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THE DAILYTIMES-NEWS SECTION, 12 PAGES THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 1974 WOMEN'S NEWS FEATURES Blacks Share 70 Years Of Fun And Marriage by Essie Norwood Times-News Women's Editor When Mr. and Mrs. James G. Black of Graham observed their 70th wedding anniversary Sunday, nobody even bothered to ask the secret of their matrimonial success. The formula was obvious as the Blacks sat side-bv-side on the sofa in their living room, their hands clasped, and talked with merriment and deep feeling, about their years together.

It has been this spirit of "joie de a serious sense of give-and-take, and the ability to laugh at themselves and at one another that contributed to the happiness of their anniversary and the 70 years that preceded it. Both 90 years old, and Mrs. Black live alone in Motsinger Apartments on South Maple Street in Graham, and a sufficient. They have two a O.P. Thompson of Burlington and Mrs.

Ralph Hunt of Rural Hall, also four grandchildren and six great grandchildren, "They llml I am groiviiig old. Hut I am not. Thin Jrail old shell in which I dwell ix yrwcintj old, Dut I am tiol. 11 lutl if my hair is irlu'le And my eyes growing dim? I itlill ran hear my Savior 'Thin (lie way. follow If I faller on my way, He will me the drenglh I need Artil guide me day by day." liy --Mallie C.

Black MR. AND MRS. JAMES G. BLACK Celebrate Wedding Anniversary but they maintain their independence and rarely call on them for any assistance. Although Mrs.

Black's eyes and hearing are both failing, she keeps her attractive apartment in apple pie order. Her many knick knacks and mementoes could pass the "white glove" test, and she no qualms about anyone taking a peek into her closets. "My daughter sent a maid over here for one day a week a while back without me knowing about it until she got CLASPED HANDS Symbol Of Their Marriage here. She kept talking about all the other people who wanted her to work and how busy she was, so I told her to just go on and help somebody else because I didn't need her," Mrs. Black relates with a twinkle in her eye, proud that she is able to do the housework she loves without help.

Hangs Curtains The Blacks even do their own laundry. This is usually a joint project, with Mr. Black taking it to the apartments' laundry room. But there are some things that Mrs. Black prefers to do by hand, such as her curtains, which she recently washed and ironed, then climbed on a stool to hang.

"How do they look?" she asks, "I can't really see them, but when you've handled things like that as long as I have, you don't need to see them to know how to take care of them. "I can still write my grocery list, too I can't read it, but they can at the store, because I always get what I ask for." Mrs. Black still prepares all of their meals well balanced, nourishing meals that they enjoy with relish. And they can still eat almost anything that they enjoyed in their youth. For instance, their daugher says, it is not unusual for them to fix themselves a raw onion sandwich or coffee as a bedtime snack and sleep the night through without a problem.

"Well, we'd been going together about 10 months," he began, "and I said to her one day, 'I've got something to ask you, if you don't mind, and she said it just depended on what it was whether she'd "I had a way of being kind of Mrs. Black interrupts. But they laughingly agree that when she finally heard his question, there was no hesitation. "We were maried at the little village of Alamance and came all the way to Graham for our Mr. Black recalls.

Mr. Black, a native of Graham, is well known and, until very recently, walking downtown to pay his bills and do his shopping was an occasion for greeting many friends. This summer, however, the air conditioned apartment has held greater appeal and his walks have been curtailed. Regular trips to the beauty parlor and barber shop are still high on the Blacks' "must Even then, they are self-sufficient. They call a cab and go downtown together Mrs.

Black keeping her appointment with her regular hair dresser while Mr. Black goes to the barber shop. 'Mod' Is Acceptable Mr. and Mrs. Black have no "quarrel" with the "mod" generation.

Personally, he wants no part of long hair, but accepts it graciously on the young, and also accepts today's brief skirts, but says he "likes the pants on women better than skirts that are too Mr. Black was employed by Burlington Industries and kept on working until he was 75 years old. They made their home on Elm Street until a few years ago when they decided they would prefer an apartment to the responsibility of keeping up a big house. Mrs. Black was born near Winston-Salem, and had come to Alamance to work when she met her future husband.

"Tell them how you she prodded her' husband as they talked about their courtship and bygone days. Wedding Remembered a Mrs. a remember every detail of their wedding day, which was on a Sunday, just as it was this vear. She wore a long white dress made by a friend, Mrs. Ben Waddell, who is now in a nursing home near here, and the wedding took place in the home where the bride had been boarding while living at Alamance.

"It was a hot aay Mr. Black recalls, "and the house was so full of people that we went out on the porch for the After attending church services and visiting his parents in Graham, the newlyweds returned to Alamance, and Mr. Black was back at work on Tuesday morning. Mrs. Black worked only a short while following their marriage, soon finding her place in the home would keep her busy.

