Show UNSUNG HEROINES Lighthouse Wives Work The wives of lighthouse keepers are really the unpaid heroines of the but there Is a possibility that congress may do something bout The house marine and fisheries committee is looking Into a bill Introduced by Edward A. Gar-matz It is a sort of deferred salary payment measure to benefit widows of lighthouse Because wives of keepers have been acting as their assistants for years without ever getting a dime from Uncle The bill under consideration wouldn't put the wives of lighthouse keepers on the federal but it would provide benefits to widows of Widows Listed Right now there are such widows and their average age is Thomas A. secretary of the active retired lighthouse service points out that a civilian lighthouse keeper's wife has been part and parcel of the lighthouse service in all respects but one she isn't on the federal During fog who keeps the lighthouse while the tired keeper is The man's Who has to know about snow and Who gets on the the wig-wag or flag hoists when the old man is tied In the old who had to know a rum running vessel off shore when she saw Lady Dees Work Who got out the broom and dust mop to have the place spick and span for a surprise inspection by the Who was Just as lonesome as the of according to Tom The proposed legislation seems of little consequence to people who never visited a But congressmen have been via the with letters from lighthouse |