Show MAN WHO CLAIMS TO BE Near Kear Poplar Bluff Mo lives I Uncle Ben Hodge The other day he celebrated his birthday without any pomp and ceremony but with the simple announcement that he was Undo Uncle Ben Bea has neighbors who will not believe ho Is that old With these these ll Ben Den has lIas no quarrel quarrel- I let each cach 1 lIl think what ho he wishes Uncle Ben Den complacent alone alono hon hoa- hoat F t I est and nod happy knows knos how old he lie is and nd that's that If the rest ot of the i i i world orld claims Uncle Ben isn't t I and Ben Den says he is well ell Den Ben wins t Undo Uncle Ben Den is a I. I remarkable man When reporters asked him for a aj j recipe of ot long Ions life he replied that t t he hadn't any aay lIe He has lived past the century mark actually without 5 arty any aay purpose In la reaching It Hell He'll tell you himself he aim atm to tobe tobe tobe be This man has hIlS no fear of death t I For him simply It will bo ho tho end I of the game as ho he ays tad and there will w ill be no ao more fuss about that than there was about his birthday 0 f Is matter Death a simply beyond his control and aad that Is the way j he has bos looked at life too without I tear rear without worry I It was reported once that Uncle t Den Ben was heir to a fortune some- some somewhere somewhere j where In England Well Yell maybe so I It I didn't bother Uncle Den Ben not even TV when hen the reports came camo thick I and aad fast and aad people wondered why that old man didn't go and claim all that money money If the fortune Is T there It can caa stay there for all oil of Uncle Den Ben Hell He'll stay here Hell He'll stay star in ia the beautiful woods that have glen given him life full fuU and aad ripe beyond the average measure that j I. I humankind enjoys Hell He'll live his life liCe and aad you jou ou go on oa and aad live lI yours jours ours J t I Uncle Den Ben has learned how hov to toj j grow t very err ery v. v very ery ery old and be happy |