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THURSDAY, APRIL 21. 1955
THE SANDY POST
This Idea Will Grow
*É A N D y ÉPOST
SANDY CATCDADD
By Martin Clark
Entered in th e Poet O ffice at Sandy as Second ( lass matter
under the Act of Congress Of March 3, 1K79.
PR IN TED BY CASCADE P l BI.ISHKKS, SANDY, OREGON
Issued
Mt. Hood's
Thursdays
Gateway
Dick K e\enaugli
Editor and Publisher
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All Good Things Start With Ideas
K N E W ’E M W H E N D E P T : O f course George B ru n s and his
lovely w ife Jeanne Gayle were w e ll established in th e ii respec
tiv e fields o f m usic when they spent a week here in Sandy w ith
his parents, M r. and Mrs. Ed Bruns, the su m m e r o f 1952.
T h e y were p la yin g some club dates up in the N o rth w e st th a t
sum m er, in c lu d in g a coupla weeks a t A m a to s supper clu b in
P ortland. A t the tim e I was liv in g dow n a t the Bruns, as was
o l’ A1 M o m e r o f the Sandy L u m b e r Co.
One evening a fte r th e y’d been able to get in a lit tle rest,
George and Jeanne p u t on a real show fo r us in the B ru n s
liv in g room . I a lw ays got a k ic k out o f the fe w tim es I gqt
to see George a t th a t piano. H e’s such a big guy. w hen ho
huddled over the keyboard you alw ays had the fe e lin g th a t
piano d id n ’t have a chance
. . and i t d id n ’t.
W ell, in a d d ition to the B ru n s and o l’ A1 and m yse lf, there
w ere the B ru n ’s d a u g h te r G in n y Hames and the kids, and I
th in k R alph came over la te r.
I t was q u ite a show. Jeanne knows how to put over a song
w ith a sock, and w ith George at the p iano you had the le e lin g
it m u st be a t least a lu ll band backing h e r up. She w o u ld sw itch
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fro m a hot n u m b e r to a sweet one w ith equal ease, George
cre a tin g a com pletely new atm osphere lo r each w ith his ol’
black m agic on the keyboard.
L a te r on when we w e n t in to hear th e m as the headline at-
I tra c tio n at A m a to ’s th e y p u t on a te r r ific show, but to me i t
couldn’t top the one they p u t on in the liv in g room ju s t fo r the
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fo lk s at home.
N o w George is the composer o f the top tune in the c o u n try
and Jeanne’s h it the top in recording and T V , b u t w h a t the
fo lk s around Sandy w ill rem em ber th e m fo r w ill be as tw o o f
th e nicest people to ever h it O u r Town.
One o f the most constantly used and probably misused
phrases in the A m erican vocabulary these days consists o f the
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w ords ju v e n ile delinquency.
I t ’s one o f those phrases w hich is bantered around and mean
a good m any th in g s to d iffe re n t people.
Most often ju v e n ile delinquency means som ething w hich a
c o m m u n ity recreation pro g ra m stops.
A lth o u g h th a t’s not o u r d e fin itio n , i t w ill serve the purpose.
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We haven’t heard o f too m any youngsters in Sandy la nding in
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the county c lin k fo r breaking the law. We don’t th in k m any Jo.
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Most o f o u r youngsters have the good sense and p roper up
b rin g in g so they don’t have any tro u b le deciding rig h t fro m
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w rong. W here they do have trouble, is fin d in g enough to oc
cupy th e ir fe r tile young m inds and h e a lth y bodies.
Boys and g irls , lik e a ll young th in g s m ust do things. They
m ust have th in g s about w hich they can th in k and they m ust
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have som ething to do w ith th e ir hands and th e ir g ro w in g
muscles.
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And u n fo rtu n a e ly, because we are a w e a lth y people and a
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good-hearted people, we have come to the ra th e r u n fo rtu n a te
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conclusion th a t a young man o r wom an should be given a ll the
advantages his parents d id n ’t receive.
