ANN .LANDERS
People's Court. Revea
Domestic Problems
n
Many
Russia
Woman's World
MAXINE NI HMI, Woman's Editor"
'Observer, La Grande, Ore., Mon., Nov. 23, 1959 Page 7
LOCAL EVENTS
This It the fifth of a writs
of rwtlva articles by th author
man relation! column.)
MOSCOW "I understand you
give advice on domestic problems
in American newspapers, said
an Intourist representative. "In
Kussia you would be unemployed.
The systrm taks care of the
emotional needs of the p?ople. We
are too busy and hard-working to
have problems."
I heard a good deal o' hugwash
while I was in Russia. By all odds,
this was the most rldicu'ous bit
o( nonsense.
There are plenty of demestic
problems in Russia and I spent a
session in the People's Court lis
tening to them.
I made three formal requests to
visit a Soviet courtroom. Three
times I was refused. In despera
tion I phoned Hemy Shapiro of
I'nited Press International. Just
walk in," Henry advised me. "Rus
sian law guarantees everyone the
right to enter the People's Court.
Nobody can stop you."
With my sk;tchy knowledge of
Russian how would I understand
the procedings? Eleonora, my in
terpreter, wouldn t dare accom
pany me on this excursion. She'd
been instructed to tell me the
tourists.
LAWYER HELPS OUT
I remembered a pleasant gentle
man who had occupied the adjoin
lag seat on the Soviet jet from
Leningrad to Moscow. We were
both stopping at the Ukraine Hotel
His name was Henry Kline and
' he was a Russian-born American
l and a New York lawyer. On the
)slim chance that he understood
.tlnccinn nntt U'flfl willing in ctrvp
'as my interpreter, I issued the
,' invitation.
mint- auumicu iu e iiiuitcu
knowledge of Russian and agreed
' to accompany me to the People's
Court. He conceded he knew
little" about Russian law (his
; cousin in Comsk was an attorney
and they had compared notes just
j last week l.
At 10:00 the next morning Kline
Thanksgiving
Service Set
By Church
Thanksgiving service at the
Presbyterian Church was the topic
for planning at the Circle 4 meet
ing. held in the home of Mrs.
0. E. Braseth. The service will
be held at 7 p.m. on Thanksgiving
eve, with the children of the
church offering a special treat
of candies, nuts, cookies, and
things to be sent to the orphan
house in Alaska, Haines Hous
Mrs. Dick Neely, candy project
chairman, reported a sell out on
the successful project just com-p'eted
Thank offering envelopes were
distributed to members with their
purpose being explained by Mrs.
Jack Pfper.
Nominating committee submitted
their report as follows: Nola Camp
bell, chairman; Lois Newby, vice
chairman; Roberta , Lewis, secre
tary; and Joan St'rickler, treasurer.
Jo Hug reported on the Nov. 19,
bazaar plans and reminded mem
bers of their responsibilities in the
booth.
This group is in charge of a
wedding reception in the church,
Nov. 21, acccrding to Mrs. Jack
Piper. .
Mrs. Howard Anderson present
ed the program on "Fellowship of
Faith."
Hostess and co-hostess. Ruby
Hepburn, served refreshments.
and I appeared at the People's
Court. 1 counted 32 people seated
quietly on the hard wooden bench
es. For tbe most part they were
shabbily dressed and appeared to
be tense and troubled. The women
outnumbered the men four to one.
Three judges and a court re
porter entered, r.vcryone . rose.
Two of the judges were women
blond, fortyish and pleasingly
plump. The male judge had a
thick grey mane, pince-nez glasses.
and a Charlie Chaplin moustache.
Hi was neater than must Russian
men in his sandy brown suit and
blue necktie. None of the judges
wore robes.
Kline explained that the woman
in the center was the judge elect
ed by the people. The other wom
an and the man were lay as
sessors." Lay assessors are se
lected by fellow employes of a
factory, foundry, collective farm
or construction unit. They serve
10 days a year and it is considered
an honor to be chosen to serve.
In this Godless society witnesses
are not sworn in, of course, but
serious punishment is meted out
if it is demonstrated that a witness
has testified falsely.
FEMALE ATTORNEY
The first case was presented by
a seedy female attorney. She wore
a navy blue crepe dress which
looked as if she'd put it in the
washing machine. Yards of braids
were wound tightly around her
head.
Her client Thomas Benolganova,
a dishwasher in a small hotel, was
suing his wife Ulinova for the right
to live in her apartment. In 1955
Themas had run afoul of the law
for speculation (selling at a profit).
He was sentenced to serve four
years in prison.' When Thomas re
turned home he found his wife had
a permanent house guest named
Gregory.
The attorney emphasized that
Thomas was not interested in en
joying the "wifely companionship"
of Ulinova. He wanted only to live
in the apartment and mind his own
business.
Ulinova was not represented by
counsel. She spoke in her own
behalf. Thomas, she said, drank
too much and had a bad temper.
He had struck rGegory on two
occasions and had spied on them.
He had struck Gregory on two
helped himself to the food in the
ice box although he never brought
home anything to eat. She asked
the court to order him to stay out
of the apartment.
PLAINTIFF WINS
The case was heard in 50 min
utes and the judges adjourned for
15 minutes. Thomas won the right
to remain in the apartment.
Ulinova and Thomas were still
legally married, the judge ruled,
and a man has the right to live in
the same apartment with his wife.
Thomas was ordered to pay one
third of the rent, however, and
contribute to the grocery bill if
he intended to eat there.
Thomas grinned and shook hands
with his attorney. Ulinova burst
into tears. Gregory, scarlet with
rage, led her from the courtroom
The next case was presented by
another lady attorney who wore a
mannish suit and a boyish bob.
She represented Helen and Akim
Rigavitch. Both Helen and Akim
worked at the Moskovitch auto
mobile factory. The Rigavitchcs
were suing Irene and Louis Ser
vinova. Irene operated an elevator
and Louis was a hod-carrier. The
suit was for 2500 rubles $250.
Their case was a striking illustra
tion of the tension and misery that
is so often the product of com
munal living.
The Rigavitchcs and the Servi
novas 'plus a third family) share
a four-room apartment. One bath
room serves the six adults and
seven children. .
The Iiigavitches charged that
the Servinovas broke their $110
TV set and were three months in
arrears uith their share of th?
electric meter bill. They also com
plained that the Servinovas had
broken two windows during an ar
gument and refused to replace
them.
Moreover, said the Rigavitches.
the Servinovas were sellish about
the bathroom and often lingered
'n, nn.....U. luwiivla nt t i 111 P
" mm. t-usuuauii; ' iuuo -
so the others would be late for
work. They never bought their
own soap and frequently used ex
cessive amounts of hot water so
there would be none for the others.
CHARGES DENIED
Servinova presented th defense.
H denied breaking the TV set and
said it was burned out from use.
He pleaded guilty to being in ar
rears with the meter payments
but claims the price ol medicine
for his tubercular mother had
kept him financially strapped. 'I
had thought that all medical care
in Russia was free. This is only
partly true. Treatment and hos
'Books, Children, TV Topic
Of Speaker At Willow PTA
Members ot Willow I'T.V list ! mended the evaluation nf TV
ened with ini t. tr Kittu. Programs given each month in
May Crarkett. librarian in charge
of the children's library at East
ern Oregon College, and Dr.
James Kijiiis. supervisor of sec
ondary education at KOI', discuss
Hooks, c hildren and TV."
That more children are reading
more books each year and that
seme of the interest in books is
stimulated directly by TV pro
grams was news to many in the
audience. From the psycholog
ist's viewpoint. Dr. Kearns relat
ed, much of TV is good, with the
exception ot excessive violence
and some commercials in poor
taste. Dr. Kearns als3 recom-
! Rainbow Girls ' meet Monday
' evening ot 7 for a regular meet
I ing in the Masonic hall.
Shower Fetes
Judy Rowett
the National Parent-Teacher mag
azine. The main objective of the bus
iness meeting, conducted by Mrs
Norman Payne, vice president
was the adoption of the budget
and the election and installation
ot president and vice president
to serve the balance of the year.
