 At 7 minutes past 10, time for the Sears Radio Theater, partner. The theater presents Lorne Green as your host for an exciting western drama of today. You mean the headaches will go away now that I'm blind? Miss Conkel, get some compresses by the sodium and set the thaw. No, I won't drink it. Our program, Final Fall, will begin after this message from your local station. Two miles now. Sure wish I'd started this about 20 years ago. Take it easy, Pugsley. Hello, kids. Say hello, Pugsley. Okay, about four more blocks and we're home. Time to sprint. Let's go, Pugsley. Here ago, Tom Kessler had a heart attack. He never misses his nightly run these days. But before his heart attack, the most exercised Tom got was pushing a pool cue. Regular exercise alone won't guarantee that you'll never have a heart attack, but it will increase your blood flow, relax you, make you feel better. Don't wait until you've had a heart attack to start exercising. 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But as the years go by, he's become more way forebears, far beyond his podium yet without his regular visits, which is why the old man wears a kerchief over his eyes as he works. He's practicing blindness, as he calls it. And that's just the beginning of our story. He came in and said that she'd been in and out of about every store in town for draperies and at this point didn't know what she wanted anymore. I asked questions about her tastes and decor, and then made suggestions. We found what she wanted and learned a little too. It made me feel good to know that I helped her out. Sears people are friendly people who help you find what you want. If you could own only one, is on sale at Sears. The $119 four-piece vest is now $89, a $30 savings. The suit, contrasting slant outfits, four-piece vested suit. It should be the suit for $89 until February 24th in Largers and Hawaii. I love to eat. But it takes so long to cook. That's why we both love our new Kenmore microwave oven from Sears. 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Sniffing around, making deals. Sit down and finish your cigar while I stack this level on the lake. The fish will be coming in and see... Everyone knows your real talent ain't delivering to mail. It's poaching. Yeah, and that's getting harder to do, too. Now all them land speculators are yanking around. I confiscated my traplines yesterday. He didn't. Why, you've been poaching longer than he's spent a lot. I don't understand people these days. They take everything so seriously. Like they was the first... Well, you can't quit, Clarence. You know what that'd make me? A hermit. And come on in the cabin. I'll heat up the coffee, get down the cribbage fort. I believe you should pack up and move into town. Well, you ain't getting no younger. I'd be in a circus if... That won't be any problem. I know where everything is. What would I do with a town? What would a town do with me? They'd probably lock me up. They'd find some excuse. They don't lock you up unless you do something. Or unless you can't do... And in the middle of my cabin here... Reach out and touch my whole life. What would I be in town but... Another old man who feels the cold... You wanted to quit, huh? Who'd bring you your flour and sugar and coffee? Which, by the way, you don't even make decent. I'd get on somehow. Don't let me stop you. Only got $300 here. That means six, seven years. In town, I'd be broke by Christmas. I'd have to be dead by New Year. Thank you kindly. Egan, put out your cigar and come on in. Andy. What do they want? How would I... I told them I didn't want anything to do with them. As far as I'm concerned... Egan. No, don't squawk. I sealed it up again, didn't I? Are they going to evict me? Is that what this is? 40 acres. A jibway reservation. Got nobody with $10,000 into the movies. The movies? And you could get your eyes on them. And you could get your eyes fixed. How? They got operated. You mean not go blind? They can fix you up good as new. I don't know. I'd already accept it. I don't want it. I can't take my mother's people. But it ain't mine to sell. I'm only a caretaker. But the government anyway, as soon as you die, you know that. Andy, I got an idea. Let's go up to Wheatley's Bar. What for? A sullivan. But when was the last time you were off your place? I don't remember. Well, okay then. Let's go. I've got some sourdough rising. I can't leave that for too long. And on that storm... Don't worry about the storm. I'll have you back before it hits. Why not? Before I ate my mother's people, he became old, unreliable. Well, you don't have to rely on that stuff anymore, Andy. You're rich. Well, okay. But one beer, one song, Egan. That's my limit. Today I found the bedroom suite of my dreams. I found one that is all the features. Well, mine has authentic country styling. So does nothing but. And I get a choice of 13 different group construction and dump-tailed reasonable price. Select from 13 different pieces. Add up. 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It's a cut above manual with a motor that develops one and a half horsepower and a rough or finished cut. Most types of styles and bevels with a single down stroke. Sears motorized miter box cut $20. Now only $179.99. Sears home center sale till February 24th. Prices and dates may vary in Alaska and Hawaii. Available at most Sears retail stores. They ran down the rutted road in Egan's small mail truck heading for weekly's bar for a drink and signaling a coming winter storm. Hang on your legs, Andy. Boy, are they going to be surprised at these bar when they see who are seeking? That storm's moving in faster now. Old pick-up cut to get you around? I can't drive. You could get some. I'm going to be spending it till it's windfall from... It ain't in the bank yet. Only got 23 cents on me. That's okay. But that's a debt. How much is that? That ain't... Times two ain't played in a lot. I got an announcement a long time ago if it wasn't for him. But now the government's taking care of him. I can start making other plans. Man can't hide his light under a bushel forever, huh? Nope. Can't go get some compresses if I just don't even set the thaw. I won't. He may also be suffering from exposure. Exposure? I practically live out outdoors. Then you'd better prepare a sedative. Huh. An instant. They keep it high on purpose. Saps your strength. Got to get out of here. Get home. You can tell that when you've still got those compresses on. Compresses? This room's too hot. I'd advise an operation. Operation? If you want to keep from going permanently blind. I've already accepted going blind. It's not necessary in this day and age. You can really save them. In the morning, if you like. And then you'll let me go. Andy Fritzen. I mean Anders. And where do you live, Andy? Rural Route One, Calvin. Are you covered by Blue Cross? No. How about a company medical plan? The Basswood Lumber Company. But they went out of business 30 years ago. Oh. Well, have you got any savings? Oh, yeah. $382. Well, not to worry. I'm sure you're eligible for Medicare. What's that? A handout? If I can't afford to pay for it, I don't buy it. I'm leaving. No, wait, wait, wait, wait. It ain't too long. You've already run up. I've written $47. A hundred? We've been here three days. Three days? We've been under medication. You drug a man unconscious, and then you charge him for not leaving? That's not quite how we look at it. No wonder I'm weak, unconscious, for three days. That ain't natural. The curtain there. Please turn your back, so I really do this sort of thing for a living. Well, we just need to work out some way for you to pay your bill. I was dragged. I take exception. I'm threatened with charity. Well, I can pay my own way. I got a check from the government here for $10,000. If you haven't robbed me, too. There. Problem. You can leave whenever you want. Oh, excuse me. I'll have to get there. I've got to get out of here. I went off to college and found that you were different from everyone else. And everything was designed for them, not for you. Suppose you went to the library and all the books you needed were in Braille, and you were the only one who couldn't read. You'd feel left out, wouldn't you? And what if you went to class and found that there were no chairs, because all the other students rolled in with their own wheelchairs? Suppose one of your professors gave his lectures talking with his hands, only his hands, and everyone understood sign language except you. You'd think it wasn't fair. Well, that's how handicapped people feel now when they go to college and find extra handicaps. But things are changing, and we have free information that can help. Write closer look. Box 1492, Washington, D.C. 20013. A public service message on behalf of the United States Office of Education. Here's an important tax tip from the Internal Revenue Service. If you're 65 or old, you can claim, like a double personal exemption. That's right, an extra $750 for yourself, and still another if your spouse also is sick, there's also a tax credit for the elderly. They're all spelled out in one of IRS's free publications, number 554, Tax Benefits for Older Americans. You can get copies by calling the IRS toll-free number listed in your telephone directory, or you can order by mail. There's even an order form just for that purpose in each tax package. Use it to send for the older American publication or any other IRS publication or form you need. Tax Benefits for Older Americans. Get all the details now so you can take advantage of the benefits on your tax return. Clarence, anyways, I bet he thought he had me off my land for good. This check's been nothing but an evil talisman. Before I start home, I'm going to buy an envelope and a stamp and mail it back to the government. Well, we have them in packages of 20, 50, 100. I just need one. The 20 then? No, I just want one. This is how they come from the factory in St. D.C. Well, they all do that. Then give me the cheapest. Oh, well, without buying the greeting card. The greeting card. The cheapest we have is 25 cents. I only got 23. I guess I could sell it to you for that. What's the matter now? Got to have money for a stamp. How much is that? 15 cents. Check with $10,000 and use it to the government. Dave, I can just see some identification, Mr. Fritzen. I don't carry any. You don't carry? Why not? Ain't no need to. But... It ain't mine to accept. I tell you, I don't know what to do. Now everybody can't... Holy tamale, no! ...proven post offices. That way you're from. See you again. Never heard of him. No, it's too bad. Not in my bucket, ain't it? Because I got him locked up in that cell back there. He can? What for? I caught him poaching. If it came into town, they'd lock me up, didn't they? Well, I guess that takes care of the... To the government. But, but... It's old, a pauper. And now I've been arrested. Let me go. How is the mail gonna get delivered? I don't know if I can stand having you around until you're hearing anyway. You'd just be back here on the 29th at 9 a.m., you hear? Oh, thank you, Sheriff. Thank you. Come on, Andy. I'll give you a ride home. What are you doing down here anyhow? Just a minute. You have an envelope you could give me? An envelope? Yeah. They're