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East Oregonian
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Thursday, September 23, 2021
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M. SCHULZ
Reader’s classic vehicle
gets too much attention
FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE
B.C.
PICKLES
BEETLE BAILEY
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
BY MASTROIANNI AND HART
BY BRIAN CRANE
my daughter have a right to have
Dear Abby: I drive a classic
hurt feelings over this? — Not
car to work every day. Since I
A Game Of Dress-Up
began working there, people of-
Dear Not: You are not wrong.
ten ask me about selling it. Most
But if you are trying to impose
of the time I take it as a com-
your values on your teenage
pliment and tell them it is not
daughter, I seriously doubt it
for sale currently, but the same
will work. I wish you had men-
people often continue to ask. It
J EANNE
tioned why your daughter feels
is starting to get on my nerves.
P HILLIPS
the way she does. Have you asked
I have even seen people trying
ADVICE
her that question? Rather than
to open up the hood to see the
argue about whether she has
engine while I’m off in the dis-
a right to put on YOUR wed-
tance. I do not have another car
or mode of transportation, and I’m start- ding dress, A discussion about what she
ing to get worried. Any advice would be thinks it symbolizes to you — as well as
what trying it on means to her — might
appreciated. — On Edge In Georgia
Dear On Edge: Tell the offenders be more productive.
Dear Abby: I’m having trouble with
(again) that your car is not for sale AND
you do not want anyone touching it. If it feelings I probably shouldn’t be having
continues to happen, tell your supervisor about someone. She’s always walking
or your boss that someone trying to get around in her underwear when I come
into it “while you’re off in the distance” over. I like it, of course, but I’m not sure
makes you concerned. However, if you’re if it is meant to tease me or if I should
still not comfortable after that, change act on it. I’d really appreciate your help.
— Confused In The East
jobs.
Dear Confused: A positive message
Dear Abby: I am cleaning out my
closet and have decided to sell my wed- of the #MeToo movement has been that
ding dress. My 16-year-old daughter has when there is a shadow of a doubt, a per-
made it clear to me she will never marry. son should COMMUNICATE to avoid
The thing is, she wants to try my dress on. any unfortunate misunderstandings. In
I don’t want her to because she doesn’t this case, it would be appropriate to ask
agree with the sanctity of marriage or this woman why she walks around in a
the commitment of it, and I don’t want state of undress when you are there, be-
my wedding dress tried on by anyone cause you are not sure how to interpret
who feels this way about marriage. It the message it sends. DO NOT ACT
means more than playing dress-up, and ON ANYTHING UNLESS HER RE-
I believe it should be worn only by some- SPONSE IS THAT IT WOULD BE
one who respects it. Am I wrong? Does WELCOMED.
BY MORT WALKER
DAYS GONE BY FROM THE EAST OREGONIAN
GARFIELD
BLONDIE
BY JIM DAVIS
BY DEAN YOUNG AND JOHN MARSHALL
100 Years Ago
Sept. 23, 1921
George Hackathorn, Pend-
leton boy becoming famous
in the movies has been cast to
play the minister opposite Betty
Compson in the picturization
of Barrie’s “The Little Minis-
ter.” Hackathorn has had many
prominent parts but the role of the
minister will perhaps be his most
prominent. He will be remem-
bered as playing the role of Capt.
Randolph in the picturization of
“The Last of the Mohicans.”
Editor’s note, 2021: George
Hackathorne (1896-1940), an
actor of the silent area, was
raised in Pendleton. He appeared
in more than 50 films between
1916 and 1939. He played Sid
Sawyer in “Tom Sawyer” and
“Huck and Tom” (1917 and
1918, respectively) at the request
of Mary Pickford. He went on to
play minor roles in a number of
films but did not fare well with
the coming of sound. His last
film role was that of a wounded
soldier in “Gone with the Wind.”
50 Years Ago
Sept. 23, 1971
Dez and Irene Young, hosts
of the Hi Neighbor show on
KOIN-TV, Portland, were in
Pendleton for the Round-Up. It
was a first visit for Irene, and
a return to his former home
for Dez. Born Frank Dennis
Young, Dez is the son of
former Kay Isaac of Pendleton.
He attended school in Athena,
Helix and Pendleton. Hi Neigh-
bor is a locally produced show
aimed at the homemaker, with
interviews on widely varied
subjects and music by the
KOIN orchestra. Irene is host-
ess of the noon program. The
Youngs brought along their
six-year-old son, Glenn, to the
Round-Up, and one of the first
things they did was buy him a
cowboy hat.
25 Years Ago
Sept. 23, 1996
What could have just been
another tragic teen-age auto
accident has become the story
of a community pulling together
to help a neighbor. When five
Heppner teens were involved
in a pickup accident on July
11 of this year, the town pulled
together to assist the families.
Accounts were established at the
local branch of the Bank of East-
ern Oregon, but the assistance
didn’t stop there. None have felt
the caring effort more than the
Dohertys. Their 17-year-old
son Adam was the most seri-
ously injured and is now using
a wheelchair for transportation.
Adam’s father, Mike, his voice
choked with emotion, said the
owner of Kinzua and employ-
ees donated nearly $4,000, plus
a group volunteered their time
and labor to improve an access
ramp and deck at the Dohertys’
home. They cleared vegeta-
tion and put in a six-foot wide
roofed deck that wraps more
than halfway around the house
and supports a ramp to the front
door. A new sidewalk from the
back patio around the garage
completes the design, allowing
Adam access to all doors.
TODAY IN HISTORY
DILBERT
THE WIZARD OF ID
LUANN
ZITS
BY SCOTT ADAMS
BY PARKER AND HART
BY GREG EVANS
BY JERRY SCOTT AND JIM BORGMAN
On Sept. 23, 1955, a
jury in Sumner, Missis-
sippi, acquitted two white
men, Roy Bryant and J.W.
Milam, of murdering
Black teenager Emmett
Till. (The two men later
admitted to the crime in
an interview with Look
magazine.)
In 1779, during the
Revolutionary War, the
American warship Bon
Homme Richard, com-
manded by John Paul
Jones, defeated the HMS
Serapis in battle off York-
shire, England.
In 1806, the Lewis and
Clark expedition returned
to St. Louis more than
two years after setting out
for the Pacific Northwest.
In 1846, Neptune was
identified as a planet by
German astronomer Jo-
hann Gottfried Galle.
In 1932, the King-
dom of Saudi Arabia was
founded.
In 1949, President Har-
ry S. Truman announced
there was evidence the
Soviet Union had recently
conducted a nuclear test
explosion. (The test had
been carried out on Aug.
29, 1949.)
In 1952, Sen. Richard
M. Nixon, R-Calif., sal-
vaged his vice-presidential
nomination by appearing
on television from Los
Angeles to refute allega-
tions of improper cam-
paign fundraising in what
became known as the
“Checkers” speech.
In 1957, nine Black stu-
dents who’d entered Little
Rock Central High School
in Arkansas were forced
to withdraw because of a
white mob outside.
In 1987, Sen. Joseph
Biden, D-Del., withdrew
from the Democratic
presidential race following
questions about his use of
borrowed quotations and
the portrayal of his aca-
demic record.
In
2001,
Presi-
dent George W. Bush re-
turned the American flag
to full staff at Camp Da-
vid, symbolically ending a
period of national mourn-
ing following the 9/11 at-
tacks.
In 2002, Gov. Gray Da-
vis signed a law making
California the first state to
offer workers paid family
leave.
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE