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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Wednesday, September 13, 2017
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Handy advice and tips help
girls sharpen social skills
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
afraid to give someone a compliment
Dear Abby: I enjoy reading your
if you think it’s deserved.
column, especially letters regarding
If you think you’re not beautiful
young girls and their social skills. I
(or handsome), be well-groomed,
have two granddaughters who have the
tastefully dressed, conscious of your
normal drama, mostly with other girls.
I worry their social skills are getting
posture. (People who stand tall project
sidetracked.
self-confidence.) If you are not a
I am interested in ordering your
“brain,” try harder. If you are smarter
booklet about popularity. You have
than most, don’t be a know-it-all. Ask
Jeanne
such a good way with words, and I’m Phillips others what they think and encourage
sure the girls would find it helpful and
them to share their opinions.
Advice
enjoyable reading. They are the only
If you’re not a good athlete, be a
grandchildren I have, and I’m trying
good sport. Be generous with kind
to give them insight and help them along to words and affectionate gestures, but respect
become fully functional, successful adults. Is it yourself and your family values always. If you
still available? — Linda In Terre Haute, Ind. think “putting out” will make someone like
Dear Linda: Yes, the booklet is still avail- you, forget it. (It won’t work, and later you’ll
able. It was written in response to thousands be glad you didn’t.) If you need help, ask God.
of questions from readers over the years And if you don’t need anything, THANK
who were not naturally socially assertive God!
and contains many useful tips for polishing
Dear Abby: My husband refuses to wear
social skills. It can be ordered by sending headphones. This means that when we sit in
your name and mailing address, plus check the living room together, I must put up with
or money order for $7 (U.S. funds) to Dear the blaring noise of whatever he is watching.
Abby Popularity Booklet, P.O. Box 447,
I do a lot of writing, and in order to think,
Mount Morris, IL 61054-0447. Shipping and I need silence. I have tried earplugs, but they
handling are included in the price. You will don’t muffle enough of the noise. Now, when
find the booklet covers a variety of situations I have had enough, I leave the room. This
and is meant for people of all ages. Everyone results in us being in two separate places,
wants to be the kind of person others find which he hates. Is there another solution I may
interesting, attractive and worth knowing be overlooking? — Loud In Maine
better. (If parents, teachers and clergy know
Dear Loud: You might try noise-canceling
someone needing help in this regard, it might headphones. However, if that doesn’t work,
make an inexpensive gift that could help because you need to “hear” in your head the
change the course of that person’s life.)
sentences you are trying to write, you may
The key to being well-liked by both sexes have to do your writing when your husband
is: Be kind. Be honest. Be tactful. Don’t be is not at home.
DAYS GONE BY
BEETLE BAILEY
GARFIELD
BY MORT WALKER
BY JIM DAVIS
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Sept. 13, 1917
Articles of incorporation were filed
yesterday for the African Protective Progres-
sive Order of this city. The incorporators are
William H. Bazzell, founder, Warren Craw-
ford, worthy promoter, Robert H. Gray, vice
worthy promoter, Willis Miles, secretary-trea-
surer and George W. Hooker. The purposes
as set forth are “to promote the common
welfare, secure a more perfect union, uphold
their country and its laws and to advance the
interests of members.” The organization is
incorporated for $100.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Sept. 13, 1967
S.E. Brogoitti, Helix, former chairman
of the State Board of Education, was in
satisfactory condition this morning at Grande
Ronde hospital with burns he received during
a five-car accident Sunday. Brogoitti was the
driver of a car struck in the rear by another
car during a blinding dust storm on Highway
82, five miles from La Grande. His gasoline
tank exploded, and when he got out of the
car, he was caught in the flames. He suffered
third degree neck and face burns. Ahead of
Brogoitti’s car was a car that had stopped
during the dust storm.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Sept. 13, 1992
A large manufacturing business from Wash-
ington has expressed interest in relocating to
Milton-Freewater, which could add as many
as 80 jobs to the local economy. But it’s hardly
a done deal. The Pacific Grinding Wheels
company, now located in Marysville, Wash.,
wants to move from eastern Washington —
possible into the old Key Technology building.
Company president Jim Kean said the moving
plans are contingent on several factors. After
eight months of preliminary work on the part
of the city of Milton-Freewater and the Port
of Umatilla, a financial picture is coming into
focus that should allow the company to move.
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
BLONDIE
DILBERT
THE WIZARD OF ID
LUANN
ZITS
BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE
BY SCOTT ADAMS
BY BRANT PARKER AND JOHNNY HART
BY GREG EVANS
BY JERRY SCOTT AND JIM BORGMAN
Today is the 256th day
of 2017. There are 109 days
left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On September 13, 1788,
the Congress of the Confed-
eration authorized the
first national election, and
declared New York City the
temporary national capital.
On this date:
In 1759, during the
French and Indian War, the
British defeated the French
on the Plains of Abraham
overlooking Quebec City.
In 1814, during the
War of 1812, British naval
forces began bombarding
Fort McHenry in Baltimore
but were driven back by
American defenders in a
battle that lasted until the
following morning.
In 1911, the song “Oh,
You Beautiful Doll,” a
romantic rag by Nat D. Ayer
and Seymour Brown, was
first published by Jerome
H. Remick & Co.
In 1923, Miguel Primo
de Rivera, the captain
general of Catalonia, seized
power in Spain.
In 1948, Republican
Margaret Chase Smith of
Maine was elected to the
U.S. Senate; she became the
first woman to serve in both
houses of Congress.
In 1959, Elvis Presley
first met his future wife,
14-year-old
Priscilla
Beaulieu, while stationed
in West Germany with the
U.S. Army. (They married
in 1967, but divorced in
1973.)
In 1962, Mississippi
Gov. Ross Barnett rejected
the U.S. Supreme Court’s
order for the University of
Mississippi to admit James
Meredith, a black student,
declaring in a televised
address, “We will not drink
from the cup of genocide.”
In 1971, a four-day
inmates’
rebellion
at
the Attica Correctional
Facility in western New
York ended as police and
guards stormed the prison;
the ordeal and final assault
claimed the lives of 32
inmates and 11 hostages.
In 1977, conductor
Leopold Stokowski died in
Hampshire, England, at age
95.
In 1989, Fay Vincent
was elected commissioner
of Major League Baseball,
succeeding the late A. Bart-
lett Giamatti.
Today’s
Birthdays:
Actress Barbara Bain is 86.
Actress Eileen Fulton (TV:
“As the World Turns”) is 84.
Actor Joe E. Tata is 81. TV
producer Fred Silverman is
80. Rock singer David Clay-
ton-Thomas (Blood, Sweat &
Tears) is 76. Actress Jacque-
line Bisset is 73. Singer Peter
Cetera is 73. Actress Christine
Estabrook is 67. Actress Jean
Smart is 66. Singer Randy
Jones (The Village People) is
65. Record producer Don Was
is 65. Actor Isiah Whitlock
Jr. is 63. Actress-comedian
Geri Jewell is 61. Country
singer Bobbie Cryner is 56.
Rock singer-musician Dave
Mustaine (Megadeth) is
56. Radio-TV personality
Tavis Smiley is 53. Rock
musician Zak Starkey is
52. Actor Louis Mandylor
is 51. Olympic gold medal
runner Michael Johnson is
50. Country musician Joe
Don Rooney (Rascal Flatts)
is 42. Singer Fiona Apple is
40. Actor Ben Savage is 37.
Rock singer Niall Horan (One
Direction) is 24.
Thought for Today:
“Better to be without logic
than without feeling.” —
Charlotte Bronte, English
author (1816-1855).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE