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Daily Gazette, Monday, November 21, 1966 Indians and Animals Favorite Topics for Whitewater Carver By WALLY E. SCHULZ WHITEWATER-Ted Chester Lawton, 76, Whitewater, has a hobby of carving pictures and from wood. "My holrfjy began about 20 years ago," said Lawton. "I used to work at a scout camp and camd figures for the boys. I gave away many of my first efforts.

EJveryone encouraged me in (he beginning, so I then taclc- led more difficult carvings." Tlie walls of the wood carver's garage are lined witli many Wstoncal pdotures carved from wood. There are also many of and Indians. Even the walls in his home are decorated with pictures and carvings he's made in his spai-e time. "I guess my love for Indian end historic subjects comes from my early life," said Lawton. "My father and I cleared land at Falls when I was a young lad, It was cleared for a ehett) rancher.

We worked there for four years. I met many Indians and worked side by side with I also hunted and fished with them. I guess that's of my wood carvings reflect Indian subjects," 30 by 12 Scene One carving 30 by 12 inches portrays an Indian paddling past a white man's fort. It was carved from a solid block of wood Most of them are done from pine wood. His tools consist of rasps, pocket knives, chisels and hammer.

"When I start a wood-carving picture, I make a sketch on a cliunk of wood," said Law. ton. "Then I hold it in my lap and sometimes use the hammer and wood chisel. Whenever I get the mood or notion, I start to carve away on a project." There is a set of four large carved pictures in his collection which represent the periods of 1600 through 1900. Each picture shows the changes made during the elapse of lOO years.

It shows how the country was dense with trees and how tiiey have become almost extinct in spots. A pair of black cherry book cases stand feet high In the living room of the home. They ard decorated with carvings of leaves and grapes, "My favorite carving is the figure of an Indian," smiled Mrs. Lawton, who has a hobby of needlepoint work. "The carving sets close to the wall and would look nice in any home." Wood Mnst Be Dried Lawton says the wood he uses must be dried thoroughly and wei' seasoned.

He prefers to use Wisconsin sugar white pine. "The wood should have smooth solid grain," said Lawton. "Otherwise, it will split. This could ruin the entire candng. I sometimes use mahogany that has soft grain." The carvings take from a month to sue wedcs to complete.

He doesn't work on a carving steadily. One unusual picture reveals a buck and doe running between two huge tree trunks. The carving is done in mahogany wood. The back has been finished with shellac. When a light bulb is.held behind the picture, it gives the scene the appearance of a forest fiire.

The pair of deer seem to be fleeing from it. It's impressive and attracts attention when it's exhibited at art shows. School Topic of Carving There are carvings of buffalo, Longhom steers, cowboys and their six guns drawn, Indians and log cabins. A favorite of his (with many LaGRANGE SCHOOL Ted Lawton is shown here with a carving of the La Grange School which he attended. (Wally Schultz Photo) memories linked to it) is the old grade school at La Grange.

It was at this school that his grandfather taught, his uncles attended and his father and he, too, got part of their educations. His carving shows a broom standing in the doorway, a pile of fresh split wood near the building and the dinner buckets on the top step. The scene hi wood brhigs back many memories of the one room schoolhouse. Another cabm scene shows a young boy and getting a LAWTON CARVINGS Indians are a favorite subject of Ted Lawton, Whitewater wood sculptor. He Is shown here holding an Indian mounted on a horse.

Other carvings are on the table. pail of water and stealing a kiss in the moonlight. "I had almost completed this carving of a Texas Longhorn when the tip of the horns snapped off," said Lawton. "I had to glue it back on. It's one of the favorites with folks that view my collection," An Indian boy on his sleek pony mounted atop a stone wall as a lookout is an mterest- ing one.

The carving is 14 inches tall. A huge arrow head measuring about 36 mches long has been carved from black cherry wood. On it Lawton has mounted his collection of arrowheads found in the La Grange area. Lived at Falton The graceful figure of an Indian hand, shooting an arrow has been done in pine. It stands 14 mches high and 12 inches wide and was inspired by the Hiawatha song.

Lawton was married in 1920 and farmed for IS years at Elk Mound, Wis. He recalls living in a log cabin in Fulton when he was a youngster. His father was a school teacher and also an editor of the Whitewater Gazette at one time. At various tunes, Lawton has exhibited his wood carvings in store windows, Madison art shows and nearby cities. His fame has spread by word of mouth.