She sewed for herself and both daughters, and during World War II won publicity and an award for having a Victory Garden that produced the most food on the smallest plot. Mr. and Mrs. Black are members of the Graham Presbyterian Church where they were in regular attendance until recently. Mrs.

Black composed the poem which appears above several years ago, and her pastor was so impressed that he made a number of copies for family and friends. Today it seems to aptly portray her philosophy of life. However, there is a funny story that shows both the give-and-take and the laugh- at-yourself philosophy that kept the marriage intact. Story Of The Boxwood Their friend and neighbor, the late Fred Perry, first told the story, and their children and other friends still like to tease them about it. It seems that "Miss Mattie" had been after her husband to move a tall boxwood that was blocking a window in the home.

Finally, on one hot August day, Mr. Black tackled the job and worked diligently to dig up the big bush with its roots intact. When he had removed it leaving a hole 'big enough to bury a man', he went in and asked his wife to choose a spot where she wanted him to plant it. After circling the house and examining the yard, she came back and said. "Jim.

I don't see any other place I'd rather have it, just plant it back where il was." The bush was planted back in the same spot after Mr. Black had fully expressed his exasperation; and today, they can laugh about it. This. then, is the sort of experience that makes 70 years of marriage happy and eventful. For The Exceptional Father On Father's Day or Any Day Before you can decide on something to give the old or young gaffer for Father's Day, you have to know something about the old or young gaffer! Fathers are as disparate as fingerprints no two alike.

The quaint notion of "make it a necktie" is about as satisfactory a solution as serving a rose wine. Ladies, take note: I think there should be a law or at least a mild local statute forbidding females to approach within six feet of a necktie counter. I know this sounds like an old saw at best, or male -chauvinism at worst, but still I believe proper necktie selection eludes the female and, for that matter, many, many males. However, enough of the negative. For positive all of them based on gifts I would like.

I offer the following: A proper carving knife. I find the French Sabatier knives never fail me. Carbon steel knives are best for sharpness, yes. but Sabatier stainless are pretty darned good. Ernest Rottgen in Solingen, Germany and "The Twins" brand -are what made Solingen famous.

Dexter, in Southbridge, made nice stuff without too much fanfare, and recently I discovered a Wiltshire carver in sheath that sharpens the edge each time you withdraw the knife. SlO.SSbuys it. While we're on blades, how about a world-famous Swiss Army pocket knife in its familiar red mounting? They range from about $10.95 for a small one with blade, file, scissors and tweezers, to $30 for "The Champion." a complete tool box and toilet kit in one--saw. toothpick awl, nail file, screwdriver, magnifying glass you name it; it's got it. He'll be playing with it and showing it off in all the years ahead.

It's the Swiss Army's secret weapon. Does he like coffee? Then maybe he's tired of percolating or manual dripping or using second-best' Get him a handsome Braun coffee-maker, sensational at $55. and as efficient as it is beautiful. If that seems a tnfle steep, "Quikdnp" by West Bend, $30, is an automatic, electric drip he'll cherish each morning. Those pocket calculators are all the rage these days.

Hardly 6- by 3-inches, they do what once only those big, heavy jobs did. Are numbers his meat." i saw a pert little Melcor'for $49.50 reduced to $39.50. If he's an eatin' and drmkin' buff, then at least you've got a lead. High Valley Farm, Colorado Springs, Colo. 80906, cans a whole ringneck pheasant for $11.50 and Trimex Imports, Chicago, 111., 60610, will rush you a can of Roast Wild Boar for a trifling $3.50.

Nobody ever incurred a dad's ire by sending a Todd Virginia Ham or slab of Bacon Todd's Smoke Houses are in Richmond, Va. The hams cost about 520. And now let's face the facts he likes a good drink. My No. 1 tip in this department is Crown Royal from Seagram, Canada.

It's a gorgeous whiskey that suits the Scotch drinker, the blend man and all but the most dyed-in- the-corn Bourbon addict. Abotu $9.90 buys the handsome, cut glass bottle in its royal purple velvet bag. If you've seen him lap up Chivas Regal Scotch, he may not know that Chivas makes a de luxe model called Royal Salute 21 years old beyond which Scotch cannot go about 526.50. Hennessy's X.O. is a Cognac to conjure with about $35, I'm afraid.

The almost unobtainable Hennessy Extra, is a cool $76.50. Biscuit-Dubouche Napoleon at $13.09 is not to be sneezed at; a real Cognac buy. You know, of course, that Armagnac is the only other area-demarcated love it. It deserves to be better known. He'd love a bottle of Marquis de Montesquiou Armagnac at $8.85 or Larresingle, lovely at $10.98.

