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Evening star., 1962-04-23
DEAR ABBY
By ABIGAIL VAN BUREN,
You Don't Have to Tell, Dear!

DEAR ABBY: ! am a long
distance operator and my
voice must be very interest
ing because I've had many
men try to make dates with
me. I was never interested,
because what kind Of man
would want to go out with a
girl he S never seen? Any
way, Christmas Eve a man
was trying desperately to
phone his girl and he was
miserable because he could
not locate her. He liked my
voice and I liked his man
ner and. to make q long
story short, I let him pick
me up after work. please
don't let on where this letter
is from because ! could get
fired.) Well, we are going
together now, but when peo-
pie ask me how I met him,
what should I say?
THE VOICE
Put that smile in your voice
and tell your party to dial
information,
DEAR ABBY: I have been
reading your column faith
fully ever since it began six
years ago and I agree with
your answers about 99% Of
the time. But there is one
part Of your thinking that is
full Of prejudice, and very
narrow-minded, to say the
least, and that is marriage
outside ones faith. I hope
you will be big enough to
print this, Abby. because I
would like to see some letters
from intelligent people who
have made such marriages
work.
A FAN
So would i.
Evening star., 1962-04-23

MIR. and Mrs. Harry b.
Swain of 23O9 MetZerott
road, Adelphi, Md, have
cele brate d their 5Oth
wedding anniversary. MIR.
Swain Is retired from
the A m e eric a. n Bridge
Works in Roanoke. The
couple have two children,
two grandchildren and
four great-grandchiIdren.
Evening star., 1962-04-23
jim BISHOP:
REPORTER
Tessie Lets Dancer Dream
So would i.

Paddy Murfree has always
been a good man, but his
boiling point is low. He has
had his own radio shop In
Flatbush for as long as I can
remember. He was always
short and stout and he had a
rocking horse gait and a
wise-guy's manner Of speak
ing out of one corner Of his
mouth. Then he grew up
through his own hair and he
began to look like an Easter
egg.
He married Tessie MayeS
before the war. No one ever
entered Tessie in q contest.
Food was her great love.
THIS MARRIAGE was
made in Heaven. Paddy loved
food, too, and he adored Tes-
sic. He didn't have his own
shop in those days, but it
didn't take long for him to
get one. When television
came, he expanded the one
window store, and took a
second one. II he hadn't had
a bad temper, Paddy would
have owned a string Of shops
by now.
But, every time a customer
asked q simple question like:
1.-THE last time you fixed this
condenser it cost So; how
come it's $13 this time?"
Paddy would emit a roar of
outrage and someone would
have to run for a putty knife
and scrape him off the cell
ing.
Tessie said that every time
Paddy picked up a new custo-
mer, he dropped one. In any
case, they were reasonably
happy. In time, they were
blessed with two daughters:
Muriel and Patricia. They
bought a six-room house out
on the island, and life was a
dream.
The children were in their
teens when Paddy began to
take dancing lessons. The in
structors told him he was
great; a natural. The truth
is that his feet have the tenn
Evening star., 1962-04-23
Board Members Win
McGuffey Reader Fight

TWIN LAKES, Wis, April %
(AP).-A petition seeking the
removal Of four school board
members who introduced the
McGuffey Reader into the
Lakewood Elementary School
has been dismissed by a Judge
who described the four as
CRUSADERS"
The emotional controversy
over use Of the reader has
divided this community of
1900, about 35 miles south of
Milwaukee, since last Fall.
The dismissal was announced
yesterday by Circuit Judge M.
Eugene Baker of nearby
Kenosha, who said, eft has
become evident to me that
these four men were filled
with the zeal Of crusaders to
bring about a change in the
educational program Of their
school for what they sincerely
Evening star., 1962-04-23

