Show TWf Mm - - cotsnsn " a boat fhi MUag odor who btcaw fanrorita by m TV aid movie intbolag Manetf lather the nunc day when he married Lois Clarke modwr of an ld daughter Kimberly tM Greta by a previousmarriage Their own Scott waa bora last January ' The Gamers met at a party and were married after a courtibip of leas than two Jbn UI bad gone witheome girls lor as lory as a year and a hall and still didn’t know them! I knew I eras in leva with Lola right away” eight-year-o- ' nh’ ToaT I the fellow who once got a thrill evadity cops trying to catch him lor drag racing on —V In Boulevard la happy the garage "Ibere’s leas of a smoke problem than if l do it in the hack yard where it might bother neighbors" he says thoughtfully Hismast strenuous exercise is a round of golf often with Kimberly whom he has taught to play a pretty lair game He toed to be an enthusiastic rider but now gets his fill of it in his "Maverick” TV show1 "Until I eras It I spent as much time in the rHdlr as I did on the ground” he recalls ' Garner is a fairly strict father probably because of his own upbringing “I got whipped only three times in my life” he recalls "I got my worst beating when my lather caught me arguing with my step-mother He didn't care whether I was right or wrong it wasn't my place to argue with her he said I should have known that of course My lather has always been a strong believer in authority He let me roam around at will but alien he spoke it was law There was no talking back” Jim' gave Kimberly her first and only spanking shortly after he married Lois His new role as stepfather was not an easy one because when he first met the child she had Just been released from the hospital after a severe bout with polio For a long time die had difficulty walking 'and it took a lot of readjustment to get her wdDL Jim had gone' through a similar experience with his brother Jack and he knew that because of Kimberly’s physical condition he might be too lenient This particular incident was the result of a school problem she 'refused to discuss Jim finally bust out: 1 don't care whether you are right or wrongs just say something When she stubbornly remained ilept-h- e spanked the ciM There were tears lots of them But once Kimberly regained her composure her whole attitude ' changed In fact die was so proud of being that she told all the neighbors about it! Today Jim’s biggest problem is his temper When he was younger his size alone would get him into trouble every once in a while when others goaded him to fight Now he gets mad only at himself ' "like when I blow a line or miss a hole when I play golf Stupid things like that Just the other day I got so mad that I tossed a golf dub on the green and broke it to bits But even that’s an improvement I used to bust things with my right hand so hard I'd break my knuckles” However he really doesn’t have to worry wfiat people might think or say when he does lose his temper occasionally because what John Hodiak said still holds true today: 98 out of 100 people like Jim Gamer on screen or off just as he is llul-holla- nd ‘ |