on the desk. And a stamp. I can pay for them. Here, post-employee. Would you trust him with... Now the both of you. Maybe. And you never have nothing to do with them, neither. Once he saw me to fetch you over there to help her bury him proper, and you wouldn't go. The public, everybody figured she must be crazy. She was crazy. Breed Lumberjack, born New Year's Day 1900, into a century didn't have no place for me. But I can survive. I know how to do that. Come on, you come out next spring. I'll be there just like always. You'd be all right with that money, you know? We're gonna move down to Bryant, and with all them tourists coming up, they all drive them low-efficiency cars. It's all the further I can go now, the snows here. You know, it's hard to believe when I got this corner of the reservation all them years ago, that the land was cleared and ready for farming. And now, look, the trees are almost touching over my cabin. You'd never know the white man had been through here at all. Your hands was on the axe, too, Andy. I know. I helped to destroy the land my mother's people lived on. Someone should have cut my hands off the day I followed my father's kind into the camp. It's grown back okay? It ain't the same. Aspen Popple. Nothing like the virgin pine we took. Thanks, Seagan. Persia and I can come out to see you this winter, you know, on our snowmobiles. No. Don't want them machines on my land. Well, we'll get up to see you. Bryant's 40 miles away. Andy, why is it you never took that money? I mean, before, when it was offered. There was 11 kids in our family after my mother died. When my father ran off, I was responsible for them because I was the oldest. By the time I was free of that, I was 39 years old. And I was so far behind there wasn't any point in even trying to catch up. I got no complaints. I couldn't take so much money. Not now. The wedding's New Year's Day. That's my birthday. We could send somebody? No. I wouldn't know what to do with my hands. Yes, it's all the best. I got my place right here. It ain't the governments and it ain't the Ojibwe Caesar. It's mine. I spent half my life destroying it and half my life watching it mend. And it's mine. The dress is topped by vests. Tunic pantsuits coupled with vests. Also the tunic and skirt smartly finished with a vest. The vest, the season's fashion basic. Lots of exciting print and solid color combinations. So you can be choosy. Invest in fashion. Invest in value. Vest addresses and vested skirt and pants sets in the budget shop at most larger Sears retail stores. I'm a mattress who knows what to wear. Solid color plakial sheets and Sears medley collection, of course. Stunning. I wear sheets of royal blue, lemon yellow. Sears has a dazzling selection of up to 24 colors. And the fit, well just look. I can't understand why mattresses wear anything but these smooth perma-pressed sheets. Honestly darlin', I wouldn't wear anything else. Sizes from twin to king in most Sears retail stores and in the catalog. When I need advice, I go to my mom. Why not? It's free. Now that I'm married and moving into a new house, I want all the advice I can get. So when mom says shop Sears, I listen. Sure. Sears is a great help on those big items you'll need for your new home. Major appliances like washers, dryers and refrigerators. They'll deliver, install and service. I always depend on Sears. You should too. I got something to lay on you about safety. Oh, I know what you're thinking. Wearing helmets is dumb. Cause what can happen? You could be wiped out. But that's cool. Real cool. But it ain't all that can happen. You can get epilepsy. You know from epilepsy? Yeah, you probably heard some wrong things. I bet you don't know one of the major causes of epilepsy is bad head injuries suffered in accidents. Dig it. I know what I'm talking about. I used to have my own motorcycle group. I wiped out, smashed my head and now I have epilepsy. It's nothing to be ashamed of, but it didn't have to happen. Epilepsy. It's not what you think. So before you give up that helmet, you better learn something. Get the facts. Contact your local epilepsy chapter or write Epilepsy Foundation of America, Washington D.C. 20036. What in the world happened in February brought to you by your local Navy recruiter? February is admissions day for Massachusetts. Admitted as our sixth state in 1788. Oregon is our 33rd state in 1859. And Arizona became our 48th state in 1912. In February 1789, George Washington received a unanimous electoral vote for President of the United States. The University of Virginia was founded by Thomas Jefferson in February 1819. The 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery, was signed in February 1865. In February 1878, Thomas Edison patented the phonograph. The National Baseball League was created in February 1886. Construction of the U.S. Navy's first ship built as an aircraft carrier, the USS Ranger, was authorized in February 1929. Astronaut John Glenn was the first American to orbit the earth in February 1962. That's what happened in February, brought to you by your local Navy recruiter. For more information, call the Navy toll-free in the continental U.S. 800-841-8000. In Georgia, 800-342-5855. Oh, Andy Griffith will be your host with a charming comedy. I called again, introducing myself as Adnan Marbaric-Sophine, Finance Minister of Kauai. I began to wonder how many finance ministers, presidents, or other assorted possible clients had ever called and been told to go stuff a cabbage. Our program tomorrow will be The Troublemaker, and may be heard on this station as part of the Sears Radio Theater.