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Show i , - Was Just Thintoq STRANGE it is to read that he's retired. He seemed as much a part of the school as He smooth, worn wood of the desks and the flag on its broken foot at the corner of the room. I was always a little frightened when he entered study hall, and marched his stately rounds. I was brought up in the tradition that principals are to be avoided like the plague. He was an imposing figure, - inclined to be portly. Not stout, not plump, not rotund. Portly is the only description I think he might approve. He often made announcements at assembly about the arrival, of a "dray," which He chose not to call a truck or, wagon. One of his favorite means of ending a sentence was with "something of that nature" as though to open a realm of possibilities, all to be firmly dealt with because they were anticipated. j Once while I writhed in algebraic agony, his shadow! fell without warning across the page "You're squinting," he said sternly. "Have you had your eyes tested recently?" . 7 I felt guilty of a nameless sin, so blind were ' my eyes to his kindness. Now, after more than 40 years of pacing the corridors and holding a just court in the old. office, he will be. there no more. I wish it weren't true, even though I am no. longer there myself. I'd like to remember him striding with concern along the halls and lowering his chin into his collar for ja new proclamation. I see his consciousness of dignity and obligation and I see the shrugging mannerism, as though both rested heavily and with discomfort V on his shoulders. And I see, too, that underneath the dignity . . . HOW i' W 3 I) VKS9" , ether youngsters end scooters. White Rains, N; Yn Is ':.' Alfred1! father, former Army flierrhgan teich- ing Mm to fly when he was five years old. Today he has 50 air hours and 5,000 miles to his credit. rt 'riding bikts g Alfred Eennetf, JrH of piloting his dad's plane. his ' V , i dedication and discomfort lay an to duty and an enduring love of children, perhaps that's why it seems to nie that he has never aged at all in the 40 years. Or perhaps he was right about my eyes and now I see him with the special glasses I needed old-fashio- long ago. '7i in Wth.; his:', father watching alongside, Al takes he's an experienced pilot, he must wait till he's 16 before he can fly solo. Young Alfred is one of the most, popuUr sfudonts in his class. Afttr all, how many kids know how to fly? Here he's surrounded by admiring playmates. fit-- - trtetV- Once reserved for the rich and the vain, plastic surgery has advanced to the point where it is practical, quick, and almost Cam Mni Htw LIvm by Marti miraculous in its results. Nw Fa ' AMrieat Hrt Instilling in your child the ned it 11 i 3 Abramson. Iroswerks Is Rebers. S proper attitude toward sex is a responsibility that rightfully belongs in the home. Yet many parents shun this Wfc T serious obligation. cfct YOUK Child obowt St)K? by Jean Komaib. . . W Yob Pack q Leach (Recipes)..; , Tk 4 MickiSAy.,aic.,o 1. 11 ?5 '" ' Photographer Carlyle Blacltwell, Jr.. has captured the unhappy plight of millions of youngsters who will be returning to school this week. While it may not be a pleasant return for the kids, our cover story tells how you can. help make it a safe one. Ut't $sie5 Thesa lock to School SAFELY by Paul Jones......... FAMILY WEIKLY'S Ma-K- It Yeerself Cleb 1, Look by Allyn Rice Tko . ! .. FAMILY WIIKLY PoHtni. ' Alt-Jort- Meslc-Hote- Ben Kartman, Editorial Director .Our ' i : Hal Levinson VJ FAMILY WEEKLY MAGAZINE Jerry Klein SEPTEMIEK S, ltS4 .i. 12 11 .., ..11 . e. v , to Car for ..... Year Mylos i 14 IS - Address all communications concerning editorial features to Family Weekly, 79 N. Michigan Ave., .Chicago trill.: Send all advertising communications ''to Jghn Gilmef.y Advertising Manager. 9 E. 40th St., New York 16, N. Y. Contents Copyrighted, I9S4, by Family Weekly Magazine, Inc.. 179 N4. Michigan Ave., Chicago I, III. All rights reserved. 1 ... 11 11 .! . j Klein how-to-do- Hew Ragiria Gruss Robert Fihglbbon Aro Moot, Mot ler by Jerry rt consultant this week shows how you can dress up irregular series on bringing windows. It's another in our or oddly-placeDo Problon Wlaaows by Ruth W. Lee What home to aboat 'Jyour ' Crimvkri''1hnfo:77r ..V.;.:. d Associate Editors 7 home-furnishin- ' Melanii De Proft, Food Editor - Wiliiam A. FeHer, Art Director - oy ........ . Leonard S. Davldow. Publisher Waltar C, Dreyfui. Associate Publishar , .: . CvtT: , I7f North , . - -- |