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Saturday, Mar c h 1 0 1973 Sta tesville Record & L a n d m a r k Page 9- A

Th e Correct

ThingBy Amy Vanderbilt

Committed"Dear iss Vanderbilt: I was

shaken up recently by an article

in Today's Health called'Womer i : How Liberated DoYo u Truly Want to Be?' Awomen's liberation survey was

included. The first question

was: 'Would y o u b e willing to goout in public on a hot summer

day without: A. Wearing make-

up ? B. Wearing stockings? C.

Wearing a bra? D. Shaving yourlegs and underarms?'

"According to the author,

Ellen Herm an, M.D., you are

fully committed to women's li-

beration if you circle all four.

"Now I don't mind the idea of

going without stockings. And I

agree with something you wrote

that say woman who doesn't

need to wear a bra is silly to

wear one. As for make-up, I like

it, and I know it gives me more

self-confidence. An d anyone

wh o doesn't have to shave her

legs is stupid to do so, but de-

pilatories take o ff leg hair with-

out too much trouble. As for notshaving under the arms, this is

an old European idea. Latin

men, in particular, think unsha-

ven women are sexy.

"But the point of the article isthat the 'committed woman'

says 'M y body is me.' 'Al thoughshe makes herself attractive,'

the article goes on, 'she is notwilling to go through uncomfor-

table beauty rituals for the sake

of propriety or to conceal what

her body looks like.'

"I don't know if you want to

mix into this, but I think it gets

into your fie ld. — M.L.W.,

Hempstead, N.Y."

Let's take these things one by

one. I can't see that refusing to

wear make-up makes any wo-

man more "committed'' to the

cause of women's liberation. Ifany woman has a good clear

complexion, naturally red lips,

lustrous eyes and long

eyelashes, she certainly doesn't

need many of the cosmetic aids

other women lean on. I would

like to see less phony blonde,hair, but the right make-up

usually gives women a pleasant

lif t . Usually, too, it pleases their

husbands. (I know this is not

supposed to count).

On wearing stockings, this is

very much a matter of whatone's legs look like. I know a

w o m a n who went barelegged all

winter long and was covered

with goose pimples. She made

everybody else feel cold.

W o m e n with heavy veins would

no t only feel better with stock-

ings (probably support) but

could spare the public, which I

t h i n k is rather important.

On wearing a bra, you have

quoted me.On shaving your legs and

underarms, many legs that are

merely downy could be leftalone, but this

personal taste. Bushy under-

arms? Well, it just isn't part of

the American woman's cultural

pattern. Most women here want

to conform to this, as it is con-

sidered good grooming in

America.

It all boils down to this, Ithink: Are what the author calls

"uncomfortable beauty rituals"all that u n c o m f o r t a b l e ? I think

most women look f o r w a r d totheir beauty parlor appoint-

ments with pleasure an d oft enrelief. They come ou t feeling

rested an d more attractive —w h e t h e r or not they really are

more attractive makes no dif-

ference.

I think a man, too, who

shaves, has his hair tr immed

attractively, g ives himself a

manicure and improves his self-image certa inly is more a t t ra c-tive to the general public. Postcards, please.

Th e Last Beer"Dear Miss Vanderbilt:

Every time my sons come home

from college for a weekend, I

can be sure they will empty therefrigerator of beer. I can be

equally sure that if they have

borrowed the car they have leftit with just enough gas to get it

started. And they certainly

haven't emptied the ashtrays or

ha d the car washed, although I

always keep it in tip-top condi-

t ion."By the time I have dis-

covered their sins and omis-

sions, they are several hundred

miles away, and it is rather

hard to cope with this by mail or

p h o n e . I am sure other fathers

h a v e the same and additional

complaints. — G. D., Dallas,Texas."

We have the same trouble in

ou r house. I find that once the

children are out of college and

established in their own house-

holds, suddenly they seem tounderstand what we are talking

about. They have seen posses-

sions taken care of, and when

t h e y get their own they tend to

follow their parents' example.

Aft er all, by that time it is theirmoney that is involved — a n dtheir pride.

Am y Vanderbilt welcomes

y o u r letters and strives to an-

swer all those of general inter-

est in her column. Send your

questions and comments to her

in care o f Record & Landmark.

Violations

Are Found

Science or Youth e fi lm breaks.

C O M M E N T : Surface tension

can be measured this way. Co-

hesion and adhesion f o r m the

th in film between t h e wires — af i l m which is surprisingly

strong.

Cohesion: force holding asolid or liquid together because

of the attraction between like or

similar molecules.

By B OB B R O W NP R O B L E M : Surface tension

measurement.

NEEDED: Screen wire, a

glass of water.DO THIS: Cut the screen wire

to f o r m a box, as shown, and

attach single wires f r o m the

corners of the box to form ahandle. If the box is lowered

into the water so it is covered, a

film forms across the box end.

Then, as the box is pulled up- ing to a surface, as produced by

ward, it brings water with it for forces between unlike or dis-

a considerable distance before similar molecules.

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R A L E I G H — T h e report here

earlier that Gov. Jim Hols-

houser might go back before the

General Assembly and ask for

the repeal of the soft drink tax

and a hike in the obacco ax,seems to have at least some

credence.

Rookie Senator Mike Mullins

of Mecklenburg, a Republican,

introduced a bill weeks ago

C H A R L O T T E ( A P ) — T h eCharlotte City Council has been

permanently restrained fromf u r t h e r violations of North

Carolina's open meetings law,

in a ruling handed d o w n b y S u -perior Court Judge Frank W.Snepp.

Th e judge ruled Wednesday calling for the repeal of the softt h a t the council had violated the drink tax.

l a w . twice since Dec. 6,1971. He Mullins' proposal came just

e n j o i n e d further private after Gov. Holshouser gave his

sessions except as provided for tax message to the Legislature,in the law, which allows such and most people felt the Cover-meetings fo r discussion of legal, nor would be against the repeal

real estate, personnel and of the soft drink tax.

certain other narrowl y Some Republican legislatorsrestricted subjects. certainly fe lt that way at the

Snepp's ruling was the final time. The Leadership was quick

order in a suit filed in Decem- to jum p up and say that Mullins'

her, 1971, by Bill Arthur, a re- bill was not sanctioned by the

ported for the Charlotte Ob- GOP, especially since it might

server. be at loggerheads with Gov.

City attorney Henry Underbill Holshouser's program,

said the council may appeal the Some Republicans were say-

judge's ruling that it also vio- jng at the time that Mullins had

lated the open meetings law on |dUe(i himself with the bill, and

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is a matter of discussjon on a replacement for place of leadership in his party. Gordon ruled Thursday in f a v o rcouncil member Pat C a l h o u n . Looking back, however, it

Th e council had been under a appears Senator Mullins might

temporary restraining order nave k n o w n something about

thatrowingsuit.

Th e open meetings law, Snepp

said, "clearly states ... that the

business of legislative an d

ou t of the reporter's the Governor's desires

other Republicans did not.

Criticism of Mullins fo r intro-

ducing bm nas come to ascreeching halt. Some whoexecutive bodies be conducted jumped him originally are now

in meetings open t o t h e public." gOUig to vote his way if th eHe added, however, that ex- opportunity presents itself.

ceptions to the rule are stated in House Speaker Jim Ramsey

asked Gov. Holshouser recently

if h e w a s going to ask for repeal

of t he soft d rink tax. T he Gover-

nor, I am told, responded by

saying he wanted to keep all his

a m b i g u o u s language.

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B e r m u d a , Britain's oldest

r e m a i n i n g c ol on y, w as

f o u n d e d by accident. W h e nth e sailing vessel S ea Ven-

t u r e , b o u n d f r o m England toV i r g i n i a , sank of f Bermuda

in 1609, he r survivors set-

t le d o n t h e island.

options open.

All talk of repealing th e softdrink tax is coupled with a

desire to raise the tax on to-

bacco. The East is bitterly

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of Baxter K. Williams, former

principal of South Albemarle

School .W i l li a m s h a d been offe re d an

assistant principal's position at

either a junior or a senior high

school, w h i c h would include

teaching duty about 50 per cent

of th e time. He declined an d

s o u g h t other employment, wor-king for a time at Barber ̂ Scot iaCollege in Concord a n d t h ePender C o u n t y public school

system.

