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THUBSDAY, JUNE 16, 1960
THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA
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•y Thomas Collins
UFE ON $200 A MONTH—-HOW TO MANAGE IT
TIT HAT follows here will be of
T'V some satisfaction to people
who like to scold me.
Always they’re asking how a
couple can live in retirement on
$200 a month. And they scoff at
the notion that it can be done.
This is intended to spell the
matter out
Couples who retire on $200 a
month will spend, in the main,
about $2,50 a day for food—or
$75 a month. They will spend
about $50 for housing, and about
$8 for utilities. The remaining $67
they will spend by ear—-a little
this month for clothes, hairpins,
and razor blades; a little next
month for doctors and pills, and
maybe a movie.
These figures are for people
with no . property or investments,
and who live indented city quar
ters.
Most economic studies show
that living costs will vahy between
different parts of the country,
and between big cities and small
cities. These studies usually deal
with families. Retired couples on
a small income—as best I can de
termine it—live about as cheaply
in one place as another. Except
that in some rural areas in the
southern states they can live on
$200 a month and have a bank
account. It’s a low standard, but
it’s living.
* A budget for a retired couple
doesn’t make much sense. The
reason it doesn’t is that there is
such a wide range in the tastes,
customs and circumstances of
every couple. Here is a rundown
of the range:
FOOD. This is the biggest item
in the budget. And the best way
to reduce it is to produce some o:
your food with your own hands.
You can do this by hunting, by
fishing, and by planting a garden.
Any of these can reduce the
$2.50 a day spent for food, and
give extra money for housing oi
hairpins.
A couple that drinks $1.50 worth
of coffee a week, and goes for
steaks instead of vegetables will
not get by on $2.50 a day and
thus will have to find housing for
maybe $40 a month, or put patches
on Clothes. A couple that chooses
to buy packaged convenience
foods, instead of stringing the
beans themselves, probably will
have to do the same.
On the other hand, the couple
that can remain healthy on two
meals a day instead of three can
pay $60 or $70 a month for
housing.
HOUSING. The couple must bal
ance its desires in housing and
type of neighborhood against its
desires in food, always keeping
about $50 flexible to apply where
other needs arise.
CLOTHING. The concern of s
couple over the appearance the;,
make to other people is the majo.
factor here—and each persor
must assess his own vanity
Other factors are the wife’s tal
ents in keeping clothes in repair,
and the couple’s habits in taking
care of clothes.
LOCATION. Strictly on the
basis of economics a couple can
get by about as w< 11 on $200 a
month in a big city in the North
as it can in a small city in tht
South because of the wider choic;
in housin''.
By LYN CONNELLY
/^ONNIE FRANCIS (nee (Fran-
^ conera), teen-age record idol
and currently the hottest guest
star on TV (in two weeks she
was on Perry Coco’s, Sid
Caesar’s and Dick Clark’s shows),
is as friendly as an English sheep
dog and as easy to talk to as the
girl next door ... In fact, possi
bly easier—depending on the girl
next door . . . Connie played her
first engagement at Chicago’s
famous Chez Paree recently, and
Joy Layne, 18-year-old recording
star from the suburbs wrote her
a congratulatory note on her as
signment
Connie immediately called Joy,
suggested they mdet over a home-
cooked dinner — an invitation
which Joy extended to Cocnie’s
charming mother as well—and
startled the sleepy town of Brook
field by actually showing up for
the promised dinner . . . Connie
is 20 and travels everywhere
with her mother . . . Her songs
are chosen for her by her father
and so far he has done well by
his famous daughter . . . She's
petite, sweet and—in hep jargon
—quite all reet.
CROSSWORD PUZZLE
WARNER BROS. — The next
year brings a rash of good al
bums from this company . . . One
is “Dancing by the Firelight**
featuring the Keith Textor Sing
ers .. The group weaves a ro
mantic web for in-love couples
and those with sentimental
streaks with soft and lovely ren
ditions of such favorites as “A
Lovely Way to Spend an Eve
ning,** “Moonlight Cocktail,’*
“Isn’t It Romantic?’’ “3
O’clock in the Morning,’* “The
Nearness of You,’* “Dancing on
the Ceiling’’ and other romance
Guilders.
PUZZLE No. 588
ACROSS
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cemented to
sea bottom
S Break surface
of water with
spattering
noise
10 Talk
informally
14 Land measure
15 Doone
16 Hearty
17 Rope fiber
18 Oil o< roses
10 Tune
20 Agrees to
22 Inn in Turkey
(Pi.)
24 Allow
25 Vigilant
26 Punishes
30 Infidels
34 Part of body
35 Rub out
37 Trap
38 One who
employe
services ot
40 Kind of wheat
42 Short for
alumnus
43 Anglo-Saxon
slaves
45 Silkworms
47 The wallaba
48 Bouts
50 Amulet
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summer
55 Present
SB Growled
62 Toward
the center
63 Cant
65 Alleviate
66 Cover with
asphalt
67 New Zealand
bird
68 Observe
68 Winter
vehicle
70 Having hear
ing organs
71 Danish
weight (pL)
DOWN
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ridge of
glacla origin
2 High card
3 Equips with
weapons
4 Thrusts
back
5 Large flat
dish (pi.)