DEAR ABBY: Please say
something in your column to
the thoughtleSs parents who
buy their children live baby
chicks for Easter. The kiddies
soon chase or squeeze the
life out Of the helpless little
birds and really enjoy them
less than their candy Easter
eggs.
CHICKEN-HEARTED
/, too, am Chicken
hearted" and hope that your
timely letter will cause par
ents to think twice before
giving live baby chicks to
children who are too young
to care for them properly.
4 = =
DEAR ABBY: Three cheers
for the girl who changed her
name from Annie to Audrey.
I don't blame her at all. I
recently read q book about
the Barbary Coast and there
were four Armies In 1t. Dirty
Annie, Wagon Spoke Annie,
Box Car Annie and Glass Eye
Annie.
My name is Anna, and I
have been called everything
from Orphan Annie to Tug
boat Annie. There ought to
be a law against authors ma
ligning people named Anna.
Sign me
ANNETTE (now)
y = y
Stop worrying. Let Abby
help you NTH that problem.
For q personal reply, tDrite to
Abby in care of The Euening
Star. IncloSe q stamped,
self addressed enUeIope.
For Abby'S booklet, "HotU to
Haze a Lovely Wedding" send
soc to Abby. Bon 1865, Beverly
Hills, Calf.
distributed by McNaught Syndicate
1nc.f
Evening star., 1962-04-23
How to
STOP KILLING
YOURSELF
Women Advised on Cancer
BY DR.. PETER J. STEINcRoHN

office Of the American Can
Ger Society for literature on
the procedure. as well as ar
range to see the society's
film, Breast elf-Examina-
tion," showing how 1t Is done.
Mothers should go to their
doctors six months after
childbirth for an examina-
ton to make sure that any
injuries or abnormalities that
may have occurred, are cor
rected. One very important
warning: Don't take ''home
remedies" or secret cures"
There are o great many
quacks milking vast sums of
money out Of desperate can
Ger patients. They may keep
you from going to q reput-
able physician until 1t is too
late to effect q cure.
There are, at present, only
two proved means of curing
cancer-radiation and surg
cry. Several drugs have been
effective in easing pain and
prolonging life, but none has
yet cured human cancer.
If you asked me what I
considered cancers greatest
friend, I'd answer without
hesitation: PROCRASTNA-
TION. Diagnosed early
enough, cancer can be cured.
The American Cancer Society
is-and has been-going all
out to save your life and
mine. But If we come too
late to the doctor-because Of
fear or any other Of q dozen
Observation-Disclosures has
already creased the skids for
annihilation.
Again and again we be-
seech you to save your own
lives. Somewhere, someone
reading this column, viii be
alive for years simply be-
cause he happened to read
it-and acted upon its ad-
vice. Multiply that one by,
many others and you can see
why we all keep trying to
tack many extra years onto
your life calendar.
(Bell Syndicate Featurs)
DR.. Steincrohn's IedtIet,
"PrGcticdl Pointers for Coro-
nary Patients" tDilI be mailed
on receipt of a stamped, self-
addressed enpelope. and 10
cents tn coin for handling.
Address to DR.. Stei1crotn In
care of The EDening Star.
Tomorrow: Brief notes.
Evening star., 1962-04-23

20 Of a tired elephant. Paddy
preferred to believe the In
structors. He gave up bowl
ing and took UP ballroom
dancing.
He was whirling with
Tessie three and four nights
a week. Her feet were in no
mood for abuse; they quit
every morning when she got
out Of bed. She tried to tell
Paddy, as gently as possible,
that she was no dancer.
When that didn't work, she
told him that he was no
dancer.
This led to middle-of-the-
night battles. He called Tessie
fat. and lazy, and a few other
things not quite so subtle.
This brought tears and tears
brought absences from the
house. s I'm e hing which
started out as a minor mari
tai disagreement grew and
grew until Paddy finally left
home, and got a divorce.
His sole interest was to
prove that he was q great
dancer. He was proving it at
bathrooms all over New York.
The cost in arch supporters
alone would have bought him
another radio store.
The ironic point is that his
business did not suffer. Dane
ing seemed to cancel his
aggression.
A few night ago. Kelly and
I saw him in New York. He
didn't see us, so we didn't
bother to say hello. However,
the waiter at our table knew
Paddy and he pointed out
that Murfree was dancing
with TeSsie.
They appeared to be happy.
The waiter said that Paddy
had become serious with an
other woman because she
Evening star., 1962-04-23
Rupe


believe is for the betterment Of
the community"
He said the final decision in
the case will be made through
the ballot box.
The four, who directed use of
the 1879 edition of the Nc
Guffey Reader by the schools
226 pupils, are William Smeeth,
Dennis Beula, John Collins and
John Pfeiffer. The fifth board
member, William Thorsen, op-
posd use of the reader and was
not named in the custer
petition.
The four issued a statement
last night hailing the ruling
as a decision that reaffirms
beyond any doubt the consti-
tutional and moral premises on
which we had implemented the
clear mandate of the last school
board election"
The statement added, 1--WE
are proud to be looked upon
by the Judge as crusaders"
The custer petition was filed
by Mr.. and Mrs. Harold A.
Lovely, parents Of two children
in the school. They charged
the four with inefficiency and
neglect of duty. The Lovelys
opposed the McGuffey because
of its secetarian passages.
Edward zahn, counsel Of the
Lovelys, said he and his clients
were naturally disappointed by
the decision" He said no de-
cision has been made about an
appeal"
Evening star., 1962-04-23

I have Just received from
Harold s. Diehl, M. D., Of the
American Cancer Society,
Inc, a letter and interest
ing inclosure. Subject2 Can
Ger in women. Here are a few
pertinent and nfe-saving
facts:
THE MAJORITY Of women
do not die Of cancer. And the
chances are that you will not
develop the disease. But by a
few precautions, you can in
crease the odds already in
your favor of not dying Of
cancer. ,
The three most common
forms of cancer in women
are cancer of the uterus,
breast, and colon and rec
tum. These forms Of cancer
are highly durable when de-
tected early and promptly
treated. Most Of them can be
detected very early through
simple medical procedures.
While It Is natural to worry
sometimes about cancer, don't
be overworried. Worry will
not save your life If you
should develop cancer. The
American Cancer Society has
listed several rules that SEN
sible women should follow:
Learn the danger signals:
/. Unusual bleeding or dis
charge; 2. a lump or thick
ening in the breast or else
where; 3. a sore that does not
heal; 4. change in bowel or
bladder habits; 5. hoarseneSs
or cough; 6. indigestion or
difficulty in swallowing; z.
change In wart or mole.
None Of the signals is .
sure sign Of cancer. Most
breast Jumps are not cancer.
Bleeding from the rectum or
vagina may not be cancer.
But any Of these danger sig
nails could mean cancer, and
If one Of these symptoms
lasts for more than two
weeks, it should mean q visit
to q doctor at once. One
should never wait for pain to
develop, because then 1t may
be too late. Every adult won1-
an should examine her breasts
once q month. 1t will take
only q few minutes. This sim
pie procedure has already
helped save many lives from
breast cancer. Your doctor
will show you how to practice
breast determination. Or
you can contact the nearest
Evening star., 1962-04-23
FAMOUS FABLES
By Z. z. EDGAR
CONDITION.: =

CONDITION: Former
heavyweight champion Rocky
Marciano, the pride Of Brock
ton, Mass, disciplined him
self into fantastic condition,
writes Herbert Warren Wind
in THE Gilded Age Of Sport" /"
This entailed daily road
work. In time, he came to
assume that long-distance
running was o natural means
Of transport for everyone.
"One year, when the Brock
ton High football team was
to play at Quincy, some Is
miles away. Rocky and a
friend made plans to go to
the game together. The day
before, the friend asked him
what time he thought they
ought to start over. .
mot later than g. Rocky
said. That's a long run to
Quincy"
Evening star., 1962-04-23

