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Evening star., 1961-02-22

very nice man. When Daddy
takes me to his place on Sun
days. he says that Mommy Is
a very nice woman. If my
Daddy Is so nice and my
Mommy Is so nice, please tell
me why they couldn't get
along with each other and
stay married?
PATTY ANN Gage 81
Because they didn't try
hard enough.
= -
DEAR ABBY: There is a
real cute boy on our block
and ! like him very much.
But another girl on our block
has her eye on him. too. How
can I get him to notice me
before he notices her?
IN A HURRY
Don't be in such q hurry.
Boys are not fish-the one
who sees him first doesn't
always land him. Play 1t cool
and take your chances.
4
Yes, Abby tDtl dnSUer your
letter personally If you Drite
To ABBY tn care OF The
Evening Star and enclose a
stamped, Selj-GddresSed enue-
lope.
Evening star., 1961-02-22
FAMOUS FABLES
BY E. E. EDGAR

THREAT: British play
wright Richard Brinsley Sher-
idan lived beyond his means
and never had a farthing to
his name.
At one time, his son was
planning to marry a young
woman of whom Sheridan
disapproved. After pleading
with the youth, without sue
cess, to give up the girl. Sher-
idan decided to resort to
threats.
Young man." he told his
son, IF you marry this girl.
III cut you eff with a shill-
ing"
To which, young Sheridan
replied:
"You wouldn't happen to
have it with you, father,
would you?"
PARTY: After spending a
tiresome evening at a party,
Groucho Marx was bidding
his hostess good night.
Thank you so much for
coming" she said. Il hope
you had a good time"
Il had a wonderful time"
said Groucho, but this
wasn't it,"
Evening star., 1961-02-22

was taking home $500 q
week and still moving up.
On December 26, 1858, he
went to bed happy. Christ
mas was over and Santa had
been good. At 2::S0 am. he
awakened his wife, Jerry. He
was weeping. " can't move"
he said. "a pain in my back
is killing me-" He was more
ashamed of the tears than
alarmed at the pain.
The new year was only five
days away, but 1t was a bad
one. In the first week Of
1859, Jack GregSon was in
traction. Doctors injected
fluid in his spine; they took
X-rays by the score, they
consulted gravely.
Two SelatinouS disks in the
lower region had ruptured.
Three vertebrae were rubbing
against each other and were
slredding a sciatic nerve
caught between them. He
begged the doctors to hurry.
He had shows to do. They
said they could not hurry.
They were right.
More pain was ahead. Also
an operation. The doctors
filed the vertebrae smooth.
His shows cancelled his con-
tracts. Gregson had no job.
He swan slowly in a twilight
of agony. He lost the farm.
He lost the house. He waited
for the big executives of tele-
vision to visit him. No one
did. AA.
His wife remained at his
side. Robert Neale Of Miami
phoned the hospital every
day. These were the only
friends he had. Even the
youngsters he had helped to
better positions in radio and
television had no time for
him. When he got out Of
the hospital, in June, 1853.
Gregson had q permanent
limp.
A month ago, Jack Greg
son went back to New York.
The SHOWS were deep. So
was the limp. He went to
the men whom he had once
helped. They sent out word
that they were out.
Everyone who sees him
says: How are things, Jack?"
He grinS and says: Great.
Couldn't be better" He rents
a little place at Key Biscayne
and plays golf.
It's q strange industry.
(copyright. 1851,
King Features syndicate. Ine)
Evening star., 1961-02-22
BY WoIt Disney
by Rupe
BY ths Beers
Peter Loing

loan; (b) gathering or confer
ence; (c) legal advice.
7. Superfluity: (a) fluffy
texture: (b) overabundance:
(c) excellence.
8. Credence: (a) political
party platform; (b) belief; (c'
praise Of truthfulness.
9. Ordinance: (aO municipal
statute: (b) military equip
ment; (c) social protocol.
10. Materiel: (a) that which
has substance; ID organiza-
tion'S equipment; (c) formless
basis Of reality.
Answers: 1-c; &c; 3-b: IA;
5-b: 6-a; 7-b: 8-b; 9-a; lob
For q list Of common mis-
takes and advice on how to
improve your speech and writ
ing, simply send a self-ad-
dressed, stamped envelope,
plus 10 cents to cover handling
to william Morris, Good Gram.
mar, In care of The Star.
Evening star., 1961-02-22
DOWN ON THE FARM ! :;
PersonoI Heroes Stir
Dreams About Home

never forget his native Ohio.
In his book Pleasant Valley"
he wrote: "The point I wish
to make is this - during
all those 30-years, sometimes
in the discomfort Of war.
sometimes during feelings of
depression engendered by
Germany. but just as often
during the warm. conscious
pleasure and satisfaction of
France or India or the
Spanish Pyrenees, I dreamed
constantly Of my home
country, Of my grandfather's
farm Of Pleasant Valley"
It is a dream many of us
have shared - going back
home, wherever that may be.
Fortune Features
Down on The Form 0ppeorS eoeh
Wednesday.
Evening star., 1961-02-22
jim BISHOP:
REPORTER
Sunshine Despite Adversely

MIAMI, Fla.-He's sun
shine. He radiates warmth.
This Is big Jack Gregson.
He's As, and, because he had
q battle with health q few
years ago, the world of tele-
vision has closed It's doors to
him.
He isn't broke. He won't
whine. The world of televi-
sion gets along nicely with
out him. His grinning cour-
rage Is what makes him
unique. -
Gregson's father was an
auctioneer. He sold used cars.
but he called them expert
enced" cars. The family lived
in Spokane. Wash. The kid
was ambitious. At IA, he was
doing q radio show at KGA
for high school talent. He
went on to KDYL In Salt
Lake CITY and once did q
dizzy show called Jitterbug
Jamboree With Jivin' Jack.
He flew his own plane as
soon as he was old enough.
and has piled UP 5000 hours.
He did q man-in-the-Street
show for KFSO in San Fran
cisco and his partner was Q
skinny kid named Art Link
letter. Once he was fired for
permitting a recording Of a
minister's sermon to get
stuck in a groove. The divine
kept repeating For the love
Of Jesus :"
In the war. Jack Gregson
ferried CATS to Australia
which Is akin to delivering
a canoe with an outboard.
When he shed the uniform.
he did q radio show on the
West Coast, and flew once q
week to New York to do q
television show for ABC. He
was earning $3.50 Q week.
He, too, had 9 secret ambi-
ton. It was to own q home
and o farm. In 1851, he was
so big. that he bought both.
He had $4,000 In the bank
Gregson Is no playboy-and
he bought q big farm in
Connecticut and q neat little
house In West RedGing. He
spent winter vacations at
Key Biscayne.
He even played a part in
o movie with william Holden
and william Bendix. It was
called Submarine" In 1858,
he announced the Saturday
Night Fights. He also did an
ABC morning spot called he
Jack Gregson Show. Now he
Evening star., 1961-02-22
How to
STOP. KILLING
YOURSELF
Blood Pressure READINGS
BY Or. PETER }. sTEINcRoHN

At least q million people
in the United States are
being treated for high blood
pressure which they do not
have.
MO S T PATIENTS are
anxious when they reach the
examination phase of their
visit to the doctor. If he takes
the blood pressure reading
before the patient has been
able to calm down. he is likely
to find abnormally high read
ingS.
I have taken the pressure
q half hour after the first
reading and have often
found that it fell as much as
20 to 80 points.
The diagnosis of hig h
blood pressure should never
be made on only one exami-
nation. Sometimes we credit
drugs for the relief Of hyper
tension which wasn't there
in the first place.
For Mrs. j. Detroit:
FITS OF ANGER hold a
greater threat to your hus-
bands life than anything
else. eKeping away from too
much cholesterol Is not as
important as keeping ones
disposition free from sudden
blasts Of anger.
1t may take years for
excess cholesterol to weaken
the coronary arteries-if at
all. But I have seen men be-
come pale and pulseless min
utes after a severe temper
tantrum. An overcharge Of
adrenalin in the bloodstream
Evening star., 1961-02-22

can place a coronary patient,
or any other, in jeopardy.
How to cure your husband
Of this habit Of blowing up
for the slightest reason isn't
simple. Perhaps the philoso-
pher Seneca had the answer
when he wrote: 1.-The great
est remedy for anger is
delay
Modern translation:
Learn to count to 10" when
you feel the first seething
and surging Of anger. AS
everyone knows, once anger
explodes, all you can hope
for is that there won't be
total destruction.
4 y y i
For Mr.. T., Washington:
ALTHOUGH I USED to box,
play football and baseball,
bowl and play golf, I de-
veloped a distaste for un-
necessary physical contor-
tions when I reached 40.
I have played about q
holes of golf during the past
dozen years. And you can
bet that I haven't played
baseball or football recently.
I don't quite 60 along with
what George Jean Nathan
once said: II belive that ath-
letic sports, save in the case
of young boys, are designed
for idiots" However, neither
do 1 believe that the man
who dislikes physical exer-
ton deserves the designa-
tioA: you lazy So-and-so."
Evening star., 1961-02-22
BY ED HARRIS

Every country has its great
heroes like George Washing
ton. And I guess everyone
has other, more personal
heroes.
One of my heroes for many
years was the late Charles
E. Tracewell Of The Wash
ington Evening Star. We
used to live in his neighbor-
hood before we gave up the
city for farm life, and I re-
member him as q little, srnil-
ing man, ageleSS and agile,
who always stopped on the
way home to talk to our
collie-shepherd dog.
TRACEWELL wrote his
column of comment beauti-
fully but simply. He wrote
Of basic truths, Of people
and incidents, Of the stream
Of life around him, and as a
homeSpun philosopher his
stuff always was more inter-
eSting than a cloak-and dag
ger mystery.
Another one Of my heroes
was and is Aaron G. BeneSch,
my first city editor in the
days Of the old st. Louis
Star Times. Aaron worked
his reporters hard, but he
worked himself twice as hard.
Occasionally, when the
going was rough, Aaron
tended to be absentminded,
his thoughts on q dozen
stories. Once in awhile we
would have lunch together
at a restaurant across the
street from the office. Once
when we had just returned
to the office he swiveled
around toward me and
shouted: Harris, have you
had lunch yet?"
When eventually ! gave up
all this ceaseless hurley
hurley for the alleged peace
and quiet of the country it
was largely due to the writ
ings Of another man I ad-
mired, Louis Bromfield Of
Malabar Farm in Ohio.
I never met Bromfield al
though we correSponed
briefly before his premature
death. The hold he had over
me was through the elo--
quence and the beauty and
the vast storehouse Of infor-
nation in his delightful
books on farming and
country life.
It is possible. even prob
able, that Bromfield's books
about Malabar Farm inspired
thousands Of city residents to
toss over their office jobs
for q try at farming. I like
to think that most of them
succeeded and thus won in
dependence. I believe in mir
acles.
BROMFIELD SPENT most
of his adult life abroad, writ
ing fiction, giving lectures
and. when the Nazis began
to overrun Europe, helping
the underground fighters for
freedom.
But through it all he could
Evening star., 1961-02-22
FAMILY COUNCIL
SuIkine Girl.
Feels She's
UnWunted
BY MRS. ALMA DENNY
THE PROBLEM