"When it comes to putting a price on my wood carvings the public isn't a very good judge," said Lawton. "They don't seem to realize the time that goes into a handcarved picture or figure. They don't want to pay what they are worth." But on special occasions, close friends of his are surprised with a gift of a woodcarving. Now that he is growing older, he av. erages only a few a year.

"I'm always getting an Idea for a new one." said Lawton. "I've got a headful of them right now. I better hurry up and get them carved out of wood." TODAY In History By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Today is Monday, Nov. 21, the 32501 day of 1966. There are 40 days left in the year.

RY WAY Honesty Shoulc. Be Encouragec. DEAR ANN LANDERS: Please teU a couple of dislHusioned teen-agers who can a person trust any more. My friend and I were walking to town. I saw an eight- transistor radio lyhig on a curb lawn.

It looked nearly new and in pretty good shape so I picked it By Ann Landers up. We decided to ring tiie doorbell and ask if the radio belonged to anyone the house. A lady who answered the bell said the radio was not hers but perhaps it belonged next door. We tried next door and the woman there said the radio belonged to her son who was always losing things. Whene I got home I told my mother what we had done.

She said, "You certainly behaved like fools. Anybody would have daimed the radio whether it was or not. That's human nature," Please don't get the idea my mother is a crook. She's really a very nice person, but I felt awfully let down after she made that remark. Is this the way people really DEAR DISS: SOME people are like that, mifortnnately.

bnt obviously yon aren't, and neither are millions of other decent, honorable folks. It would have been nice if the lady who claimed the radio had given you and your friend a conple of dollars for yonr "trouble." Honesty should be encouraged by rewarding those who really believe in it. DEAR ANN LANDERS: I am 22, married for two years and have a Uttie girl. Both my husband and I work. We each drive our own car, I don't know if the trouble is me, my folks.or my car.

Anyway, it's getting me down and I need help. Because I am working I don't have time to do my housework and marketing and many tilings most women do. My mother helps me a lot. My sister babysits whenever I need her. We are a very close family.

Almost every evening my mother or sister phones and asks me to drive one of them some place, I usuaMy have to take them home, too. My husband is gettmg annoyed vrith these calls and has told me to say no. He says I work stU day and should not.be to drive them around at night. I want to please my husband but I also feel I should help out my family smce they help me. What is your DEAR So long as you accept favors you are obliged to repay them.

My advice is to hire help or stay home and do yonr own work and leave yonr relatives alone. Then yon can say no without feeling guilty, and yon will also be able to keep the peace with yonr husband, which should be yonr major concern. The Viewpoint Changes After They Say 'I Do' He married her because among other things, her hair looked so beautiful. He divorced her because she spent so mxKJh tune fixing her hair. She married him because his muscles rippled so when he swam.

She divorced him because he spent more Strictly Personal By SYDNEY J. HARRIS time In the bedroom doing setting-up exercises than anything else. He married her because she was such an adept conversationalist, never at a loss for a wonl. He divorced her because she never got off ihe telephone. She married him because he loved to take her dancing.

She divorced hhn because he was "tired" most of the time. She married him because she was so "vivacious," He divorced her because she was too restless. She married him because he oould sapport her in a lavish style. She divorced him because he had too firm a hold on the pxirse-strings. He married her because their families shared a common background.

He divorced her because her family kept interfering in their affairs. She married him because he had a robust masculine appetite and appreciated her cooking. She him because he never wanted to take her out to eat. He married her because she was quick, neat, and intelligent. He divorced her because she had absolutely no patience with the children, who were sometimes slow, slovenly, and She married him because he was a "real sport." She divorced him because he refused to give up the sporting life.

He married her because they shared the same intellectual and political beliefs. He divorced her because she wasn't interested in anything but the house and the Mds. She married him because he was so courteous and attentive in all the little things that matter so to a woman. She divorced him because he was so punctilious about little things, and so oblivious to important things. He married her because aH the other men were so impressed with her magnificent fig- xire.

He divorced her, after the third child, because she had "let herself go." Today's highlight history: On this date in 1877, Thomas A. Edison announced in Menlo Park, that he had invented a talking machme, the phonograph. On this date: In 1789, North Carolina ratified tile United States Constitution In 1894, the Japanese captured Port Arthur, Manchuria. In 1910, Russian author Leo Tolstoy died. In 1940, John L.