October /, 1860. Federal par
ticipation on a matching basis
ranges from so to 80 per cent
More than 80 per cent of all
persons aided under the pro-
gram in February lived in six
States-New York, Massachu-
sets, West Virginia, California,
Michigan and Maryland. Two
States, Alabama and Pennsyl-
vania, made their first pay
ments in February.
Evening star., 1962-04-23

and Welfare Department re-
ported last night.
Total payments for medical
care for needy persons over 65
amounted to $16,021,467 an
average of $204.27 per recipient,
in the "a States reporting in
February.
The medical assistance for
the aged program, optional with
the States, became effective
Evening star., 1962-04-23

admired him. One night,
they had a little dispute and
she told him her true
thoughts about him and his
erratic feet.
PADDY QUIT HER, and
started courting Tessie. It
would have killed him to ad-
NIT he had been wrong, so
she didn't press the point.
They were remarked quietly.
Copyright, 1862,
King Features Syndicate. Inc.
Evening star., 1962-04-23
FALSE TEETH
That Loosen
Need Not EmborrosS
ADVERTISEMENT.

Many wearers Of false teeth have
suffered real embarrassment because
their plate dropped, slipped or wob-
bled at Just the wrong time. Do not
live in fear Of this happening to you.
Just sprinkle q little FASTEETH,
the alkaline (non-acid) powder. on
your plates. Hold false teeth more
firmly, SO they feel more comfort
able. Does not sour. Checks plate
odor breath. Get FASTEETH at
drug counters everywhere.
Evening star., 1962-04-23
Medical Aid Plan
Puyments Gain

FREDDY
MRS. FITZ
ISiSSS EI EsssITsisA $
MUTT AND JEFF
UNCLE CHARLIE
SCAMP
Mr.. WEEDY
By the Associated Press

Beneficiaries of the Federal
State medical assistance for
the aged program totaled 78,400
in February, an increase of
13,300 or 21.4 per cent from
January, the Health, Education
Evening star., 1962-02-18
AT CROSSROADS
WeDon't Buyor SeIi-
We Just Swap Things

garden for his office furnish
ings. the publisher supplied
encyclopedia sets for his swap
credit and Mr.. Troobnick got
his 20 per cent cash commits
sion, in this case, $75. I'VE
were all three happy with the
arrangement" he said. land
the Georgetown garden is
flourishing."
About 5000 individual items
are kept in the shop at one
time. The list includes glass,
china, costume jewelry,
tables. chairs, bookcases,
books, picture frames, mir
rors, jewelry. chests, bicycles
and lawnmoWers.
Antique dealers sometimes
come in to swap things they
haven't moved fast enough
in their own shops.
Mr.. Troobnick, in the past,
has traded an antique clock
with wooden works. a Con-
necticut antique highboy of
curly maple, power equip
ment, a litter of black poodles
and a 16-foot Sailboat.
In the summer, he ex-
plains, outgrown ice skates
are a big item. with Lake
Bancroft so close, we some
times have as many at 1000
pairs in stock for trade"
1--WE don't buy, we don't
SELL" Mr.. Troobnick stresses.
1--WE just swap"
Evening star., 1962-02-18
Miss Elder
Bride of
1t. Harper

Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Clifton Elder of Burlington,
N. c., announce the marriage
of their daughter Sandra
Albright to 1t. Thomas John
Harper, USN, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Elmer Bruce Harper of
West HarWich, Mass.
The wedding took place
February 10 in the chapel of
the First Presbyterian Church
in Burlington.
Mrs. Harper is an alumna
of Sweet Briar College and
the Parsons School of Design
in New York. She made her
debut in 1855 at the Terpsi-
chorean Ball in Raleigh, N. C.
1t. Harper was graduated
in 1856 from Dartmouth Col
lege and in 1857 received a
masters degree from the
Amos Tuck School of Busi-
ness Administration. He is
at present stationed in New
port, R. I.
Evening star., 1962-02-18
Senator Smith
oAddress
Society

Senator Margaret Chase
Smith will address the Maine
State Society Tuesday eve
ming at 8 o'clock.
The subject of the Senator's
talk will be South America.
She Travelled extensively
throughout Central and South
America last fall as a member
of the Senate Appropriations
Committee.
The address will take place
in the Senate auditorium,
New Senate Office Building.
The public is invited.
Prior to Mrs. Smiths talk,
the society will have a buffet
supper for all of it's members.
The supper will be held in the
New Senate Office Building
cafeteria.
Inquiries for the event
should be directed to either
Mrs. Gerald E. Murch or Mrs.
Alton Porter of Silver Spring.
Evening star., 1962-02-18
SEAMS
TO ME-.
Reversible Fringed Over-Top
BY PATRICIA SCOTT