Mrs. Robert Zucifel. past presi
dent of Willow ITA. installed
Mrs. Norman Payne, president.
olid Mis. Perry Robinette, vice
president.
Refreshments were served by
Mrr. Keith Young, Mrs. John Kir
by, Mrs. Charles Patten. Mrs.
Keiuieth Gregory. Mrs. Henry
Luther. Mrs. Kyle Morgan. Mrs.
Harry Stewart and Mrs. Vance
Matott.
NORTH POWDER ( Special
Mrs. Susan Lampkin, Mrs. Blanche
I qmnk tl Mrs Unrhnra M.in ?iuh fill
pitalization are provided by the jjrS- Marvin Vancil and Mrs. Jenny
state but Russians must buy their
own medicine.)
He claimed it was the Riga
vitchcs who had broken the win
dows during the argument. At this
point Mrs. Rigavitch sorang to
her feet and shouted, "You are a
big liar." The lady judge ordered
her to be seated.
After 12 minutes of deliberation
the court ordered the Servinovas
to pay 2000 rubles (instead of the
2500 for which they were suedi
and admonished the defendants to
quit abusing the bathroom privil
edges. The Rigavitches seemed
pleased. The Servinovas showed
no sign of emotion.
The next case was Lova Uzbe
kadonetz, a professor of foreign
languages, versus Kathennc L-z-l m
bekadonetz. Here in People's i Patriotic Them6
Court he was taking the first step
in a divorce action. Lova s at- ijf Uto MeetinC,
. i -A knt L-'ithAi-Ino -A sV
lorney i'iiairu nun nw'Aim.
Knights of Pythias will meet at
the KP hall Monday at 8 p in. A
special event of the meeting will
he nomination ol oliuers All mem
bers are being urged to be pre
sent. pie left will be auctioned off at the
close of the meeting. Members ore
also reminded to bung their own
table service.
A Drivers Llctme Examine
will be on duty in La Crande on
Tuesday at 10U Depot street be
tween the hours of 9 a.m. and
S i.m. Persons wishing original
lu.msei or permits to drive are
iliead of the scheduled closing
hour in order to assure time for
completion of the required lic
ense test.
MSgt. W. F. Lillis, fitted
States Army Recruiter, will be in
La Grande two il;is a week, Tues
days and Frulas. from 10" a.m.
until 3 p.m. He mil lie in the
Selective Service oldee located
in the Post Olttce building.
Union County Historical Society
will meet at 7 :i(i p m. Monday in
the Sacajaweu small ballroom. The
committee in eh.irge is headed by
Mr. and Mrs Lcimie Hicks, and
the program will feature pioneer
Thanksgivings. Each family is re
quested to bring a pie, and any
THE WHEEL
will be open
Thanksgiving Day
S.rving Turkey Dinnar
For The Whole Family
NOON TIL 8 P.M.
LaZZ
OF
tV km
Mrs. Carson Hosts
Ladies Aid Meet
Royal Neighbors will hold a
birthday dinner, MnniL y at 6:30
p.m. in the Odd Fellows hall.
Members with birthdays from July
through December will be honor-
Mrs. Minnie Carson of Perry jed. Gladys Lester, chairman, asks
u Hryant, were hostesses to a
bridal shower honoring Miss Judy
Rowett.
The affair was held in the
grange hall, decorated with bou
quets of flowers and winter ar
rangements. The honored was pre
sented a corsage by Mrs. Tom
Lampkin.
Patric a Rowett and Donna For
dice assisted the honored in ocn
ing her many gifts.
Kay Griffith, Judy Monaghan,
Lynne Vancil nnd Sherry Griffith
entertained for the program.
Refreshments of cake, coffee
and punch were served by the
committee. Mrs. Harold Rowett
poured the punch and Mrs. Willard
('ordice served coffee.
been intimate with a foreman at
the g'ue factory where she was
employed. The child she was
carrying belonged to the foreman.
said. A medical ccrtuicaic.
presented by Lova's attorney,
stated he was unable to produce
children due to a war injury.
Katherine twisted her handker
chief nervously during the pro
ceedings. She did not contest the
divorce. She confined herself to a
statement that she hoped the di
vorce would be granted before the
birth of her child so she and the
foreman could be married. She
wanted no settlement, only the
stove and the TV set.
