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Show State College of Washington in my 59th year. We were born in a poor man's home and all our childhood and youth were filled" with privation and hard work. Superannuated at 65! What are you talking about? C. A. HAWLEY, Ephrata, Wash. (Following is an interesting angle on the old age pension question which comes from an 80-year-old citizen of the State of Washington, a brother broth-er of Milford's Mrs. Vena Wilson, who also worked well past the usual retirement age. The article was published pub-lished in the Oct. 19 issue of the Wenatchee Daily World). SUPERANNUATED AT 65! I must be old-fashioned, or out of date, or something. At any rate I do not see eye to eye with some of these good people who claim to have worked so many years and so hard to develop de-velop this country and now, on reaching 65 years of age, are unable to get everything they think is coming to them. I wonder how much useful work some of them have really done and how much they really deserve. de-serve. And what has age to do with it anyway? Some men are older at 50 than others are at 90. Some are born old and some never seem to grow old at all. Much depends upon one's-outlook, one's-outlook, ideals, philosophy, self respect, independence. Retire from active work at 65? What nonsense! At that age many of us are just getting onto the run of things, had learned something about the true values in life, and about ready to undertake something worth while. Age and experience exper-ience are valuable assets. Society So-ciety should make every possible pos-sible use of them. Sixty-five! Why, come to think of it, I was 65 in 1934, the year I was first ejected county superintendent of Grant County. Coun-ty. Was re-elected in 1938, and since 1943 I have been serving as county auditor. Am now 15 j years past 65, and if my health I remains good I may be a candidate candi-date for reelection in 1950. Dread to think of growing old and having to retire from active life. But that's probably a long way off and I'll try to meet the situation gracefully when I get to it, if I ever do. Meanwhile, greetings to the lads of 65 who ask only for the privilege of continuing in some needful and constructive work and enjoying the satisfactions flowing naturally natur-ally therefrom. Greater satisfactions satis-factions than these no man on this earth will ever know. And so I would say to any man who is 65 years of age and in good health, cease whining and feeling sorry for yourself; get a job, go to work; refuse to be a burden upon other people. By so doing you will live longer long-er and die happier than those who live in idleness on some sort of a dole or hand-out. Don't die of dry rot; keep going. Go to school, if your nature prompts. I graduated from the |