accept the consequences. How
can I impress on my parents
that a man of 81 can do as
he pleases? OF AGE.
NO ONE may do as he
pleases." We are all gov
erned by the laws Of our
Nation, communities, and the
Scriptures-not to mention
the laws Of common sense.
Until a male grows up"
morally and spiritually, he Is
Evening star., 1960-08-26
FAMOUS FABLES
BY E. E. EDGAR

EXERCISE: Oscar Wilde
abhorred all forms of exer-
else. One warm night, when
he was leaving the theater
with a friend, the latter sug-
gested that they walk home.
Wilde. hailing a cab, shud-
dered at the suggestion.
But the fresh air is in
vigorating." insisted the
other.
1T is just as invigorating
in an open carriage" replied
Wilde.
MANNERS: At a party,
Humorist-Author Ring Lard
ner was introduced by his
host to a garrulous guest who
talked without letup.
Later. when the talkaitve
one had gone. the host came
over to Lardner and asked:
We'll, what sort of fellow
is he? Did you talk to him?"
NO" said Lardner. My
parents taught me never to
interrupt"
Evening star., 1960-08-26

make friends. One need onlS
become one. first.
(copyriEht 1850. General
Features Corp.)
Evening star., 1960-08-26
DEAR ABBY ::
BY ABIGAIL VAN BUREN,

the telephone when elders
were around. My wife's teen
aged nieces and nephews
always answer the phone in
my home even if we are in
the same room. When we
are visiting their home, they
literally race for the phone
when it rings, elbowing each
other out Of the way. I say
it is bad manners and should
not be tolerated. I am told
all teenAagers behave this way
and 1t is perfectly all right.
AN ELDER
A guest (of any age) should
not answer the telephone
unless asked to do 30. Teen
ayers should certainly have
the right to answer the phone
in their own homes dts usu-
ally for them anyway.
y \
II you Wdnt a personal
reply from Abby. tDrite to her
in care OF The Evening Star
and incloSe a stamped, self
addressed envelope. She
1nStUerS ALL letters.
distributed by McNauEht
Syndicate, Inc)
Evening star., 1960-08-26

her daughters life and hopes
this will take care of every
thing. We see nothing wrong
with the idea of elderly
parents living close to their
children. but we see a lot
wrong with the idea of their
doing this as q way-of life
for the late years.
Betty has been at loose
ends for many years. The
fact that she finds her hus-
band in the way Of her
housekeeping suggests that
she sees this activity as an
end in itself.
Louis is not in a much
better frame of mind. He
cannot feel very good with
out something Of importance
to do every day. His habit
Of grabbing snacks from the
refrigerator is a sign Of bore
dom.
We live in the kind Of
Evening star., 1960-08-26

and then has no appetite for
dinner. So ! have nothing to
do.
We have two married
daughters who live in diff
ferent States. We see them
only once o year. I would
like to go to live near the
older one so we would at
least be able to see our
grandchildren growing up.
But my husband is q stick
in-the-mud.
Louis Betty knows
very we'll that we don't have
the kind of money 1t takes
to make a move like that.
Our home is old and we
couldn't get much for it. We
couldn't buy a new home.
We'd have to take an apart
ment and then we'd only
have enough rent to last q
few years. My pension isn't
very much.
And I don't feel our
daughter wants us living
near her. She and her
mother get into arguments.
I feel that my wife resents
having me around the house.
She has been nagging ever
since I retired. She COM
plains about every little thing
I do or don't do.
THE COUNCILS VIEW
This is a strong case for
making plans for retirement.
We don't think Betty's idea
of moving near her daughter
is a solution. She simply
wants to dump herself into
Evening star., 1960-08-26
Odd Special Glasses

Eight classes will be added
this year to the special educa-
ton program sponsored by the
Prince Georges County school
board, bringing the number Of
special education classes to 81
The program is for pupils who
are physically or mentally
handicapped.
Evening star., 1960-08-26
Friday, August 2t