Judge Gordon ruled that Wil-

liams was entitled to recover

th e money h e spent in seeking

other employment. Th e judge

n o t e d that t h e Albemarle school

board h ad offe re d Williams t h esame salary, $9,494, to fi l l anassistant principal's job as hehad received in his f i n a l year as

principal at South Albemarle,

bu t ruled this w a s n o t s u f f i c i e n tto o v e r c o m e t he demotion effec tof t h e o f f e r .

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CARROLL RIOHTIft

ArriveN A S H V I L L E , Tenn. (AP)-A \\>̂ «« '»• '•»« ««• »« «

U n i v e r s i t y o f Mississippi re-

searcher has predicted that GENER AL TENDENCIES:

m a r i j u a n a will never be legal- A good d a y t o make a special

ized because it has no point to eliminate whatever

therapeutic use. confusion has built up in your

D r C o y W . Waller, a profes- mind by double checking th e Carroll R i g h t e r Forecast,sor of pharmacy an d consultant logical soundness of your pro- Record & Landmark, P.O. Boxto th e Center for the Study of J e c t . Be sure th e facts an d 629, Hollywood, C a l i f . 90028.N a r c o t i c Abuse of the National f igures under w h i c h y o u a r eInstitute of Mental Health, d e- operating a re correct. Be Alert,

scribed some of his research ARIES (Mar. 21 to Apr. 19)into marijuana at a Vanderbilt Go o the right sources to obtain

Universi ty seminar. the data you need. You can easily handle those errands that

"To be egalized," he s a i d , ' M t hflve been accumuiating for

Carroll Ri ghter's Indivi dual

Forecast fo r y o u r sign for 'Aprilis now ready. For y o u r cbpy

send your birthdate a n d $ 1 to

Letters

To Editormust be e f f e c t i v e an d safe.time. Also, do your shop- jothe Editor:hJW«A V> V» »« «» »«•»»» MV •— - ••

There is no therapeutic use of ^ and get big resultSi

m a r i j u a n a that cannot be filled practical

by some other drug so t can't be TAURUS(Apr.2o to May 20) C11CI

proven e f f e c t i v e and cannot be Use care in handling your mone- stateSilArtaivAn . .

There is de fin ite ly a severe

e n e r g y shortage i n t h e United

legalized." taryandpropertyaffairs or you

Waller said his clinical work could get into trouble. Get ad-

at Mississippi shows that mari- vice you need from an expert,

j u a n a use acts as a motor stim- Make certain your in tuitive

u l a n t in its early stage. But, he

c o n t i n u e d , with more use i tcauses a sedative or withdrawal

action.

"In testing animals," he said,

sedative stage disappears."

Tolerance to the stimulant

stage, he continued, does not

bui ld u p a n d f i g h t i n g broke ou t

A c c o r d i n g t o Congressman

W illia m Scherle of Iowa, "The

environmentalists themselves

h a v e h a d a n indirect bu t notice-

able hand in worsening th ee n e r g y shortage. Th e e n v i r o n -mental movement has halted

projects to release trapped oil

a n d g a s b y nuclear explosion,

faculties are working ac-

curately.

G E M I N I ( M a y 21 to June 21)It may be fine to try to get y o u r -

_ _ self looking more charming, but

a f t e r c o n t i n u e d dosage the anl take care you don't get a bizarre deiayed the Alaska pipeline,

imals build up olerance and the effect

-Much tect 1S alsoneces-

prevented dam-building, f o r c e dsary in social matters. Talking

too much could prove danger -

ous.M O O N CHILDREN (June 22

to July 21) Attend t o t h e worka m o n g theanimals w h e n they you have todoand avoid tne

opposed to that and will figh t itto the end.

A n y h o w , don't be surprised ifHolshouser does make another

appearance before the General

Assembly in a month or six

weeks t o a s k f o r t h e soft drink

tax to be dropped.

That's the rumor around the

capital at this time. And Mike

Mullins, the freshman senator

from Mecklenburg, is no longer

getting icy stares f r o m his fel-

low Republicans.

Maybe we're misreading the

situation, but something

def ini tely appears to be in the

wind.

