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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1964
THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA
PAGE SEVEN
fOR AND ABOUT TEENAGERS
By C. D. Smith
Good Student, Fine Son Changes His Attitude
THE WEEK’S LETTER: My
son is 16. Until the past school
year he was an exceptional son
and honor roll student, excelled
in athletics and was an obedient,
well-mannered son of whom we
were very proud . . . and this we
told him on many occasions. Two
years ago, his grades dropped
from A’s and B’s to C's, D’s and
F’s. He no longer participates in
school athletics. We almost, with
his reluctant approval, entered
him in a military school which
has high academic requirements.
He was rejected, either due to
the fact his grades were insuffici
ent, or he had just received a
3-day suspension for playing
hooky (his first offense). We as
sign a few minor chores—clean
ing his room, some yard work,
emptying the garbage, and very
little else, yet it takes constant
nagging to accomplish even this.
His use of the family car is
limited, as we based use of it on
his grades, which were very
poor. He knew it in advance and
apparently it wasn’t worth the
effort. To sum up the problem:
our son does not want to accept
responsibility of any kind, nor
can he accept discipline. He
feels his summer should be free
of any obligations. It is his “va
cation”. We feel he has been on
a 2-year vacation. What do you
suggest?
OUR COMMENT: In the many
letters this column receives, it
becomes increasingly obvious that
teenagers show resentment for
authority and discipline in many
ways. Some demand “freedoms”
and privileges which they know a
dutiful parent must deny. The “I
don’t care” attitude is a form of
resentment on the part of the
teenager who for some reason
feels that “it just isn’t worth the
| effort.” Every teenager needs
responsibility and discipline—
mixed with a great amount of
understanding and tolerance.
Sometimes this combination takes
care of any problem.
If yon have a t»*naa<* problem you want
to discuse, or an obeenration to make,
address your tetter to FOR AND ABOUT
TEENAGERS. COalMUNITY AND SUB-
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rites Saturday
Katie Ann Bush, infant daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. John Carroll
Bush of Brown Street, Prosperity,
died Thursday night at Mills Cli
nic.
Surviving in addition to the
parents are one sister, Donna
Jean Bush of the home; two bro
thers, Jimmie Lee and John Allen
Bush of the home; the maternal
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Covan of Lexington; and the pat
ernal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. J. Bush of Little Mountain.
Graveside services were conduct
ed Saturday morning at Rosemont
cemetery by Rev. M. B. Fryga.
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SON TALKS BACK, WITH LOVE,
T he letter that appeared here
from a Retired Man to his Son
has been disturbing to a thought
ful young man—Carl J. Moore, Jr.
of the Stetson College of Law in
St. Petersburg, Fla. He has writ
ten a reply for his generation:
To a Retired Father
Hometown, U.S.A.
You charge the young men of
my generation with passive arro
gance toward you. You say that
we young ones think we are su
perior and that we patronizingly
regard you as an insignificant cog
in our machine of life . ..
You are partly right that an
attitude of passive arrogance ex
ists between our two generations,
but not for the reasons you enu
merated. I think the trouble be
gins in your point that the world
we have today is the legacy of
your generation.
My generation is adventuring
into a new area—into this legacy
of yours. We are somewhat afraid
and we feel an unparalleled need
for hurry. For the legacy from
your world has not come with
unmixed blessings. Vast riches
beyond compare . . . yes. But
there also is a liability which
until now was nonexistent. My
generation realizes, as did yours,
that it does not hold a copyright
on sex, but there is one distinc
tion: for you, I was the first baby
ever born; for me, my son may be
the last.
I spoke of the need for hurry.
Obsolescence is an every-day
word in my generation, not only
in regards to machines and in
dustry, but to some elements of
our society. In these areas we
cannot afford the mistakes of a
depression, or of a war. Such mis
takes may destroy the birthright
of our sons.
It is this part of your legacy
that is responsible for a feeling
of belligerence. In many ways
the world you faced with its hard
ships is much preferred to the
one that is our lot.