Lewis resigned as president of the CIO. In 1943, U.S. forces were meeting stiff opposition from the Japanese in the Battle of Tarawa. Ten years ago Egyptian President Nasser declared that he would never become, as he put it, "the stooge or satellite or pawn or hireling of anybody." He said Egypt would remain free of all foreign ideologies and that the idea of trying to create an Arab empire or of trying to dominate such an empire is, in his words, "repugnant to Egypt and to me." Five years ago The Soviet Union accepted and Anglo-American proposal to resume three- power talks on a treaty to ban nuclear weapons tests. One year ago Austrian diplomats said Romania had opened talks with both the United States and Nortii Viet Nam seeking to start negotiations to end the Viet Nam war.

Big Snow Job Camp Century, a United States Army post in Greenland, was built 30 feet beneath the snow. To keep the tunnels clear, 40 tons oi Ice must be shaved Confidential to GUILTY OF POOR MANNERS AND WANT TO MAKE AMENDS: If only poor manners were involved in this mess it wouldn't be so bad. You've told so many lies to so many people that I don't see how you can look any of them ia the eye. Keep quiet and leave bad enough alone. BY JAY BECKER FAMOUS HANDS West dealer.

East-West vulnerable. NORTH ASS J4 A J975 WEST EAST 4 7543 4KJ9 10 54 frsl72 4KQ9 4A10 72 4864 4kQ10 SOUTH 4 A 10 6 VKQJ3 4863 AK32 The bidding: West North East Sonth Pass 1 4 Pass 1 Pass 2 4, Pass 3 NT Opening of spades. This hand was played on Bridgeorama in New York during the match between Argentina and the United States in 1959. The large audience, which could see all four hands on the electronic contraption, had some tense moments as the bidding and play developed. To begin with, the Argentine North (Castro) opened the bid- dmg with a diamond! He could not open with a club because that bid, in the system he and his partner (Dibar) were playing, would have represented a different type of hand.

The bidding then proceeded normally to ttiree notrump. Tlie American West (Stak- gold) led a spade. The audimce could see that a diamond lead would have defeated the contract at once, and could also see, now that a spade had been led, that declarer could make four notrump by sunply rejecting the club finesse. But the play didn't go that way, of course. Declarer played a low spade from dummy and took the jack with the ace.

He then cashed the kuig of clubs and made the percentage of finessmg the jack. The jack lost to the queen and the roof caved in. East (Harmon) returned a low diamond and the defense proceeded to cash five diamonds as well as the king of spades to defeat the contract three tricks. The audience, mosUy partial to the United States team, got a big kick out of the hand cause they knew that at the previous table the North American pair had bid and made four hearts with the North-South cards and thus scored a net gain of 570 points on the deal. The biddmg had gone: West North East South Pass 14 1V Pass 2 Pass 4 The declarer (Fishbehi, play- uig with Hazen) guessed the club situation and wound up losing two diamonds and a spade for a score of 420 pomts.

A Columnist's Tribute to a Deceased Brother NEW YORK (AP)-In every large Irish family there is one child who seems closer to God than the others. The finger of heaven seemed to point at tiie third son of five chi dren my mother This Is his birthday, and today, although he is young among the angels, he would be 54 years old if he were still what is termed Mama, in the grip of childbirth, seemed to name her children in the flowing, old-fashioned style of penmanship that flaunted a flourish. Before or after she came out of the ether, she decided that her third-bom one after be known in City Hall records as Cornelius Gerald Boyle. MAMA'S doctor in those days got a little annoyed with her because, although she yielded all her children reasonably easy in her home born in a bad this romantic penchant for long names. A tired doctor in those days, having a cup of coffee in fhe kitchen after an always successful delivery, hated the chore of writing down the infant's hiterminable identity.

CJomelius Gerald immediately became Neil. In a rude Irish brood, he bad a gentieness that set him apart. He was by far the quickest mind of us all, but there was a softness to his soul that made him different. At the table he was tile last to reach fOr a second helping. He didn't like to compete for advantage.

By Hal Boyle AS CHILDREN, we were favorite brothers, slept hi the same bed. It was ritual for us to scratoh each other's back before we fell asleep the winter underwear in those days kept kids in constant itch but we never told each other who we were, or discussed our dreams. There was just a faith and a liking. The whisper of God readied down to Neil, but never me. The atmosiAere of a large Irish family in those days was a capsule history of the Irish fate loud with brags, hopes, denunciations, interior betrayal, and a seeking of importance by gaining audience.

