HERALD AND NEWS, Klamath Falls, Oregon
Wednesday. June 12, 196.1
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Many Seek Last Refuge In 'Gamblers Anonymous1 Groups
By HARRY FERGUSON
WASHINGTON' (UPH Tele-
directories in many big
"Just call me Ed W" said the
man silting next to me in tlie
parked car. "I know I'm cured
American cities i.ave a listing o.!now and ' wouldn't hurt me per-
FAMILY TRADITION Keeping up a tradition of raiting and showing champions,
the Baird family of Alturas is shown with the champion stock they exhibited at the
Junior Livestock Show in Alturas. From the left are Bill, FFA member, and his grand
champion purebred bull; Beth, 4-H member, and her grand champion purebred heifer;
and Althea, 4-H member, with her grand champion fat steer.
Prices High
At Show Sale
ALTURAS In spite of a down
pour oi rain tnat moved more
than 300 spectators from the
bleachers to the barns, FFA and
4-H showmen gained top dollar
for their fat . stock at the final
day of the 15th Annual Junior
Livestock Show.
Thirty five steers, 53 fat lambsl
and 18 fat hogs were sold by auc-
t i o n e e r Aaron Stockton. The
grand champion steer, shown by
4-H member Althea Baird of Al
turas, received a high bid of 46
cents per pound. The grand cham
pion was purchased by the War
ner Hotel and John Kelley Meat
Packing Company.
. Western Stores of Alturas
bought the reserve champion
steer, shown by Andy Olson of
Madeline, for 41 cents per pound.
The average steer price was 30
cents per pound.
The grand ch a m p i o n hog,
shown by 4-H member Paul Sav
age of Alturas, brought a top 55 .
cents a pound and was bought by
Dr. Mel Horning. The reserve
champion, owned by FFA mem
ber Bill Baird of Alturas, was
purchased for 40 cents a pound by
the Loveness Lumber Company of
Canby, Calif. The hogs sold for
an average of 30 cents per pound.
David Starr, showing his cham
pion fat lamb, gained 60 cents a
pound from Don Flournoy and
sons of Likely, Calif. The Modoc
Co-Op of Alturas purchased the
reserve champion from John Pi
cotte of the Alturas FKA for 43
cents per pound. The sale aver
age on the sheep was 35 cents
per pound.
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my f- -J
Gamblers Anonymous." This or-
ganization is the last refuge of the
compulsive gambler, the man in
whom the urge to gamble has
become so strong that he is a
psychiatric case.
The other day I looked up
Gamblers Anonymous in the Wash
ington telephone bonk and dialed
Regent 7-6800. Ninety minutes la
ter I was sitting in a parked car
talking to a compulsive gambler
who found his own salvation while
poised on the dark brink of suicide.
The "anonymous" in gamblers
anonymous means what it says.
No member of the organization is
allowed to reveal his identity or
that of any other member in a
newspaper story, a magazine ar
ticle or a television broadcast.
(They're trying to make new lives
for themselves, many of them
hold good jobs and they don't
want anybody to rake up the past
and use it against them.
sonauy to be identified, but it's
the rule of our organization.
Still Paying Debts
"I'm retired now and have
small income. But I'm still pav
ing off my gambling debts so I've
taken a part-time selling job. 1
might as well.be frank about it,
T wa a compulsive gambler for
30 years. Any kind of gambling.
Horses, craps, cards, roulette, but
mostly at the horse tracks. I don't
think I missed a track in the
United States, and I figured out
the other day that I must have
lost between 175.000 and $100,000.
"Anyway, a couple of years ago
I owed about $10,000. I had done
everything. Sold my war bonds,
borrowed from the banks, put my
life insurance in hock.
"Sometimes you win. but most
of the time you lose. Once I had
a big day at tlie Pimlico track
and won $6,000. I owed money
all over tlie place, but it never
occurred to me to settle up with
my creditors. I was saving that
$6,000 to gamble some more and
eventually my bookie got all of
it. I lost it all in four days.
"That was my last stop. 1 be
gan to develop suicidal tenden
cies. There wasn't much commu
nication between me and my wife.
1 went to a clergyman and a doc
tor, but they didn't seem to help
much, men one day my wife was
reading in a magazine, something
about gambling called "A Tiger
On His Back." and it told about
Gamblers Anonymous. .
Cured On The Spot
"She called them up and took
me to a meeting. 1 listened to
those men tell about their trou
bles. Don't ask me to explain how-
it happened but right there in that
meeting I got cured. 1 haven't
touched a card or been to a race
track since. I'm still in debt for
about $5,000 this car isn't even
fully paid for but I'm cutting
down tlie debt all the time. And.
brother, do I feel like a new man
I'm really living now for the first
time. As long as I live I'll never
forget April 6. 1!KB. That's tlie
day my w ife took me to Gamblers
Anonymous.'
Psychiatrists know compulsive
I'RGKS BAN ON TESTS
LONDON (UPD - Anglican
Canon John Collins, head of the
Campaign for Nuclear Disarma
ment (CNDI, called on France
and tlie Soviet Union Tuesday
night to match President Kenne
dy's announced suspension of at
mospheric nuclear tests.
In a cable to Soviet Premier
Nikita S. Khrushchev, Collins
said "We are pressing our own
government and the government
of France to make a similar dec
laration."
gamblers are sick men and they
have all sorts of fancy names and
explanations for the ailment. Ed
W., doesn't know about those
things, and his explanation is sim
ple: "You just don't give a damn
about anything except gambling.
Day and night it's the only thing
on your mind and nothing else
mailers."
National headquarters for Gam
blers Anonvmotis is in los An-
Wind-driven sand scours the
bodies of the veiled Tauregs of
the Sahara, who never bathe.
gcles (Address: P.O. Box 171731,
and it was founded in 1957 by
Jim W., who previously had been
a member of Alcoholics Anony
mous. There arc no dues and the
organization exists entirely on vol
untary donations. A financial
statement for last February
showed expenses of $747.67, which
left tlie headquarters $300.42 in the
red for tlie month.
(Tomorrow: The fixers and (lie
odds against the player.)
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JUST A PERFECT FRIENDSHIP The picture of to
getherness is exemplified by Kenneth Hallmark of Look
out, Calif., and his show hog, Kenneth solved the bed
problem at the three-day Junior Livestock Show in
Alturas by crawling into his sleeping bag end bedding
partner each evening.
down on the straw beside his
Woman Killed
SALEM (UPD - Mrs. Pearl
l'ates, 66, Gervais, was killed
when her car collided with a
truck-trailer about 10 miles north
of here Tuesday.
The accident occurred near the
intersection of U.S. Highway 90E
ana Hopmere Road near Brooks
Lyle Fulgham of Portland, the
driver of the truck,
nor injuries.
suffered mi-
Paisley School Holds
Annual Commencement
DKDICATES SCHOOL
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (UPD
Emperor Haile Selassie dedicat
ed a Soviet-built technical school
for 1,000 students Tuesday at
Bahr Dar. He said the school
would help Ethiopia attain self-sufficiency.
PAISLEY Commencement
exercises were held June 4 for
nine Paisley High School seniors
and nine eighth graders in the
school auditorium, - with Linda
Penington delivering the saluta
tory and Terry Ann Foster, the
valedictory.
Mrs. James Foster played the
traditional processional and re
cessional, and Mrs. Jack Butler
was accompanist for Mrs. Ellen
Jones who sang "Moments to Re
member" and "Graouation Day."
Guest speaker for the evening
was Robert C. DcRosicr of the
OTI English department. A tui
tion and fee scholarship to Ore
gon Stale university was pre
sented to Terry Ann Foster by
Principal Harold Crocker. Rich
ard Bradhurv pesented the sen-
gift which was accepted by
Scott LaFranchi.
Seniors receiving diplomas
from H. C. Harris, local school
board member, were Richard Ed
ward Bradbury, Dell Lyle Swear
ingen, Dclorcs Alma Young, Ter
ry Ann Foster, Alanna Joy Em
ery, Steven Paul Wirch, Carolyn
Ruth Forga, Linda Ann Penington
and Robert Bruce Roscbrook.
Eighth grade graduates were
Lambert Charles McDaniel, Sher
ry Ann Larranclii, Dee r.arl
Swearingcn. Jordan Ernest
Green. Joyce Elaine Foster, Mark
R. Weaver, Ariel Brattain, Cathy
Dooley and Rick DeLarm.
Dell Swearingcn read the in
vocation and Steve Wirch gave
the benediction. '
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Honor students announced by
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