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WEDNESDAY.
The Family Council
Ednor'i noir: Tht family Council eiDilili or a Judge, a,
plivchlatrlst, three clergymen, three edlton nd a women' editor.
Each article Is a summary of a family disagreement preaented tn the
Council. The Council deala with problems, major and minor,
encountered by guidance counselors and social workers. Kdlted by
by Mrs. Alma Denny (Copyright by General features Corp.)
Mn. J. I. I don't think our
living arrangements will
work out.
CORA I. I though t my
mother was beyond being ao
petty.
- Mri. J. I. My daughter
and I are trying out what
:looks like, a noble experi
ment, but which like many
ntherss is probably doomed
to failure
My husband and I occu
pied an attractive three-room
'apartment while Cora was in
college. During her senior
year he passed away, and now
'that she has graduated it
'seemed the natural thing for
her to move in with me. But
-since we both have Jobs it
'was agreed that we'd try to
consider each other room'
mates," just as though we
.-were sharing quarters with a
stranger, rather than fall
back on our old mother
daughter habits.
Unfortunately Cora isn't
sticking to our bargain. Each
'morning I find a note from
her with ' instructions one
wouldn't dare give a room
"mate. She doesn't do a lick of
"housekeeping, cooking or'
-marketing either. Instead of
-work being shared, it's quad
rupled for me.
t.
'. CORA I. The only time a
Jroommate arrangement can
;work out is when you find
"someone who's sympathetic
;nd flexible. I thought Moth-
'cr was. I know I am. But I
-guess I'd overestimated her
-adjustability. I'd forgotten
.how fussy she was about
:every doily being In place,
and every used-up item being
immediately replaced.
" I only ask her to do things
for me which I'd gladly do
lor her, if she requested
.them. Since she gets home
first, I hand her my food re
quests so she can get dinner
.started. She's the dressmaker
between the two of us, so of
"course I leave my skirts with
Tier to be shortened. Some
limes I ask her to help out
Avith a small errand. These
are things I'd be glad to do
ior my roommate, and more
to if it was for my own child.
As for housekeeping, the
Jiving room is mine and I
clean it week ends.
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AUGUST 22. 1962
THE COUNCIL! For those
who must run as they read,
we have a shortform answer
for Cora and her mother on
what sharing an apartment
implies. The dictionary says
that " to share" means "to en
Joy, with others." Hence, un
less each of these co-tenants
is helping the other to enjoy
life in the same three-rooms-and-balh,
she isn't sharing
but is hogging.
But, we hasten to add in
case the runners are still
reading, there's no magic, no
tricks of the intellect or of
the vocabulary, that can turn
a mother and daughter into
detached, "uninvolved" room
mates. These are two gals
who really new each other
when, and the kid gloves go
out the window pronto. A
meanie is called a meanie, not
"forgetful."
One kitchen, one bath, two
woman, three rooms, four
times four things to argue
about each day that's about
what it can add up to unless
certain rare conditions pre
vail between the principals.
Mrs. I. and Cora started out
with he first one an agree
ment on terms, but are conk
ing out on the jusl-as-import-ant
next one adherence to
terms.
Suppose we proposed a
new way to set up this in
triguing menage-a-deux:
1, Terms are to be as spe
cific as possible, with Cora
"keeping up" the living room
every day, not Just weekends,
because Mrs. I. must pass
through It every day and
may even wish to have a
guest pass through it, too.
2. Major lapses and omis
sions are to be regarded as
serious "defalcations" with
cumulative black marks ac
cruing to the setup. These
would weigh heavily during
discussions, when it's "time to
renew."
3. But minor "short-cuts"
and lick-and-promlse smooth
overs would be overlooked In
a spirit of llve-and-let-live
sympathy and generosity. All
succssBful roommates have
three essential qualifications
which make this last provi
sion possible: a sense of hu
mor, a resiliency and an ac
ceptance of "the human fac
tor" in any deal.
