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THE BOSTON GLOBE THURSDAY. DECEMBER 7. 1961 Thirty-One Calling on the Neighbors KINGSTON Elspeth, 73, Is Still Teaching First Gradersthe Best Class BjTEDASHBY jheart when mandatorily retired'able to find out They just WTCGSTON Parent ti.nr l95 ht itialk." low want jo children, and the children of'se weren't occasionally per- "What do you consider the' mitted to go tearing back to those children here got their start on the road to education from a vibrant 73 year old lady who still you een if 3- goes loping offjy5! and better-fed. I think i iuJ --1 first ELSPETH REMINISCES Elspeth Hardy, grade teacher, has been honored publicly. to school when i stitute.

stitute. Off and on (mostly on) for 50 years Elspeth Hardy has taught first grade. There's no grade like it It's the only grade where a teacher can tell what she did or did not do for the children." It didn't quite break her Doctor, Wife and Health Is JiCKJI ASBBT Now Shawmut offers you a way to be sure yon save every single month automatically without running all over town, without even making deposits to your Savings Account. Under the new Automatic Savings Plan, you simply tell Shawmut how much you want to save every month. After that, Shawmut remembers that you want to save and automatically transfers the amount you requested from your Checking Account to your Savings Account without your having to lift a finger! You'll be pleased how quickly your savings build up when you save automatically, with interest added and compounded quarterly 4 times a year.

most important element teaching first grade?" Work habits. Getting it done. Following directions. Their next teacher will be Tery happy." Elspeth, trained at Abbot Academy in Andover and Salem Normal School, was not averse to whacking a pupil acioss the seat of the britches. hat's where I whacked them.

I had a superintendent once who told me it was the best place." They gave her a big time here when she was retired. And the Girl Scouts presented a "This Is Your Life" bit In 1953, the senior class at Kingston High School dedicated its yearbook, "The Inde pendence, to Elspeth. "I cried." She's a member of the Re publican Town Committee; was the only gal on the Kingston Playground Commission; headed the March of Dimes last year. "What makes a successful teacher?" "What kind of a first-grader were you, Lispeth?" "I was put in the closet that first day. And while I wasj there I looked through the teacher's coat pockets to see what was in them." I NEXT: Meet Nashua Valley railroaders who meet regularly in Clinton to work on new model line.

MEDICATED AT ALL OKUO COUNTERS dermassao A If CW When You're a Tourist The Optional Shawmut Bank Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation By ART BUCHWALD PARIS A doctor's life in Paris can be a very interesting one, particularly when he is called upon to trpat visitm? tnnrictc act a rin nf rnrc was! Gorernment which biuret each depoiitor up to 110,000 rniipH in thoiist arrived with his nurse and the first grade kids. They're better-dressed now- young mothers take awlully good care ol their baoies. "There was a time when we might have to go to the selectmen, and get an order for a pair of shoes. The first hot lunches consisted of a bowl of souo. or stew, made by the mothers.

Td charge one cent a cup, and give the money to the mothers for more ingredi ents. "In the old days, children were suDDosed to iust sit there. Now they talk more. There is more general talk." "What do they talk abouf "That we never have been Tired Man Everytl if he's very tired and needs some rest. Apparently he's been going at a terrific pace." "You can say that again," the wife said.

"I told him to slow UUWXl, A The doctor went into the! other rcom p' called a cardio- grrm scia'kt. Two ho-u the spccir.l- the doctor returned to see the results. The cardiogram showed that there was nothing wrong with the husband. The wife was tremendously 4 "We Ca? eVen t0 the Lid little tired," the hus- srid weakly. VYou're tired" the wife said 'ansrily.

"What about me after wlu rve becn through today? you're a'wavs thinking of yourself. I'm twice as tired as you, but I didn't come to Eu rope to spend time in a hotel room. It's your first vacation in years and you don't even want to go out and do any thing. I knew we shouldn't have come. You don't know how to enjoy yourself.

'I'm that's all I ever hear from you." The doctor tried to help the husband. "I do think your husband should take it easy for a week or so. Why don't you go to Switzerland and rest for 10 days or so?" "I didn't come to Europe to rest in Switzerland," the wife replied. "I suppose that's your idea of a good time?" Then the wife said: "All right, we won't go to the Lido tonight, but we're still going to the Louvre tomorrow. No French doctor is going to spoil our vacation." Gracd Jury Rules EvMence Lacking In Oct.

13 Slaying A Suffolk County Grand Jury, in its final action before adiourninff, yesterday returned a "no bill" to Superior Court Judge Frakn J. Murray in the case of two Somerville men in connection with a Charles-town murder last Oct. 31. James J. McLean of Snow terr.

and Alexander S. Petri-cone of Jaques both Somerville, had been charged with the shooting of Bernard McLaughlin as he walked near City sq. The case was presented by Asst. Dist. Atty.

Thomas Sullivan, who called 18 witnesses to the stand. D. eu; DlLl joposes Kennedv Statue on State House Lawn President Kennedy would be immortalised in bronze on the State House lawn, under a bill filed with the Legislature yesterday. The measure, sponsored by Rep. Rico Matera (D-East Boston), would provide for a special commission to work out the details for a life-size statue of the President.

1 YOU CAN SURVIVE ATOMIC ATTACK" is now available to readers in booklet form. Simply send 50c with your name and address to: loto Bf0rnn i "A hv wnman I iCn who said she I I i.kf I husband was I i tJ nuspana was having a heart When arrive thft wife tStXFJ 5 "I told you ycu shov dnl work so hard, now many tunes navB I Tnm villi in emu You think you're a young man, but you're not any more, and this should be a lesson to you. Business, business, business, that's all you ever think of. But you've never thought of me. What good is all your busi ness if things like this are going to happen? Doctor, is he going to be all right?" "Well," the doctor said, "all this talking isn't helping him much, nor is all this shouting and hysteria.

We're going, to have to take a cardiogram." 1 "A cardiogram!" the wife; screamed at her husband. "How many times have I told you to take it ensy'. How many times have I said you'd wind Jup like all your friends who -worked all the time? But you wouldn't listen. No, you were too smart. Now you have to take a cardiogram." "Madam," the doctor said patiently, "there's nothing wrong with taking a cardiogram.

I don't think there is I anything wrong with your hus-I band, but I just want to make sure. Now please try to be quiet and let your husband rest until I can get a specialist to come over with the equipment." "That's easy for you to say," the wife cried, "but you've never seen him work. Day and night, that's all he ever thinks I about his business. How many times I have 'keep it up, just keep it up; make a widow out of me. Then see what good your sales charts are to "Did he listen to me? He did not.

Now I look at him stretched out there on the bed. Doctor, money is no object, just get him better, that's all I ask." The doctor said, "Madam, I told you I don't think there is anything wrong with your hus land. He just looks to me as mm "A teacher must be dedicated to and enjoy teaching. A teacher must have the respect of the children. It's all right to be loved, but respect comes first.

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