Friday, August 26.
1t was a hot afternoon in
late August and I walked up
East Forty-fifth street toward
the Daily Mirror building.
The trucks were loading next
Sundays comics. I passed
the old man and did not see
him. He was slow and ele-
CANT. I heard him call and
stopped to permit him to
catch up.
HENRY LA CHOSSEE had
been a great newspaperman
before my time. Now it was
1884 and his head was good,
but his legs were gone and
he sat on the rim of the copy
desk.
The Newspaper Guild was
organizing and La ChoSsee
was interested. IT'S going
to be a good thing some day"
he said. as we walked to
work. 1T will give a man
security. Not me. It's too
late for me. but you fellows
will get a lot out of it,"
I was 26 and didn't know
what security meant and was
uninterested. l could under
stand a salary increase, but
the word security sounded to
e like a form of insurance.
At 26. death and old age are
things that happen to other
people.
In any case, it came too
late for Mr.. La Chossee. Long
after he stepped offstage. I
began to understand the
word security and what it
means to millions Of men.
Most of them start life try
ing to earn a fortune. and
close it trying to break even.
Many of them. patheti-
cally. cannot afford to die.
Oscar Wilde was an hour
from death in a Paris garret
when a friend offered him a
glass of champagne. The poet
took it. closed his eyes and
said: I'm dying beyond my
means"
Social security has helped.
So have the retirement plans
of insurance companies
across the country. None of
them give a man the kind
Of money he needs to live in
a country where the dollar
has been cheapened. and
prices climb higher noun
tains every week.
A friend of mine works for
the Erie Railroad. A few
years ago the Erie abandoned
its own terminal and began
to use the Delaware. Lacka-
wanna g. Western in Hobo
ken. Overnight, the rail-
roads had two men for
each terminal job. My friend
was laid off. He had put in
ten years and was bucking
for pension.
He had to make himself
available for a days work
per week. maybe two. He
tried hard to get a steady
job, but nobody was inter-
ested in a man over SO. Now
he's afraid to quit for fear
Of jeopardizing his seniority
rights. He talks about a PEN
sion as though ten years of
service would give him one.
On the West Shore Rail-
road, my sisters husband
works as a car knocker. That
railroad is cutting sched-
ules. Emil Steencken doesn't
always get a full week. The
Erie is about to merge with
the DL&W to stay alive.
Who speaks up for the worker
to ask how he is going to
remain alive? To beg, a man
needs a license.
Policemen and firemen put
in their time bucking for a
pension. The amount sounds
all right when a man takes
a job, but, by the time he
Evening star., 1960-08-26
Royburn to Speak

House Speaker Rayburn will
be the principal speaker at a
dinner in Ocean City, Md,
Monday in honor of Represen-
tative johnson, Democrat of
Maryland.
Evening star., 1960-08-26

world today where many
things Of interest are open
to those who must count
pennies. It isn't hard to
Evening star., 1960-08-26
FAMILY COUNCIL
Retirement
Puts Them
In q Fix
THE PROBLEM

The PROBLEM
Betty i've should go TO
live near our daughter.
Louis J.-She doesn't even
want us.
THE DETAILS
Betty J.-My husband and
I are in our COS and he retired
last year. Since then we have
been very unhappy.
The problem is that we have
never been sociable people. We
Evening star., 1960-08-26

The FomiIy Council consists Of o
Judge. q psyehiotrist. three clergy
men, three editors ond q women's
editor. Eoeh article is q summary
Of on octuol eose history. The
council reports on problems thot
hove been deoIt with by RESPONSE
BILE osencieS and counseIors.
Evening star., 1960-08-26

have few friends and little
money for entertaining. When
my husband went to work I
was kept busy around the
house and preparing his din
ner. Now he hangs around
the house and gets in my way
when I try to clean. He grabs
Snacks from the refrigerator
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East Side

The fellow got $4,000 in listening fees" from record
company for giving the company his expert opinion on certain rec
ords
Probably worth every cent Of it, TOO One Of the records he
listened part Of his duty Rudolph the RedNosed Rein
deer CHa-Cha."
Do those Congressman expect to listen to something
like that for free?
Personally think listening fees" should go up now that
Ekis is back!
Two items overheard at party recently: Man TO Lady:
"How's this for new slogan Down with Mental Health"
Lady to Man: "Okay but have my I'm for clean bodies
and dirty minds"
thought about these ideas for long time = I'm for 'em
both.
y From DIN MiIIer's GRIST & GRlTS:
An aeronauca engineer says man far more efficient at
flying than birds are Maybe so but ever saw bird carry
ing parachute.
X X
IAN empty bottle containing sleeping pills was found"
From news story the Philadelphia Inquirer People who keep
pills in empty bottles are peculiar and will bear watching.
X X
person may pat you the back with his fingers crossed
but he will never kick you the pants with his legs crossed
X X
1t seems unfortunate way that medical science hasn't
vet learned how arrest the worst diseases those are
the ones most people have TO die OF.
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RALPH McGILL :