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Is OrderedG R E E N S B O R O (AP) - A

f o r m e r principal of a n Albe -marle high school who declined

to accept a lesser position w h e nhi s school was closed during in-

tegration is to be offe re d a

principalship for the 1973-74school year and $6,767 damages,

a federal judge has ruled.

District Judge Eugene A.

juana.

BirthdaysMarch 11

Richard Patierno

Mrs. Harold HobbsDavid Ross

Virginia Marlow

Betty S ue Troutman

R. R. Sprinkle

Emma Lea Tharpe

Julia An n Redman

Mrs. D. F. Dowell

Floyd Levan

Joyce Alle n Glasscock

Mrs. J. M. Ratledge

Ha M ae Pope

Mrs. Garland Tedder

Mrs. D. N. McLelland

Bonnie K. Bowers

Mrs. Violet B . Morrison

Ricky Edwards

James Dummers, Jr.Larry York

Mrs. John F . Robertson

Lor i Ann Myers

Edna Rodgerson

K a t h y JollyMrs. Linda Mitcham

Maria Blair Compton

M a r y L y n n Sherrill

Alfred Redman

William Eugene Ray, II

D o n n a Williams

B e c k y Deal•w

March 12Macie Compton

Ricky Alan CookLeon Smith

Donald Ray S t r o u dKaren Norton

Mrs. T. E. Bowman

Frank Holcombe

David Heath

John Hawley

Fred D. Summers

Tommy Autrey

R a n d y Elliott

T o m m y Lee Cash

Lester Sherrill

Mrs. David Heath

Peggy June Jordan

Mrs. T. S. Compton

Daniel Gray Redmond

Thomas Lee Barnes

Mrs. C. H. Weber

Mrs. Gladys Williams

G e n e Sprinkle

Howard Eddie Y o u n t zMrs. C l y d e Q u a r yMrs. J. M. Hepler

R. P. WilhelmS u s a n Black

Mrs. Junior M a y b e r r yJe ffe ry Parker

D o u g l a s Lee Patterson

Hurley Morgan

Gilber t Davidson

Sherri L y n n Fortner

Joel Mitchell

M a d e l i n e Sloan

N e a l Johnson

Harold K n o xM i c h a e l Setzer

Asalee D a l t o nMrs. Steve Davidson

Larry WilsonEtta BrownM e l a n i e Janvrin

Mrs. Phyllis Summers

power companies to abandon

river and lake sites and caused

more than t w e n t y delays in the

construction of nuclear power

plants."Let's not get carried away by

of the game. Your hunches are

no t working properly so don't

rely on them. Us e your ow njudgment.

LE O (July 22 to Aug. 21)M o r n i n g i s fine fo r enjoying th ecompany of good friends, bu tlater you should avoid an acti-

vity that is not to your liking.

Gaining your personal goals re-

quires y o u n o t t o c o n f i d e inothers.

VIRGO (Aug. 22 to Sept. 2 2)Take care of those business

matters even though you are not

in the mood for them. It will be

more d iff icu l t later on. Handle a

civic matter to which you may

have committed yourself.

LIBR A (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22)Yo u have ideas, some good,

some bad, so be sure to put the

best to work after testing them

fo r practicality and worth.

Make sure you carry through

with any promises made. Be

cooperative.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 o Nov. 21)

Put all your energy to workh a n d l i n g responsibilities and

keeping promises you have

made t o others. A hunch you've

had is entirely erroneous so for-

Sincerely,

C . C . Moseley

Glendale, C a l i f .

Burn Center

Funds AskedR A L E I G H ( A F ) — A G u i l f o r d

C o u n t y senator introduced

legislation Friday calling for a

state appropriation o f $1,250,000to establish a center in Me-

morial Hospital at Chapel Hill

for th e treatment of severely

b u r n e d persons.

Sen. McNeill Smith, wh osponsored the measure, said

several doctors "have spoken to

me about the need for such a

center in N o r t h Carolina."

S m i t h said that at present

persons wh o s u f f e r severe burns

are "being treated throughout

ou r state in hospital wards with

o t h e r patients."