These proceedings took only 30
minutes. The judges did not ad
journ. The- male member of the
panel anncunced that the case
wou'd be heard in the Province
Court (the next step) at the
earliest possible date.
Kline exolained that the People s
Court cannot grant a divorce.
This heasing was simply the
"formal complaint." I asked if he
thought Katherine would be free
to marry Lova before the child
was born.
"She'll be lucky if she's free
when the child starts to school,"
he said. "If there was no child
involved she would have no chance
at all which is probably why she
is pregnant."
"I'd be very interested in attend
ing a Moscow City Court session
and watching a divorce trial," I
said. "Could you spare a couple
of hours tomorrow?"
He thought he could and to
morrow I will tell you the story
of divorce in Russia and how the
rulers of this country have gone
from one ridiculous extreme to
the other.
was the hostess to members of
the Riverside Ladies Aid recent
ly, for their monthly meeting.
There were 11 members and
one guest, Mrs. Tillie Smith pres
ent. .
Laura Andrews, president, pre
sided over the short business session.
Grace Briggs was awarded the
gift for the day; she selected the
correct blessing from a horn of
plenty.
Refreshments, carrying out the
Thank-giving theme, was served
by the hostess.
The next meeting will be held
in December, at the home of Ed
ith McLean. This will be a Christ
mas party with gift exchange.
Hope Chapter 13. Order of the
Eastern Star met Wednesday eve
ning in the lodge room of the'
Masonic hall. The hall was dec
orated in the patriotic theme with
i large United States flag draped
on the piano in back of an ar
rangement of red and white ros
es. There was a bouquet of red
roses on the secretary's desk.
The meeting was presided ov
er by Virginia Kubler, worthy
matron and William Kubler, wor
thy patron. A Thanksgiving do
nation was- sent to the Masonic
and Eastern Star Home at For
est Grave. Anne Campbell of
Julia Chapter 56, Canyon City was
a visitor.
Dot Anson, who recently took
a trip to the Hawaiian Islands,
gave an account of her travels
and of her visit to a Hawaiian
Chapter of the Eastern Star.
The tables in the dining room
were decorated with bouquets of
mums and baskets of fall foliage
and fruits. The refreshment com
mittee was Abbie Black and Le
ila Haun, Co-chairmen, assisted
by Rosa and Ed Ebell, Dortha
and Ray White. Marie Bcver, Cas
sie Roesch, Florence Anderson.
Leona H. Arnoldus and Faye M.
Bailie.
Thanksgiving Service
Set At Local Church
The Ilendrix Methodist church
will hold a Thanksgiving Day ser
vice beginning at 9:30 a.m. un
til lC -d a.m. on Nov. 26. This
was announced by the Rev.
van Leon.
all other niemlnrs to contact h"r
Lodge to follow at 8. Drill tram
in orchid forma's for initiation.
Graces and marshals to hold
practice before lodae.
CIA to B of LE Social club will
mtet Tuesday at I 30 p.m. in the
home of Mrs. Walter lngerson,
2006 First Street.
DAV Auxiliary and Chapter will
hold their Thanksgiving pot'uck
dinner in the Armory, Tuesday at
6:30 p.m.
Pop Club members will be sell
ing Christmas ribbon, cards and
wrapping. Tuesday evening be
tween 7 and 8 o'clock. They will
be going from house to house.
Celebrating birthdays today
will be Jean Hill. Union, and
Howard Znmw.ilt, la Grande.
Zion LutSeran Church will ob
serve Thanksgiving Day with ser
vices at !) a m. The liev. E. IV.
Neal hasten will speak and the choir
' will sing special numbers.
Prompt Availability
A single phone call at any hour of the day or
night will relieve you of ail confusion in your
time of sorrow.
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Elgin PTA Meets Tonight
ELGIN (Special) The Elgin
PTA will meet tonight in the
school auditorium at 7:30. The
Elgin Ministerial Association will
be in charge of the program with
Thanksgiving as their theme. The
Rev. Volney Johnson will be in
charge. Seventh grade mothers
will serve refreshments after the
m-eting.
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