W hich u su a lly boils down to ju s t one th in g . O u r m odern boys
and g irls have a ll the clothes they can wear, they have spending
money, p ro p e r m edical care, and lots o f encouragem ent. And
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m ost im p o rta n t o f all, they don’t have to w o rk and th e y have
v e ry fe w responsibilities. W h ich means alm ost a ll boys and
g irls have m ore leisure tim e then they need o r w ant.
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W hich we presum e is proper. O r at any rate, i t ’s com m on
pra ctice and we don’t th in k a hundred e d ito ria ls w ill change it.
So we tu rn to the oth e r a lte rn a tive . We w ill accept the fa ct
th a t the average boy and g ir l doesn’t have enough to do.
In fact, let us face it, in the c o m m u n ity, there is n o th in g
fo r them to do. T h e y’re bored and th e y can’t h a rd ly w a it fo r
the day w hen they can ve n tu re fo r th in to the w o rld where
th e y ’ll have ente rta in m e n t, excitem ent, and responsibilities.
O b vio u sly i f we can accept these th in g s candidly, we a ll m ust
kn o w som ething should be done.
D u rin g the past week we’ve heard m ention a half-dozen tim es
o f the d e s ira b ility o f a c o m m u n ity recreation p ro g ra m fo r
Sandy.
A lth o u g h we have never believed In a dults s e ttin g up a recre
able to c ra w l o u t o f the bed, head a couple o f tim es, and then
atio n p ro g ra m fo r the youngsters, we do th in k lo ts can be done
th e y are h a lf w ound up fo r the looked h a u g h ty.
to help the boys and g irls fin d som ething to do.
days a c tiv itie s and seem ingly
I q u ie tly backed out o f the
The im p o rta n t po in t rig h t now is th a t we’re a ll a t last s ta rt
th e y can’t understand w h y e ve ry b a th ro o m and w ent back to m y
in g to th in k about it.
body else is n o t the same way. bed and sat down. I sat there
We have o u r sum m er beached program . O u r s w im m in g p ro
A n y w a y , as I sta rte d to say, lo r about 15 m inutes before I
gram . And the fu n w ith the fa m ily .
m y fa t lit tle d a u g h te r is chang realized th a t little A d ria n was
E xpanding these th in g s in to a fu ll-fledged e o m m u n ity recre
in g m y w ay o f w a kin g . Because, c a rry in g h e r fem ale preogatives
A lth o u g h u su a lly I don't like even th o u g h she is o n ly tw o a lit tle too fa r. Besides th a t, she
ation is ju s t a m a tte r o f progress.
the looks o f h a rd ly anybody years old. she is developing a was m a kin g me late fo r w o rk.
E v e ry th in g s ta rts w ith an idea. And around Sandy, people
w h M I fir s t p u ll m y s e lf erect in m a te rn a l in c lin a tio n . W h ich I
are s ta rtin g to get Ideas about recreation.
So I w e n t back to the b ath
the m o rn in g , I fin d m y se lf p a r th in k is a ll p ro p e r and n a tu ra l.
room . "L o o k , A d ria n ,” I said
tic u la rly hum bled in the p res
B u t I'm not so sure i f a two- a p o log e tica lly, “ w h y don’t you go
ence of women.
year-old d a u g h te r developing ma in and fin d a p a ir o f socks fo r
Somehow th e y seem so prac te m a l in stin cts to w a rd her fa th y o u r old m an w h ile I wash m y
One o f the inn o vatio n s planned by thia ye a r’s Clackam as
tica l and e ffic ie n t and i f th e re ’s e r is e ith e r n a tu ra l, desirable, face and shave.
co u n ty budget co m m itte e is a p re lim in a ry budget m eeting in
a n y th in g I am in the m o rn in g , o r proper.
She g rinned, craw led down o ff
w h ich the policy o f ttw oom m ittee can be set and the a tftce rs
it's not being e ffic ie n t. U su a lly
the
clothes ham per and c a re fu lly
The
o
th
e
r
m
o
rn
in
g
I
got
as
can be elected.
a ll I w ant to do is to get in to
pushed it across the b th ro o m
tlie bathroom w here i t ’s w a rm e r fa r as the bathroom before I
B udget m em bers th in k th a t w ill he lp to speed up the actual
realized m y w hole life was about to the w a ll w here she had found
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h earing. Because [ a r t o f the p ro g ra m w ould be to In fo rm de han it should be. There, I fin d , ,.
it.
