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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-12

thing. Accompanying the quest
for clarity was q tendency
toward metric rightly Mr.. Err
win may have trouble overcom-
ing. To be sure, there we're ri
tardandos and accelerandos in
appropriate splaces, but even
these had a d-bloodedness to
them that doesn't set we'll with
a Beethoven recitative or Q
Brahms lyric passage.
Only the fiery Beethoven
scherzo seemed to find Mr.. Err
WINS technique on shaky
ground. Here the tempo was
discreet and so was the con-
flagration. Otherwise, every
thing on the program rested
comfortably within the artists
facile grasp.
Except for one of the ingen-
uously embroidered homespun
movements of Charles Ives
massive Concord" Sonata. the
program held no out-of-the-or-
binary pleasures. The whole
Sonata might profitably have
been programmed at the ex-
pense, perhaps, Of either De-
busy or Chopin, neither Of
whom was treated to much Of
a revelation to subtlety or pas
sion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-12
DEAR ABBY =.
What Made Them Go Away?
BY ABIGAIL VAN BUREN,

DEAR ABBY: Tell the girl
who got rid of her wart by
what some people would call
hocus-pocus that 1 believe
her. I had a flower bed of
warts on my hand and a girl
friend told me to cut a po-
toto in as many slices as I
had warts, feed the slices to
a pig, and the warts would
disappear. Well, I did it and
in two weeks the warts dis
appeared. And they never
came back. WARTLESS.
+ 4 i u
DEAR ABBY: If I told you
all the degrees I had you
would think I was Dragging,
but I only mention this so you
won't think I'm a nut. I have
had experience with curing
warts with a potato and it
does work. Only I cut the
potato in half and rubbed
my wart with it and buried
the potato. cut side up.
Within three weeks, my wart
disappeared. Everyone told
this to got the same results.
A BELIEVER.
u 4 Il u
DEAR ABBY: Please don't
think I'm crazy but 1 got rid
of a wart when someone
asked if they could buy" it
from me for a nickel. We just
shook hands, I took the nickel
and, sure enough, the wart
went away.
Sincerely Yours, MINNIE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-12
FAMOUS FABLES
BY E. E. EDGAR

POOL: Comedy star Joe
Frisco was an inveterate gam
bier, who always had a bet
going on something, recalls
Peter Lind Hayes,in Twenty
Five Minutes from Broad
way" interrupted by Mary
Healy.
"At one time, Frisco was
in the hospital for surgery.
After the operation, they
gave him blood plasma.
Some friends called on him
and he had them chip in a
dollar each and they formed
a pool, with each one guess
ing how long 1t would take
the blood to run out of the
jar.
when the nurse came in,
she was also invited to kick
in a dollar. When she did.
she tilted the jar. and Frisco
said:
"'Get her out of here. She
knows something"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-12

Der that every drug the doc
tor prescribes has potentiali-
ties for harm. The layman
knows that too many NOR
phine, phenobarbital, bro
mide, aspirin or thyroid pills
can be harmful. That even
an apparently harmless con-
coction like. bicarbonate of
soda water is known to be
life-shortening, if taken often
enough, for some heart and
high blood pressure sufferers.
Likewise alcohol is a two
edged sword: One dull, the
other sharp. Before accept
ing or rejecting it, there are
a few things you should
know. In moderate amounts
liquor is an appetizer and
stomachic. A martini makes
many a dinner and social
function. For the elderly,
alcohol seems to provide a
new lease on life.
1T produces a sense of
well-being. Where there was
taciturnity before. there is
loquaciousness; where, there
was the mask-like, express
sionless face. there is now
the smile. For a time, the
elder becomes again the gay
blade and 'business-producer'
OF yesteryear. Alcohol is Of
ten invaluable in translating
discomfort into comfort when
anginal pains grip the chest.
BUT 1 FIND that alcohol's
chief value is in fighting ten
sion. I have found that there
are few better ways of cutting
the rope of tension that ties
people to their work than by
taking an ounce of sherry,
a glass of ale or beer, or a
shot of Scotch or bourbon
before dinner. 1t eases away
cares and fatigue, stimulates
appetite, makes food taste
better. enlivens conversation.
brightens the outlook.
"Over the years, hundreds
upon hundreds of patients
have told me Gin all sobriety)
how much the daily ounce or
two of liquor has added to
the fullness and enjoyment
OF their lives.
But here are some
DONTS: Don't take alcohol
II your doctor has issued an
unequivocal prohibition in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-12
NEWS OF MUSIC
LittIe-Known Pianist
Draws Much Praise

