European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 22, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 a a a the stars and stripes Friday june 22,1990boy�?Ts get Well cards make world hallmark from wire reports despite appeals for it to Slop 10-year-old Craig Shergold receives hundreds of get Well cards daily from strangers trying to help him win a place in the guinness Book of world records. Craig who suffers from a rare form of brain cancer broke the record months ago but the cards keep coming. More than 16 million have arrived. The boys request for cards was printed in the stars and stripes and other newspapers around the world. A we done to want any More cards because it looks As though we re taking cards for no reason a Craig smother Marion said from the family Home in car Shalton South London. A every card says a we Hope you make it in the record books a so it seems kind of greedy to keep accepting them a she said. Donald Mcfarlan the editor of the guinness Book said he tried to dissuade the she golds from their record bid and warned them that it would spiral out of control. A your experience is that once it goes International it is absolutely unstoppable a Mcfarlan said. The get Well card category was discontinued after Mario Morby held the record with 1,000,265 cards. Mcfarlan said the 13-year-old English boy is recovering from his leukaemia but the family still receives cards three years later. Mcfarlan revived the category after intense pressure and Craig now holds the record. A i thought i had decided Over a year ago that Morby would be the last one but it is very difficult to hold out against an emotive press. I  do my Job a Well intentioned very sentimental people called me at work and i received quite a lot of hate mail including one that said a if you have children i Hope they die of  a Craig a record will be included in the 1991 edition published in october he said. Guinness Hasni to announced a specific figure for their Book but the count is More than 16 million. The editor said he was trying to protect the she golds a from an ugly situation particularly if Craig had died. The cards would have kept  Craig had an operation in january 1988 that removed three quarters of a brain tumor. Mrs. Shergold said doctors believe chemotherapy and radiotherapy have successfully stemmed the diseases spread into his spinal Cord. A a he a in wonderful spirits a mrs. Shergold said. Thurmond wants $25 refund sen. Strom Thurmond wants a $25 refund a even if the Money might be water Over the dam. 87-year-old Republic the by of can from South Carolina has requested a refund for a water Deposit he paid in 1938 to the town of Lexington for some property he sold last year. 2 the senators staff mailed a letter including Nal receipt for to the Lexington county treasurer seeking a $25 refund. Be the Origi the Deposit Thurmond the letter arrived last dear Abby now in be heard everything. I just dictated a letter to my newly hired Young Secretary whose resume indicated that she had been an English major. A bit later she asked a How do you spell a euro Eek. .1 looked in the dictionary it i  find it under  appalled dear appalled your experience is not new to those of us who were educated in the Good old Days when the �?o3 re so were stressed in education the classes were no larger than the teacher could handle and the students did t carry weapons. Send your a English major Back to the minors. Competent secretaries Are still available. You just have to look a Little harder. Cancer victim Craig Shergold holds his guinness certificate for getting 1 million get Well cards. Week mayor Eli Mack said tuesday. Lexington is a town of 3,000, 13 Miles West of Columbia. A i was real amused How in the hell can anyone save a receipt for 52 years a Mack said. A this is the first request to go Back that Many years. I think it s rather  Thurmond whose net Worth is More than $2 million believes he is entitled to the $25 because he sold the property said his spokeswoman Pam Montgomery. A the needs Money like anyone else a she said. Mack said Thurmond will have to live without the $25. Water deposits cannot be refunded he said. Prince wont be a really useful Prince Edward plans to quit serving Tea to members of composer Andrew Lloyd webbers really useful group in London and set up a production company of his own with five members of the theater company. The 26-year-old Prince the fourth and youngest child of Queen Elizabeth ii joined Webber whose hit musicals include a cats a a Starlight express and a aspects of love a As a production assistant in 1988. Production assistant is the most Junior Job in theater. The Princess backstage work included making Tea for co workers. Edward said in a statement tuesday that he was grateful to Lloyd Webber and the really useful group for the Chance to Edward work in the theater. The Prince and his five colleagues refused to discuss their plans. King bats for Sultan of swat talk show Host Larry King is asking fans a to go to Bat for the babes in a fund drive to expand the babe Ruth museum. A these Are exciting times for baseball fans. Starting thursday we re going to offer fans across the country membership to the babe Ruth museum a King said tuesday be to Hind the Baltimore House f where the Sultan of swat was bom 95 years ago. A we Hope we can count on All of you to go to Bat for the  the museum Hopes a King broadened membership will pay for a 12,000-Square-foot addition including a 6,000-Square-foot auditorium. The museum was built in 1974 at Ruth a Birthplace. Boz As a new James Dean Seattle sea Hawks linebacker Brian a the Boz bos Worth is a Cross Between James Dean and Arnold Schwarzenegger says the director of his first film. Bosworth stars in a the brotherhood a a $10 million movie in which he continues to play defense a in this Case As an Fri agent seeking to Stop a political assassination by a motorcycle gang. Bosworth is trying to recover from injuries that have interrupted his football career. Director Bruce Malmuth called Bosworth the Star of the 90s. A Boz is great a Malmuth said. A a he a just picked up Bosworth right where he left off in the sports world and he a zoomed to the foreground. A i see in him Marlon Brando James Dean and Gary Cooper All in one package. He a got the same Appeal of a Stallone or an Arnold  pm gives director the Shaft Quot Roger amp me filmmaker Michael Moore once again stalked the elusive Quarry of his movie this time to give general motors corp. Chairman Roger Smith a copy of the video. A the said he Hasni to seen the movie yet and so 1 figured. The video comes out tomorrow ill give him the very first copy of the videotape and hell get a Chance to see it a Moore said tuesday after pm Security guards refused to let him take an elevator to Smiths office in Detroit. Pm issued a statement saying Smith was out of town and criticizing Moore a visit As a publicity stunt. The film is a sarcastic documentary about Moore a attempts to interview Smith about pm Plant closings in Flint mich., Moore a  Abby dear Abby a a Bend and i have been married for 10 years. Bends sister a Mary a and her husband have also been married about 10 years. Ben and i have two children Ages 5 and 7. So do Mary and her husband. All the children Are Normal polite Well behaved. Here a the problem frequently when bends Mother or other sister in vites us to a family gathering we Are instructed to hire attend without our children. A Sitter so we can attend1 inevitably we learn that Mary will attend with her children As she has not been instructed to hire a Sitter. Bends family has always shown a great Deal of favouritism to Mary a children. My children Are painfully aware of this. I cannot change this situation after 10 years of trying. I feel the Best Way to Deal with this hurtful situation is for me to absent myself from such gatherings. I would rather spend the time with my children. I do not mind if my husband attends without me i cannot ask him to turn his Back on his family. My husband feels that we should leave our children behind and both attend anyway. Am i being unreasonable what do you think Abby please let me know As we have a few of these gatherings coming up soon. An avid Abby fan dear fan. I think you Are handling the situation in the is possible Way. Its too bad your husband does no to have the manliness to Tell his family that if they chose to snug his wife and children he chooses to absent himself too