light to our path as we move to
keep pace with events.
And we, in this varied and
complex South which we love
and, have had grievous burdens
put upon US. We are part of his
tory and it is all the more good
to be alive and a part of its ex-
citing course.
And to be young Southerners,
or young men and women work
ing in the South-that, of course,
is the most delightful, mystical
and wonderful agony of all.
One of the phrases most famil-
lar to our ears, and that of our
grandfathers, is that of 'the New
South" Many prophets have pro-
claimed a New South. The truth
is there is always a New South
in the making.
This South is new to me. 1t is
not the one knew as boy. 1t
certainly is not the one my father
knew. My grandfather = like
yours, would never have imagin-
ed the South of today. And GER
tainly when you are grand
father you will know a South
that will not much resemble that
of today.
Valor, courage, integrity and
the mighty mysteries and values
of God and man remain constant.
So do weaknesses, meanness and
vanities. But the world changes
and we are a part of the world
We must go with it, seeking al
ways to participate in our share
of it.
But none has so great a re-
gional stage show to watch, and
so good an opportunity to decide,
as the young men and women in
Southern universities and those
lust coming into their teens and
becoming aware of the forces IN
their lives. Their leaders are be-
fore them and are on trial. Young
Southerners, and those from 9TH
er areas who have taken their
education in the South, are
watching their political represen-
tatives in the spotlight of the
great drama of human rights and
public education, as well as in
economics and international af-
fairs.
Since their political leaders are
before them so plainly, the young
men and women in the South,
who live here or have come here
]. for education, cannot help but
think about these men and about
chose who speak from pulpit, po-
liiim or press on the same sub4
~ CONTINUED on Page Three)
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Did you know that

Of completed
deformed babies born? And that
that tragic total?
Scientists Great Britain warned
that So 900 people result OF tests
already performed2
countries including SO Nobel rlze
winners of "imperative"
z. writes--
with
of the problem that
all:
the genetic
fearful
ons. not to o
better that of should die somewhat be-
JUDGING
life children therefore, the
it
own"
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u. VISITING The SINS
OF THE FATHERS ON The
CHILDREN, AND ON The
CHILDREMiS CHILDREN. IL
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Charles r. Lawrence, National Chain,
. 15fasd NJ h5 s~onley Jr. c'-sef~'a"1'
NATIONAL
FIELD SECRETART
Glenn E. Smiley
REGIONAL
SECRETARIES
Neru England
ROBERT GUSSNER
10 Kirkland Road
Cambridge SO, Mass.
Middle atlantic
CHARLES C. WALKER
Cheyney, Penna.
Midwest
DOROTHY CALKINS
l2l7 Judson Avenue
Evanston, Illinois
South
JAMES M. LAWSON JR.
l407 South Street +
Nashville, Tenn. 9i
Pacific Coast ii
LOIS V. HAMER
1906 w. Jefferson Blvd.
Los Angeles 7, Calf.
FIELD WORKER y 49,
Northeast
Maxine Acker
1914 West 9Th Street
Aberdeen, Washington
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Write tho President today TO stop the testing Of
And TO add your strength to others II the struggle
and fcr peace, urite-. .s.z s...... i
- ws--ressa,sf sS5'ssyrszs SsSsyss.1d
the TE11ovsH1p or RscoNc1I1Aqasa
@~ Box e71. 'Nyack, New Fork
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-04-01

she Just loves Linda's new home
Recent Richmond visitors in
clude Mr.. and Mrs. X. L. Jones,
Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Spessard
and the Rev. and Mrs. j. L.
Mclean.
c. G. Coleman, of Lynchburg
was an overnight guest last
Tuesday Of Mr.. and Mrs. M. F
LeSueur.
Miss Betty Jean Bryant. R
NJ. of Lynchburg spent several
days this week with her mother
Mrs. Louise Bryant.
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Clarke
OF Portsmouth, were recent
week end guests of Mr.. and Mrs
M. F. LeSueur.
A Boy Scout Troop has beer
organized in Arvonla with AL
fred Seay, Jr., as scoutmaster
The first meeting was held OF
Saturday, March &c.
Miss Elizabeth Hanes, of Dill
wyn, was the. week end guest
Of Miss Betty LeSueur.
The Youth Fellowship held its
regular meeting in the Arvor
Presbyterian Church on Sunday
afternoon.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-04-01

