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PAGE TWO THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1961 IT WAS MOTHER'S BIRTH DACY-— FOR AND ABOUT TEENAGERS By C. D. Smith Do Parents Have Reasons When They Say, r No r ? THE WEEK’S LETTER: “I am 15 years old and I have a problem —trying to talk my dad into letting me go skating on Friday nights. All my friends go skating then and I want to be with them at that time. The only time he lets me go is in the afternoon and at that time all the little kids are there and some of them don’t quite know how to skate yet and they fall and knock you over. At night there isn’t such a problem. Please advise me OUR REPLY: The best advice we can give is that you And out your father’s reason for not let ting you go on Friday night. Does your group of friends include both boys and girls and, does he allow you to “date” yet? To you, this skating party may be just going out with your friends while he might consider it dating. Are you allowed to go other places with your friends at night? To the movies? Swimming? Skat ing probably has nothing to do with it; perhaps your father thinks you are too young to be going out at night. Generally speaking isn’t there an “older” crowd at the skating rink on Friday nights—old enough to consider those in your group “kids”? At any rate, the first way to tackle any problem is to “put all the cards on the table.” Only when this is done is a solution likely to be achieved. You know your dad won’t let you go on Friday nights. Talk the matter over thoroughly with your dad, if you haven’t al ready done so; give him your wishes on the matter and then lis ten attentively to his reasons for not letting you go except in the afternoons. As you listen, consider that his first interest is your welfare. It is his responsibility to see that you know the difference between right and wrong; that you develop the character and strength you will need to make your own way in the world. Because of this responsi bility, he is not able to allow you to do some things just because your friends do them. If yon have a teenage problem 70a want to discuss, or an observation to make, address jrour letter to FOR AND ABOUT TEENAGERS, NATION AL WEEKLY NEWSPAPER SERV ICE. FRANKFORT. KY. Custom Forms Printed To Your Specifications Call on Us for Your Sales & Order Books Competitive Prices and Good Delivery £ Phone No. 1 The Newberry Sun “For Fine Printing” FOR BETTER HEALTH By C. A. Dean, M. D. MEDITORIAL: Care of the aged is a point of great dispute, in and out of government circles. A.s you might suspect, my recent article on the subject provoked much debate among my readers, if I can judge from my mail. But I think there is some misunder standing of my position, which I hope to clear up. Mr. J. K., aged 90, is represen tative of the dissenters. He wrote, “You say the family should care for us oldsters. What if you have none? I receive a small pension, for my wife and myself, and It isn’t enough. All I want is medical and housing help and you, for one, are against it. Why not sug gest a firing squad? Or let them commit suicide. It’s' too bad we old people have to read something like this in the newspaper.” If Mr. J. K. would reread my column he would find, contrary to what he thinks, my endorse ment of medical eare for the aged. Also, I didn’t say the family alone should do the job, but that it was an ‘ 'individual, family prob lem.” And a problem It Is! The one thing I disagree with is the government’s assumption of this role. I still think this should be done on a private basis, both by the individual’s preparation for old age (through savings, in surance, pensions) and by the family. Further, if outside help is to be given it should come at the local level, from hospital clinics, local public health facilities and the | like and through private health insurance. I certainly don’t mean to imply that I have all the answers to this problem because I don’t. Many others, wiser than I, are wrestling with it and they have no definite solution. I hope it won’t be too long, however, before they do. &/zy &cwtary Sea Tea tastes better when you stick a small clove into the lemon slice. REY. ROBERT H. HARPER A GOOD MAN O ECENTLY Y. was asked to pre- ' ^ pare the memoir of a fellow minister. And drawing upon my memories of association with the brother and after getting the main facts of his life and career from his daughter, I prepared the mem oir and sent it to the editor of the Conference Annual , After the memoir had been I written and mailed, I reflected upon what I had written and upon the picture of the man I had drawn and I felt I had written of a good man who had been true to his Lord and the responsi bilities imposed upon him as a faithful minister of Jesus Christ. JUST A THOUGHT: Life, like business, usually pays dividends in direct pro portion to the individual invest ment . . . and the smallest share of the profits usually goes to the individual who asked, “What’s in it for me?” instead of “What can I do to help?” Quietly, even gently, he had done what he could to make the earth a better place to live. And in the language Theodore Roose velt once used about a deceased man who had been in the govern ment service, “he was a man worth while.” In the years that I had known him and known about my de parted brother, I had never known him to do an unworthy thing. And surely that is the best that I can say about my friend. ^ -..-.-n ar; nep- ; ' / r. \ r."d net the least ’hesitant in r’.r.tlng the Ameri can economy has now teen cf more than $103 bil- 11 n in fcreljn give aways. „ ★ ★ As C -grceoninn John Dowdy r p r e e c e d imse’f re- v * cen.lv “It is , - ’»< - obvious the dollars we 1" -e perred into the abyss of for eign aid has bencIUicd us not at all.The J* seh'same na- c. W. Harder tions who have held out their hands longest and for the most, will align themselves with our arch enemy.” * * * There are some who private ly feel that perhaps the great est threat to American security for the past twenty years has been U.S. Department of State. * * * While not expressing himself that strongly. Congressman Paul Findley recently was not at all happy about a broad cast by the “Voice of Ameri ca” the government sponsored radio program under the direc tion of the State Department. * * * Rep. Findley points out that recently this branch of the State Department beamed a radio program to Latin Ameri ca reporting the U.S. has of fered $20 billion in give-aways over the next ten years to Cen tral and South America.” * * * Obviously, this was big and exciting news to Latin America. It was also quite some news to Congress which has not only not authorized each expendi tures, but had not even been approached on such a magnifi cent scale. fr\ National Fedyratlon of Indepgndfnt Dullness A . V.i A* t A.. ¥.