1 can splash w a te r around a lit tle ,o chanpe Because ,h e re '
p a rtm e n t heads In the court-house Just w hat the m ood o f the
W hen she w e n t out the b ath
ing
at
herself
in
the
m
ir
r
o
r
was
b it w ith o u t th in k in g about any-
budget c o m m itte e ia lik e ly to 1« in.
room door, I slammed i t shut
th
in
g
and
can
concentrate
on
m
y
daughter.
She
had
pulled
the
Y o u r w r ite r Is one o f the county budget com m ittee members
g e ttin g the eyes, ears and b ra in clothes ham per over to the sink and locked it, feeling proud of
W e can say w ith o u t reservation it ’s one o f the moat fru s tra tin g
w o rk in g in c o n ju n ctio n w ith each and had craw led up on top o f i t . m y se lf as i f I had tric k e d M ad
jobs w e’ve ever had.
ame X ou, o f the cro w n jew els
other.
N o t because the county baa any pressing fin a n c ia l problem s.
B oth o f o u r kids get up long
1 s,o°d
the d o orw ay a mom- o f Napoleon.
I even took a few m inutes ex
It doesn’t. I t ’s one o f the fe w governm ental d e p a rtm e n ts in the
before th e ir parents do. T hey ¡»'nt and watched her. She m ust
c o u n try w h ic h meets its budget year a fte r year w ith o u t special
w ander around the house fo r a have sensed she had an audience tra in the w ashing, shaving and
levies.
few m inutes, discuss the prob- because she sta rte d to fid d le show ering. Then I w ent back to
the bedroom to dress.
lems o f the day and then hie
.
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And In the last few years, m erely to m a in ta in the s ix per
them selves
in to
p u ll
th e ir around w t h her m o lh e rs TOmb
I w ish I h a d n 't!
cent base the co u n ty has spent m illio n s on roads and highw ays.
Because the bedroom was a
m o th e r out o f the bed.
“ n<1 th e " looked at me. She
W hat is most fru s tra tin g is the know ledge th a t several of
A, anv rate, by the tim e I'm smiled benevolently, patted her ,n<‘ss-
the departm ents In the county are o v e r-s e n d in g , several are
E very d ra w e r in m y dresser
using costly and outm oded methods, and several m ore have
had been p u lle d out as fa r as
in the Sandy area. O f th a t w e're convinced. W e're also convinced
Justifi«*d th e ir ve ry existence by In ve n tin g a c tiv itie s fo r th e m
it could be pulled. The contents
there are no people w ho are m ore dem ocratic than the people
o f the d ra w e rs were th ro w n en
selves.
in Sandy are.
th u s ia s tic a lly a ll o ver the bed
So w h a t's the budget com m ittee fo r? Is n 't that the o rg a n i
room . U nderw ear, sh irts, socks,
F ra n k ly , th a t’s one o f the reasons w e 're new spapering in
zation w hich should keep an eye open fo r Just those hings?
I handkerchiefs
w ere
scattered
Sandy
It's
one
o
f
the
few
places
in
the
w
o
rld
w
here
an
e
d
ito
r
T h a t’s the theory a lrig h t. But a c tu a lly the o u n ty budget
¡about w ith happy abandon.
can say w ha, he th in ks and as long as he's sincere he can get
com m ittee, i f the le tte r o f the state law gove rn in g the a c tiv itie s
And in the m iddle o f i t all.
aw ay w ith it.
o f county o ffic e rs is follow ed, Is almost powerless.
¡th o u g h tfu lly e xa m in in g the k n it
Because state law sets out the duties o f e ve ry dep a rtm e n t
Believe i, o r not th a t's a p rivile g e w e ll w o rth w o rk in g fo r.
on a p a ir o f a rgyles was A drian.
and the responsibilities o f e ve i. departm ent head. The county
W e’ve been in tow ns w here the average citizen le, alone an
I d id n 't do a n y th in g but sigh
co u rt Is given the rig h t under state la w to a lte r the decisions
and si, down on the txxl again.
e d ito r d idn’t o rd in a rily e n jo y such a privilege.
"These socks?" A d ria n asked
o f he budgt com m ittee, to s h ift funds fro m one departm ent
A couple o f weeks ago when we w ere ju s , m oving in to the
me w ith p ride in her voice.
to a nother and to com pletely w a rp the Intent o f the budge,
o ffic e of I h e Sandy Post, we were doing considerable ru m m a g
"Yeah, those socks are ju s t
com m ittee.
in g around in ihe fro n t end and m a kin g a few changes here
fin e ,” I said as I accepted one
T h a t fact, along w ith the state-backed independence o f each
and theiv. Plastered on the west w a ll o f the o ffice was a huge
blue sock and one green one
dep a rtm e n t head, in the county, makes the b u d geting p ro g ra m
cam paign p o rtra it o f President Eisenhow er.
fro m her chubby lit tle hands.
o f the county alm ost laughable.
Now we w ant it understood here and now. we are so rt o f fond
"These socks?” she said aga'n
F o r Instance, i f the budget m m m lt lt v should decide o n ’
o f E isenhow er and have a great am ount o f fa ith in him . We
as she found a nother p a ir she
d e p a rtm e n t is spending too m uch o f the ta xp a ye rs money and
liked.
a re n 't so ho, fo r some o f his associates, but that doesn’t mean
o rd e rs the budget cut. p robably It w ould be cut. But d u rin g
"N o these are ju s t fin e and I
too much a man collects those th in g s d u rin g a life tim e .
the year the departm ent head has e ve ry rig h t to purchase the
you sh o u ldn 't have spread th in g -
But lik e h im o r not we did n ’t feel in the mood fo r a six fo o t
all over the bedroom. Y o u r Ma
supplies and h ire the personnel he wishes and If he exceeds the
p o rtra it d o m in a tin g the office. So we ripped the poster down.
is ju s t going to raise the ro o f
budget, the county Is obligated Io provide the funds.
ro lle d i, c a re fu lly up and tucked i, w ay in a
ier.
when she s e n th is."
P ro b a b ly the p re lim in a ry budget m eeting w o n ’t e lim in a te
Tl ic same th in g we w ould have done w ith a
ling-size por
A d ria n ju s t g rin n tM and dived
this, hut It w ill tend to gel the views of the budge, com m ittee
lit of o u r m o th e r!
aver a pile o f underw ear.
o u , in to th e oj>en before Ih e departm ent heads s ta rt to subm it
\ t any rate an h o u r o r so la te r a man wandered in to the
"Thes. socks?”
th e ir budge, estimates.
e II»’ looked around ca re fu lly.
“ N O ! I lik e th is firs , p a ir you
T h a t’s a sta r,.
tie
got fo r me N ow put them a ll '
Th«
a red a,
W h.1
he
itu dc
H ow ever, to re a lly do a Job o f co u n ty budgeting, It's going
ib,
back In the d ra w e r."
to ta ke a revision o f slate n xle s g iv in g the budge, body a little
She looked a, me lik e I was
the Dig
he u n g ra te fu l pauper w h o bi* I
m ote a u th o rity over the expenditures o f co u n ty funds.
d
the queen. " O h .!
Honey. You did a
'it isn
I'm proud o f yo u ."
Sh.
curtsied, kicked a i
One o f , ho th in g s we lik e about sm all tow ns and m in d you
thn
thes under the bed ,
we said one o f Ihe th in g s Is how ra p id ly and easily a person
I to,
d i, up
d I c a re fu lly pushed each d ra w e r o f
tub»’
can get an angle on w ha, the people In the tow n a te th in k in g
the dresser closed and stomped
about.
II. grinned
straighten«’ 1 ou, o f the txxlroom .
The next m o rn in g any every
1,'s only in sm all tow ns w hete the average citizen i f posed
ou, In m y ow n m ind W elcome to to w n !"
m o rn in g since then I've Nxm I
w ith a question has the nerve ami Independence enough to say
We shook hands and he le ft.
awakened by a sweet little child's
w h a , he th in ks. Perhaps th a t’s because he know s th e re an* no
The [x>in, is w e’ll be hanged If we gnow if o u r visitor is (11
voice saying as she dangles a
secrets In a sm a lle r e o m m u n ity and he becomes som ewhat con
a D em ocrat and doggoned tire d o f s»x’ ing Eisenhow er lo o kin g
p a ir o f socks before m v sleepy
d itio n e d to the idea and doesn’t tr y to keep any.
ou, over Sandy's Main s tiv e , (21 a Republican who w anted to
eyes: "These socks. D a ddy?”
T h a t’s one fx is s lh llity . H owever, we Think a more lik e ly possl- 1 o«lge Into an a rg u m e n t; o r (3) a non-partisan w ho go, uncom
Now a in ’t th a t Jus, lik e a
b lllty is th a t to the people In a sm all tow n the w o rd s lnd<<
fo rta b ly curious about a change
w om an so p ra ctica l and b usi
pendence and dem ocracy mean the same th in g
W h ich e ve r 1, Is. it dem onstrates to us three th in g s w v Hke
nesslike firs , th in g In the m o rn
in g ?
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A nd there are no people m ore Independent than the people | dem ocracy. Independence. and d ire ct action
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“D id i ‘¡Qevs.Hdttyi
mi
A Woman’s So Practical, Even At Two Years Old
County Budgeting Needs Revising
Direct Action And Ike’s Portrait
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IF IT FITS: You’ve seen thes«’ round cards most of the new
ear dealers have strung around their show rooms, plastered on
the windows and hanging from the ceiling. Each one has print
ing on hotli sides describing im provem ents of that year’s model.
Down at Bowman-Hoffman 1’ontiac in Gresham the other «lav
I w as w andering around the showroom w aiting for Yic The
Bowman to show , passing the tim e by reading those individual
placards.
T h e y ca rrie d such messages as F in e N ew P ow er P la n t . . .
S tam ina and E conom y . . . Q u ick Response . . . L o w H ood . . .
P anoram ic W in d sh ie ld . . . and a host o f others, as th e y say
on the radio.
E v e n tu a lly I w ound up on the o th e r side o f the show ro o m
and saw’ one la s t card suspended o ver th e d o o r leading to the
ladies restroom . H a vin g s tr ic t ly n o th in g else to do I saundered
over and read th e p rin tin g on both sides, w h ich was, to w it:
W id e r Seats . . . and on th e o th e r side, R o o m ie r T h ro u g h o u t.
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SAN D Y SIGHTEMS: W ent in the bank the other day to
deposit a few m ore thousands in securities and bonds, and ol’
Cecil The Duke t«>ok care o f m e with h is usual droll humor.
“Know what they call m e now, M artin?”
“N ope,” I said. "What do they call you now, S ese? ”
“Brown Sugar.”
“W hy do they can you Brown Sugar, C esc?” I asked . . . I
can go along w ith a gag.
“Because,” explained The Duke, “I’m sw eet and unrefined.”
I t was q u ite a day a t the bank. Dropped by the o th e r end to
see F re d about his ad and a ch a ra cte r came w e a vin g o u t the
gate m ore th a n s lig h tly u n der the influence.
“ W h o was th a t? " A h asked Ouah Bankah.
"W a n te d to b o rro w 25 d o lla rs .”
“ D id you lend it to ’e m ?”
“ He said i t d id n ’t m ake a n y d iffe re n ce to h im w h e th e r we
le n t it to h im o r not. I said i t d idn’t m ake any d iffe re n ce to
us e ith e r . . . so I d id n ’t.”
End o f loan sto ry.
