The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 309, Ed. 1 Sunday, October 5, 1980 Page: 48 of 69
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The Smith Brothers
Jim Srriith of Harrisburg, Pa., was
getting sick of the suspicious looks he
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received whenever he signed his
name at hotels.. So, 11 years ago, in a*
fit of pride, he started the Jim Smith
Sri^ztywhose membershipisrestrid-
ed to.. .well, people named Jim Smith.
Founder Smith says he believes
Jim Smith is the 'second-most com^
mon name — to John Smith — 1n ,
America, and his Society now Boasts
984 members (in 10 countries), iri-
cluding 50father/son Jim Smiths, 12
three-generation Jim Smith families
and four female Jim Smiths (including
mother/daughter combo, Jimmie
Mae and Jimmie Lou). Smifh admits,
“I don’t know how I’d take to admit-
ting a Jim Smythe,” but the club does
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31 Jim Smiths at a 1977 reunion.
include Jamie Smith and honorary
member Jim Stith.
For more information, write to the
Jim Smith Society, 2016 Milltown
Rd., Camp Hill, Pa. 17011.
Minding Your Business
Ever have a complaint about a
product and not know where to go?'
Well, in commemoration of National
Consumer Education Week, which
begins Oct. 5, Nell Stewart has some
advice for you. Stewart is presidentof
SOCAB (Society of Consumer Affairs
Professionals in Business — a 1,600-
member organization of business and
government representatives), and she
says that “Business wants to hear
what you have to say.”
If you are unhappy with something
you . bought, she suggests you first
write the consumer affairs department
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who seem never to shut
up, and usually we think
them rude or selfish. But
according to University of
Louisville sociology pro-
fessor Howard Borsuk,
they may be trying to
shield themselves from
hearing something they
don’t want to hear. Or the
compulsive talker may •
talk as a way of controlling
people and situations.
The best thing you can
do — if you can ever get
in to -say it — is point out
the problem to the per-
son, although Borsuk
notes, any severe under-
lying insecurity may require professional help. .. _
in general, we all have a very natural tendency not to really listen to
people,” says Borsuk. “A good part of our attention is on what we’re go-
ing to say next....It’s a shame, but that’s what keeps psychiatrists so
busy. They get paid to listen.”
want the company to do about it.
“In most cases you will hear within
about three weeks,” notes Stewart. “If
not, write to the president of the com-
pany, and if you’re still not satisfied,
contact a! third party, such as the Bet-
ter Businiess Bureau or your state’s
Consumer Protection Agency.” ,
But, stresses Stewart, the consumer
dries have certain responsibilities.
“Seventy percent of complaints are
attributable to not ’reading instruc-
tions,” she points out.
This Little Piggy Wore
Tennis Shoes
In Pamplona, Spain, they have the
running of the bulls. In Tempe, Ariz.,
it’s the jogging of the pigs.
Pigs, chosen because: their circula-
tory and digestive-systems closely re-
semble those of humans, were recent-
ly reluctant participants in an Arizona
State University study on exercise and
heart disease. J ,
“Getting the pigs to begin running
of the company that manufactures the' was no problem,” according to
item (the company’s address is usually ^ c :~l~ ““ ~“"J * c~
on the label). The letter should state
what happened — in 'factual, not
emotional, tones — and what you
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George Seperich, an assistant profes-
sor of agriculture who conducted the
research. “But, after a lap or so, some
persuasion was needed.” Persuasion
was supplied by one of Seperich’s
graduate students running behind the
pigs with a long, two-pronged fork.
Eighteen pigs were chosen for the
study; six began jogging when they
were piglets; six when they reached
the pig equivalent of middle age, and
six went their whole lives without jog-
ging. When, a pig reached 200
pounds, it was sent to die slaughter-
house. Not surprisingly, for the pigs
who never exercised, we can now say
only, “Th;(h-th-th4hati alt:folks.”
Are Childless Wives
_Happier? -—
Women who choose never to have
children report higher levels of marital
satisfaction than dri mothers and
women postponing'children, a Uni-
versitv of North Carolina at Greens-
boro study reports. Child-free Women
noted that they spend more time with
their hustagds, t# with them more
often anfflave sexual relations more
frequently.
The Anderson
Difference
The media’s loye affair with John
Anderson seems to be over. In early
July, George Washington University
political scientist Michael Robinson
noted that the TV networks were “in-
fatuated” with Anderson. Robinson,
who has been monitoring media cov-
erage of the candidates, said that An-
derson received highly favorable
treatment in all measured factors.
“But now it’s gone completely the
other way,” notes Robinson. “He’s
getting the most negative coverage of
any candidate.”
Robinson reports that media cover-
age of new candidates tends to follow
a pattern, starting out positively and
then dropping, whether they continue
successfully or begin to falter.
-Eliot Kaplan
BIRTHDAYS (all Libra) : Sunday -
Jeff Conaway 31, Glynnis Johns 57.
Monday — Chrystie Jenner 30; Thor
Heyerdahl 66. Tuesday — June Ally-
son 57. Wednesday — Rona Barrett
44; Jesse Jackson 39; John Gardner
68. Thursday — John Lennon 40;
Jackson Browne 32; Friday — Helen
Hayes 80, Ben Vereen 34; Tanya
Tucker 22; Harold Pinter 50. Satur-
day — Ron Leibman 43; Daryl Hall
34; Jerome Robbins 62.
BIRTHDAY PEOPLE:
Ron Leibman, TFfelen
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Brown, Leon. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 309, Ed. 1 Sunday, October 5, 1980, newspaper, October 5, 1980; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1095877/m1/48/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.