NE EnODAEIN
Mrs. 0. C.-Maura hides In
her room or goes out for a
walk whenever we have COM
pany.
Maura C.-She should be
glad. They've ashamed Of me,
anyway.
THE DETAILS =
Mrs. 0. C. - We're con-
cerned about Maura's tenn
peramental behavior lately.
She's sulky and cranky and
it's hard to tell Just what's
wrong.
She's IA and in junior
high. We know all about the
adolescent girls problems
because we went through it
with Maura's sister Judy,
who's now 18. All we can fig
ure out is that Maura'S try
ing to have the spotlight, by
being so difficult to get along
with.
I suppose Maura Is envy
ing Judy's freedom and dates
, and cocktail dresses. But
we've tried to show no ia
voritiSm. Maura is just as
pretty and smart as Judy.
We've tried to convince her,
Of that.
But she's been building up
a case against us for prefer
ring her older sister, and just
"tolerating" her, when in
reality we adore them both!
Maura C.-You'd have to
be an awful dope not to know
when you're not wanted. The
signs are all around, no mat
ter what mother says.
Did you ever start telling
your mother something and
then have your big sister
walk into the room? And
your mother suddenly forgets
you're even there? =
I can tell from the express
sions on the faces of my
parents and my sister. that
it's skinny Maura who spoils'
the family picture and it's
peSty Maura who needs q
$500 job done to straighten
her teeth.
If I'd been a boy, they'd
have been delighted. A son
for Dad and a brother for
Judy! But another girl?
Who needed her?
THE COUNCILS VIEW
It's hard to tell whether
Maura is dramatizing her
role as the "unwanted, un-
loved" child or whether she's
really bowed down under the
weight of her inSecurities.
To play it safe, we'll as
sumo that Maura is actually
miserable. Unbelievable as
this may sound to parents as
conscientious and devoted as
hers, it can still be true be-,
cause their good intentions.
haven't hit target.
What can Mrs. C. do at
this point? First, concede
that some rivalry is normal
and can't be avoided, but
that the conscious efforts to
reduce it in Maura are fail
ing because of unconscious
slips" The young lady
justly cites one. the rude
withdrawal of attention while
she's speaking. So simple a
measure as improving family
manners toward Maura, may
lift her spirits. .. I
Then, a, spot of counseling
by a teacher or physician
may be able to turn Maura'S
thoughts outward again, from
poor little me" to proud
little me" with a lovely sister,
a loving family, and a lively
future.
(copyright, 1851, Gen. Features corp.J
TomUYow: Bored brother -
Evening star., 1961-02-22

Each to his own. Live and
let live!
y Il Il 4
Parents often worry about
the child's bow legs. In most
instances, if the child is
healthy, his legs straighten
out by the time he is 6 to 8
years old. Scores of bow
legged children grow up stall
wort and straight-legged,
without any special treat
ment at all.
tReleased BY the Bell syndicate)
Tomorrow: Ashamed?
Evening star., 1961-02-22
WORD GAME
Find 80 or more words in

Find 80 or more words in
VISIT A TION
meaning, "a severe trial or af-
Fiction" Average mark is "a
words; time limit, 80 minutes.
Rules Of the game: /. Words must be
Of four or more letters. 2 Words which
acquire four letters by the addition OF
IS" such as bats cats" are not
used. 3. Only one form Of . word Is
used. 4. Proper names are not used.
Answer 70 EMPERORs
erose, mere. merse. meros, more nope
mores, peers, peso. poem. pore, poser,
prom, prose, premorse, remorse, repose'
rope. romp, rose, seep. seem. seIes seer
sore, Some. spore, spree, sperm. speer.
Evening star., 1961-02-22

TomuTow: Bored brother. r
Evening star., 1961-02-10

TAX; RK-. off N. Hampshirs ave.
VERY Attrae. 2 bedrms.. den,
firepl., pvt. entr. yard. Redec.
and waiting for the right adults.
No pets. S122.50 incl. utils. II
interested In becoming resident
manager, rent less then. ~, o.
9O30 ewes. and WeekendE.
Evening star., 1961-02-10
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LOCATTON-COMFORT

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Wk:. S6k mo-: take children. AD.
Evening star., 1961-09-09
WhetzIe Tops
Assistant Pros
By4 Strokes

BALTIMORE, Sept. 9 (Spe-
ciaD Dick Whetzle, the little
blond assistant pro at Balti-
more'S Woodholme Country
Club, has something extra
special to talk about in the pro
shop nowadays. -+
With a 3-under-par 36-hole
total of 143. Whetzle yesterday,
won the Middle Atlantic PGA
assistants title by 4 strokes
over Melvin Rowe, the Mary
land Open champion from
Burning Tree, and John Med
ved of Chartwell. e..
A former North Texas Col
lege star, Whetzle had a
2-under-par II in the morning
round. but was tied with Sam
Harvey, the assistant to Clar-
ence Doser at Shady Grove.
Whetzle fired a 72 in the after.
noon while Harvey, losing his
putting touch, faded with a rs
to fifth place.
Rowe. after a morning 78,
made a bold try in the after.
noon round when he finished
with a 4-under SO, but had too
much ground to make up. Med
we'd fashioned his lat with
rounds of 72 and rs.
Evening star., 1961-09-09
British Appoint
Weetmun to Final
Ryder Cup Berth

