Show w o L ill aoa m rn a IT o. o 2 C r and and g get l more ore from the GOJ GOOD YEARS Nf li i BY l It Ij It i A recent column about the retired retired retired re re- re- re tired friend who found something something something some thing to do in sponsorship of oC teams in city recreation play brought to attention the story of an another lher retired citizen we shall call grandpa Several years ago grandpa re retired retired retired tired from from farming in ono one midwestern mid mid- western state slate and moved to an adjoining state where he had spent many cat caviler Her years as liS operator oper opel ator of a short distance and chartel charter char ter tel bus service Grandpa wanted to to take it easy so ho he chose to live lIvo In Jn a n hotel which was popular with retired re reo tired citizens in hr the area lie found some old friends there and made new ones lie llo wanted not a 11 farm but just a 11 piece picco of ground to glow grow a 11 few things so soho soho ho he traded with wilh a nearby farmer fanner exchanging several each week for a 11 plot of ground on which ho bo could grow u a vege vege- table crop He lie still had time on I his hands so ho lie adopted a team in the local Little League attended all their games eventually eventually eventually ally wound up sitting on the bench as an honorary manager Whatever spare time Is Js left grandpa devotes to fishing and politics He tie doesn't like to fish alone but theres there's no problem he can always find a young ballplayer ball player with wilh a day off or 01 another retiree who wants to wet a 11 line As in all nIl small towns grandpas grandpa's town Is Js one for politics and the tho local coffee shop is Js the tho place Flace There is no pot pot-bellied pot bellied stove but opinions abound and a polite polito argument is always alwa s available Why all this about grandpa We merely wanted to say that time nee need not hang heavy in re re- Think about the tho things you jou Ou like to do Then go out and do them |