lcaution, and to the best of my
knowledge, I do not recall an
other occasion when both were
| played In the same recital.
The concert was, then, an
extraordinary tour de force and
1t must be admitted that Miss
Troutman was more successful
in 1t than one had any right
to expect from q pianist with
out an international reputa-
ton.
She demonstrated not only
magnificent technique - one
would have to be a solid tech
nician merely in. order to get
through such a program with
out disaster-but even more
important. a probing musical
intelligence.
Thiss was especially evident
in the Beethoven variations.
These are, of course, consid-
erably more enigmatic and diff
ficult to project than the
flashy List paraphrase. Each
individual variation was beau
tifully shaped and played with
great sensitivity and accuracy.
If Miss Troutman failed at all,
1t was in her inability to give
the set a sense Of integral unity
the variations sounded like
merely disconnected single
pieces.
However, ! am not sure that
she did fail because I am not
sure that Beethoven himself
achieved any over arching
unity In the work. Truth to tell,
I have nevar heard q COM
pletely satisfying performance,
and I must admit that Miss
Troutman came about as close
as one could reasonably expect.
AS for the Don Juan Fantasy.
things went equally well. The
artist sailed through most Of
Liszt's pyrotechnical display
with cool aplomb, and the very
few minor blemishes were lost
in the fireworks. The piece
sounds old hat when tossed off
so calmly, however, would
have welcomed a bit Of tenn
permanent or eccentricity in the
grand virtuoso" tradition.
! Maybe this is asking too
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-12
STOP KILLING
YOURSELF
BY PETER J. STElNCROHN

Whenever I have written
that I favor the moderate
use of alcohol, I receive some
letters from readers who
write, in effect: Don't you
realize the dangers of chronic
alcoholism? How can you pos
sibly suggest the use of al
cohol?"
Therefore, I have been
especially interested in what
a symposium of noted Sociol-
ogists and biochemists at the
University of California
School of Medicine found.
DR.. William Dock of New
York said: Il have felt that
what is needed in retreats
for ailing or aged people, and
even in city hospitals, is a
regular alcohol ration" And
the noted Yale psychologist
Leon A. Greenberg said: cal
cohol is the safest, most
available tranquilizer we
have"
In one of my own books
written about six years ago
(an now out of PRINT called
Live Longer and Enjoy IT,:
DOCTORS find themselves
on the spot when they pre-.
scribe liquor. Few know bet
ter than they do how much
grief can be caused by ex-
cessive drinking. They see
the bewildered, frightened
children; they know of the
lost jobs and insolvent bust,
nesses; they try to cheer the
sober partner as the other
unconSciouSly tears down the
pillars of marriage; they
stand by and observe the
Illustration, helplessness and
loss of hope - and finally,
illness and death.
yet, we doctors know there
is another side to it. We
recognize that alcohol can
also do much good. 1t is an
important part of the doc
tors therapeutic armament
tarium.
ITO begin, we must remem-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-12