- »*» e C A America mc.de lire positive statement on a speech by Treasury Secretary Diiian who expressed pious hope tnat such aid, in form of government and private enterprise help would some day be forthcoming. * * * Obvloualy, the varirus peo ples cf Latin America are ask ing “where’s all here Yank ee dollars?” Perhaps seme arc * even asking embarrasluj ques tions of their governments. * * * Congress is then put into the position of either making good with the funds, or repudiating ohicial governmept reports. * * *. There is even some thought that in January Congress should make a thorough re view of the State Dept, from top to bottom. What was the situation leading to a Castro Cuba? How does State Dept, explain its apparent animosity toward the Dominican Repub lic which is anti-Castro at this time, yet still be so friendly with Tito’s Yugoslavia which is blatantly communist? * o * In other words, there seems to be springing up a desire to know if after $100 billion in give aways, American prestige abroad, and particularly in Latin America, is at a low ebb, there is a desire to know just why this should be so. ooo After all, if a company per mitted its sales organisation to expend unlimited expense ac counts in building up goodwill in the territory, and then found the results were negative, 1 there would be a mighty call ing up on the carpet. Many Congressmen feel that there should now be an accounting of what has been accomplished in the direction of building good will for America. Perhaps the sales organisation needs a new set of boys. From the Waverly Sun, Wav er ly, New York: Few animals have greater curiosity than a puppy dog or a little toddler. It’s a job watching the pair roam . . . peeking into this, sniffing at that But what if their curiosity hap pens to take them to some dis carded insecticide cans thrown carelessly about ... or to some’ half-filled bags of pesticides sitting on a shelf in a store room? Then your joy of watching a growing boy and his dog may well turn to grief. What’s your reaction to this? . . “Naw, it can’t happen to my kids, I’ve told ’em time and again never to touch things like that!” or maybe you say: “. . . can’t happen on my place I keep things like that under lock and key.” Safety advisors at the State Col lege of Agriculture say it can, and does happen . . . far too fre quently. Just about all these losses in human life and the life of pets could have been prevented if com mon sense rules were enforced. For example, the Cornell men suggest that a lock and key is worthless on a shed or cabinet where pesticides are stored . . . that is, unless the lock is snapped each and every time you leave. Then there’s the matter of storing small amounts of left over liquid pesticides in pop bottles, or simi lar containers . . . these are doubly intriguing to kids. In fact, no pesticide should ever be stored separately from the label it came with . . . you’d be surprised how often tragic mistakes are made by using the wrong material. When the Cornell and other ex tension safety specialists speak at a meeting they go into many specific details. But these boil down to just one thing: Wear your thinking cap as long as pesticides are used and stored around the e r > r- rr home By Thomas Collins RETIRING TO OZARKS? A REPORT ON COSTS H ERE is information on what it'would cost you to retire to the Ozarks. This information was obtained from a questionnaire sent to re tired people in the area by the “Ozarks Playgrounds Association of Joplin, Mo. The area with which the As sociation is concerned covers Northern Arkansas, Southwest Missouri and Northeast Oklahoma. The following data was obtained from a town which seems typical of this area—Berryville, Ark. Q. What is the usual retirement income? A. $2,500 a year. Q. Do the people find living costs cheaper here than where they lived before retiring? A. Some canned items are higher, but many are the same. Professional services are cheaper however, and in many cases vastly cheaper. Taxes and labor are generally lower. Q. What is the cost of a lake lot. a rural lot and a city lot? A. A lake lot averages around $750. Rural lots on or near county roads run $50 to $150 an acre higher on U.S. highways. City iots cost from $500 to $1,500. Q. What are the building costs per square foot? A, Seven dollars to ten dollars complete with utilities, heating system and kitchen appliances. Q. Are rental house>s available? A. A few are available at an average rent of $50 a month. (Other towns in the area reported rents of $75 a month for a three- bedroom cottage.) The retired people in Berry ville buy local produce like fruit and vegetables in season, and milk, butter, and eggs all year round. Many have deep freeze units for vegetables they buy or raise and for meats, fish and game. Quite a few have pressure cookers and do considerable canning. According to this survey, there is a minimum charge lor elec tricity of $1.50 a month in town with the average bill being about $5. Rural users pay an average of $7 a month. Drilling costs for well run $2 pei foot in the area. In some places 100 feet would be adequate and in others several hundred feet might be necessary. A sep tic tank averages $115 complete. The tax rate is complicated, as it usually is, but a banker esti mated that the overall tax on a $15,000 house (a modern three- bedroom job) would be about $150 to $200 a year. A $10,000 home with furniture and appliances, and an automobile, would be taxed about $75 to $125 a year. Some jobs are available in the Ozarks but the survey indicates that you have a better chance if you can build a house or‘dig a well than if you are a $10,000-a- year consultant. Medical costs are generally lower thar in the big towns, also. These figures seem to reflect living costs in the Ozarkf, as I know them. You must realize, of course, that just around the cor ner from anywhere the figures might be higher or lower. For a copy of the nrw Golden Years booklet by Thomas Collins, send SS cents In coin (no stamps) to Dept. NWNS, 3ox 1672, Grand Central StaUon, New Yerk 17, N. Y.