6 Piece of
land (pL)
7 Skill
8 Slow moving r
creature
0 Injured
10 Mapping
11 Rabbit
12 Came to earth
13 Afternoon
party (pi.)
21 Upper tone
of disjunct
tetracnord
23 God of war
25 States
26 Hints
27 Region of
Germany
28 Factor
29 Back of
neck
81 Lake in
E. Turkey
32 Genus of
Old World
aquatic
plants
S3 Kind of car
36 Lamb’s pen
name
39 Hindered
41 Having
ability
44 Painful
46 Wife of
Ramayana
49 Upper house
of Congress
51 Peaceful
53 Principal
room in
Roman house
(Pi.)
56 Policemen
56 Russian
mountain
chain
57 Rant
58 Early English
legal jurisdic
tion over cer
tain territory
59 Region of
N. Indochina
90 Italian
city
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64 Alien resi
dent in early
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Answer to Pussle Ne. 587
REV. ROBERT H. HARPER
TIME TO THINK
T HE turmoil (It is a regret tc
use the word) of the Christ
mas season and the events that
crowd each other around the New
Year seem to demand a rest and
time to think, to reflect. A full
month after the year’s beginning
may be long enough to enable
as to take a wise view of the
oast year and to evaluate the
things that marked it.
Prominent among these was
the visit of the Russian premier
to our Country and the travels
of our President in three con
tinents of the world, to chief
countries and cities therein. In
the long run of history, certainly,
but we may hope in the days
near at hand, we shall see the
value of these visits to mankind.
JUST A THOUGHT:
An eye examination may
bring a “fuzzy” world into
focus; but it takes a thorough
examination of self and con
science to set things right for
the man who thinks all the
world is “out of step” but him
self.
They may contribute to the
peace of the world is a “consum
mation devoutly to be wished.”
These and other events marked
on the calendar of 1959 may lead
us to expect that a better day
will soon dawn upon a distressed
world.
As we reflect upon the year that
is gone, let us thank God for its
good and humbly supplicate him
to bring us to better things in
*hp present year.
FOR AND ABOUT TEENAGERS
By C. D. Smith
What Can You Do When Parents Say 'No'?
THIS WEEK’S LETTER: “I
am a girl 14, going on 15. My
mother lets me go with this one
boy and I don’t like him much be
cause he doesn’t call or come to
see me like he used to. He said he
still liked me and there is a boy
that^likes me and he calls me a lot
and wants a date. But I have to
turn him down because mother
won’t let me go with him. She said
that h^ was not nice and that I
had to go with this other boy.
Whdt should a girl do when her
mother is like that?”
OUR ANSWER: Respect your
mother’s wisher, and, more impor
tant—her judgement. You can be
certain of one thing. Your mother
has her reasons for not allowing
you to date this particular boy and
is acting in your best interest when
she says “no."
The fact that your mother is
willing to let you date this boy
who gets the “stamp of approval”
seems proof enough that she has
no objection to your dating the
right kind of boy—one of good
character and good reputation.
In reading letters from teenagers
every week, we find they have two
principal problems. (1) Their par
ents will not allow them to date at
all or (2) their parents insist on
“choosing;’ their'dates or friends
for them.
As we have said before, we
don’t think it is possible to set an
age, say 15, and say that a teen
ager is “old enough” to date. Too
many things have to be consider
ed where individual cases are
concerned.
Perhaps some parents try to
“choose” their children’s dates
and their friends. The majority,
however, don’t “choose”; they
merely insist that their children
select friends and dates who are
of good character and reputation.
When they turn “thumbs down”
on a particular boy or girl they
usually have an excellent reason
for doing so.
ADDITIONAL SUGGESTION:
Young lady, don’t let any boy
“bowl you over” by constant at
tention and telephone calls. It’s
flattering, sure—that’s why he op
erates that way. Only by keeping
a level head can you determine if
he is the type of boy you want to
1 “date” and to have for a friend.
I
If yon hare a teenage problem yen
want to dieense, or an observation ta
make, addreeo roar letter to FOR
AND ABOUT TEENAGERS, NATION
AL WEEKLY NEWSPAPER 8ERV- I
ICE, FRANKFORT, KY.
By Elizabeth Shafer
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ITEMS FROM AN OUTDOOR
NOTEBOOK: What’s the fastest
animal, on the ground, or in the
air? Eagle? Cheetah? Ostrich?
Deer? None of these. It’s a bird
—the frigate bird. Thi^ speedster
can do over 100 miles per hour
and has been credited with a
hard-to-believe record of over
twice this speed.
too
How big does a fresh-water
turtle grow? The alligator snap
ping turtle of the central-south
ern United States may grow to a
weight of 200 pounds. But it isn’t
true that once he grabs a finger
he won’t let go until thunder and
lightning arrives.