"In many instances, because

of th e danger of infection,"

these patients should be iso-

get it and avoid trouble. Relax lated," Smith said.

tonight.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 toDec. 21) Don't t r y t o force anassociate t o d o what y ou wish;

there could be a severance of

connections. Listen to his ideas

and then come to a mutual un-

derstanding. This can lead to

success.C A P R I C O R N (Dec. 22 o Jan.

20) Y ou have many duties

ahead of you, but i f you sche-

dule your time well, yo u findthey are not as formidable as

yo u think. Persevere and you

make real headway. Take

health treatment.

AQUAR IUS (Jan. 21 to Feb.

19) Yo u want entertainment,

but be sure y ou stay with th etried and acceptable and all will

w o r k o ut fine for you. P u t a n e wskill to work an d others will ap -preciate y ou more.

PISCES (Feb. 20 to Mar. 2 0)Cooperate at home where mak-

in g improvements are con-cerned an d save money. Y ouc an derive much pleasure f r o mi t . A new plan needs more study

be fore taking action.

IF YOUR CHILD IS BOR NTODAY . . . he or she will be

o n e o f those charming y o u n gpeople wh o will have much

c a p a b i l i t y along inventive ines,

so be certain to direct th ee d u c a t i o n i n that f i e l d , an dthere will be much success.

T e a c h t o complete whatever

ha s once been started. A goodacademic training is f i n e fo rt h i s most active an d precise

m i n d . Teach t he importance ofm o r a l i t y early in life.

"The Stars im pel, they d o n o tcompel," W h a t yo u make of

y o u r life is largely up to YOU

He added th e burn center

w o u l d have 25 beds.

Th e following m a y b e borrow-

ed from Iredell Public Library,

h o u r s 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. M o n d a yt h r o u g h Friday; 9 a.m. t o 6 p.m.

Saturday, or o ff th e bookmobi le."The Story of Capital Hill" by

Paul Herron is an entertaining

an d i n f o r m a t i v e history an dg u i d e to the buildings and resi-

dences, past an d present, ofCapi ta l Hill.

W a y n e Short tells the ad-

venturous story o f w h a t hap-

pened wh e n he brought h i s n e wb r i d e north to Alaskaan d raised

a f a m i l y i n a f r o n t i e r land. All of

w h i c h he described in "This

Ra w Land."

World War I" is an excellent

short account of the firs t W orldWa r b y S . L . A . Marshall.

"Great Stagecoach Robbers

Of Th e West" by Eugene Block

is a colorful recreation of a nexci t ing era.

"The C o u n t e r f i et Spy" is the

u n t o l d story ( u n t i l now) of ap h a n t o m army that deceived

Hitler .In SixFranks Abroad,"

Charles Frank details the

problems he and his f a m i l y en-

countered during their ad-

ventures in Europe.

"Bridge I n T h e Sky byFrank D o n o v a n is the story o fth e Berlin a i r l i f t .

In "The Romans Were Here,"

Jack Lindsay goes f r o mCaesar's invasion in 55 B. C. toth e fa ll of Roman Britain by A.D. 450, as he traces the develop-

m e n t of Britain through 500years of national changes an dconflic ts ,

"The Shadow O f T h e Dam"

by David H o w a r t h i s Africa's

great d am project — a n d t h eheroic struggle to save the

n a t i v e life of Kariba f r o m t h ethreatening waters.

"Once A r o u n d Lightly" byRobert St. John is about thetravel adventures in the great

cities of the Far East f r o mTeheran to Tokyo w h e n S t. John

and his wife circled the globe.

Th e story of one of th e most

terrible tragedies -in th e annals

of marine history is discussed in"Death On The Ice by Cassie

Brown in which sh e discusses

the great N e w f o u n d l a n d sealing

disaster of 1914.

Blood mobile

Visit Slated

Th e American Red Cross

b l o o d m o b i l e w i l l be inStatesville o n Tuesday for an in-p l a n t visit at Uniglass In-

dustries.

Th e blood collection will be a tR a c e Street Unite d Methodist

C h u r c h .

NOTICEAll Christmas Flowers will be

removed from the graves atIredell Memorial Park

NEXT TUESDAY, MARCH 13

Al l Keepsakes must be removedby that time

IREDELL MEMORIAL P A R KRay Long, Manager

Route 10,

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