European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 01, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse Family life is Little changed by husband s Rise. A mrs. Clark an exuberant Cabinet wife "plain-lookin1 of girl Georgia Clark is Happy Barefoot at a picnic Type. If atty. Gen. Ramsey Clark run silent and deep his blonde exuberant wife Georgia bubbles nearly to Over flowing. They Are after 18 years of marriage a remarkable vividly contrasting Cou Welch Clark although the mate of a member of the president Scab net is at 39 still very much the Down to Earth daughter of a Corpus Christi tex., produce dealer. She buys clothes off the Racks has no household staff is casual about such lacklustre chores As making Beds an would much prefer a Barefoot picnic to a full dress Short she s a living breathing re minder that a Cabinet wife is after All just a woman. How come Ramsey Clark will occasionally ask a Plain Lookin of girl like you managed to marry such a Good Lookin Fella although the attorney general physical assessment must be reversed by 180 degrees she s really quit pretty he quite Ordinary looking one obvious answer to his playful query i that his wife is if possible less pretentious than passed up her Debutante thing in 1948, for example to pay a first visit to Clark s parents. I guess that raised a few eyebrows in Corpus she recalls in her soft drawl but i think those Deb things Are kind of Barbaric Don t you like thrown Young virgins into the purchased a White dress for pres ident Johnson s inaugural Ball and must have worn it the next 10 times we went out formally. Finally Ramsey said Honey Don t you think you ought to have another dress so she bought one and then wore the next one the next 10 times out. There upon she ran afoul of the attorney Gen eral s reputation for Thrifty manage ment. Page 16 the stars and stripes Don t you think Honey he asked her delicately you ought to Start Wear ing the White one again Home to the Clarks is a $35,000-House, with three bedrooms on Lake Barcroft in suburban Virginia. It quite modest by official Washington standards. The furnishings Are Well worn and the occasional scent of a poodle can be detected. The Clarks who had met on a week end Outing on padre Island in 1947 became parents for the first time i february 1952. The girl was named Ronda Kathleen. Soon after she turned2, it was realized that her hearing was impaired later her speech would be too. Today she attends the Institute Ologo medics in Wichita kan., with 150 other children. But she spends frequent three week vacations with her parents. She loves to come Home her Mother says. We just let her have the run of the doctors have diagnosed the girl s condition As aphasia brain damage resulting in impairment of speech. Young Tom Clark now 13, is a quiet Bright fellow with a thick mop of Blond hair and no idea what he wants to Dowhen he grows up. Life has changed Little domestically since Georgia Clark s husband became attorney general Back in february. Shehas Long since become accustomed to his late hours and 10 o clock dinners and she s adept at the mexican and ital Ian cooking he likes. When we were first married i could Only Cook fudge she says. Ballet the Urban league Reading his tory she has a master s degree in it getting out the vote in the neighbor Hood and swimming in the nearby Lake she prefers daring bikinis occupy her time when she s not doing Cabinet wife things or just being a wife. Air sunday october 1, 1967 i i i i i 8 9. U d
