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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Tuesday, May 21, 2019
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Man plans to bequest money
to the soul mate he deserted
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
BEETLE BAILEY
BY MORT WALKER
Dear Abby: Many years ago, I
Dear “Mr. Tipton”: Your letter
had a romance with a young girl
brings to mind a television series
from years ago called “The Mil-
in a faraway town. After a year,
lionaire.” Each week the repre-
thinking I could do better, I moved
sentative of an eccentric multimil-
on. With the benefit of hindsight,
lionaire, John Beresford Tipton Jr.,
I now realize she stood head and
would hand some deserving person
shoulders above all the others, and
a check for $1 million in the hope
I had tragically discarded my soul
J eanne
that it would improve the person’s
mate.
P hilliPs
life.
By chance, I ended up settling
ADVICE
Ask your financial adviser or
in the same city as she. She even-
tually married and raised a fam-
the person who will administer
ily. Now and then we would run
your estate how to discreetly pull
into each other, exchange a few friendly
off an anonymous bequest, and I’m sure the
person can make it happen.
words and a quick hug, then move on. On
Dear Abby: For a year and a half, my
one of those occasions, she was accompa-
nied by her husband and introduced me as
wife and I have been looking forward to
a “friend” from back in our younger days.
attending our granddaughter’s college
Although he was cordial, I could see in
graduation. (She will be graduating on June
his expression that he wondered if per-
1.) When I called my son to discuss hotel
haps there wasn’t more to the story than
and other arrangements, he told me my
that.
granddaughter initially was allowed only
In the course of getting my papers and
three tickets, but managed to get two more
estate arranged, it is clear I have done fairly
tickets from students whose relatives could
well in terms of money. I divorced years ago
not attend. He then informed me that he, his
and have no children. I am leaving money
ex-wife, his son, his ex-wife’s sister and the
to a relative or two, some assorted charities
sister’s live-in boyfriend will be using the
tickets.
and, for two reasons, I have decided to leave
I feel very hurt that the ex’s sister and
a reasonably large sum to my soul mate. For
boyfriend got tickets instead of me and my
one, she was, and is, perhaps the finest per-
son I have ever known. Second, it is obvi-
wife. We had planned to give my grand-
ous to me that they can use the money.
daughter $500 for graduation. After this
But what happens when this windfall
slap in the face, should we give her the
drops out of the sky into their laps? I have
$500, which we have given to all our other
no wish to cause problems in their appar-
grandchildren upon their graduation? —
ently happy marriage in any way, but I can-
Left Out in Florida
not help but think that despite my good
Dear Left Out: Yes, you should.
intentions it might cause a disturbance in
Although you are right to feel hurt and
their relationship. Am I doing the right
offended, the blame should rest with your
thing, and is there a better way to do it? —
son and not your granddaughter, and she
should not be penalized for it.
“John Beresford Tipton Jr.”
DAYS GONE BY
GARFIELD
BLONDIE
BY JIM DAVIS
BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
May 20-21, 1919
Louise Lott, Indian woman held as
alleged accomplice of Ned Harsche, might
have blown the city jail to bits had she cared
to create a fuss, it was learned today. When
locked up, she neglected to turn over to the
officers an Indian police revolver which
belonged to Harsche and which she had
strapped about her waist, beneath her gar-
ments. The gun was known to be missing
and it was only delivered up by her after she
was threatened with bread and water.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
May 20-21, 1969
A 26-member committee of junior high
parents polled the parents of the school’s
529 students last week relative to the
appearance of short skirts worn by girls
and sideburns by some of the boys. Princi-
pal John Cermak read this unsigned reply
from one of the parents to the school board
in its Monday night meeting: “If the com-
mittee is suffering from an uncontrollable
urge to dress the natives, I suggest that you
join the Peace Corps, where I am sure you
will have received enough training in the
dignity and rights of individuals to prevent
such impertinent attitudes.” The board
tossed the issue around for 30 minutes and
came back to the policy adopted last fall
that the question be left up to the school
administrators.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
May 20-21, 1994
Italian fashion is changing as fast as the
Italian political climate and for many of that
country’s fashion houses, the trend could
spell trouble. Fads are out and history —
particularly the history of other cultures —
is in. That was the message from a dozen
or so Italian clothing importers and journal-
ists who were in Pendleton this week to tour
the garment factory at the Eastern Oregon
Correctional Institution. They came to see
where Prison Blues are made and to inter-
view the inmates who make the rugged
blue jeans. The biggest Italian designers —
Armani, Versace, Gucci — will probably
always be around, they said, but the hottest
trend now from the stylish country is toward
honest, lasting clothes. Prison Blues fit the
bill.
TODAY IN HISTORY
DILBERT
THE WIZARD OF ID
LUANN
ZITS
BY SCOTT ADAMS
BY BRANT PARKER AND JOHNNY HART
BY GREG EVANS
BY JERRY SCOTT AND JIM BORGMAN
On May 21, 1932, Ame-
lia Earhart became the first
woman to fly solo across
the Atlantic Ocean as she
landed in Northern Ireland,
about 15 hours after leaving
Newfoundland.
In 1863, the Seventh-day
Adventist Church was offi-
cially organized.
In 1868, Ulysses S. Grant
was nominated for president
by the Republican national
convention in Chicago.
In 1881, Clara Barton
founded the American Red
Cross.
In 1927, Charles A. Lind-
bergh landed his Spirit of St.
Louis monoplane near Paris,
completing the first solo air-
plane flight across the Atlan-
tic Ocean in 33½ hours.
In 1941, a German
U-boat sank the Ameri-
can merchant steamship SS
Robin Moor in the South
Atlantic after the ship’s
passengers and crew were
allowed to board lifeboats.
In 1945, actors Hum-
phrey Bogart, 45, and Lau-
ren Bacall, 20, were married
at Malabar Farm in Lucas,
Ohio.
In 1979, former San
Francisco City Supervi-
sor Dan White was con-
victed of voluntary man-
slaughter in the slayings of
Mayor George Moscone
and openly gay Supervisor
Harvey Milk; outrage over
the verdict sparked riot-
ing. (White was sentenced
to seven years and eight
months in prison; he ended
up serving five years and
committed suicide in 1985.)
In 1998, a teen gunman
opened fire inside Thurston
High School in Springfield,
Oregon, killing two stu-
dents, a day after he killed
his parents. (The shooter
was sentenced to nearly 112
years in prison.)
Today’s
Birthdays:
Rhythm-and-blues singer
Ron Isley (The Isley Broth-
ers) is 78. Former Sen. Al
Franken, D-Minn., is 68.
Actor Mr. T is 67. Music pro-
ducer Stan Lynch is 64. Rock
singer-musician Mikel Jol-
lett (Airborne Toxic Event)
is 45. Rapper Havoc (Mobb
Deep) is 45. Country singer
Cody Johnson is 32. Actor
Scott Leavenworth is 29.
Thought for Today:
“Originality does not con-
sist in saying what no one
has ever said before, but in
saying exactly what you
think yourself.” — James
Stephens, Irish poet and
novelist (1882-1950).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE