Screenland Plus TV-Land (Jul 1959 - May 1960)

(tuse her family didn't understand her l^sire to become a missionary. To her, (at wrote: "When the call of God is firmly written n your heart, nothing will ever erase it. or the present, then, my advice is to sten to the good counsel of your parents, ou are still young now, but when you -e older and if you still have the desire be a missionary, I feel that some door ill open by which your parents will dly understand what all this work actuly means to you." )AT believes in using what he calls a "road map" toward maturity which tmes from the Bible. As a test of how far le had advanced toward that maturity, he •commends that teenagers make up a rsonal check list with the headings: piritual, Social, Mental, Physical, Work, id Financial. To set goals and reach lem in all fields leads to happiness, he jlieves. He is also the first to say that is far from having reached those which b has set for himself. Others, however, do not always underand this, and because they do not, Pat Alias had to pay the price for being a eft juthful pundit. At the time his book was otajjblished, he gave an interview in which oW'3 casually mentioned some of his own oi,u nperf ections. At the age of 14, he had 4('?en briefly involved in a flurry of shopfting. His gang had thought it smart to If; litch merchandise from stores. He also l ad to find out by experience whether he slanted to smoke and drink. lp| In the ensuing headlines, Pat disjvered that for a human, a halo is never in comfortable headgear. Too many peril ons lost sight of the fact that Pat had jver made any pretensions of wearing a unrIo and that he had long ago rectified ssis early errors. Conscience-stricken with? i days, he had worked to pay the meri Hants for the goods he had taken. Believing in physical fitness, he had also, W ithin a brief time, decided that smoking Hand drinking were not for him. H Indignant because the incidents had lii>een sensationalized and that some of is fans had been deeply hurt because of , Pat issued a statement: "One of the most important goals of iy life has been, and is, to help young eople in every way I can. In recent in•rviews I have voluntarily revealed the tistakes I made as a 14-year-old. I have ■TDt done this to condone or excuse these i( tistakes, but in the sincere hope that the tji nowledge of my past experiences would revent the same kind of mistakes on le part of teenagers today. "I have also hoped that young people juld profit from the many fortunate, , appy experiences and advantages that I ad as a teenager and since. In my work ith young people as a scout leader, Sunlay School teacher and occasional preachr, I have always referred to my own jistakes to illustrate that we are all capble of good and bad and that the choice es within oneself." END THERE IS ONLY ONE WATCH IN THE WORLD TO WHICH I WOULD SIGN MY NAME . . . GIVE THE COMMAND PERFORMANCE WATCH BY Helbr Pat holds the Command Performance "B" for men and the Command Performance "A" for ladies. Each has unique miniature revolving record on the dial, and authentic Pat Boone signature. Lifetime Jewel movement, water-resistant* and shock-protected. Chrome top case, stainless steel back, genuine leather band. $19.75. © 1959 Helbros Watch Company, Inc. • 6 West 48th Street • New York 36, N. Y. Watch the Pol Boone Chevy Showroom on the ABC-TV network. 'When opened and closed by a competent wotchmaker. 67