Mrs. R mon d Harris, Of
Alpha, Mrs. Alton Davis and
children, and Mrs. M. E. Deane
were recent callers Of Misses
Mary and Louise Anderson.
Tommy LeSueur, of Arvonia,
was an overnight guest of Man
uel de Bettencourt, Monday.
The Mt. Zion Home Demon
stration Club met with Mrs.
Blanche Snoddy, last Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Payne
and Mrs. Virginia Moss. Of Pal
myra, spent last Friday with
Mrs. Edward Yancey and helped
her celebrate her birthday.
Mrs. John Davis is recovering
from an attack Of bronchitis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Matth-
ewS, Of Richmond. were week
end guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Meade Woodfin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Davis, of
Farmville, visited her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. T. L.. Hudgins,
Sunday afternoon. They also
called in the j. R. Phillips home
and went to see Mr.. and Mrs.
Clarence Thomas in Dillwyn.
Willard Fisher, Of Mineral,
visited at Social Hall" Monday.
The Junior Department of the
School Of Missions at Mt. Zion
will meet at the church from 10
am. to 2 pm. Saturday. The
other classes Of the school will
meet next week.
Mesdames G. w. Cave. John
Davidson, A. D. de Bettencourt
and T. L. Hudgins were in Rich
mond Tuesday where they visited
c. w. Cave in Johnston Willis
Hospital. They found him con-
siderably improved.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Tate, of
Farmville, visited Mrs. E. w.
Bickford. Monday evening.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-04-01
Mrs. Chambers Returns From Jamaica

ARVONIA, Mar. 81 Mrs.
w. A. Chambers has returned
h m e after vacationing in
Jamaica and other points of in
terest. She reported a wonderful
time. The flowers were bloom
ing and the weather was warm,
but when she returned home she
found snow still here.
Miss Sarah Johns has returned
to Fairfax Hall in Waynesboro
after spending her spring vaca-
ton in her home here. Miss
Johns is senior this year. Miss
Johns and her mother, Mrs. M.
NJ. Johns visited Mary Washing
ton College in Fredericksburg
last week. She is in the process
IF trying to decide what college
she will enter next fall. They
also visited NJ. M. Johns who
was a patient in Johnston Willis
Hospital at that time. Mr.. Johns
returned home on Sunday and
is slowly recovering from sur
gerry.
Mrs. G. P. Williams and r.
W. Williams, Of Richmond, were
recent Sunday afternoon visitors
of Mr.. and Mrs. Owen F. Viii
liams.
Tommy Yancey. of Falls
Church. spent the past week end
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs
T. A. Yancey.
Club Entertained
Mrs. John Bragg recently en-
tertained the Arvonia Improve
ment Club members at a
luncheon. honoring Mrs. Aubrey
Tatum who was moving to Rich
mond. However, much to every
ones distress, Mrs. Tatum was
unable to attend due to sickness.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-04-01
Shower ToHonor
NewlywedCouple

WELL WATER, Mar. 81 NV
The Young People, Glass of the
Sharon Sunday School will give
a miscellaneous shower on Sat
urday evening, April . at 7::3O
in honor of Mr.. and Mrs. Cor
don Rush, who were recently
married.
Miss Irma Winfred, of Rich
mond, spent Saturday night with
Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Self. Mrs.
Mary Cosby, Of Glen Allen, visit
ed in the same home Sunday
but spent Saturday night with
Mr.. and Mrs. McKenna Ayres.
Mrs. Annie E. Winfrey and
Mrs. G. A. Baber returned home
from Durham Saturday. Mr.. and
Mrs. C. c. Cook and daughter,
Marcia, brought them and spent
Saturday night and Sunday with
the Joe Stegers. Other visitors
were Mr.. and Mrs. V. A. Zap
scott and son, "Tappy,' of Sill
yer Spring, Md, and Mr.. and
Mrs. L. c. Bransford.
Mrs. T. R. Southwards, of
Wilmington. has spent several
days with her brother-in-laW and
sister, Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Self,
since the death of her husband.
who was buried at Sharon Bap-
test Church here on Saturday.
My sympathy is extended to
Mrs. Southwards in her be-
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-04-01
Anderson Breaks Arm,
For The Third Time