The Bay Area of San Fran
cisco has produced some out
standing musicians. David Abel
is one of them. Still quite
young, he is a major talent,
with everything he needs in
the way Of technical equip
ment, and an eloquence in his
playing that goes beyond tech
nique.
He and his colleagues gave
a sterling account of the Beet
hoven sonata. Piano and violin
were perfectly balanced, and
the performance was a musical
collaboration of the best sort.
There were many little niceties
of expression. many def turns
Of phrase. but through it all a
firm control of line that
avoided any suggestion of fus-
siness. The sonata emerged as
a work deeply felt and carefully
studied.
Abel's solo work in the Shein-
field sonata, announced as a
first Washington performance,
sustained interest in the COM
position at times when a lesser
violinist might have failed to
stave off boredom. 1t is a Curl
ously interpretive piece in four
movements. The technical ef-
fects expected in an unaccom-
panied work were all there, but
a pronounced moodinesss in
the writing made it anything
but q display piece. In the pur-
ity Of his information, the Sc
curity and conviction of his
playing. Abel made it an i'm
presSive work.
The Ravel was brilliantly
played, especially in the long
solo passage before the piano
entered; Stafford allowed his
instrument to get out of hand
in the closing moments, but ii
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-12

A virtually unknown local
pianist, Gertrude Troutman,
was heard yesterday afternoon
at the Phillips Collection in one
of the most formidable pro-
grams presented in Washing
ton-or any place else, for that
matter-in many a moon.
Miss Troutman offered only
two works-the Diabelh Varia-
tons and the Don Juan Fam
tasy-but both have long been
among the most difficult in the
entire keyboard repertory,
Even the greatest pianists ap-
proach either with the utmost
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was fine violin playing. A
packed house applauded him to
the rafters, or rather the sky
lights Of the East Garden
Court.
Concerts at the Gallery al
ways begin on time. because
they are broadcast. One or two
minutes late, and you have to
stand outside until the first
piece finishes. Heard through
a heavy cloth drape at the en-
trance, with the sound of peo-
pie shuffling their feet on the
marble floor and talking, the
Bach partita did not always
have the clarity one might
wish. What could be heard,
though, sounded fine, Just fine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-12

DEAR ABBEY: The resi-
dent power within every hu-
man being to exercise his
subconscious mind for relief
of bodily ills has been rec
ognized by medical science
for several generations. It is
called "auto-suggestion" -
which is why the wart dis
appeared. 1t is neither WOO
doc nor new-do.
M. D.
4 y + &
DEAR ABBEY: Why didn't
you tell that stupid reader
that the STRING she tied
around her wart cut off the
blood supply and killed it,
and the potato she buried
had nothing to do with it?
How can anyone with any
sense believe that potato
hooey?
NOT STUPID.
\ 49, 4
DEAR BEY: Don't
laugh. When I was a child
I had a wart on my little fin
ger. I was told by an old
lady to steal a dish rag from
a friend, rub it over the wart
and then bury the dish rag
after dark. I followed the in
structions and the wart dis
appeared like magic.
ANOTHER BAFFLED.
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jim BISHOP
REPORTER