WALTON HEATH. England,
Sept. 9 (AP) Harry Weetman
yesterday made the 10th and
last place on Britain's Ryder
Cup golf team despite the fact
he lost in the British match
play championship. The Brit
ish team plays the United
States pros starting in Eng
land October 13.
He got the spot because the
three British players remain
ing in the semifinals already
are on the team. The fourth
semifinalist, Peter Thomson. is
ineligible because he is an
Australian.
Thomson won the spot for
Weetman by defeating Eng
lands David Melville in the
quarter finals. Melville would
have taken the 10th spot had
he won the match play title.
Weetman was the 10th man in
the order of merit table. and
so was awarded the place.
The British team now is made
up of Dai Rees, Peter Allis,
Ken Bousfield. Ralph Moffitt.
Neil Coles, Tom Halliburton.
Bernard Hunt. Christy O'Con-
nor, John Panton and Weet-
man.
Evening star., 1961-09-09
Freeman Near
Title in Comet
Sailing Regatta

ST. MICHAELS, Md, Sept.
9 CAP).-Norman Freeman, a
Cayuga Lake skipper from
Ithaca, N. Y. sought to clinch
the title in the Comet Glass
international champ ship
sailing regatta today.
Freeman, who finished third
in the third race and then won
the fourth yesterday after. TAX
ing the first two races Thurs
day, has a total of 154s4 points
for an l134-point lead over
runnerup Kell Achenbach of
the Stone Harbor IN. j. fleet.
Bill Baxter of the Mattatuck
IN. " fleet won the third
race yesterday.
The summary, showing place
of finish in each of the four
races and point totals:
/. Nimbus, Norman Freeman
Gaygsa Lake Comet Fleet. Ithaca,
N. Y. l-l-3-l-l54a4.
.. Wait For The West Wind, Kell
Achenbach Stone Harbor IN. j.
Comet Fleet. g-3-2-3-l43
3 Blemish, Blair Fletcher. Cooper
River Comet Fleet, Collingswood,
N. j., n-5-1- lO-l36.
4. Cameleon, Bob Seidlemann,
Cooper River Comet Fleet. 13-2-13-2-
5. Yellow Duck, Don Mcpherson.
Cayugs Lake Comet Fleet, 3-9-4-11-
IL. and Hi-Fly, Charles Rogers.
Shrewsbury IN, j. Comet Fleet,
l5-s-6-4-127 ttie).
:. Sum Fun Too" Newton Watts,
Surf City; IN. j. Comet Fleet, 4-13-
l1-l2-12n.
$. Irate, Peter Farrow, cayuga
Lake Comet Fleet, 7-IO-5-l9-119.
3. Triple Scotch, Henry Rohrer Jr.,
Csnandaisua IN " Comet Fleet.
l6-4-15-l4-1ll.
10. Hi-Tide. Jack Boehrineer.
Stone Hsrbor Comet Fleet, 11-l1-
94-6-I0S.
Evening star., 1961-09-09
Player Fires &c
To Defeat Palmer

MINNEAPOLIS. Sept. 9 CAP)
Player set course rec
ord with a 6-under-par 66 yes
terday as he defeated Arnold
Palmer for the fourth time in
the seven matches the tour
ing pros have played so far.
Player had a 35-3l-66 over
the Midland Hills layout while
Palmer turned in a 37-34-71
card. The previous course
mark of 81 was shared by three
area golfers.
Palmer had two brides on
the front nine, four coming in,
one a 75-foot putt on the 18th
hole.
Evening star., 1961-09-09
Phelps Scores
On Two Passes

The. passing combination of
Quarterback Sterling Smith to
End William Powell clicked for
two touchdowns as Phelps
Vocational High School opened
its football season with a 1875
victory over Parker Gray last
night at Alexandria.
Smith first connected with
Powell in the second quarter,
the play covering 43 yards, and
then in the third period on a
27-yard play. Godfrey Foster
ran "a yards for a Phelps
touchdown in the fourth quar-
ter, but it was called back be-
cause of a penalty.
Parker-Gray scored in the
third period on a pass from
Lawrence Harris to Calvin Law
renee, the play covering 36
yards. The Bulldogs also had
a touchdown called back be-
cause of a penalty, Lawrence
going 81 yards into the end
zone.
Evening star., 1961-09-09

