The Family Council
Bernice She read my private
letters.
Fred I can't accuse my
mother.
Bernice I have good reason,
to believe my mother-in-law has
Deen reading some private cor
respondence that goes back quite
a few years and that niv a
false and unfavorable impres
sion of me.
Before I married
I had been dating with another
man who wrote me some wild
letters. Very foolishly, I kept
mese letters, and even more
foolishly I keDt them
whre they were easily acces-
siDie. inere is nothing about
these letters that is secret from
my husband, and I have no other
secrets from him.
We have been living in the
Two Men Drown
In Boat Wreckage
Long Beach, Calif. (U.R)
Two crewmen drowned yester
day and three others are missing
in the wreckage of the 87-foot
fishing boaf Western Explorer
which went aground and smash
ed to pieces on rocks about 200
miles off the tip of Baja Califor
nia, the Coast Guard reported.
Coast Guard officials here
aid seven memebrs of the 12
man crew, including Captain
Frank Manaka, of Wilmington,
Calif., were rescued and talron
aboard the fishing boat Anthony
M. Bodies of the two victims
were recovered by the Anthony
M shortly after the ill-fated ves
sel whipped aground on deso
late Socorras island.
The typhoon-like weather pre
vented the Coast Guard from
sending rescue planes to the
stricken boat as winds reached
80 miles an hour. The Navy ice
breaker, the USS Burton Island
was expected to reach the scene
late today and brine the survi
vors back to port.
Manaka radioed from the An
thony M that names of the vic
tims would be withheld pend
ing notification of next of kin
The boat was from San Pedro,
Calif., and had been nart nf a
fishing fleet working off the
Mexican coast.
home of my husband's parents
until such time as we can set
up our own home. We seemed
to be eettine alon? fin until
quite recently, when there was
suun a marKea cnange in my
mother-in-law's attitude for the
worse, that I realized something
serious must have occurred tc
change her attitude.
The other dav I 'wau snino
through my things and noticed
that my pile of letters must have
been tamnered with. T rpaiiVo
then that my mother-in-law had
been cleaning in the closet where
I kept the letters and that, see
ing them, her curiosity must
have been aroused.
I can understand hnur ihou
letters must have disturhpri hr
but how can I ever discuss this
awkward problem with her and
clear her mind?
Fred If mv mothpr rpart
those letters, how can I dismiss
the matter with her without
quarrelling with her? She is
certain to resent anv imnlioH
charge that she was snooping.
I feel my wife should rmt have
kept these letters at all, and
certainly should not have kept
them in the closet. I am not at
all sure my mother's attitude
nas become hostile toward Ber
nice, and I do not want to risk
quarrelling with her and hrino.
ing this unpleasant business into
tne open unnecessarily.
Sinking Clerks
''Called To Meeting
Portland 4U.P.) All food store
clerks affected by the strike that
has hampered or curtailed oper
ations as most of Portland's
chain groceries were called to
auena a meeting at the Labor
Temple today.
George Lightowler, secretary
of the union, in issuing notice
of the meeting would not reveal
its purpose. ie said that union
members who normallv wnnld
be picket duty at the time would
be withdrawn from the picket
lines to attend the meeting.
Meanwhile, Paul Hansen, in
ternational representative of the
AtLi-nu grocery clerks union,
aia tnai tne union is preparing
to sue some emDlovers who have
"locked out" union members in
the current strike.
The union struck at nnlv
Safeway stores Saturday. Sev
eral otner cnain store outlets
ent their union employees home
that same day, contending that
a strike against one of their
number was considered to be a
strike against all of them.
Sonja Henie, Husband
Divorced in Florida
West Palm Beach, Fla., U.R)
Ice-skating queen Sonja Henie
nd socialite Winthrop Gardiner
have been granted an alimony
free divorce.
The Circuit court here Mon
day granted Gardiner the di
vorce from the blonde Norwe
gian-born skater on the ground
of "desertion and mental cruel
ty." Gardiner charged that mother-in-law
trouble and his wife's
refusal to give up her career
wrecked their marriage. His
suit complained that "her moth
er was with her all the time . . .
we had only two weeks to live
alone .together, from Sept. 15,
1949, the date of our marriage
until we separated in 1952."
The three major varieties of
trout sought by American fly
fishermen are the brook, the
brown and the rainbow.
The Council: Fred is right in
Deing unwilling to accuse his
momer of having read these
letters. At the same timp it i
important for the future of the
family that this mystery be
cieareo up.
The wisest course, ncrhsni
would be for Bernice to go to
ner mother-in-law for advice.
She might tell her mother-in-law
that she found thp lottce v.j
been tampered with, and express
the fear that her hnshand fcorf
read them. She might, at this
point, ask her mother-in-law to
read the letters and licton
her explanation.
on how to explain the letters
to ner husband.
By this method.
defend herself without having
to accuse ner mother-in-law of
prying. Since Bernice acknnrl.
edges that she should not have
preserved these troublesome let
ters and certainly should not
have allowed them to lie around
she should be willing to employ
mis suDteriuee for thp nnmnto
t L- r -
oi avoiding, a troublesome and
painiui situation.
Bernice should make an of
fort to disabuse her mother-in-law
of any false ideas shp -mav
have about her past. The uncor
rected impression can work
harm to all concerned.
(Copyright 1956,
General Features Corp.)
Atomic Plant Blast
Takes Second Victim
Oak Ridge. Tenn (II.P1 A
non-nuclear explosion at a top-
secret atomic plant claimed its
second victim early today. A
third man mangled by the blast
was in critical condition.
Atomic Energy commission of
ficials said the three Union Car
bide Nuclear Co. employees
were standing about an fot
from exploding drums of scrap
zirconium, a little known metal
used in atomic reactor develop
ment projects.
A. L. Llyons. 27. Oak
who lost his left lee and was
severely burned bv the evninc-
lon Monday, died today. W. R
Stooksbury, 24, Andersonville,
burned over his entire bodv died
Monday night. The right arm of
Or. R. Myers, 27, also of Oak
Ridge, was ripped off in the
blast. His condition was un
changed.
Montgomery Cliff
In Good Condition
Hollywood U.P.) Movie ac
tor Montgomery Clift was re
ported in "very good condition"
today at Cedars of Lebanon
hospital where he is under
treatment for serious iniuries
he received when his car crash
ed into a telephone pole.
Clift suffered serious cuts and
bruises about the face when his
sedan smashed into the pole
early Sunday shortly after he
left a eav dinner oartv at the
home of actres Elizabeth Tay
lor and her husband, Michael
Wilding. Doctors said the 35-year-old
actor would remain in
the hospital at least two weeks
out mat he was out of danger.
Dr. E .0. Jacobson
Naturopathic and Chiropractic Physician
Announces the Opening of Offices
827 West Jackson
Near McAndrews Road Phone 3-2989
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