literary agent. There was an
office on Madison avenue,
a good salary, a secretary,
a card index of authors. My
predecessor had written the
cards. Under the C's, one
read "Cavanaugh, Arthur.
Young. Lives in the Village.
Don't expect much from
him."
Last week, a book came
from Daniel Hayes. editor
of Doubleday. It was a
novel, entitled MY Own Back
Yard" ! seldom read novels.
Non-fiction is my life. I
scaled it onto the pool table.
AS it scaled, I caught a
glimpse of the authors name.
Cavanaugh. Arthur Cava-
naugh.
Don't expect much :"
Sixteen years before, q liter
airy clerk had written those
words on a careless dossier.
Could this be the same
Cavanaugh? I Tipped the
cover. 1t was the same young
man. I began to read: This
book, all of it Is for 10, who
is all of me-" The pages were
stiff and new.
I READ MORE than I
planned. I had given myself
is minutes with MY Own
Back Yard" after the morn
ing mail. 1t was now $3.50
pm. and the children were
home from school and ; was
brushing them away as I
read. 1t is not a novel. It
is Cavanaugh's own story;
the story of a Brooklyn Ca
tholic kid who loses his faith.
1t is candid and eloquent
and shy; the story of the poet
who has nothing to give but
love, and who fears that isn't
enough. 1t is a story of God
and darkness and a preg-
nancy which seems to go on
forever, and a woman dying
of cancer who wants to be
told what Heaven is like and,
most of all, the writer who
doesn't believe in himself.
Have you ever been lonely?
Truly lonely? Listen:
ct hung up the receiver.
I was in a phone booth in
a drugstore on Eighth street.
I ground out a cigarette, my
eyes Smarting from the
Smoke-seared air. I had
wandered around the Village
for over an hour. always
running, my father had
Said.)
II had walked along,
searching the sidewalk faces
for-what?
THE sidewalks had offered
no friends. I'd hiked along,
stopping to look at the
Eighth street shop windows.
But tonight was Sunday; the
shops were closed, most of
the windows dark. Even the
bookshops-my final refuge
weren't open.
Turning into the drug
store on the corner, I had
damned myself into this cof-
fin of a phone booth and
filled it with smoke and the
crrkk-crrkk of unanswered
calls.
Il lighted another cigar
cite. There had to be some
body home. What about
Klaus and Betty? They might
be in. 1 dialed a Chelsea
number. rkk-crrkk. Crrkk-
crrkk.
TRY once more. When ]
had called earlier, Mary
Diveny had been out. Maybe
she'd returned by now. ]
dropped a coin into the phone
slot. Mary lived on Waverly
place. I would offer to bring
Sometbeer over, and we could
sit around and
"Crrkk-crrkk. Crrkk-crrkk
CIT WAS COLD and windy
Gusts of wind whipped al
my face and legs. I pulled
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Erwin PROGRAM
WELL EXECUTED
BY DONALD L. LEAVITT
Contributing Critic

Jack Erwin, piano. Corcoran Gal
SHARP minor fHI ssdn RHAPSODY sEnssh II
minor, OBJ. 70, no. 2, Brahms: Sonata
in A flat, CD. 40, Beethoven: Les
sons ct les parfums tournent dams
Fair du soir, Debussy; Serenade in
terrompue, Debussy; Jardins sous Ia
pluie. Debussy; The Alcotts. Ives;
Fantasia In + minor, op. 40, Chopin.
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your case. And never drink
If you expect to be behind
the wheel of a car"
Tomorrow: Conker Sores
"a Bell Syndicate Feature)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-12
VIOLIN-PIANO DUO
IS IMPRESSIVE
BY JOHN HASKINS
Contributing Critic

David Abel, violin: Sidney STAT
Art. Program: Partita In E Minor.
for violin and continue, Bach:
sonata IN q 0p. 80. Beethoven:
Tzigane, Ravel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-12
NEWS OF MUSIC
BY IRVING LOWENS
Star Music Critic

Gertrude Troutman. piano. Phil
lips Collection. Program: varia-
lions on q Waltz by Diabelli. Op.
100, Beethoven: Don Juan Fantasy,
LisZt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-12

much. Miss Troutman did her.
self proud, and the overflow
audience realized 1t and gave
her a well-deserved ovation for
her labor.
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Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1962-01-17
Man Of Mystery
Refuses Answer
To Cop Queries

Silence, It's said, is golden.
Ii can also be pulling.
a tall, blond, slender young
man WAS picked up by the
State Highway Patrol ON
Hwy. 70l Monday night be-
cause one OF the headlights Oh
his automobile did not burn.
When questioned, he refused
to give his name. address, or
any pertinent Information. Oh
ficerS said he had no papers
To show he owned the 1860
blue Chevrolet BiScaync car
and, when asked for them
merely said, 1--WE got the keys.
Isn't that enough"
To all other questions he
replied, Il do not care to answ-
or"
Officers said he had 5000
~ cash IN a belt on his hip.
The car bore a 1860 Nebras-
kn license No. l-S9738 and d
Fort Bragg dccal with 1860
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1962-01-17

here. These guys play pretty
good
81 used 10 read a lot. but not
SO much anymore. | spend
lot "t time with the kids most
ly.
Right now we're III the
process of building a house.
out in the New Life Cummun-
ity. That's where my wife's
parents live.
I'm Methodist and my wife
is Baptist. don't know VIVA,
church Wen attend right new.
don't know yet. As long rs
we 60, that's primarily what
counts. Not where YOU go. but
what you get out of il. that's
what counts
The set-up here AT the Nor
chants Association is q lot irn-
proved over what I've known
of IL in the past. II seems 10
DC wcll organized and is fuTc-
i,'n:ng WCll.
THE merchants I've met and
talked with are very much int
crested in the Association. and
they seem genuinely Interested
in helping any way they can.
1861 was a profitable year
for the Association. There was
surplus Of money. not much.
but some. | feel that condition
will improve this year
OF course don't know what
, the directors have planned for
this year, but whatever they
went to do I feel well have a
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1962-01-17

pretty good year.
Personally Id like To sec
us get one and possibly two
good doctors this year
And if We don't actually get
any new industry here. | hope
Wen at least place ourselves
before industrialiStS. in case
there is some transition of in
duStry from the north
Il want 10 prepare a data
booklet on this area TO show Ia
people who might he Interested
i'll locating somewhere new.
This would be with the ap-
prevail OF the directors OF
course.
The merchants I've talked
with indicate a desire to help
i'll any way they can.
We encourage the use of
the Credit Bureau by local
merchants. The Bureau is OPP
Grated i'll conjunction with the
Association. ard We feel like
the Bureau will be a paying
proposition, although il hasn't
been in the past.
The Bureau is a service OPP
Grafton for the merchants. and
the more they use u the more
we can do for them.
Actually. the surprise TO me
is the overall operation, how
well il is organized. would
say there's much improvement
since the last time | knew Of
il.
That was in SO or SO. IT'S
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1962-01-17
Georgia Woman Is First
County Traffic Fatality

Columbus County'S first traf-
fic death of the new year was
recorded Saturday morning.
Mrs. Ernmie MoWatty, ~, ot
Stapcllon, Ga. was killed when
the 1860 Cadillac in which she
was riding apparently skidled
on an icy spot of pavement un
L. s. highway 74-76. two miles
west of lIallSbOro. and crashed
hcad-on into an oak tree.
The driver Of the auto. Mrs.
LYDIA Gillian McWatty, 81, of
Wilmington, and C.aughtcr-in-
law Of the dead woman, was
treated for head and shoulder
injuries at Columbus County
hospital and taken by ambu-
lance TO James Walker Memoir
ial hospital in Wilmington.
Her condition was listed as
satisfactory.
State trooper IL. -. NllklnS.
Investigating officer, said that
after the auto Skiddcd it lett
the highway, crossed the road
side ditch, clipped guywire
On an electric line pole and
then struck the oak tree.
The elder Mrs. McWatty was
pronounced dead on arrival at
Columbus County hospital.
Coroner j. b. Long said the
cause of death was head and
chest injuries. He said that no
inquest would be held, and
Wilkins indicated that no
charges would be brought
against the driver.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1962-01-17

Shop. Bakers Red K White,
Tabor Bargain Store. Sarvis
Farm Supply, Tabor Hardware,
Schild'S, McGougan Electric
Co. Da--Msr's Shoe Store.
Piggy Wiggiy, Dicus Firestone.
Slmon'S Dept. Store, Armour
Fertilizer. VIC Fertilizer, Docks
Place, Granger Block Co.,
Western Auto, and Tabor CITY
Shoe Shop.
School committeeman rccog-
nlZed for their efforts on be-
half of F. +. a. were Paul Gore,
Albert Goldfinch. Ralph Norris
and Wallace SolcS.
F. F. a. officers for 1862 are
Lane Buffkin. president: Gene
Duncan, vicc-preSidcnt: Larry
Herring, treasurer: Charles
Strickland. secretary; Ronald
ward, reporter; and Buck Bull.
lard, sentinel.
Advisors are agriculture tea
cheers Sam Jackson and Fred
Lay
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1962-01-17
Dale Carnegie
Course Offered
In Tobor City

