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COULP RIDE WITH THE THOSE .
NEXT DELIVERY AND _/ CREEPS/ T CAN
PO A WRITE-UP > “FE !

ABOUT IT!

by iohany # Hart |

T DONT: KNOW. ...He NEVER COULD \
CET HIS FACE COP HS MOUTH.)

: ae bs Gany Twdeou-

SCH DOYY |
FEEL ABOUT ALL
| O THIS, REKT.
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RICK, TM APRA WE 0 .
HAUG TOR SURE? MAY-
| Nor HAWING IT Be we soe’).
| AReREQNY FAD aNoPER| | Ann,
OPTIONS. l: DOCTOR. ° : tpees wiilten. the carry the

a ato ups that will provide /

MeL then: ashamed : ‘an ‘alraid to:
reg ‘adil they. are’ abusing.their
- children and'they. don’! . know
where to go for hel

: “the! ‘édr “and the ‘mother who’

. Pez ANG | WOULD vee)

(4 ET. AARRIED

Wie THIS SA |
RUBLE RING >|

“owas slamming -herspurge over.
- tile child's head, hdre is what.1
"would-have done:.In a-qulet,
; Ron-aecusalery tane of voice L.
wand aay "You must be very...
2 upset. w th:
; _ probably deserves, to be" pun:
shed, but you arechitting him =:
~ g lot harder than-you mean to. - =).
‘Please-call any school principal -- ~

‘goin ng to derby
in

m
Is pemyt not overwelght._

changes
(} eves yell or or act boise

8 I make rett ood a :
“ aml y y sone I.

am active in

. {9} I live in a big house and
my arents are

0) T am not stuck on: my-

Please tell me‘ why 1 can't
“seem to get a ho: nm —

Did you nctire that you
began every sentencé of your

. description with the word ‘“Z"?
Maybe,, when. vou begin to |

think more sbout “U," your
problem will he solved.
Church support

“I was interested in the per-
son who woudered how many
of your readers received help

- when it was sought from

I counsellors or clergy-
‘men. ;

T wonder how many
support their church wil oath
their presence’ and the:
money. Unfortunately, any
churches = have found jt neces-
sary to Himittheir counselling
services in the conumunity be-
cause too many people use the ..

church for three occasions ©

only — to hatch ‘em, match
‘om and dispatch'em. —~ -
Unless the members give of
themselves aan the Tit
sources regu and not jus
-on the oecasions of birth, mar-
riage and death, the smaller

- ehurches will disappear and .

there will be no counselling
available for anyone.

Get this message across to
your readers, Ann. They need

to see it, — B.Q. in Charlton
' City, Mass,

“You did — and I thank you.
- Welfare blues

Canj you use one Thore re-

‘sponse to the woman whe com-
plained because her welfare
check was cut by exactly the

amount she earned at her new————

part-time job? She asked.
“Why should I work at all tf I

‘ ’ . come out exact the same as. -*

She'll find the answer ‘to ”

that question in her’ own let- -
’ ter. She wrote:

*] finally applied: for. Pubic
~assistance. ¥ nearly di
side. No one can know the! feel
‘ing without going through It.”
She's talking about loss of
pride...

“I was determined to get. off.

». “Whe dole as soon as possible.” = -~

_ She's talking about inc¢ntive,.

__,.“Belng an honest person, I
_immediately reported my. .

earnings to the Department of:
‘Social Services.” An honest
person wouldn’t sit on her Hutt

* and collect welfare if she had
- ”. the opportunity to work,

thine asks, “Isn't there comic”
ne with the
rovides no Incentive to

. that ” and she adds, “No won-

‘der this country is in-a finan-

“at ak “ian there | thing
it some

wrong with a person who has

ne ne iaventive: provide for

- herself?” and I add, “Is this:
— why our cout is in a fina

elal.mess?” — ere Is A Bet-
ter Way
Thanks for the banquet,

I saw something "yesterday
that I have seen belore. y

. always causes me hours ot

aren was etting

m
crying 33 ing We I ning my ca

In the car —
Taine saw ian slap-

fog a ch id inthe face over

aver again and shaking |

‘him by the shoulders, The boy .,

was about 5, his llttle face red

. &s ca be and his eyes swollen.

I was heartsick as I drove off, .
Last week ] saw a mother in. -

@ store slam her over. wo
the head of hor littie girl, who. |
~~~ goulkdn’t have been more than —
4 ears oki. The woman kept...

ye 1 “Stop, crying or sets r
get ms ttiore.”
, it ust tears my

memory. of those frightened.

little faces with me forever, I :

. fel€ as if I giaula have’ done!
_. -fomet to help, but what ree
* COULDT have dune? :

- Please print this letter along:
with an answer to people. who

~«wibiess such things, -

~-Parente ‘who beat up inelr-

co schildren’ need help,and there.

are several. excel ent set
“The -
lem is that the parents-are «.

Tn the cases. df t the f father’ ‘In

the. child dnd he -

ora clergyman and ask for the

tough on their kids.”

» vou, Alin, aut bope x on.
what tis cs :

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