It is a curse of the that so many of them aspire to the conduct of Wngs, reckless of reckoning. THESE family hurrahs hurt the heart of Neil. He used to lie silenUy on tiie floor during them, his head based on the pillow of his folded hands, hearing above the family tempests word of call to him. He decided to become a priest, and was about to go away to study and become one. An infection common in those days Intervened and left him with a crippled heart.

Neil then became one of many Irish who can't quite serve God to Uie fulness of their childhood choice and then bi come a prisoner of home and never get away. The Army Air Corps took Ijlnt in Worid War II and he loaded the guns in airplanes abroad in which he never flew or pulled, a trigger. He was not bom to kill. HE LIKED to be useful, children and old people tmsted him. A littie more than a year ago Jn Kansas City he was mowing the lawn for a nice old lady aci'osS the street and suddenly keeled over dead without question Or outcry.

Firemen came with oxygen tanks, but Neil had left home forever. Bending over his coffhi, mother flecked a spot of dust from his undertaker-adjusted face, kissed him, and said an IrM goodby to the first loss from her womb: "You look lovely, Neil. Dbnt worry, dear, I'll be with you soon." Well, of course Mama is only 79, and the rest of her children have no intention of allowing her this final reunion very soon; We are selfish enough to continue to demand her cheer, evei though one of her sons remains away the first to take flight from here, her brightest and periiaps her best. And this, my dear brother, if my nosegay on your birthday ti you. HeUo, Neil, Divorce, Alabama Style WASHINGTON The editor of the Adkondaok Daily Enterprise has just presented me with a terrible thought.

He wondered what would happen if Lurleen Wallace, the governor elect of Alabama, would suddenly decide to divorce her husband, George, It couldn't happen, of course, because I understand they're very happy together but let's just say for argument's sake it did. There is nothing in the Alabama Constitution that makes provision for the governor of the state to divorce her husband, so they would have to talk it over to reach an amicable settiement. "GEORGE, I have something to tell you. I want to get a divorce." "But, Governor, why?" Wallace says. "Ever since I was elected to this office we've been drifting apart.

You've been bouncing al over the United States saying you want to run for president, and you've left me at home to work over a hot desk vetomg bills, making out the budget and segregating tiie schools." "But, Honey, I'm doing it for you," Wallace protests. "Don't call me Honey." "I'm sorry. Governor. You must understand I'm doing this for you. If I'm elected president, I can take you away from all this squalor and we can build a decent life for ourselves Washington, I'd like to stay here with you, but the votes are out there." "But you told me if I ran for governor all I would have to do is appear on television with you.

Now it turns out I'm doing all the work. You know how I am about balancing a budget." Wallace says, "We can't get a divorce. Think of our political futures. The scandal would rock the white citizens councils all over America." "I'm not interested in a political future, George. All I want is a husband who will be there when I come home at night so I can discuss my problems with him.

If a governor can't talk to her husband, who can she talk to?" "You know what I think, Lurleen? This job has gone to your head. You were a nice, sweet, simple girl when I made you governor, and now you're starting to believe the things the white backlash are saying about you." By Art Buchwald "You didn't make me governor of Alabama, The people did. When I ran for this office I said I would not be beholden to any man, and that includes you, George." "That's what I call gratitude. You were my creation. No one heard of you before I started building you up.

It was my name got you elected. How many votes do you think you would have got if your name was Carmichael?" "THERE IS NO sense discuss- uig this any further, I thmk we should start talldng about a property settiement, I would to keep the governor's mansioQ and have custody of the National Guard, You can have visiting rights to the gasrd on weekends and two weeks during th9 summer." "How could you do that whei you know what the National Guard means to me? They nee4 a father." "The courts will be on my side," Mrs. Wallace says, "I also want Birml- ingham and Mobile. You can have Lowndes County and Setma." "It isn't fah-," Waiace criesL "I worked hard for Montgomery', Bhmingbam and Mobile." "Louis Nizer, my says I don't have to even give you Sehna. But I'd like to ror mahi friends with you." I "What about the University ci Alabama?" "It's mme, George, but Louii Nizer says that any time you want to you can stand in the door." DR.

JOS. G. MOLNER To Your Good Health (First of two Artides) Dear Dr. Mohier; What is the cause of Parkmson's Disease? Would there be any symptoms in advance? -M. M.