• • • *
Can fish distinguish between
colors? Tests conducted in crystal
clear Florida waters seem to in
dicate that they can. But, these
same tests do not indicate that
a lure of one color is more appe
tizing In appearance to fish than
one of another hue. In bait cast
ing, as any expert fisherman will
tell you, the important thing is
to put the lure to the fish proper
ly. In bass fishing, fish where the
bass are—near logs, stumps,
weed beds. Accuracy in casting
and proper lure action are far
more important than color.
• • •
What’s good for the an tea let
ain’t good for this fellow: The
cave-salamander, confined to Sar
dinia and the mountains arouhd
the Gulf j, of Genoa, feeds on
spiders and insects, but will die if
it swallows an ant.
* * *
Teamwork: The female channeJ
catfish selects ner own nesting
spot—in an underwater cave,
hollow log, or overhanging rock.
The male drives her away from
the nest after spawning and takes
jver the task of guarding the nest
>nd young till they hatch, which
^es from 6 to 10 days
P HIL EDWARDS tipped the cab
driver and then the porter, and
after their suitcases and overnight
bags had been taken care of he
and Kathy sat in the daycoach
waiting for the train to start.
He took his wife’s hand and
squeezed it. “Well, we made it,”
he said. “Finally.”
Kathy, a trim brunette with dark
blue eyes, smiled up at him. “I
can’t believe it yet,” she said.
“It’s been so long since we've had
a real vacation.” She frowned.
"You did tell the newsboy to stop
the paper for two weeks, didn’t
you?”
Phil grinned. “Of course. And you
talked to the milkman, I suppose?”
Kathy giggled. “Of course. Isn’t
it awful? The whole idea of a va
cation is to get away from it all -
and look at us! Worrying about
the paper and the milkman and—
you did call the utilities about the
gas and electricity, Phil?”
“Shut up,” Phil ordered mas
terfully and kissed her into si
lence.
Sighing contentedly, Kathy
snuggled into the curve of his
arm. The train started with a
jerk and began to move slowly
out of the station.
•*I wish we could have had long
er and gone farther—to Europe
or maybe Hawaii,” Phil whis
pered his lips touching Kathy’s
hair.
“Mmm.A Kathy agreed. “But
it’s wonderful just to get away
after three years in the city. And
I can’t think of any place I’d rath
er go than Cherryton, with the
^orchards and the mountains and
the quietness. Ohl” She sat up
abruptly.
“What is it?”
. “I forgot to ask Jean to watclr
out for the house!” she wailed.
“Is that all? I talked to Bill
about it two days ago. Now relax,
for Pete’s sake.”
“Can’t you feel the tension float
ing out of you?”
He nodded. “Funny what three
hundred miles and a change of
scene can do. Remember the last
time we spent in Cherryton?”
“Six summers ago,” Kathy said
promptly. “I hope we can get Mrs.
Pinkerton’s cottage again. It was
so pretty on the hill above the
river. And so peacefuL”
As the morning lengthened and
they drew closer to Cherryton, the
sun rose higher and achieved a
cloudless brilliance. Cattle gave
way to alfalfa fields and orchards
and truck farms. Ahead, a long
whistle from the engine signaled
the approaching town. Phil stood
up and got down their oyemigUl
bags from the luggage rack.
The train whistled again: .two
long, one fhort, and one long blast.
Peering out the window, Kathy
saw the cars lined up at the cross
ing waiting for the train to pass.
As the train slowed to a stop, she
joined Phil in the aisle. Quickly,
eagerly, as children let out of
school, they went along the aisle,
down the steps, and onto the plat
form.
“Breathe that air!” Phil said,
stopping a short distance from the
train. “R. al, fresh, country air—
not breathed-over city smog.”
There was a little crowd of peo
ple waiting to get on the train.
Kathy noted one couple in partic
ular. Smiling, she nudged PhiL
“Listen.” . .
“Joe,” the woman was saying
in a worried voice, “did you ask
old man Bettinger to look after
the cows?” , ' V .
“Of course I difjU Two days ago.'
Stop worrying, Gladys. You’c
think we’d never been on a trip.”
Gladys, a plump, pretty womae
with graying red hair, sighed hap
pily. “Well, Joe, it’s been a long
time.”
“It has at that,” Joe said, rub
bing his chin. “Just be glad old
man Bettinger agreed tc look
after the place for a week.”
Gladys put her hand on his arm.
“I can hardly wait to get to the
city,” she confessed.
It’ll be wonderful to get awa?
from it all!”
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rich and colorful history—high- stolen,
lighted by such events is 4rtt an
nouncement of gold discovery ha
the States the beginning of the
first railroad; the western termi-
nous of the pony eEpreas* and,
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establish a colony for his coun-
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erected a fort and called his set
tlement New Helvetia. He began
mahy enterprises, of think
successful:
a woolen mill,
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freight feryiee to San Francisco
on the
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the tail race of mill*
miles northeast of San
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