Remembering Names

Now listen to Father Knows Best transcribe starring Robert Young as Father. Welcome to Springfield and another half hour visit with the folks in the White Frame House on Maple Street. Sit back and enjoy life with the Anderson's, Kathy, Bud, Betty, Margaret and Jim.

Has the head of this typical American household again set out to prove that Father Knows Best. We'll join the Anderson's in just a moment. You've probably heard it said that the Series E United States savings bond has been improved.

You probably know that it pays back more money in less time than ever before. Now I'd like to tell you how these improvements benefit you. Say you buy a thousand dollar bond. Actually you know you only pay $750 for it.

Formally that bond would mature in 10 years. But now, the improved series e-bond matures in nine years and eight months, and it pays you $4 for every $3 you invest. Also, you can hold the improved series e-savings bond beyond maturity and earn even further interest.

Three percent interest compounded semiannually for as long as ten additional years. At that time, your original investment of $750 is worth well over $1,300. That's an 80% return on your original investment. You'll feel more secure tomorrow if you buy improved series E savings bonds today.

They say curiosity once killed a cat, a fate that's both proper and fitly. So why not give thanks for the good fortune that let you cry yet not die like a kitten? The point we're trying to make is that curiosity is not confined to cats.

It's a human frailty as well. And when it comes to frailties, well, we doubt that you'll find anyone quite as human, or frail, as our dear friends in Springfield the Andesans. Like this. Margaret, may I say that in my long years as a lover of good red beef, never has a more succulent, more so past my lips.