out of the second game of a
double-header at Kansas City
by one of Hurley's teammates,
Umpire Jim Honochick.
In the second game of a
double-header the next night,
Rigney rejoined his running
battle with Hurley, and got
kicked out of that one too. So
did Pitcher Ryne Duren, for
throwing things out of the dug
out. So did Infielder George
Thomas, for addressing Hurley
in an uncivil manner after
out. Duren was fined
500 yesterday, Thomas $25.
Rigney got a $100 fine for
the Monday incident. He hasn't
heard whether therell be a
charge for his latest expulsion
by Hurley.
Evening star., 1961-09-09
Rigney Gets $100 Fine
For Row With Umpire

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 9 (AP) i.
Bill Rigney was going to write
American League President Joe
Cronin a bristling letter, accus-
ing Umpire Ed Hurley of con-
Quoting his office like a kanga-
roo court.
But before the Angels man.
ager got around to composing
this inverted testimonial, he
received a communication him
self. 1t was from Cronin and
it notified Rigney he has been
fined 500 for a run-in with
another umpire.
Now" Rigney said with a
wink, Il think I'll just write
Under Protest on the check l
send to Cronin. After thinking
it over, I decided the letter I
was going to write wouldn't be
a very good idea"
This is Rigney's first season
in the American League and he
and Hurley seemed to strike it
off right away-like General
Custer and Sitting Bull. You
can count on Rigney and Hur-
ley for at least one towering
rage apiece every time they get
together.
Rigney has accused Hurley
of trying to conduct a tribunal
of terror, of bullying players.
He has accused the umpire of
prejudicial conduct, of picking
on certain players. And he
has accused him of making in
flammatory remarks to players.
Rigney got into trouble with
the league office last Monday,
when he failed to leave the
Angel bench after being thrown
Evening star., 1961-09-09
Poston's Passes
For Northwestern
Beut Northwood

Northwestern High School,
expected to be a power in the
Prince Georges County High
School Athletic Association.
opened its football season with
a $40 rout over Northwood
last night on it's home field.
The Wildcats, scoring in
every quarter, used the pass
ing of Phil Poston to get three
of their touchdowns. Poston
twice fired scoring aerials to
Fullback Terry Davis, for Is
and 26 yards. and connected
with Mike Stassuli for IL
yards.
Gary Miller scored from the
4 following recovery OF a
tumble by Gary Minutes on
the 20 and Guard Joe Sartori
ran IS yards with an inter-
cepted pass on the last play
of the game for Nortnwestern's
other touchdowns.
Northwood had two scoring
opportunities, getting to North
Westerns 9 in the second quar-
ter and the "a in the last per-
iod, but lost the ball on a FUN
both times.
Evening star., 1961-09-09
St. Johns and Lee Score Impressive Victories
As Schoo|boy Football Season Gets Under Way
Eastern Edges Lebanon
By Coshing In on tumble

LEBANON. Pa, Sept. 9 (Spe-
ciaD-Eastern High School of
Washington, DC. cashed in on
a recovered tumble in the last
quarter to defeat Lebanon
High. 7-6, last night in the
opening football game of the
season for both teams.
The Ramblers, contained for
three quarters, set up their
touchdown when Guard Charles
Greek recovered a Lebanon
tumble on the 35-yard line.
Quarterback Sam Brodie picked
up 20 yards and Fullback Ha-
rold Frazier IA to put the ball
on the /, from which point
Brodie went over on a sneak.
Brodie also plunged over for
the all-important extra point.
Evening star., 1961-09-09
Point Battle Set
AtOId Dominion

Lenny Williamson and Bert
Robbins, only two points apart
in the track championship
standings. could almost settle
that argument tonight when
quadruple points are handed
out in the annual Langhorne
Trophy race at 100 laps on Old
Dominion Speedway's three
eights- of f-a-mile oval.
An engine failure by either
driver could open a wide mar
gin for his opponent. William
son has 1928 points to date,
Robbins 1926, and Sam Bandy
1858. The winner gets 200
points tonight.
The program begins at $50
with the first of two 10-lap
heats. A 25-lap run for hobby
cars also will precede the main
event.