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C A T C H A L L N O T E B O O K : As yo u m ay o r m ay not have n o t
iced, the C a tch a ll so rt o f pooped out u n til i t was revived on th ia
page last week. H e re ’s an ite m been saving since F e b ru a ry when
Bob Low e ran th is classified ad:
W ANTED: Good home for Uvewire year-old Collie dog. Good
with children. Mother Is full hlo«xled Collie. Bob Lowe.”
T he fo llo w in g week we received th is note fro m Bob’s w ife ,
D r. Am anda L o w e : "T h e ad bro u g h t p ro m p t results, b u t the
dog decided d iffe re n tly . T h re e m o rn in g s la te r he was s ittin g
on o u r doorstep.”
M o ra l: Sandy Post w a n t ads b rin g results, even i f som etim es
th e y ’re not la s tin g results.
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A N Y O N E FO R C O F F E E ? : Some tim e ago L lo yd Johnson,
jo u rn a lis m and E n g lish in s tru c to r at Sandy high, was back in
o u r shop one day w h ile the kids w ere p u ttin g out the Pioneer
Press. The Post s ta ff, alw ays p ra cticin g the s p irit o f h o s p ita lity ,
asked h im i f he wanted a cup o f coffee.
I.loyd accepted the offer and w as told to help him self from
our little im provised coffee bar, which consists of one corner
of the perforator. “Any su gar?” he asked Bob Marcum, working
on the other side of the shop.
"Y es,” said Bob. “ rig h t over there by the hot plate.”
L lo yd helped h im se lf and took a sip fro m his cup.
"T h is c e rta in ly tastes fu n n y ,” he said, leaving his m o u th
h a nging open.
Bob came over and took a test sip and asked h im w h a t «in
e a rth he'd put in It.
“ Just some o f th a t su g a r there,” said L loyd.
T h a t “ sugar th e re " tu rned out to be a box o f paste pow der
we use fo r pasting w rappers on out-of-tow n copies o f th e paper
The real sugar W A S there rig h t beside the paste, su g a r lum ps
in a box w ith the cover on. I ’ll have to agree w ith L lo yd , tho,
th a t paste pow der does have a cream y in v itin g -lo o k in g texture.
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D.B. I .an zi in was in the o ffice the oth e r day. In th e course of
his v is it he m entioned his n x e n t tr ip th ru A rizona w here tin y
stepped o ff and saw the tow n o f Jerom e, considered th e most
a u th e n tic ghost to w n in existence. Roy Crone was standing at
the co u n te r lo o kin g fo r som ething in the b a rk Issues o f the Pout.
‘ 'S till about 250 people there." said Lauzon.
"W h a t on e a rth do they do?" asked M illie o u r bookkeeper
W ith o u t lo o kin g up Roy m uttered, “ T h e y ’re the ghosts.”
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T Y P O G R A P H IC A L ERRORS . . . T H A T W E R E C A U G H T :
I lie sentence was supposed to read. " A c o m m u n ity song-fest
was held last n ig h t, e tc " W hat came out o f the Unotvpe was.
“ A co m m u n ity sin lest was . . . ”
A nd in one o l the stories on the spectacular show ing o f the
Sandy Gun C lub in the T elegraphic Shoot, the phrase “ scratch
scores became scratch sores . . . lovely picture, eh w h a t?
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PHRASES I t o i I D LIVE WITHOUT: “Glad to m eet y .....
I'm su re ." Now there's one I never ro u ld fig u re . I'm talking
shout the " I ’m su re " [.art. E ve ry now and then you m eet some
character, male and/or female, who tacks that “I’m su re "
ro u n tin e on in acknow ledging an in tro d u ctio n . A lw a ys gB.-x
m e the feeling they really AREN’T sur«> hut th e y're tr y in g
awfully hard to convince th«‘ni%»1\«-s . . . watch It, w ill v u h *
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K I . I 1 M E E T IN G TI0-.SE G l YS w ho've q u it sm o kin g and
te ll you how w o n d e rfu l they feel. It's alm ost enough to tem pt
you to sta rt sm oking so you can q u it an<J see how w o n d e rfu l
vou’ll feel.