Parkinson's Disease (or kinsonism) is also called paralysis agitans, which means a rigidity ot the muscles and tremors. It is not paralysis in the sense of being unable to move; it is a difficulty controlling movement. It results from a chronic disorder of certain segments of the mid-brain which have to do with control of motion, and appears to be caused by decreased blood supply to the result of hardening of the arteries. Parkinsonism now affects an estunated 1 ,500,000 Americans, and as the number of older people increases, probably so will Paridnsonism. Early symptoms usually are a tremor of one hand; hand and foot movements slow up; writing becomes difficult.

At this point I must warn that Challenge Frequently Keeps Dieter in Line When the hicentive to lose iveight is heightened by some special forthcoming event, shaping up and slunming down becomes an hivigorating challenge, element of excitement keeps you advancing happily toward your goal. What really happens is that suddenly you are lifted out of the humdrum. This is the case with the homemaker in today's story. Two months hence she is going back to her home town, her first visit in seven years. Family and friends will all be eager to see her and the new baby.

To fill in the background, here is part of her letter: "JUST CALL me Teddy Bear! I'm 5' VA" tall and look as if I weighed 140 pounds because of bulges, I'm 'no' size. That is, I can't fit into my regular size 13; half-sizes are not right for me and 15's are large through Keep in Trim By Ida Jean Kain the shoulders. Because of the baby, brisk walks are out, "My waist, hips, legs and arms need and oh those awful bulghig muscles! You see, our baby didn't arrive until I was 38. On the weight score, my trouble has been second and third helpings, and a snack in the afternoon. And usually ice cream with cake or pie while watching TV in the evenings.

But I believe I can shape up and slim down and wear my size 13 clothes plus some new ones which my husband has promised when I readi my right size." CHEERS FOR the positive tone of your letter. The challenge of going back home with that "miracle" baby vrill lend wmgs to your efforts. Your food habits are good. You need to retrain your appetite so you will feel satisfied on less quantity. Overeating "stretched" your stomacii, enlarging your food capacity.

Stop overeating stop wanthig to overeat. Leave off sweets for sweets trigger hunger. End the meal with a protein six toasted almonds, or a half ounce wedge of cheese with a hot beverage. Or choose a diet pudding made with skhn milk. Eat balanced meals, but stop before you get the "full" feeling.

Have pickup late afternoon, fruit or skim milk Or hot cocoa made with flkim milk. A hard-cooked egg with crisp celery sticks satisfymg. and hot tea is NOW FOR exercise. CJould you borrow a baby buggy and you and the baby go for brisk walks, 30 mhiutes in the morning and 30 minutes later in the day. Walking moves the whole body, reduces weight and improves general muscle tone.

To lose inches: Set a definite time for precision calisthenics and never miss. Daily exercise will help you to look and be, hiches slimmer. Stretch and bend to slim the waist, contract with abdominals and swhig to tone hip muscles. Special exercises will be given next session. Happy slimming! Send stamped, self-addressed long envelope for "Eat to Build Leanness" and "Away With Middle Spread." Address request to Ida Jean Kain, care the Janesvilla Gazette.

it is necessary to between Parkinsonism and er tremors that often develop witii advancing age, or the difficulty in movement from multiple sclerosis. In the characteristic tremor is pill-rolling motion of the fingefs when the hands are at rest; in the other ailments, the tresfncr is more marked with hitentional movements rather than the patient is not movmg. The rate at whidi sonism progresses varies greatly. In some cases, only slight change is noted from year (p year. Only one side of the boay may be mvolved.

The face losM some of its expression. In severe qases progress may be rapid. The face can acquire a blank look; muscle rigidity increases and can affect boQi sides; drooling may occur; the patient walks with a forward motion, as though half running and about to fall. Dr. L.

J. Dorsliay, one of the outstanding authorities, emphasizes certain points of interest: It is no hereditary. There is no paralysis in tiw sense of being unable to rather, muscle rigidity causes awakwardness of movement. There is no numbness or pain. The mind is not affected.

Early treatment is important I'll leave a discussion of treatment for tomorrow's column. Dear Dr. Molner: I have ble wiUi scales or crust on niy scalp and back of my ear. 1 have been using petroleum jelly on it, but as soon as I atop the crust forms again and itches. I am sure you can help You evidently have a dermi- titis of some sort, a skin disease.

The petroleum jelly may the itoh and soften the but can't be expected to curs the trouble. Your best bet Is to have a dermatologist detormim what kind of dermatitis it is an! then treat it with the intent 0( curing it rather than merel) trying to keep the crust.