Danflou, if vou can find it, is exceptional JJB.50. Beefeater Gin if he's a gin drinker; Smirnoff Vodka if he's a conventional Vodka man. If not, Stolicnnaya Vodka or Finnish Vodka Aquvit will show you know your caraway. If he's more of a wine man, you can't go wrong on the great Crus-Lafite, Lalour, Haut-Brion, Margaux, Mouton- Rothschild, Petrus, Cheval Blanc, Ausone, ord'Yquem--but that's $25 $50 a throw in a good year! For far, far less try Chateaux Fourcas-Hosten, Guiraud Cheval-Blanc, Macaillou, Trimoulet, Meyney. For the best in burgundies, it's wines of the Domaine de la Romanee-Conti.

Lesser village wines are more sensible in price: Aloxe-Corton, Gevery-Chambertin, Chambolle- Musigny. California's Wente, Mondavi, Martini, Sebastiani, Krug, Beaulieu, Mirassou are good names: for California's best "vanetals" try Masson, Christian Almaden. They approach the more popular price marks. Champagne? Oh! well, the "grand marques" of French Champagne are known to everyone. Moet's Dom Perignon, Mumm's Cordon Rouge, Taitmger Blac de Blancs, Pol Roger, Krug and a dozen others, couldn't miss.

Schramsbert, Korbel in the West; Gold Seal, Taylor and Great Western in the East are the stars. And for "the man who has everything" how about a floating swimming pool thermometer" complete with float and anchor, that registers 40 degrees to 120 degrees. I found it at Abercrombie Fitch, Madison Ave. and 45th Street. Only $16! Nice for the tub, too.

People You Know Anniversary, Vacation Trips and Honors Mr. and Mrs. B.C. Burnette of a Street i celebrate their 56th wedding anniversary Saturday, and Monday they received a letter from President and Mrs. Nixon congratulating them on the occasion.

Mr. and Mrs. Burnett were married in Eden, and Mr. Burnett is retired from the grocery business. They have one daughter, Mrs.

Vivian (Jack) Manning of Greensboro, a granddaughter, Mrs. Peter Galaas of Chantilly and a grandson, Timothy Gailey of California. Still Singing Miss Loretta Delp, formerly of Burlington and now a resident of Garden Grove, has been selected to sing with the Continental Singers of California, a group of young Christian men and women which tours the world and present special performances. This year the choir will travel to New Zealand and Australia and will return the latter part of August. Miss Delp studied piano, organ and voice at California Junior College at Fullerton.

She made her debut as a Church in Burlington when she was four years old. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Delp of Garden Grove and still has many close ties with Burlington through family and friends. IV 'omen's Lib Leader Tells How io Be Happy Composer Ruth Bachelor, the American women's lib leader who wrote theme i Love Machine" and who moved from New York to London 14 months ago now tells how to be happy, after getting rid of husband number three who bored her.

"I've decided I like other women's husbands best. I'm much better with them. I've shared someone else's for the past 11 years," she says. "No, his wife doesn't know about me. They've been married 32 years and.

truth be known, I've probably kept them married. "When you pet to a certain ace, there just aren't enough eligible men around. "Well, I'll settle for a couple of nights a week with the married ones." International Club To Hear Librarian The Piedmont International The featured speaker will Club will hold its next be Mrs. Vickie Silek. who will meeting on Tuesday, June 18, inform members of the many at the a services offered by May Apartments Clubhouse.

Memorial Library. 4 Cruise The Robert E. Oakes family has just returned from a week-long cruise on the T.S.S. Queen Anna Maria to Bermuda. Accompanying the family were i a Elizabeth.

a and Susan. Mrs. Oakes' niece, Elizabeth Evans, and her parents. Mr. and Mrs.

R. E. Crumpton of Roxboro. i a Hamilton, Bermuda, and the local visitors toured the island on motor hikes. Also on the agenda was a visit to St.

George, where they toured perfume and pottery factories. Nazarene and servos as pianist and organist. She is also a member of the North Carolina IMPACT Team, which is a group of 18 teenagers selected by the District N.Y.P.S. Executive Council to meet on weekends in different North Carolina towns. The group sings, holds special services and on Saturdays goes out and witnesses and invites people to the church, the group will be touring North Carolina July 412 and will be singing at a church in each zone and also at the Camp Meeting on July 4.

Also attending the World Youth Conference from the Incal church will be Donna Rogers, daughter of Mr. and Mrs Don Rogers of Chestnut Street, and Danny Hotle. son nf Mr. and Mrs. Eldon R.

Hotle of Hillcrest Avenue. Delegate Teresa Burke, a member of West Burlington Church of the Nazarene, will be a delegate representing the North Carolina District at the World Youth Conference later this month in Fiesch, Swit7erland. Teresa, a rising junior at Cummings High School and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Burke of La Vista Drive, is a member of the choir and duet at the West Burlington Church of the Teresa Burke rWSPAPER!.