5. To make a pattern for
the printed cotton lining. take
the burlap pattern and alter
it as follows: Cut off 3 inches
from each sleeve, making the
folded edge 80 inches long.
Cut off S inches from the
bottom of the pattern, max
ing it 7 inches long from the
bottom to the armpit. Cut
out the printed cotton from
this altered pattern.
6. Stitch the burlap. first
stitching underarm seams of
sleeves. stopping 3l2 inches
from the edge. Then stitch
the side seams, stopping 512
inches from the bottom edge.
Press the seams open. Try on
the garment and check to see
if the neckline opening is
large enough. If not, make
the slash wider, but remem-
ber the opening will auto
matically become larger after
you stitch the lining to it
because of the 5s-inch seam
you'll take.
7. Stitch the printed cot
ton, stitching underarm
seams of sleeves and side
seams. Press the seams open.
If the neck opening of the
burlap was altered, do the
same with the cotton.
8. Slip the printed cotton
over the burlap, right sides
together. Stitch around the
neckline opening. Turn to
right side and press.
8. Turn under the raw
edges of the printed cotton
at the bottom and at the
Evening star., 1962-02-18

For lounging at home, at
the ski lodge or winter resort,
or, later, at a summer resort,
you'll be a smash wearing
this reversible overtop with
slim pants.
It's made of burlap, fringed
at the bottom and sleeves
and lined in a bright printed
cotton. Today, you can find
burlap in some pretty wild
colors -. perfect for resort
wear. When choosing the
print, be sure the colors CO.
ordinate with the burlap
since the fringe will show.
whether you wear it on the
burlap or printed side.
You'll need: One yard of
burlap and one yard of
printed cotton.
To make:
l. Cut a piece of paper
18x36 inches for pattern.
2. Following the diagram,
measure IL inches from one
long side, in toward the other
long side where the fabric
will be folded. Mark. Then
measure 9 inches along the
same long side, from the cor
ner, and mark. Do this on
both sides. Join these marks
to form a 9x12-inch rectangle
at each side. Cut out the
rectangleS.
3. From the center point
of the side marked fold,
measure S inches to either
side for a 10-inch slash neck
opening.
4. Using this pattern, cut
out the burlap, folding the
fabric in half lengthwise.
Evening star., 1962-02-18

one of TVS first E my
awards in l948 for her per-
formances as a ventriloquist,
will be the star of the amuse-
ment program. Mrs. Jay
Wright of the Mclean XII
Wives will provide the piano
accompaniment.
Evening star., 1962-02-18
Fun Luncheon

The Ki-Wives of Mclean,
Va. will stage a Fun Lunch
con" at Evans Farm Inn
Tuesday at IL noon, with
entertainment features be-
ginning at pm.
Shirley Dinsdale, who won
Evening star., 1962-02-18
BY MARY L. VAUGHAN
Home FURNISHINGS Writer