Encompassing all the above
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forms. The jackets are blue and the ties are maroon. (UPI)
Stockholder, 88,
Records No Losses
By
JONATHAN KLEINBARD
United Praia International
Philadelphia - (UPD- Walter
Sonneberg has owned stocks
for more than 50 years -through
one depression and
many "recessions"-and has
never lost a cent.
It is this same care which
enabled the 88-year-old eco
nomics expert to retire more
than 20 years ago after work
ing in the Pennsylvania Rail
road's accounting department
for 39 years.
There are no social security
checks in Sonneberg's mail
and he has no family which
feathers his nest for him.
Rather, Sonnenbcrg and his
wife live In their comfortable
Mt. Airy section home on his
businesslike considerations is
the emotional one for Mrs. I.,
especially. Making up for
some of the impositions is the
great privilege and comfort of
being so close physically
and companionatcly to a
young daughter who not only
loves her, but what is rarer
obviously likes her a great
deal.
Open
Friday
Nites
7-9 PM
railroad pension and from in
vestments in the stock mar
ket. But the couple's future
wasn't always so secure. The
octogenarian can recall his
first job when he made be
tween $40 and $50 a month.
No Goal
"I didn't have any definite
goal in mind when I left high
school. I just started out with
the idea of getting ahead and
securing my future," he said.
He not only planned his se
curity, but was able to save
enough to enable his wife and
himself to see most of the
country. They traveled on his
vacations to Florida, Maine
and California.
Sonneberg thinks his in
vestments helped him most of
all. "I made them to insure
a future income," he said.
Sonneberg, who usually
sports a bright pink rose in
his lapel, believes the secret
of investing money is to
choose the right companies.
He named three in which he
has put money over many
years-Borden Company, Inc.,
Pennsylvania Power and
Light company, and Pennsyl
vania Glass and Sand com
pany. Financial Correspondence
Sonneberg has a drawer
full of correspondence with
such financial experts as Dr.
E. G. Nourse, former Truman
administration economics ex
pert, and Bernard Baruch.
Sonneberg thinks the trou
ble with the American cco-.j
nomy is that there is too
much emphasis on money,
"Dollars aren't the import
ant factor," he said. "It's the
organization of the economy
itself which matters."
He attributed the current
gyrations in the stock market
to a lack of confidence in the
President. Although he re
fuses to commit himself to
"crystalball gazing," Sonne
berg leans toward Barry Gold-water-type
economics policies.
He has published several
articles on his economic the
ories. "Now, I lack the stam
ina to compile the material
I've researched, so I'm not
making much money from my
articles," he commented
wryly.
Insecticide Use
Said Restricted
Washington - tlTII - Al
though farmers and ranchers
use more chemicals for in
sect control purposes than
ever before, less than 5 per
cent of the acreage of the 48
contiguous states is treated
with insecticides In an aver
age year.
The Entomological Sopiety
of America estimates the to
tal quantity of insecticidal
chemicals used in 48 states in
an avera;- year at 225 mil
lion pnunus. The acreage of
the slates is about 1.93 billion
acres, of this huge acreage,
only 4 62 per cent of it Is
treated with chemicals.
The cropland and cropland
pasture available is 457 mil
lion acres. About 1.7 per cent,
or 68 ft million acres, is treat
ed annually with chemicals
to rontrol innects and tn pro
tect crops, livestock, health,
and possessions. The pound
age of chemicals used rm ih.
I cropland is about 1H5 mil
lion pounds.
Less than one-half of 1 per
cent of the forests lands un
dergo rhemiral treatment and
even a smaller amount of
grassland Is treated. The crop.
Ind not treated represents
about 85 per tent of the total
cultivated land.
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Girl Injured in
Traffic Accident
An 18-year-old Med ford
girl, Karen Alice Mayfield, 1
Riarlr Oak dr. ua inlnrpd
slightly early Monday when !
the car in which she was a
passenger struck a light pole
at a service station at South
Central and Riverside aves.,
according to city police.
The driver of the car, Rob
ert Ames Clarke, 23, Jackson
ville, was cited by police for
violation of basic rule. The
accident occurred about 2:23
a.m.
In another accident Mon
day, vehicles operated by
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