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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Wednesday, March 14, 2018
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Lighthearted poem reminds
visitors to use guest towels
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
Dear Abby: I’m frustrated that
they are yellowed with age and falling
guests in my home almost never use the
apart. Eventually, it was suggested they
guest towels I’ve put out for them in the
be put together in a booklet. Since so
bathroom. Why do they do this?
many readers kept the items to re-read,
I remember a little poem in your
the booklet is titled “Keepers.” It can
column that addresses this. I’d like
be ordered by sending your name and
to clip it and put it in there next to the
mailing address, plus a check or money
towels. Please print it again! — Good
order for $7 (U.S. funds), to Dear Abby,
Hostess In Clover, S.C.
Keepers Booklet, P.O. Box 447, Mount
Jeanne
Dear Hostess: With pleasure — Phillips Morris, IL 61054-0447. Shipping and
here it is:
handling are included in the price. Filled
Advice
A Guest Towel Speaks, by Mabel
with clever observations, “Keepers” is
Craddock
both witty and philosophical. It contains
Please use me, Guest;
poems, essays and letters on subjects as diverse
Don’t hesitate.
as children, parents, human nature, philosophy
Don’t turn your back
and death. It’s a quick and easy read as well as
Or vacillate.
an inexpensive gift for newly married couples,
Don’t dry your hands
pet lovers, new parents, and anyone grieving or
On petticoat,
recovering from an illness.
On handkerchief,
Dear Abby: Do you think it is right that my
Or redingote.
parents disowned me because I’m seeing a guy
I’m here to use;
they don’t like? I don’t think it is. I’m 25, and I
I’m made for drying.
live on my own with my son. — Not Right In
Just hanging here
Washington
Gets very tiring.
Dear Not Right: Not knowing the guy or
I thought the poem was clever enough when your parents’ reason for disliking him, I can only
I first saw it that many of you would enjoy it. suggest that their reaction seems extreme. By
After it appeared, many readers thanked me for age 25 you should be mature enough to decide
printing it. Some said they’d framed and hung something like this without being emotionally
it in the bathroom their guests used. (Problem blackmailed. Please recognize that if you give
solved!) I hear from many readers asking me in to this, they will be making your decisions
to re-run articles that hold meaning for them. for you until they are no longer on this side of
Some say the articles have been saved until the sod.
DAYS GONE BY
BEETLE BAILEY
GARFIELD
BLONDIE
DILBERT
THE WIZARD OF ID
LUANN
ZITS
BY MORT WALKER
BY JIM DAVIS
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
March 14, 1918
With Hoover as chief chef, the high school
domestic science department is serving lunch
to 50 or more students every school day at a
surprisingly low cost. A very palatable menu
is offered each day and there is nothing on
the bill that costs more than five cents. The
advanced class of the department is in charge
of the noon luncheons, a different member
taking charge each week of the planning,
ordering, keeping of accounts and paying of
bills and there is much rivalry between them
to see which can present the most attractive
menu at the least cost. Miss Catherine Hoag,
head of the department, has general supervi-
sion of the work. It is planned to continue the
noon luncheons as long as they pay expenses.
Though $30 a month is paid for help, the class
is $25 ahead up to date.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
March 14, 1968
James S. Rose, assistant professor in Kansas
University School of Education and son of
James E. Rose and the late Dorothy Rose of
Pilot Rock, has been selected to receive the
national award for excellence in educational
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE
BY SCOTT ADAMS
BY BRANT PARKER AND JOHNNY HART
BY GREG EVANS
BY JERRY SCOTT AND JIM BORGMAN
finance research from the National Education
Association. Rose’s study of the components
of the property tax base in Oregon school
districts will be one of eight papers presented
at the National Conference on School Finance
March 31-April 1 in Dallas, Texas. In his award
winning study, Rose analyzed the relationship
between education need and fiscal capacity in
71 Oregon school districts during the 1965-66
school and fiscal years.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
March 14, 1993
The contractor for the Main Street
Improvement project in Pendleton has agreed
to pour sample sidewalk sections that will give
local organizers a chance to select appropriate
color schemes. The Main Street Improvement
Committee selected base colors and surface
“grain” colors for the concrete sidewalks that
will give the appearance of a boardwalk. The
committee is looking at four light-brown tones
that would act as the base color and two dark-
er-brown colors that would create a woodgrain
effect. The committee also recommends the
removal of galvanized poles that hold hand-
icapped parking signs and replacing them
with black decorative poles that resemble new
street light poles.
On March 14, 1923,
President Warren G. Harding
became the first chief
executive to file an income
tax return, paying a levy of
$17,990 on his $75,000 salary.
In 1794, Eli Whitney
received a patent for his cotton
gin, an invention that revo-
lutionized America’s cotton
industry.
In 1885, the Gilbert and
Sullivan comic opera “The
Mikado” premiered at the
Savoy Theatre in London.
In 1900, Congress ratified
the Gold Standard Act.
In
1907,
President
Theodore Roosevelt signed
an executive order designed
to prevent Japanese laborers
from immigrating to the
United States as part of a
“gentlemen’s agreement” with
Japan.
In 1939, the republic
of
Czechoslovakia
was
dissolved, opening the way
for Nazi occupation of Czech
areas and the separation of
Slovakia.
In 1951, during the Korean
War, United Nations forces
recaptured Seoul.
In 1964, a jury in Dallas
found Jack Ruby guilty
of murdering Lee Harvey
Oswald, the accused assassin
of President John F. Kennedy,
and sentenced him to death.
(Both the conviction and death
sentence were overturned, but
Ruby died before he could be
retried.)
In 1967, the body of
President John F. Kennedy
was moved from a temporary
grave to a permanent memo-
rial site at Arlington National
Cemetery in Virginia.
In 1975, “Monty Python
and the Holy Grail,” a sendup
of the legend of King Arthur,
had its world premiere in
Los Angeles. Academy
Award-winning actress Susan
Hayward, 57, died in Los
Angeles.
In 1980, a LOT Polish
Airlines jet crashed while
attempting to land in Warsaw,
killing all 87 people aboard,
including 22 members of a
U.S. amateur boxing team.
In 1990, the Soviet
Congress of People’s Deputies
held a secret ballot that elected
Mikhail S. Gorbachev to a
new, powerful presidency.
In 1998, India’s Congress
party picked Sonia Gandhi, the
Italian-born widow of assassi-
nated prime minister Rajiv
Gandhi, as its new president.
Today’s Birthdays: Singer
Phil Phillips (Song: “Sea of
Love”) is 92. Former astronaut
Frank Borman is 90. Actor
Michael Caine is 85. Compos-
er-conductor Quincy Jones is
85. Movie director Wolfgang
Petersen is 77. Country singer
Michael Martin Murphey
is 73. Rock musician Walt
Parazaider (Chicago) is 73.
Comedian Billy Crystal is 70.
Actor-writer-comedian-radio
personality Rick Dees is 67.
Country singer Jann Browne is
64. Prince Albert II, the ruler of
Monaco, is 60. Country singer
Kristian Bush is 48. Actress
Grace Park is 44. Actor Chris
Klein is 39. Actress Kate
Maberly is 36. Singer-musi-
cian Taylor Hanson (Hanson)
is 35. Actor Jamie Bell is 32.
Rock musician Este Haim
(Haim) is 32. Actor Ansel
Elgort is 24. Olympic gold
medal gymnast Simone Biles
is 21.
Thought for Today: “The
avoidance of taxes is the only
intellectual pursuit that still
carries any reward.” — John
Maynard Keynes, British
economist (1883-1946).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE