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Show A.favorite "old" actor looks at the exciting years s after 65 and says: " -- ---- Retire? butnot from 1 f- life! - by Walter Brennan 830 rM Thurs., Star of "Tlie Real McCoys" (ABC Television Network, EST.) Walter Brennan as TV's Grandpa McCoy. was I 65 years old in July, but I'm not planning to retire. Luckily, Fnrift a business where nobody tells me I have to retire; but most Americans don't have that choice. Some people are happy in retirement, and quite a few aren't. I'm convinced that those who are finding good living after 65 have learned that it's one thing to retire from a job, but something else . --4 .... I ... ..... to retire from life. What gives me the right to talk like this? Well, I certainly qualify as a Senior Citizen both as Walter Brennan and as Amos McCoy in "The Real McCoys" on television. Then, too, I've been playing old men since I was 30, and I've learned a lot about them during those" years. One thing I've learned is that people have it within themselves to make the years after 65 productive arid satisfyingeven though they feel they've been forced out of a job at the peak of back with nostalgia "or bittemess--b- jr ahead with fear. The more positive older people can keep their outlook, the more positive and helpful will be the attitude of everybody else. I know this isn't always easy but it's certainly worthj Jryi and ihe rewairdsare great. Here are six concrete ways to develop this positive attitude: 1. Look for things to be grateful or. It's to find happiness or satisfaction when you're feeling sorry for yourself. If you spend the same time dwelling on things you can be thankful for, it can change your whole life. I remember a time when I thought our children weren't paying enough attention to us, and I brooded about it. Then one week I did a McCoy show built around this problem and I realized how busy young people are in setting up a home and raising small children and getting out once in a while with people, their, om age. So I quit feeling sorry for myself and started appreciating the efforts the kids were making and we all felt better. 2. (Concentrate on giving, not getting. Older people have much to contribute to the world around them, and I don't mean moneys I'm talking about looking im-possi- ble Sharing a joke brings a laugh to Walter Brennan, Academy a lifetime of experience and wisdom and skills. There's a market for these things in your family, your community, your country if you are willing to offer yourself with no strings attached. -- . m old-time- r - C - Preident and Publish rr Vice President Advertising Director Family Wtkly, 153 N. Michigan Ay., Chicago 1, III. Address all communications about editorial feahirts to Family Weekly, 60 E. 56th St. New York 22, N. Y. 1959. FAMILY WEEKLY MAGAZINE, o profits. I was well paid for my work in these filmsT True, I'm not turning down the extra royalties, since the pattern is to pay the performers as well as the producers; but I'm not one of those who demanded it. 6. Don't compromise your religious and moral principles. Problems appear much greater to older people at night, when the world seems to be closing in about them. I wake up frequently at night, but Jnstead experiencing fear and uncertainty, I use this time to talk with God. I ,can ponder every word, and I never fail to gain increased strength, inspiration, and understanding from these moments. We don't need slogans about the "Golden Years" and "Senior Citizens" to make the; years after 65 exciting and fulfilling. AH we have to-d-o is reverse a current trend of thinking that has us all mixed up. Let's stop conditioning ourselves for old age when weVe the pro cess and condition ourselves to youthful thinking at every age. I'm convinced this is the answer to many Qf the problems we're having today with our older generation. December LEONAtD S. DAVI0OW WAITEX DtEYFUS PATRICK I. OHQUKKE actor, and his wife Ruth. g is a lot. of Hollywood who resent the money being made from their old films on television. I don't feel that way at all. I think the people who risked their money to make these -- single thing except faith in God that can do more for you than a lively sense of humor. This means being able to take an objective look "at yourself and trying not to be overly sensitive- Sometimes older people translate everything into terms of their own hurt feelings usually when it was never intended thatway--at all. I remember quite often seeing some of these young squirts in movies and television barge ahead without asking for advice or heip I could give them. This used to bother me but no more. These youngsters see me in an entirely different light than I see myself. This is natural and normal, and I quit being sensitive about it long ago. 4. Give your children their complete freedom. It V does neither parents nor kids any good for the old folks to depend on their children long after they should have their freedom. I don't feel my children owe me anything. They provided my wife and me with many years of satisfaction when we were raising them. Now they're raising their own families and they should have the freedom to enjoy them. 5. Don't hold grudges or resentments. Nothing can eat away at happiness like resentment I know COVER Mary Eleanor Broumings cover photo is a study in restraint No self -- respecting kitten . a. - . J. .IMMMAVbI.M MMr uum u.ik uitmiy u kail uj yum JUT mcrrc vui a.i than a moment or so. Award-winnin- fi, 1959 Roard of Editors -- .L tie I ERNEST V. HEYN Kdltnr.inJr.kif.1 EEN KARTMAN Executive Editor RORERT FITZGIBBON Managing Editor MARGARET iEU Feature Editor RALPH J. FINCH, JR. .4 rt Director MELANIE DE PROFT Food Editor, . . .... John Hochmann, Jerry Klein, ". ,rma r? London, Harold Jack Ryan; Peer Oppenheimer, Hollywood. INC., 153 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago 1, III. All right, reservea "eWn, |