MT. ZION, Mar. 81 ~ R. B.
Anderson had the misfortune to
break a small bone in his right
arm at work Sunday. He has
broken this arm three different
times.
Vernon Bickford underwent
surgery at MCGUIRE Hospital,
Monday. His brother, Raymond
Bickford. of Toledo, Ohio, flew in
Sunday to be with him, and later
came here to visit a few days
with his mother, Mrs. E. w.
Bickford.
Mr., and Mrs. Kenneth Percy,
Of Parkersburg, w. Va, were
week end guests Of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. H. Martin.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. T. Overstreet
and four Of their boys. of Glen
Allen, visited the de Betten-
courts, Sunday.
Cadet Carey Bryant returned
to VPI Sunday after spending
his spring vacation with his par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. R. L. Bryant.
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene David
son, of Richmond, have named
the new addition to their family,
James Michael. They brought
him and Gene up to visit their
grandparents, MFR. and Mrs. John
Davidson, recently. Phillip Earl
their second son. returned home
with them after several weeks
visit.
Mrs. Blanche Mahon. Mrs.
Tommy Adams and Branson
Strickland spent the week end at
Mrs. Mahon's home here.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. j. Snyder and
family drove down from Mclean
Sunday afternoon for short
visit with Mr.. and Mrs. A. H.
Martin and other relatives. They
returned Monday afternoon.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-04-01
Friends OfLong Ago And Far
Away Are Guests Of CoIen,ans

Friends of long ago and far
away" were overnight guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Julius Coleman,
Tuesday. Mr.. and Mrs. George
Sipp, recently returned FIR m
Turkey where for the past four
years Mr.. Sipp has been con-
sultant engineer for a New York
firm; their son and daughter-in-
law, Mr.. and Mrs. George Sipp,
Jr.. and their two-year old son,
George III. of Westport, Mass,
where George, Jr., is professor
OF English at Friends Academy
came from Norfolk where they
had visited relatives to renew
friendship and exchange family
history with the Colemans. The
elder Sipps. due to Mr.. Sipp S
work. are world travellers. Their
infrequent visits. on returning to
this country, are always eagerly
awaited by the Colemans.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Dorrier and
Jimmie Forbes were dinner
guests Of Miss Beth Forbes, Sun.
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. J. Thompson
went to Lynchburg Friday after
noon. did some shopping, spent
the night with the Luther Wal.
denS. and returned home Satur.
day morning.
Ewell Morgan spent the week
end with his parents. Sunday
Miss Mary Noble Morgan and
Edward Dunevant drove to Dan
vile for the day with Mr.. and
Mrs. Bobby Morgan. With their
small daughter. Mary Annette
rapidly growing into young
lady. the Bobby Morgans have
given up their apartment ant
have taken a house.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-04-01

Mrs. T. S. Jeffrey is spending
a week in Lexington at the home
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Wexford JEFF
frey. Mrs. Jeffrey is staying
with her grandchildren while
Wexford and his wife are in New
York.
Mrs j. Garland Hanes, of
Farnville, and j. G. Hanes, Jr.,
Of Richmond, were visitors on
Friday afternoon in the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Owen F.. Williams.
Week end visitors in the same
home were Mr.. and Mrs. Nor
man T. Williams and Wayne
and Richard. of Richmond. On
Sunday afternoon, Mrs. o. j.
Willianes was suppressed with a
visit from her sister -in-law, Mrs.
William File, and daughter, Miss
Anne Louise File, of Beckley,
w. Va.
Miss Nancy Johns, student at
Randolph-Macon Woman's Col
lege, is spending this week with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. M.
M. Johns.
Mrs. w. T. johnson, accom-
panied by Mrs. J. j. Boatwright
were Richmond visitors last
week.
Heart Fund Marchers
Young people who collected
for the Heart Fund in Arvonia
included Betty LeSueur, Ann
Hudgins, Pat Turner, Linda
Green. Anne Williams. Gloria
Mitchell, Ronnie Craft, S a m
Snoddy, Bill Snoddy, Dennis
Davis. John Yancey, Jr., and
Rose Shepherd.
Beth Johns spent last Satur-
day night with Linda Tatum. of
Richmond. Beth reported that