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-- ~~ ""__ Prime Minister's Birthday Gift "AEN nes . S By SUSAN BECKER OTTAWA (CP) -- For Mar- yon Pearson, who has made no secret of her desire to get out of public life, her husband's pend- ing retirement camé as a birth- day present. His public announcement Thursday of his intention to re- tire came one day after her 66th birthday. He gave the private word to his son Geoffrey Wednesday night at a family gathering to celebrate the birth- day. Ps A protective wall against phone calls to Mrs. Pearson was thrown up by the prime ministe- rial staff Thursday and she could not be reached for com- ment on the announcement. However, she is known to without the worry of schedules, hats and public appearances, and a dislike of constant public recognition and election cam- paigns Mrs, JTearson's sharp, some-|t times tart, wit has generated) 7 scious Liberals Pearson's Daughter To Wife, Hope For A Private Life | 5. senior Citizens" told me, when I talked to her one afternoon after she had fin- ished four hours of climbing | Not Too Old At 76 To Take On Work viewing elderly people and re- cording in lengthy quéstion- naires what they see and hear steps and knocking on is of the eld- | "I heard about FIND at Hart- Her frankness and her avoid-| By ROBERTA ROESCH lley House, a club where I went ance of too-sweet, superficial re-| 14 jg seldom too late for néw|to knit and crochet to fill my marks have earned the respect] opportunities when you look forjown lonely hours after I retired of others. new chances in life. |from switchboard work," Miss ise for Meyer said. MUTTERS ASIDE The prow of this prem | Tee | is Miss Eulalia Meyer) At a political meeting in Algo-|'0day NOT SUFFICIENT xd who has gone back to work at! «put knitting and crocheting ma East riding Mr. Pearson | asked his constituents about|*#e seventy-six to attend aiaiant fil! them enough and re- their problems. He listened, andj riendly hand of help to senior!:i+ement meant too much time when he asked whether anyone|"itizens in New York City. |with too little to do. I felt I ac- else wanted to bring anything}, She is working in one of the|-omplished very little, and with- up, his wife muttered an aside: Latndt Moto eh oie g Programs| out work I-was lonely." "Yes, four doughnuts and six/"0W Delng conducted around the) with her own loneliness and a is country. The name comes from); ft ~~ of coffee. forta.th@_ initials of words that too] an oe Soe cit cain rs. Pearson is uncomforta-\atien fit the aged--Friendless, iouie 16 bout the probh of the aged. "I love the work," she told/ myself I used to want to be tal to in the way I'm talking to people now. UNDERSTANDS FEELING "Since I understand loneliness myself," she said, as her bright eyes glistened, 'I feel I'm ac- complishing something good me, 'because when I was lonely|visited me who treated me so when I climb up the stairs of tenements and knock on the doors of rooms in shabby hotels. "And when a man of 94 or a woman of 83 says, 'No one ever nice, I'm glad that 1 lived long bogey to have this new chance in life." PARENTS STERILE COSTLY VENTURE MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Or- ganizing committee officials es- timate Mexico will spend more than $80,000,000 (in the 1968 Olympics here. The chief ad- ministrative officer, Enrique Al- varez de Castillo, said antici pated revenue from tickets, ¢ i and other sources In the 1930s, p its in the United States had to be sterile before they could adopt chil- dren. would bring $32,000,000 and ail the buildings will be used some- how after the games. O PAU g* Sek F Oe' Re .2: Play Santa to your Sportsman We have on hand gifts galore for the sports minded. comes warm and friendly and |her laughter bubbles when she} 'is away from politics. Her husband once said: "When she married me, she have a love of life that is simple/expected a quiet life as the wife) and private, a yen to traveljof a history teacher--I was her teacher and J think she married me to get through her final) ble in large crowds, but be-|reolated, Needy and Disabled and its funds are provided by the director of Hartley House to! give her something to do. "When she told me about Pro- the federal government's Office|ject FIND I knew it was for of Economic Opportunity. The area in which Miss Meyer works is noted for its crowded sections in which elderly people me," Miss Meyer said happily. "I took the training course for workers, and now I'm one of the older workers who earn from live out their lives in rundown $1.50 to $2.00 an hour spending tenements and dingy hotels. from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. inter. © Skates © Skis © GOLFER © HUNTER © Hockey Equipment © Ski Accessories EVERYTHING FOR EVERY SPORT © FISHERMAN © ARCHER, etc. year. lyear, but how she got through 48ing and the Community Cor-, criticism among some vote-con- Ottawa's exclusive residential "The project is ad ed through that DY the National Council on the "She did get NEED FUEL OIL? he last 40 I'll never know." -- |POration of the Lower West, CALL The Pearsons own a home in| Side," the spirited Miss Meyer area of Rockcliffe Park and it is'prime minister's official resi- 723-3443 there that Mrs. Pearson wants|dence at 24 Sussex St., on the to live when she leaves thel Ottawa River. ! dbrsetelsonld sosalalibiadiadiats PERRY | ¥ BaF B G. 0K BOBO Vie EB Od 61 KING ST. EAST Makes Comment On Retirement TORONTO (CP) -- Mrs. Wal- ter J. Hannah, the prime minis- ter's only daughter, said her fa- ther called her after he an- nounced Thursday he is resign- jing as Liberal party leader and prime minister as soon as his successor is named. "She seemed very glad to have got it over with," Mrs. Hannah, mother of four, said. MRS, LESTER Pearson Prime has made no bones about her dislike of public life. Her wish to travel without Minister steps down as government head and leader of the Fed- Pearson eral Liberal party. Mrs. Pearson is shown in a for- Suiits creamaons. oii mal gown at her Ottawa «pit he couldn't really say! Cy a oe ae, -- much about it. 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