I am proud and grateful for the
! struggle you and Mom made to
bring me to my point in life. And
I am truly sorry if you feel you
have been slighted, and that what
you have been couldn’t matter
less to me. I am a personal and
lining monument to you. I am
vhat you created and built. What
I am is what you have made, and
my son—your grandson—is a con
tinuation of that construction. Can
this really be cause for complaint?
Are we really so far apart? I
think not, for you are consciously
and unconsciously my ever-pres
ent companion. Can mundane
letters ever serve a useful pur
pose? Can the time between visits
really count as a measure? I think
not. A part of me always remains
with you, and a part of you is
always with me even though the
physical distance between us may
be great.
You have given me a job to do,
and I am about my father’s busi
ness. You have placed a duty upon
me, and I am happy with it. That
your love and prayers are always
with me, I know. That mine are
ever with you, you should know.
Sincerely,
YOUR SON
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YOUR ECONOMIC WORTH AT 65:
IT IS MORE THAN YOU THINK
Y ou might have another look
at your income, if you’ve ar
rived at retirement age.
If it comes to $200 or better,
and if you can get the perspec
tive on it that a fellow named
Albert P. Coons has, you can
start walking two feet taller.
Mr. Coons says he is tired of
seeing retired people being self-
conscious about their incomes.
“Retired people are one of the
rich commercial markets in this
country,” he says. “They should
know this — even though few
other people do. They should be
proud of it. They should stop tak
ing a lot of nonsense from those
who insist they are ah unim
portant economic factor . .
Mr. Coons retired a year ago
after a long retailing career in
the East. He has spent much of
his time since traveling to vari
ous retirement communities
around the country in search of
a retirement home. He hasn’t
found anything he" likes better
than his old home town, but he
thinks he has gotten an education
in the economic value of retired
people.
“And I just wish I had about
two more years bade, in the re
tail business to cash in on it,” he
says.
Mr. Coons discovered first, he
says, that a retired couple is
the most durable customer in
American life. “When they re
tire at 65,” he explains, “they
have on average about 12 years
of life expectancy. Which means
12 years to buy. These 12 years
are perhaps on the most even
keel of a person’s whole life
span. Because people after 65
change little, in ideas, actions,
or habits. They just grow older.
“So once the retired couple
becomes a customer of a certain
store, or buyer of a certain prod
uct, they stick longer than any
ther age group.
Furthermore, the income of the
retired couple, while smallish, is
mighty steady. Every month, no
matter what, the income check
arrives and in most cases is im
mune to disaster. The retired
man, can’t strike, can’t be fired,
laid off, or squeezed out in a
merger. In most cases there are
no legal means of depriving him
of the income he gets. “That
drip, drip, drip of retirement in
come could keep any business
from going broke in a depres
sion.”
Mr. Coon also has decided each
retired couple is a market of
eight people, not two. He ex
plains that a couple will have an
average of three children, that
they will be married, and that
these children and their spouses
buy many things for retired peo
ple. “Not to mention the grand
children,” he says.
The areas where retired people
have their economic power, ac
cording to Mr. Coons:
In financial institutions. Many
retired people have savings of
$5,000 to $7,000, and more if
they’ve sold their homes. Multi
ply that by the 18,000,000 retired
people—or even a fourth of that
number — and you get a sum
large enough for any banker to
fight for.
In hearing aids and eye
glasses, both of which most re
tired people need but won’t
admit.
In medicines, mostly the pat
ented kind. “It’s fantastic how
many remedies retired people
buy,” Mr. Coons says. “And not
just once ... but for the rest of
their lives.”
In annuities, medical insurance,
retirement, cottages, nursing
homes . .. and cemetery lots.
In travel.
In food, and especially in ya-
and garden products.
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epistle to the Romans, indicated
the mission of Christianity to be
that of bringing the word of God
to all men. If men are to know
God, to call upon God in times
of need, then they must hear the
word of God.
- This was the task of the
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They preached to disbelievers,
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to all who would listen.
Today, the word of God is still
being spread around the globe,
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