Bill Rogers, President Of the
Tabor City Jay -ucs, announced
Today that the world faJnuu:
Di.iv CarnegI, Course will be
gwen here under the sponsor
Siip oil the local JaycccS.
The first Dale Carnegie
course Was hcld IN New York
City in 1912 aud has now
spread Ia most all of Ia. free
countries OF the world and
presently has almost 1000, 900
GRADUATES. both men and wu-
men from all walks OF life.
A free explanation demon
aifatIOn meeting will be hello
III the Tabor City Schoo. cafet-
cria on Thursday, Jan. 18th at
':27 =. NJ. This meeting will
DC conducted by Ron Sullivan
OF Charlotte, representative OF
.HS Dale Carnegie Course in
inns area. Some of the high
lights al this meeting will be.
unusual memory dcmonstra-
ions, graduates will speak, re-
ireShmcntS will be served.
door prizes will be given. Eve
ny adult attending this meeting
VIII receive Il complimentary
copy 81 Dale Carnueir'S best
'llcr, How To Win Friends
and Influence People" People
III the selling profession will
l,"rn what qualities will helm
tn"m 10 become even better
statesmen. Both men and wom-
,h al" invited Ia attend this
iun-lIilcd demonstration.
lhc courSS IS designed II
h"iE people to gain additional
COURAGE and self confidence. 10
r!G themselves of the feeling OF
Ini,rl"rity and self conscious
ness. Learn how to speak rf-
iCtuv"ly in public. Devotion
Hhiii$ III dealing graciouslv
W4th people through Il greater
aWarencSS of the field OF hum
IN relations. Learn how To re-
member names, faces and facts
quickly and easily. Develop a
sreatcSt amount Of enthusiasm
and iearu how To cope with
he worry habit. Become a bet
- salesman Of your product,
services or your ideas.
The local JayceeS invite eve
~ success minded man and
woman in this area to attend
tins fun-filled stimulating eve
ning without cost or obligation.
Rogers stated.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1962-01-17

Al Whitehead is the new ex-
ecutive secretary of the Tabor
City Merchants Association. lie
is 80 years old, born in Louis
vile. Kentucky. atten d c d
grammar school in a town
called Whitehead in Suffolk
County, Virginia, and went TO
high school in Trenton. Ohio,
which is a little town near
Louisville.
He attended the University
Of Pittsburg In 1889, 40 and
Al. and again in 1916, where
he studied general engineering.
He served i'm the army from
June 1871 to December 1915,
and for a part of that time. in
1914 and as, he attended the
City College of New York in
the army's specialized training
program.
Mr.. Whitehead Is married to
the former Odessa Watts. a
native Of Tabor City, who Is
the daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Lester Watts of the New Life
Community. Mr.. and Mrs.
Whitehead have two children,
a girl and a boy. Wanda Lynn
Is six years old. and Terry Lee
Is two and a half.
The Whitehcads are now liv-
ing with Mr.. and Mrs. Watts,
and are In the process OF
building a house.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1962-01-17
F onvielle Nominated On AA Team

Leon Edward Funvicllc, out
standing halfback on the 1861
Tabor City football team, has
been informed by the Wigwam
Wisemcn of America that he is
III the running for selection as
one of ~ high school football
players who will make up the
National High School All-A-
merIcan Football Team.
FOnNicllc was nominated for
the team by JiggS Powers OF
the Whiteville News Reporter.
The annual All-America ALL
Star football game is scheduled
to be played on May 10. TIL"
information received does not
indicate where the game will
bc played. but the sponsoring