Everything, awe OF lnanl-
mate, sooner or later passes
through a "swap shop" That's
the reason the trading busi-
ness is such fun, according
to Samuel Troobnick, whose
Crossroads Swap Shop on
Leesburg pike near Baileys
Cross Roads has been flour
ishing for the last six years.
Mr.. Troobnick and his
wife Doris got the swapping
idea after seeing numerous
such bartering places in Cali
fornia. They've helped Gus
toners trade such items as
live puppies, furniture, old
autos, an antique coffin and
in one instance, a George
town garden.
The shop is located in an
abandoned church which they
painted "Stop-sign" yellow. 1t
still has a sprawling interior
and the loaded stain glass
arch windows.
people threw up their
hands at that yellow" Mr..
Troobnick says of the garlsh
color, "but you can see it,
can't you?" he adds.
Swap Credit
It is not possible to stroll
into this shop and buy
something, except for items
under so cents. Everything
is acquired in a trade that
works in a set manner.
First, the proprietor ex-
plains, you bring in your
items. I'VE evaluate them ac-
cording to our experience in
appraising. You then receive
swap credit, good for one
year. You do not have to
swap the same day. When
you do choose something in
trade, you pay 20 per cent
in cash commission on the
items you take out"
Eventually, Mr.. Trobnick
maintains, even the oldest
items find a new owner.
"You might think an an
tique coffin with a wavy
glass window for looking in
or out would be hard to
trade" he points out. "but
it was a prize find for a COM
mercial photographer, who
also snapped up an old tin
bathtub at the same time for
use as studio props"
MI. Troobnick is a former
window display decorator.
His wife, Doris, was an ice
skater in a night club act.
"We get to know everybody
by name" he says of the
swap shop clientele. We've
run into old customers on
trips to New York, Boston
and way down in Virginia.
Last year the Voice of
America filmed a sequence
on the shop, which Mr..
Troobnick says was a popular
showing overseas. Some of
the people who saw it," he
explains, "had their ideas of
America fixed from glamor-
GUS movies. They couldn't
believe people in this country
traded furniture and other
things that were not bought
brand new"
Landscape Trade
In one swap, a landscape
business traded, for office fur
niture to grace their enlarged
quarters. a Georgetown gar
den landscaping job. Here's
the way it worked. The land
scape artist took desks, type
writer's and file cabinets. For
this he needed swap credit.
Another customer, in the
publishing field, had a new
Georgetown home with a
messy backyard. The land
scape designer traded the
Evening star., 1962-02-18

the cross threads OF the blouse
single thickness of burlap.
After you've done this, tie the
hanging fringe in sections.
1862, Field Enterprises. Inc.
Evening star., 1962-02-18

sleeve edges and top stitch
the cotton to the burlap.
10. To make the fringe on
the sleeves and bottom, pull
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1962-09-21
Negro Voters Are
Important Group

While the Negroes in Minneapolis are not num-
erically imposing they have often found themselves
in a key position in political campaign even when
they have not sensed it. Because every vote cast In
a Minnesota election counts any group which can
be appealed to on the basis Of group interest Is
big factor.
There is no need to deny that there is not a
Catholic VOTE a business vote, labor vote,
Polish vote, Jewish vote, conservative vote or
Negro vote because there is. There may be time
when we will have developed such a perfect dem
ocracy that bloc voting will not be present but
that time appears remote, no matter how much we
may hope for 1t. Until we remove the reasons for
special interest groups, they will remain with us.
An example Of how important a group Of people
banded together by common interests, hopes and
ambitions can be may develop in the expected close
Congressional race between incumbent Walter Judd,
Republican and his opponent Sen. Donald Fraser for
the Fifth District Representative. number Of
groups, not all clearly defined but clearly present
win be important in this race.
Minneapolis Negroes who are intelligent win
realize with Just . little reflection that sending
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1962-09-21
CHARLES McKINNIS, MINNEAPOLIS
WINNER OF ANNUAL SAINT
PETER CLAVER GOLF TOURNAMENT

Charles McKinnis Of Minneap-
obs won the championship flight
Of the annual st. Peter Claver
Catholic church golf tournament
Sunday afternoon, September IS
with a SO.
The tournament open to the
public was the Eighth Annual
sponsored by the Catholic church,
was held at Phalen golf course.
Two men tied for second in the
championship flight with identical
scores of II. One was former
champion Vince Wilson of st. Paul
and the other Otis Turner of Min
rleapolis.
First flight winner was Don
Wheeler, st. Paul who won with a
72; Ralph Jones Of st. Paul was
second in this flight with a 76 and
Duke Corum of Savage took third
place with 78.
In the second flight two players
tied with a 80. They were Jim
Mosley of Minneapolis and Bruce
williams Of st. Paul. Stanley
Gardner took second place with a
score Of 81.
In the women's flight Mary